dunno if you guys cares but if you guys are bored like me atm then you can stream all the new movies and series on Instaflixxer. I've been binge watching with my gf for the last couple of weeks :)
I've been feeling discouraged for years...years... because I lost my upper range and had to start dropping the key to a lot of songs or stop playing them entirely. I've been so focused on improving my chest voice and didn't even know the mixed voice existed. This video and your others restored it within a few hours. This video though especially...explained it perfectly. Thanks so much. I know I have a long way to go, but thanks to you I know how to practice/improve.
Your voice itself is a great example for us, Tyler. Probably one of the best male voices I've ever heard. Since I started to watch your videos I had the confirmation that the "mix voice" was something I had already experienced(when I was laughing really hard, for example), but I wasn't sure how to control it. So, your videos on this subject helped me a lot, these exercises with the mouth covered were gold. I'm slowly getting better, I think... ahahahaha. It is really hard to describe this feeling, but I maybe have discovered my "mix" this way: -> I went up the scale until my voice broke. -> Then I started to play around that break, because there is a point of balance where you are in a stable sound (sometimes sound awful). So, I would go up and down (without pushing chest voice) trying not to break. -> When I'm on this balance state I feel a could go really high, and I can, actually! It's a powerful voice, that feels really light(and unstable sometimes?). Of course I don't sound anything like Tyler, by I think I'm at the same spot with my voice. PS.: Your neighbors may think you are crazy when doing that(but, who cares anyway?) Tyler, is this familiar to you? Or I'm just crazy? hahahahah. Anyway, thank you very much for this amazing content for free, we don't deserve that!
Wow thank you for the very kind words! I really appreciate it! Yes totally laughing very hard will get you into mix voice! It is really hard to describe the feeling, i would say that means you are onto something. The goal isn't to sound like me it's to sound like 100% authentically you! By the way it's ok that it feels unstable at times, that is totally normal! In time it does become more and more stable and useable! Keep at it!
I used to watch your videos a lot before I got a teacher and had never understood what you were actually explaining and trying to teach until it finally hit me that all of the singers I listen to are absolutely not pulling chest no matter how convincing it sounds. There are so many ways to find your mixed voice. However, the way i found mine was through lip bubbles. Similar to what you have explained in past videos, I practiced ascending and descending between my chest and head voice. I did it by letting my voice crack naturally between my chest and head voice where it felt most comfortable rather than make any effort to pull my chest. Slowly but surely within a few weeks of practicing this small exercise almost daily, my two registers began to make less of dramatic "crack" but instead a blend between each other. I kept on doing these exercises, then began opening my mouth when I did them. Learning mixed voice was one thing, but learning how to utilize it and be able to access it on any vowel or note is a whole new challenge. It has been about a year since i started these exercises. It's taken a long time to learn how to implement mixed voice into other faucets of my repertoire. Learning how to find mixed has helped me make a massive amount of improvement and has completely revolutionized the way i sing. If only I had learned mixed voice much earlier, I would be much further in my singing process. To anyone reading, please listen to what Tyler is saying. I was just like you not too long ago. Learning how to mix takes patience and time. Stick with it
Dude! You are the shiznit! I have watched countless vids on mixed voice. Your vids are soo much easier to follow, and make so much sense. Thanx so much... with your bad self!
*This brother is so blessed! I just discovered him today. I hope binging on his videos will help me find my chesty mix.* *I have built a robust (full, beautiful, resonant) chest voice all the way up to the E4 and a head voice well above the high C (the 6th register), however, I just haven't found my chesty mix. I'm so sick and tired of my heady mix at this point, so much so that I wish I can put it on an air craft and send it on a voyage to some far far away, even though I only discovered it like around October 2020 (4 months ago).* *I'm learning on my own. Never had a professional voice lesson, because I can't afford it, yet. (Of course I will in a not so distant time. I'm so grateful that these wonderful souls have found it in their hearts to freely share their hard earned knowledge of the art with us here). Of all the voice coaches I've seen teaching the chesty mix that best resonates with my problems, this brother demonstrates something that appears to be the most helpful. I just can't sing "in chest" from the F4 up. I just flip into this super soprano-ish sound from F4 up and it's so annoying. I want to sound like ME all the way up. I can modify my sound later to mimic any voice type I want at will, rather just sounding a particular way because I cannot do anything about it. I like the fact that he demonstrates it so that I know what I'm going for instead of just bang away on the keyboard while smiling at me and telling me good job even though I suck. I pray this channels does it for me. Wish me luck guys.*
8:25 - this describes EXACTLY what happened to me the other day. I pull chest like a roided out gymrat, but one day during an exercise, I felt my voice pierce through my pallet as you said. All of a sudden I effortlessly hit a G#4 without realizing it (typically max out pulling chest for F4)... Mixed voice is everything and I can't wait to master it. Great overview!
