Finding Your Voice

Everyone can sing.

Yes, everyone.  

Just as we all have a unique speaking voice, we all have a unique singing voice.  Our individuality is what makes each of our voices beautiful.  Don't try to sing like someone else; sing in your own voice.

Often, people try to sing too low.   There are a lot of popular singers who sing a lot in the lower part of their range, and a people try to copy them.  However, it is a lot harder to sing well in this lower range, called the chest voice.

It is much easier to sing the right notes when using the head voice, but this can sound odd to our ears.  It's okay.  Learn to use your head voice and you can then work on singing lower if you choose.

Practice your head voice alone at first.  To find your head voice, bend over as if to touch your toes.  Now sing.  It feels strange, and probably sounds strange, and that is okay.  Keep singing and slowly stand up.  If you have found your head voice, you should "feel"  the sound, the vibrations, in your head. If you are singing in your chest voice, you will feel the vibrations in your chest.  Focus on keeping the sound in your head.  It will be a lighter, less powerful sound that your chest voice, but it will also be easier to sing accurately and is the first step to finding your voice.