Lecture No. 2 Voice.docx

Lecture No. 2 (VOICE CLASS)

Not only can you pick-up some great tips from

7 singing tips for beginners

watching some of your favorite singers such as how

If you are new to singing then it is important that you

they present themselves on stage and some of the

get some good advice so you know what areas to

singing techniques they apply, but you can often get

focus on first. Here are some singing tips for

inspired by their music and it make you want to get

beginners to give you a great start….

out there and sing yourself.

Vocal warm ups

Vary the volume as you sing

Before you begin your singing it will be very helpful for you to do a vocal warm-up. This will allow you to sing with more freedom and will help you to sing for longer without fatigue. Just as a professional athlete will do some stretches before starting their training, it is important to warm-up your vocal chords by doing certain exercises such as lip trills so that when it’s time to sing you are in top condition. Find your singing range When you start singing you will want to know what your singing range is. This is simply the highest and lowest notes you can sing. Knowing what your range is will help you to find songs that suit your voice. The bbc have a great resource to help you with that here.

Singing a song all the way through at the same volume can sometimes be a little boring and robotic. If you emphasize certain words in a song it can help to bring more emotion to the song and make it more interesting to the audience. Decide on face-to-face lessons or a singing program The best way to accelerate your singing ability to get some tuition. A singing coach will be able to teach you how to perform the different singing exercises properly and lay-out a clear plan for you to follow so you make progress a lot quicker than if you are learning on your own. The best choice is to get a good private singing teacher as they can offer you immediate feedback and tailor make the lessons for your needs. It is not always cost effective and

Make recordings of yourself singing What you hear when you are singing is not what other people here. This is because when you sing/or talk, your ear is stimulated by the internal vibrations from the bones in your neck and your head and this will lead your to think your voice is a bit deeper than it actually is. Most people who hear a recording of them talking or singing for the first time are a little

convenient to hire a coach so the next best choice would be one of the singing programs there are available to download onto your computer. Some of these are taught by world class singing coaches who have taught some of the top singing stars and feature a step-by-step plan to bring beginners up to advanced level singers. Practice

shocked because their voice is a couple of notes

Perhaps the most important singing tip is the last on

higher than they thought it was. Listening to yourself

the list. The more you practice the quicker you will

sing is a good way to objectively judge your singing

improve and you will find that the more you put in the

so you know what areas you need to improve.

more you get out. Making singing practice a habit is what is going to give you the voice you want in the long term!

Listen to singers you admire