Help with singing!?!
Question: I want to strengthen my singing voice but i am not sure how! I am an alto, but can sing fairly high notes. However, i can only sing these notes well when i sing quietly, and if i try to sing louder it sounds very breathy and nasal. Why is this, and what can i do to fix it?
Answers: I want to strengthen my singing voice but i am not sure how! I am an alto, but can sing fairly high notes. However, i can only sing these notes well when i sing quietly, and if i try to sing louder it sounds very breathy and nasal. Why is this, and what can i do to fix it?
The breathiness might be because of your age...how old are you? How to fix it, with patience, one or two years and good singing habits. How is your breathing technique? Here something for you to consider.
The diaphragmatic breathing will help your voice to resonate full and free of tensions; will avoid sore throats and vocal fatigue. That is why a good breathing technique is very important to have.
Here the short version of breathing support:
1) Lay down on your back and take notice of how your abdominal area moves easy up when you inhale, down when you exhale. No tension and nothing else involved in the process right? Ok, then next step.
2) Standing up, find the same breath process you do, but this time, the gravity is doing its job and there are other muscles involved that allow you to be standing up plus...your chest will be down or collapsed. Then, stand straight, do not over do it, just straight and raise your arms. Get one hand down slowly and find your sternum, get the other hand down and get it where your other hand is. Can you feel how high your chest feels? Right! that is the position we want. Did you move anything besides your arms? If you did, go back and try it again. Are your shoulders relaxed or up? If they are up or tense, go back and try it again.
3) Once you are in a standing straight position, then recreate the sensation of you breathing while laying down...It might seem that you cannot breath deep with this straight position, believe me it is possible, keep trying until you get the same relaxation process you experienced when laying down.
Note: If this was not enough trouble lol! your chest MUST stay up when you release the air.
4) Remember, never during this process you must experience any tension, try this in short sessions of 5-10 min. Once you feel comfortable with this, then you are getting ready to start making sounds. Get back with me and I will give you some exercises. But before anything else, you must master breathing. Good luck and have fun getting to know your body and your instrument!
honey is good for your throught and milk is not that good. Then do exersises and stay away from the supranow enjoy your alto voice cause that is who you are.
Being a singer, i can tell you that it's IMPOSSIBLE to explain this to you without showing you. If you're really serious, get lessons with a voice teacher. Seriously, what you're asking about will take lessons, demonstrations and practice to correct.
in the mean time, practice "opening up" your "head"
see? I told you it's complicated.
wish i could help, but i don't want you to hurt your voice by doing something wrong, which is VERY possible.
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