3 Powerful Tips For Learning to Sing

All you have to do is listen to some of the great singers of our time, regardless of the genre of music. People like Julie Andrews and Josh Groban immediately come to mind as two of the most beautiful voices I've ever heard. And let's face it, we'd all love to be able to sing like those two velvet throated virtuosos. Well, believe it or not, it's not as hard as you might thing.

This article is going to share 3 powerful tips for learning to sing. After you are done reading it, your voice should improve by leaps and bounds.

Tip 1: Open the Mouth Wide Enough, it's doesn't look stupid

Probably one of the biggest mistakes singers make is that they don't open up their mouths wide enough. Think about it. If you keep your lips together, how much sound can you really get out? Not much, right? So what makes you think that when you sing you can only open up your mouth a little bit? Take a look at some opera singers and look at how exaggerated their mouths look. You need to open yours up a lot. Don't be self conscious about looking stupid, okay?

Tip 2: Keeping Your Timing Is Important

Another big problem singers have is timing. Now, unless you're singing A cappella, you really should have no problem keeping your timing. What you can do is lightly tap your foot in time to the music, assuming that somebody is playing for you. Nobody is going to hear it and it WILL keep you in beat. Also, make sure you follow your accompanist. Don't rush them.

Tip 3: Choose A Song That Is Right For You - You Must Feel Comfortable When Singing

Finally, and this may be the most important tip of all, not every song in the world is going to be right for your voice. Aside from vocal range, there is style as well. You'll never hear Judy Collins trying to belt out something like "Born To Run". You have to find songs that fit YOUR voice. This is very easy to do. Pick out something and try singing it. If it doesn't feel comfortable at all, it's probably not for you.

There are many facets to singing and it's impossible to cover them all in this article. However, I have recently run across a great resource for learning how to sing that I've reviewed below. I think you'll find it most helpful.

There is nothing more wonderful than sharing your voice with the world. I think singing is the one thing that each of us, no matter how talented we think we are or aren't, wants to be able to do. Rooms literally stop and light up when somebody with a golden voice begins to sing.

Wouldn't you like to be one of those people?

A great resource to learn how to sing can be found at

** http://101freeguide.com/about/singingtraining.php

You may not sing like Andrews or Groban, but you'll sound darn good.

I think you'll find it most helpful.