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Hi,
I've been a singer/musician for thirty years here in Baltimore. My falsetto was never great but, it seems it's getting worse and worse. I do an acoustic solo thing two or three nights a week. And it's gotten to the point where I change the melody so I don't have to sing falsetto. Are there any exercises I could do to improve? Any suggestions would be appreciated.
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Hi Don, One exercise that helps "place" the high voice: Make a humming sound with your mouth slightly open. Direct that humming sound from the roof of your mouth. You should feel it vibrating in your nose and your face. "Press" that sound really hard, like you a demented bee! Hold that sound for 4 counts. From the "hmmm" sound, open your mouth and transition into an "AAH" sound and hold that for 4 counts. It might help to put an "N" sound in between so it would be "HMMM-GAAH." The trick is to keep that AAH part of the sound coming from the same place as the HMM part of the sound. Move your way up the scale 1/2 notes at a time working your way up, up, up. Hope this helps! ------------------ Marian Mastrorilli mastrose@aol.com http://www.projectmercury.net
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Don, If you don't already own it, invest in some vocal training tapes/CDs. One that I found quite helpful was Born to Sing. It goes thru the basics of vocal training but there are some vocal training workout exercises that are great to "workout " your voice and "strengthen" your cords. A sprinter would never race without a proper warm up and so a singer should never sing esp in falsetto without doing some sort of warm up before your performance. You want stronger abs, you work them out. You want a stronger voice, same concept. Also make sure you are properly hydrated before during and after your set.
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<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by donpbellew:
Hi,
I've been a singer/musician for thirty years here in Baltimore. My falsetto was never great but, it seems it's getting worse and worse. I do an acoustic solo thing two or three nights a week. And it's gotten to the point where I change the melody so I don't have to sing falsetto. Are there any exercises I could do to improve? Any suggestions would be appreciated.
Don</font> You might take a look at www.vocalcoach.com as well.
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