Such an interesting highlight when you said yelling comes out of the mouth and mix does not…😮 Never realised this before but I even saw couple of diagrams of sensations migration through the vocal range Thank you!
im a physics education student, but i cant sing in mixed voice yet XD... btw, i usually pulled my chest voice to G4, or peak at G#4 once in my life...but today im playing around at karaoke box, i hit A4-A#4-C5-C#5,,, but not consistently
Tyler your voice is insane! The voice and ability I have dreamt of having. I have been singing for many years, originals and with a cover band but have always been a chest puller. It is exhausting and requires way too much energy. I have recently started to experiment with my head voice, attempting to add mix fullness. It still sounds thin to me and not convincing. Could be time for a lesson with you.
Thanks so much! Yes I hear you! I used to be the same! Chest pulling creates so much fatigue and makes singing not fun! Yes it takes some practice! But I'm convinced it doesn't need to take years! i think once it is truly discovered then you can run with it very quickly often times! It would be an honor to work with you!
Great explanation as usual! Thank you! I'm a baritone, and I've always been a chest puller, so I kinda learned to sing through that and actually I was in a chest dominant mix without even knowing that I already was in my mixed voice, and I was able to hit B4/C5 but I just couldn't sustain the note and it was exhausting and hurting me, but then I discovered that great vocalists were using mixed voice, and actually, when they are belting, they all use mixed voice cause that's the right and healthy technique, so you actually helped me understand what was mixed voice! Thanks a lot! I'm still learning, but I got a question, should I start mixing at C4? Because I already feel the need of mixing there and it really feels easy to me!
Ok so this may open a can of worms and I will most likely make a video about it but when and where you mix depends on the vowel you are singing, for instance an "Ee" vowels with mix around an A3 however an "Ah" vowel will mix much higher around E4! Of course it does also depend on the individuals vocal tract as well but those are just generalizations of what we typically see, different vowels mix at different pitches. Kind of blew my mind when I learned that!
@@tylerwysong thanks a lot for your answer! Wow, I'm shocked, I didn't know that, but I know what you're talking about! Mix is a lot harder than what I thought then 😅! Cause it needs to be really well controlled! Can't wait for this video!
i like the semi occlusion for training more force insertion to the voice by pressure, thats nice. interestingly, when i do the exercise you suggested with "MUM" + semi, i get stronger force in second to fourth harmonics, where the fourth overcome the third, while the fourth getting close to the second but still cant pass it. interesting... the third seems to be hard to manipulate, it seems like its getting stronger with all the others linearly, while the more upper overtones are easier to manipulate by vocal placements. that's ok, if someone had a golden trick for mix voice he would win a youtube award, its not that mix voice got a name of being a difficult skill for nothing, no one up to now managed to provide a straight forward foolproof tool that gets most people to be able to produce it. is it possible that some people just cant really produce it?
Thanks for the great videos, Tyler! Been watching you since you were in videos at your former vocal studio. The extra semi-occlusion from the covering of the mouth really helps to solidify the feeling of that "mix" sensation! I noticed you haven't really talked about "edge" or vocal fry in your videos about mix (although you did talk about "crying on pitch" in the Bruno Mars video which I think is similar). What do you think about these concepts vs. the semi-occluded type of exercises? I suppose they all go hand-in-hand in order to achieve a balanced voice!
Hey thanks so much for following my content over the years! I really appreciate it! I still use edge and vocal fry all the time with students, I guess I just haven't mentioned them in my videos yet. I have shifted my thinking somewhat about edge, Brett is my maestro and I am always second in command when in the room with him, but for me personally I have noticed that edge often gets people in a perpetual state of pressing the cords together, not always, but it is often the case, however if someone is really lacking in closure I still use over compressed sounds temporarily to help strengthen the coordination. But I have found that Semi occlusions can often get you there without ever having to over compensate which is one reason i love them so much. We are all very individual and there is no one size fits all so i use all the tools at my disposal depending on what I think the students needs are. Cheers!
The sensation of shifting you're talking at 8:23, Italians refers to it as the "giro", the "turning" in english ! Check out Jack LiVigni, talking about it.
Dear tyler, your videos and tips are insane. I’m going to apply your tips to my singing without a doubt !! ... two questions: 1. Im having a problem feeling the same sensation when im playing and singing live with my band or singing in the rehearsal room in comparison with singing at home for example, what can i do to still feel the same freedom? ...... and 2. when, what do you do, and how much time do you spend warming up before a show? Thanks for all that you are doing!!! A big hug from Chile!!!
