What is a good way to strengthen your voice?

Question

I can carry a tune ok, but when I try to really sing, I feel my vocal cords tighten and I start coughing. What are some good ways to warm up and get strength in your voice?

Answer 1

The reason you are having so much trouble is that you are simply trying too hard and no using your diaphram! You vocal cords should be like the bow on a violin: it is why the music plays, but the sound comes from the instrument itself!
Here are some good tips:
Try laying on your back on the floor and taking nice beep breaths from the mid section, between your chest and stomach. Feel the air rise in and out. Do this and practice it for a few minutes before trying to sing.
Start with simple stuff first, while still lying down : Do Re Mi...
Remember that loud isn't always best and the more you practice, the better you will become and the more strength your vocal cords will get, just like exercising your muscles!
Sounds like you are trying to be loud, but you need to focus on quality, no quantity.
Try drinking water with a very light touch of lemon in it between practicing. It helps clear out mucus and other things that could be effecting your voice.
Beware that even the most experienced singers lose thier voice from simply just singing too much. Don't overdo it! When you feel that you voice is scratching, take a break. Nothing wrong with it. A lot of singers do this.
RELAX!!! Dont' try too hard. Feel the music inside of you. You can do this, it just takes practice and time. Don't try to hit notes that make you strain. If you are trying to sing like a certain artist, pick one that is close to your vocal range and keep in mind that it takes tons of practice to get where they are. It's not an overnight thing for most to be accomplished singers. If the natural ability is there, nothing can hold you back. Good Luck!

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Answer 3

Strengthen Vocal Cords

Answer 4

I agree with the others, it sounds like you are singing from you throat instead of your chest. Just for fun try singing something but picture in your mind that the sound is coming from your chest. Don't worry about diction or the pitch. When you find that you sound is deeper and more rich then you know you're doing right. Also you may feel achiness in the back muscles behing the chest. Now once you master that remember chest and lungs are like a big bag of air and vocal chords changes the move air to make sounds, and yes you can make sounds in either direction. Now two main things help move air out, one is your diaphragm and the other back muscle and adominal muscles which sequeeze down toward the body to push on the diaphragm. So exercising your abs and you back muscles will really make you sing strong but only if you singing from your chest. Now heres to exercises to start with...one get on all fours and let you stomach just hang. Next breath out as long as you can, once you can't breath out anymore hold you breath for as long as you can. You will notice that your stomach is sucked into you body. Relax and repeat about three more times.
The next exercise, lie on your stomach and lay your arms at your side. Now lift you body up as much as possible, without the use of you arms. You should look like you are doing a seal stretch without your arms. Relax and repeat ten more times. This will strengthen you back muscles.
Repeat these exercises twice to four times a day. Soon these muscles will act on their own when you sing and you'll notice the difference. May take up to a couple of months before you see the difference.
Remember singing is a physical activity so general streching will really help.

Answer 5

When we listen to music whether we know it or not we tend to pick songs driven by emotion. For example how many people listen to sad depressing music as they

are getting ready to go out for a party? Nobody, a person usually listens to music that gets them hype and ready to dance.

Sit back and break the song your singing down
Analyze each sentence so you know what feeling to portray in that line
You can use variations of tone
Try to say some words in different ways, such as focusing on vowels and consonants
Certain vocal effects like a breathy voice, growling can add some color to your tone

You have to remember that these effects and produced variations of tone have to have emotion behind it or there is no connection. This is the hardest thing to get for

the singer the emotion has to be real. That is why it is best to think of an experience from the past you had that involves you. Also situations that someone has

confided in you or that you witnessed can provide help with emotional connection.



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Answer 6

Yawn, drink water, don't smoke (of course) sleep well, do your "do re mis" in a serious way, (really practice hitting the exact notes) don't shout. Singing in the morning after an herbal tea is a really nice time to sing.

Take a deeper breath and instead of singing with the last of your breath and forcing the air out with your throat, let the natural outward breath be the force behind the note. It will sound more smooth and powerful and clean, because it is the proper way.

Surround yourself in music from other vocalists that really inspire you and make you want to sing, especially if they do some tricks you want to learn, as you will catch yourself singing along and getting better and better. I've noticed with myself that I am more likely to be able to pull off some voice control if the singer is doing that along with me. Be confident, your voice will show it.

Don't allow yourself to strain. If it strains you, it's not time yet for that note. The more years you have been practicing, the higher and louder your voice will allow you to go without straining.

Answer 7

Learn to breathe different. Breathe towards your gut, so your ribs expand. Do these breathing excercises: Take a deep breath (gut breath) and then open your mouth and your throat (but don't let out your breath) then release your breath for 8 seconds, increase for 2 or 3 seconds each time.
Don't sing from your throat. Sing from your gut, so to speak. Don't try to hit really low or high notes at first. Work yourself up to the harder ones. Don't strain your voice.
When you sing, have good posture and make the note hit your soft pallate (at the back of your mouth) instead near the front of the mouth. Sing up, not out. Visualize your voice going to the ceiling instead of to the air in front of you.
If you really want to get serious about it take a beginner vocal class at a local rec. center, etc. They're a lot of fun and can help you a lot.

Happy Singing.

Answer 8

Breath support is the key!

Try this exercise: lie on the floor on your back, then put a large, heavy book (like a textbook or bible or dictionary) on your stomach just below your ribcage. Take a deeeeeeeeep breath, then let it out very slowly- while keeping the book suspended where it was when your lungs were all the way full.

The idea is to make the air come from you diaphragm- not push it through your throat. After some practice, you should be able to control your diaphragm like any other muscle, which will allow you the proper air you need.

Answer 9

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Singing teachers will cost money and can be expensive so they're not for everyone. Singing can be learned so it's not an "either you have it or you don't" kind of thing.

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Answer 10

You need to sing from yor diaphragm. Right now you are what we call (in our band) singing from your neck. You are using muscles in your neck and chest breathing to sing. It is incorrect and will eventually--if over used--lead to problems with your voice.
But first you have to strengthen your diaphram.
This is a good way to strengthen your diaphram and know you are singing from your diaphram.
Lay on the floor face up and sing. If you are laying on your back you can't use the other muscles to sing and the diaphram takes over. This is what it should feel like to sing all the time.
Practice scales and songs this way everyday and you will notice improvement almost immediately.