The concept of a high note for each voice is individual: for the bass it can be "C" of the small octave, for the tenor - "C" the second, for the alto - "G" of the second, and for the soprano - "C" of the third octave. The singer's health and lifestyle, as well as the production, have a significant impact on the boundaries of the range. However, the mechanisms and efforts for all timbres and vocal schools have several features in common.
Instructions
Step 1
Don't start your vocals with high notes. Ligaments, like muscles, must first "warm up", acquire elasticity. To do this, start by practicing legato and average register for your voice.
Step 2
Do not strive to master the full range of the voice during your first vocal lessons. This is especially true for young people, both boys and girls. During puberty, the voice undergoes significant changes in both sexes: it becomes coarser, acquires characteristic shades and range. Only at the end of this period (at age 18 for men and at 20 for women) can you fearlessly master your full range.
Step 3
Contact your teacher. An experienced teacher, firstly, will immediately determine the type of your voice, and secondly, he will explain to you the limits of your capabilities. If you have a juicy baritone, do not strain your voice by singing in the first octave - you not only lose the naturalness and richness of your voice, but you also run the risk of parting with it altogether.
Step 4
Having decided on the timbre, warming up and preparing the voice apparatus, go directly to the high notes. During the ascending passages, create the impression that you are going down instead of up. This technique will remove the psychological clamp. The lower sound does not seem difficult to play.
Extend your stomach and tighten your muscles. Although the air comes out and you instinctively want to squeeze your abdominal muscles, you should do the opposite: this will create the pressure necessary to support the sound. This is what is called support. Reinforce the support with a comfortable position of your legs (about shoulder width apart), by squeezing the pelvic muscles. The back should be straight, the shoulders are open. This position makes the lungs work as easy as possible.
Step 5
Tighten your lip muscles to form a vowel. A relaxed mouth will "extinguish" the sound, depriving it of composure, flightiness and partly intonational accuracy. Your entire body should be a musical instrument, ready to play.
Step 6
Direct the sound forward. Do not try to increase the volume by exhaling air. It is better not to worry about the volume at all: a properly formed sound, even in the nuance of the piano, will be heard at a great distance.
