The House That Rocks · Singing Book 1 · v3 (with interval training)

Lesson 1: Find Your Voice

Breath, sirens, your first scale, and a range check you can repeat every week. Turn your sound on, stand tall, and sing along.

Book 1Find Your Voice
Book 2Steady & Strong
Book 3Bridge the Break
Book 4Power & Color
Book 5Lead & Inspire

Five books take you from your first warm-up to leading a room. You are here.

Sound mixer

Set these once. They work for every exercise and your phone or computer will remember them.

1

Breathe low

Good singing starts below your neck. Breathe in so your belly and ribs widen, not your shoulders. Then let the air out slowly on a "sss" like a leaky tire. Steady air means a steady voice.

Ready–

Four rounds. Follow the circle.

Hand check: put one hand on your belly and one on your chest. The belly hand should move first. The chest hand stays quiet.
2

Hum and lip-trill sirens

A siren is a smooth slide from low to high and back, like a fire truck. Do it on a hum or a lip trill (lips flapping, "brrr"). These sounds let your voice stretch with very little strain, and they smooth out the bumpy spot where many voices crack.

Listen once, then slide along with it.

Lip trills not working? Press a finger lightly into each cheek and try again. Or just hum with your lips closed. Both count.
Only go as high and low as feels easy. If anything scratches, tickles, or hurts, stop, sip water, and go smaller.
3

Your first scales

Each round goes like this: the piano plays the chord, then your first note, then you sing the pattern. After you finish, you get two beats to breathe and think before the next chord. Each round moves up one small step, so your range grows a little at a time. Then it walks back down.

Start on C3
Key: –Press play
Keep each note the same size. The top note should feel like a gentle step, not a reach. If it starts to feel tight, stop the track and start one step lower.
4

Match the note

The piano plays a note. You sing it back. Your mic listens and shows you if you're high, low, or right on. Slide your voice until the dot lands in the green, then hold it there until the bar fills.

10 notes per round
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Put on headphones, then press Start.

Headphones help a lot. Without them, the mic can hear the piano instead of you. Sing on a clear "ah" or "oo," not a breathy whisper.
5

Interval training

An interval is the distance between two notes. A 2nd is a small step. An 8th (octave) is a big leap to the same letter name. Count it like a scale: a 3rd up from C is C-D-E. Your mic checks both notes: first the starting note, then the jump.

Intervals to practice
10 per round
Ready

Pick your intervals, put on headphones, and press Start.

Stuck? Sing up the scale quietly in your head, counting 1-2-3… until you land on the number. Then sing just the first and last notes. Each interval also has a song hint to help you hear it.
6

Find your range

Your range is the space between your lowest and highest comfortable notes. Tap a key to hear it, or turn on your mic and sing. Mark your lowest and highest easy notes. Check again every week and watch it grow.

Tap a key or turn on your mic
Lowest easy note–
Highest easy note–
Your range–

    "Easy" is the rule. A note you can squeak once doesn't count yet. Count the notes you can sing clearly three times in a row.
    7

    Quick check

    8

    Today's practice

    About 18 minutes. Do it five days this week. Short and often beats long and once.