Q. I have a very airy voice. Am I stuck with it or is their anything I can do to improve?
A. You can definitely work on your voice by getting lessons or joining a choir. Like any muscle, the voice/vocal chords work better when exercised/strengthened. If your voice is too airy, that should be easier to correct, since you just need to learn to breathe properly. One can sing from what's called their "diaphragm", their "chest voice", and their "head voice"--it's all dependent on where you channel the air through and what strength the outcoming sound has behind it. Sounds like you're staying in your head voice if it's airy. Try taking loooong, slooow deep belly breaths, trying to draw your breath down deep into your abdomen. They emit a strong and steady note. This is using your diapragm.
As for tone, that's a harder issue, but again, involves practice. Tune yourself to a piano and go up and down the scales, listening carefully to the note you play on the piano and how your own note sounds in comparison. Is it sharp (slightly too high/nasal?) or flat (lower and blunt sounding)? Is it steady? Work on this by singing sequences of notes and scales. Also, exercise your mouth by pronouncing things clearly while you sing, singing tongue-teasers, and stretching it in various ways to sing different sounds.
I am sure you can find a cheap mentor to work with or join a free choir--they will warm you up before each rehearsal, give you practice, and get you on the right track.
Last thing--don't be like a very good friend of mine who is an actor, has been taking voice lessons for years, and still refuses to accept that she simply cannot and will not ever be able to sing. Most people can't at a professional level, so just have fun.
Basic Piano Tips/Lessons?
Q. I just got a piano in my house, and I want to learn how to play it. I can't afford lessons at the moment, but I want to start learning so that way I can be prepared when I eventually take lessons. Can someone send me some basic tips/links ect. on learning the piano.
Thank you!!!!
A. The best way to prepare for lessons is to learn to read music. Become familiar with the names of the notes, their location on the keyboard, their location on the grand staff (the two-staff system that is used for piano music), and the basic rhythm values, and with how sharps and flats (collectively, 'accidentals') work. If you think you're familiar with notes/rhythms/accidentals, find some very simple music, perhaps just the melody of a song for voice and piano, and try reading it. Reading music is simply a matter of practice, as is familiarity with the keyboard. To build a bit of basic technique, you can make up some simple exercises for yourself, such as playing all five fingers in a row, then doing the same in reverse. Try doing this with various combinations of black keys, or with spaces in between some notes etc. Here are some more basic technique exercises which you could easily look up online:
tetrachords
scales
arpeggios
cadence patterns
diatonic chords
These get pretty advanced, so I wouldn't worry if you haven't worked your way through much of this list by the time you start lessons. The important part of doing technique exercises is to simply get used to the feel of playing the keys. If you have a good head start on this, as well as a basic knowledge of how to read music, you should get off to a great start.
Any Tips on singing???
Q. Hi I'm a 16 year old guy and I basically love to sing. The problem is, it sounds pathetic and my friends end up laughing and I'm red in the face. So this s the problem with my voice - I'm either really low or suddenly, while changing notes I go way too high; and when I sing, it feels like I'm simply talking. Any tips will be appreciated and also, is there anything can do to make my voice sound better? Like gargling, having something like honey? I'm just wild guessing here and hope some of you can help me :D. Thanks for your time.
A. 1) Find your natural talking pitch. It sounds stupid but many people talk too high or low and this is damaging to the chords. Your voice will be tired before you even start singing lol. Say mhm (As in like agreement). This is normally where your most comfortable speaking pitch is. Just do it every now and the to make sure you speak correctly. Now, when you sing, your most comfortable singing pitch should be around the same place. Take that as an idea of how to sing but you must lighten your voice when singing higher notes. Do not push your heavy voice upwards.
2)When you say you go from way too low to way too high that could mean two things:
- Your pitching isn't that great. Get a piano/keyboard and match pitches. Play a key and sing it.
- You're voice is breaking into falsetto. That is the really high Mariah Carey pretending to be a girl sound. It is disconnected from your full voice and never will be full connected but I would recommend singing a bit in both full voice and falsetto and practicing going from one to the other.
3) Warm up your voice if possible before singing. Singing scales. I like 5 tone scales then go a little higher each time from bottom to top of range.
4) Drink water throughout the day but not right before singing. You just wash the moisture away. Nothing else really helps with singing but honey makes your throat feel better if it's a bit sore. It all comes down to technique.
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Description : Q. I have a very airy voice. Am I stuck with it or is their anything I can do to improve? A. You can definitely work on your voice by get...