Wednesday, March 25, 2015

Hit Our Prime Notes Classical Style

Becoming a classical musician takes time, patience and practice. It won't come naturally. With the right combination of the three elements, no matter what your natural voice range is, you can expand it and hit high notes that you never thought possible.


Instructions


1. Warm up. This is key to hitting any high notes. Relax all of the tension from your throat. Volume and high notes don't come from tension. They come from breath support.


2. Get to know the area in your voice around your first break and learn to smooth it over by backing off your volume and breath support and staying relaxed. Practice this technique until you're comfortable with your break and know handle it. Sing through your first break.


3. Extend up the scale. Once you've covered your first break, less than an octave above that is the next one. This one isn't as challenging to cover as the first one because of the practice you gained in smoothing the first break. It's also easier because of the very nature of these notes. As you move from your head voice to your bell tones, you feel the notes coming out of the very top of your head even more than your mouth.


4. Relax your voice and let out your bell tones. There's a little tension at the top or your soft palate. That's normal. Be careful to keep it out of the rest of your throat.