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• Method 1 of 4: Practice your voice for optimal quality
• Method 2 of 4: Improve your voice for theater
• Method 3 of 4: Improve your speaking voice
• Method 4 of 4: Improve your singing voice

Do you want to improve the sound of your voice in general or are you planning to play in a play or musical? Then there are various things that can help you with this. You can do a series of exercises to improve the sound of your voice, change your speaking voice, make it more impressive, or change the way you sing to achieve powerful notes. By regularly practicing your voice and making some minor adjustments, you can drastically change your voice.

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Method 1 of 4: Practice your voice for optimal quality

1. Breathe Practice abdominal breathing. It is important for actors and singers to use your diaphragm when speaking and singing. Your diaphragm is the place just below your chest (where your ribs meet). Singing-from-your-diaphragm This breath is also called belly breathing. Applying this breath when you sing will make your voice sound more powerful. By using abdominal breathing instead of chest breathing, you also reduce the pressure on your vocal cords.
   • To practice abdominal breathing, take a deep breath and let your stomach bulge. Your abdomen should expand as you inhale. Then you exhale gently with a hissing sound. Make sure your shoulders and neck are relaxed when you breathe.
   • You can also place your hands on your stomach when you inhale. As your hands rise as you inhale, you are applying the abdominal breath.
2. Relax your jaw. Relaxing your jaw allows you to open your mouth wider when you speak or sing, making your voice clearer. To relax your jaw, push your jaws with the bottom of your hand just below the jawline. Rub your hands down to your chin and back up while massaging your jaw muscles.
   • Let your mouth hang open slightly as your hands rub down.
3. Blow through a straw as you practice your vocal range. Practicing your vocal range can help improve your singing voice. To improve your vocal range, place a straw between your lips and create a low "oo" tone. Gently raise the pitch of the "oo" sound. Go from your lowest vocal range to your highest.
   • The air that doesn't get through the straw pushes on your vocal cords.
   • Thanks to this exercise, the swelling around the vocal cords diminishes.
4. Make your lips vibrate. Vibrating your lips is a good way to practice your voice and make its sound clearer. You blow the air gently through your softly closed lips while making the "u" sound. Your lips will vibrate together thanks to the air that comes through.
   • The air that remains in your mouth gently closes your vocal cords.
5. Buzz. Buzzing is an efficient way to warm up and relax your voice after a long performance. To start, close your lips and relax your jaw. Inhale through the nose and release your breath on a buzzing sound. Start with a nasal "mmm", then you can move to a lower tone.
   • This exercise activates the vibrations in your lips, teeth and facial bones.
6. Stretch your tongue for better articulation. Stretching your tongue can make your words easier to articulate, which is important for theater actors. To stretch your tongue, push your tongue against the roof of your mouth, then stick it out of your mouth. Push it against the inside of one jaw, then the other. Place the tip of your tongue behind your bottom lip and push the rest out of your mouth. Then push your tongue back with the tip of your tongue on the roof of your mouth.
   • Repeat this exercise ten times.
7. Improve your diction by practicing tongue twisters. Pronouncing tongue twisters helps you improve your speech, because you practice your pronunciation with it. Tongue twisters also exercise the muscles in your lips, face, and tongue, which help improve your voice. When practicing tongue twisters, make sure that you exaggerate the sound of every word you say.
   • Speak slowly at first and speed up little by little.
   • Practice the "k" by "Boy the handsome barber cuts and cuts very handsome."
   • For "s" you say "The slow snail eats weak lettuce."
   • Give your tongue a fitness session by repeating "The German D-train thundered through the dark Drenthe pine forests".
8. Relieve pressure on your vocal cords by saying "duh". Saying "duh" helps your larynx to relax, improving the quality of your singing voice. Try to say "duh" as if you were the cartoon character Yogi Bear. You will feel like your larynx is lowering. Because the larynx is in a lower position, you get more control over your vocal cords and it is easier to hit a higher note after this exercise.
   • Repeat this exercise a few times.
9. Balance your voice resonance with "aa-ee-ie-oo-oe". By making these vowel sounds, you practice singing with your mouth in different positions. Start with a sound and make the transition from one sound to another without stopping. This is good practice for your voice. This allows you to hit a higher note or keep your voice stable when you sing.
   • Repeat this exercise a few times a day.
10. Practice your voice twice a day. To improve your voice on stage and while singing, you need to practice regularly. Warm up your voice before using it a lot, but also do vocal exercises twice a day to get the best results.
    • Try to set aside 15 minutes in the morning for your voice exercises, when you get up, or while getting ready for school or work. Repeat them at bedtime, while preparing dinner or taking a bath.

