Thanks for the Video! Sorry for butting in, I am interested in your opinion. Have you ever tried - Riddleagan Beautiful Melody Remedy (Have a quick look on google cant remember the place now)? It is a great one of a kind guide for improving singing skills minus the hard work. Ive heard some awesome things about it and my buddy at very last got great success with it

You might wait just a little while after waking up....that may make it a bit easier.

U Gotta do vocal warm ups first

Glad it's working for you JC. It is a credit to your focus and ability to work at it. Thanks.

Thanks Lynda. Any one particularly helpful to you?

Thanks Giuseppe! And Happy New Year to you!

You are welcome!

Thanks Alex!

Awesome! Keep me posted. 🙂

You are so welcome

Hey, thanks!

Hi Lisa...thanks. Was there one of these exercises particularly helpful?

Thank you too!

Thanks!

You are!

Happy to help!

Hi Plutonium. How do YOU tilt the larynx?

Discontinue any exercise that is causing pain. There are many other exercises beside's bubble lips that will help increase range. However, I recommend you start by getting your vocal type: www.powertosing.com/discover-your-vocal-type-wt

Hi Tanya. Did one of these help more than the others?

@@PowerToSing bubble lips help me a lot as I struggle with breath control and raising my larynx (I think). I have been singing my whole life but always pulled chest voice up to an A and then had a drastic flip to head voice. So you're videos have helped with learning to bridge better. I actually had a question: do you recommend singing with max power for a certain amount of time everyday? I had a voice teacher recommend singing loud and proud for 20 minutes every day to help strengthen my voice.

@@tanyaelias7683 Hi Tanya: This is a great question. I may use it for a video topic. The answer is from Seth Riggs' book, Singing for the Stars, He said: "You don't develop your voice by pushing it to it's limit. You develop it by gradually conditioning it to work efficiently with a balanced coordination". pp19-20; also "Don't be concerned about building a strong voice right away. The ability to increase loudness of your tone will come by itself, after the coordination of your vocal muscles has been established. Once the 'crutch' of depending on your outer muscles [which is what loud singing is] to help keep your vocal cords balanced with your breath flow is gone, your vocal cords will develop their own independent strength." pp.39 Imagine what happens to someone who practices for 20 minutes everyday...all out...while pulling chest voice higher and higher with a high larynx. It's possible to hurt your vocal cords. And can be very hard to unlearn old muscle memory and break old bad habits.

@@PowerToSing Thank you. I was concerned that just singing hard and loud wouldn't help because essentially that's what I've been doing my whole life, until I get to that A/B area and then my voice just didn't know what to do. I'm finding it very difficult to "pull back" on the power and practice singing correctly through my bridge because I'm used to powering through it really loudly. At the moment it feels weak, sad, and very falsetto-y above the C. BUT I'm working on it. I would enjoy a video about this topic, for sure!! Thanks for all you do and responding.

You're very welcome! There is no harm in doing both male and female scales if they are in your range. Thanks Kenneth!

Thanks Dawn. It's important that you are doing the exercises correctly, and it's likely that you are since you are experiencing a positive difference, so way to go! I'm excited for you. When I started, I found doing them everyday worked great for me. But I did overdo it a little and my throat felt tired. I asked my teacher and he said, don't do them so hard and loud...and that fixed it. So daily at around medium loud isn't too much. 15-30 minutes a day is adequate for the exercises if done correctly. If you are rehearsing your songs, maybe 15-20 minutes with the exercises and then go through your songs everyday. Also...you may want to consider doing the exercises for pulled chest/high larynx. I do them along with the mix exercises in Fast Track because they are so good. They may be better in helping you increase your upper range if the larynx is up a little. Good luck and have fun!

Any one of these particularly helpful?

Yes very helpful . im a new artist. Trying to work on my vocals. For professional ism .

Thanks!

@@PowerToSing your welcome!

Hi Megan: Right...that is common. To correct that, try and stay more hooty or hollow sounding. It will feel weaker to you, but you shouldn't hold on so tight. Let your jaw relax and drop your jaw as you go higher. The "e" sound will change too. It becomes almost an 'i" as in "it" or almost "uh". That's ok. See if that helps.

@@PowerToSing thank you so much for your advice!! I will definitely try that!

Yes, it's the larynx coming up and causing you to go into swallowing mode. If this is happening, your dopey gee's need to be more dopey and the bratty news more exaggerated. But, with both of these, don't do them as loud. Reduce loudness by 50%, while keeping the exaggerated sounds. See what happens.

Good!

1. Lifting your cheeks with your fingers helps the lips to "bubble" slow. 2. There should be no pain in your stomach. 3. When your diaphragm contacts and flattens, your tummy will protrude a little as you inhale. When you exhale as you sing, the diaphragm will return to it's original shape and location. There is no need for extra exercises. You do this in your sleep. If you can speak and breath normally, your muscles are more than adequate to sing. Be sure to watch this: www.powertosing.com/ep-15-how-to-sing-breath-with-diaphragm/

I'm not familiar with the term. Sorry.

