Singing help needed now!?

Question

Okay, I really need some help with breathe support and singing louder. My audition is coming up soon and I really want to nail the song, and have people hear it too. Any suggestions? Breathing excercises? Please help!

Answer 1

lay on the floor and try breathing properly (you know how, let the air flow through your diaphragm) and try to sing a note for as much as you can. repeat it for a few times.

"Put one hand on your abdomen and the other hand on your back, both at about waist level. Inhale by filling your lower lungs with air so that your stomach sticks out. Your hands should move apart, the air filling the space between them. As you exhale let your stomach go back in gently. Think of your stomach as a balloon that inflates and deflates. Your chest shouldn't move, not even an eighth of an inch. As you get better at this, your back will also move out when you inhale. Try putting your thumbs one on each side of your spine, at about waist level. Relax your shoulders. Now inhale into your thumbs.

Once you put the air in the right place, you must learn to control it with your diaphragm. The diaphragm is a muscle that sits below your lungs and causes them to fill and empty. If you exhale out all of your air down to the absolutely last drop, you will feel your diaphragm under your rib cage as it pushes up against your lungs. On the outside of your ribs you will feel your abdominal wall pushing in; inside your ribs your diaphragm pushes up. Not only does your diaphragm need to be strong enough to push hard when you want lots of power, but it needs to have even more control and strength when you want to sing a fast and accurate lick, or a big jump in pitch, or very, very quietly. Building the strength and control of your diaphragm begins with proper breathing.

To strengthen the diaphragm, again put one hand on your abdomen and the other hand on your back. Inhale into your abdomen and exhale forcibly so that your stomach muscles push in and the air comes out rapidly. Repeat this--inhale, abdomen out, exhale forcibly, abdomen in--thirty times picking up the tempo as you get comfortable with it. Breathe through your mouth. As you go faster you may find that you've fallen back into the old habit of breathing vertically again. In that case, stop and start over by breathing slowly and gently into your lower lungs until you have the feeling again.

Initially you may feel that you can't get enough air, but that is because your lung capacity is small from disuse. All infants breath into their lower lungs, but as we age and our stress levels increase, our breathing tends to move upwards. With practice you will find that your lower lungs stretch out and that your ribs in the back will loosen up and make room for the larger inhalation.

Be patient with yourself. After breathing vertically thousands of times a day all the years of your life, a new way to breathe takes lots of concentration. Remember that your voice is an instrument like any other. It takes time to learn to play it--time and patience and practice." (vocalist.org.uk.)

and don't forget that you'll need a bigger quantity of air to sing higher notes.

Answer 2

Ignore everything you ever read about "pushing" from the diaphragm. It's impossible. The diaphragm contracts to breathe IN. It plays no part in exhaling (or singing) other than just naturally returning to its relaxed state. Just relax everything. That's all you need to do, and all you CAN do. Also, singing higher or louder requires LESS air, as the vocal chords are closer together. If you use websites to learn things, you're going to get bad advice. You can't replace proper one-on-one coaching. Just pay for ONE session with a vocal coach. They'll be able to tell you what you need to do to improve. Nobody can improve your voice without knowing where you need improvement. See a decent vocal coach. And if they ever tell you to push from your diaphragm, walk out there and then and refuse to pay them, because your diaphragm CAN. NOT. PUSH.

Answer 3

Well first of all before you sing stretch your whole body and do facial stretches to get your body relexed and ready to sing. Then do scales for about 10 minutes. Some breathing exercises would be to push your diaphram in and out repetitively for 3 minutes. When you do this it gives you control over your diaphram and you can also get better abs. Also push out your diaphram and see how long you can hold it out. Also pretend you are yelling but really sing the note as loud as you would yell it. Hope this helps.

Answer 4

When you take a breath think of it coming from your toes. Get the breath beneath you. Also to take in more air let the air fill in between your ribs. It sounds weird but it helps.