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I can't sing loudly! Since 6th grade I've tried out for 5 musicals and I haven't made any of them because I can't project my voice. I've tried everything I know of, trying to sing from your diaphram, not your stomach..and NOTHING WORKS! I know I have a good voice, my chorus teacher even told me she couldn't give me a solo because I wasn't loud enough, but she really wanted to. Any tips on singing loudly would be greatly appreciated. (And good songs to practice with, I'm a second Soprano)
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in adolescense the vocal chords tend to pull apart a bit more...this is gonna sound stupid, but try practicing baaaing (like a sheep, yes). it'll help you project more.
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Omg! A question I can really answer! Okay, I'm 16 and I sing opera. (If you really need help and you have AIM, IM me at SirenCytherea. Or e-mail me at DemonIre1024@hotmail.com . I teach voice.)
Lessee...
Well, first off, you may not be old enough to have a really loud voice. I didn't get my volume until I was...fourteen. But then, I have an overdeveloped voice. Anyway, you know how you feel when you're about to yawn, that open feeling in your throat?
When you inhale to sing, yawn in your air. Breathe like you're about to yawn, but sing instead. (If you're doing this right, you may actually yawn. This happened to me a few times. If that happens, relax a little.)
DON'T sing from your diaphragm.
Do me a favor - push your shoulders forward, then inhale as you pull them up, push them back, and then down. Your ribcage should have expanded. Lock in that feeling - your ribcage should never move in/your chest should never collapse.
When you get this feeling right, work on relaxing your throat. Never use any of your throat muscles when you sing. Your air should come from waaaaaaaaaaay down in your stomach, and you're going to need a lot of it if you're going to sing loud. I'm a coloratura and/or first soprano, and I'm always running out of air. You always need, like, 3 million times more air than you think you do.
Don't think about retaining air because then you'll sound weak. Think of pushing it all out.
Do an octave slide. Pick a lowish note (like the A below middle C) and slide up an octave to the next A, then back down. As you sing higher, push more and more air, and think of reaching the bottom note, not the top one.
Also, never feel like you're yelling when you sing. That's a good way to kill your voice fast.
The method above takes awhile to get right (it took me a month, and I'm still working on it.) but once you get it right, you'll have sooooo much volume. I was in my voice lesson with the window closed on the top floor of the building. My mom was in the car in the parking lot and she heard me. It's amazing and really cool. I was afraid to sing out at first, but when you get it, it sounds GOOD. So these are just the basics. For more help, e-mail or IM me. This is what I do.
Some songs to practice with are anything that have a lot of dynamics. Not choral pieces - those won't do you any good. hope this was helpful! -Siren
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pretend that you are yelling at someonefar away only sing it
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I have a really loud voice, but I cant be quiet! Well I'd say to drink some water and clear your throat. Before you sing do tones with your voice like go up, down, up, down. Then turn the music up loudley and try to reach the level of singing louder than that. Or you could buy "love to sing". Dont worry be happy!
-shay :-)
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Take lessons. Practice singing at home as loud as you can when no one's around. I don't know what else to tell you- I'm a naturally loud person myself, no matter what I do. Keep me updated and I'll try to give you tips on singing, because that's something that I enjoy doing. :)
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singing comes frome the heart not the lungs and when you are ready you will sing great
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Feel your neck, and move down till you find your colar bones where they connect to the front of the rib cage, I think. Move up an inch and apply a little pressure not to much and sing your voice will sound dull but it builds up your voice the more you do this. Or learn to control your are intake the more air you take in the higher your voice can get.
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Ok, this will require visulisation. As you are an actress, I will assume you know what this is.
Stand in your singing posteure, take a deep breath [with the stomach, not the shoulders]. Imaging and *feel* the air coiling in your belly, slowly let it out as a 'la' or whatever inarticulat sound you are most comfortable with, and make the sound get bigger and louder. Put your whole being into the sound and don't forget to open your throat [not just your mouth] very wide. Hopefully this should help you get use to making your voice bigger, and just keep practicing.
Rember, your mouth and your throat is a cathedral; a large airy place that the sound can swilr and become bigger.
If this doesn't work, it might just be that you have a naturally soft voice. Good songs to practice with are actually rock songs [well sung rock, like linkin park, not slipknot] or hyms.
Good luck
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