Hi Tyler, you helped me a ton!!! I found my mix voice just because of your tipps. I have been struggling for years... Thank you so much!!! I still have problems on the more closed vowels like ee and ew. Do you have some guidelines for that?
I want to sing in my mix. But I cant. Im trying to do these kinds of exercises like "mum mum and ney ney" but I still cant do it. Is it because Im not breathing properly? I mean you know like from the diaphragm? Do I need to start learning from the beginning again? From the basics in order for me to get the mix right? And also when I sing Im struggling for high notes and Im straining. I want to fix that. Is all that related to my breathing technique?
Well... When I open my mouth I find I'm still either in pure head voice or pulling chest. It's weird because I can slide through the whole range without a break, but it feels and sounds like your pulling chest demonstration rather than free and easy. Is it possible to do that and never actually be in mix?
Great lessons, I've been trying to find a way to stop pulling chest for quite a lot of time (anything above D4-E4 is painful to sing and listen). Exercises that you show and explanations that you provide seem to be the only things that resonated with my singing experience and gave me more understanding about what it should feel like. Good job! By the way does it make sense to build your entire singing session (lets say one hour) around various semi-occluded exercises (sirens, staccato humming and so on)?
I'm so happy to hear that! I wouldn't do semi occlusions exclusively for an hour but possibly intermittently through out an hour, hopefully that makes sense? Keep at it!
HELP! I'm able to mix, even though it's pretty unstable at this point. I have a pretty powerful chest voice, and I have a good understanding of my voice and how everything feels. However, if I train mixed voice for more than 30 minutes, the next day my voice feels tired - it has a "dry" feeling to it. Fatigue, strain, whatever you want to call it. Why does this happen? Am I maybe not supporting properly from the diaphragm? I feel that the power might be coming from my throat/head when I enter into mix. Sometimes, I can place the resonance in such a way that it actually hurts my ears. It's like I trap the sound in my head. Is that normal?
I love your video so much. Can you do the video focusing on headvoice. I can’t do it freely. It’s so frustrating since I have practice it for many years.(I’m a bass singer)
Hey Tyler, I’ve been watching your videos for a bit and I love how well you explain. I have the problem of pulling my chest voice up too, and it leaves me exhausted and makes singing way harder and less enjoyable. How can I effectively practice mixed voice and know that I’m doing these exercises right?
can you just make a lesson just to focus on that A4 note. Because instead of making that light coordination between head and chest my voice goes towards pure strong head voice which i cant use in songs .
Hey Tyler! I'm curious...what is your vocal range before you found your mixed voice? And what did you(if you did at all) classify your voice type as before and after you found your mixed voice? I'm 17 years old and have a range of E2-A4. It's funny because I THINK I can mix very well starting from C4 as it sounds overall brighter than my lower notes. However, starting from E4 all the way to A4 I have this great need to pull chest just to hit those notes without cracking. I might still be able to mix there but very chest dominant. I can't seem to find the perfect balance between chest and head starting from E4. I know I can go higher than G4/A4 because when I'm fully warmed up I can hit multiple G4s very easily but every time I try to go higher, I just crack. That's the downside of pulling chest I guess. Anyway, I hope to discover my mixed voice high up in my range and hopefully, hopefully be able to sing all the male pop songs on radio nowadays haha!
Tyler this video is very informative and you sound great! I've tried this myself but have a question on if I'm doing it correctly. Is there a way to tell if I'm doing mixed voice correctly but perhaps am a baritone and therefore that's why I'm getting stuck around the G#4 vs seeing if I'm a tenor who is doing mixed voice incorrectly and still holding on to too much chest voice and getting stuck at G#4? If I am a baritone, should I concentrate on making my mixed voice up to a G#4/a couple notes higher as best as I can and not concentrate on trying to go up to C5s and D5s in mixed voice?
Hey my voice is kinda raspy and I struggle to learn mixed voice because my voice doesn't sound soft. And also there is 1 thing i want to ask, what should I do because when i doing the puffy cheek the range that i hit is same when I'm belting
I don't think that this approach of mixed voice fits my style very well. But actually, I was watching your video and the tongue positioning tip was very helpful to me, thank you :)
Great videos, a lot of what you have to say resonates with my experience of singing and I have found your exercises helpful. I've started reading Anthony Frisell's book "The Tenor Voice" and argues that the tenor should start by focusing on pure head voice until it is strengthened. How much focus do you think should be put on exercising pure head voice vs mixed voice?
