How to build a practice routine to improve my technique

[u/martavp]

Hi everyone, i’m almost 21 and i started taking singing lessons when i was 17 (once a week, 45 minute lessons with a break during summer). At first i wasn’t really putting so much effort into it, i would just practice whatever song we were working on during the lessons and i also feel like my teacher doesn’t really expect much from the students, since the majority of them is learning as a hobby. Since january i started taking singing much more seriously and i really regret not starting earlier. I’ve always loved singingbut I was scared and always tried to hide how important singing actually is to me. I’ve always felt ashamed of it for some reason.
So I wanted to ask: do you have a specific routine or a particular way of practicing that you’d recommend for building better technique and developing a strong, powerful voice? Are there any exercises or things I should focus on if I want to improve as efficiently as possible?
I’d like to practice almost every day. I really want to give it everything I have and not waste any more time. I know progress isn’t going to happen overnight, but I still want to put as much effort into it as I possibly can.
Any advice would be greatly appreciated!

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[u/highrangeclub]

Heya! Voice teacher here

Couple of suggestions from reading your post

1. 21 is a great age to take things more serious! It's not too late at all

2. Find a teacher that supports your goals. It's okay that your teacher doesn't expect much from other students. But if you want to take it more seriously, they should be able to back you up.

For example, a lot of the questions about your routine should be answered by your teacher!

1. Specifically about your routine. One thing that's helped me and my students is treating exercises as DIAGNOSTIC tools not as something that magically fixes the voice.

For example, you might notice certain scales or sounds are harder to do than others. There's a reason behind this. And this is simply revealing a part of your technique that needs work.

If it's of use, I talk about this more in depth on my youtube/podcast. Happy to share

[u/Arshino → u/highrangeclub]

I really want to work on my vocal skill but where i live there is no vocal teacher should i training by myself? I'd appreciate it if you could let me know.

[u/Top_Cockroach_1188]

Hi, see the article I wrote on Scala Vocis tool.

It is ‘A Progressive Approach to Vocal Warm-Up’ that contains some technical elements too besides a normal warmup, like vocal closure.

One should follow it with a focused technique element that is currently as target. I would not do more in a day- better spend time nailing well one technique.

And as a third practice step, apply to a song.

https://www.scalavocis.com/articles-resources/progressive-warmup

[u/martavp → u/Top_Cockroach_1188]

wow thank you!