More often than not you'll discover content pieces on how to increase vocal range honing in on adding more high notes to your vocal vocabulary, leaving the Barry Whites in the dust. But in this segment we're going to discover ways in which to add low notes to your arsenal using chest voice.
Everybody uses their chest voice for regular speaking. In actual fact, you're able to learn much about your singing voice from your speaking voice. The way you utilize your speaking voice can either help or hinder your singing voice.
Let’s start by exploring the speaking voice. Make a variety of non speech sounds: laugh, yawn, sigh, cry. Use a piano or any type of instrument  to find the closest pitch you just made. Now speak some monosyllables such as ahh, m-hmm, ooh. Once again, find the same pitch on the instrument.
Now speak a handful of easy sentences, something like "my name is_____" or "I love to sing". Again, find the matching pitch. Ideally, the pitch should be the same for speaking as it is for monosyllables or non-speech sounds, but many people try to speak with a lower pitch than is usual for his or her voice. This is not a healthy thing to do.
Continue exploring your voice by speaking monosyllables at various pitch levels on a piano. Find the lowest pitch it's possible speak without sounding croaky. The gravelly sound known as "vocal fry" and isn't healthy to sustain. Your ideal speaking pitch ought to be about four to five steps above your vocal fry level.
The next thing you need to do is to speak or read a paragraph out loud. Experiment with higher speaking pitches to see how high it is possible to go. Along the way, note where your voice is most comfortable and where you start to hear and feel strain.
When using your "chest voice", you will feel vibration (resonance) within your chest when producing tones in that pitch range. Put your hand lightly on your upper chest, with your thumb and fingers resting on your collarbones. Perform a yawn-slide (exhale on the syllable "hee" or "hoo" while sliding from the top of your range to the bottom). Your hand should sense vibration as you slide downward into your chest voice.
Although it feels like the resonance is going on in your chest, it's actually happening in your throat and mouth. The vibration you are feeling is the result of air moving from your lungs and across your vocal folds.
A simple low-range singing exercise is the fifth slide. Starting within the comfortable middle part of your range, use the buzz (puckered lips vibrating as air is expelled) or a syllable similar to "vaw" to sing the starting pitch and slide down five steps. In the key of C major it would be G-C, so-do. The slide ought to be smooth, not bumpy or creaky. Begin each repetition a half-step below the previous one.
If you feel bumpy or rasping sensations as you descend the scale, you’re most likely holding some tension. Pause and do some face and neck relaxation exercises. Gently massage your face and throat, after that try again. As you descend the scale, close your mouth somewhat from its starting position. Then, sing an octave scale up and back down, again using the buzz or "vaw". As you go up the scale, allow your jaw to drop and your mouth to open somewhat wider, then reverse that as you come back down. It may be helpful to envisage your tone on a path leading away from yourself, with low notes nearest and high notes farthest away. Maybe even move one hand away from your body as you ascend the scale and back to your side as you descend.
The arpeggio is another helpful exercise. Sing do-mi-so-do-so-mi-do with a vowel sound, for example "oo", "ee", or "ah". Start every new arpeggio a half-step below the last.
As with any singing technique, adding to your lower range will take time and energy. For those patient and persistent, you'll discover positive results.