How to make your voice beautiful and pleasant for others? How to make your voice strong.
It is generally accepted that to achieve success a person needs to have two qualities - keen intellect and good looks. But there is an equally important and undeservedly forgotten quality - this is the voice. Loud and clear speech compels listening, and the pleasant timbre fascinates and convinces. And it doesn’t matter if your voice is naturally quiet or squeaky. Ligaments, like muscles, can be trained. How to make your voice louder and stronger?
Why practice your voice?
When meeting people, they evaluate each other based on their appearance, and then get to know each other inner world. And when you start speaking, your interlocutors first hear and evaluate your voice and only then begin to delve into the essence of the information. If you speak quietly, intermittently, hesitantly, if you have an unpleasant timbre, there is a high risk that you will not be able to achieve your goal.
A loud and strong voice is important for any profession that involves communicating with people. And even for a housewife this factor is important. To be heard, you need to engage with your voice, train and develop it. For this purpose there are simple but quite effective exercises.
What's wrong with your voice?
It’s interesting, but most people speak in a voice that is not their own. This may be due to emotional tightness or an incorrect way of speaking (on ligaments). Because of this, the voice may tremble, break, sound uncertain or unpleasant. You can't get rid of this unless you make an effort.
To understand how others hear you, do an exercise called “Sound Engineer.” Bend your left palm into a shell shape and place it on your left ear. Place your right palm at a distance of 3-5 cm from your mouth. Speak (words, sounds, poems, etc.) for 5 minutes. This is how others perceive your voice. If you don't like what you hear, get back to work.
Perform the exercise once every few days. This will allow you to evaluate how your voice changes after training.
Exercise #1: Relax your ligaments
How to make your voice louder? You need to take the stress off the ligaments and focus on the lips and diaphragm. Say “Q-X” 30 times in a row. On the first syllable, strongly round your lips, and on the second, stretch them as wide as possible. After the exercise, try giving a speech or reading a poem. You will notice that the ligaments are strained much less. Now the lips do the main work.
Exercise #2: Yawn
How to make your voice ringing and loud? You need to relieve tension from the larynx. The simplest and effective method- this is a yawn. Imitate yawning for 5 minutes every day. It's good if you can force yourself to yawn for real. This can be achieved by watching a person yawn (in reality or on video). This will help you remove blocks. After which the voice flows easily and naturally.
Exercise #3: Exhale
- Stand comfortably with your feet shoulder-width apart and your arms loose at your sides.
- Take a deep breath.
- Release the air, accompanying the exhalation with a voluntary sound. Do it naturally, without straining, so that it sounds like a groan.
It is enough to practice 5 minutes a day to make your voice sound pleasant and natural.
Exercise #4: Exhale like a yogi
How to make your voice louder and rougher (deeper)? The experience of Indian yogis will come to the rescue. This is an exercise that is somewhat similar to the previous one. You need to take three short breaths in a row, and on the fourth time take a full chest of air and exhale sharply with the sound “Ha”. It is important to completely empty your lungs of air and scream as loudly as possible.
Exercise #5: Develop Confidence
If you're looking for a way to make your voice louder and more confident, practice pronouncing long syllables. You need to pronounce both closed ones (“bim-m”, “bom-m”, “bon-n”) and open ones (“ma”, “mo”, “mu” and so on). The last sound should be pulled out as long as possible until a noticeable vibration occurs in the area of the nose and upper lip.
Exercise No. 6: shape the timbre
If you're wondering how to make your voice louder and stronger, stretch your vowels. Alternately pronounce the long sounds “i”, “e”, “a”, “o”, “u”. Each letter must be pronounced freely and until the air in the lungs runs out. This sound series must be repeated three times.
Do not disturb the sequence of sounds, because they are built this way not by chance, but from high to low. However, if your voice is too rough, you can focus on the first three letters. If you find your voice too squeaky, it is enough to practice the “o” and “u”.
If you want your voice to sound more energetic and clear, add more exercise. While making sounds, lightly tap your chest with your fist to vibrate your voice. You may cough slightly after this exercise, which means your airways are clearing.
Exercise #7: Moo
Another way to make your voice louder and stronger is to moo. The exercise is quite simple to perform. First, take a normal inhalation and exhalation. The next stage is to breathe deeply. As you exhale, close your lips tightly and pronounce the sound “m” until the air runs out. Alternate between normal breathing and humming for 3-5 minutes. Moreover, each time the mooing should be louder and louder.
