Search online for videos of notes played up and down the keyboard if you don’t have access to a keyboard.
Continue this range practice daily until you can hit the difficult notes eight to ten times in a session.
One exercise you can add is slides. Sing a note. Instead of moving back and forth, stop at the next note. Do this for each note until you reach the end of your range. Another exercise is to grunt. Grunt to shorten your vocal cords, then sing a short word like “mom” in a note in your range. Move up or down your range each time.
This isn’t useful at the lower end of your range because your vocal cords are already shortened. Use scale practice exercises to reach those notes.
As you practice singing songs, incorporate this vowel modification into words on high notes until it becomes second nature.
Vowel modification can be used in conjunction with word substitution, such as when substituting “thet” for “that. ”
For trills, place your lips together and make an “h” or “b” sound (lip trills) or place your tongue behind your upper teeth and make an “r” sound (tongue trills) as you move up and down your vocal range. You should also repeat exercises when you are finished singing to cool down your vocal muscles.
Practice controlling your breath by breathing in for a set interval such as four seconds, holding for four seconds, then breathing out for four seconds. Increase the intervals as you practice. Taking in and using too much air at once won’t help you sing higher notes. Take in a single deep breath at a time and give your vocal cords a constant airflow to avoid strain.
One way to practice staying loose when not singing is to stick your tongue out ten times, two to three times per day.
