There are many people who love to sing and would like to train their voice. While there are many valid methods, the article below is a safe and productive method for exercising your voice. These steps take time and effort. Start following them if you are motivated. You can use these tips in your spare time, as part of a professional workout, or on your own. Use these methods as a foundation for developing a training regimen that suits you. Celebrate the gift of singing, because all voices are unique and special. Have fun practicing and training your voice!
Steps
Step 1. Read the "Tips" before you start following the steps
Inside the tips you will find a lot of information on posture, breathing, soft palate movement, jaw position, which will help you sing correctly. The passages indicate some warm-up exercises that can be useful for training the voice. Have fun!
Step 2. Start with the solfeggio of the notes:
"do, re, mi, fa, sol, la, si, do". Sing them along with yourself on a piano or keyboard. Sing the scale up and down.
Step 3. Sing a nursery rhyme to the notes "do re mi fa sol fa mi re do"
The G is the highest note of the scale, try to sing it with a different word before singing the descending scale. Try joining the notes and singing them continuously. This technique is called legate.
Step 4. Sing "do mi sol mi do" while saying the word "a" to make the notes sound
Again the G is the highest note before the descending scale. Sing this exercise by playing each note briefly and individually, a technique called staccato. It may help to place a hand on your stomach to check for proper diaphragm movement. If you do the exercise correctly, you will feel a slight vibration on your hand every time you sing a note.
Step 5. Sing the notes "do re mi fa sol mi do"
Pronounce "si" while singing "do re mi fa" in legate. Pronounce "ia" while singing "sol mi do" in staccato. This exercise requires practice, as it involves switching between two types of singing. When you say "yes" keep your jaw relaxed. Don't open your mouth too much. In fact, sing these notes with your mouth slightly open and your lips forming a small circle. This way you will get a round and full sound. When you say "ia", don't open your mouth more, but try to make more space inside it. Since this part of the exercise is similar to the previous one, you can keep one hand on the diaphragm to control its execution.
Step 6. If you look at the keys on a piano, you will see how the note "C" is repeated often across the keyboard
The interval of notes between one do and the next is called the octave. By improving your vocal range, you will be able to sing more than an octave. To check your range, play the lowest note you can produce on the keyboard. The pitch of this note will depend on the type of voice you have (bass, baritone, tenor for men, alto, mezzo-soprano and soprano for women). If you don't know your voice type, find the lowest note you can sing and play it. Align your voice to the note being played and hold the note as long as you can, without straining. Now play the same note as the upper octave and try to sing it. Then do the same with the next octave. If this note is too high for you, decrease the note by a half octave and sing it. If you are a beginner this training may be enough. If, on the other hand, you decide to go on, repeat the exercise starting from the note following the initial one. This exercise is to lengthen your extension and strengthen your vocal cords. Be very careful not to strain your voice to perform it.
Step 7. The basic method for solfeggio is a system of symbols for each note
The symbol for "do" is a fist. The symbol for the "king" is an inclined hand with the thumb side towards you and the fingertips towards the left. The "me" has as its symbol the flat hand as if resting on a table, with the side of the thumb towards you. The "fa" has as a symbol a thumb inwards with the inside of the hand outwards. The "G" symbol is the open hand with the palm facing out. The "a" symbol is a cupped hand looking down. The "yes" symbol is a fist with the index finger pointing up and to the left. You can try to learn this method by practicing a lot, so you can mark the notes quickly. It will help to point out the notes as you sing them.
Step 8. Start with the C symbol and sing the note
Keep the note as long as you can. Then move on to the king and do the same. Then go back to do. The goal is to continue and sing from do to mi, then from do to fa and so on, from do to do.
Step 9. If the methods mentioned don't help you, take singing lessons
Advice
- Put your feet shoulder-width apart and bend your legs slightly. Keep your back straight. Your neck should be in line with your spine. Don't tilt your head. Fix your gaze forward and relax.
- Put your hands on your stomach, one on top of the other. Breathe deeply through your nose so that your stomach expands. As you exhale, your abs should contract slightly. Your inhalation should be full so that you have more breath to hold the notes, and to sing with the legate technique. The exhalation should be slow and gradual, to conserve all the breath needed to support the voice before you breathe again.
- The soft palate should always be raised. The goal is to leave as much space inside the mouth as possible, to produce round and full sounds. Lower your tongue, resting it on the bottom of your mouth. Stretch your jaw slightly. Your lips should form a small circle. Don't open your mouth too much or you may not take advantage of the empty space in the top of your mouth.
- Start with an estimate of how you think you need to play a note to mimic it. Adjust the pitch of your voice like a siren until you produce the desired note. You will be able to feel and sense when you produce it.
- Intonation involves singing "exactly" one note. This means that you will have to sing exactly the desired note and not at a slightly higher or lower pitch. To help you sing the notes by pushing your index finger on the center of your forehead. This method seems to produce a favorable psychological effect that allows you to sing at the right frequency.
- The chest voice is usually a way of singing used to sing the lower notes of the range. The head voice is softer and more delicate. There is also a mixed emission that combines the techniques of both types of emission, which also exploits the sound box above the nasal cavities. Emission types simply indicate the parts that vibrate and are involved in the production of sound. You will be able to understand what kind of emission you are using because your voice will "break" as you switch from one type to another. Sing a note that is in the lower part of your range. Increase the pitch of the sound, and if you get high enough, you will hear a "break" in the voice where the sound will be muffled. This is the point of passage. The lowest notes before reaching this point are sung with a chest voice. The notes you produced after the breaking point are sung with a lead voice. Between these two extremes you will use mixed emission.
- Breathe in through your nose, then plug it. This is the correct technique you should use while singing, without exhaling through the nose.
- Pronounce the consonants of the words of the songs you sing well. Put more emphasis on certain words.
- Singing loud or soft should take the same breath, and you shouldn't strain your voice. Using diaphragm breathing, these variations can be controlled throughout the song. Try moving your hands forward one after the other. This technique is used to increase the volume of the voice to sing loud or fortissimo.
- Sing with enthusiasm and use facial expressions when you sing.
- Drink lots of water.
- Choose songs with an extension suitable for that of your voice.
Warnings
- Make sure you rest your voice and drink plenty of water.
- Don't strain your voice. If you feel pain, stop exercising. The pain could come from incorrect technique. Get help from a singing teacher or other expert. They may point out the mistakes you make and help you improve.
- Some common mistakes are smiling while singing, singing too softly, too loud, pushing too much air out, and pushing the voice beyond its range. Be careful or you could cause damage to your vocal cords.
