Thinning Out, Discovering Head Voice - Free Singing Tips - Voice Studio 

Anyone watching closely will notice two very important things: 1) As the range goes up, there is a very important muscular squeeze at the lower front of the larynx. (Sternothyroid/sternohyoid/cricothyroid for those interested). This is most often found through feeling or imitating a "plaintive cry"--that thing where you're very hurt but can't avoid showing it in your voice (and why the cry is found in EVERY Vocal technique). It creates laryngeal tilt which is 100% the only way to "bridge the two registers" (a useful illusion: you're "stretching twin rubber bands" in full voice done right but you feel where sympathetic resonance changes in your "high" and "low" ranges). 2) He is 100% modifying his vowels to achieve CLARITY. Here's the rub: since his larynx is tilting properly from the right muscles being used, the voice sounds "like him" through the whole range--so the modified vowels will actually sound MORE correct than if he were modifying with bad larynx technique OR not modifying in any case. This is a case study on good singing fundamentals: vowel consistency (NOT EXACTLY "speech vowels" but as the saying goes, "if it sounds good it is good"), larynx stability (NOT larynx weakness, there is obviously muscle involved even in "relaxation"), and pitch independence. Bravo

I am a classic "reacher" but I discovered what you are calling "thinning out" almost by accident. I'm still learning to control it and do it on demand but I sing a lot and I keep returning to my "reacher" roots when I sing live. So I end up losing a lot of that control. It's a viscous cycle for me.

dude these videos plus your e-book are soooo helpful. I'm excited for my singing future :) You finally helped me understand the larynx in relation the vowels, very cool.

A very helpful vid! I've gone through countless of RU-vid singing vids and yours are some of the best. Thank you!

This video made so much sense Carl Thank you! By the way, Im back home for a few weeks now, and im planing on buying a 5 pack lessons from you tomorrow or something!

This is so good. If I ever make money singing I'll need Carl's venmo. I owe this dude.

Carl is THE man.

Carl, excellent instruction. Coming back for review.🐦

This is wonderful

Good one. Thanks.

Hello.Great vid! I cant seem to thin out.Are there anx other scales that I can do, or resources that you recommend?I dont understand the yawning feeling that you mentioned. Thanks!

Brilliant♥

Thought there was a cat behind you, but it was just you in the mirror. lol

Thanks for teaching how to sing high note

thx!!!

I am new to your videos and wondering how all these exercises and techniques apply to singing?

nts Add a public comment... Ky Andrew No shit... this helped me out a ton and confirm something that I confronted in my own singing after classical instruction. The typical onset with classical is incredibly strong, TOO STRONG to be pliable... so when I went up into my range I felt that classic 'disconnect" around the F and would " flip" into head voice. Conversely what I noticed is when I hit a strong note above my bridge, I could carry it down into my chest, with no break and that's what made me realize that it is THAT sound which is seamless voice. So thinning out is really how you gain it. Does this sound correct..? You pointed me towards Singing Success and I started it yesterday, so I also want to say thank you for that. And once again what I'm realizing is that classical singing and natural singing are two completely different animals.

Do you have to do the lip roll? I can't so that at all

Why lip roll makes me airy? I can't really understand that

Hey man! great videos you put out there! So I have a question...Do you take into account breathing with your diaphragm and the whole breath support story? Or you just breath normally? Because i am taking lessons with a local teacher, and basically she sings opera, so i think the approach is different. It involves singing with power, high volume, breath support, etc.

What do you mean when you say "on top of it"?

Brett Manning all the time dude !

I can hit the notes without straining when I'm singing very quietly, but I cannot sing the same the same note with any loudness without straining. How do I get around this? Do I just keep practicing the exercises and slowly build up the volume?

how does Roy Orbison add so much power with these high notes as in the song crying?

heyyy, whats the cot of your skype lessonss?

Dude do you have a Skype I would like to see if you could help me with a problem I can't really explain.

0:43 made me yawn

Pressing in. Is it like yawning kind of sensation?

It's just muscle memory! It's hard for new singers to grasp this. I did 'Muh' over everything and it will thin out your resonance. I was doing it while congested and after my congestion cleared my resonance shifted upward. Why can't people grasp this? It's a simple concept.