Learning To Sing High Notes Effortlessly
- Practice & Consistency
- Muscles
- Confidence
We all have had that moment where we were trying to sing a high notes and it didn’t sound exactly the way we planned it to.
When approaching a song you want to look at the structure. How is the energy from the beginning to the end different? Practicing high notes is what will help you improve with them.
Another important factor is what muscles you use and how confident you are in using them. We tend to wall ourselves off from singing with our true power.
You may find singing in the car or shower to be more efficient than singing in front of another person.
That’s ok, the important thing is that you develop ways to overcome your fears and attack music with your passion instead of your anxiety.
Practice & Consistency
High notes are produced by vibrating the vocal cords at a higher frequency.
This means you have to use more air, effort, and push in order to sing notes that aren’t always comfortable. You can practice singing the same high note and eventually that high note will be less hard.
Singing at an athlete level can still be considered difficult, but the difference is that you are in control and can consistently hit those notes even if they feel hard. This exists mostly at the top or low end of your register.
You may be able to hit the notes and have them sound beautiful but it may not be comfortable. Comfortability is something built over time through consistency.
Eventually you can expand your range to where the notes that are hard are much easier.
Vocal range is something that takes time to develop. Just like if you were running for track you’d have to practice everyday to be efficient.
Muscles
When singing high notes you want to make sure you are using the right muscles. Often when singing higher, our jaws get tight.
A tight jaw can be a leading cause of vocal cracks. Your jaw is a muscle that gives you more space to sing higher notes. The cheek muscles work similarly.
If you are not engaging your cheek muscles, you are not giving yourself enough space to sing the higher notes. The quality and tone of your notes is dependent on how open your mouth is.
This includes tongue, jaw, cheek, and nose muscles. Your diaphragm muscles are in charge of breathing, if you are singing a high pitch song but your not taking enough breaths for the note, then it’s likely the note may not come out how you want it to.
It is important that you notice in your register where things are tight, so you can use the proper muscles to sing.
Confidence
Confidence is something we talk often about in vocal teaching because it affects everything. Your high notes require more air, push, space, and control.
If you are anxious, it’s likely you may forget what muscles to use or forget to take a breath. Ultimately, this is what causes our mistakes. If we don’t have faith in our ability to sing the high notes, that will cause our muscles to get tight.
This makes it harder to sing. Always have a focal point for what and why you are singing. This can help take the edge off of how we sound, and shift it to what we are feeling.
Singing with emotion allows you to connect with the audience, and when you are in the correct headspace. Mistakes aren’t the first thing on your mind.
Work on eliminating negative thoughts and replacing them with positive ones. At the end of the day, your opinion is the only one that matters.
This is because you already know what you like and don’t like about your voice. You simply need a place to start and improve.
