There are no people out of tune.There are only people untrained to use their voice. Therefore, everyone can be a good singer.

Someone was born with a good voice, but everyone can learn how to get it.

You don't need to imitate anyone. The voice is your own personal identity, as unique as a fingerprint. In fact some security systems use the voice as an ID.

Singing does not involve technical skills only, but an emotion alike.

In order to sing well, you need to well breathe.

A good exercise to start:

Breath deeply avoiding to excessivelly inflate the thorax. Pull the air into the stomach taking care not to shrug your shoulders.
Hold the air for a few seconds and then blow slowly uttering the sound "o". Take your time to complete this exercise.

Some tips:

1. Never force your voice; you can damage your vocal chords.

2. Control high notes 'opening the throat'. 'Stiffening the throat' produces a throttled sound.

3. Record yourself while you are singing. Then listen: do not be surprised if you do not recognize your own voice. Usually we listen also inside vibrations. Therefore the heard sound is different from the uttered sound.

4. You should not sing lower than your own tune while thinking to rest your voice. Actually, you damage it.

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How to speak better

The main difference between speaking and singing voice regards the intensity and the duration of the sound.
The voice is like an iceberg. Speaking voice is just the top, which is the small part over the water.
There is a deep interrelation between singing and speaking. Singing lessons help to improve the speaking voice; while an improper use of your own voice damages your vocal chords.

When a baby is born his voice is sound, his vocal chords are perfect and he rightly breathes. Then the stressed rhythms of our lives let us take bad habits.
You need to learn some basic techniques in order to restore your primary vocal functions.

How to take care of our voice in the every day life:

- you should not speak too loud
- you should not mimic other's rhythm and intonation
- you should not howl in order to call someone
- you should not speak out of tune (too low or too high)
- do not quarrel!
- do not recline your head while having a phone call: this does not allow the
correct larynx working
- you should inhale through the nose: this helps to warm and purify the air.
- be silent as much as possible
- do not clear your throat; this irritates the larynx
- you should humidify your room

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