I love to sing and have a decent voice, but I have always been extremely weak in that mid-range where the switch happens. It's made me dread singing in front of others, even though I have a nice voice otherwise. I've done these exercises a couple times a week for maybe a couple months and I have noticed a dramatic difference! I can't believe it. For the first time in my life I feel confident singing. Thank you!
im so grateful for this lesson, i want to cry. i am an alto and i get furstrated when i sing bcause my voice easily cracks. :( there are times that i get discouraged. thank u Verba Vocal for not only teaching techniques but for encouraging us as well.
I just found an awesome singing learning course which I know you are going to love.The course teaches you how to sing professionally Here is the link >>> LearnSinging55.blogspot.kr
I love these exercises and do them often. I would love one like this that has more of a steady rhythm to it(doesn't pause so much and repeat the same one un-equal amounts) Like a daily voice exercise video for mixing head and chest would be tremendous! But more importantly, Your videos are a staple in my life right now, SO THANK YOU GREATLY!!!
I have not done this particular lesson for a while but making the switch is getting a lot more comfortable now as you have taught me to really understand the difference between the chest and head voices. Last July I had no idea what it meant! Now when I do these exercises I really feel the changes. I discovered the video before this one, where you give the tips, so it was a very useful precursor to this video. Off I go to the "singing room" now - don't want to bore you silly, but accept my very grateful thanks "comme d'habitude" (= as usual). Kind regards.
Oh wow! I've always to learn to sing. You have giving so much confidence in myself. I"m so glad to come across your video. You're the best out there. Thank you so much for posting your videos. They have been helpful. I'm a new subscriber!
I have quite a strong head voice (in the sense that my higher notes are quite strong and resonant) but I really struggle singing lower notes in my head voice in the exercise. Any tips?
+PinkGymnaticsGirl It may just be that your head voice doesn't go that low. That's not a bad thing, it's just that everyone's voice sits at a different register. Head voice is really for higher range anyway, so as long as you've got power up high then I wouldn't worry! You can use chest voice for the lower notes.
Thanks s much for replying! I feel like these exercises will really help since I find that some notes in the lower/middle part of my register, right where I go into head voice, are a little weak (especially since my higher notes are pretty strong)
Thanks for your videos they have helped improve my voice.Your style of teaching is excellent and your smiles help relieve the tension. Feels like the lesson is in realtime. Thanks again!
Song lyrics to Voices of Spring (aka. Frühlingsstimmen), sung by Christine McIntyre in Micro-Phonies, starring the Three Stooges The lark rises into the blue, the mellow wind mildly blowing; his lovely mild breath revives and kisses the field, the meadow.
I usually watch Jeff Rolka for voice lessons on YT, but i remember stumbling on her on one day . Gotta say not only did this lesson bring me back but so did her dress xD
Whenever I sing in my lower head voice (example: the first excercise) my voice gets to a point where it automatically switched down to chest voice and it effects me whenever I sing any sort of song and I don’t know where to start
Hello Anna. I love this video for the gear changes and switching exercises but have had to give up after a few minutes because of the poor internet connection we have here. However I did want to write again, because I asked a question a while ago about my voice becoming very dry and you rightly said to drink more water. Luckily that does help. But this morning I sang these songs: You Must Love Me, Don't Cry for Me Argentina, I'd be Surprisingly Good for You and If You Loved Me. I put heart and soul into my singing but by the end there were a few breaks and I became a bit croaky. I am hoping you are going to say you still don't think it's a problem because I can't do without singing (more) now. So sorry to bother you with this again, but I guess I am hoping it's just the same kind of thing as before. By the way, I have done OK with the exercises. I have also forgotten to tell you before that I can do the Vibrato now. Before I started using your wonderful videos, I tried to do it, but of course it wasn't right, but when you said that it would "come", I knew it would and it comes naturally in songs now, and where it's needed, I THINK! Thank you as always Anna. Kindest regards to you and Mark.
Hey I just noticed that you run a singing training channel as well and I am really stunned cause I used to watch your singing videos quite a long time ago and I recently switched to your other channel for English lessons but until now I didn't know that you were the same girl who runs both the channels. I love the way you're working as both vocal coach and an English teacher .keep it up! and yes you're cute (:
Does a deep bite have any effect on one's voice? I sing most of the songs easily but have a lot of difficulty due to tension in my jaws. My voice usually ends up being nasal and ultimately it hurts my nose and throat.
