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Singing Vocal Exercises #1: Helping You Improve
Do you want to be able to sing better? Do you need some singing vocal exercises? It doesn’t matter if you want to do opera singing, backing vocals, choir singing, or just want to work on your singing voice. The sing along song tracks will help you improve. Keep reading to learn how they work.
The following sections will help you train your voice:
- Vocal Exercises for Beginners
- Breathing Exercises for Singing
- Melodic Vocal Exercises for Singers
- Harmonic Vocal Exercises for Singers
- Vowel Vocal Exercises for Singers
This post uses musical terms. For definitions, see the Glossary at the end of the article.
Singing Vocal Exercises #2: Vocal Exercises for Beginners
If you’re a beginner, the first thing you need to do is be able to match pitches. The following tracks will help:
- Listen to the What to Listen For track.
- You’ll hear the singer’s voice swinging up and down before he lands on his pitch.
- Then, you can try it on the next track.
What to Listen For:
Vocal Exercises for Beginners – Your Turn:
Singing Vocal Exercises #3: Breathing Exercises for Singing
If you want to work on your singing voice, correct breathing will be a critical skill.
- First, lay on your back.
- Next, put your hand on your stomach.
- Then, breathe in and out as you normally would.
What you’re feeling is your diaphragm muscle drawing your breath in and out.
- This is where the power in your voice comes from.
- Therefore, always make sure you breathe from your diaphragm.
- Also, be sure to get enough breath, because if you run out of breath, you’ll go out of tune.
Singing Vocal Exercises #4: Melodic Vocal Exercises for Singers
The melodic vocal exercises for singers work on melodic intonation.
- When working on melodic intonation, you need to listen to the distance between the notes.
- Follow along with the first track. When you get it down, try working with the organ track.
- Be sure to sing with a high soft pallet and a supported tone.
Melody and Organ Track:
Organ Track:
Using solfege to read music will also help with melodic intonation:
The sing along song track uses synthetic voices rather than actual voices. Research has shown that this will help with the ability to identify and produce absolute pitch information. For more information:
Singing Vocal Exercises #5: Harmonic Vocal Exercises for Singers
Harmonic Vocal Exercises for Singers has three things you’ll need to listen for when performing harmonies:
Sing along with the first song track using the vowel Ah.
- This track has you sing every scale tone over every diatonic major and minor harmony.
- Take frequent breaths and make sure you have a supported tone.
- Once you can comfortably sing along with the Melody and Organ track, try the track that has the solo organ part.
This soundtrack will be especially helpful if you plan to do choir singing, backing vocals, or acapella singing.
Melody and Organ Track:
Organ Track:
Singing Vocal Exercises #6: Vowel Vocal Exercises for Singers
If you want to have a good tone, being in tune and producing good vowels are two sides of the same coin. For more information on vowel vocal exercises for singers:
These posts will be helpful if you plan to do opera singing, because opera singing and classical singing get so many languages involved.
Singing Vocal Exercises #7: Summary
Here’s some final thoughts:
- Vocal exercises for beginners help new singers master pitch matching.
- Breathing exercises for singing shows where the power in your voice comes from.
- Melodic, harmonic, and vowel vocal exercises for singers will help you get a better tone and sing in tune.
Whether you’re into choir singing, opera singing, or acapella singing you should try the sing along song tracks. For more posts with sing along song tacks:
Have fun!
Relate Posts:
- 10 Elements that Impact Performing in Tune
- Can Singers Sing in Tune Even if They Do Not Hear Their Voice?
- Sing Perfectly in Tune All the Time with Touchstone Instruments
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