How to reach high notes?

I'm a girl, but I can't sing in high notes... I mean like hit some high notes

but I'm really good in singing the low notes ;_;

many people mistaken my voice as a boy voice orz

I'm covering songs, but I only do..the boy part? (I try my best to high the notes a bit so I'll match my partner pitch though)

Is there any tips or something that can wide our vocal range?

or maybe there's food that we shouldn't eat? or drink?

My voice not like this at first, but a few years ago people around me noticing my voice, it sounds deeper and deeper each day, like a boy! >A

is that normal? lol sorry I ask too many question for my first post...

It's normal if you're anywhere between 10 and 18.

Vocal range can be extended through practise, partly by using your different registers better and partly by amalgamating your different registers.

The number one tip is: Get a vocal coach, and play around with your voice a lot all the time, and try to remember how you do certain sounds so you'll solidify your muscle memory. This will help when your vocal coach instructs you, since a clueless student might just be confused by what a coach says.

Do you sing along well to Sade, Cher, Tracy Chapman, etc?

Welcome to the forums, btw. I hope we can help you with your issues, amidst all the trolling and threaderailing.

Cold pizza and Pabst Blue Ribbon seem to have mystical effects when combined together, lol. But seriously, pretty much everything Masklin wrote...I don't quite know what amalgamating means though...stop with the big words!

Oh, and welcome bty

You might sing scales (do-re-me-fa-so-la-ti-do) high to exercise your range.

Yeah, or try songs you like that are in your mid range but that go up BEYOND your higher range...and try and sing those higher notes...challenge yourself consistently, repeatedly...eventually you'll stretch your range. I did. When I was 12 years old, I couldn't even do 2 octaves. Now I certainly can!

Vocal coach, maybe I should consider having one xD

amalgamating?? what is that? maybe I should google it orz

Usually I sing Taylor Swift,Bruno mars etc. songs, and some of them to high for me OTL

so I lower the pitch down.

now I'm often singing japanese songs though, kinda covering the songs

and I am having difficulties almost with any kind of song that have high notes T_T

Thank you! lol yeah I hope!

Ah, I'll try to sing high notes...

I'm frustated with my voice and ended up singing all in the low notes (that's bad OTL)

*A* 2 octaves... that's mean I need to practice! Thank you!

Ah, and sorry for double post? I think the reply button is to reply one by one?orz

Thank you for the greetings!

I'm glad I join this, and I hope I can sing..in a good way and will not broke anyone ears lol

Hi. Welcome to the forum.

A good voice teacher would be helpful. They can instruct you how to work your voice properly without injuring your voice.

There's a lot of details, but some of the main things you need to learn are:

-proper breath support and resistance of breath pressure

-separation and blending between head and chest registers

When you say you sound like a "boy/guy" then its possible that you either have a naturally low voice (such as alto/contralto) OR you're overproducing your chest register, in other words you may be thickening your voice too much. A good vocal exercise would be to practice the light and high 'u' or 'oo' vowel. Then on a descending scale carry that sound down.

It would be great if you posted a sound clip of yourself. I'm interested in hearing what the fuss is all about. lol

I did a vocal lesson on my youtube channel a while ago of a vocal exercise that can help you hit the higher notes, hope it helps.

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I feel like I have a somewhat boyish sound to my singing as well. It usually just happens when I'm singing in my talking voice though. Or maybe I just think I sound boyish? Ha ha, either way I feel your pain. I have a naturally low voice and some high notes just come out flat for me. I think the people who have commented on your thread so far though have some pretty nice advice and so all I can say is practice some singing exercises and... Ganbarre!!

Hallo!!

I've heard not eating dairy products helps. And avoiding cold water before you sing. Like a lot of people have suggested, warm ups and exercises can do wonders. Also, singing a lot in general can help. I also, similar to Grace, was once unable to sing high and was limited to lower notes, but eventually I was able to go higher

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Sliding vocal scales are the key to getting a wider range because you just slide back and forth, it builds a natural coordination, and since you do it without tension, it isn't a major issue to do. If you try to "force it" you're going to get hurt. Just let your voice slide up and down, and just keep doing it. Start with an E vowel as it utilizes the least amount of air. Just let your voice slide, and do it for 10 to 20 minutes every day.

I think I have told this before when I was here a few years ago; when I first began doing this vocal slide, I thought it was kind of stupid because I had no progress for weeks, and then all of a sudden I had like a six note increase one day!! It totally freaked me out. When you body is ready to hit the notes - it will. Just keep working on this and don't get frustrated.

This video is the key to increasing your range, and he does a beautiful job of it!

Here is the mistake that singers who do not train with a vocal program or a vocal instructor don't grasp - you don't train to sing by singing songs. You train making all these goofy sounding noises, but those goofy sounding noises have an actual purpose.

For example:

GUG(which gives you a short abrupt push of air, with a quick stop thanks to the G on the end.) and GOOG(This gives you more air to work with.) are what's known as Glottal Stops, and if you sing them like Popeye the sailor, with a "bounce" to them, so that each time you make them it sort of pushes your larynx down, they will train your larynx to stay seated in your throat rather than moving around. The larynx should not raise at all, but over 95% of the people who sing - raise their larynx when they go high as if it somehow gives them a higher range. Don't think "high" when you are singing, think "Right & Left".

|Think of your lows as being on the left, and your highs as being on the right, just like on a Piano keyboard. When you start out low sliding upward, shift your weight to your right foot from your left as you go high. So that it is as if you are standing on a giant piano keyboard.

If you sing "NAY" like a bratty little kid, that will set your vocal cords up to get through your Passagio (breaking range). After years of training, I feel like these two are the first ones you should work with as they help seat the larynx, and get you through your break - I feel you should work your voice from the middle out, rather than "Bottom to top" or "top to bottom" even though those are the traditional method of training - but the middle is where the voice tends to be the weakest in everyone, and by strengthening that area, you will have the most usable voice in the quickest amount of time.

Well it works for me. Whenever I sing songs for a few hours daily (without straining) my voice seems to be much stronger and I don't have to reach for the high notes. However, I agree on doing excercises, especially opening your voice for new techniques. But once you nail those, keep your voice in shape by singing a lot.

Just like you don't get to be a good runner without running a lot. There are lot's of other important aspects, like diet, strength training, and mental preperation. But you'll NEVER get it without lots of running. Every day!

yeah totally.

that's like saying u don't learn guitar by playing songs, but by doing 1234 chromatic exercises up and down the neck.

u need both. end of story.

Yeah, it works for me too. Sure, I know I'm not technically perfect at singing, but I'm doing ok and I have only ever sung songs...I've never had lessons, never followed a program, ever. I've just always sung songs.

Also, the majority of singers I admire who I think have GREAT voices also did not "train" at all, they just began singing, or were singing songs from an early age. They tended to only start having vocal coaching once they were already successful and then due to increased demands on their voice from always recording, rehearsing, touring, etc, they felt the need to learn healthier ways to sing the way they already had been singing all their lives, you know?

Be this guy.

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^^ Thanks man! lol