I don't know really where to post this comment Anna. I read somewhere that you said try and sing a range of different types of song (correct me if I'm wrong) which I am doing. My favourite genre is still musical theatre and always will be, but I am pushing myself all the same. I have been practising "The first time ever I saw your face" because of the very slow music. So of course it makes me hold all the notes which I am managing to do. I don't allow myself to stick with the "easy" stuff, as I love a challenge. By the way this video really helps distinguishing between the 2 voices. GREAT GREAT GREAT! Kind regards, comme d'habitude!
You are so helpful thankyou very much. This particular one added to others has been awesome. I have noticed a big difference. Keep going you are the best...fellow brit too!
Is it just me or does the Spanish language basically prepare you to sing because of it's poetic passionate flowing sound with airiness, plus fast speaking and very clear vowels?
My chest voice and head voice feels so disconnected because my chest is so low then my head voice/falsetto is way to high compared to to my chest too the point that it's actually difficult to blend them smoothly.
Hai anna, i i'm from indonesia n i love u so much and i wanna say thank you for uploading all these videos that help me to sing better. U r the best. God bless u.
Love this video and use it along with your daily warmups, but have been getting an error trying to play it the last couple of days -- the ads play but the video itself won't start. Maybe it's just me so I'll keep trying! I'm able to watch your other videos though. Thanks for the lessons, they are awesome, I've noticed such an improvement in my voice!!
I looked through your playlists and videos but I couldn't find if you have a video on finding my mixed voice. Have you done one? It's my current challenge - I don't know how to mix in M1 to M2, I only know that I have to do so!
First time checking out your channel awesome content 👏 I'm trying to learn how to switch between head a chest voice all I'm feeling so far is throat and chest is this normal? Does it take a while to make it go to your head or should that come naturally? I took a test last week and it said i have a range of 1 octaves from C# 2 to Bb3 it was my first time taking the test hopefully i can improve that soon
How often would you recommend to do these exercises? I've been working this one and your Alternative 1 daily exercise. Can it be overdone? Is twice a day too much?
hi, i have a problem. When in sing high I feel like there is something in the way blocking the voice . it feels like the voice isnt coming out its fullest. And when I sing a key or note I cant make it stable. like for example I sing middle C for 5 second, my voice is shaking like it doesnt comeout the fullest and I cant sustain my voice in singing the same for a period of time. pls help. thanks
I have the exact same problem. My singing coach says it's a mixture of not enough air support and closed throat. Try taking really deep breathes and almost sighing to carry out the note. She says imagine lifting your soft pallet (the back of your throat) and smiling while you do it. I dunno but smiling makes you sound brighter.
If you have problem Achieving high notes it could be because you're not ready to go up there., There are muscles in your body which keep the throat open Those muscles don't need to be that strong for talking or very light singing, but if you want to sing more challenging material and/or increase your vocal stamina you need To do vocal exercises to strengthen those Trying to do this by using courses whereby you monitor your own singing progress is a very Risky Business what you need is one-to-one tuition with a real person or at least on Skype
Warning! Attractive Distraction! Try to keep your mind, thoughts and eyes on the singing exercises......if possible! Great lesson between Chest and head voice. Thanks
😂everyone's commenting about issues with headvoice, but I'm sitting here wondering if I'm properly switching to chest voice. You did a really good tutorial though
Hey, on the last exercise you say not to go back to the head voice with the AH but it really sounds like that's what you are doing???And when I try and do this it's extremely hard to keep it in head voice.
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verba: boys here we go..
me, a girl: alto powers aCtivAtED
lol
Haha
don't know if it's intentional or not but i just love how the text seems to be color coordinated with the dress
stunning ! 🙌🏼
of course it it, she's a professional!
I love to sing and have a decent voice, but I have always been extremely weak in that mid-range where the switch happens. It's made me dread singing in front of others, even though I have a nice voice otherwise. I've done these exercises a couple times a week for maybe a couple months and I have noticed a dramatic difference! I can't believe it. For the first time in my life I feel confident singing. Thank you!
Great to hear. Keep up the good work!
Wow, you're my new favorite page. You're my foray back into singing. You seem to be the only one to teach with piano.
my voice always cracks when i switch chest to head. it's like i cant make the bridge to it smooth
i can help you if you wish ! you still have problem ?
@@gabrielaRAEL can you help me
@@cz538 yes, with pleasure
Gabriela Dolanska i have the same problem! what do i do?
@@gabrielaRAEL I need help too ;-;
im so grateful for this lesson, i want to cry. i am an alto and i get furstrated when i sing bcause my voice easily cracks. :( there are times that i get discouraged.
thank u Verba Vocal for not only teaching techniques but for encouraging us as well.