Exercise #8: Growl
Working on diction is no less important than developing the strength of your voice. In this case, growling will help you. Inhale deeply, place your tongue on the roof of your mouth and continuously pronounce the sound “r” until the air in your lungs runs out. Repeat 3-5 times. After this, quickly and energetically say 10-15 words that contain the letter “r”. Think of them in advance and write them down on a piece of paper so as not to interrupt your workout.
Exercise No. 9: Train like Chaliapin
How to make your voice louder and clearer? Try the “tuning” method, which Fyodor Chaliapin himself used. He started every morning with a growl (exercise #8), after which he began to imitate barking (“aw-aw”) while playing with his bulldog.
An alternative method of tuning your voice is theatrical laughter. You need to laugh loudly and protractedly (but not cheerfully, but rather menacingly and viciously). Moreover, you do not need to stand still while performing the exercise. Move freely around the room, jump, dance, lightly tap your chest with your fist.
Exercise #10: Rejoice
Another way to make your voice louder: do the “Ouch” exercise for a minute every day. Its essence is to pronounce this interjection while exhaling with an expression of happiness. Moreover, it should be expressed not only in intonation, but also in facial expression and body movements.
Exercise No. 11: Form your posture
The sound of the voice largely depends on the position of the body. The back should be straight, shoulders down, chest slightly protruding forward, and the stomach relaxed. Spend 15-20 minutes every day standing in the correct position while talking or reading something out loud. After only 7-10 days of regular training correct posture will be formed automatically, you will not have to control yourself.
Conclusion
Training is training, but to develop a loud and confident voice you need to practice a lot. We need to communicate as much as possible and make presentations. Try to speak everywhere: at home, at work, in a store, on public transport, in a park, in a cafe. Ask questions (or answer other people’s), learn to argue your opinion. The more you talk, the less embarrassment and awkwardness you will have at a crucial moment.
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To begin with, here is an inspiring example of the famous American actress Meryl Streep. On one of the TV shows she was asked to read the most boring short texts with different intonations. The actress made a recipe sound sexy, a traffic report from the perspective of a woman going into labor, and a Wikipedia article from the voice of a bored teenager.
Voice control
1. Inhale quickly and smoothly and pull “a-a-a” at a height acceptable to you, pushing out the air slowly and evenly for 10 seconds. Listen to the sound, make sure it is stable until the end. Repeat the exercise for 5 minutes twice a day, increasing the time, if possible, without straining the larynx to 20-30 seconds. Save your breath, leave enough air.
2. Continue “ah-ah-ah”, but this time change the sonority. Start quietly and gradually increase the volume of sound to the limits of good audibility, and then reduce it until it fades completely. Do this for several minutes every day until the sound becomes stable and obedient.
3. Read excerpts from works of fiction aloud. Watch your breathing. Can you pronounce sentences to the end? Is there enough air supply for this? Read aloud until you achieve sufficient air flow when pronouncing the most expressive words.
Keeping your attention
Speaking too quickly reveals the speaker's internal tension and nervousness and can cause discomfort in the listener. You need to give the listener time to understand what you are saying. Too slow and sluggish speech, on the contrary, leads to loss of attention of the interlocutor. The following two exercises will help you adjust your speech rate.
- Read passages of text aloud to your partner at different paces: as quickly as possible, as slowly as possible, at an average pace - vary the tempo of your voice from maximum to minimum. At the same time, your partner gives you feedback: how your voice is perceived in a particular case. Choose the most successful voice patterns from the point of view of perception and read the text for 10 minutes a day, varying the pace. Record your speech on a voice recorder and compare your perception with that of your partner.
- Pronounce a speech or text, varying the placement and length of pauses. Your partner evaluates the effect of the spoken speech and helps to adjust it in accordance with the tasks that you have defined for yourself.
Information and intonation
- Speak in a register from highest to lowest. The partner gives feedback and helps develop the most pleasant pitch of voice.
- If your voice is too high, read aloud daily, relaxing the muscles in your larynx, until you develop a lower voice and use it becomes familiar.