I've been successful transitioning through my passaggio with your method of semi-occlusion (puffy cheeks). It feels like a step forward from lip bubbles for me and I love it, especially for a warm up. But when I try to bring out the full voice, I either fall to a pulled chest/yell or disconnect to head voice, depending where I'm at in the range. The hands over the mouth seems like a step forward from the puffy cheeks but I can't get a smooth transition with it or open up the full voice. Any recommendations?
Could you do a video about head voice as well? I kind of find it sometimes but once i find my head voice i'm immediately drifting into halsetto. I'm singing Bass, my range is from E2 - E4 with struggeling, C4 without. In a few weeks it will be E1 or lower to C4, found a stupidly easy way to go deep and sound good with it(for anyone who want to find out how it's called subharmonic bass singing) but with any exercise i could find i found my head voice then tried to slide up and down again. At least i got up, then i tried to go down again and had a disconnected voice
Hey Tyler! Baritone here with a full voice range of E2/F2-A4 and a head voice range all the way till F#5-G5. Just wondering one thing - how high should typically a baritone be able to mix (I know some baritones can go very high, but I am just wondering what the general case is)? Thing is, I can sing above D4-Eb4 just fine and have done several low tenor numbers till around F#4-G#4, but even though I am really supporting, the sound feels like it just goes on until I run out of breath instead of being stuck in the throat, and I can go at full volume with it if I want to. Is that what you mean by the mix itself?
i'd say most peoples have a mix of around 6 notes to maybe an octave if really developed. so take your break...for a baritone maybe around c#4-d4 and add about 6 notes. so maybe a really developed mix for you would be around a b4 or if you're gifted maybe c#5 d5. some people have a mix of a full octave (and then there is of course really heady mixes that are indistinguishable from head voice.) but it's pretty rare...i bet you have a little bit of room, most well developed baritones can sing around the g4 and just a bit more without the mix so i bet you have room to access your mix and expand a bit. i'm a heavy tenor or light baritone and have been working on my mix for a couple months and can get up to the c#5 (sometimes not on the spot like when doing gigs or band practice...takes me a few tries sometimes to find the correct vocal coordination) the tricky thing about the mix is most people do belt with a little mix...if you're a good singer you will support and thin out your chest voice into your head...and that's technically a mix...but there is a gradient of mixes...technically almost every single note you sing is a mix...as it has some head resonance in it...but that's of course not what is meant by mix. so to answer your question i'm sure you're singing well as you said it feels good but there is probably still some room in that mix...you may be at like a 15% mix but the sound this guy is getting that almost sounds operatic i'd say is atleast a quarter mix... it's very strong sounding but is very thinned out.
Hello Tyler i am really listening to every word you say and tottaly appying that.Your vocals are fucking amazing and i cant believe you dont have some covers of yours !!! I wanted to ask you few things.I have gone thrue singing successs and then Ken Tamplin..Ken Taplin help me understand more mix cause he is showing and apply him singing in his audio warm ups..but then i figured out he is going to much pulling chest voice and in the end while i was doing that i hurt my voice nd my sound in the middle section,high and everywere was to strong ,it was much harder cause my color and position was already dark and to chest..and you can here by the sound of tone that his voice its not resonate in those high tones many times ..Anyway there is one guy from group Mic Lowry that has very high and very strong voice he pulls up a lot of chest voice and i really trying to configure my voice like that....Anyway i wanted to ask you next thing. Beforr i go to that strong high mix tone,how you suggest to warm up first ? Not so strong full voice mix the begging ? How long should i go with head light mix before i start pulling strong mix and higher chest..i always wantrd strong high chest voice up,but that is very hard to sustain and it sound to loud..since you explained and shows that you can have strong mix sound and still not sound like bieber or similar(i dont like that,i like strong male voice high )....So please tell me about the warm up..and tell me what you think about this guy and what technique and voice type he is using.Delialah is his name there ! Does your warm up have singing in audio ,to follow your sound voczl ? Or its just scale ?
Ye you are right warm up light and easy! Work your way up to the fuller sounds. Hahah yes mix doesn't have to sound like Bieber that is true. Not sure what warm ups you do already but I would do some easy humming, Lip rolls, head voice, puffy cheek and then start to check in on the fuller sounds and see where your voice is.
i've been searching for mix since early this year and i think i have found it but it's weak and sounds too heady(i guess it because my best register is in my headvoice/falsetto)how can i make my mix heavier and strong like you..i don't have confidence to use my heady mix cause it doesn't sound strong at 4th octave...btw i'm a baritone
Hey Tyler, thank you for all advices very helpfull :). I was wondering if mix voice is a nasaly sound. Because when i try, i can feel resonance into my nose. In chest or head voice, i can control nasal or oral sound but not on mix (impossible to have a complete oral sound). Am I in the good way ? Thank you for your help :)
No it's not a nasally sound. If you plug your nose the sound shouldn't change. However the boney hard palate is the floor of the nasal cavity and the nasal cavity is formed by a boney structure, these bones do vibrate and in some people it can be quite noticeable, these vibratory sensations can be felt even when the velum is closing off the nasal cavity. Now twang on the other hand is definitely present in the mix voice but twang is made right above the cords in the epilarynx tube not in the nose. I know it's super confusing and many "experts" have dogmatic opinions about it, but in the way I teach it the mix is not a nasal quality. I hope that helps.
