I feel ok with my high notes but I don't have enough power to be heard on the low notes. I'm frustrated.

No Chest Voice: This is a common problem with young girls, some classically trained singers and choir singers. This is caused by too little cord closure or no vocal cord closure. The result is a breathy or airy sound.

SING Voice Studios will teach you vocal exercises that help you maintain appropriate vocal cord connection. Whether you're singing high or low, loud or soft, in any style or genre, you will have the volume you desire.

Since my voice changed I can barely sing past middle C. My throat feels as if it's going to choke off…like I'm going to hit a ceiling. Yet some guys can sing those notes without any problems. Is it because I'm now a bass?

Voice "jams up" and "grabs" as pitch ascends. Nowhere is this more apparent than in the teenage boy whose voice has just changed. But it is common in all singers, male or female. Each voice has bridges, multiple bridges in fact, sometimes referred to as a passage way or passaggio. Typically the first bridge for the male begins around the E Flat above middle C. For the female it usually begins around the A Flat above middle C.

As the pitch ascends, the resonance travels up from your chest into your head. As it ascends the resonance begins to split, resonating out below the hard palate and above the soft palate. This split resonance creates a sensation that makes you want to tighten your throat, or to disconnect into falsetto. It feels like you can't sing beyond that point. This is not true. You can sing much higher!

SING Voice Studios will provide vocal exercises to develop your voice so you can sing through your bridges into an upper range you never thought possible. You will sing without disconnecting from the chest resonance with a rich, full sound.

My upper range is really limited. I do theater and I get passed over because I don't have the strong, powerful notes I need. Is there something I can do?

Limited vocal range. Every singer wants a strong and vibrant voice no matter what notes they are singing. SING Voice Studios will give you exercises that will balance your voice so whether you are singing in your low, middle or upper range, you will get the powerful sound you want. Your vocal cords will maintain a moderate connection, and your vocal range will increase. Typically, studying with SING Voice Studios will add many notes to both your upper and lower range.

My family wanted me to sing at my daughter's wedding, but I'm not sure I can even carry a tune. Can lessons help that problem?

My daughter wants to audition for the madrigal group at her school. I don't want to discourage her, but she has a problem staying on pitch. I hate to think of her friends getting in and her not making it. Is there something that can help her?

Pitch: There are several reasons for pitch problems. Often new or inexperienced singers haven't trained themselves to listen for the pitch. This is easily addressed with voice lessons and practice. Often the so-called “tin ear” isn't much more than lack of experience and practice.

However, for a more experienced singer to have a pitch problem is a different matter. This may be caused by the singer trying to manipulate the sound by reaching or pushing notes higher or lower. It happens when someone is tightening or constricting their voices or trying other manipulations of the voice.

These problems are symptoms of a voice out of balance. SING Voice Studios will provide exercises that will help balance the voice so regardless of where the notes fall you can sing them beautifully and on pitch.

What ages can my children begin taking voice lessons? Can their young voices be damaged?

There is no standard best age to begin voice lessons. All children develop interest and desire at different times. In children, as in all voices, care must be taken that strain is not part of their singing. Some techniques that teach a young child to belt out heavy singing can damage their voice. SING Voice Studios gives children (and adults) exercises to help them sing in a natural, relaxed way, back and forth over their bridges, taking care to keep strain far away from their voices.

I'm a good singer. I just want to get better.

SING Voice Studios will strengthen and improve your voice without changing your already great sound. It will help you maintain a balanced and healthy voice for a lifetime of performing.