Singing Tips

Vocal Exercises to Improve your Singing Ability : Vocal Cord Hydration

Learn techniques on keeping the vocal cords hydrated in this free video clip on vocal exercises.

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Advanced Singing Tips : High Notes in Belt Voice

Singing high notes using a belt voice is very different than other voices. Learn some tips from this vocal expert on how to stretch your throat and hit those high notes in this free video clip.

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Classical Vocal Training for Singers : Controlling Exhaling Classical Voice Training

Learn how to sing with classical vocal training & controlling exhaling exercises in this free video singing lesson.

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Beginning Singing Tips : High & Low Vocal Warm Ups

Warming up your entire vocal range is important to prevent injury. Learn some vocal warm up exercise tips that focus on the lower and middle part of the voice from this vocal expert in this free video clip.

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Vocal Strength Exercises

How to increase the range of the singing voice brings up the problem of registration, which is a part of phonation. The range of the singing voice divides itself naturally into a low, a middle, and a high register, which are the result of changes in vocal cord adjustment, in turn indicated by changes in resonance quality. The problem is to teach the student how to make the changes from one register to another, without the changes in quality being too obvious. Since the action of the vocal cords is below the level of con­sciousness, an acoustical approach must be made. An imitation of yodeling, the changing from the middle to the high voice, is an indirect approach. In changed male voices the use of falsetto, sung softly, reflecting undampened vocal cords, then changing to pharynx falsetto, reflecting dampened vocal cords, is another indirect approach. Humming n or ng with the mouth open in the high voice, and then changing to a vowel sound, preferably ay, oh, or ah, is another indirect approach to a change to the high voice mechanism.

The solution of the problem of how to teach a student to sing in his normal quality is dependent first on building up in the student’s mind a conception of what normal quality sounds like. The hearing of models of good singing, including records of voices similar to that of the student; the singing of three contrasting qualities such as “the singer’s in his nose” (nasality); “the singer’s in the well” (muffled) and “the singer’s in the bell” (normal) - these are indirect techniques. Calling “hey” in a loud voice to bring about a balanced co-ordination of the dynamic processes of respiration, phonation, articula­tion, and resonation, is another indirect approach to establishing normal quality.

The psycho-physiological approach to the development of the singing voice is a matter of training the vocal mechanism to respond to the dictates of the mind.

Beginning Singing Tips : Opening the Throat For Singing

When singing it is important to have an open throat to allow air to pass freely. Learn some great tips on how to maintain an open throat while you sing from this vocal expert in this free video clip.

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Classical Vocal Training for Singers : Tips Before Singing or Speaking: Part 1

Learn how to sing or speak with classical vocal training exercises in this free video singing lesson.

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Vocal Exercises to Improve your Singing Ability : Vocal Dynamics : Voice Exercises

Learn techniques on improving vocal dynamics in this free how-to video on vocal exercises.

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What are some good exercises for bringing the head voice into the chest voice and vice versa?

Can anyone give me a set of vocal exercises for attaining a more seamless flow from chest voice to head voice?

Get a vocal teacher who can help you through this. Trying to do it wrong or pushing the voice to do things its not comfortable can be very potentially dangerous. Also, everyone is different and without knowing your training, age, or experience it is hard to give advice. There are the textbook exercises but the best advice is to get a singing teacher to help you do this seamlessly and safely.

singing: proper breathing (diaphragm, breath control, breath support),breathing&vocal exercises,warm-ups,tips?

I’ve always wanted a nice voice after quitting singing when I had my awful voice change. I used to sing okay when I was a child (pre-voice change) but I don’t really know the proper way of breathing, etc…

I’m willing to learn everything. (I’m a girl btw)

1. I know this has been asked a lot but, how do I properly breath when singing? How do I properly breath using the diaphragm? Anything about proper breathing in singing would help a lot.

2. Can you suggest some breathing and vocal exercises I can do? (I have a keyboard so I can use it on some exercises if ever it requires)

3. How do you warm-up?

4. Tips for “beginner”’s like me please! Some things that would be helpful!

Thank you!
oh, and some people say that you should inhale from your nose AND your mouth? what do they mean by that?

I’m by no means a master, but I did a huge, year-long project on this! Hope it helps!!!

Proper breathing should always be supported breathing. This means you shouldn’t put any stress on your throat! If your throat hurts when you sing, you’re probably straining to hit the note, using proper breath support. The easiest way to train yourself to breathe properly is to practice in a fairly large mirror. When you breathe, you want to use your diaphragm! When you do this properly, your shoulders shouldn’t move like when you do “chest breathing.” That’s where the mirror comes in handy.

The way I learned to breathe with my diaphragm was first watching someone while they sleep (creepy, I know!) When we sleep, we automatically use the diaphragm. When you breathe in, the area between your stomach and your ribs should extend outwards, and when you breathe out, it should move inwards.

Here are a few exercises to try and really hone in on the breathing technique!

1. Pretend that you’re sipping air through a straw. You’ll really be able to feel the diaphragm moving!

2. Use the first exercise while holding an innertube around yourself. You’ll be able to feel your diaphragm and ribs extending out against the sides. If you don’t have an innertube, you can lay down on your front on top of an exercise ball! (Hint: When you breathe well with your diaphragm, you should feel extension in your back as well!)

3. When singing and/or warming up, wrap your hands below your ribs on each side to monitor your breath-support.

Scales are the best way to warm-up. You always want to make sure that your vocal chords are hydrated and clear of phlegm! To get rid of phlegm healthily (clearing your throat isn’t necessarily healthy) try humming! It’s a safe way to do it! Arpeggios are my favorite way to warm-up. It’s simply going up and down the keys of the piano in different patterns, and simply using the sounds La-le-lee-lo-loo to sing with. Of course lip-trills are also fantastic for warm-ups! To find more exercises, you can check out a couple books on the Bel Canto technique (the Italian technique) for singing. It’s the more predominantly used, and more smiled upon technique for singing. It’s less guttural and less stressful on the voice than the German or English techniques.

Some simple heath tips. Smoking is a no-no. Belting all the time isn’t great for your voice. It can lead to vocal nodes and polyps, which have a long and sometimes indefinite recovery time (AKA no singing at all)! Some people argue that drinking caffeine and other citrus drinks are bad for your chords, but that’s generally right before singing.

Hope that answered most of your question. This is my favorite subject to gab about!