How To Start Singing Again After A Long Break - Quickly Recondition Voice with 4 Exercises 

Haven’t sung for months or years? Here’s how to start singing again after a long break. Here’s 4 exercises to quickly recondition your voice. And you can help me recondition an historic building. What am I talking about? Watch!

I lose my confidence and I stop singing for 2 years, and I noticed my voice is slowly changing and it becomes harder for me to regain it back. I want to thank you for this, thank you so much

After struggling with mental health and dropping my favorite hobby i’ve found it hard to find my voice and get back into it, this video really helps!

I need this after quarantine, I used to sing so frequently just because I would be in shows. But now I love with roommates and I'm self conscious. Need to get back into it.

I used to be a great singer until I got bronchitis- I’ve never been the same since. I can’t hit high notes and my voice is strained. I haven’t been singing for years. It’s kind of heartbreaking to lose one of your only talents like that. But I’m going to start trying these things and hope to find my voice again.

I went from doing 5 years straight of musical theatre to cold turkey quitting for just about as long by now (quit in 2016) and man I feel like a shell of my former self with how much my technique has fallen by the wayside and it’s so depressing. Thank you for this video ❤️

Exercise 1 2:36 Exercise 2 4:22 Exercise 3 5:27 Exercise 4 6:25

This is exactly what I wanted 😭 I was not a singing freak but when a teacher made me realise the worth of my voice I gained confidence and started practice daily I used to practice for hours enjoying my own little concert this went on for about two to three years but then I stopped I didn't even hummed for months and now a few days ago I met my friend after a very long time and they asked me to sing for them and realised how I didn't even hummed for this long period...when I tried to sing I feel my voice cracking up and I was huffing between I was taking the totally wrong notes and they was like what happened to your voice and I feel like I've lost my biggest treasure I've lost my passion......I am just praying again and again that I'll get my voice my talented back. Thank you so much for this video!!!!! Edit : It's been 5 months and I've seen so much improvement thank you so much again sir ✨💜

its been almost 10 years since i really sing.... from time to time i sang as a joke. But i lost my singing voice many years ago.. Now im confident enough to try and restart singing thank you for this superb video.

So my voice changed after 7th grade (I’m 16 now) and I didn’t really want to improve my singing voice but now I noticed I’m sorta losing it and I don’t want to but this video is helping me so thanks

I haven't sung for almost a year now huhu

I stopped going to music school, wich was a huge mistake. Thank you for this❤

I used to be singing high notes till my high school, now I couldn’t sing such high notes. Hope this exercise allows me to sing decently. Thank you for this video

I need to thank you for these exercises. I’m a freshman boy with a high pitched voice and I hadn’t sang for a year. I have an audition coming up and I tried recovering my high singing abilities I had lost. I swear in 3 days doing these exercises I felt myself again and I thank you once again so much!

I was gifted with a beautiful voice, as a child I used to lead-sing in school shows, however one day the school principal (she had a grudge against our music teacher and wanted to ruin her show) yanked the microphone from me and decided to give it to somebody else who had a really bad voice, and from that day I never wanted sing again. Now I’m 18 and I feel like I wasted that talent, thank you for bringing me hope again.

I lost my confidence and stopped singing for 4 years and now I can't sing, my singing voice is gone. Thanks for the help it kinda work! I look stupid while doing the exercises and it makes me wanna puke but it kinda works.

I stopped singing for 10 years because i lost my confidence. Right now i want to have it back..

Thank you so much chuck

I stopped singing 2yrs ago since the pandemic started, and after 2yrs i sing again but i noticed that there's a sudden change to my voice. before i can reach high notes effortlessly, but now I'm having a hard time to sing high notes and it makes me sad and frustrated. I hope this will help me to recover my voice again, i hope someone can give me more advices how to recover my voice again :(

I stop singing after quarantine and i lost it but im trying to get it back so i hope this works

i used to have a nice singing voice but then as life started to gnaw on me i stopped talking, i barely speak to anybody, basically stopped opening my mouth. and i noticed how when i tried to sing a note my voice sounds so off :(( i need to regain it back because music has been part of me ever since my childhood and i dont want to lose it forever. thank you for sharing this video!