I know Singing Success has a few videos of me on their website and I believe Brett Manning has a few videos of me still on his Facebook page and those are from 2013 which I was going through training for a few years before even those were filmed but unfortunately before that I don't have any videos. I promise you I did not always have the range and power that I do today, or possibly I did but I just did not know how to access it or use it effectively. I could always sing loud but I would yell in chest voice and it felt like my voice reached a ceiling.
Hey Tyler, I finally found/built my mix voice but the problem is that I can't use it to sing. It breaks when I try to do use it in a song. I can go from low to high notes with no passagio and also I can make high notes powerfully and without effort But I cannot sing 😂
Way to go you are getting closer! Have you tried singing your song into the hands? Give it a shot, sing the phrase into the hands as I demonstrated here and then sing it again without the hands, that can often jump start the transitioning into actual singing.
Can i know what is your vocal range is? 🤔 Britone? Tenor? Im wondering 🤔 So amazingly easy when i watch you do it.. But when i do it, i only can do till G4 and start G#4 it forced me to go with head voice.. I'm a baritone btw.. Is it normal? 😩 Im not sure if it mix voice more to head or just plain head voice 😩 G4 sometime kinda shaky if i hold it, maybe i need to build more muscle.. Train more so i can go higher? 🤔 I know its not magically happen in 1 day.. Im just wondering is it normal for baritone mix till G4 only? Or can go higher? Or maybe i just the type of baritone who need to use head voice after G4.. 🤣
@@tylerwysong 2days ago i just found out that i can mix till C#5.. D5 is ok, but not so much.. Still kinda thin.. And need more breath control.. Hrmm.. And Thanks for all of your tips.. U help ALOT! ❤️
I think you should train the way you want to sing. I think incorporating mix voice to any regime is a great idea but if you want to sing chest voice on high notes then you should probably continue to work on that, however that is not something I teach, but it's also not apart of the way I want to sing.
When I was 10 I used to belt E5s and F5s but now I can only belt up to Bb4 my falsettos go up to F6 and my whistle register is around Bb6-C7 But for me singing is not about range It's all about how you use your range it's not about how high. Just practice what is healthy and what is best for your voice By the way I really wanna learn mix so that I can go back to the 5th octave again😂😂
according to you, i'm a tenor as my break is near E4 - F4. If you heard me speak or hear my lowest note in chest voice, you wouldn't DARE classify me the same lol
Don't take my short video as a personal voice classification. These are just generalizations but in no way a substitute for a true classification with a good teacher. Cheers.
@@johnnycakemusic4069 I hear you! Although after listening to some of your talking in your YT vids I wouldn't say you are not a tenor lol. There is a possibility, There are so many different types of tenors, some can hit low notes some can't. Someone once told me that the main difference between a baritone and a tenor is the personality lol. I find that to be accurate.
Mix feels like you’re holding the sound inside your face/close to you. Belting feels like calling out to the other side of the room. It’s not that hard.
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Thank you so much for these lessons, I'm both a Chest-puller and head-flipper at the same time!!!😂😂😂
dunno if you guys cares but if you guys are bored like me atm then you can stream all the new movies and series on Instaflixxer. I've been binge watching with my gf for the last couple of weeks :)
@Rex Bowie Definitely, I have been watching on InstaFlixxer for since december myself =)
if you cant mix, how can you not flip eventually?
I've been feeling discouraged for years...years... because I lost my upper range and had to start dropping the key to a lot of songs or stop playing them entirely. I've been so focused on improving my chest voice and didn't even know the mixed voice existed. This video and your others restored it within a few hours. This video though especially...explained it perfectly. Thanks so much. I know I have a long way to go, but thanks to you I know how to practice/improve.
Your voice itself is a great example for us, Tyler. Probably one of the best male voices I've ever heard. Since I started to watch your videos I had the confirmation that the "mix voice" was something I had already experienced(when I was laughing really hard, for example), but I wasn't sure how to control it. So, your videos on this subject helped me a lot, these exercises with the mouth covered were gold. I'm slowly getting better, I think... ahahahaha. It is really hard to describe this feeling, but I maybe have discovered my "mix" this way:
-> I went up the scale until my voice broke.
