Singing?

plankermaxx · 5 Nov 2007 at 19:32

Any good sites or good ebooks for singing from scratch. I think I am breathing fine but trying to sing the last bridge in Plug in Baby I cannot reach the high notes without my voice cracking. Can play and sing the song at the same time but I was wondering if you guys could help me out with the vocal aspect of the song I believe he goes to F# in the octave above middle C any tips or things to read/practice? Have never really tried singing but supposedly I have 'a good voice'.

Cheers again

ElvisFan · 5 Nov 2007 at 19:40

Try knocking the entire song down 1 semi-tone

plankermaxx · 5 Nov 2007 at 19:50

Well I was thinking of things that might increase my range I've read of people gaining much more higher (and lower) notes after 6 months more or less practicing? Like I said I have barely sang before so surely I would notice a huge difference after a certain timeframe..?

Sic · 5 Nov 2007 at 20:24

yup, practice every day. This is only my experience, but I find that if I've not smoked for a while then my range increases, having a throat in perfect condition makes notes a lot easier to hit and taking a huge breath really really helps. as with most things, though - practice, practice and more practice.

playing guitar at the same time helps too, lets you practice your breathing rhythm and you can really get into it as well

ftr - that plug in baby bit at the end is really difficult to reach. Matt Bellamy has an amazing falsetto - it's probably a better idea to start on something a bit easier - think Incubus - Drive or some of their more mellow songs

Dange · 6 Nov 2007 at 00:46

I've been taking singing lessons recently, I'd recommend getting a couple at least because they can show you the correct way of improving your range without damaging your voice. A friend of mine now has a 3 1/2 octave range after doing about 3 months of lessons.

SexyGreyFox · 6 Nov 2007 at 07:33

Be aware that there are notes you are never going to reach no matter how much training you have.
Quite often we will have a new song to learn and we don't do it until I know I can reach the notes.
If I can't hit every note we don't do it.
Monitoring is very important and you must be able to hear yourself.
I've been using in-ear monitoring for decades and I wish I'd patented it.
I used to run a cable up the back of my leg from the mixer and put tiny earphones in but now I have proper wireless ones.
The 3rd point is that the song might not be in your key.
I started a thread about this and earlier this year I got my band to tune down a semi-tone.
It was only then I realised that I'd been singing songs by ACDC, Led Zeppelin, Iron Maiden, Judas priest etc one note higher than their singers did :eek: