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Singing!
I love to sing even though I'm flat and I need to control my breathing. (From what my thespian friends have told me)
So I'll love to get tips. Any songs to sing? I know there's musicals and such to sing from but please list songs for altos.
I've tried looking and I struggle to sing the songs from musicals. It seems to go too high or something.
The only song I can sing is Sunday Morning by Maroon 5 :\
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Breath in through your nose and try to release it as slowly as you can through your mouth, this will help you to hold notes.
Also you have three main placeswhere you sing "from". your chest, your voicebox, and your head. Your chest gives you the deepest voice - so try using that.
hope i helped..
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Well, if your voice is flat and you have breathing problems, try taking vocal lessons. Trust me, they really help!
For altos, I can think of a few musical pieces. 'There are Worse Things I Could Do' from Grease, 'Out Here On My Own' from Fame, 'Without You' from Rent, and 'Funny Honey' from Chicago.
Sunday Morning is not really an alto piece. The lead singer does a very good falsetto, and he is a tenor. The song is in quite a high range, so that's not the best song for an alto.
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Dear Flatso,
You probably just haven't hit puberty-- after that stage you should start filling up, and soon have breasts to brag about.
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ok well well first of all with the breathing thing. what should happen when you breathe is that your stomach should go out when you breathe in. most people do it wrong. also if your school has a chorus or a school play or anything if you join one of those you will be able to work on your singing.
a good breathing excercise is to breathe in and then let it out as slowly as possible in like a tz sound. its alsmost like hissing (your tounge should be against your teeth).
there are books you can buy full of these excersises.
also, not all broadway songs go high. they do make songs for altos. i dont knowif your a girl or a guy (cause if your a girl it doesnt make a good impression at auditions if you sing a guys song or visa versa). ussually if your at an audition or something they would prefer you sing something from broadway instead of like a pop song.
I am an alto, so i will list some songs i've considered or have song for auditions (these are all girl songs and you dont ussually do the whole thing only like 36 measures).
You cant stop the beat-hairspray
im not that girl-wicked
i can hear the bells-hairspray
i know things now-into the woods
astonishing-little women (it goes high at the end, but if you just sing up until like the middle, which is way more than you would need anyway for an audition, its perfect alto range).
There's a fine fine line-avenue q
At The Ballet-A chorus line
Caberet-Caberet
Learn Your Lessons Well-Godspell
On My Own-Le Miserables
A Little Fall of Rain-Le Miserables
Some Things are meant to be-Little Women
Doll On A Music Box-Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
What I did for love-A Chorus Line
Beauty and the Beast-Beauty and the Beast
Also, if you are in the chorus or a music class, ask your music teacher for suggestions. also, if any of your thesbian friends take voice lessons, ask for their teachers name and number.
hope i helped!
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Well, I am alto as well. In high school choir, we sang a song called "Poor Pilgrim of Sorrow." It was one of my favorites to sing, because it is an alto song more than anything.
It may not be your cup of tea, however, because it isn't Maroon 5 (whoever that is :D) and it is not from a musical.
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This link is for the lyrics. If it's something you are interested in, you may be able to order the choir music at your local music store (the kind that sells instruments, not cd's). Or you may be able to search "pilgrim of sorrow music" on your internet search engine.
Tip: Don't sing what causes you to struggle too much. That takes the fun out of it. However, don't skip out on something that has a note or two that are hard to hit.
If you practice it, you will hit it eventually, most likely. I had a hard time with The Star Spangled Banner at "the rocket's red glare" because "glare" is at a note higher than my reach. But guess what? I can sing it to this day because of the practice.
Tip: To help control your breathing, take long deep breaths before starting. Be sure you are warming up your vocal chords after that. (sing that one song "doe a deer, a female deer.." it is a good one due to it goes up the scale then back down again.) These help you with your wind.
Be sure to breathe with your stomach muscles and not your chest/shoulder muscles. Meaning, when you pull in air, your stomach should puff out rather than raising your shoulders and puffing out your chest. As it flows out with sound, your stomach will gently sink back in, rather than dropping your shoulders and sinking your chest.
I have to add something... as for what dramaditz says, I'm sorry to say that, though the rest of her advice is good, she is wrong about how your stomach should move.
Your stomach pulls in when you breathe OUT. This is because it helps your diaphram to evenly force out the air to make nice, long, even sounding notes.
Picture it like this: your stomach should work in the same fashion as your lungs while breathing (singing or not). Filling with air in a swelling motion, releasing air in a collapsing motion. When you do the opposite, you are in turn, allowing your chest/shoulder muscles to move, which also effects the quality of the sound you are making. :)
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BRUTALY HONEST:
just sing because you like to.
if people think you're awful then that's them but as long as you're having fun, there shouldn't be a question
CONSIDER IT
♥ Flaggal
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You should listen to the radio and just sing with it. Eventually when you hear the songs over and over you will pick up on the notes and the melody and you will learn how to control your voice.
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