Singing Lessons

[Guest i is Sam :-)]

So I will eventually probably go have a few sessions with a professional speech therapist, but I'm thinking I could do a lot of the leg work if I got some professional singing lessons. A tutor should be able to help me increase my range and my clarity, and exercise my vocal muscles, which should mean I'd find the speech exercises much easier. And singing lessons don't have to cost the earth and I could see someone in my own town.

If I got any good I could join a choir or band or something (something non-religious) and that would be lots of practice.

Has anyone else tried it this way? did it help?

[Guest nymphblossom]

I have not taken formal singing lessons, but after 6 months of Deep Stealth/Melanie Speaks excercises, I began singing in my girl voice for about an hour each day as my new vocal practice. The difference over the last 3 months has been amazing. The top of my vocal range has become higher and stronger and I have gained a tremendous amount of control over my voice. The shape of my throat and soft pallet have changed dramatically and I have developed a wonderful resonance. If you are not already speaking in head voice, you will find it makes a huge difference. I would definitely encourage you to give it a try!

Blossom

[Guest sarah f]

Sam, I think it would be a good idea so that you can train yourself to get those higher pitches. I sing along to girly songs in my car to try and work my vocal cords out. I am hitting higher notes than when I started without crackling too much. Give it a try, the least that would happen is that you have some fun trying it.

Love,

Sarah F

[Guest Donna Jean]

Sam, Hon..............

A lot of the vocal training is the strengthning of the muscles that you don't use right now...

There are a lot of recordings available to us (for instance on TS Roadmap or just Google) so we can practice at a low cost ..

After that it's just a matter of time and practice...It need not be expensive...

G'Luck, Hon...

Donna Jean

[Sally]

I had a little vocal training in college - I was a Bass with decent range but the other two boys in the class were Tenors so the teacher gave us all the same book - I worked up to First Tenor rather quickly and now to refresh it, I started singing along with some of the higher male voices on the radio or my tapes - starting with Don Henley, then Sting and after Steven Perry it was onto Altos and sing along with the woman - I have been singing along with some Sopranos but they do lose me at the Coloratura range but the result has been that my normal speaking voice is almost a third higher than it was without even trying so I am conditioning myself to speak a little higher naturally without having to think about it.

Love ya,

Sally