Breathing Exercises CDor Download www.ReadyToSing.net Your voice is an instrument, however this musical instrument is also a part of your body. It will act accordingly. Take good care of your voice and it will be there for you.

Strengthen the support system of your voice. Your diaphragm. The diaphragm is the muscle that allows you to hold air. If you exercise this abdominal muscle directly below the rib cage, it will get bigger and stronger. If you can hold more air, then you can produce more sound. Whether you are sustaining your notes longer or projecting your voice. It all is a result of a strong diaphragm. Establishing good breathing habits are essential to your developing all of the vocal/singing techniques that you would like to practice and improve on. Exercise your diaphragm by doing breathing exercises every day for 2 - 5 minutes. Though there are many different breathing exercises, the breathing exercises that you choose should be enjoyable and easy for you to remember and understand. As long as you remember the purpose of the breathing exercises you will not have difficulty trying different exercises and selecting your favorites.

Vocal Exercises,Lessons & warmups http:// WWW.ReadyToSing.net Practice and improve your Pitch - Training Your Ear

It is crucial that you train your ear and your voice simultaneously.

Relative pitch is your ability to repeat notes exactly as you hear them. EX- learning a new song or repeating a vocal exercise. No matter what you sing, you have to listen first and even after that you rely on your ear to guide you through whatever you are singing. EX- while you are singing a song you might hit a wtrong note but you will stop yourself and say "oops, that was the wrong note." You had to HEAR that it was incorrect. You will then proceed to correct the wrong note by LISTENING. Relative Pitch is also your ability to sing with accompaniment (piano, guitar,instrumentals,Band, etc.) without falling off pitch or off key.

To improve your relative pitch, do vocal/singing exercises that you are not familiar with. The unfamiliarity of the vocal exercise will put your ear to work and train it. The vocal/singing exercise will also help you to develop other vocal/singing techniques.

Exercises for Vibratto, sustaining,Fading out, Crescendos www.ReadyToSing.net Learn,Practice & Develop Vocal/Singing Techniques

With good breathing habits and a good ear, you are on your way to improving how you sound and singing with more vocal control.

Search for exercises that will help you to develop the following vocal/singing techniques:

Resonance, sustaining and fading out notes

Vibratto - vibration of the notes

Crescendo- Soft, loud, soft

Tone- feeling in your notes ex - "breathy tone"

Diction - Clarity

Placement - using your registers effectively. ex: head register, chest register etc.

Vocal Flexibility



To improve your singing, working with a vocal coach on a regular basis is ideal. If you are unable to work with a vocal coach, there are many resources for you to choose from. There are CDs, DVDs,Books, etc. Find methods that you are comfortable with and that you feel will work for you and of course FUN!!! Don't forget you LOVE to sing. Learning and improving your singing can be fun as well.



Singing Is Believing!



Eve Soto