How to Sing High Notes
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The document provides techniques and guidance on how to sing high notes, emphasizing that it is a learned skill achievable by everyone. It discusses the importance of healthy voice production, understanding one's vocal range, and utilizing proper breathing techniques. Additionally, it addresses the necessity of practicing daily and recognizing the differences between chest and head registers for successful high note singing.
How to Sing High Notes
- 1. How to Hit High Notes? www.tips.how2improvesinging.com
- 2. Some singers are known to be very good at singing high notes.
- 3. Michael Jackson, Freddie Mercury, Mariah Carrie or Christina Aguilera are only a few examples.
- 4. Do you ever wonder what they had to do to achieve such skills?
- 5. Have you ever wanted to sing like them?
- 6. I have good news for you: everyone can learn to sing high notes!
- 7. Actually, singing high notes is a learned skill.
- 8. Your goal is to find a healthy technique to produce high notes with ease and power.
- 9. Inexperienced singers tend to push and squeeze resulting in a weak sound.
- 10. To produce a high note in a healthy way, you need to learn to activate
- 11. the deep muscles of the larynx without the help of the compensatory muscles that cause straining.
- 12. There is a lot of information about techniques to sing high notes.
- 13. Unfortunately some information is not helpful and can even diminish your range.
- 14. Trust your instincts and do not blindly follow anyone’s advice.
- 15. Always reflect on your feelings when singing using a particular technique.
- 16. Do I feel any pain? Is it working for me? Does it make sense to me?
- 17. #1 Set realistic goals.
- 18. Our voices have limitations.
- 19. Not everyone is Whitney Huston or Placido Domingo.
- 20. If you are a bass singer, do not try to sing the highest notes in the tenor range.
- 21. Avoid disappointment by recognizing your limitations.
- 22. Figure out the widest range you can sing.
- 23. Then find the range in which you are most comfortable (called tessitura).
- 24. Finally, locate the note or notes where your voice quality changes from
- 25. one register to another (called passaggio).
- 26. #2 Overall range varies between singers.
- 27. #3 Your most comfortable range and passaggio may change as you develop your vocal technique.
- 28. Find the upper limit of your vocal range, which is the highest note that you can sing without straining.
- 29. To increase your range, start working on the next note (a semitone higher).
- 30. WHAT ACTUALLY HAPPENS WHEN WE SING HIGH NOTES?
- 31. Many beginner singers do not take the time to learn
- 32. about the vocal mechanism when singing high notes.
- 33. If you know the physiology of voice, then you can make changes.
- 34. In order to change pitch you need to change the length, elasticity and thickness of vocal folds.
- 35. A low pitch tone is achieved with short, thick and loose vocal cords,
- 36. which vibrate at a slow rate.
- 37. A high pitch tone is produced by long, thin and
- 38. tense vocal cords, which vibrate at a fast rate.
- 39. The change in length, elasticity and thickness of vocal cords has to be
- 40. accomplished by deep muscles of the larynx, while
- 41. the superficial muscles have to stay relaxed.
- 43. The trick is to learn to isolate the action of the deep muscles.
- 44. This can be a challenge because the compensatory muscles are used to working
- 45. all day long – even when we swallow or yawn.
- 46. THE ROLE OF BREATHING
- 47. Good breathing technique allows a singer to project sound.
- 48. A good tone requires the right amount of air.
- 49. Some programs promote more air, some advice less air.
- 50. You need the same amount of air for both low and high notes.
- 51. However, you need the right amount of air pressure underneath the vocal cords.
- 52. High pitches require bigger air pressure underneath the vocal cords
- 53. (as compared to low pitches) because the cords are tense, long and thin.
- 54. Only practice will teach you how much is the right amount.
- 55. If there is not enough air pressure, the vocal cords
- 56. will not vibrate and your voice will crack or be weak.
- 57. If there is too much air pressure, your vocal cords may strain.
- 58. Do breathing exercises with the focus on exhalation (breathing out).
- 59. A good exercise is to let air out in a controlled way (not too fast or too much).
- 61. There is no quick fix or instant magic that will
- 62. extend your range without work.
- 63. Singing high notes is a learned skill.
- 64. To build a new skill, it is always better to practice every day for a short
- 65. period of time than once in a while for a long period of time.
- 66. ACCESSING YOUR HEAD VOICE
- 67. There are two main registers – chest and head registers.
- 68. Registers are distinct tone ranges that are made in a specific way.
- 69. Your speaking voice is produced in the chest register.
- 70. When you produce low notes your vocal cords are short, thick and relaxed, which
- 71. permits more vibration over the entire length of the vocal cords.
- 72. The produced sound is heavy and strong.
- 73. Put a hand on your chest and sing a low note.
- 74. You should feel vibrations in your chest.
- 75. When you sing a high note, the vibrations in your chest lessen and vibrations
- 76. at the back of your head increase.
- 77. The head register is not as “comfortable” because we
- 78. don’t use it in our everyday speech.
- 79. Sometimes, singers produce high notes in their chest register
- 80. which is not a good technique.
- 81. The problem is that this causes muscle strain.
- 82. The vocal cords cannot maintain this position for
- 83. a long time and the larynx rises and voice breaks.
- 84. Some schools teach “blending” of the two registers (smooth transition from one register to another).
- 85. Other schools teach the production of so called “mixed” voice, which allows
- 86. a singer to gradually move from the chest vibrations into the head register.
- 87. To develop your mixed voice, practice the notes around your vocal break.
- 88. Work through the notes progressively.
- 89. Focus on using less of the chest voice and more of the head voice.
- 90. Lip trills are great exercises.
- 91. Sing slides – notes going from low to high and back to low.
- 92. Carry the sound on your breath.
- 93. Focus on being relaxed and not lifting the larynx.
- 94. To learn more about voice types, voice registers, vocal exercises or
- 95. if you want more tips and advice about singing, go to
- 97. See you there! www.tips.how2improvesinging.com