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How can I sing high notes and low notes, and have a good voice to wow an audience?
I’ve been practicing my singing for a while, and I need some advice. I would like to sing high notes and low notes, and have them sound perfect. I want to know how I should breathe and practice. I espicially need advice for high notes, though, for what is called falsetto, and how to get a pure sound. If you have any advice for me, I would really appreciate it.
Hi, firstly I would like to thank you for such a precise question, many questions on here are very vague and hard to answer. I will give what advice I can on these subjects although I am a soprano and don’t have a falsetto. I do, however, have a coloratura and I think I can draw a parallel. Firstly, to sing high notes that are not in your tessitura (comfort range) you need a lot of body support from your diaphragm (if you want advice on this then just email me, I will be happy to help). If you watch the video of Lucia Serra singing the Queen of the Night aria on youtube you can see how hard her stomach is working to churn out those high Fs and this is the same for a falsetto, higher notes need more support than lower notes. Also remember to always use your head voice for falsetto because you will not reach those notes with a chest voice, it’s just never going to happen and try to lock into the position with a breath in (i will go into this later). As for low notes, make sure you don’t go too low; listen to yourself sing a very low note and you can hear that it won’t sound as good as a note within the tessitura. As a soprano I can’t go far below middle C and if I am required to the way I sing far below my tessitura is to just let it go. If you lax the control on a low note it becomes much easier. If you sing a low note with control from your throat you can really feel it and sometimes it hurts but if you just relax everything and lose control over the note it will come much easier and therefore sound much better. I still would not advise singing songs that go too low for you, they won’t sound as good as songs that are too high for you but I wouldn’t advise singing them either. Also, as with the falsetto, remember to use your chest voice for low notes, it is much easier and you will get lower ifyou do this. As for breathing, you must keep the support on the notes as rigid as you can, never relax the stomach, keep it working especially on in breaths. I mentioned above that for falsetto you can lock into the right position in your head voice with a breath in. Just try breathing in as though you are gasping in girlish suprise. A sort of high-pitched gasp and place the gasp in your head voice. When you start to sing you will be locked into the position in the head voice and it helps you stay in tune and get power on high notes. When you gasp like this you should feel cold air on the back of your throat. Some people find it hard to lock into the position with a gasp so many people breathe through the nose. It’s like a high pitched sniff like you are smelling something really good and it’s the kind of sniff that you can hear. As with the gasp you must place the sniff in your head voice and it will lock in as well as opening the passageways for the air. This is the technique I use although the gasping breath works just as well. For your practise you should sing for at least an hour a day, if you play two instruments then maybe sing for half an hour on one day and play for an hour and then the next day sing for an hour and play for only half an hour and switch. If you do not play another instrument then sing for at least an hour a day and possibly one and a half hours. This rule holds for if you go to work or school. Otherwise you must sing for at least two hours a day. Remember that most proffessionals practice for five hours a day. One thing I will say for practise is that if you are singing for an hour or more a day do not sing solidly. Sing for twenty minutes, say, then have a break and come back later. If you sing for too long without stopping then you will over-work your voice and singing one song too much can lead to mistakes. While you are doing your practice make sure you sing everything regularly, if one song is not good then work on that more than the others for maybe a week and then concentrate on another one. This way you will not make mistakes from over-working a song and you will enjoy your practise more. The next thing you wanted advise on was how to get a pure falsetto sound. The first and most important rule is not to eat before you sing. You mustn’t drink milk or eat chocolate or brush your teeth just before you sing. These things build up in the back of you throat and make it harder to sing and affect the purity of the voice. The next thing to remember is that purity of voice comes with a whole lot of stomach work and the voice will not be pure and will sound strained if you are not supporting properly. And good sound comes with good breath. Lastly, on purity, try to limit the vibrato on the top notes, it will make them harder to reach and will make them sound less pure. Also a good vibrato is very hard to get on top notes and will probably turn into a tremulo and no-one wants to hear that. That is everything you asked advice for in your question but I would also like to add that it would be a good idea to find a singing teacher if you don’t have already because I can give advice over the internet
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