I actually agree with all what you've stated. I recorded myself singing a power song. When I almost get tired using my chest voice, I tried to mix it, I thought it will sound like just a falsetto but when I listened to my recording, it was actually sound really good. Its like a flawless balted note. Thanks Tara. very useful tips😊
@@nicoleramos5609 so I’m a guy so who knows how much of a difference it is or isn’t but I’ve always kinda prevented myself from belting cuz of my small house with family, how much of a difference would it make? 🥺
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I started singing 23 years ago and nobody explained to me the mix. Only ten years ago a good teacher explained it and I started practising a bit, but it was quite week. In the last few years I found all these useful tutorials on RU-vid and I went back to singing with much more confidence. I would say that smoothing the passaggio and having a good mix are the keys of a good technique. Now singing higher is not so fearful anymore. So I adore the mix.
Hey I just wanna say how much u saved my singing omgg, ironically u help me in this video in ways it's not connected to mix voice. For years I've always use the muscles on my neck to reach higher notes idk how else, but eversince u mentioned getting support from the muscles from all over your body, I haven't use a lot of from the neck. Thank you so much luv ❤️
So glad it helped! If you want to learn more, check out the Sing Smarter Suite on my app where you can access a mini course on mix along with many other topics. Click here to sign up: tara-simon-studios.mn.co/
2:31 OMGGG THATS SO MUCH LIKE ME! I used to be SO confused with all my registers, I used to think that when I sing in mixed that I was singing in head, so when I start singing in head I'm like, "so, if I usually sing in head what's this higher register? And I used to also wonder "where is my mix?" Until I started watching more sing better in seconds, reaction videos, tutorials, and I just figured that my natural singing voice was mix, and the higher register is head! (I'm still not a hundred percent sure, but that's what makes most sense!)
The Almighty mix! I really need to work on strengthening it for sure! 💪🏽 Some great tips here thank you guys! That’s so true that when I hear myself singing in mix I think it’s completely wrong but sometimes when I hear myself recorded on my phone, it’s okay! it’s a much more accurate representation than just hearing myself sing in my own head! The mix is a funny thing, sometimes it feels wrong, it takes some getting used to! 🙋🏽 Xx
Thank you soo much for posting these tutorials Tara, I don't get many opportunities to try your exercises out, but I learn classical so I always bear these tips in mind and I've found that my singing has improved a great deal! I wish you could be my vocal coach! P.S. Please could you post a video on how to belt, and one on how to eliminate tension in your throat? Thanks, love you loads!🤩
I’m with you @Anjali Narayanan! I’m classically-trained, too; studied classical for five years until 2018 then stopped taking voice lessons but still sung in a choir. I’ve been working on my mix since March 2019, still haven’t learned full chest safely yet. It’s all a huge learning curve, moving from classical head voice to discovering mix and the safe usage of chest!
When I mix it’s more of a heady mix (classical vocal background). Any recommendation of getting more balanced and a beefier chest mix? I’m doing the pharyngeal exercises which are helping but with song application I seem to default back. Love your videos! I’m in GA and actually thought about trying to get a few sessions with you in person! ❤️
Sometimes, in my head, I think of it as singing mostly, backwards. I also think of the sound as skipping chambers, opening the chest, into the head, right behind the nasal cavity. It almost starts to fill like blowing up a baloon right behind the nasal cavity, but with flow from the chest.
Mix is light and you need to have coordination built up and it's over time that you get it. It lets me go from chest to head very fast and then from head to falsetto. It's amazing when you develop it. Tension is the enemy to a mixed voice. I did it with Phoo and Muh. That helped me so much. Then I found I was blending with head voice buy doing it accidently one day. It just takes work.
I feel as if only after I practice Head Voice, I can sing in my Mix. Otherwise it sounds strained. I also have problems with placement and vocal posture
Yesss I've been hoping you would release this video for such a long time!! I was also wondering if you could react to Gabriel Henrique - Oceans. To say that I cried would be an understatement
I agree with opening one’s mouth horizontally to be able to reach mix intense of just opening vertically...a couple of years ago when I was in college my vocal teacher hated when singers who opened their mouth horizontally instead of vertically...for me personally that closes my throat and like what Tara said it cuts my capabilities to go any higher...all those years I thought I was just a bass but turns out that I’m more of a bass baritone once I learned how to sing mix (however I kinda lost my low notes now that I can sing higher unless I just woke up or I’m sick)
Thank you for this video!! You rock!!! I was wondering if you could do a tutorial/ tips for belting!! Because I have a softer voice!! And I’ve been working on belting but I just can’t lol!! But I’ll never give up!!😂 one day!!!