I was just getting ready to ask if you could make a video on this very topic! You're killin the game out here (which means your the best).
I just found an awesome singing learning course which I know you are going to love.The course teaches you how to sing professionally
Here is the link >>> LearnSinging55.blogspot.kr
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I love these exercises and do them often. I would love one like this that has more of a steady rhythm to it(doesn't pause so much and repeat the same one un-equal amounts) Like a daily voice exercise video for mixing head and chest would be tremendous! But more importantly, Your videos are a staple in my life right now, SO THANK YOU GREATLY!!!
I have not done this particular lesson for a while but making the switch is getting a lot more comfortable now as you have taught me to really understand the difference between the chest and head voices. Last July I had no idea what it meant! Now when I do these exercises I really feel the changes. I discovered the video before this one, where you give the tips, so it was a very useful precursor to this video. Off I go to the "singing room" now - don't want to bore you silly, but accept my very grateful thanks "comme d'habitude" (= as usual). Kind regards.
Thank you for lovely training your voice tips. I will practice daily....
how the hell she know i switched to early? LMAO 6:18
Oh wow! I've always to learn to sing. You have giving so much confidence in myself. I"m so glad to come across your video. You're the best out there. Thank you so much for posting your videos. They have been helpful. I'm a new subscriber!
I have quite a strong head voice (in the sense that my higher notes are quite strong and resonant) but I really struggle singing lower notes in my head voice in the exercise. Any tips?
+PinkGymnaticsGirl It may just be that your head voice doesn't go that low. That's not a bad thing, it's just that everyone's voice sits at a different register. Head voice is really for higher range anyway, so as long as you've got power up high then I wouldn't worry! You can use chest voice for the lower notes.
Thanks s much for replying! I feel like these exercises will really help since I find that some notes in the lower/middle part of my register, right where I go into head voice, are a little weak (especially since my higher notes are pretty strong)
dont sing in low note..simple
@@zhaqqqq a person should be able to sing in different ranges.
I'm a beginner, this is very helpful. And this is only exercise that I found on YT. Thank you!
Your warmup lessons and this lesson are FANTASTIC💗 THANK YOU so much
+Monika Gustafsson You're very welcome. Thanks for your kind words.
I wish I could hire her to teach me singing! She always knows what I need to make my voice better with these great lessons! THANK YOU SO MUCH xox
this is my go to video after I do my warm ups! its fantastic and I really hear and FEEL a difference !
Love love love your channel! Thank you so much for posting very specific and no-nonsense exercises and information with professionalism!
thank you..i need this..waitng for more chest tone exercises..God Bless
This video is very helpful! I often have a hard time going from loud to soft or vice versa. Thanks for these videos!😊
:)
Anna is very beautiful and nice, and her teaching is pretty easy and clear, anyone would be so lucky to have her as a singing teacher
Thanks for your videos they have helped improve my voice.Your style of teaching is excellent and your smiles help relieve the tension. Feels like the lesson is in realtime. Thanks again!
perfect lesson ive ever seen... thank u so muchh
Song lyrics to Voices of Spring (aka. Frühlingsstimmen), sung by Christine McIntyre in Micro-Phonies, starring the Three Stooges
The lark rises into the blue,
the mellow wind mildly blowing;
his lovely mild breath revives
and kisses the field, the meadow.
Great exercises! Thanks a lot!! This has always been a huge struggle for me!
Really, This exercise very helpful for singing,,,I am doing daily,,,Thanks for upload,
You are so sweet I love your energy and wisdom thank you💕
You always kick my butt with this exercise... AND I LOVE IT!
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Thank you, Anna! I'm enjoying your lessons a lot. Very helpful indeed!
You are welcome. :)
Bonjour Anna
Congratulations for your videos and advice, vocal exercises and in addition you are beautiful:-) merci !
I usually watch Jeff Rolka for voice lessons on YT, but i remember stumbling on her on one day . Gotta say not only did this lesson bring me back but so did her dress xD
Thank you so much for that wonderful much needed training.
+Amber Brisingham You’re very welcome.
Thank you very much!! Right after this video I was just mumbling something and I heard that it actually changed and helped very much
+Katarína Sallem That's great! :-)
My vocal range went up since I started doing your exercises I used to be g3-b5 now I'm g3-g6
Inventor of music:Theres no people who have A0-C14
Me: does this
(After weeks)
Me:oh noo i have range of A0-C14
Thank you for this one ,it's so helpfull
I'm a female low alt/ alt ,sometimes afraid for the high notes especially when I have my allergie problems
Keep at it :)
I wish I lived in England so I could take private lessons!
