Singing with a Mixed voice confused me even a few years into my studies. This video will clear up confusion and help you understand and sing with mix...right in the video. Watch and give it a try!
Yes I made it after watch most of your videos. My next challenge now is how to hold those notes nicely while maintain a nice tone and timbre. Why do I always sound like to soft...?😫😫And if I put more chess (loud a bit) into it I will break...
Hi Ryan: When first learning, the larynx always wants to come up and help us. But that only makes it harder. Always begin by focusing on your vocal type and the exercises for your vocal type. Starting softer is actually better. It will grow in strength if you do them correctly. Have you gotten your vocal type?
If according to your video pertaining vocal type in your website and my vocal type 2 years ago was Pull Chess High Larynx. But after undergo your tips and some practice I use to be lost and unsure what have I done to my singing habit but I'm sure of I never push my chess so high anymore. I think I sang in Mixed but the thing is its sound like dominant to Head Voice which is thin and sometime I afraid I fall to falsetto because the sound almost a same. (Of course quit a high note) song. Well anyway, I just wanna to take the opportunity here to thank you for your sincerity to share with us a very useful tips which have bring a big changes in my singing experience. I somehow have more confident to sing nowadays as easily to reach high note with no worries. Its just how to preserve nice tone and stability in hold note on my passagio. Thanks again sir. I surely recommend your videos and website to people in Malaysia. I have followed you in Instagram as well since early last year
ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-JFwmej3N__A.html Perhaps from video at link above will give you idea what exactly is my vocal problem. It is a higher key version and reason I sang it in that key was because it will be worse if I sing it lower key. The climax part of the song is at F4 note but I hv no idea how to support the note to make it strong. It become too soft...But i have problem as well sing it in high key..😫😫
@@ryancikgux7810 Ryan...you have a great voice. Don't be discouraged. The main challenge you face is the vowels are spreading too wide. This causes chest voice to be pulled too high. So you are singing often with pulled up chest. You can't build your mix stronger like that. You hit some wonderful head voice notes...congratulations. You might find this video helpful: www.powertosing.com/ep-25-how-to-sing-high-notes-vowel-modifying-hacks/ On the high notes when you are singing Cha la ray if you narrowed the vowel to chuh (as in buck) luh rey or even Choo (as in book) loo rey it will help you stay in mix and head voice. It takes time to get all this right. Be patient. But I think you have an awesome voice.
I love how you're not afraid to show us what singing incorrectly sounds like. For most people like me who have problems going into head voice and stuff like that, it's kind of embarrassing to break into falsetto, but you make it lighthearted so we're not afraid to try it ourselves. Thanks!
@@PowerToSing I tried changing the "ah" to an "uh" and got a few notes higher, but it only happened once. While I now understand head voice, I think, I haven't been able to manipulate my body to go into it...
I dont have to seek for more clarity now! All your videos seem like they are made to answer the exact questions i have and to correct the exact mistakes i do!! Thank you soo soo much💖
My husband ran across your videos yesterday and I can see why he was so excited by them! Fascinating stuff and so clearly explained, demonstrated and encouraging. Thank you so much! Liked and subscribed!
Honestly, that was very helpful! I've never received official instruction on how to sing so I've been trying to figure it out on my own, & I've heard about some of these voices for years but never quite got it - This video helps some of those pieces fall into place, thanks! (My favorite singer is Peter Cetera, & I've heard that he uses mixed voice really well to produce his awesome sound)
You are so amazing!!! You are always accommodating to show the genuine singing skills. How come I can be so incredibly fortunate to know you on RU-vid. Recently I found I can switch between chest and head voice with lower volume, but when it came to really sing a song , It's very challenging for me not to pull up the chest voice. Hope one day I can take your lessons to build up my mix voice!!
HI WuGary. Your experience is similar to many of us who are learning. As you keep working singing the songs and staying in mix will get easier. You might find this video helpful: www.powertosing.com/ep-25-how-to-sing-high-notes-vowel-modifying-hacks/ let me know what you think about this video. Thanks
@@PowerToSing Honestly, I figured it out *just* before watching this video. I was listening to a song by the Backstreet Boys, and it suddenly just clicked and it all made sense.
