Voice Quality
March 19th, 2009
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Voice Quality
How can I improve the quality of my singing voice?
I am 14. I can carry a tune well, but the quality of my voice is not very good. I want to get a lot better because I am thinking about trying out for American Idol when I get older, and playing the piano and guitar, etc. Can you recommend some good vocal exercises to do or other ways to improve the quality of my voice? Thanks in advance!
I'm not going to tell you about how to improve your singing because what you need to know is all above, but I want to tell you what a joke American Idol is if you email me! Not trying to be mean or anything but my sister tried out for American Idol this year in East Rutherford, New Jersey at the Izod Center and she has a really good voice but she didn't make it, they said she had a good voice but they weren't going to take her! Unless you have an extremely good voice or a really stupid act they wont take you. Do you know anything about what you have to do for auditions? Please email me I would love to tell you all about the process! I am not trying to put a damper on your dreams but it would do you good to be prepared for what you are going to have to go through just for them to shut the door in your face! My sister is really sad about what happened! Anyway, all the more power to ya if you do make it! Please email me! If you want you should check out the Official American Idol website and read all the comments from all the disappointed people who tried out! Obviously they can't take everyone, right?
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How to Maintain and Preserve Your Singing Voice
Most people think that singers with good voices are born with them. Yes, although some people have better singing voices than others, most, if not all good singers undergo vocal training to improve their voices.
Most of the singer's training is done through specific vocal exercises to achieve certain effects such as singing powerfully, getting vibrato into the singing voice or even expanding your vocal range so that singing higher notes is a breeze.
Unfortunately, this article cannot do that as the exercises must be physically demonstrated and manually practised. So instead of learning how to get a good voice, this article will show you how to protect and preserve your singing voice because your voice quality can be destroyed by bad habits that you may not even know you have.
Your voice is produced by a delicate mechanism and when used correctly, it rarely gives you any problem. So take good care of your precious voice and will serve you well for your lifetime.
The first golden rule to having a good voice quality is not to take up smoking and if you are already a smoker, do quit smoking before this nasty habit destroys your singing voice further.
The thousands of irritants and chemicals in cigarettes damage your voice and will certainly shorten your singing career and even your life unless you are a rock singer and need to have a raspy and coarse voice.
Always stay hydrated and as such, you need to stay away from caffeine, alcohol and other substance that dehydrates you. The vocal folds must be hydrated at all times to stay healthy and lubricated. So drink plenty of drink as much water everyday to keep them hydrated.
If you are on medication, check with your doctor or pharmacist whether the medicine you are taking is dehydrating. As a general guide, your body should be well hydrated when your urine is clear and not cloudy.
Everyone's voice has its own limitations. So get to know yours. Shouting, talking loudly or even singing forcefully is damaging to your vocal cords, this is sheer common sense, but many singers still abuse their voices this way. So don't shout.
Unfortunately, some people think that to sing powerfully, they have to shout. No, they don't have to. You can develop a powerful voice with the correct vocal exercises without having to shout.
Your vocal cords collide with each other more than a million times everyday when you produce a sound and so, any extra harsh activities like shouting puts further strain on the already overused vocal cords.
When recovering from a coarse voice like say, from a sore throat, avoid any unnecessary conversations or phone calls to let your voice fully recover. Otherwise your recovery will be slower and even then, small permanent damages may occur.
You need to know that your vocal cords are muscles and therefore like any muscles, they need a thorough warm up before it can perform at its peak when you are singing. By the same token, they need to be cooled down with vocal exercises after your performances.
Just because you get away without warming up or cooling down now does not guarantee that you will not damage your voice in the future.
Next on the list is to avoid late night eating because this may end up with your stomach acid spilling into your larynx when you lie down to sleep and causing a hoarse voice and over the long term, permanent voice damage.
These are just some of the many things that you should not do to preserve, protect and maintain your voice producing mechanism so that you can have a good singing voice permanently.
About the Author
Chris Chew owns a music education website at
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