-> Then I started to play around that break, because there is a point of balance where you are in a stable sound (sometimes sound awful). So, I would go up and down (without pushing chest voice) trying not to break.
-> When I'm on this balance state I feel a could go really high, and I can, actually! It's a powerful voice, that feels really light(and unstable sometimes?). Of course I don't sound anything like Tyler, by I think I'm at the same spot with my voice.
PS.: Your neighbors may think you are crazy when doing that(but, who cares anyway?)
Tyler, is this familiar to you? Or I'm just crazy? hahahahah. Anyway, thank you very much for this amazing content for free, we don't deserve that!
This is what i actually experienced when i first discoverd my mix...
Wow thank you for the very kind words! I really appreciate it! Yes totally laughing very hard will get you into mix voice! It is really hard to describe the feeling, i would say that means you are onto something. The goal isn't to sound like me it's to sound like 100% authentically you!
By the way it's ok that it feels unstable at times, that is totally normal! In time it does become more and more stable and useable! Keep at it!
What's your update now
I used to watch your videos a lot before I got a teacher and had never understood what you were actually explaining and trying to teach until it finally hit me that all of the singers I listen to are absolutely not pulling chest no matter how convincing it sounds. There are so many ways to find your mixed voice. However, the way i found mine was through lip bubbles. Similar to what you have explained in past videos, I practiced ascending and descending between my chest and head voice. I did it by letting my voice crack naturally between my chest and head voice where it felt most comfortable rather than make any effort to pull my chest. Slowly but surely within a few weeks of practicing this small exercise almost daily, my two registers began to make less of dramatic "crack" but instead a blend between each other. I kept on doing these exercises, then began opening my mouth when I did them. Learning mixed voice was one thing, but learning how to utilize it and be able to access it on any vowel or note is a whole new challenge. It has been about a year since i started these exercises. It's taken a long time to learn how to implement mixed voice into other faucets of my repertoire. Learning how to find mixed has helped me make a massive amount of improvement and has completely revolutionized the way i sing. If only I had learned mixed voice much earlier, I would be much further in my singing process. To anyone reading, please listen to what Tyler is saying. I was just like you not too long ago. Learning how to mix takes patience and time. Stick with it
Your lessons answered a lot of questions that I have struggled by myself for a long time. Thanks millions from Korea~ ^^
Thank you my friend, i am honored.
Tyler all your videos have helped me tenfold. I have watched every youtube coach and you are definitley the real deal
Wow thank you so much! I really appreciate you kind words!
Before watching this, mix voice was just a complicated word in my mind.
Thank you.
Dude! You are the shiznit! I have watched countless vids on mixed voice. Your vids are soo much easier to follow, and make so much sense. Thanx so much... with your bad self!
Thanks so much!
*This brother is so blessed! I just discovered him today. I hope binging on his videos will help me find my chesty mix.*
*I have built a robust (full, beautiful, resonant) chest voice all the way up to the E4 and a head voice well above the high C (the 6th register), however, I just haven't found my chesty mix. I'm so sick and tired of my heady mix at this point, so much so that I wish I can put it on an air craft and send it on a voyage to some far far away, even though I only discovered it like around October 2020 (4 months ago).*
*I'm learning on my own. Never had a professional voice lesson, because I can't afford it, yet. (Of course I will in a not so distant time. I'm so grateful that these wonderful souls have found it in their hearts to freely share their hard earned knowledge of the art with us here). Of all the voice coaches I've seen teaching the chesty mix that best resonates with my problems, this brother demonstrates something that appears to be the most helpful. I just can't sing "in chest" from the F4 up. I just flip into this super soprano-ish sound from F4 up and it's so annoying. I want to sound like ME all the way up. I can modify my sound later to mimic any voice type I want at will, rather just sounding a particular way because I cannot do anything about it. I like the fact that he demonstrates it so that I know what I'm going for instead of just bang away on the keyboard while smiling at me and telling me good job even though I suck. I pray this channels does it for me. Wish me luck guys.*
Have you figured it out ?
Love that you’re introducing new approaches with each video. Can’t wait to practice and repeat!
Awesome! I hope it adds value to you and your voice!
8:25 - this describes EXACTLY what happened to me the other day. I pull chest like a roided out gymrat, but one day during an exercise, I felt my voice pierce through my pallet as you said. All of a sudden I effortlessly hit a G#4 without realizing it (typically max out pulling chest for F4)... Mixed voice is everything and I can't wait to master it. Great overview!