I've always had a weak and airy falsetto. But in recent years I’ve been getting a kind of motorboating sound and sometimes a double sound like a penguin in my falsetto voice. Consequently, I rarely use that section of my voice So, I had a laryngoscopy recently because I thought I might have vocal nodules (nodes). The good news is I do not have nodules or polyps or lumps or bumps of any kind on my vocal cords. However, the doctor found my vocal cords do not fully connect (close) in my high (falsetto) register. Or as it is put in the report "At upper registry there is a significant trans glottic gap and decreased vibration". Now I know why my falsetto is so weak. Are there exercises that can help strengthen that area of my voice? I would think I would have to have a stronger falsetto to transition to mixed voice. I've been singing for more than 50 years so I hope it's not too late to improve that part of my voice.
Were they able to tell you why, or give you a cause for the gap? It sounds like in recent years it changed and became more prevalent. Was there something that happened during your singer, or an illness that correlates with the motor boating/double sound?
@@PowerToSing No. Nothing unusual happened to my voice. Not anything I'm aware of. The falsetto has always been weak sounding so I rarely use it, but I'd like to learn about mixed voice. And my chest voice upper range has diminished since the pandemic shut down. I did my vocal warm ups during that time, but that doesn't do as much as singing on gigs 4 - 6 days a week like I did before the shut down.
@@Ekkie101 You want to continue to develop the entire cord structure with the exercises, but as part of that I recommend including Aaa and/or Naa as in "at" with an exaggerated pharyngeal sound and then doing the exercises with the normal voice. I would use this with the 5 tone, Octave Repeat and 1 1/2 scales. The goal is to try reduce or eliminate the gap. A weak or breathy head voice, will often cause the Mix to be the same way....since it is a blend of chest and head voice.
As my voice followed the Ladies' scale rising from chest through mixed, where 'ah' changes to sound better as 'uh,' I took note (😉) that my tongue and throat changed shape. Over the years, I've gotten better at crossing that break from chest to head voice because I've learned to change the shape of my throat through the transition. Though I hadn't heard the term Mixed Voice before, I think this describes that shift. The description, "feeling the vibrations in the head," reminded me of that distinct bone-buzzing sensation between the roof of my mouth and my cheekbones when i sing certain tones. It sometimes feels like my upper teeth are vibrating in their sockets. I'd like to know if other singers notice that sensation, and I'm really curious to find out if listeners can hear that bone-buzz in a singer's voice.
I feel the vibration easier to feel in my chest voice. I'm still working on my mixed voice and head voice. I just keep flipping into falsetto. Also, at what notes should you start changing the ah vowel to uh?
Sorry Chuck - but your explanation is using very outdated terminology and a misunderstanding of what's happening internally inside the resonance tract. There is no "chest" or "head" voice -its all a mixes of resonances - dominant and sub-dominant. As we stretch the folds for shorter and faster pitches, physics take over and the folds can only produce certain frequencies naturally. These changes in resonant frequencies, combined with a switch from the anterior muscles to the posterior muscles of the larynx, wreak havoc with the resonating frequency of the mouth. Every mouth has its own unique resonating frequency similar to a wine glass. That is why certain people's so-called "passagio" can occur on slightly different pitches. Its why a baritone's "break" will happen closer to Middle C than a Tenors. Different shaped mouth and different sizes folds. Physics. No one should have to modify an "Ah" vowel to an "Uh" to transverse this switch of musculature. A simple lowering of the larynx and some added diaphragmatic pressure stabilizes this muscle switch. The "break" is an uncoordinated gradual switching of these muscles groups through the resonating frequency of the mouth. I like you Chuck, I really do, but you need some updating of what YOU were taught. And that G4 should NOT be that heady - not for a baritone like yourself. It should be a lot beefier.
Wow! This is interesting really. I started learn singing since 3 years ago. My vocal type pull chess high larynx. Throughout my journey of learning on my own through online videos I found numbers of conflict between Vocal Coach and between my personal experience and Vocal Coach. Most of my own experience is similar to your explanation here. Atlast I got my answer of my doubts which is right and wrong. Ohh I wish you are just near to my area unfortunately you're not. Hmmm thanks for the tips. I have subscribed your Videos. Hopes I can get something from there to improve my vocal.
