Have you ever noticed that sometimes when a phrase starts on a high note it’s difficult to start? People end up wavering on it for a second, or “scooping” up to get it, etc.
Here’s a little trick you can use to hit it bang on without wavering or scooping. An instant before you sing the note, quietly sing an “M” or “N” consonant on the note you are supposed to start on to place your tone there correctly.
No one will hear you do this unless you have a microphone, and even if you do it’ll just sound like you’re humming the note right before you start it. “M” and “N” consonants are great for helping to place tone. Something about how the sound they make is one you can hold…. it makes it easy to place tone that way, unlike a “T” for example, which is just a quick staccato sound.
If you do this it gives you an opportunity to find that first high note quietly first so that when you actually start singing the word, you’re already on the note and you won’t waver or scoop.
Make sense? Try it, let me know how it works for you.
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Elisha Rae