Hitting high notes (in singing)?!


Question: Sometimes I can't hit all the high notes in songs, but if I work towards it will I eventually be able to? How should I work on it:


Answers: Sometimes I can't hit all the high notes in songs, but if I work towards it will I eventually be able to? How should I work on it:

First thing you have to work on, especially when singing high, is that your voice cannot have any tension in it. You must work to sing relaxed. The best way to learn to sing relaxed is through stretching out your body and then breathing exercises.

This is absolutely necessary before you even start to sing.

The exercise I use to develop my high range is to start on the pitch where I can warm up my voice. Using my head voice, I will hit a B, above middle C, and first work to make sure I start cleanly, with an OU sound. If I do not get the attack correct, I work until I am satisfied with my starting note. Then I will sing down the scale in 5ths. You want to make sure you are doing this in Head Voice, not full voice. I will then run this exercise five times, moving down 1/2 step each time. After I run this, I will drop down to a B right below middle C and work to keep the same tone in my middle range. Exact same exercise. I have to work to keep the tonal quality the same here, as I have a tendancy to belt out my comfortable range. Again, I do this down the scale in 1/2 steps. Then go back to your high range. For this I will start back E above middle C and do the same work only going up the scale 1/2 step until I reach the note that my throat starts to clamp down on. I identify the note that is the limit of my upper range and make a consious effort not to go any higher than that note. With that limit note, I then will try singing the scale exercise changing OU to other voicings such as aa ee ii oo uu. If the strain is more than a discomfort, stop and work one note below.

When you start singing in your high range, if you feel any strain what so ever in your throat, don't go any higher. Drop down to the highest note that you can comfortably sing. Work on that range until you are 100% comfortable and slowly work up till you can comfortably hit the notes you want. Remember, though, there is a limit to your range. Pushing to far to fast can damage your throat to a point you'll never get there, so proceed with caution.

do not POWER your high notes. If you have to scream to hit them, nobody is going to enjoy listening to you singing it. Keep your voice under control at all times, and not only will you sound better, you'll be able to sing much longer, without tiring out.

Also, remember to switch to your head voice, the higher you go. As the notes get higher, the sound wave the create gets shorter and closer together and do not need as much power to generate, so lighten up on the higher notes. Think of it as an upside down cone. Your power should be on the low notes and decrease as you sing higher.

Last word of advice. Listen to yourself sing. The only way to listen to yourself is to record yourself and play it back. When working on a phrase. Record/Listen identify what is working and not working, and fix it. Then record/listen again until it is right. Then proceed up your range.

Hope this helps, and good luck

well sometimes if you stand up when u sing it gives you more power or brething deeply but not out deeply

First of all you shouldn't shout . If you do so, after some time you will see that your voice tone diminishes and you'll have an even harder time to revert to your old quality.

Learn the proper technique to sing high notes (with head-tones not your throat- where your stomach goes out when you inhale air not your shoulders. Btw, in that way you also gain more power ).

Before you sing you should warm up with a little scales or a song that works it's way higher and higher up the scale. Don't attempt to sing without warming up. (Don't forget to cool down after that).

Don't sing after you ate fried stuff, cold stuff, and sweets. It will rub against your vocal chords and that would be painful and might cause ripping.

Oh and think of a higher note. When we (internal) visualize ourself singing, we tend to have more confidence in hitting the note.

Hope this helps

I always have this problem. Warm up beforehand, concentrating in your upper register/range. Drink tea with honey/lemon beforehand if possible.

My middle school choral teacher taught me this metaphor. Don't just think of the note you need, think higher! Its like going up stairs. If you hit the stair directly, you'll fall. So, you have to step above the stair to get it.

What high notes do you have most trouble with? Above the staff or just the top few?

OH another thing! DROP YOUR JAW AND RAISE YOUR SOFT PALLET. This helps SO much. If you don't have enough space in your mouth, you squeak! And raise your eyebrows when you try and get the note. This seriously works. Its kind of like diction, you're not doing it right unless you over pronounce and sound ridiculous (in this case, raise your eyebrows to your hairline and look ridiculous, but thats okay :D)



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