Method 2 of 4: Improve your voice for theater

1. Project your voice. Speaking loud and clear is an important quality for theater actors. When you say your lines, make sure you speak clearly enough so that people hear what you say, even in the back of the room. It is important that you use your diaphragm for this instead of shouting. If you shout, your throat will hurt and you will get hoarse.
   • Take a deep breath in with the abdominal breath and practice exhaling while saying "ha". This allows you to feel where your diaphragm is located. You should feel the breath being pushed up through your mouth through your stomach when you say "ha". Once you've mastered this, practice your text using your diaphragm.
2. Articulate your text. Speaking your lines clearly is also important for a good acting voice. Make sure you articulate each word of the text so that people understand what you are saying. To make sure you speak as clearly as possible, open your mouth as wide as possible when speaking. This helps to articulate well.
3. Use emotions to color your text. Speaking with emotion is important in delivering your text. When delivering your lyrics, think about your character's emotions.
   • For example, if you say something that makes the character sad, you can speak your lines more slowly. You can also let the sadness resonate in your voice by making your voice vibrate a little.
   • Think about the appropriate emotion for each character's statement to decide which voice color to use.

Method 3 of 4: Improve your speaking voice

1. Analyze your current speaking voice. Record how you speak or ask a friend to listen and evaluate your speaking voice. Analyze your volume, voice color, pitch, articulation, voice quality and tempo and determine in which area you need to improve.
   • Is your volume too high or too low?
   • Do you have a shrill or full voice, is it monotonous or varied?
   • Is your voice quality nasal or full, hoarse or pure, one-sided or enthusiastic?
   • Is your articulation hard to hear or confident and articulated?
   • Are you speaking too slowly or too quickly? Do you sound hesitant or confident?
2. Adjust the volume of your voice. You should always speak loud enough for everyone to hear you. But by adjusting your voice volume, you can also put more emphasis or evoke a certain intimacy in different parts of your presentation.
   • Speak louder when providing important information.
   • Speak less loudly if you provide additional information.
3. Use your voice color and pitch to your advantage. If your voice sounds monotonous, they stop listening. By varying the pitch, you avoid sounding monotonous and it is more likely that people will continue to listen to you. Vary the pitch of your voice throughout your talk. Here are some general examples of how to use pitch:
   • Go up to the end of a question.
   • At the end of an affirmative statement, go down.
4. Change the pace. The pace is the speed of your speech. By slowing down the tempo you can put more emphasis on certain words and phrases. You will also be more easily understood if you have a tendency to speak quickly.
   • When you have provided important information, take a break so that the listener can record the information.
5. Show emotion where necessary. Have you ever heard a voice vibrate with a strong emotion when speaking? This is useful in certain situations, such as when you are giving a speech or performing in a play. Let the timbre or emotional quality of your voice be heard when expressing strong emotions.
   • For example, if you say something that makes you sad, you can make your voice vibrate if it happens naturally. However, do not force this.
6. Practice your speech. Before you stand in front of an audience to give your speech, practice it uninhibited on your own. Experiment by varying the tone, speed, volume, and pitch. Record yourself and listen to what works and what doesn't.
   • Practice the speech several times and apply different variations. Record and compare each attempt.
   • You may not like to hear yourself on tape. Your voice will sound different from the voice that resonates in your head, but it will sound closer to the voice that other people hear.
7. Drink lots of water. If you speak for a long time or in a loud voice, it is important to lubricate your throat and vocal cords. Avoid drinks that are dehydrating such as coffee, soft drinks, or alcohol. Drink water instead.
   • Have a glass of water ready when you speak.

Method 4 of 4: Improve your singing voice

1. Open your jaw to vowels. Take your ring and index fingers and place them under your jawbone on either side of your face. Push your jaw down 5 cm. Sing the five vowels, A E I O U while holding your jaw in that position.
   • Try putting a cork or plastic bottle cap between your back molars to keep your jaw in place.
   • Continue to perform this exercise until your muscle memory has integrated this movement so that you no longer have to physically hold your jaw in place.
2. Keep your chin down. When singing high, you may feel the urge to push your chin upward to apply more force. Raising your chin can strengthen your voice for a while, but it can also have a negative impact on your voice after a while. Therefore, try to keep your chin low while you sing.
   • Practice singing scales in front of the mirror. Push your chin down slightly before starting and keep it there, even as you reach the higher notes.
   • Keeping your chin down will take the tension off your voice and give you more power and control over your voice.
3. Vibrato singing Add vibrato to your voice. Vibrato is a beautiful, but sometimes difficult sound to produce. However, you can practice the vibrato technique for this.
   • Put your hands on your chest and lift your chest higher than usual.
   • Inhale and then exhale without moving your chest.
   • Sing "aaah" on the same note as you exhale. Keep the nut on for as long as possible.
   • When you are halfway through the note, press your chest while imagining the air spinning in your mouth.
4. Find your reach. You can find your range by singing with the keys on a keyboard. Play the basic "do" on a keyboard. This is the white key located to the left of the two black keys, in the middle of the keyboard. Sing "la" as you descend the keys to the left of the "do" and adjust your pitch. Do this for as long as you can, until you feel that you have to force your voice or can't sing the note anymore. See which key was the last you could sing comfortably. This is the lowest note in your range.
   • Do the same to the right of the "do" until you find the highest note in your range.
5. Add a note to your range. Once you have found your vocal range, try adding an extra note on either side of your range until you can sing them comfortably. At first you won't be able to sustain the notes, but try to sing them 8 to 10 times each rehearsal until you get the hang of them and you can add them to your range.
   • Once you have used the new notes for a while, you can again add a higher and a lower note to your range.
   • Be patient and don't rush for this practice. It is best to control the sound and be able to sing the note correctly.