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Singing
People tell me I have a reasonabley good voice but I want to make it really good. What exercises can I do to make it stronger cos at the moment I hit a high note and my voice sort of totally disappears. It's real weird!
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If your voice goes out on the high notes, you are not singing correctly.
You should always have good posture. Attain this by bending over to touch your toes and rolling yourself up and your shoulders back.
Practice sightreading. If you don't know what that is, it's reading music that you've never seen before and singing it. It helps to make you sing on pitch.
Also, I suggest learning a little about music theory so that you always know what is going on in the peice. Is there a crescendo? Mezzo di voce? A ritardando at the end? What is the tempo? If you can't answer these questions, a brush-up on music theory is in order.
Here is a great website for music theory: [Link](Mouse over link to see full location) .
Get a straw. Sit up straight, and have your feet on the floor-one slightly in front of the other. Try to do this in front of a mirror. Place the sraw in your mouth, and breathe in through the straw. Your back should widen as you breathe in, but your chest should not rise very much at all.
Say "sqeelo" (skweeloh) with an italian accent on one note and then move up and up until you hit the top of your range.
Sing, " Bumble bee-ee bumble bee-ee bumble bee-ee bumble-bee." Play this on the piano, starting on middle C, and play CE DF EG FA GB AC BD C. Play the notes similar to that pattern coming back down the scale.
Go to the higher part of your range and sing, " Ee-ooh-ee-ooh-ee-ee-ee-ee-ee-ee," legato, full voice.
Here is a website full of tips and tricks. [Link](Mouse over link to see full location)
I highly recommend the book Singing for Dummies available at Borders and at Barnes and Noble. It comes with a CD that is really great with warm-ups, which are always good to practice.
I hope I helped, and if you have more specific questions, plese feel free to ask!
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ok if your voice is going out on the high note do not force those notes because you could damnge your voice! do some sirns, that shouldhelp with the high notes. Also you could be going tho a voice change. Just don't press on your voice and do not force any notes that you don't have. hoped i helped
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just do lots of different warm ups, and go up the scale as far as possible, if you keep doing that, you'll be able to hit that high note without it dissapearing, its just cus your voice is not trained to be that high yet, but you can definatly hit it good with time and practice
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here are a couple warm ups we do in vocal ensemble:
hubba bubba double bubble gum
mommy made me mash my m&m's
i like pizza with a lot of pepporoni sauce and cheese
make sure your accentuate the sounds. and as you are singing them just keep singing higher and higher.
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Sing. "i like bubble gum" and as youre singing it keep getting higher.
And once you go the highest you can, sing "i like double bubble gum" as high as you can go.
I used to do that in choir. :)
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You know how when you are yawning, something opens up in the back of your throat? That is your soft palette, and you can lift it on purpose to get a clearer sound. Also, sometimes people think "I can't hit that note because it's high" so they don't hit it even though they can. Relax your throat and let the note come out. Don't squeeze your throat or you will get a strangled sound. Slide up and down between low and high notes. Sometimes you will find that you sing that note without any trouble at all. Hope I helped!
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I would just say, to practice, practice daily. Practice makes perfect! that's the excersise I would give you.
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ok well first of all you need to have confidence, these are someways to get that.
* work on scales everyday, going higher than you
usually go and lower than you usually go. this
will make your range larger so it is more
comfortable to sing higher and lower.
* sing in the shower.lol. it does help
* drink alot of water and try and stay away from
caffine, this will help clear your voice.
* when you are getting ready to hit a high note
take a huge breath of air, and just push the
note over! give it all you've got, and don't
be shy!
hope this helped, if you need anything just let me know.
*~Zainab~*
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if your voice isnt naturally high your not going to be able to hit those notes without alot of practice. but at the same time make sure you dont practice too much because this can damage your voice. make sure that when you sing you use your diaphragm(its a muscle located in the bottom portion of your stomach area. when you breathe out/sing, try to push the air out of your lungs from their instead of your chest. this will ensure a louder voice and the ability to hold notes longer. You could also practice scales, or even use a piano to help guide your voice, by pressing the keys one at a time going up and trying to sing along with it. try to project your voice as you do this, but dont scream out the notes, as that wont help you or the people who happen to be nearby. Whatever you do, takeit easy and dont overwork your vocal cords as this could lead to serious problems later. i hope i helped =]
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I go up by thirds in practice and it helps me to hit the high notes when I'm actually singing. Going up by thirds is like this. Do, mi, re, fa, mi, so, fa, la, so, ti, la, do, ti, re, do. Also it could just mean that you are not a soprano. Hope for the best!
~*Brianna*~
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