Improving tone quality is a fundamental quest for all singers and something that often does not come naturally.  The most important thing to understand upfront is that tone quality is a literal reflection of your resonating cavities when expressing vowels.  It’s obvious, but needs to be said – you don’t have much tone quality when singing consonants, right?

So, as you’d expect, virtually all aspects of improving tone quality involve exercises on vowels!

Some of the first things to do is attempt to identify the areas of tone quality that you want to improve.  This may be difficult to describe, but try anyway.   Ask friends to listen to your voice and try comparing your voice with pop singers you admire… what’s different about your voice and theirs?

If you can’t identify the specific qualities you want to improve, then don’t worry!  Just work on all the vowels and you’ll be covered.

Here’s what to do:

1. Make a list of all the vowels
2. Pull out your favorite vocal scales
3. Practice singing vowels on a fixed pitch and with scales

You will notice that your tone quality will likely vary based on the location of the pitch within your vocal range.  For example, on the vowel “ah” you might notice the tone sort of swallows to the back of your throat when you’re on lower notes and might become more “tin-ee” on higher notes.  Your voice will vary of course.

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The process for increasing your vocal range is simple and straight-forward, though requires some daily investment and upkeep, just like hitting the gym to reign in those thighs or keep a tight six-pack.

The exercises for increasing range are much like working out at the gym.  You gradually increase your range by pushing (in a soft way) yourself a little further each day.  If you go to fast, you can hurt your vocal chords, so don’t do that!

So, the idea is to use vocal exercises or voice scales and gradually sing them higher and higher.  The same is partially true for lower notes, but that’s another subject.  It’s not often that folks seek a lower range – most singers want to improve their high end (okay, you Basses – I know you’re out there and want to be able to sustain a low C, but you’re pretty rare and moving the lower range is a bit more difficult).

The other thing to keep in mind is that you must use a “soft” approach while trying to increase your range and this is typically best done using lip trills and tongue trills.

You can do this on your own, without buying a product.  However, you’ll need to be very diligent and it’s a bit of effort.

There’s another way – buy a great program that has all the tips and techniques worked out in an easy “sing along” format.

The quickest, most efficient road to increasing your vocal range is to get Singing Success.

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