{"id":1523,"date":"2015-11-18T17:25:46","date_gmt":"2015-11-18T22:25:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.musikalessons.com\/blog\/?p=1523"},"modified":"2023-01-25T17:28:14","modified_gmt":"2023-01-25T22:28:14","slug":"4-great-exercises-for-singing-with-a-smooth-even-tone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.musikalessons.com\/blog\/2015\/11\/4-great-exercises-for-singing-with-a-smooth-even-tone\/","title":{"rendered":"4 Great Exercises for Singing with a Smooth, Even Tone"},"content":{"rendered":"<p id=\"docs-internal-guid-c7dafa87-1c8c-8341-b07b-4ccdbe809bcc\" dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.musikalessons.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/mic.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1559 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.musikalessons.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/mic-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"microphone, singing\" width=\"234\" height=\"172\" \/><\/a>Whether you\u2019re taking <a href=\"https:\/\/www.musikalessons.com\/voice-lessons-san-diego-ca\">voice lessons in San Diego<\/a>, voice lessons in New York, or anywhere in between, all singers want to sound their best. One big factor in beautiful singing is tone, or the way your voice sounds. For example, some singers have lighter, higher voices while others may be heavier and darker. Everyone has a natural tone based on their biological makeup, but there are many exercises singers can practice in order to improve their tone quality.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: left;\">No matter what genre of singing you are interested in, learning to sing a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thefreedictionary.com\/legato\" rel=\"nofollow\">legato<\/a> line is important for creating a smooth, even tone. An Italian word, in music legato refers to the practice of connecting one note to the next so that there are no breaks in the musical line. One of the primary components in keeping an even tone in singing is breath control. If the breath is not consistent, the music won\u2019t be either.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2 dir=\"ltr\"><strong>Exercise 1: Hissing<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">This exercise focuses on breathing and will help with exhaling your breath in a consistent stream.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: left; padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\"><strong>Step 1: <\/strong><\/span>Stand or sit comfortably upright. Your shoulders should be down away from your ears and your limbs should be relaxed, not locked.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: left; padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\"><strong>Step 2: <\/strong><\/span>Take a deep breath, but only take in as much air as you feel comfortable inhaling. Focus on breathing into your core. Your stomach and ribs should expand and your shoulders should stay st<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: left; padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\"><strong>Step 3:<\/strong><\/span> Start letting your breath out in a gentle \u201chiss\u201d like a snake. Concentrate on letting the air out as evenly as possible. You can also place your hand about an inch in front of your mouth as you do this in order to feel the consistency of the air pressure. As you exhale, your stomach should gradually move back to its starting position, while your shoulders and upper torso remain still.<\/p>\n<h2 dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Exercise 2: Long Vowels on a Single Pitch<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: left;\">This exercise focuses on sustaining a steady tone on the same note.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: left; padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\"><strong>Step 1:<\/strong> <\/span>Pick a pitch that is somewhere in the middle of your range, not too high and not too low.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: left; padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\"><strong>Step 2:<\/strong><\/span> Sing each of the following vowels on that pitch: Eh, Ee, Ah, Oh, Oo. Concentrate on keeping the tone even and the breath flowing consistently.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1524\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1524\" style=\"width: 439px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.musikalessons.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Legato-Ex.-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1524\" src=\"https:\/\/www.musikalessons.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Legato-Ex.-1.jpg\" alt=\"Example 1\" width=\"439\" height=\"95\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.musikalessons.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Legato-Ex.-1.jpg 439w, https:\/\/www.musikalessons.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Legato-Ex.-1-300x64.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 439px) 100vw, 439px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1524\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Example 1<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2 dir=\"ltr\"><strong>Exercise 3: Long Vowels in a Scale<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">This exercise builds on the previous one, taking the even tone of the vowel and applying it to several notes at a time.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\"><strong>Step 1:<\/strong><\/span> Pick a pitch somewhere closer to the bottom of your range.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\"><strong>Step 2: <\/strong><\/span>Pick one of the five vowels and sing a scale up and down on that vowel. Go slow and concentrate on making sure your voice does not waver in and out and your breath is consistent. Try to sing the entire exercise on one breath, but if you cannot a breath may be taken at the top of the scale before moving back down.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\"><strong>Step 3:<\/strong><\/span> Once you feel comfortable singing the scale on one vowel, try the others. You can also speed up your tempo and take the scale faster.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1525\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1525\" style=\"width: 645px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.musikalessons.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Legato-Ex-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1525\" src=\"https:\/\/www.musikalessons.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Legato-Ex-2.jpg\" alt=\"Example 2\" width=\"645\" height=\"83\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.musikalessons.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Legato-Ex-2.jpg 645w, https:\/\/www.musikalessons.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Legato-Ex-2-300x38.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 645px) 100vw, 645px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1525\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Example 2<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2 dir=\"ltr\"><strong>Exercise 4: Apply to Your Repertoire<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">This exercise takes what you\u2019ve worked on and applies it to music you like to sing!<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\"><strong>Step 1:<\/strong><\/span> Pick a song that you have been working on that is comfortable in your voice.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\"><strong>Step 2:<\/strong> <\/span>Pick your favorite vowel and sing your song using the vowel in place of the lyrics. You may want to slow the song down at first so that you can concentrate on connecting every note to the ones before and after it. Even if there are places in the song where you normally do not connect the notes, sing everything through smoothly for this exercise.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\"><strong>Step 3: <\/strong><\/span>Sing the song through again, but this time at your normal tempo and with the lyrics. Take note of the places where it is more difficult to maintain a steady tone and practice those slower.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Be sure to work these exercises into your daily practice routine and you\u2019ll be improving your tone in no time!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Whether you\u2019re taking voice lessons in San Diego, voice lessons in New York, or anywhere in between, all singers want [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":1559,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[78,67,6,334],"tags":[7,80,79],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>4 Great Exercises for Singing with a Smooth, Even Tone<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Use these helpful singing exercises from Musika Lessons to improve your vocal tone and make your practicing more effective.\u00a0\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.musikalessons.com\/blog\/2015\/11\/4-great-exercises-for-singing-with-a-smooth-even-tone\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"4 Great Exercises for Singing with a Smooth, Even Tone\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Want to improve your vocal tone? 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