how can i sing a high b flat in 2 weeks?

Question

i need to be able to hit a high b flat in 2 weeks for an audition, but i can only sometimes hit a high g! what are some quick excercizes that will make me be able to hit it more? right now im just going up the scales with 'do re mi fa so la te do'. i practice it every day for right now cuz im on break.

i have a vocal coach [but i dont see her untill after this audition]

also its only one note that i have o sing high b

Answer 1

I don't want to put cold water on this, but attempting to sing three half-notes higher than your highest note in your current range in two week is not safe. Not at all safe, no way. I agree with the above that you might be auditioning for a soprano part when you are really a mezzo; this is dangerous, as forcing your voice into performing that higher tessitura will be an overall painful and damaging process.

If you still want to go out for this part, I suggest working with the piano to see if you can modify that note. For example, if you know solfege, there is a place in a song I'm singing where the actual music is written to go from Do to Fa, but it sounds just find going Do to Sol or Do to Mi as well. Also, you might be able to sing the note down a third, as that would be a G-flat and within your range. Or look at the chord in the accompaniment when you are supposed to sing the B-flat. Is there a G-flat in the chord? Try singing that and see if it sounds okay. No G-flat there? Try picking another note in the chord that is below the B-flat. Don't forget to look in the bass clef accompaniment, too, as you could just sing one of those notes an octave higher.

I'd e-mail your voice teacher and tell her/him about the situation; I suspect they will advise you strongly against trying for such a large extension of your range in such a short period of time, warning you of possibly damaging your chords. Please find another way around this note than trying to screech it out in two weeks; take care of your instrument, you can't get a new one!

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how can i sing a high b flat in 2 weeks?
i need to be able to hit a high b flat in 2 weeks for an audition, but i can only sometimes hit a high g! what are some quick excercizes that will make me be able to hit it more? right now im just going up the scales with 'do re mi fa so la te do'. i practice it every day for right now...

Answer 3

Hi!

If you can, call your vocal coach and ask about that song. If he/she doesn't think it's a good idea, ask about a better song. If you can't call your coach, think of another piece that shows off your voice really well, just in case you still don't feel comfortable after working on it. But, if it's the required piece, or your coach thinks you have the ability, here's what I suggest:

If you're only working on the B flat in one song right now, the best thing to do is to use that particular song. Even if a note is in your range, if you approach it in a way that makes you tense up, it's not going to come out.

1. Transpose the phrase with the B flat down, so that the high note is at a place that's always comfortable for you--maybe down a fifth, so instead of a B flat, it's an E flat. You might want to transpose the phrase before and after, as well, depending on the song.

2. Sing those phrases very lightly and easily. Notice where you would normally get tense. Is it in the notes leading up to the note, or in the breath before the note? Now that you've made the whole section lower, get rid of that tension. Swing your arms or stomp around the room while you sing, to get your body to do something else besides get tense.

3. Make sure you know what you are singing about--what emotion you are expressing on that exact note, and all the notes/words before and after. Is it a wail of despair? A shout of joy? Decide on what it is, and remember it. Use the emotional energy to carry the note.

4. Speak the phrase in a slightly breathy voice, with the emotion you just decided on. You'll sound silly, kind of like a little kid or a wailing ghost or a melodramatic actor. Make it really over the top. Make your voice follow the melody (even if you wouldn't normally speak the words that way), and really swoop up on the word with the B-flat. (If you're a girl, the vowel should sound more like "uh," or "ah." If you're a boy, the vowel should sound more like "ee" or "ay")

***Make ABSOLUTELY CERTAIN that your voice is the only thing swooping up and down on this one. If you find your body straining or your weight shifting or your head going up and down, STOP and lighten up a bit. Put all your emotional energy into your voice, and keep the rest of your body still. (Otherwise, you might find yourself doing some very funny things at the audition!)