Thanks for your sharing teaching experience how to singing
My pleasure 😊
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In USA TN now iam live inl aos I'm learn how to singing thank sir you teacher ):@-&---
You have a beautiful voice!!!
Thank you so much! Very kind of you!
Such an interesting highlight when you said yelling comes out of the mouth and mix does not…😮
Never realised this before but I even saw couple of diagrams of sensations migration through the vocal range
Thank you!
Thank you so much, very useful content for singers
Your training is magic. Easy. Thank you.
Thank you so much Tyler, it's help me a lot to understand Mixed voice. I'll try my best to improve it. 🙏❤
You are so welcome! Thank you.
im a physics education student, but i cant sing in mixed voice yet XD...
btw, i usually pulled my chest voice to G4, or peak at G#4 once in my life...but today im playing around at karaoke box, i hit A4-A#4-C5-C#5,,, but not consistently
Tyler your voice is insane! The voice and ability I have dreamt of having. I have been singing for many years, originals and with a cover band but have always been a chest puller. It is exhausting and requires way too much energy. I have recently started to experiment with my head voice, attempting to add mix fullness. It still sounds thin to me and not convincing. Could be time for a lesson with you.
Thanks so much! Yes I hear you! I used to be the same! Chest pulling creates so much fatigue and makes singing not fun! Yes it takes some practice! But I'm convinced it doesn't need to take years! i think once it is truly discovered then you can run with it very quickly often times! It would be an honor to work with you!
Tyler Wysong I’ll be in touch through your website link. Could be January but will be nevertheless
Great explanation as usual! Thank you! I'm a baritone, and I've always been a chest puller, so I kinda learned to sing through that and actually I was in a chest dominant mix without even knowing that I already was in my mixed voice, and I was able to hit B4/C5 but I just couldn't sustain the note and it was exhausting and hurting me, but then I discovered that great vocalists were using mixed voice, and actually, when they are belting, they all use mixed voice cause that's the right and healthy technique, so you actually helped me understand what was mixed voice! Thanks a lot! I'm still learning, but I got a question, should I start mixing at C4? Because I already feel the need of mixing there and it really feels easy to me!
Ok so this may open a can of worms and I will most likely make a video about it but when and where you mix depends on the vowel you are singing, for instance an "Ee" vowels with mix around an A3 however an "Ah" vowel will mix much higher around E4! Of course it does also depend on the individuals vocal tract as well but those are just generalizations of what we typically see, different vowels mix at different pitches. Kind of blew my mind when I learned that!
@@tylerwysong thanks a lot for your answer! Wow, I'm shocked, I didn't know that, but I know what you're talking about! Mix is a lot harder than what I thought then 😅! Cause it needs to be really well controlled! Can't wait for this video!
i like the semi occlusion for training more force insertion to the voice by pressure, thats nice.
interestingly, when i do the exercise you suggested with "MUM" + semi, i get stronger force in second to fourth harmonics, where the fourth overcome the third, while the fourth getting close to the second but still cant pass it. interesting... the third seems to be hard to manipulate, it seems like its getting stronger with all the others linearly, while the more upper overtones are easier to manipulate by vocal placements.
that's ok, if someone had a golden trick for mix voice he would win a youtube award, its not that mix voice got a name of being a difficult skill for nothing, no one up to now managed to provide a straight forward foolproof tool that gets most people to be able to produce it.
is it possible that some people just cant really produce it?
Not sure how I got here but found this very interesting ....I wish I could sing now, I mean really sing like you!
Thanks For Sharing.
HOLY MOTHER OF SINGING I love this guy! And, PLEASE, do get into the physics! 😁
Such a Powerfull voice !! Awesome
I will definitely try that!
Thanks for the great videos, Tyler! Been watching you since you were in videos at your former vocal studio. The extra semi-occlusion from the covering of the mouth really helps to solidify the feeling of that "mix" sensation!
I noticed you haven't really talked about "edge" or vocal fry in your videos about mix (although you did talk about "crying on pitch" in the Bruno Mars video which I think is similar). What do you think about these concepts vs. the semi-occluded type of exercises? I suppose they all go hand-in-hand in order to achieve a balanced voice!
Hey thanks so much for following my content over the years! I really appreciate it! I still use edge and vocal fry all the time with students, I guess I just haven't mentioned them in my videos yet. I have shifted my thinking somewhat about edge, Brett is my maestro and I am always second in command when in the room with him, but for me personally I have noticed that edge often gets people in a perpetual state of pressing the cords together, not always, but it is often the case, however if someone is really lacking in closure I still use over compressed sounds temporarily to help strengthen the coordination. But I have found that Semi occlusions can often get you there without ever having to over compensate which is one reason i love them so much. We are all very individual and there is no one size fits all so i use all the tools at my disposal depending on what I think the students needs are. Cheers!
