singing tips?

Question

i'm in choir and i was just wondering what are some good tips in singing, and making your voice have an echoing sound when you sing a word really long, it has a "fluttering sound"

Answer 1

OK, someone already explained that fluttering sound is vibrato. Unfortunately, true vibrato, cannot be faked; it is happening when you have finely tuned your voice. A lot of pop stars due fake it, and yes, it can sound good, but it can also ruin your voice. Hence, all of those "vacations" and "strep throat" occurences. I just answered another question about breathing tips. And the best advice I can give to achieve a beautiful voice and true vibrato is to master the correct breathing and work on a LOT LOT LOT of scales. It also takes a lot of dedication, practice does make perfect, and to really suceed, you do have to have a natural talent to some extent. I'll Copy & past my breathing tips for you below:

The best way to VISUALLY see if are breathing correctly is stand in front of a mirror and tape, newspaper, whatever, the top half of the mirror off so you can only see the top of your chest and shoulders and up... Now watch yourself sing ( and I reccomend this for all rehearsing)... I know it takes some getting used to, but don't hold back... if you are singing correctly, you should not be able to see your shoulders moving up and down due to breathing. ** If you do watch yourself sing during practice/coaching you don't need to tape off the mirror, I'm just saying use it for this exercise.**

The best way to HEAR if you are breathing correctly: Take a business card from your wallet and hold the edge of it lengthwise against your slightly parted lips. "Ooh" like, I thrEW the ball... a song of choice. If you are breathing correctly, the card should slightly vibrate or buzz. If you are pushing too much air through, you're going to get a "whoosh" or whistling sound. If you are not pushing enough air through, you will not get any type of sound. It's very difficult to type this out, it's much easier in person!

OK, last tip for you! If you want a warm-up or EXERCISE to utilize correct airflow: Take a couple of those good deep breaths from your diaphragm and on the third breath hold it. Now, purse your lips as tight as possible with only an itty bitty opening. Slowly, don't blow, but almost press the air out very SLOWLY. Do this for as long as possible without stopping to take a breath. Stop when you can't blow any longer due to lack of oxygen, or once you practice a lot, you run out of air. What you are doing is utilizing your breathing capacity. When you do this on a daily basis and sing, you will notice that you do not need as many breaths and pauses.

Good luck!!!!

Answer 2

The vibration sounds is called vibrato. To get vibrato you need to build you voice (like I did). For 20-30 minutes each day you must do this-

Building Your Voice Steps

1. smile widley
2. open your mouth
3. bite your teeth together LEAVING A LITTLE SPACE IN BETWEEN
4. put you index finger on your bottom lip
5. take a deep breath from the bottom of your stomach and sing the vowel "AH" hold it for about 7 second
6. when you sing hold the vowel for about 7 second, go from a low pitch-to a high pitch-then bring it back down to a low pitch (all in one breath)
7. Practice this with each of these vowel sounds: AH, EE, EH, I (long I sound), OWH, OO

This will make you have vibrato in 1-2 weeks and it will allow you to hold a note alot longer. Tell me if it worked.

Good Luck!

Answer 3

The echoing sound is vibrato....
Well, this is my first year in a long time that I've been in a chior...But...basically, I auditioned for a higher level chior and I got in...and I pretty much taught myself to sing....And when you know the basics, it's not time before you learn techniques...

For example, I learned awesome vibrato by studying Barbra Streisand...and just singing the song ACAPELLA...You can put your own vibes and inflections into it...and just hold notes the way she does...She has a REALLY REALLY long vibrato after her notes...So just practice until you're comfortable...
I personally learned vibrato with Don't Rain on My Parade...and All At Once--Whitney Houston.

Answer 4

whats up! that's totally nerve racking the 1st time you may sing on point, i be attentive to it grow to be for me. yet with some tips i'm particular you will do superb! at the back of the curtain: - Sing the music which you are going to be making a music on point - prepare scales - Drink a great number of water - sparkling your throat with the help of ingesting warm tea (devoid of milk), gargling warm water, etc. - for sure, heat up! On point: - do not check out the objective industry - while you're frightened or embarrassed for some reason, think of the whole objective industry of their undies devoid of unquestionably finding them! - in case you get butterflys on your abdomen, breath deeply stable luck and function a great Christmas and new twelve months. Logan.

Answer 5

That 'fluttering sound' is called vibrato. You can try doing several pulses with the word 'Hey!' Count the the pulses. After that use a word, eg 'Saved' and sing it to those pulses.
I tried.

Answer 6

There a couple of websites on this. Offhand, I can't remember these websites but the common techiques used in singing are proper breathing and using your diaphragm to project your voice and resonance of your voice box.

Answer 7

tighten your stomach like someone is about to punch you while you are singing. yeah it hurts, but it helps you hold out your note longer and makes your notes sharper. your basically controling the air in yoru diaphragm (sp?) and doing this repeatedly makes your stomach muscles stronger so 1) it wont hurt as much when you tighten them and 2) you'll be able to hit your notes with more accuracy and 3) you can control your air.

Answer 8

have fun and focus &heart;

Answer 9

d'know