excercising vocal cords

antonlamont45 · Posted: Tue Apr 04, 2006 6:13 pm Post subject: excercising vocal cords

has anyone here gone from being a bad singer to a decent or good singer through practice? how long did it take?

spankenstein · re-cappin' neve Joined: 17 Apr 2004 Posts: 639

I don't think I'm good but I can sometimes hold a pitch now!

The biggest factor for me was quitting smoking.

Second, lots of practice. As in LOTS of practice. Daily me and a guitar practicing.
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rolandk · Posted: Tue Apr 04, 2006 9:13 pm Post subject: Re: excercising vocal cords

I went from a bad singer to fairly decent singer using this warm up book. It really helped a lot learning proper techniques and strengthening your muscles the right way- i.e, not fighting each other.
It's intended as a warmup before actually singing, but it was a brutal workout for me for a year or so doing it a couple times a week. There are a bunch of books/cd's like it out there and I'd highly recommend them.
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ataraxia · Posted: Tue Apr 04, 2006 10:46 pm Post subject: Re: excercising vocal cords

practicing to a keyboard as opposed to a guitar everyday helped me tremendously. When playing a chord (any) practice singing the separate notes in really relaxed "la"'s. a few weeks later you'll be amazed. and it's free.

antonlamont45 · Posted: Wed Apr 05, 2006 12:18 pm Post subject: Re: excercising vocal cords

your responses give me hope. time to start practicing.. perhaps i will get that book, its cheap enough. hope my neighbors aren't home. Embarassed

Fox · Posted: Sat Apr 08, 2006 4:12 pm Post subject: Re: excercising vocal cords

My voice has grown a ton better just from me doing warm up exercises when I drive. Also, the more you learn to listen (to your own and to other's singing...live and recorded) the better you'll get.

It's learnable, I think...and you'll definitely improve with practice. You won't become a Freddie Mercury, but you'll get better...and if you're wise, you'll learn to love your voice for what it can do.

Thanks for the warm up book....I'll have to try that out.

Harry · Posted: Wed Apr 19, 2006 3:15 pm Post subject: Re: excercising vocal cords

A trick I learned was to plug one ear when your driving around singing along with your favorite songs.

Right now the Spinal Tap line "a bit too much bloody perspective" is coming to mind.

Once you're able to sing in key I think the hardest part is getting in the right state of mind...Someone once told me "if you're gonna sell it you better own it first"

Then theres the people who open their mouths and a beautiful sound just falls out.....Gerrr!!! bastards!!

snuffinthepunk · Posted: Wed Apr 19, 2006 6:55 pm Post subject: Re: excercising vocal cords

**Scodiddly** · Posted: Wed Apr 19, 2006 7:09 pm Post subject: Re: excercising vocal cords

The best singers have the worst voices - Tom Waits, Stevie Wonder, etc. They had to put a lot into their singing to get past not having one of those perfect voices, and as a result they're a lot more interesting to listen to.

I took a few voice lessons and did a lot of practicing, and it definitely paid off. These days I tend to do most of it while driving, which is bad because I don't have a keyboard or other pitch reference, but still worth doing. Sometimes I do scales, mostly I work on songs by going through really slow working to nail each and every note. The "alphabet song" is a good one, and very hypnotic by the time you've sung it 40-50 times in a row. Shocked