Jaw open

  🎵🎤SINGING HIGH NOTES🎹

             🎺🎺 Season 1. Episode 4. JAW OPEN 🎷🎶

It’s common to close the jaw a bit to reach higher notes, but be careful not to close too much as you can cut off your tone, power and volume. Holding your jaw open until the close of the word (sing on the vowel not the consonant) will give you more volume and power.The best way to do this is to practice voice building exercises.

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Chin down

  🎵🎤SINGING HIGH NOTES🎹

             🎺🎺 Season 1. Episode 3. CHIN DOWN 🎷🎶

Because high notes are placed higher in a singer’s instrument, the mistake is often made to reach up. While we want the soft palate in the upper back of the mouth to arch up, we don’t want the tongue or especially the chin to lift. Keeping your chin pointed down on high notes will help you reach them with more ease and power.

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Mouth opening

   🎵🎤SINGING HIGH NOTES🎹

             🎺🎺 Season 1. Episode 2. MOUTH OPENING 🎷🎶

Open Your Mouth More When You Sing.  Most people don’t realize that if you just open your mouth more when you sing instead of gripping your jaw or throat muscles so hard, you’ll have more sound and it will flow out easier. It’s a quick trick that works well.

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Building

 

                 🎵🎤SINGING HIGH NOTES🎹

             🎺🎺 Season 1. Episode 1. BUILDING 🎷🎶

In order to hit better high notes, you need to strengthen your voice. A weak voice will have trouble hitting high notes or sustaining them. Build your vocal strength by practicing vocal technique exercises 4-5x per week for a minimum of 30 min, max of 60. You can start with our Singers Gift Warmups that help to open, strengthen, warm up your voice and expand your range. It’s the most important thing to do if you want to hit better high notes first.

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Record

                                     🎸🎻🖊️HOW TO WRITE A SONG ✍️✍️

                                 🎷🎵 Season 1. Episode 10. RECORD  🎹 

A simple piano/vocal or guitar/vocal can often be the most effective emotional statement of your song. If you wrote a Rock song, do an “unplugged” version. You don’t need lots of strings or drums – in fact, these can detract. Practice both the instrumental and vocal parts until you are comfortable with them. The less you have to focus on when playing or singing, the more you can let go and feel the emotion in the song. Try singing it as if you are speaking it to someone. Record for short periods then take a break. Keep the song and the emotion fresh!. 

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Build

🎸🎻🖊️HOW TO WRITE A SONG ✍️✍️

                                 🎷🎵 Season 1. Episode 9. BUILD  🎹 

Build your second verse and bridge. Choose another of your questions to answer in your second verse. Use Step 7 to work through the lyric. Your second chorus will have the same melody and lyric as your first chorus, so you are now almost finished with your song. You just need to add a bridge.

        The bridge section adds a peak emotional moment to your song, a realization, or an “aha!” moment. Try two or three lyric lines that give the listener the best insight you can into the situation or emotion the singer is feeling.  The melody should be different from both verse and chorus. Try using a chord you haven’t used before or changing the phrase lengths or motion of the melody. A bridge isn’t a requirement but it can add a lot of strength to your song.

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Connect

🎸🎻🖊️HOW TO WRITE A SONG ✍️✍️

                                 🎷🎵 Season 1. Episode 8. CONNECT  🎹 

Connect your verse and chorus. After you have a verse and chorus, create a transition between them so that they flow naturally. You may need to raise or lower your verse melody or change the last line to get to your chorus smoothly. TIP: Chorus melodies are usually in a higher note range than verses because they’re more emotional, and when we get emotional our voices tend to rise.

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Work on the lyrics

🎸🎻🖊️HOW TO WRITE A SONG ✍️✍️

                                 🎷🎵 Season 1. Episode 7. WORK ON THE LYRICS  🎹 

Focus on the question you chose in Step 4. Make your first line something that will get listeners interested: an intriguing statement, a question, or a description of the situation. In your second line, consider restating the first line in a different way or adding more information.  Don’t move on too quickly; your listeners need time to understand what’s happening in the song.  In Verse 1, be sure to give listeners enough information so they can understand the chorus when you get there. Go through Steps 5 and 6 with your verse melody and chords.

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