How can I get a natural vibrato in my voice? How can I expand my vocal range?

Question

Also, what is speech level singing? For a young male tenor, how can i develop these?

Also, my lowest note is Eb3 and my highest note without forcing and tension is F#5, with forcing, its between G5-C6. With falsetto and whistle register, I can go as high as F7. My fasletto is unpredictable and sometimes my voice cracks when I use it. Also how can I connect all my registers from chest voice to whistle register?

Answer 1

From experience and teaching middle shool age children how to sing, all I can say about natural vibrato is to relax your throat and tongue and breathe deep. Vibrato is something that comes naturally. Some young singers try to "create" vibrato by wobbling the jaw, whatever you decide to do, do not do that. By wobbling the jaw you are creating extra tension to your jaw and your larynx that will only lead to more problems down the road.

The best way to expand your vocal range is by stretching your voice during warm-ups. As it becomes more comfortable, warm-up higher and lower than you normally would. Be forewarned not to over do it. Listen to how your throat feels, and do not over sing. It will expand with time.

Speech level singing (recitative) is singing with a speech-like tone. For great examples of this listen to any opera from the classic period. It is typically used as dialogue before a solo or duet. The accompaniment is minimal during this, leaving the singer's ear to do all the work. It is generally choppy compared to an aria.

Just a tip when practicing... plie or squat when you sing. What this does is lower your center of gravity MAKING you take a nice deep breath. If you do this, you will feel your stomach drop as the air enters your lungs. It is really a great feeling!

Answer 2

Vibrato will develop and your voice matures. Vibrato is just weird ... some people have it and some don't. It doesn't mean at all that you're a good singer if you have good vibrato, and it doesn't mean you're a bad singer if you don't have it at all. There's other aspects to focus on. It's frustrating, though, I know. Be patient with it, though. Don't give up.

To expand your vocal range, do scales like multiple times a day if you can. If you have a piano, practice with that. Do scales every couple weeks that are a little higher and a little lower, and eventually, you'll get to where you want to be.

It's really important to know warm-up skills and different exercises for before you sing to loosen up your vocal chords so you will sound better and will be able to hit more notes. They also help you use your voice so as to not hurt your vocal chords or develop calluses on your vocal chords.

Hope this helped =]
Don't stop singing, no matter what anyone says.
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Answer 3

If you don't have a voice teacher, you might want to get one. If you are 16 or over that's the best time to start. Even if you can only go once or twice a month it would be helpful. Ok, your vibrato occurs naturally as a result of your vocal cords closing and air being passed through that closing causing them to vibrate. A natural vibrato comes from proper breath support and not forcing sound. Breath support is a long subject and I find that most people give answers like 'sing from your diaphragm'' which I find confusing to explain. You can start with simply inhaling and making sure that inhalation goes 2 inches below your belly button (it's a good image as to how low the breath should be). Keep your shoulders, jaw and chest relaxed. Lower chest should only rise minimally. You can expand your range but do so with care and gentility otherwise you can hurt yourself. I would start doing 5 note scales singing on a e vowel first (it's the easiest one for most to produce) and then switch to ah in the top portion of your range. Start in your usual range and than add a 1/2 step. You can do this on either end of your range. I would also choose music that is a little more challenging than what you're currently singing. But I feel a voice teacher could best guide you in choosing things that aren't too taxing. You probably do speech level singing without realizing it. It's any note (s) that fall within your speaking voice range. You just happening to be singing in that area rather than speaking. Usually your low to middle voice. It just relaxes one's effort when thinking 'Oh, I already speak here so I can sing here'..Hope this is helpful and if you need further advice feel free to contact me through my profile. Best to you

Answer 4

I suggest you find the right teacher. Different teachers concentrate on different areas when teaching. I had my first teacher get me through high c's with ease from a depressing, frustrated a#. Then I went to another to try to improve on the aspects I lack. With the subject of vibrato, I'm among the singers born without a natural one (I say this because some seem to have it since birth being able to do without concious effort even for an early age. Maybe it's genetics, like the rolling of the tongue thing. So who knows?). However, I found that I'm able to produce a natural vibrato in certain pitches (around medium high to high range) by singing in certain placements (It may have to do with breathing as most would refer to what it was but I'm not sure). The rest I fabricate from my diaphragm (just a shame my latest teacher's not a fan of fabricated vibrato's) and yes, I pull it right off when singing. It's harder when vocalizing with my teacher though, i guess due to the limited cover I could utilize so I just don't do it in lessons. But all in all, just find yourself a good teacher if you don't have one yet.
hope this helped.

Answer 5

There is an exercise called the lip whistle. Purse your lips together and blow, sort of like a kid making motorboat noises (pppp) while making a tone in your throat. When you can do this well, go up and down the scale while doing it, and keep going higher and higher. You can go higher than you can usually sing, but after awhile, you will be able to sing that high.

Answer 6

its really easy to get the vibrato cuz i remember i learned how to do it when i was like 10 yrs old but because a choir teacher always told me that u need to use ur stomach and well i was in choir and not that i liked that music but its really good to develop your voice so u might try to talk to a choir teacher or get into choir lessons.

Answer 7

Practice shouting!