Q&A for How to Teach Children to Sing

Absolutely! Lorde has a very low female voice, and at 17 she was the youngest solo artist to achieve a number-one single on the US Billboard Hot 100 since 1987.

That means you have talent. You should take your voice further by getting lessons to expand your range.

If you are screaming or going out of your physical vocal range, it can be dangerous. Otherwise, it is not at all dangerous. If it is painful to sing, you know you are out of your vocal range.

Just like with stretching before working out, stretching before singing gets your body warmed up to prepare for the posture it needs to perform.

Sing in front of people and ask them for their honest feedback. If you don't think you can trust your friends and family to tell the truth, sign up for a vocal lesson and ask the coach.

Sing relevant songs, such as hit songs on the radio (that are kid-friendly of course). If the kids hear it a lot, they will have a better chance of remembering the song. Also, if you want to teach them posture and all that, try to come up with catchy tunes that incorporate what you want to teach.

You can warm your voice up by practicing scales. Scales are a set of musical notes that differ from singing voice to singing voice. For example, people who can sing higher will practice higher scales, and people who sing lower will practice lower scales. The notes themselves are the same, however. "Do Re Mi Fa So La Ti" is very popular.

Everyone's voice is unique. Healthy production will result in a larger, more resonant sound. Training with techniques, like those suggested by the article, can help you achieve healthy production. Trying to force your voice to produce a certain sound, like Adele's, can create physical tension and harm your voice.

Yes, you can. This can help the students to memorize and look at it daily to know what to do when they are starting to sing. Make sure you cite the source of it.

Training a changing voice poses certain difficulties, so be cautious. Instead of trying to sound like someone else, aim to sing in a healthy way so that your own sound develops -- working against your voice's natural tendencies can actually harm it.

I think talking to a voice coach in person and learning what voice type you are will be the most helpful. There are two possible reasons for the squeak. 1. You're trying to sing higher than your natural range 2. You have a high range, but don't know how to use it properly. Again, getting an assessment from a professional will get you on track to develop your voice.

Take it little by little. Make your child hold a series of notes for a long time and slowly speed it up.

Inside your stomach is the diaphragm, which is better for singers than your lungs and can help you get more air. To try and breathe through your diaphragm (which is actually an involuntary muscle there are ones above it that help) try not to raise your shoulders too much when you breathe.

Try and get your voice a bit lower -- if you're singing too high for your range, your voice is more likely to squeak.

Try focusing on your stomach; you should see it rise as it fills with air. If your stomach doesn't expand when you take a deep breath, you aren't breathing correctly. You can place your hand on your stomach to make it easier to see the rise and fall as well.

First you determine if you're singing too sharp (high) or flat (low). You can record yourself singing a note and then listen to it, or you can just use a piano if you have one. After that when you're ready to practice you'd want to sing a cappella and make sure you're on the right key. Practicing scales is also a good idea to improve your pitch. Just be careful that between the 3rd and 4th note, as well as the 7th and 8th note, there is a half step instead of a whole step, meaning that those notes are closer to each other than the rest of the notes in the scale.