Sooo helpful! Thank you, Anna!
Whenever I sing in my lower head voice (example: the first excercise) my voice gets to a point where it automatically switched down to chest voice and it effects me whenever I sing any sort of song and I don’t know where to start
Same I’m 14 and it just messes up the flow of a song I need help
Hello Anna. I love this video for the gear changes and switching exercises but have had to give up after a few minutes because of the poor internet connection we have here. However I did want to write again, because I asked a question a while ago about my voice becoming very dry and you rightly said to drink more water. Luckily that does help. But this morning I sang these songs: You Must Love Me, Don't Cry for Me Argentina, I'd be Surprisingly Good for You and If You Loved Me. I put heart and soul into my singing but by the end there were a few breaks and I became a bit croaky. I am hoping you are going to say you still don't think it's a problem because I can't do without singing (more) now. So sorry to bother you with this again, but I guess I am hoping it's just the same kind of thing as before. By the way, I have done OK with the exercises. I have also forgotten to tell you before that I can do the Vibrato now. Before I started using your wonderful videos, I tried to do it, but of course it wasn't right, but when you said that it would "come", I knew it would and it comes naturally in songs now, and where it's needed, I THINK! Thank you as always Anna. Kindest regards to you and Mark.
Hey I just noticed that you run a singing training channel as well and I am really stunned cause I used to watch your singing videos quite a long time ago and I recently switched to your other channel for English lessons but until now I didn't know that you were the same girl who runs both the channels. I love the way you're working as both vocal coach and an English teacher .keep it up! and yes you're cute (:
Took about 0.7 seconds to fall completely in love :O
Jeremy Crichton. Get on the singing practice. This is not a dating site.
Does a deep bite have any effect on one's voice? I sing most of the songs easily but have a lot of difficulty due to tension in my jaws. My voice usually ends up being nasal and ultimately it hurts my nose and throat.
My chest voice and head voice are soooooo different and this has always been my number 1 frustration lol thank you!
I don't know really where to post this comment Anna. I read somewhere that you said try and sing a range of different types of song (correct me if I'm wrong) which I am doing. My favourite genre is still musical theatre and always will be, but I am pushing myself all the same. I have been practising "The first time ever I saw your face" because of the very slow music. So of course it makes me hold all the notes which I am managing to do. I don't allow myself to stick with the "easy" stuff, as I love a challenge. By the way this video really helps distinguishing between the 2 voices. GREAT GREAT GREAT! Kind regards, comme d'habitude!
Diane Shepherd I know it’s late but i just wanted to say i hope that everything is going well and i encourage you taking up the challenges 💪🏻☺️💙
God bless you sister for the lessons.
Good Vid Anna!! Love the way you explain things!!!
+GJ Duncan Thank you. :-)
This is the best switching video! Thank you!!
You are so helpful thankyou very much. This particular one added to others has been awesome. I have noticed a big difference. Keep going you are the best...fellow brit too!
Thank you for the update You Look absolutely gorgeous...
God bLess
Wow, That was a work out! You're a very intuitive instructor, I was like "how did she know I switched too early?!" Haha. Awesome session, Thank you!
Love these exercises. Very good.
This is such a great video. I have done it several times and will do it again.
+jennifer Lindberg Thank you. So pleased you enjoyed it. 😀
Thank you for this video, really helpful. Keeping it going! practicing dailyy..
Wow , you are amazing for this.
I will practice this every morning after warm ups
What an amazingly helpful video! I keep coming back to it!
Is it just me or does the Spanish language basically prepare you to sing because of it's poetic passionate flowing sound with airiness, plus fast speaking and very clear vowels?
+Whispp_Purr An interesting point. Every language uses different Vocal sounds. And yes, you're right about Spanish!
Idk why but switching from my head and chest voice is always so much easier when I’m singing in Spanish so maybe??
I'm hispanic and my voice still cracks lol
English speakers, Americans in particular, speak very nasal, so it's super easy for them to use their already activated nasal resonators.
This actually helped and I wasn’t sure which exercise I needed. I woke up this morning sounding congested and this helped.
Holy shit when i did the siren i felt the difference already! Thanks so much
I love your exercice! Thank you so much
Thank you so much for this lesson. It's been amazingly helpful to me.
+MollC78 That's great. Really pleased it helped. 😀
Your also my favorite page my voice now is improving becuz of u,,
thank u! you dont even get how much i needed this!
My chest voice and head voice feels so disconnected because my chest is so low then my head voice/falsetto is way to high compared to to my chest too the point that it's actually difficult to blend them smoothly.
