Are you unhappy because you have a narrow vocal range?
Don't despair. Improve your scale by using these proven
approaches, and before long you'll be singing high and low notes with assurance!

   Identify Your Natural Range

   If you like to expand your vocal range, you first have
to know where you're commencing from. The most common vocal
ranges, from highest to lowest, are: soprano, alto, tenor,
baritone, and bass. Many women fall within the top three
ranges, and most men fall with the bottom three.

   To see your normal vocal scale, begin by singing
a middle C in a regular tone of voice. Use a piano or
online tuner to help you, if needed.

   Now move down the vocal scale in half-steps until you
can no more sing the low notes easily. Go back to
middle C and do again the exercise going up until you hit
the highest note you can easily sing.

   If you are a real soprano, you can naturally learn how to sing
notes from middle C (C4) to high A (A5). An alto can
comfortably sing notes between G3 and F5. A tenor ranges
from C3 to A4. A baritone singer has a easily vocal
range between notes G2 and F4. A bass range comprises notes
F2 through E4.

   By identifying your real vocal scale, you can set
realistic goals for developing your scale.

   Practice Constantly

   They say practice makes perfect, and they're right!
Like any instrument, you will only master your voice if
you practice usually. Sing as much as you can every day
without exhausting your throat.

   Every day, try to sing notes that are just slightly
outside your convenience zone. Go a bit higher and a little
lower each day. Extending your vocal scale will take time,
but it will go more easily if you practice as much as possible.

   Develop a Mixed Voice

   Every vocalist has a normal "break", or a point on the
range where they switch from their chest voice to their
head voice. You can make this transition much smoother by
getting a "mixed" voice.

   Sing up your vocal range until you hit the last note
you can easily sing in your chest voice. The notes
around that point on the range are the one you will
practice singing in a mixed voice.

   Once you've mastered your mixed voice, or middle voice,
you will be able to change more or less seamlessly up
and down the range. If it takes greater than than you'd like,
don't worry; plenty of successful recording artists are
even now trying to find their perfect mixed voice.

   Do These Vocal Exercises

   Begin at the low end of your vocal break. Sing the note
in your chest voice at a normal volume. Sing the word
"whom" and think how the note vibrates in your throat.

   Now sing the next best note, also using the word
"whom". You will feel the resonation move from your throat
to your mouth. Move up to the following note and feel where it
resonates.

   Try to keep your volume consistent throughout the
exercise. Stay throughout and just around your break scale,
and practice transitioning from your head voice back down
to your chest voice.

   After you've performed for several days, you will
notice that your transitions are more seamless. Keep at
it, and you will develop your vocal range into a whole new
octave while keeping good tone and control.

   Remember to warm up in advance! Your vocal chords,
like any muscle group, need to be warmed up before you
exercise them. Warming up will avoid vocal strain and
will help you produce the best quality notes.