What is the easiest way to hit a high note?
A = Athlete– Singers need to train their body like an athlete. Your body is your instrument. Put a priority on: 1) taking care of your body — rest, food and warming up to sing, and 2) building and maintaining your instrument. B= Breathing– Knowing how to breathe in singing is a basic technique. A diaphragmatic approach is important here. Use your back muscles for support. Fill up air into your rib cage and back but not into your throat. This creates a baseline support level called holding up. Then take smaller breaths for phrases as you need them. C= Control — control in singing is a combination of techniques. Breath control, resonance, pitch, placement, holding up and being able to ride the air are all elements of control. Like riding a bike, it’s the balance of all of these things that contribute to effortless singing. D= Drop Your Jaw — Relaxing and dropping the jaw in (pop) singing is the key to reaching notes effortlessly, making range transitions and supporting the ends of y
High notes require consistent and steady airflow. Many students tend to hold their breath as they sing higher. Let the air flow. Try increasing your airflow and gauge your result. A = Airflow. Never hold your breath while singing. The airflow is what creates and carries your vocal tone, so keep it flowing. Avoid Clavicular Breathing and Belly Breathing — instead, learn the proper way to breathe for singing, called diaphragmatic breathing. Fill the lower portion of your lungs as if you had an inner tube around your waist that you were evenly filling. B = Breathing properly for singing requires the shoulders to remain down and relaxed, not rise with the breath intake. A singer will gain power to their voice by strengthening the muscles in their ribcage and back. C = Communicate the music’s message. During performance it is very important to communicate the message of the song. If you make a “mistake” don’t point it out to your audience. It is most likely they did not even notice. D = Di