But the most important speech characteristic that unites all vocal features is intonation. It is she who carries more than half of the auditory information. Say a phrase out loud, for example, “Once upon a time in the cold winter,” and learn to use intonation to convey a state of curiosity, interest, indifference, peace, anger, disgust, anxiety. Use a voice recorder or a partner for self-monitoring. Please note that the finality and immutability of a judgment is characterized by a rapid increase or decrease in intonation. The more sharply the intonation drops, the more categorical it becomes. Slowly rising and shallow intonations express uncertainty, bewilderment, and doubt. Deep emotions always require less abrupt and smoother changes of intonation. Suspicion, anxiety, or threat can be expressed by lowering the voice.
A strong voice is a great assistant not only for professional artists who earn their living with it.
- First of all, you need to monitor your food supply.
- The second important aspect that affects the strength of the voice is the fitness of the muscles of the larynx, chest and others involved in recreating sound.
- The third factor is training the correct and strong pronunciation of the most powerful sounds from the alphabet.
Let's consider each of these groups of factors influencing the strength of the voice separately.
Voice enhancement products
Everyone knows that raw egg yolk has a beneficial effect on the softness of the vocal cords and throat in general. That is why professional artists are advised to eat a raw egg every morning to cleanse and maintain the strength of their voice. 
Besides eggs, there are other foods that can help in this case. The first thing to consider in this aspect is warm milk, which also softens the ligaments and makes them more elastic.
Indeed, in this case, the ligaments can be burned. You can replace milk with warm tea with a fair amount of sugar. Glucose also has a beneficial effect on the elasticity of the vocal cords.
We seem to have figured out the foods that should be consumed to increase the strength of your voice. Let's move on to the next stage, namely muscle training. By opening your mouth wide and standing in front of a mirror, you can see the larynx and tonsils.
The tonsils are located deep in the throat, even closer to the esophagus and are the entrance to the digestive system, not far from where the tongue grows. With the help of a mirror you can see how these muscles either relax or tense again.
Try to do these procedures with little effort and control their pace. After some time, you can repeat this procedure without a mirror, as you can easily control the behavior of your throat.
But you can train not only the muscles located in the throat, but also other important components of the system that forms a strong voice. First of all, you need to understand that voice control in the human body is controlled by so-called resonators.
In other words, these are sound sources that come in three types. The first is the chest resonator, then you can distinguish the throat and nasal ones.
When pronouncing strong sounds, the facial muscles should be as relaxed as possible. This makes it easier for us to control our voice.
It is very important to monitor proper breathing. Only even and measured breathing without confusion and embarrassment contributes to obtaining a high-quality and strong voice.
By putting your breathing in order, you can achieve significant success; this is where the nasal resonator is also involved.
Smooth posture greatly affects the quality and strength of the timbre of your voice. If your spine is not pinched anywhere and does not feel discomfort when walking or during a straight stance, then it is much easier to pronounce sounds.
So it’s important to train the whole body, not just the vocal cords. Only then can serious success be achieved in increasing the power of the voice.
Finally, we move on to the third and perhaps most important phase of developing a strong voice. It lies in the correct pronunciation of sounds.
One of the most popular exercises of this kind is the alternate pronunciation of the sounds “i”, “e”, “a”, “o”, “u”. You may be surprised, but this is precisely the sequence of pronunciation that should be followed during classes.
In this way, we will gradually force our vocal cords to work across the entire range of sounds - from high to low frequencies. They need to be pronounced with maximum breath reserve in each individual beat.
Pronouncing the sound “m” will help activate and prepare the muscles of the chest and abdomen for training.
It is recommended to do the exercise to pronounce this sound three times - the first time quietly, then louder and in the last case as loud as possible. Also important for training is the pronunciation of the sound “r”. It will strengthen your voice and give it some notorious “metal.”
Before you pronounce a sound in a sweeping manner, you need to prepare your muscles. Pull the tip of the tongue towards the palate in the area of the upper teeth and in this position try to pronounce a word with the sound “r” or simply growl loudly enough.
A very original technique for increasing the power of your voice involves behavior akin to Tarzan from the famous film.
You need to stand up straight, clenching your hands in fists in a free position, and begin to pronounce in turn all the strong sounds that we discussed above.
In this case, the pronunciation should be as loud as possible, and with our hands we alternately hit ourselves in the chest, imitating the movements of Tarzan.
