What should I do if I can’t sing?

Many people like to sing. When singing, especially when singing high notes, many people find it difficult to conquer. However, the high notes are often the finishing touch of many songs. Even if you sing your middle and low notes very well, if there is no beautiful high note at the end, generally speaking, the whole song is basically ruined. So what should you do if you can't sing it?

What to do if you can't sing

Relax

Don't hunch your back or shrug your shoulders. These postures are not conducive to singing, especially when singing high notes. You need to relax your shoulders and waist and back. The only muscles that need to be tense are your abdominal muscles.

Expand your voice

You can try to find this feeling: yawn with your mouth closed, so that the feeling from the back of the jaw to the throat expands. At this time, the throat is also open, but you should pay attention to the degree. If the throat is opened too wide, it will go beyond popular singing and become folk or bel canto singing.

Training breath

The breath is used to support the pronunciation of the throat. The training method is to take a deep breath into the chest, expand the chest and tighten the lower abdomen, keep the breath from the chest through the throat, instead of dissipating and settling in the lower abdomen, then you can combine it with the first step to pronounce.

Step by step

You can start by singing middle notes and then slowly transition to high notes to help your vocal system gradually adapt to this singing technique instead of singing high notes right away, as that will not only make it difficult to practice successfully, but will also easily damage your throat.

Be aware of the risks

If you sing high notes too much and accidentally hurt your throat, you must rest for a few days. During this time, you can take medicine to protect your throat. Never continue to force yourself and make things difficult for your throat. Long-term improper use of your throat can lead to vocal cord nodules or even laryngeal cancer.

Use falsetto

If you think expanding your throat and breathing training is cumbersome, there is a most convenient and lazy method that can help you sing high notes quickly, which is to use falsetto, but be careful that the switching between real voice and falsetto must be natural.

Practice hard

Whether you are singing high notes in your natural voice or falsetto, you need to give yourself time and sing regularly with the correct technique. Don't expect a quick fix; there is no such thing.