Breathe from the diaphragm when singing. The diaphragm acts as an involuntary muscle that you have some control over. Feel your sides expand and let your stomach area expand and fill with air. Imitate a yawn to understand how to expand your lungs and take in air.
Stand straight, keeping your shoulders back and relaxed. Relieve any tension in your throat to ensure that your vocal folds vibrate freely.
Sing a pitch in the middle of your range while maintaining a strong set of core muscles. This will ensure that you create a strong, full voice. When singing, push air out using the muscles of your diaphragm.
Listen to a recording of your favorite song and attempt to replicate the notes that you hear. Even without knowledge of musical concepts, you can train yourself to sing melodies by imitating your favorite artists.
Record yourself singing. Listen carefully and evaluate any notes that might be out of tune. Be honest; listen for areas where your voice sounds dull or high. Concentrate on maintaining a strong core to present a full, dense and beautiful sound.
Prepare an area with your music and include a piano to help you match pitch and sing in tune. This area does not have to be large, but you should have all of your vocal music, a music stand, a metronome and a tuner available.
Warm up before each in-home vocal training session. Buzz the first five notes of a chromatic scale. To check yourself on the piano, play an appropriate starting pitch for your voice type and then ascend five half steps before descending back to the original pitch. Middle C on the piano can be found by looking for the white key next to the set of two black keys.
Sing the five-note chromatic scale, but this time, continue ascending by a half step until you can't go any higher. Do not sing higher than comfortable as you can harm your voice. Just sing to the top of your range. Gradually, your range will improve.
Hum a perfect fifth descending, starting an octave above your normal starting pitch. Continue up by a half step until you can no longer sing any higher. Sing the sound "hmmm" as you descend through the scale, singing chromatically.
Practice your repertoire pieces to improve your singing. Musical repertoire should consist of approximately 30 minutes per day for a beginner, 60 minutes for an intermediate singer and 90 minutes for an advanced singer. Professional singers should sing more than three hours per day.