Voice Lesson and Singing Tips: How to Sing in Mixed Voice/ Belting 

OMFG. You have just taught me how to BELT. LOL. 3-4 years I have been searching/practicing. OUT OF ANYONE in RU-vid teaching this stuff, YOU are the only one to PUT A SMILE in my singing! Literally. SO THAT was the key for me. And I've seen this video years before, I guess I shouldn't have skipped some parts of this vid and it would have saved me those years lol. Thank you so much for this Dileesa!

thank you!!!!!!!! as a soprano in a choir I do sound too operatic. It's a problem when I just want to go out for karaoke night! Now I know how to not sound so dramatic. Thank you!

this video just added EIGHT SEMITONES to the top of my range - thanks so much!! you rock!

THANK YOU SO MUCH! I'm learning many things from your videos! God bless you!

I LOVE HER VOICE IT'S FULL OF SO MUCH VERSITILITY AND COLOR..AND BEING A SINGER MYSELF..I REALLY HAVE AN EAR FOR BEAUTIFUL VOICES AND TONES..THIS WAS A GOOD QUICK LESSON 🌹👈😌

Fantastic, I found this a few months ago but forgot to bookmark it..I feel so lucky to find it again..

So much great info in this video 👍

thnk you soooo much, i was lookin at justin bieber videos gettin all depressed like dag that kid can sing and i started doubting my self but within an hour of watching your videos i found confidence, i used to strain and sing forcefully, or sing falseto, i have a deep voice so im trynna get my range up, but imma keep pressin on

Great lesson! It's amazing how many of us have been trapped in our chest voices.

Hi Dileesa, incredible video! You just answered the question of how to connect wonderful classical training with contemporary singing in a simple and beautiful way! Thank you and thanks for all your videos. Love your work! Blessings,Kerri

THANK YOU. I'm a musical theater major and this is sooo helpful

ure crazy!! that voice and those changes you can do from open wide to thin> WOW!

I took several semesters of voice lessons and EVERYTHING you're teaching is correct. You are on point girl. I hope you take your teaching seriously, you're really good!!! It's seriously exactly what my teacher said, use your head voice in every part of your singing.

You're an angel. That's so selfless. I've been looking for this answer for years 💎

WOW. I have never had that reaction before. lol... thanks for sharing... it's obvious you are a classical enthusiast. :-)

You're EXACTLY what I've been looking for! I've subbed!! xx

I remember Learning these in choir. I know I'm late finding you but I appreciate the videos!

OH MY GOODNESS! THIS WAS AMAZING! THANK YOU SO MUCH. YOU'RE A REALY GREAT TEACHER. It was so generous of you to teach us that on youtube for free! After all my voice lessons, this was seriously some of the best advice I had ever heard. I hope you do teach lessons on the side! You're a great coach.

Great voice ! So rich and powerful, and yes it's hard to do this for free, but we appreciate it !!!!!!! BE BLESSED AS WELL.

Lesson learnt...Don't sit on your chest voice rather spice it with head voice...God bless you

I'm going to college for Musical Theatre this fall, and I'm going to practice, practice, practice this EVERY DAY, so I won't be behind when I get there. THANK YOU!

OMYGOSH! THANK YOU! My voice teacher doesn't believe in belting, she's ALL classical. This helps A LOT!

After years and years of training and watching your videos I keep learning a lot from them, I can see now the knowledge you share from different approaches and it is amazing you gave (and keep giving) us this info for free. You are simply the best.

Thank you so much for helping me to stop hurting myself! Thank you!!

Thank you Dilees! May the Lord richly bless you, for your insight! Thanks for sharing!

So... I realize this video was posted ages ago, but I still wanted to take the time to say THANK YOU! Wonderful, informative video! Thank you thank you thank you!

i love how you explain everything, i learned to place my voice like that in a class where actually i realized i sang with too much tension in the hight notes, after freeing my voice i felt all that space in the front, thanks for all of your knowledge god bless you

You rock, lady! I'm at that point now; I have a very extended range and good control of my headvoice...when applied to opera. But I want to sing pop! For the longest time higher notes with that "pop/belt" sound were just...elusively out of my grasp! It was so sad. But I'm working on making those money notes happen and making great progress :) You're so right, it's all about that bright, forward front mix! I used to sing so heavy and just choke off at a certain point but not anymore :)

i love how you pay as much attention to the musicality as you do to the technique... brava!