Great video guys!

Amazing informative video. Much appreciated!

Just what I was looking for! Thank you!

After many years away from choral singing I am performing as part of the ladies'' choir for Mahler's Third Symphony. I came away from our first rehearsal discouraged and feeling as if I should drop out. This is very helpful, thank you!

i had a 6 year break the last time i could sing i was 12, now i am 18 and i can only barely sing, definitely better than most but still more of a shadow of what that voice used to be

Great teacher.

Awesome. Thank you!!!!!

Sir, you are a real lifesaver. Thank you for this video 💗

This was just, great! Thank You!

After searching a video of how to reopen my vocals, I finally came across this! Thank you so much🙏🏽❤️

I'm new to subscribing to RU-vid posts. I am a musician and used to be a voice major. Many years ago around the time my mother died, I was under stress generally, was an organist and was asked to help out in a cantata for the former organist who was entering Seminary school. I strained my voice and developed laryngitis. My doctor wouldn't see me so that my voice became so bad that I could not sing. I've had my vocal cords scoped and was told to seek a speech therapist; however, she was not a musician and only made me copy some suggestions without giving me any musical exercises. I used to be a 1st soprano in a select women's choir at B.U. Music School. I am having other physical problems--possibly Barrett's esophagus and definite stomach ulcers, so I put off being scoped again. I really miss singing and can't stand it when I do try, because either my voice cracks, or I can't stay on pitch, or both. My range has decreased. There have been a few times when I "catch" my voice for a few minutes, but then I'm hoarse, and my vocal cords hurt. I haven't sung in over twenty years now. After my biopsy for Barrett's and my ulcers, I'm going to be scoped again, and the doctor says that he can recommend musicians to help me regain my voice. I also know some organists who have recommended some voice/singing therapists. When you press "subscribe" on your video box, does it take you to all your videos? Does that mean you are subscribed? I found what I watched helpful, but I watched another video by someone else who seemed to be combining therapy for public speakers and vocalists. If you or anyone can advise, I'd appreciate it. Thank you!

So happy to have found this video. As a classically trained singer, I was extremely active until about 6 months before Covid, so it's been about 2.5 years since I've done much. I have a performance I've been asked to give next month, and my voice really needs reconditioning! My major issue is that 2 notes are super weak - probably right at my break (B 5 and C 5). I'm an alto - below those notes I have a powerful and big chest voice and above those two notes, I have few problems in the upper range. But when I try to do that B or C, there's simply no strength or power. Working on blending that break and reconditioning with your exercises. Thank you! Vicki

I quit singing 6 years ago. I used to be in a chorus but I quit after a bad experience during a musical montage... It was a emotional and physical exhausting. I tried to retake it on my one but it's difficult.

I used to have a wide 3 octave range. Now im down to only two octaves and it’s becoming harder to sing thank you for this video

I haven't sung continuously for 5 years after I get sick. Now I'm well, I want to pursue singing again. After a long time of being weak, I have no strength to sing songs I usually sing, now I can tell my voice is different from what it was before. My vocal range specially on my highest notes sounds different and it's like I'm struggling to reach it. My vocal strength also deteriorated, I have no absolute control over my low notes, it sounds like I was being struggled too.. This will be a great help for me because I don't really know where to start.. I'm afraid of loosing my precious vocals.. 😢

i'm so glad i ran into your vids. my voice was shot to heck by covid

Thank you for taking the time to explain what the benefits of the exercises are and how they should be done Chuck; not too many vocal teachers can explain "how" an exercise works. I'm not a fan of the "Nay"as a vocalizing sound - there are far better vocalizing sounds one cna use to achieve the same result. IMHO its an awful sound that no one will ever use in singing. Blech! Great to see young people becoming entrepreneurs and choosing something that will help the community as a whole instead of something just in their own self interest.

Thank you so much for this video. I haven’t sang in 5 years and my last time was in 5th grade. Now I do high school choir. God bless you.

Thanks a lot from Venezuela.

