increasing vocal range.

[sandwiches]

i have no idea where to write this as there is not a singing forum or anything like that.

but anyway... this is for any pro singers.

i want to increase my vocal range. now i know the basics like how to breathe through the diagpram (or however it's spelt). and i've just been doing exercises like singing the scales up and down using the different vowel sounds (a e o oo).

i was wondering... what type of singer am i? like sophrano, bass, alto, tenor etc.

i can go from about 2 F# below middle C to about Bb above middle C.

ever since i started doing the exercises, i've jumped from G to Bb which is good i think but i feel that when i hit these high notes, i don't really feel like i'm hitting them with strength and seem to be straining. like i can sustain the note, but i can't really move around from one high note to the next.

is there anybody that can offer me any techniques or tips that can allow me to
(1) increase my vocal range
(2) allow me to sound better

or is the only way to get better, just keep doing the exercises im doing now?

thank you.

 

[six]

discover your head voice!


man, either you get pretty high or extremely not low. but I guess _I_ don't really know about that middle C .

if this is the first C playable on a standard-tuned guitar then it's a pretty normal chest range I guess.

I wouldn't care too much about that bass, baritone, tenor thing. still starting from the assumption above I think you're in the same range as I am though mine starts from the F and ends somewhere close to the E above your Bb.

... and I guess I'm somekind of an "extended" baritone.

but I guess with that E I'm already in the "mix". the mixture of chest and head voice/register. then - with F# to G# above that - I experience my problem-zone. after that it goes on and on... really. on a good day (or with brute force on a bad one... hehehe... no, no) I reach G above high C, depending on the lyrics - strange thing.

that's not really singing anymore (and I need some volume for that), but the feeling is sometimes quite close to an orgasm... ha-ha-haaaa.

but don't try pushing your chest voice. try to sing like the bee gees and then find out how to add power and guts to it.

i hope this helped a bit.

 

[smellyfuzz]

If you want to increase your vocal range, the best thing top do is to find a competent teacher.