I used to have this problem, it just came with a lot of practice with exercises like these. It was so rewarding when I realized I could finally do it!
Do some exercises to sing long notes. And how long can you sing a long note?
Hai anna, i i'm from indonesia n i love u so much and i wanna say thank you for uploading all these videos that help me to sing better. U r the best. God bless u.
Wow, thank you for your kind comments :)
Praying for You all in Indonesia❤️
this is amazing. I love this. its just what I need! thank you so much!!!
You're welcome!
Thank you very much, I found this very helpful :)
You are welcome
Love this video and use it along with your daily warmups, but have been getting an error trying to play it the last couple of days -- the ads play but the video itself won't start. Maybe it's just me so I'll keep trying! I'm able to watch your other videos though. Thanks for the lessons, they are awesome, I've noticed such an improvement in my voice!!
+kmlawn Thank you for your comment. I'll look into this straight away.
Verba Vocal Technique THANK YOU!!! It's working for me now! 😀
Love your videos, very helpful! I thought I couldn't even access my head voice before!
+Mejarahaun That's great. Really glad you found them helpful.
Do you also do actual singing courses? I feel you are an amazing teacher
Are you gonna teach on how to get a bit soft yet gentle voice for people with somewhat deep voices?
I will put it on the list :)
Glad found this, I've failed most of times when it comes to this.
+이 상 한 아 이 미 Hope it helps.
thanks a lot mam😊😊
+Madhubanti Mukherjee You're welcome.
I looked through your playlists and videos but I couldn't find if you have a video on finding my mixed voice. Have you done one? It's my current challenge - I don't know how to mix in M1 to M2, I only know that I have to do so!
mam if possible please teach how to do falsetto...
Very helpful. Thankyou!
This is really good! Thank you!
+Joy Z You’re very welcome. Glad you enjoyed it!
I love these exercisesand they really are so helpful
Excellent video!
Hi Anna excelentes ejercicios🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷❤❤❤
Awesome chest voice lessons.. good job youtube algorithm
First time checking out your channel awesome content 👏
I'm trying to learn how to switch between head a chest voice all I'm feeling so far is throat and chest is this normal?
Does it take a while to make it go to your head or should that come naturally? I took a test last week and it said i have a range of 1 octaves from C# 2 to Bb3 it was my first time taking the test hopefully i can improve that soon
As usual, great!
+Jackie Callahan Thanks!
Thank you! I loved it
I love u my couch u r awesome 😍😍😍😍😍😍
I love your videos so much!!! Can you maybe make one on how to get rid of nasal sound when singing
There is a video on here about that. Hit the video tab and search nasality or nasal :)
When i unconciously switched voices and she said "good"
Nu-uhh not good HAHAHAH
How often would you recommend to do these exercises? I've been working this one and your Alternative 1 daily exercise. Can it be overdone? Is twice a day too much?
hi, i have a problem. When in sing high I feel like there is something in the way blocking the voice . it feels like the voice isnt coming out its fullest. And when I sing a key or note I cant make it stable. like for example I sing middle C for 5 second, my voice is shaking like it doesnt comeout the fullest and I cant sustain my voice in singing the same for a period of time. pls help. thanks
I have the exact same problem. My singing coach says it's a mixture of not enough air support and closed throat. Try taking really deep breathes and almost sighing to carry out the note. She says imagine lifting your soft pallet (the back of your throat) and smiling while you do it. I dunno but smiling makes you sound brighter.
If you have problem Achieving high notes it could be because you're not ready to go up there., There are muscles in your body which keep the throat open Those muscles don't need to be that strong for talking or very light singing,
but if you want to sing more challenging material and/or increase your vocal stamina you need To do vocal exercises to strengthen those Trying to do this by using courses whereby you monitor your own singing progress
is a very Risky Business what you need is one-to-one tuition with a real person or at least on Skype
U r so good teacher
Warning! Attractive Distraction! Try to keep your mind, thoughts and eyes on the singing exercises......if possible! Great lesson between Chest and head voice. Thanks
SHE IS GORGEOUS XX
Thank you thank you, you are amazing
+Josue Cardona Thankyou. :-)
Do you have a video just for chest voice? I'm not sure if I'm just overlooking it.
😂everyone's commenting about issues with headvoice, but I'm sitting here wondering if I'm properly switching to chest voice. You did a really good tutorial though
THANKYOU ♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️ I love you!
Hey, on the last exercise you say not to go back to the head voice with the AH but it really sounds like that's what you are doing???And when I try and do this it's extremely hard to keep it in head voice.