Have you every tried singing in the bathroom and you just have to aim for that high note? Does that spooky sound falsetto happen because when you are attempting the high notes so your voice sounds so thin it sounds like a ghost screaming? Most amateur singers don't have a clue what to do because they haven't gotten the know-how through voice lessons from a professional teacher.



Most people never really think about it, but most people treat their voices roughly every day by shouting, shrieking, coughing loudly, and not to mention using cigarettes. This poor treatment of your voice in combination with the limited range of sound you do when you are speaking, does not help the voice if you are a singer at all. No singer who wants to be taken seriously must treat their voice this poorly, so they should get some input from an experienced vocal performer about care of the singer's voice.

Our vocal cords have to be taken care of which means proper resting, and some people talk too much but do not sing enough! If you are trying to hit the high notes and you are using all your might then you are doing it wrong. A high note is sung with the same range as the notes before it, and the breathing technique is what allows you to reach the higher notes.

When you train with correct breathing it becomes the most important part of singing. Talking involves breathing, swimming, running; anything that makes you use your lungs to allow air to be recycled needs to be practiced. If you are not breathing properly you cannot allow your voice to react in a way that will allow you to sing higher.

If you want to sing falsetto, you don't need to use your lungs at all. When you sing falsetto, you will use the muscles in the neck and throat which singers do not use for actual singing. Try to let go of stress so that that your breath flows easily and effortlessly to reach those high notes, such as using those Lamaze breathing methods for expecting mothers.

Try to sing with scales on a piano or chords on a guitar to see if you can sing higher each time. If that's not possible have someone play flute, clarinet, or saxophone which will also be helpful. A great software tool you can install on your computer is Sing and See software where you will get a visual feedback of your singing, including how high you sing. It's wonderful for an independent student training on his or her own.

You can start recording yourself during one of your practice sessions so that you can learn to listen to yourself. By listening to the recording you may be able to detect if you sound out of tune, hear if your range expanded, and listen if you can understand your diction. Keep recording yourself as a regular part of your practice routine.

While you sing and listen try to sing along with your recorded voice to see if you can match exactly the recorded voice. You can even try to sing in harmony just for fun, or just sing along with the melody of the song that you recorded. You will then become familiar with your range when you sing and try to expand it even more with more practice.