Q&A for How to Improve Your Voice

Stand tall, then bend your knees and then bounce up with your knees. While your shoulders are bouncing, open your mouth and play with your vocal range. You can also play with different voices. Try talking with a high-pitched baby voice and then do a deep, evil voice.

Drink some warm water with a teaspoon of honey, lemon, or apple cider vinegar mixed into it.

Make sure to drink lots of water, around 8 cups (64 ounces) per day. You should avoid caffeinated drinks because caffeine can tighten your vocal cords, which makes you sound nasally. Also avoid acidic foods and dairy products since these can affect what your voice sounds like.

You have probably reached puberty and your voice is changing. There's not a lot you can do about it, but try working with a vocal coach or watching YouTube videos about expanding your range. It's possible your voice will sound a little awkward for a while, though, regardless of what you do.

Practice! Try one pitch and focus on it until you get it. Then try the next pitch and repeat.

Breathe into your diaphragm. Pushing air from here will give you more strength than breathing from your chest. Avoid tension in your neck and throat which could cut out the sound.

Imitate a siren with your voice. This will help you learn to raise your soft pallet and make high notes easier to sing. Take it gradually though, don't go higher than you currently can do without going in stages.

To maintain a higher pitch, you need to practice by singing those higher notes quite often. Practice daily to regain your pitch, and continue practicing daily to maintain it.

Clear your throat, calm down, take a deep breath, and start singing. While you're singing, focus on what you're doing, but try to imagine a relaxing scene in your mind.

Before reading, clear your throat and then read with confidence.

Practice "fry voice," it's your deepest register, and if you practice it you'll be able to reach lower notes with better projection. There are tutorials on YouTube.

Getting your muscles used to that position will take some effort, so practice just singing around the house with a widened throat. It is also helpful to drink some hot tea beforehand to relax the muscles. Eventually it will just become second nature to sing that way, as long as you do it often enough.

It depends on how much you are practicing and how you are practicing. If you practice every day, you should notice some improvement within a month.

We all have something of a cap on our voices that limits how deep and high we can go, but most people haven't tried to work on theirs. It's more than likely you can speak in a higher pitch than you think you can, but you're going to have to work on it as consistently as possible. Any practices involving stretching the pitch of your voice should help you just as it helps singers.

Practice is key; try starting with really short lines and timing yourself.

Perhaps your breath pressure is weak. Try engaging your abdominal muscles when you speak. Deepen your voice too, to gain authority. Speak slowly, strongly and powerfully.

A Brooklyn accent is cool. Just because some don't like it, don't get rid of it. Learn to live with it. Look up other artists from Brooklyn and see how they make it work. Use words that sound even better with your accent and pack a punch in your songs. To mellow down your accent, open your mouth a little less and allow the air to create vibrations on your tongue to pronounce words with differing intensity. It will sound deeper and more like whispering.

Be well hydrated when you sing, so that your throat doesn't hurt a lot and you don't sound croaky. If you have a blocked nose, try to use a medicine, or spicy food to unblock it. But also get an assessment from a singing coach just to be sure your voice is good.

You might want to check out How to Stop Your Voice from Shaking for some exercises and tips.

For emotion, try and use your face! Use facial expressions, for example, surprised, happy, sad. Also, try adding emphasis on certain words. If you were saying "and there was a big flood!" you would put emphasis on big, and looked shocked. To increase volume variation, practice! You can try and figure out words that might sound better or add more effect when said quietly, or loudly. With stamina, don't over talk! Just because it's a long speech doesn't mean that you can't pause for a short time between sentences, or paragraphs. Just don't stop in the middle of words, it makes you sound unprofessional.

You're just probably pushing your limits too far. Try singing for shorter periods and take breaths in between. You could also practice lots, and try to build up your stamina.

Do a daily range practice in a higher range. Try different kinds of approaches. For example, I tend to sound "lady-like" and "sweet" when I have more of a breathy approach.

That's vibrato. It comes naturally with age as your voice matures. Don't try to push it because it could damage your voice. Just let it come naturally.

This naturally comes with proper breathing techniques and practice. Your lungs are muscles that need to be worked out like any other muscle. It will come in time with proper practice and technique.

Try to take bigger breaths and try to speak from the back of your throat. If that is too hard, getting a professional vocal coach would be a good option if you are really bothered by your voice.

Make your mouth longer as you sing higher pitched notes. This always helps me.

Breath support is the answer! Breathing through your diaphragm is a hard skill to learn and practice, but it is essential to vocal health and good tone quality. Try putting your hand on your stomach, and breathe slowly in a way that lets you feel your stomach expand every time you inhale and compress every time you exhale. Also, work especially hard on physical and vocal warm-ups. It seems like you are not relaxed enough when singing because you’re afraid of your voice. It will take time, but good warm-ups and technique will build your confidence and improve your sound.