I think this is the single most important thing to learn if you want to sing in "mix". I think some people call this "laryngeal tilt". If you can do this on lower notes, you can do this on higher notes. A good way to practice this is by humming on a lower note. Start off with a breathy hum, and transcend to a "balanced" hum, and then go all the way to creak. This is the range of your vocal compression. The good thing about doing it on a low hum is that you will the feel sound shift to your sinuses, and become sharper and more piercing. You will also feel your support kick in. The main thing to avoid is going into a yelly, muscular sound. You cannot comfortably take that sound higher, and you will hit a wall, probably around F#4, or so. After that, practice this on high notes. Go from falsetto, to a balanced mix, to the creak. You will feel the same sensation, but it will sound small and thin with your mouth closed. Don't worry about that and concentrate on making the sound tight and not breathy when you go to balanced mix and creak. Finally, practice this around your bridge. This is the trickiest place to do it. Go from falsetto, to a balanced mix, and then right up to the creak. Then start practicing this on an "eh" vowel, as in "get", and build from there! Experiment, and do some sirens from breathy low notes to high falsetto notes, asd then do some sirens trying to maintain that sharp, piercing chord closure. Play around with this, and get to know your voice!
I do exercises to help master my larynx position so that it doesn’t involuntarily rise up, or get pressed down to hard as I sing throughout the range. Please check out our videos on larynx positions for some guidance and singing exercises.
that is so well explained... pure gold !!
Thank you! Glad you found it helpful.
@ yes helpful for the Ledzep fan I am ! 😎
I think this is the single most important thing to learn if you want to sing in "mix". I think some people call this "laryngeal tilt".
If you can do this on lower notes, you can do this on higher notes.
A good way to practice this is by humming on a lower note. Start off with a breathy hum, and transcend to a "balanced" hum, and then go all the way to creak. This is the range of your vocal compression.
The good thing about doing it on a low hum is that you will the feel sound shift to your sinuses, and become sharper and more piercing. You will also feel your support kick in.
The main thing to avoid is going into a yelly, muscular sound. You cannot comfortably take that sound higher, and you will hit a wall, probably around F#4, or so.
After that, practice this on high notes. Go from falsetto, to a balanced mix, to the creak. You will feel the same sensation, but it will sound small and thin with your mouth closed. Don't worry about that and concentrate on making the sound tight and not breathy when you go to balanced mix and creak.
Finally, practice this around your bridge. This is the trickiest place to do it. Go from falsetto, to a balanced mix, and then right up to the creak.
Then start practicing this on an "eh" vowel, as in "get", and build from there!
Experiment, and do some sirens from breathy low notes to high falsetto notes, asd then do some sirens trying to maintain that sharp, piercing chord closure. Play around with this, and get to know your voice!
I love the way you coach voice
Thank you so much!
what do you think of switching between the 3 levels of connection without stopping singing ??? like a smooth transition between ?
Gold
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As you get higher, how do you compress your vocal cords without overraising your larynx?
I do exercises to help master my larynx position so that it doesn’t involuntarily rise up, or get pressed down to hard as I sing throughout the range. Please check out our videos on larynx positions for some guidance and singing exercises.
Do you do lives ?
We’ve done lives on IG but not yet on TH-cam. Is that something you’d be interested in?
Yes!