Ooo, a "why" section for each exercise

omg tysm i really need this so much I've stop singing for almost 2 years and when i tried singing again I got so worried cuz I was having a hard time to sing i couldn't hit the high notes anymore so immediately search here in RU-vid on how to regain my voice again 😭😭

Another vid I’m saving to favorites!! ❤️❤️

Rare video on RU-vid about getting back to the singing after break. well done maestro

I've been learning classical music from 8 years and gave numerous performances and known for my voice , i had to take a break from music 6 months ago because I had my exams. Now whenever i try to sing infront of people , I'm not able to hit my higher notes like I used to , I hope I can tune my voice again like before :( practice is truly very essential. I hope I can get better

Thank you for sharing this. I haven't sung for longer than a year, partly because of the pandemic and not being able to get together with other singers in our choir. Now my voice is in very poor condition. I'll try your exercises. A couple of questions: how do you modify these for female voices, with different range and location of the passaggio/passaggi? And have you used the straw technique described by Ingo Titse?

First View thanks a lot sir!!

I used to sing typical Indian classical songs, the hardest Indian type of singing, since I was 3 yrs old. When I was 14 I started singing trending songs more and completely forgot where my voice suited most. Now my voice is completely different. It's feels hard to reach high notes whereas that was easy for me when I was young. This feels sad. I want my original voice back.

Well I stopped singing at 8 years olde be cus I broke up and I did not have the confidence to sing and so I just stop for 6 years and now I will try your tips and hopefully I get to sing once more

Great video sir! I love those exercises ! It’s not very common to see so it’s great to be reminded of them. I loved how you explained their benefits too. I went through a drastic and difficult, life-changing year and it lowered my mood and became a heaviness, and it was very lonely and difficult. Jesus had been sustaining me throughout and I know it had to happen so I can be the person I was meant to be pre-birth. But I did neglect my voice during it and stopped singing. You sing when you are joyful, you stop when you are sad. I’m a soprano so you can imagine the sound of neglect. I almost lost the passion and I had to fight for it and I’m getting head on back into it. I’m grateful to be at university studying music in the industry and so that helps me not fall by the wayside. So that’s what happened to me and so your video is very helpful for my journey. Subscribed. Thank you sir and God bless you.

Actual video starts at 2:40 if anyones interested.

I remember being at a concert n i had so much fun singing along thee songs n then i had a sore throat for weeks after. N after that i felt i couldnt use my voice the same so became super self concious about it. Practiced less and less and now its been a full year since singing and i realised the other day i cant even keep a notr clear. But i know my mom went for a few years without singing when i was little but then she is back with a clear beautiful voice singing almost every day, n performing a lot so i thought it must be possible. Thank you gor these excercises!!

I haven't sing since 2 years, but I have a feeling want to back get into it. But also can you give me tip on how do I keep being motivated to sing consistently and keep love singing for a life time ? The reasons I stopped singing it was because of burnout and fear. Cause If I get back into it, I want to feel the passion and interest more than I used to and keeping that interest :)

It really helps me to restore my old voice after 2 long years . Thank you 😊

I used to sing alot and I had such a beautiful voice untill someone told me something that made me stop singing. When I tried to sing again, my voice was so....bad. I now feel bad and wished I hadn't stopped....I really wish it could come back, I promised myself if it did, I wouldn't let it go again.

I used to be the lead singer in my choir in middle school but left singing in highschool, now I'm in college and regretting quitting it cause I loved singing. I've been struggling to find my old voice back, basically it's become hoarse and tone deaf. Thanks for this video, it really helped.

Thank you. I've been sick in the hospital for the past year. I didn't sing much after becoming more ill even before going to hospital so vocal chords are weak. Will take work, especially for breathing too. I'm determined to work on this even from my hospital bed.

Thankyou for this lost my singing voice from being on the ventilator for 4 days in the hospital even before that I wasn’t singing that frequently hoping my voice will come back fully soon

Thank you so much, I used to love to sing but because of my homework I stopped singing because my mother told me to focus more on my school work. After 2 months when I started singing, my voice sounded hoarse and I didn't feel confident on singing high notes. So this video really helped me. My voice got better but I'm still not confident .. Especially when singing in front of many people. If you have some tips for becoming more confident singing high notes, please let me know. Thank you very much😊 !!

