QUOTE (RyanAW @ Jul 19 2007, 07:56 PM)
So...
I should always stay in my range, and it will start to expand on its own?
And I don't really know what my range is right now. If i start trying to sing outside my range could it damage my voice.
You won't damage it by slowly going upwards (with some of Luciana's exercises, for example), and finding where it stops. Just don't try to force it higher
Warming up properly is necessary before going to the extremes of the register in any event - both high and low. It's just as damaging to strain for low notes as for high ones. And don't try to sing your highest note as loud as you can. The more air you use, the more strain.
And yes, if you do exercises inside your range, you'll eventually expand it. Much like lifting weights or training speed on guitar - you won't get faster by starting out with sixteenth triplets at 180bpm, rather, you slowly build speed working up from, say, 60bpm, and at some point, fast gets easier. Build control in your current range, and eventually, you'll be able to reach higher (and lower) notes, because the muscles in and around your vocal folds (and hopefully your breathing) have been trained. Rarely an immense amount of notes, but some. And no, you won't get more by straining after that
About voices (registers)... Men (and women) really have three, rather than two, although one of them people don't agree on. The third would be the whistle register, which pretty much sounds as when a child makes that high pitched scream children are so (in)famous for... It
is possible to learn to sing in that one too (although without actual words), but it's rarely exactly pleasant to listen to. Mostly, it's used for effect, or just to reach a note outside even your falsetto range. It's also hard on your voice
A side note: Falsetto can be used to beautiful effect too - it's not just a "cop out" for when you can't reach a note in the chest register.
Some would even say we have four registers, since many people when they first start out, actually have a break in the middle of their "chest" range, lower than the break into falsetto. Training to smooth out those breaks are a good thing to exercise for a rock singer
Mostly when you speak of range, you count only the chest register, which tends to be between two and three octaves.
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This post has been edited by Kaneda: Jul 20 2007, 02:04 AM