Using this simple method, you can cleanse the bronchi and diaphragm of dirt and moisture and mucus accumulated there. After clearing your throat, you can repeat it several more times.
What should those who have a naturally weak or unsure voice do? You can use powerful exercises for voice development, which are recommended by expert Felix Alekseevich Kuzmin, professor of the Moscow State Academy print.
You can develop your voice with these exercises, just as you can develop your muscles through exercise. Your voice will become lower and more euphonious, as much as necessary, its range will expand, pronunciation will become clearer, modulations will be more expressive, and expressiveness will be more convincing. It is best to perform these exercises regularly, in the morning, this will charge you with energy for the whole day.
As a result of this training, not only your voice, but also your thoughts become calmer and deeper. The deeper and lower the voice, the deeper it settles in the consciousness, the more impression the spoken words make. Due to this, your personal authority is strengthened.
1. Stand in front of a mirror. Exhale, then inhale and say each sound until you have enough breath. So, take a breath and begin:
iiiiiiiii
uhhhhhhhh
aaaaaaaaaa
ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
uuuuuuuuuu
This sequence is not random, you start with the highest frequency sound - “i”. If you place your palm on your head, you will feel a slight vibration of the skin. This is evidence of more intense blood circulation. Pronouncing the sound “e” activates the neck and throat area, you can feel this by placing your hands on your neck.
Pronouncing the sound “a” has a beneficial effect on the chest area. When pronouncing the sound “o”, the blood supply to the heart increases, and exercise with the sound “u” has a positive effect on the lower abdomen. Say all the sounds slowly one after the other three times. Do you want your voice to be lower and deeper? Then say the sound “u” many times throughout the day.
2. Now you need to activate the chest and abdomen area, to do this you need to pronounce the sound “m” with your mouth closed. Do exercises on the sound “m” three times. Once very quietly, the second time - louder and the third time - as loud as possible so that the vocal cords tense. When you place your palm on your stomach, you will feel a strong vibration.
Particular attention should be paid to the sound “r”, as it helps improve pronunciation and gives strength and energy to the voice. In order to relax your tongue, do some preliminary preparation: raise the tip of your tongue to the roof of your mouth behind your front upper teeth and “grow” like a tractor.
So, exhale, then inhale and start “growling”: “rrrr”. After this, say the following words expressively and emotionally with an emphatically rolling “r”: role, steering wheel, ring, ruble, rhythm, rice, carpet, cook, fence, cheese, product, grass, wing, lilac, frost, etc.
3. Finally, do the “Tarzan exercise,” which is the best prevention against colds and myocardial infarction. Stand up straight, exhale, then take a deep breath. Make fists with your hands. Say the sounds from the first exercise loudly, starting with the sound “i,” while simultaneously pounding your chest with your fists, as Tarzan did in the famous movie. Then continue by making the "e" sound and so on.
At the end of the exercise, you will notice how your bronchi are cleared of mucus, how your breathing becomes free, how you are charged with energy. Clear your throat thoroughly and get rid of everything unnecessary! This exercise should be performed only in the morning, as it has a stimulating and activating effect.
After several weeks of training, compare your current voice with your previous one; it is best to do this by recording your voice on a tape recorder in advance before starting training. You will find that your voice has changed noticeably. Now he has acquired greater suggestive power, which means that the charismatic radiation emanating from you has become more intense, you have begun to speak more convincingly and have a stronger impact on others.
With the help of breathing exercises and exercises for voice development, you change not only your voice, but also the energy emanating from you and, in general, your personality as a whole.
In this article you will find exercises, after which you will begin.
To open your voice
Your voice may not actually be yours. The reason is due to tension or an incorrect way of speaking (for example, using only the ligaments). The exercises below will help you overcome these issues and discover your true natural voice.
Sound engineer
First, understand how others hear you. To do this, you can simulate a recording studio. Your left palm will be the earphone - press it with a “shell” to your left ear; the right one will be a microphone - hold it near your mouth at a distance of several centimeters. Start trying: count, say different words, play with the sound. Do this exercise for 5-10 minutes for nine days. During this time, you will understand how it really sounds and will be able to improve it.