I haven't properly sang for more than 10 yrs due to psychological trauma. I guess its time to get back my confidence. I hope this helps.

Its been 3 years since i heard my singing voice i think i totally lost my singing voice, i lost it because i stopped singing , and i'm always drinking soda's and cold water and also eating sweets is it still possible to get it back?

I needed this. stopped singing for a little over two years when I became pregnant and had horrible morning sickness my entire pregnancy. now my voice cracks easily and I cannot reach high notes like I was able or belt as confidently as I used to. I really hope this helps me. thank you!

Hey thank you for the vid. Definitely helpful had a question I stop singing for some years now and I started smoking does this still help with that?

I used to sing really good, songs like celine dion and whitney houston's. The last time was when I was 12 yrs old for some reason. 2 yrs after I can't hit those notes anymore.

I used to singing really good when I was younger i could sing high notes and low note and I stop singing for some reason and I want to to sing again but now my singing voice is terrible I can’t sing high notes or low note anymore and I want my good singing voice back hopefully this help me

Haven't sung for four years and had some illnesses that involved me bleeding from my throat. I miss singing.Wish me luck🤞😰

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After 17 yrs gap am trying to sing ..Not able to get high notes. Hope this video helps me

Have you ever dealt with someone’s voice getting deeper after pregnancy? My range is shot and I want to know if once your range goes deeper is it ever possible to reach high notes again

Thank you for the guidance sir, I have one question, should I do the exercises in my own comfortable scale? Or as instructed by you in the video?

I'm looking forward to trying these and hoping they can help me recover from voice weakness I've started having the last month or so. I've been decent at singing (for fun, not professionally), and my top range has actually gotten smoother and more relaxed over the past year, but lately my speaking voice seems to wear out easily. I come home from a night out with friends and am a little bit raspy the next day even though we weren't being particularly loud and there was no smoke. Allergies have been pretty bad this year though. For the first time in my life I'm on vocal rest, and while I can feel the difference, I worry about how to come off rest without re-damaging it? I've also become aware of having been speaking on occasion with my voice "pushing" from my throat instead of being breath-supported from below. What tips do you have for consciously breaking that habit?

I can't do the bubble lips. Especially when lifting my cheeks. It only works for a second or two. Then, I'm outta breath. (Yes. My breathing needs work.) I have gone 10 years without singing outside of humming around the house, and that turned to whistling because I no longer had any range. I also learned a breathing technique to help with mental illness, and in learning that, I had to stop using my diaphragm. It was called "soft breathing" and worked with stomach muscles, not the diaphragm. Anyway. It effed up the diaphragm breathing that was introduced to me as a young child by my singing parents. It was always natural for me to use my diaphragm when singing or just breathing. So after 10 years of me doing nothing, old musician friends and prior bandmates are wanting me to sing with them. I know i should be *very* patient with getting my voice back in shape, but I had been singing my entire life with ease, and then nothing between 50 and 60 years of age so I have no idea what this level of learning is like. I used to have fantastic range, but now I can barely last a couple minutes without my throat getting sore. I'm hoping these exercises can help, although I think it's gonna take more that a couple weeks. 😉

🎼വളരെ നന്ദി thanks 😊🙏😇

I was called a dying goat by 10 of my friends. I already took the test but i dont have the money to afford it since im just starting highschool varsity chorale... Some videos helped and im very thankful for that! But my friends say i did not improve at all.. What do i do?

Since covid started I stopped singing its been 3 years. I didnot enjoy singing back tgen as I felt pressurized to do it But I like it much now

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I took music lessons and sing untill I'm in 6th grade and leave singing totally but now after 7 yrs i want to start again singing but my voice became cracked and I can't hit high note🤧but I want to sing again'...I hope this video can help me

I am an Indian classical singer. Restarting music after 20 years of a long illness. Had 2 kidney transplants, 18 years on dialysis, and lost my pancreas. Then TB...and lot. I am now 59 years. Let's hope this exercise will work and I can get my voice back.

