Secrets of Establishing Your Voice Quality
May 16th, 2012Developing a distinct and unique singing voice is very necessary in order to further your career as a musician. A distinct voice and style is what people want from singers otherwise everybody will sound the same and people won’t be interested in you or your music. Distinctive voices and style is what stands out in a performance and what people begin to associate with you. In order to become famous and adored by your fans, once must develop a distinctive musical voice.
Athletes training for Olympics, marathons or professional games need to exercise and train their body in a manner which will prepare their body to perform the required task. Similarly, singers must train their voice in order to sing in sync as well as in rhythm. Voice comes out from tiny internal muscles that should be trained and developed to perform better and better without straining or damaging them. Some people practice bad vocal habits while singing leading them to damage their vocal chords in a way that is irreparable and detrimental not only to their career but also health. Get a good tutor who can teach you everything and help you develop good vocal habits thereby strengthening your vocal chords, larynx and throat muscles.
Train your ears in a manner that will help you identify notes and help you reaching those notes consistently and easily. When your ears are trained to listen and not only hear, it will help you in developing your own unique style and voice. This is because when you listen to a particular singer, you know you don’t want to sound the same and so you will strive harder to develop a distinct voice and style to help you stand out from the rest.
Practice singing in your speech voice, this is known as speech level singing. Speech level singing will help you easily sing as you easily talk. High notes will be easier to achieve and different pitches and notes will come easily to you and you will be able to seamlessly move from one note to the other. This also helps in protecting your chords and throat as you won’t strain them trying to reach some elusive note. Speech level singing will thereby help you create a distinct vocal pattern that will be uniquely yours. It will also help you mix your head and chest voice, using only any one voice will strain you and the quality of the sound coming out will be weird and unnatural.
Also, eat right and exercise your breathing and posture so as to reap maximum benefit from a healthy body which will ultimately lead to a healthy voice. Drink plenty of water to avoid internal friction as water acts like a lubricant in your throat.