Hi Keith: In the video I said, "I’ll describe it from the perspective of what it feels and sounds like to a singer." Perhaps it would be more accurate to say, this is a first person description of what I feel as I sing through my bridge. In this video I recommended the "uh" as a fast/simple way to experience the beginning of bridging. Also my intent was to help others experience mix...maybe for the first time. I'm not too concerned about sounding lighter...especially when too many try singing too loud through the bridge...which only muscles them up.
There is another and better alternative and that is singing with Mix, which is a blend of chest and head. Eventually Mix is strong enough that your audience thinks it's chest voice.
I can feel chest I can’t feel head .. I’m autistic and I have poor body awareness I’m finding this helpful but I’m still confused and want to know I’m doing this properly .. I’m pretty sure my break point is G# which could means I’m a woman .. I’m going to check .. I did okay .. I still have my man bits .. oh yeah the pdf .. I forgot to download that yesterday .. I actually want to sing lower and I’m having trouble getting any power in my low range .. I’m on an ad with a girl who “ooh I love that one” is playing me really crap 808 drum machine samples .. I’ll let it run to the end so you get the 1/100th of a cent .. who knows by the time I figure this out it might even buy you a coffee 😮
I'm not autistic and I can't feel head voice either. It may be time for a lesson. When the time is right: SCHEDULE YOUR LESSON HERE: www.powertosing.com/schedule-lesson/
@@PowerToSing need to catch up on some finances before that can happen, wife had a lot of ops for cancer last year and I was running a music shop which I’ve had to park .. I could send you a guitar or a kazoo ;/)
I used to find it difficult when singing high notes. Is it idea to start to sing with chest voice or with head voice. I don't know if it's wrong to start a song with chest voice or preferably head voice. Kindly let me know the best thing to do sir.
It means the vocal cords are not coming together adequately. Too much air escaping. Often, the Light chest voice doesn't feel the bridge, so no problem singing to the G4. But it's often too breathy and light.
I feel the same. This is just how I have always sung. Feel lucky, but it is very nice to have some vocabulary and to become more aware of what's actually going on rather than just singing :)
Power To Sing yes, because my voice is like a bass voice 😅, i feel mix in my range, but i need more instructions about passagio, post more videos like this, ok? thnks 😊
But I'm confused. I've got two kinds of head voices, one is really weak and originates when I try to belt. The other one is robust and the head sounds good but the mixed sounds as if I am mimicking Tarzen...lmao.
@@PowerToSing I think I got the transitioning right. Thank you so much, it couldn't have happened without you. But still, I am unable to actually mix head and chest such that the chest voice dominates the head and sing the high notes as if singing in chest voice.
@@knightfury6587 I haven't met many who are able to at first. I sure couldn't for a while. It's like learning to walk, or ride a bicycle, or play a sport, it takes time. But sounds like you are making a start.
@@PowerToSing Actually, I'm from India and I received a bit of classical training (not a professional though). So in our culture, main preference is given to the chest voice. Head voice is used but rarely. But for me, I didn't even know that such a thing as head voice singing existed. I always used to wonder, how do the western singers sing so high where I used to try singing that high in chest lmao. Both of the singing styles have their own complexities and beauty. But it wouldn't have been possible without your support. Thank you so much.
@@knightfury6587 Thanks KF: Yes, I've come to know Indian Classical music is primarily in chest voice...and it is very hard on the voice. One of my students, who got her masters in that music, spoke with many performers of this genre and the majority said they all have had vocal difficulties over the years. I believe it is because not only is it in chest voice, but the melodies are frequently at the top of chest voice...which puts a great strain on the voice over time.
It's hard to find it without instruction. Almost meed someone to be there to say.... ok now do ur mix, modulate ur mouth, lift up the note here etcetera. I suck at singing but want to be better nonetheless. That vibration is healing.
The sound waves sent out by the vocal cords vibrate the surrounding structures...kind of like a sound speaker vibrates the surrounding cabinet...or even us if we are close enough.
