Have you ever wondered how to sing on tune? Or have you wondered what that means to sing on tune? Well we are going to answer those questions today.
This is one of the questions that I get asked often. And I understand why because it can be frustrating when you don’t know how to stay on tune. I believe that it is possible to learn proper tuning. There are two big things that gets in the way of people learning this.
…One of the questions I get often about singing is “How do you increase your vocal range?” We all want to sing higher and lower and that is one of the key ways to improving your voice.
There are three main culprits that get in the way of us increasing our vocal range.
Breathing is essential to singing because when you sing the breath passes over the vocal chords and creates sound. Without breath there is no sound.
If you look at a baby when they breathe you would notice that they use their stomach (diaphragm muscles). As they breathe in their stomach relaxes and pushes out to allow air into the lungs. When they breathe out the diaphragm muscles draw into the body. The problem is that we can carry stress in our bodies so we can have a shallower breath.
Here are the top ten frequently asked questions about singing.
The first thing you need to do is to be able develop your ear because if you don’t know if you are on tune you are going to have a hard time fixing your pitch. To work on this you can record yourself singing and listen back to yourself to develop your ear. The next step is to work on breath control. If you are sharp you need to sing lower and balance your weight on the heels of your feet and if you are flat focus on getting a deep breath and balancing your weight on the balls of your feet. This will help to open up your diaphragm muscles to help you breath deeper to get back on pitch. Learning to sing on tune takes lots of time and practice but if you work hard singing on tune is achievable.
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