In reality, everyone knows how to sing, even if some do better than others. Nevertheless, if you have recently decided to take your singing to another level, or you have joined a group, choir, or band, the following information will be of great help to you.
1. Watch Other Singers
Pay close attention to all of your favorite singers. Look for posture, tone quality, and breath control. These three elements, by themselves, can elevate your singing voice as much as anything else can. Watch singers perform on stage for reference. Do they slouch, look disinterested, or show very little emotion during their performance? Do they mumble? Do their mouths barely move when they sing?
2. Practice Posture
Stand tall and your voice will carry, it is as simple as that. Stretching out your frame to sing is like straightening out a garden hose. The airway for your voice is properly aligned and can freely expand and contract as necessary to set your voice free. Remember for a singer, the body is the instrument and you must allow it to expand fully and create the best tone it is capable of.
3. Control Your Breath
This brings us to the catalyst for vocal sound, the breath. When you learn to control your breathing, you gain dynamic control over your voice, being able to sustain notes better and add or subtract volume as necessary. This means training your diaphragm and your intercostals to help you breathe deeply, saving your fragile vocal folds and larynx from straining.
Lastly, to gather the concept behind tone quality is to think of your mouth and your throat as an adjustable megaphone. Subtle changes like lifting your soft palate, burying your tongue into your lower jaw, or bringing your larynx up or down consciously can affect tone quality and resonance.
4. Warm Up, Cool Down
The fact is that your body gets the best results when you take the time to warm-up and cool-down on either side of a vigorous workout. Singing is a workout for your voice, and the parts of your body that help you sing need the same consideration to perform well.
The components of your voice are also muscle groups, the diaphragm, the vocal folds and the intercostals. If you try to make your voice perform at full capacity on the spur of the moment, it will tire easily, dramatically increasing the potential for straining and damaging your vocal chords.
5. Do Vocal exercises
Vocal coaches and music directors devise warm-up exercises to help singers improve their diction, the way you pronounce or enunciate your words in song. There are lots of them out there, some are classic, some are corny.
The goal is to over-emphasize the words you sing, paying close attention to the sound of certain leading consonants, your p's, t's, and k's, in particular. This is vital quality that good singers have; a tendency for clear vocal phrases that are expressed well. You may have a beautiful voice, but if those listening can't understand what you're saying, the measure of your talent is lost in translation.
6. Learn to Read Music
Sight-reading, being able to read notes on a piece of music and follow along without accompaniment, is a refined art. It's certainly not a requirement, and you can pick up songs by listening to them repeatedly until they sink in, but the process of learning new material goes much quicker if you can read music.
This is something few vocal groups spend enough time on. They figure either you know it, or you don't. Be proactive, ask for advice on how to read music. Find a good book on music theory at a bookstore or check one out at your local library. If you have friends who play an instrument, ask if they might be willing to give you some pointers on sight-reading. Don't forget your local community college for classes also.
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