This video has helped me so much.. I have been stuck and these exercises really opened me up past by my break to stretch it the best way! Thank you Tara and Nickie, much appreciation for this! Wish I could hug 🤗 you both ❤️
Great video. Love the tips and exercises. When Coach Nikki said that the mix feels wrong when doing it right, I got legit happy. But then I had second thoughts and realise that I might just be doing it wrong. Btw anyone else notice the spelling mistake in the thumbnail?
Hi Tara & coach Nikki! Love your videos ❤ I'd love to be one of your students one day! Or at least be in an episode of Sing better in seconds! I really feel you can help people find their own voices and styles and I love how you try to explain the sensations you have while singing to make it easier for us to understand a concept. As for this video, I can definitely hear when I go from chest to mix, but the transition from my mix to my head voice is not that clear to me. I wonder why. And also, my mix sounds different from time to time, as if it is resonating in different places. Sometimes it has quite a bright and generally full sound, sometimes it seems that the sound comes from the back of my throat and it's kind of weak. It'd be great to get some help/advice on that. Thanks for the video, though! I'll definitely keep on working on my mix! 💪
Nikki tried to teach me how to mix using the siren exercise and at the top it just sounded like I was screeching😬 Clearly more practice is needed...🙈 Or maybe just stick to singing songs in a key where I can stay in my chest voice?😆
You should make Nikki a permanent figure on your videos.. Compared to other coaches you have had I feel like everyone thinks you complement each other perfectly and make the vids more enjoyable. I love the chemistry between you two. I can focus and retain the information being given.
I have to ask cuz I don't wanna hurt my voice when I sing high notes I naturally add more breath but not really loud, I get loud but not thet much and I wanna know does that will hurt my voice?
I think you'd really enjoy the Disney Medleys (1&2) by Voiceband Exit. I've never heard of them until they randomly popped up in my recommended and they're really good! I think they're a korean acapella group.
What are the best techniques for improving ones ability to sign acapella.? How does someone go from 0 acapella experience, to being able to sing an entire song accurately?
How do I know if I am one of those people that naturally sing in mixed sometimes my friend that has voice training says it's my chest but every so often I just think what happens if it is because I don't feel as much vibration in my chest
hmm..I am often confusing my Chest with mix maybe? It's easy to tell if I do it wrong, cause then it feels like screaming and i hurt my throat, but when I do it correctly it feels like I use chest, but just lighter sounding. But I do sometimes get confused because it kinda feels like shouting, but in a healthier way.
That's middle voice. Been around for ages. Now blending the middle voice with the head voice is something relatively new. Noone wants to admit actual innovations so they cover things up.
I feel like I am that "natural mixer". For me, it is easier than the chest or the head voice. It is hard to make a clean head or chest sound when you know how to mix.
Ms. Tara Please react to Lyodra - I'd do anything for love, Tiara- I surrender, Maria - Stand up for love, because I'd like to know which is the right belt and neutral larynx, to help me the difference between the high larynx and neutral one Thank you 😊
Am male...and have done the exercise too....and I would say I mostly reached all the notes ....BUT...this doesn´t work for me when I sing a song. So I still can´t sing songs over a Bb or a B or C.... Very frustating!!!! You can see me reach that notes on my channel in some screams ..but never as part of a song....like it could be in many songs of bruno mars....like Versace on the floor. SO IRRITATING!!!
Tara, I can hit the high note in "If You're Not the One" by Daniel Bedingfield, but it takes so much air exhalation that I can only hold it for 1 second. I'm obviously doing it wrong - I can't guaratee consistency either. Can you provide a tutorial to help elongate those high notes?
Can you link your mixed voice video that you reference. I’m classically trained and mix in a head dominance. It doesn’t sound powerful. I need to bring in more chest but I default to that head mix. Ugh any tips?
can you please react to Idina Menzel singing “Always Starting Over” at the 2014 tonys. it is a song from a musical she did in 2014 called IF/THEN. the song is very powerful and her voice is AMAZING in this performance. she holds the last note for close to 15 sec. if you could react to this it would be amazing. thank you
