SINGING
Singing And Its Benefits
Whether you're a professional at singing, or you think you sound like a screeching radio, Singing helps to open up your voice and essentially gives you more confidence in using your voice publically. Singing can help you to express your emotions when you're unable to do it speaking verbally. As music increases your endorphins, so does being the unique instrument inclosed within the song; you're a part of the music that cannot be removed and the music will sound the same tremendous way. Singing relaxes your body, it can help you concentrate on a task, and allows you to work your inner muscles by taking deeper breaths than you would normally. Starting out, you can join a choir near you. Singing with a group of people creates an atmosphere of feeling connected with others in a way other than small talking your way into a friendship. Other people learning as well as you will motivate you to continue to improve your singing. Even beginning to sing by humming is an improvement than none at all. Take one small leap at a time, but the most important thing is radical action. Thinking about what you're going to do will only make you more hesitant to try it; take action and just begin! Singing makes you appreciate music immensely - singing takes a lot of practice and you can your own experiences to understand your pathway with singing.
Below you will find some tips that will help you start singing.
What You're Singing
What kind of music you choose to sing can affect you greatly.
When choosing songs to sing, it's important not to fall into the mental trap of becoming the negativity within it. So many songs are based on negative things because it's a way to let those thing go. The good way to start is to begin by finding music that expresses how you personally feel and try to understand the emotions that arise. This way will help you to make sense of them and possibly find your way of releasing and letting go of events from your life when singing.
There is a beauty of the negativity perceived in music in general, as there are elements of mourning and melancholy, which are classed as 'beautifully negative' to a majority of people. Immersing yourself within the persona of the song can increase your empathetic skills; placing yourself and singing with deep emotion as the persona of the song allows you to tap into how others describe and express their negativity - hopefully in a way that resonates with singers and listeners.
Recording Yourself
In order to improve, you must be aware of the things you have to improve on. If you aren't in professional singing coaching, recording yourself is the best and most efficient way to do this. Look out for your pitch, whether you're in
tune, on time, pronouncing words clearly,
what sort of tone your voice creates, if it's bland, full, high, low etc. All of these
elements will create a basis for you with the main things you need to improve on.
Recording your voice will also help greatly
with getting used to your own voice and maybe even beginning to appreciate its
sound. This is something that will take time, but it feels amazing when you can hear yourself sing and feel great about it.
Vocal Range
finding your vocal range will help you to understand your voice better. Singing key by key on the piano will help you find your vocal range; this is the highest note to the lowest note you are able to sing. There are seven main vocal ranges: Soprano - The highest vocal range from a C4 (Middle C) to a C6 (High C) or possibly higher, Mezzo-Soprano - A vocal range between A3 (the A below the middle C) to an A5 (the second A above middle C), Contralto - a vocal range between F3 (F below middle C) to E5 , Countertenor - a vocal range from G3 to D5 or E5, Tenor - a vocal range from B2 (second B below middle C) to A4 ( the A above middle C), Baritone - a vocal range from G2 (two G's below middle C) to F4 ( F above middle C) and Bass - a vocal range from E2 (two E's below middle C) to E4 (E above middle C). The first four ranges are usually the main ranges for women, and the last three are typically men's ranges. Vocal range does not determine the Type of voice you have. This is classified by characteristics of your vocal range; such as vocal weight, tessitura, vocal transition points and vocal timbre.
Body Posture
Keeping your body upright and relaxed is important for maintaining a strong and clear voice. professionals recommend standing up, as sitting down hunches your muscles, shallowing your breath - making it much more difficult to sing efficiently and clearly. Having correct body posture can improve the blood circulation to your vocal chords, making it easier to sing without straining your voice. Like meditation, you can imagine a string going up through your head and into the sky - keeping your posture upright, but not forcefully pulling it upwards. mindfully doing this will also help you maintain a better posture in your daily life.
Warming up
Warming up your voice is extremely important because your voice uses many muscles and needs to be loosened up before singing properly. To warm up your voice, you can sing scales going up and down, making sounds and over-pronouncing words to loosen the muscles around your mouth and jaw. Warming up is essential before every time you sing, especially when you are starting out as a beginner, you don't want to strain your voice and cause yourself a sore throat. Be aware when your voice is tired. Your voice is like any other muscle and needs to rest as well. Consistently warming up will increase your breath and lung capacity, enabling you to sing for longer periods of time.
Tips On How to Start Singing
Purposeful
singing
Purposeful singing is a concept that singing things that you have no resonance with on purpose, will entice you to feel more emotion after singing that genre over time. Challenging yourself to sing things you might not understand or feel will assist your empathy even more, as immersing yourself in something unknown will increase your ability to understand things in the headspace of not resonating with something.
Body Movement
When you sing, you shouldn't care whether you sound good or not. That is only for when you are purposely looking to improve. As experts recommend standing up whilst singing, it gives you a chance to move your body and truly dive deep into the sounds, expressing the feeling of it however you like. Moving around helps to surround yourself with energy related to the music, and it can possibly fulfil the need for really understanding the song. Doing this will help you add and express emotion more in your own music and singing.