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Ok, before I ask my Q, I just want to make this clear---IF YOU DON'T KNOW A LOT ABOUT MUSIC, DO NOT ANSWER. I don't want anyone saying "oh drink some honey and tea and that will turn you into a huge opera singer."
My range is from E3-Db6. I was a soprano for a while, but I switched to mezzo because my mid-voice notes are stronger and richer than my higher notes. My problem is: From D4 on up, my notes sound kind of thin and weak. I can sing the notes easily, but it doesn't sound rich like my mid-voice register. If fact, it sounds like two different people singing. But last week, I had a 3-hour choir rehearsal, and near the end my higher notes sounded rich and like the same person singing. Why is this?
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That is a high range! and if you're gonna sing like that you need A LOT of warm up! so three hours of singing will make it sound really great! If you just start out singing in a soprano section with out proper warm up its gonna sound muffled, scratchy, airy, and unprofessional. If you want to sound like this all the time, you should act your choir teacher for some good warmups because that is what helped you. xoxoxo, hope this helped!
Jessie
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basically because you "warmed up" your vocal chords. think of it as a piece of blue tack. if you try to stretch it cold they snap but the longer you play around with it the further you can pull it before it breaks or gets weak and thin.
The key here is practise, and exercises before you start to sing properly. try to do some every day and you should see some long term improvement.
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You wanted to know why your higher notes sounded richer by the end of the rehearsal? It probably took that long to really warm up your whole range - looks like you have almost three octaves. That's pretty big. I have about a three and a half octave range, and I don't feel totally warmed up until I've been singing for at least an hour.
I just got my top octave solid - it takes a lot more air and a lot more support than you think to be able to really sing those notes. But NEVER push your voice to do things it isn't comfortable with. (I'm sure you know that, I just felt it was necessary to restate.)
When you warm up, always touch on your high notes, but if you feel your neck tense, stop singing up there and work your way all the way down to your last comfortable note. If you know that a note is "supposed to be" comfortable in your voice, and you feel like you can't quite get to it, take a break and drink something warm, or drink room temperature water. If you can't hit your low notes after singing high for a while, you probably strained your voice.
Really, those high notes will take time to work into your range. I mean, I've been able to sing F6s and G6s forever, but not full-voiced. I turned 18 in october, and I can JUST now sing them full voiced.
Don't push your voice - be patient. Try to keep the feel of your mid-range notes and bring it up into your head voice (just think of that).
If you have a voice teacher, this is an issue you might bring up with him or her.
Also, if you really are a mezzo, your high notes probably won't sound as rich as the notes in your midvoice. The high notes sit in a different place, and they feel really tiny, but they should also feel focused. Unless you turn out to be a dramatic soprano, high notes don't sound "rich". I'm a lyric - my high notes are loud, but they're not rich like my lower register, when I tap into my chest voice.
In any case, touch on those higher notes when you feel warmed up, and make sure you go all the way back down. Don't push your voice, and take care of it.
Hope this helps a bit - good luck!
-Siren =)
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Your upper-register notes sound weak becuase you don't have any (or enough) compression. Get a straw, cut it in half, and breathe in using that. Look in a mirror. If your shoulders or chest rise, you are breathing incorrectly. Your back or waist should expand. Let me know if you need more specifics!
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The reason your mid-voice sounds stronger is because you work with it more than you hae with mezzo. If you continue to sing with mezzo your voice will become stronger and will have the same effect as you did when you sang mid-voice. The more you practice each pitch you will become use to using all different types. The more that you practice the more clear it sounds but eventually you will get tired of course.
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