THANKYOU!!!!!! I have a lower register, (Im female) I have struggled with singing with my head voice FOREVER! You have helped me more than all the vocal tutors I have had. Thankyou.

it really helps and clears concepts of how to sing!! reli glad to have a guiding teacher like you. how lucky that I found u on RU-vid!!

I sometimes find the vocal coaching on youtube is just full of too much information and is frustrating but this is so easy to follow and even sitting here without necessarily singing along I know when I'm in front of a microphone I will remember these pointers

I think you just solved the problems that I had when singing!!!! You're a saint!!!!!

I am from Tunisia and I am so happy to find you accidentally on RU-vid you are such an amazing teacher! I already appreciate your soul and you! thank you for all your lessons! we need more videos definitely Mrs Dileesa!

This was great!!!! I loved how you addressed people with lower raspier voices!!!! THANK YOU!!!

Your absolutely delightful! I'm a songwriter and I sometimes try to work on own my singing voice so that the artists I work with can better understand me while I'm teaching them the lyrics to my songs. I've been told that I have a decent voice (for a writer), but I enjoy learning different techniques to improve myself. I'll pass along anything I learn from you to others. Everyone can use great tips! Your very good! Keep up the great work!

You have a beautiful voice, great teaching!

Very clear explanation on how to mix chest with head voice! Thankssss

Dilessa you are the best vocal coach here! thank you soooo much, and thats saying alot! your vocal ability matches the power of your tips- which is the difference between yourself and other good vocal coach here on youtube. not saying names.

Dileesa,you're truly an excellent vocal coach! Thank you so much for your videos!

Thank you so much!! I love your videos. The way you explain things is so much clearer than what I've heard from others.

Thanx for giving it to us for free. Much Appreciation!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Omg I loooove your videos. My background is classical and I want to learn a good healthy chest voice so hearing you teach it is just perfect cause you really know physiology for singing and the way you are putting it is so helpful for professional singers of other genres... thank youuuuu

Great tips. This is what I am currently working on with my voice coach, Novell. I enjoy watching your instruction and it really encourages me to be the best vocalist I can be.

that was really good, iv been belting and taking voice lessons for years and some of the things i didnt know about were covered in there! especially how to take away the operatic sound.

This is just what I am working on right now...thanks for putting it so clearly ... i felt my teacher was makin me to operatic but i guess when u master that you can change it like you said! thanks xx

THANK YOU!!! finally someone explains it.. You rawk my dear!!!

Thank you Dileesa, I want to learn to sing so bad, I am going to watch all your clips over and over. You are a beautiful woman and have a natural God given talent. Don't ever worry about giving away free, just keep doing it and watch God keep blessing you over and over and over...God Bless to you too, please as for facebook add from teresa moreland...Make it a Great Day! T.

you answered all my never-ending vocal questions in one video! thanks you're the best! *****

this is an amazing technique ! i've learnt alot thankyou x

that's amazing! This has to go viral

I give your video 10 STAR!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Thank you Dileesa, for the information on changing the vowels and vibrato style to get rid of that operatic sound while keeping the same resonating foundation and support. God Bless you for that and all the other helpful vocal information you teach in your videos.

literally golden lesson

Love all your videos!

yes, think 'forward' instead of 'up' when hitting high notes.. and open your mouth and relax your throat to let the sound out! :-)

You are so great Dileesa

Thank You Dileesa! That was great advice. I recently found my belt from singing in a choir and it does feel like im wearing my voice out at times. I plan to use this technique for a mixed voice from now on. Your videos are much appreciated.

Thank you! I am in the same boat where I started singing in a belt voice/chest for so long that I've stugged learning mix because of it....I'm glad to hear that I'm not the only person who has had to switch over! :) This was really helpful!

You're excellent sis, I need to stay on o vids!!!

You have a stunning voice! Black people are blessed with such great voices :)

in my opinion, this is your most INFORMATIVE video...I appreciate it!

wow ! you made my life so easier ! now I can sing high note and doesn't feel strain at all ! Thank You So Much ! God bless you, Dileesa !

