This article is written for guys who want to learn how to sing better - a general guide applicable regardless of whether you're looking to sing pop, rock or even the blues. Should you be interested in how to sing better for girls, click HERE. FIX YOUR POSTURE: Many singers fail to realize how much their postures affect the sound they produce. A hunched shoulder or raised neck encourages strain in the voice and loss of control of support. Generally, you want to keep your entire body relaxed while keeping your body aligned. Head: Keep your head parallel to the floor, avoid pushing upwards up when singing high notes or pulling downwards when singing low notes. Shoulders: Keep your shoulders relaxed but not hunched. Shoulders and rib cage should not rise when breathing as it prevents optimal usage of the diaphragm when singing. Hands: Keep your hands loose and at the sides of your body. One common mistake singers make is clenching of the fists which translates into tension in the voice. Back: Back should be in a normal standing position, not hunched over or hunched back. Doing so will make it hard and tiring to sing. Abdomen: Your abdomen will expand as you breathe with your diaphragm, hence you should keep it relaxed. Knees: Keep your knees unlocked and slightly bent. Locked knees will inhibit your back from expansion during breathing. Toes: Keep your feet shoulder width apart and your toes pointed at a 45 degree angle. One feet should be placed slightly forward then the other as it helps to keep your weight forward. DEVELOP YOUR MIXED VOICE: The number one problem guys have when singing is high notes. Most of your high notes which you seem to have reached effortless when you were young are no longer reachable due to puberty(ARGH!). The only solution to this is to train your mixed voice. Our voice is separated by 3 registers - the lower chest voice, the mixed voice, and the head voice. Our chest voice is what you use to sing your lower notes and sounds similar to our speaking voice. Our head voice or better known as "falsetto" is characterised by airy, feminine and weak voice we use to fake our high notes. The mixed voice is essentially a mix between this chest voice and head voice. To develop a mixed voice, one has to first find the mixed voice, then gradually strengthen it. A simple exercise to develop the mixed voice is to sing to "GUG" in arpeggios. Do note that your mixed voice may sound strange and uncomfortable at first. This is natural as your vocal chords are getting used to mixing between your chest and head voice. It will get stronger with more practice. NEUTRALIZE THE LARYNX: Lots of guys are guilty of raising their larynx when singing high notes and dropping it when singing low notes. The larynx is basically the voice box, the organ which houses our vocal chords. When we move our larynx, our neck muscles tense up and produces unnecessary strain on vocal chords. This results in a strained and thin tone produced in our singing. To prevent this, we need to keep our larynx in a neutral position when singing. Like more of such tips or looking for a online vocal coach? Check out my review of the online singing programme that I'm using right now.
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