I have looked to see who won the contest. Can't find it anywhere. Also, am not finding the link for the practice. Thanks

What are the 1 and 1/2 scales according to harmonium?

When I was in elementary, I always sing on karaoke and my cousins always praise me. But, on 2019-2021, I stopped singing, so it's been 2 years since I didn't practice. Now my voice cracks, and I'm so embarrassed now. Hope I can recover my voice again, I really hope. Do you think it's possible?

I played in band I sang had lots of fun .I lived with my sister she was my sister mom best friend she would watch kids when me and her husband Roger his brother played he was the guitarist of the band we were called night wind. And yes the name is through lawyers .but anyway she passed on I quit over 30 yrs ago felt like it was my fault .and knaw I won't to sing for her and I've gained weight I got it but not good enough

Where can I find the link for the exercises mentioned?

This is really embarrassing, but I'm in a wheelchair so when I sing my diaphragm is compressed. I do my best to keep proper posture and everything but when I was in choir class in high school I found myself limited and what I could accomplish without a little extra help. As in, advice onhow do I actually get the air support that my choir teacher wants me to have? That was always her advice but she could never tell me how. I auditioned for the more select choir in my school and didn't get in and when I asked my choir teacher why it was mainly due to air support. I again asked her how I could get more air support, and she basically said I don't know. Try sitting up straighter. 😤😤😤 Okay, so here's the thing. I'm disabled. I can work on my back strength but my body needs to be taught what to do, not just told. If you want me to sit up straight you need to model exactly how you want me to sit, otherwise my body just goes ??? She did her best to demonstrate, but it was still very confusing.And there are some days where my body just won't do what I ask it to. I don't want to give the idea that I was making excuses. I tried really hard! I worked my butt off. The advice I was given just wasn't helping. Anyway, I vowed never to sing again after I finished the class because I was so frustrated. But it keeps haunting me. Aside from One karaoke night, I haven't sung in about 7 years. I used to really love it. Sometimes I wonder what could have been if I had just stuck it out a little longer and developed confidence with the somewhat limited range I had before trying to challenge the limitations of my body. I'm not saying that challenging one's limitations is bad, but I wish I could just tell my insecure high School self to slow down a bit and have fun with it. Thanks for these exercises and listening to this little story. This time around I'm doing it for myself so I hope things will get better.

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Sir,what is the use of practicing vowels exercise oo,oh,ay,uh ,e

I last sang in year 2017... because I didn't loved to sing but few months ago I suddenly wanted to sing🙂. It's like in a love story where they first hate each other and then slowly begins to love...😶 So can I get my voice back??

My voice is becoming High pitch day by day i need your help how to recover it , i am 16 yrs old now will it improve ?

So I'll cut straight to it. What if I also smoked in the time period I stopped singing. Can I come back?

15 years ago

With the bubble lips at one point I can’t seem to do the bubble thing anymore, the voice sounds but the lips don’t do that bubbly effect, is that ok or should I correct it?

Sir, I have been a patient of chronic depression for 8years, i did medications, now i dont. i m okay with self analysis and counseling and also with fasting. But my singing voice has ben changed, it is so depressed, it shivers, it shakes while I m so mucj confident but i guess some fears are hidden. How to stop shaking? I practice singing daily, i sing daily and its 4 months now but no improvement. Plz help.

I have lost my singing voice due to vaping 3 years ago. I don't know if I can retrieve it again 😢

I was 6 years old and I was a singer an then I stoped for a long year and I can’t sing anymore and now I’m 12 years old

How much time will it take?

I haven't sang for a 1 year

I sang with a band.... but now my voice breaks & my throat hurts. Will this help? Or am I hopeless. I used to have (not to be conceiteg) an amazing, "Mellissa Ethridge/Grace Slick/Janis Joplin..Robert Plant voice, Scott Weiland, Eddie Vedder xhris Cornell voice...I could harmonice with anything oh yeah Joan Osbourne... So... cam I find it again with exersuzes??? HELP Every time I leave my chest voice it breaks & makes my throat hurt.

Haven't sang after 4 years... Daaaaammmmmnnnnnn...

Does this also work if I'm singing Indian classical music?

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