Vocal Scale Exercises

 Vocal Scale Exercises

These vocal scale exercises will help  Improve your tone, take tension off your voice and improve tonality there is a reason these exercises are so beneficial…
 

Your vocal chords will react ia specific way when you pronounce certain words. Here’s a clue. When you sing some words have open voicing vowels, while some others have a closed sound to them. For instance the word “hat” has an open and spacious ring to it, this is because of the vowel " A" Now, say the mom slowly do you see how this word has a closed off resonance to it when compared to the word "hat"

You see, closed vowels are easier to sing. A great deal easier. So we can use these closed vowels  when we practice to train our voices to serve us correctly.
For instance, if you were to practice singing a high C with a word like “mom” a closed sound, before long you would be able  train your vocal chords to get used to making the coordination needed for a “high C”. In addition to, you would train your voice to use the right amount of air pressure to hit this high C on "automatic pilot". With continued practice and dispilne you eventually be able to sing this high C with ease, and then  be able to gradually broaden the vowel. Eventually you would be capable of singing any word on the high C.

So to sum up. A few words are more comfortable for your voice to sing than others. Whenever you practice these “easier words”, and control your voice, at this point, you will be able to begin to sing out the  more difficult words. With patience, discipline and practice you'll be able to belt any word you like on any note.

The Vocal Scale Exercises…

Here’s a vocal scale exercise that will get you off to a running start!

First of all , find a song that you know and love to sing.
Now, when you sing this song, replace all the words with the word mom!
Seriously don't click off this page, try it! may sound strange singing repetitive moms, but by practicing this way, you will eventually be able to polish off every note to perfection.

Try This experiment.
Sing your song "using its original lyrics", now  write down the difficulty that you felt while singing it. Pay close attention to the hard parts. Give the song a difficulty rating from 1 to 10.

Now, go back and sing the same song through three times using only the word “mom”.
you should  now be feeling how the tension begins to decrease, being replaced with a more comfortable sensation.
Now go back and ,sing the same song again normally. Note the difficulty rating.

What do you think?
Much easier!
Right?

Use this vocal scale exercise with any word of your choice  with a “closed vowel” sound. When you've mastered the “closed” words, you can practice doing the exercise with more open” sounding words. Apply these techniques, and you will building a strong foundation for your voice . You will develop muscle memory  and find that  your singing will become a great deal more comfortable.