In our first article, we have looked at the first two steps to improving our vocal range. It is important that you have identified your vocal range so you can set realistic goals as you improve. Now let us look at the next three steps together.

Do these Vocal exercises

As with your muscles in your body, the muscles surrounding your voice box (larynx) need to be strengthened and worked on to allow you to be able to control your voice better. The ability to sing a high note is really the ability to control your voice better. These exercises will help you to extend your Voice range.

First, start at the lower end of your vocal range (this is the lowest note you can sing comfortably). You don’t want to just suddenly jump up to the highest note – let your voice warm up gently. Sing the word “hmm” and feel how the note resonates in your larynx and chest area. You don’t want the sound to be shallow, but you want it to be a deeper chest tone. Open the back of your throat (like when you yawn except now with your mouth closed).

Now slowly move up the scale holding four beats per note. Feel the resonance of each note. You will feel as you move up the scale that the resonance will shift from your chest to your head. This exercise will help you to recognise and control your voice. As you move up the scale, the resonating tone should be consistent; it should not shift into a nasal tone. As you practice you will notice that you will have better control of your voice. This control is very important to improving your vocal range.

Another fun exercise you can practice with is to sing arpeggios (Doh, Mee, Soh, or C, E, G) with the words “Gi,” (pronounced as “Gyeee”) “Ki” or “Qi.” Sing it in this arrangement – Doh, Mee, Soh, Soh, Soh, Mee, Doh but with the words “Gi.” Then slowly move up the scale a semitone each time with each cord. For male singers you would want to start with the B key, then you move on to C, C#, etc. until you reach the B flat key. For female singers you would want to start with the G key, then move on to G#, A, etc. until you reach the next G key. The goal of this exercise is not to reach very high notes but to teach your vocal cords how to adduct (or close itself) properly. Throughout this exercise you want to maintain the same solid sound and not a nasal sound.

With these exercises, your vocal muscles will grow stronger allowing you to reach higher notes with greater control and ease.

Practice Constantly

Wise men says, practice makes perfect, and they’re right! Without practice do you think your vocal range would just improve by it self? You need to keep practicing! (There is no other way of saying that.) Do these exercises everyday or at least every other day. Like other muscles in your body, your vocal muscles can become stiff and tight when not used regularly (sorry, but talking a lot won’t help as you want to target the specific muscle group that helps you sing). When it is stiff you will realise that your vocal range will be greatly affected (this is why it is harder to sing songs with high notes in the morning when you just woke up).

You need to put in effort to practice; there are no shortcuts to improving your Range of Voice.

Enjoy Singing

To list this as a step to improve your vocal range seems to be strange. But to enjoy singing is so important that it cannot be overemphasised. As you practice singing, sometimes frustration may set in. You don’t see yourself improving as quickly as you would like to; you don’t see results. You feel like throwing in the towel and giving up. But you must realise that you have actually never fail in your struggle until you quit trying.

Having a right mentality is very important and to enjoy singing is the mentality you must have. If you are singing with enjoyment you will see yourself improving faster. This step seems so simple but in reality it is something we have to remind ourselves to do. When you feel frustrated and come to the point where you feel like giving up, stop practicing for a while. Take a break, sing your favourite song, listen to some music, watch some videos on YouTube, be inspired to sing better, and start enjoying singing again.

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