Is there a way to make your singing voice sound better?!


Question: Is there a way to make your singing voice sound better!?
I have a terrible singing voice!. It cracks a lot!. Is there any way to make it sound better!? Www@Enter-QA@Com


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It sounds to me like you are probably not breathing correctly or your support is coming from your throat not your your diaphragm!. The key to singing is to have a steady stream of air, that does not fluctuate while singing!.

The most important thing to learn correctly and do every time you sing is to breathe correctly, and use proper diaphragmatic support!. Along this line the one thing you can do every day, almost anywhere you are, without bothering those around you, is breathing exercises!. When you practice your breathing, you not only build the foundation for proper singing technique, you also build your stamina for singing long phrases without a break, and develop the proper muscle memory so your breathing is always the same, without having to give it a second thought!. This holds true regardless of the type of music you sing, or whether you sing solo or with other!.

I have posted several times in the last week the breathing exercise that works for me!. So here is what I recommend for a breathing exercise!.

Basically, what you want to do is be able to take the fullest breath you can, then control how the air is expelled while singing!. The end result should be a steady, consistent stream of air moving past your vocal chords!.

The first step is taking a good singers breath!. You want to fill your lungs from the bottom up!. With practice this can actually be done without the sucking sound so often heard with a deep breath!. What you want to do is release your back muscles and rib cage!. When you take your breath, you should be able to feel your mid-section inflate and the top of your stomach will move out!. Your shoulders and neck should not move at all with this breath!.

The picture to illustrate would be if you place an empty bottle below water, and squeeze all the air out!. When you release the bottle, it automatically fills with water as it resumes its' normal shape!. Your lungs work exactly the same way!. You do not need to force air in, if you open your chest as described above, air will fill the void!. With practice, this can be done in 1/2 count or less, just by releasing the muscles!. This is also what is meant when a director or coach asks for a "silent breath!."

The exercise that worked for me when learning was to place a belt loosely around my mid-section, and feel it tighten as I take my breath!. This can also be felt just by placing your hands on your front and on your back and feeling the release!. The belt exercise helped me get the most out of my breath, but now I just use my hands to check myself!.

Once you have the air in your lungs, the next step is letting the air out in a controlled, steady, consistent stream!. This is where your diaphragm comes into play!. Your diaphragm is a muscle just below your rib cage between your ribs and your stomach!. It works naturally when you use it, but unless you train yourself, it will do very little!. All you really need to do is tighten your stomach like your are getting ready to lift something heavy!. If you watch a weight lifter, before he starts a lift he takes a breath, then tightens his back , ribs and stomach to support his lift!. Same thing for a singer, just not as strenuous!. Tighten your stomach and let the air out in a controlled fashion, and you are successfully using your diaphragm for singing!. Tighten does not mean to collapse your stomach, you just want to tighten the support muscles around your stomach!. The belt may loosen just a little, but it is the support you are aiming for!.

Here is the exercise I use to work on my breathing!. If you do this exercise enough, you will develop muscle memory so you do not need to think about your breathing when singing!.

Take a breath, then blow everything out, then take another good singers breath and hold it a couple of seconds, then in a controlled hiss, let it out on a count of 8!. By the count of 8, you should have expelled all your air!. Breathe it out evenly so it is all gone at the end of 8!. Do this 4 times!. Next, repeat the exercise, only hiss out on a count of 12, four times!. Work on this for a week, and slowly increase the count by 4 until you can hiss out your note to a count of 16 without dying!. You know you are there when you can get to 20!.

If you spend 5 to 10 minutes a day on this exercise, it will become naturally as a habit in about two weeks!. Then you just need to check yourself by running the exercise as part of your warm up routine whenever you sing, but once singing, you will not need to think about it again!.

One additional tip I just received last week that really works!. When you are practicing, bend you knees!. The more you can bend them the more it will invoke your back muscles which in turn get your diaphragm working with you!. I was actually practicing while doing a deep knee bend, and was amazed at how you feel the diaphragm workingWww@Enter-QA@Com

I actually think sometimes cracking is a good type of voice(try alicia keys)!. If you could just work on it a little amount of time a day, like 20 mins or so, itd get better!. just sing doremefahsolateedo over and over, and try not to crack, or sing a favorite song three times in a row!. Make sure to drink plenty of water, it helps a lot!!Www@Enter-QA@Com

kep singin!.!. ur range will get bigger!.!.!. try holdin notes longer!.!. and going up halfsteps just randomly humming or singin notes!.!. and keep goin higher and higher it helps!.!. lolWww@Enter-QA@Com



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