I've been singing and playing guitar for awhile now and while my guitar playing has greatly improved my singing voice is still awful. Why is this? I must be practiceing incorrectly. I plan to get an instructor this summer but what can i do in the mean time. (keep in mind that I live in a dorm/apartment, so i never get the chance to practice anything loudly)
2006-12-12 00:28:34 · 9 answers · asked by Tyson 3 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Performing Arts
If you're in school, your college probably has soundproof (or pretty close) practice rooms for students who are taking music lessons. Find out where those are, take your guitar and practice as loudly as you want.
Exercises are really moot until someone can hear you and tell you what you need to work on. However, it may help to get a couple pieces of music that you really want to work on and get them practised and memorized, so you have something to show your teacher when you do start lessons.
Also, you may want to do some light weight work with your back and stomach muscles. They're used a lot in singing, and the stronger they are, the easier it'll be to sing correctly once you have a teacher.
Lastly, if you smoke, quit now. And get in the habit now of drinking lots of water to keep hydrated. You may even want to check out a book from the library on vocal health (or vocal exercises, while you're at it).
Good luck.
2006-12-12 02:50:20 · answer #1 · answered by incandescent_poet 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The first thing you want to get is air support. Breathing excersices will engage your abs and give you a strong, full sound, and also help with pitch. A good way to see what this is like is to breathe while laying down. Put a textbook on your stomach and try to make it raise on inhalation and lower on exhalation.
Warming up properly is what gets you singing best. Make sure you're stretched out, and start with a low note and singing on a simple syllable (maybe "nah" like in "not"), sing either 5 or 9 note scales, raising a half step for each scale. Make sure your proper breathing is engaged.
2006-12-12 09:51:58 · answer #2 · answered by ericrguitar 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
To find out what you need to have improved, I recommend at least having someone with knowledge in vocal performance to hear you, and tell you exactly what's wrong, it can be diction, tonality, breathe, whathaveyou, just get someone with knowledge.
2006-12-12 07:29:41 · answer #3 · answered by Toshi 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Join a chorus! I had a REALLY terrible voice when I was little. After one year in chorus it improved a lot.;)
2006-12-12 00:33:35 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sing in the shower! no joke! when you sing alone it REALLY helps. and its fun!
2006-12-12 03:41:07 · answer #5 · answered by Bre 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
www.singingsuccess.com
2006-12-12 07:05:05 · answer #6 · answered by techrecruitatlanta 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