Okay, this is a short article.
This is mostly for people who are starting and want to learn to sing in tune, but ANY singer can find great use from these exercises and just learn to sing well.
First - singing is all about air.
It's about breathing and VOLUME.
If you want to hit a note perfectly, especially the higher ones (but any note basically), you need to hear yourself well, and you need to have VOLUME.
Singing softly for yourself is probably the #1 cause for not hitting notes correctly.
If you want to get in tune, then sing louder.
If you are able to breathe correctly, then you have enough air to really CARRY the note forward - you can hold it for a long time if you so wish.
So how do you breathe? Through your abdomen.
Try this exercise: stand up straight, feet shoulder width, back straight, and put one hand on your chest and the other on your stomach.
Breathe in deeply.
Which hand rose? If it's the one on your chest, then you belong into the majority of people.
However, to really learn to sing well and develop a good singing voice, you need to breathe into your stomach so your lower hand rises.
Try this - take a deep breath in through your nose, then start releasing the air VERY SLOWLY through your open mouth.
Do it as slowly as you can.
This will help you practice using your abdomen to breathe.
If you do only this one thing, you should start seeing improvements very soon.
Do this way of breathing every time you start your singing practice.
If you breathe deep, you have volume and energy in your voice, and hitting the right notes will be so much easier.
Okay, now here's some things you can do learn to sing well: 1.
When singing something, cup your ear with your fingers and put your palm in front of your mouth.
This way you can really hear yourself clearly (develop a thick skin as you'll be listening to yourself a lot) and can adjust.
2.
Sing along with a piano.
Press random keys on the piano, one at a time, and try to match your voice to it.
Play a scale from C to C.
3.
Find an electronic guitar tuner and sing a scale.
You will automatically see if you're too high or low.
4.
Sing along with recordings.
And record yourself singing! This is so important - you need to hear yourself from outside your own body, so to speak.
It will be much clearer what you are doing wrong.
Then do it again and you will hit the notes way better.
Do it enough and you can learn to sing the song correctly.
If you commit to doing these exercises regularly, I promise you will start to see great results soon.