Every singer has a special range where they can sing the best. If you try to sing up in the higher range, you will know that your voice will not sound as lush or intense because it will tend to sound like a falsetto. If you can hum in a certain range, you will note that if your mouth is closed humming your singing will be the same with no falsetto voice.

Only your favorite singer can sound exactly like themselves as no one can copy their trademark sound exactly. Keep in mind that you can practice and spend time to sound like them or get the same range, but your own voice is your sound. Learn how to work with your voice and cultivate your distinctive sound which people will learn to know.

Keep in mind that if you must extend your voice range, you need to get some practice time at a regular basis. Most people don't like to practice much, but they want to sound good right away without the hard work that it takes. Many expert singers take the time to work on their voice so that you know that they are much better than others.

There are a couple of things that you can do to increase your range such as practice speaking, read something and fluctuate your voice so that it rises and falls with the words your reading. You'll notice that when you're excited your voice gets higher and thinner and when you have a cold your voice is lower. You can do the same thing with your voice to train its range.

Reading some children's stories is a great way to express your voice and expand it past what singing can do. You're teaching your voice to expand but not to break, when you lower your voice you're teaching it to relax. Your voice has a memory that tells your brain how far you can stretch your vocal cords before they separate and start to use your falsetto voice.

Teach your vocal cords to relax when you want to go higher so they will comfortably reach that range. Talking and expressing yourself is the best way to teach your vocal cords what you want them to do. After that you will be able to sing higher without straining your voice.

Singers must not try to sing beyond their range as the stress and harm on the vocal cords will be bad. The voice may not heal if there is repeated stress on the cords. Repetitive shouting and screaming will weaken the vocal cords tremendously, as we need our voices for communicating with each other.

When you practice the right way, your vocal cords will begin to expand your range gradually. You might not ever sound like your favorite performer because their voice is just one part of their stage presence, but you be able to sing higher and in range. Octaves are part of your range so if you can increase your range you can sing higher octaves as your vocal cords are more relaxed.