How to Get a Better Voice Tone
- 1). Complete a thorough sound-check. This is the process in which the engineer sets the levels of your stage monitors. These are the speakers through which you hear yourself. If they are too quiet, you have to strain to hear what you're singing. If they are too loud, you naturally hold back, which results in a lack of projection. While sound-checking, walk around the stage. You should be able to hear your vocal over everything else, even on the other side of the stage to your standing position.
- 2). Perform a warm-up routine. Being by inhaling and holding as much air as you can for ten seconds. Slowly exhale and repeat ten times. Purse your lips and blow, as if imitating the sound of a motorbike. This increases blood-flow to your lips. Breathe in again and turn the inhalation into a yawn.
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Andrea Bocelli, the noted tenor, demonstrates perfect posture.Andreas Rentz/Getty Images Entertainment/Getty Images
Stand with your feet shoulder-width apart. Tilt your chin back slightly and relax your shoulders. Use your diaphragm to project the sound of your voice. Using this projection technique affords you greater control over the volume, modulation and vibrato of your voice. - 4). Stay within your vocal range. Everybody has a vocal range, outside which the accuracy and strength of the notes are unpredictable. Your voice tone diminishes the farther outside of your range you venture. This isn't to say you should never attempt to challenge yourself, but listen to your body. If your throat feels tight or you are short of breath, stick within your vocal limits to give yourself the best chance of optimum tone.
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Project over, not into the microphone.Jupiterimages/Goodshoot/Getty Images
Hold the microphone approximately 2 inches from your mouth. Holding it too close can cause a "booming" sound, as your voice overloads the mic. Move the microphone away for louder parts. Aim to project your voice slightly over the top of the microphone, rather than directly into the center. - 6). Drink water in between songs. Keep a bottle of room-temperature water within easy reach of your singing location. Iced-water is not suitable as the change in temperature can cause your throat muscles to contract. If your mouth or throat dries out during a performance, it will affect your tone. The sound of your lips "smacking" together when you make plosive sounds such as "P" and "B" will be exaggerated.
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