Q-X
To open your voice, you need to free your throat and transfer the main work to your lips and diaphragm. To do this, pronounce the syllables “qu-ix”. On “Q”, round your lips, on “X”, stretch them into a wide smile. After 30 repetitions, try making a short speech. You will feel that the ligaments are less strained, and your lips follow your commands better.
Yawn
The easiest way to relax the muscles of the larynx is to yawn well. Do this simple exercise for 5 minutes a day and you will notice how blocks and tension in your voice disappear.
Exhale-groan
This exercise will help you discover the natural sound of your voice. Its essence comes down to voicing your exhalation.
Position: feet on the floor, jaw slightly open and relaxed. Start inhaling air, and as you exhale, make any sound. Do this without any effort - if everything is correct, you should get a groan.
When the exercise is performed correctly, the sound comes from the solar plexus. It is from there that you need to speak so that your voice is voluminous and expressive.
To make your voice pleasant
Three smiles
This exercise is performed in the same way as the previous one, but observing the rule of three smiles. Smile with your mouth, forehead and imagine a smile in the solar plexus area. After this, begin to exhale with sound. Just 5 minutes a day - and your voice will begin to sound more pleasant and trusting.
Yoga exercise
This training is practiced by Indian yogis to achieve a deep and beautiful voice.
Position: standing, feet shoulder-width apart. First, take a few calm inhalations and exhalations, then exhale sharply with the sound “ha-a.” The exhalation should be as full and loud as possible. In this case, the body can be slightly moved forward.
Long syllables
Take a deep breath, and as you exhale, say protractedly “bom-m”, “bim-m”, “bon-n”. Draw out the last sounds as long as possible. Ideally, vibration should occur in the area of the upper lip and nose.
A similar exercise can be done with the syllables “mo-mo”, “mi-mi”, “mu-mu”, “me-me”. But in this case, first pronounce them briefly, and only then protractedly.
Both exercises are best done every morning for 10 minutes. They will not only make your voice more pleasant, but will also help strengthen your vocal cords.
Long tongue
Stick out your tongue. First, point it down as far as possible, trying to reach your chin. Maintaining this position, tilt your head down. Then stretch your tongue upward, trying to reach the tip of your nose. At the same time, raise your head as high as possible.
To make your voice stronger
Sounds “i”, “e”, “a”, “o”, “u”
Exhale, then take a deep breath and on the second exhale say a long “i” sound. Do this freely as long as you have enough air. Do not force the air out of your lungs. Pronounce the remaining sounds in the same way: “e”, “a”, “o”, “u”. Perform three repetitions.
The sequence of these sounds is not random: they are distributed in height. Accordingly, “i” is the highest (activates the upper area of the head), “u” is the lowest (activates the lower abdomen). If you want to make your voice lower and deeper, practice the “u” sound more often.
Tarzan Exercise
Complete the previous task, only now beat yourself in the chest with your fists, like Tarzan. The exercise is designed to fill your voice and clear your bronchi, so if you feel like clearing your throat, don't stop yourself.
Moo
This exercise activates the chest and abdomen. Exhale and inhale. On the next exhalation, begin to pronounce the sound “m” with your mouth closed. Perform three approaches: first moo quietly, then at medium volume and finally at very loud volume.
Growl
Raise your relaxed tongue to the palate and begin to pronounce the sound “r”. It should turn out “r-r-r”, like a tractor. Repeat the exercise three times, then expressively read about a dozen words that contain the sound “r”. Be sure to accompany the reading with a rolling “r”.
Chaliapin's exercise for tuning your voice
The great Russian singer Fyodor Chaliapin also began every morning with a growl. But he did not perform it alone, but together with his bulldog. After training the sound “r”, Fyodor Ivanovich began to bark at his pet: “av-av-av”.
You can repeat Chaliapin’s exercise or, if you can’t relax your larynx, replace it with a villainous theatrical laugh. This is done simply. With your mouth open, as you exhale, you laugh evilly: “a-a-a-a-ha-ha-ha-ha-a-a-a-a.” The sound should come out easily and freely. At the same time, you can jump and beat yourself in the chest with your hands. This exercise will instantly clear your voice and prepare it for work.
Important to remember
When performing all exercises, you need to maintain the correct one. The stomach should be relaxed and the chest should protrude forward. However, if you keep your back straight, these areas of the body will automatically take the correct position.