First priority go see an ENT Doctor to see why you have throat pain. Please undergo a vocal cord scope and see if there is damage on the cords. When you are cleared by the Dr. let me know.

@@PowerToSing I got it checked a couple of months ago and the vocal cords were just fine...I don't know why I have this pain on my right side of the throat esp when I sing higher notes :(

@@karanbawa7025 When you say everything was just fine, are you saying there were no nodules, no hemorrhages? Was there any kind of paralysis on the right side? Any acid reflux? How long have you gone with vocal rest? Does it only hurt when you sing? Does it hurt when you speak? Is it on all notes you sing, or only a certain part of your range?

@@PowerToSing hi, sorry for the late reply. I tried analysing in this period. The doctor said the vocal cords are healthy, it may be a case of acid reflux he said. When it started an year ago, it used to pain while talking loudly as well. Now it hurts mostly when singing the notes above C of the middle octave. Sometimes it hurts while talking loudly as well. I didn't sing for almost an year after the pain started and then gradually started doing vocal exercises.

The 1 and 1/2 scale means it travels or covers 1 1/2 octaves.The example B2 is the bottom note of the 1 1/2 scale. The top note ends on the F#4, which is the top of the men's first bridge. You are correct the last bottom note is D#3. That scale's high note ends on the Bb4. Which is into the men's second bridge and is well into your head voice. And is an awesome range.

The the other comment. That video applies here too.

Personally I would take voice lessons. Do you have teachers around you that you can study with?

@@PowerToSing first of all thank you for responding. well not really it's a little hard for me to catch one. So what can I do now? Is there any voice lessons particularly that I can do to strengthen my voice cords?

@@masoudyarali4158 You should consider doing lessons over skype. If you can't do that, I recommend you start by finding your vocal type. Here is a link to help you begin the process: www.powertosing.com/discover-your-vocal-type-wt

Hi Brix: There are several apps out there for smart phones that can tell you if you are staying on pitch. Try EROL. I've had several students who've use it and liked it. They felt it helped. Also ...lots of programs on line under "ear training". These are also beneficial.

@@PowerToSing I meant vocal wobble... It tends to happen when I sing a specific note for 4 seconds or more..and I do not know why it happens.. Maybe it's a problem with my vocal chords?

@@brixfarezzio9984 What note is it?

@@PowerToSing I don't actually know but it was somehwere around the middle.. Not too high, Chuck

@@brixfarezzio9984 If it is in the first bridge, it's likely the larynx rising, and the outer muscles grabbing...which can cause the instability you are describing.

Hi Thiago. You can pull chest through those notes, but it's not good singing. As you build your mix, your voice will sound more and more consistent from bottom to top. Your bridge,....those notes you've mentioned, will sound strong and vibrate. But it takes time. At least it did for me. But it's worth the work in my opinion.

U tai from masters?

Yes you should be fine. Just do them as demonstrated on those pitches. Good luck!

There are reasons why you cant. Start here: www.powertosing.com/discover-your-vocal-type-wt

As often as you practice add these. You'll know when you don't need them anymore.

To can regain it!

@@PowerToSing thank you , I’m going to practice with your videos . Blessings !

Thanks

Repeat your question please?

Work hard. Save. Then invest in your voice.

Get comment. It's 1 1/2 octave range...but you don't need to have that range to do the exercise. If you do the exercises strictly as demonstrated, you can do the 1 1/2 scales. I couldn't sing above the E above middle C and I was able to do the bubble lips. Once you do these, it opens the door to the others. That being said, this video may be very helpful: Watch this video and follow the directions. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/mpZ_lZuIrNPagJc.html

@@PowerToSing I understand that each run is one 8ve + a 5th. But if you ascend in semi-tone steps up a fourth in total, you will need 2 octaves of usable range to work with to do the entire exercise as presented. I found the exercise to be too straining because I don't have that level of range or agility in my voice at this time. It was making me strain to reach the highest note - which I understand to be the opposite of what I'm supposed to be aiming for when training my voice (strain). This may be easy for many people to do, but unfortunately, my voice can't seem to do it. I may have vocal damage from years of singing with poor technique though. I can sing high notes if I push hard - but it's not good technique. I can't do it with bubble lips. Perhaps I should do a similar exercise but with an octave span and increase that in semi-tone steps?

@@andoletube Sure...give it a try.

Here's the truth. The only reason I've ever seen that singers have the trouble you are describing, is they are so muscled up, there is so much tension built up in their voice, the larynx is so high, the vocal cords so tight that they can't allow the vibrations into their heads and the vocal cords and function freely without tension. When you are able to eliminate this bad muscle memory, your range will increase significantly. It's not that you don't have the range. It is that there is too much muscle tension in your voice. The good news is, once your nervous system will accept this, your life changes as a singer.

@@PowerToSing Thank-you for your follow up message, Chuck. I was concerned that you were unhappy about something I said until that. So thanks for thinking about what I said and getting back to me. So should I still try to expand my range, or just work on eliminating tension for now?

Yes, It's flexibility, coordination, conditioning, balance. Much like the rest of the physical body.

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Very helpful!!

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