The human voice is the only instrument that everybody has, and each one is different. As far as singing goes, anybody can do it, but if you want to do it for long, you'd better do it right and do it from the diaphragm. Singing is very difficult to do well. These steps are a beginner's guide to vocal technique. Using proper technique will help you avoid injuring your voice.
Instructions
Start Simple
1. Act like you're blowing a candle out, and expel air from your lungs in a controlled manner, paying close attention to the muscles that you use to force the last bits of air out. You should feel some pressure under your lungs, just below your rib cage. This is your diaphragm. This is the muscle you use to sing.
2. Do the same exercise as in Step 1, but with pitch. Choose any note you wish, preferably somewhere within a comfortable range, and make the "ooo" sound. Use your diaphragm to push the air, and the air to push the sound. If you feel tension in your throat, stop immediately. You should feel a good bit of air in front of your mouth.
3. Practice engaging your vocal cords without breaking off the air from your lungs. Too many could-be-great singers are unable to stop the air from the lungs without closing off the throat. This ability allows you to start and stop notes without a "glottal" sound. Make the transition from just air to sound as smoothly as possible.
4. Try to match notes. Play a note on your piano, keyboard, pitch pipe or any other instrument. Try to match your note, properly supported, of course, to the note played. This will help you develop your ears as well as your voice.
Get Mental
5. Think what the new note should sound like, and direct your vocal cords to make that note. This takes a lot of practice. Changing pitch is a mental exercise as well as a physical one. While it is truly impossible to change the pitch of a note without using your throat muscles, you also need to use your mind.
6. Start thinking about not only what the new note is but also how far it is away from the old note. An experienced singer (or any musician for that matter) can tell what interval to sing just from hearing it. Trust your own experience, when you get some, and let your mind find the note for you. After a while, you'll know what certain intervals "feel" like as well as what they sound like.
7. Imagine as you are practicing that the sounds are not coming out of your mouth, but proceeding directly from your lungs through your throat and up into the top of your head. Feel the vibrations of the notes in the bridge of your nose. This takes the mental stress off your throat. Physically, you can't bypass your throat to make sounds, but if you think about sounds originating in your belly and blossoming out your nose, your throat is free to manipulate those sounds without injury.
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