without wearing out my voice so bad till it hurts
2007-03-26 06:51:28 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ Performing Arts
1. Breathing. Make sure you are taking nice deep breaths. To check this, squat or plie during warm-ups. When you breathe in your low ab muscles should drop (due to lowering the center of gravity). Your belly and back will expand! Every breath should feel like that when you sing!
2. Do warm-ups that stretch your cords gradually. Start in your low range and work your way up. Make sure you are changing to your head voice when getting in the upper part of your range.
The main way to sing really high is to make sure you aren't straining your voice in your chest voice. Make sure you are flipping over to your head voice (falsetto if a guy). And make sure you are breathing correctly. If you do not support your voice with a good deep breath, you will wear out your voice faster!
Any more advice feel free to email me!
2007-03-26 07:00:48 · answer #1 · answered by Sarah S 3 · 2⤊ 1⤋
The only sound advice you've received so far is to practice with a voice teacher. It is very possible to expand your range but you need someone who understands the very specific mechanics of your voice in order to get the right exercises. You don't even have to go once a week, you could tape the lesson and go once a month. Don't try any exercises on your own as you will hurt yourself. You don't say what type of singer you are so it's hard for me to advise you further. Take good care of yourself and your voice.
2007-03-27 02:37:05 · answer #2 · answered by Yogini 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
They're all right. You can't defy your limits. Everyone of us has our own vocal range limits. BUT, you can expand your vocal range, only through time.
I get to know this becuase it happened to myself as well as to my friends. What we simply did is just sing, and sing, and sing, and sing. Ocassionally high songs that strains your voice (not too much). Before you know it, you can hit higher notes in the next few months!
Bon Jovi and Air Supply are recommended songs ideal for practise. But DO NOTE to lower keys if they're too high for you. Forcing is nothing but harmful.
2007-03-27 20:29:11 · answer #3 · answered by donniedragon 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Forget all the other blather here from people who haven't a slue as to what the are blathering on about. You can either sing in a high range or you can't. The vocal chords determine this (you are born with the vocal chords you're born with and they can either allow you to sing in a certain range or not) and no amount of practice or voice lessons in the world will help you in doing this. It's like most other things. Nature gives you the ability or it doesn't.
2007-03-26 07:37:44 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 3⤋
um hun...you cant force your voice to reach limits it cant. My voice can reach high and low. I sing R&B/Soul and you cant force your voice. My voice is natural...if you want to practice getting your voice higher sing something by Stevie Wonder, and Aretha Franklin those old age motown jammers will get your voice ready so you can sing Mariah Carey, Shakira, Beyonce, Christina Aguilera just like me. I am audition soon. yay!
2007-03-26 13:02:47 · answer #5 · answered by gema=) 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Cords. They are vocal cords.
That being said, carefully consider the ability of persons to be authoritative on a topic when they can't spell words germane to the subject.
2007-03-26 09:27:27 · answer #6 · answered by Sevateem 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
See Vienna Boys Choir.
2007-03-26 06:55:12 · answer #7 · answered by surffsav 5 · 0⤊ 3⤋
lots of practice with a good voice coach or mariah carey's genes
2007-03-26 06:58:24 · answer #8 · answered by Bailey 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
voice lessons
2007-03-26 06:53:30 · answer #9 · answered by butrcupps 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
definately practice with a vocal coach
2007-03-26 06:53:26 · answer #10 · answered by KMB 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