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Wednesday, February 23, 2011

Recommended Routine to Improving Vocal Range

Having difficulty reaching certain notes is very common as you practice your singing ability. Singers like Taylor Swift, John Mayer, and Hayley Williams may inspire you to do better. If you want to be successful like them, one of singing practice you should do is improving your vocal range. You should not think of improving vocal range as a separate time consuming practice. It should go along nicely with any warm up/vocal exercises.

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Just like when you do any warm ups or vocal exercises, you should utilize things like empty spaces, headphone, and voice recorder. Also, you do not need to force your vocal cords or simply you do not need to force yourself to master a difficult note. Improving vocal range should come naturally overtime by just following some simple and recommended guidelines below:

  • Exercise your breathing: Prior to doing any warm up exercises, try to breathe in while pushing your stomach out five times. Then start with singing the lowest comfortable note. When moving to higher notes, increase breath intake gradually and try to sing without straining your voice.
  • Practice singing scales: Pick songs that have both higher and lower pitch. You could sing them while you do your breathing and warm up exercises. Practicing higher to lower notes and in between will make you familiar with chest and head voice.
  • Learn to sing lower: If you have difficulty singing lower notes, just relax. Just remember to breathe in slowly as you access your chest voice. As you practice, you will learn vibration in your notes.
  • Sing higher notes: Like singing lower, you should not force yourself too hard if you have problem with higher notes. Start practicing your head voice by singing vowel sounds like short a or e sound. As you feel vibration at the back of your noise, you want to avoid having the vowels to sound nasally.
  • Record, listen and learn : At least once in a while, you should record your practice efforts. Listen to areas that could use some improvement. Always try to relax and not force yourself so you don't practice for nothing.


Try to do the above exercises yourself first. If you want help with improving vocal range, visit Brett Manning's Singing Success. Consider learning from a vocal coach. 

If you haven't done this, look for a huge empty space. You don't need to scream. Also, find places that let people sing and hear other people sing. You will be able to get some feedback and hear how others do it. After all, improving vocal range does not have to be very difficult.

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