how can i improve my singing? i cant really sing notes. any help?

Lots of ?'s from a newbie!
 

Hi! Just found here... It's great!

Anyway, seeing as everyone's helpful, I'm hoping people can help me out :D

Does anyone have any suggestions for singing in Japanese? I'm singing a lot of Gackt, Malice Mizer and TRAX (to the frustation of other people in my vocal class cos they don't understand WHAT I'm singing :D) at the moment.

Which leads to my next issue. For vocals, we're singing to recordings. I find that I have to 'compete' with the recording, making it hard for me to get my voice higher like my teacher told me to. I'd probably sound better singing something like Hillary Duff, but that will only happen over my dead body. Any way to not compete with the recording?

EDIT: Oh yeah, while I remember... Can females sing in falsetto? Probably a stupid question, but I'm curious

And finally, some advice for those with confidence issues. Try to get lessons where you're in a group with supportive people. You'll find it a lot easier to sing in front of small groups of people.

Thanks for listening & helping in advance :D

~Sarah

[QUOTE=wileycoyote]how can i improve my singing? i cant really sing notes. any help?[/QUOTE]

well you obviously can sing notes. you speak notes. to sing notes, read some of silver's voice exercises at the beginning of the thread. do you mean like, being on tune? i guarantee you anyone can hit notes. being on tune is tricky. you have to hear it. play C on your guitar (the one on the A string) and try to match your tone to it. get one of those electric tuners if you have to. being on tune kinda just comes naturally after singing. practice matching notes, and eventually youll sing on tune to songs without thinking about it.
VERY few people are truly tone deaf, so just practice

[QUOTE=PunkyMcEmo]well you obviously can sing notes. you speak notes. to sing notes, read some of silver's voice exercises at the beginning of the thread. do you mean like, being on tune? i guarantee you anyone can hit notes. being on tune is tricky. you have to hear it. play C on your guitar (the one on the A string) and try to match your tone to it. get one of those electric tuners if you have to. being on tune kinda just comes naturally after singing. practice matching notes, and eventually youll sing on tune to songs without thinking about it.
VERY few people are truly tone deaf, so just practice[/QUOTE]

that was very inspiring and motivational. you are a good person.

Hey. I was wondering if any one could give me any points on how to make my voice a little better. My voice is preatty bad, and even when it comes out good its just really dull and boring. I want my voice to be a little more cooler, and better haha. I saw before your style of music matters so the style of music im going for is like punk. I want my voice to sound like not exactly raspy but soething like that, like Tom Delonge's voice sort of. Can any one please give me any pointers?

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Great thread!
 

Wow!!

It took me a week to read through this whole thread, and i must say it is just wonderful, i copied the most interesting ones to read more carefully and practice the tips given.

I live in Brazil and there's not much info on rock singing around here...

Special thanks to Sliver and Merkaba who help the most. In a few days i'll post a clip of my (poor) singing and i'll ask you (and whoever wants) to tell me what's necessary to improve, if possible (if it's possible for YOU to listen, not for me to improve...i'm pretty sure of that! Heheuhuehe :lol: ).

I just don't get these people saying "I don't feel like searching the whole topic"...wtf...

Cheers everyone! :thumb:

Alexandre
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How do you improve tone of voice? My pitch isnt bad but it doesnt sound that good.... im not sure if im explaining this well

hey guys, how are you, i have some questions. i'm a singer, and i can sing on tune fairly well. however there have been a couple of songs of late that have one or two lines that are a lot higher than the rest of the song, and i've played it back and listened and i haven't hit those notes at all, my voice isn't rising to anywhere near that pitch. and i've noticed when i sing it i get a tightness in my chest. any explanations?

Yes what you're doing is called pulling up chest voice. Those notes are outside of your vocal range. Read Merkaba's Voice Hotline for more information to improve your singing and vocal range.

can someone send me a word or wordpad doc of all the lessons in this thread? i have to work all weekend so i dont have time to. whoever does this thanks!

Well, it looks like this thread died off about 6 months ago, lol, but I figure I'll give it a try anyways. I don't sing in a band or a choir or anything, but I sing a lot in the car and when I'm home alone. My chest voice reaches over two octaves and my falsetto (I think) pulls me up to around 3.5.
I guess the first thing I want to know is what the difference is between falsetto and head voice and how do I sing head voice.
Other than that, I've been listening to a lot of Queen lately and can hit most of the notes in chest voice, but not all of them. Does anyone have any tips to stretch out my chest range? I'm pretty sure I'm a baritone, but probably a higher one, if that makes any sense.

Snap, one more thing. After singing songs that are out of my range for like 30 minutes in the car, my voice is kinda shot, obviously. But about an hour later, my chest voice range is probably around 3 octaves or more! Suddenly, I have this huge range! Does anyone know why that might be? I'd love to use that without straining my voice in advance.

Thanks for the help!

[QUOTE=Billitteri;13299763]Well, it looks like this thread died off about 6 months ago, lol, but I figure I'll give it a try anyways. I don't sing in a band or a choir or anything, but I sing a lot in the car and when I'm home alone. My chest voice reaches over two octaves and my falsetto (I think) pulls me up to around 3.5.
I guess the first thing I want to know is what the difference is between falsetto and head voice and how do I sing head voice.
Other than that, I've been listening to a lot of Queen lately and can hit most of the notes in chest voice, but not all of them. Does anyone have any tips to stretch out my chest range? I'm pretty sure I'm a baritone, but probably a higher one, if that makes any sense.

Snap, one more thing. After singing songs that are out of my range for like 30 minutes in the car, my voice is kinda shot, obviously. But about an hour later, my chest voice range is probably around 3 octaves or more! Suddenly, I have this huge range! Does anyone know why that might be? I'd love to use that without straining my voice in advance.

Thanks for the help![/QUOTE]

Yea it died off about six months ago because we have an offical singing thread. And there are always at least two or three active voice threads. Obviously you got here from a google search or likewise. Post in the other threads so this one will die off again! But for now...youre not singing queen in chest voice. Chest voice is your mid to low range and you feel the vibrations of resonance in your chest. Head voice is your upper range and you feel the vibrations in your head. Chest and head are considered true, "real" voice. Falsetto is after head and your cords dont fully vibrate, but instead they open up more and more or less cut the air like a wind instrument. noone is going to have a 3 octave chest voice, trust me...but i Know what youre getting at. I would suggest you post a sample in one of the other threads.

How much do you warm up? You could be experiencing the effects of having been warmed up over time. If youre not familiar you might be using falsetto and not really knowing it. Not that any of it ever matters in rock music because its about your delivery and sound. But it is priceless to know where your natural breaks are so that you can work them so you can have a seamless range, allowing you to pull up head or chest or pull down falsetto or head if you "make a mistake". But in any event read around a bit and be sure to visit my little hut....----->[url]http://www.sputnikmusic.com/forums/showthread.php?t=219911[/url]
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I've got an question.When you're having a cough and flu is it better not to sing for awhile?
Im right now is sick and Im dying without my usual singing/vocal excercises.

[QUOTE=musicNEVERdies;13310409]I've got an question.When you're having a cough and flu is it better not to sing for awhile?
Im right now is sick and Im dying without my usual singing/vocal excercises.[/QUOTE]



When you have a cough, you want to do a longer warmup than you normally would, Also eating right could help you get better :D

Just make sure you dont overdue it.

thx for the advice.No longer I have my cough,but I'll keep that in mind if Im having another cough.