Things to Know on How to Expand Your Vocal Range

Are you disappointed because you have a limited vocal range?
Don't despair. Develop your scale by using these proven
approaches, and before long you'll be learn how to sing high and low notes with assurance!

   Identify Your Natural Range

   If you really want to expand your vocal range, you first need
to know where you're commencing from. The most common vocal
ranges, from highest to lowest, are: soprano, alto, tenor,
baritone, and bass. Almost all women fall within the top three
ranges, and many men fall in the bottom three.

   To identify your normal vocal scale, begin by singing
a middle C in a regular tone of voice. Use a piano or
online tuner to help you, if necessary.

   Now move down the vocal range in half-steps right until you
can no longer sing the low notes naturally. Go back to
middle C and repeat the exercise going up until you reach
the highest note you can easily sing.

   If you are a natural soprano, you can easily sing
notes from middle C (C4) to high A (A5). An alto can
comfortably sing notes between G3 and F5. A tenor scales
from C3 to A4. A baritone singer has a easily vocal
range between notes G2 and F4. A bass range consists of notes
F2 through E4.

   By finding your natural vocal scale, you can set
realistic goals for increasing your scale.

   Practice Constantly

   They say practice makes perfect, and they're right!
Like any instrument, you will only learn your voice if
you practice regularly. Sing as much as you can every day
without straining your throat.

   Each day, try to sing notes that are just a little bit
outside your comfort zone. Go a little higher and a little
lower each day. Extending your vocal range will take time,
but it will go more easily if you practice as much as possible.

   Develop a Mixed Voice

   Every vocalist has a natural "break", or a point on the
scale where they switch from their chest voice to their
head voice. You can make this transition much smoother by
getting a "mixed" voice.

   Sing up your vocal range until you reach the last note
you can easily sing in your chest voice. The notes
around that point on the scale are the one you will
practice singing in a mixed voice.

   Once you've mastered your mixed voice, or middle voice,
you will be ready to transition more or less seamlessly up
and down the range. If it takes greater than than you'd like,
don't be bothered; plenty of successful recording artists are
even now trying to find their ideal mixed voice.

   Do These Vocal Exercises

   Begin at the low end of your vocal break. Sing the note
in your chest voice at a regular volume. Sing the word
"whom" and think how the note resonates in your throat.

   Now sing the next best note, also using the word
"whom". You will see the resonation move from your throat
to your mouth. Move up to the following note and feel where it
vibrates.

   Try to maintain your volume consistent throughout the
exercise. Stay throughout and just around your break range,
and practice changing from your head voice back down
to your chest voice.

   After you've performed for several days, you will
see that your transitions are more seamless. Keep at
it, and you will expand your vocal range into a whole new
octave while keeping good tone and control.

   Remember to warm up in advance! Your vocal chords,
like any muscle group, require to be warmed up before you
exercise them. Warming up will avoid vocal strain and
will help you produce the best quality notes.