How do you properly sing????

Question

I have a good voice but I always strain it because I cant sing properly...well at least I dont think I sing properly, cause I cant tell if Im using my diaphragm or not. And people have told me that when you use your diaphragm you can feel like your throat vibrate. But I feel it vibrate when Im not even trying, so is that true or not? Anyway I hope that made sense lol. Can somebody please help me?

Answer 1

OK.  If you ever want to be a professional singer then a vocal coach is essential.  Even the greatest singers, like Pavarotti, keep getting voice lessons through most of their careers.

But here I think you just want to learn proper breath support, placement and production so that you don't lose your voice.

I wish I could do it for you here but really, it requires demonstrating.  So here are some ideas:

--go to your school's chorus director and ask for help.

--if no chorus director, band director.

--try the choir director at your church.  (if you are not a church member, visit the nearest Unitarian-Universalist fellowship--they don't care what you believe).

--ask wind instrument players from your school band.

--get books on singing or on voice-and-diction; they will have pictures to illustrate the instructions.

Answer 2

get a vocal coach.

Answer 3

Don't know but my wife asks me to sing solo.  Yep, solo that she can't hear me.