5. Go back and forth between speaking and singing. Don't move your body while speaking, but use it when singing, if you find a stubborn spot where you always get tense. I sometimes speak 5 times, sing 5 times, back and forth. The more difficulty I'm having, the more time I spend on the speaking and the emotion, so I might speak 3 times & sing 1.

6. Ask: did I have enough emotion? Were there any spots where I went blank? Look in a mirror and see if you can maintain eye contact with yourself while speaking and singing, or if your eyes glaze over when you get to a hard part (or if you just randomly lose focus!).

7. Sing the lowered section up a 1/2 step when you feel comfortable. See if there's a new place of tension. Alternate speaking and singing. Get comfortable with this new key, then raise it another 1/2 step. Stop, of course, when you get back to the original key. As you get higher, you may need to make your 'high-note-word-swoop' even more dramatic and high, like a siren.

I've used this method to sing lots of things that I really didn't think I'd be able to sing, and it worked pretty well. I would start at the lowest key every day, and go as far as it felt comfortable, and eventually, it was there!

Additional notes:
*if the B flat is really long, swoop up and down a few times on the word while you're speaking (wooOOOooowooOOOooo!) Your body needs to get in the habit of sustaining the note without getting tense or struggling to hold the pitch. While you're singing, imagine that it's spinning around and around until the very end. Let go *before* you've run out of air or stamina, so you're not gasping.

*If your regular do re mi fa up the scale isn't getting you up into your high range every day, try the triad "do mi sol mi do" and go up by 1/2 steps. ('sol fa mi re do' is also a good one) Then move to your scales. Try the speak/sing method with the scales, swooping up from do to do, sounding really excited. Also, make sure you're starting low enough so that you're comfortable--if you start off tense, you're going to stay that way.

*The best thing is to feel comfortable in an audition!

Good Luck!

Answer 4

You have to be relaxed. Think about where you support comes from: the diaphragm. Suck air in for a moment, like you're sucking through a straw, and feel how the area near your belly button is much more, well, supported. Hiss out for about 30 counts. Bend over put your hands on your sides, and suck in again, hissing out and feel how, when you breathe, it expands. This is important that you remember where your support is so you have plenty of breath.
Again, I said earlier that you must be relaxed. Sing down scales until you reach your vocal fry. Then work from the C above middle C until you come to the G. Think low when you come to this note. Then think about singing lower as you sing the next note above it. Same with the B. Throw your arm up to help visualize the way the B should sound.

Answer 5

High B Flat

Answer 6

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Swollen throat and larynx probably. Therefore fast frequency [high notes] impossible. What caused the coughing - a cold? Never sing with bacteria within the ears, eyes nose or throat. You will cause laryngeal damage. Absolute vocal rest and probably help from antibacterial medicine will help you. If the coughing is caused by just a swollen throat - then you are singing incorrectly and with further stress you may even be causing laryngeal soft tissue swelling which can lead to nodules.

Answer 7

errr...that's a tough one - if it's not there comfortably in practice, it won't be there in an audition when you'll already be uptight. But the best thing you can do is exactly what you've been doing - but stretch your lower range...I'm not sure of the basis behind this, but when you work your lower range, it stretches your higher range, and vice versa. One exercise to warm up on to really get the range stretched is a yawn sigh type deal, or otherwise known as a siren. Start at the very bottom of your range and them move up, singing "Yeow" to throw your voice up into the highest part of your voice when you get up there. AND LOTS OF BREATH SUPPORT!!

Answer 8

You may try with the high E and then progress sharply (no pun intended) through F, F#, G, and so forth on a gradual basis until you can reach that Bb note.

I have trouble hitting the D below the E note from where you may start, but I'm a bass singer.

Answer 9

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Answer 10

if you can't hit a high b flat, you might be going for a part that's too high for your vocal range...high g isn't that high....in terms of really trying for that particular part though....keep practicing your singing excercises and vary your excercises from the general do, re, mi...