This helped me so much, I never realized that this technique was so simple. I had been trying for ages to go from the highest I can belt ( D or E above middle C depending on how much I warmed up) to even higher notes without going into a soft head voice. Thank you!!

This was awesome, thank you x

You are great, be blessed as well! Such a clear explanation, sweet voice, you are great and thank you, thank you!!Good luck !!

Good luck dear Dileesa✨🍀🍀🍀🌹tnx for the info💙💙💙

thank u so much for these tips. i was a voice major in college and have been singing for a few years now. however, i always had difficulty bringing all of the aspects of singing together. i was either singing too much one way or too much in the other. this helped bring everything into perspective.

You are Amazing! Thank you!🥰💖

Wow! Very helpful. :) Beautiful voice, as well. Thanks!

This is brilliant! Thank you!

Once again I find that you deliver plenty of quality when it comes to answering questions that aspiring singers have on a daily basis. I found your tutorial very informative. I like how you gave several different examples and ways for singers to go about practicing to achieve said goal. Sometimes one size doesn't always fit all and you took this into account. Your voice sounded lovely and I can tell you really have the power to back up what you say. Keep it up! Best, Marvin P.S. I like your tip about how to sing pop by singing with a smile. Very simple but powerful:-]

you're awesome. this is exactly the help i need. thank you!

yesssss me too i can sing high notes so easy it just comes out so smooth thanks dilessa

i like the examples you give, it helps someone like me who has trouble with abstract ideas

Thank you for this lesson! I really needed it. You are right on point. God bless you for sharing your gift with us.

YOU ARE FABULOUS!!!!

thank you you help me to understand the difference between classic,bel canto and gospel thecnique

Dileesa, maybe you won`t have the chance to read this, for I suppose you receive thousands of messages. I wanna thank you so much for these materials that you kindly posted to us, and I want you to know that this became my Bible in singing. Needless to say you look gourgeous, beautiful, and that your voice is amazingly nice and technically perfect for me. You can sing, girl, you can sing! (sorry for english mistakes, it is my third language). God bless you always! Happy Xmas and NYE! Primo

Got a life changing audition coming up!!! Thanks!!!

thank you so much.....i really love your style....by the way...you sound amazing.

Dileesa, your head voice is sooo beautiful

Thank you so much for sharing your gift with us God bless you I been wanting to have voice lesson all my life this is great teaching.

Thank you so much! I appreciate the support.

be blessed dear, thank you so much. I love your lessons!

Beautiful ❤️, thank you for your teaching!

Words can't explain how I'm thankful to you for this video! I mean I'm still struggling with that chesty voice when going high cause it's so hard , and at the same time i don't want mixed voice to become just a head voice, but doing those vocal trainings with you made it obvious what my mixed voice should be like. Thank You !!!!

Thank you very much! This is awesome. God bless!

Thank you so much for your input. My coach is a tenor and focuses on opera but my love is musical theater - I WANT TO BELT and this has helped much. You are wonderful!

This is very useful Dileesa - Thank You!

This is great! I've been wondering how this was done for a long time. Thanks for posting this. I'm a new subscriber for sure!

Beautiful advices! you're great :)

THANK YOU...God Bless You!!

love you that was awesome, and u were always smiling loved it i learned a lot thanx thanx thanx dont doubt it im 10000% subscribed GBU

ohh gosh!! thanks thanks so much!! i learned a lot from you!

Thank you, Dileesa. Really appreciate your sharing all that you've learned. God will bring it back to you 100 fold. I have a light voice with pretty good range. Have never had formal training, but took voice lessons here and there. Seems like there are SO many different styles of teaching. Gets confusing. I do lead vocals with a church band and have always wanted to learn to belt. Thanks so much! Will let you know how it goes.

I LOVE YOU! YOU'VE CHANGED MY SINGING VOICE! NOW I CAN HIT HIGH NOTES WITH EASE! :D THANKS A LOT. ^_^

Thank you! All you guys are awesome!

wow, such a helpful video Dileesa! Just clarifies everything that i'm currently practicing! i'm a countertenor and the pure EE vowel really helps my higher range for head voice in the mask!

Awesome video!!! It doesn't hurt at all :))