The sensation of shifting you're talking at 8:23, Italians refers to it as the "giro", the "turning" in english ! Check out Jack LiVigni, talking about it.
Yes exactly! The turn.
Dear tyler, your videos and tips are insane. I’m going to apply your tips to my singing without a doubt !! ... two questions: 1. Im having a problem feeling the same sensation when im playing and singing live with my band or singing in the rehearsal room in comparison with singing at home for example, what can i do to still feel the same freedom? ...... and 2. when, what do you do, and how much time do you spend warming up before a show?
Thanks for all that you are doing!!! A big hug from Chile!!!
Hi Tyler, you helped me a ton!!! I found my mix voice just because of your tipps. I have been struggling for years... Thank you so much!!!
I still have problems on the more closed vowels like ee and ew. Do you have some guidelines for that?
love your videos!
Please teach how to stable the voice while doing a standing note ( and without vibrato)
I want to buy you mix voice masterclass, but can't afford it. 8000 rupees is too much as I'm a student and my family doesn't support singing.
Nice bro thank you
Absolutely you are so welcome!
I want to sing in my mix. But I cant. Im trying to do these kinds of exercises like "mum mum and ney ney" but I still cant do it. Is it because Im not breathing properly? I mean you know like from the diaphragm? Do I need to start learning from the beginning again? From the basics in order for me to get the mix right? And also when I sing Im struggling for high notes and Im straining. I want to fix that. Is all that related to my breathing technique?
Ace R. same here 😅
Well... When I open my mouth I find I'm still either in pure head voice or pulling chest. It's weird because I can slide through the whole range without a break, but it feels and sounds like your pulling chest demonstration rather than free and easy. Is it possible to do that and never actually be in mix?
Great lessons, I've been trying to find a way to stop pulling chest for quite a lot of time (anything above D4-E4 is painful to sing and listen). Exercises that you show and explanations that you provide seem to be the only things that resonated with my singing experience and gave me more understanding about what it should feel like. Good job!
By the way does it make sense to build your entire singing session (lets say one hour) around various semi-occluded exercises (sirens, staccato humming and so on)?
I'm so happy to hear that! I wouldn't do semi occlusions exclusively for an hour but possibly intermittently through out an hour, hopefully that makes sense? Keep at it!
I agree on u, know what some vocal teaching more focus on belting but sound very terrible
HELP! I'm able to mix, even though it's pretty unstable at this point. I have a pretty powerful chest voice, and I have a good understanding of my voice and how everything feels.
However, if I train mixed voice for more than 30 minutes, the next day my voice feels tired - it has a "dry" feeling to it. Fatigue, strain, whatever you want to call it. Why does this happen? Am I maybe not supporting properly from the diaphragm? I feel that the power might be coming from my throat/head when I enter into mix. Sometimes, I can place the resonance in such a way that it actually hurts my ears. It's like I trap the sound in my head. Is that normal?
I love your video so much. Can you do the video focusing on headvoice. I can’t do it freely. It’s so frustrating since I have practice it for many years.(I’m a bass singer)
Alright, if i'm able to sing along with you during that little demonstration, what does that make me at?
Hey Tyler, I’ve been watching your videos for a bit and I love how well you explain. I have the problem of pulling my chest voice up too, and it leaves me exhausted and makes singing way harder and less enjoyable. How can I effectively practice mixed voice and know that I’m doing these exercises right?
can you just make a lesson just to focus on that A4 note. Because instead of making that light coordination between head and chest my voice goes towards pure strong head voice which i cant use in songs .
Yes I will consider that for future videos!
Hey Tyler! I'm curious...what is your vocal range before you found your mixed voice? And what did you(if you did at all) classify your voice type as before and after you found your mixed voice? I'm 17 years old and have a range of E2-A4. It's funny because I THINK I can mix very well starting from C4 as it sounds overall brighter than my lower notes. However, starting from E4 all the way to A4 I have this great need to pull chest just to hit those notes without cracking. I might still be able to mix there but very chest dominant. I can't seem to find the perfect balance between chest and head starting from E4. I know I can go higher than G4/A4 because when I'm fully warmed up I can hit multiple G4s very easily but every time I try to go higher, I just crack. That's the downside of pulling chest I guess. Anyway, I hope to discover my mixed voice high up in my range and hopefully, hopefully be able to sing all the male pop songs on radio nowadays haha!
funny that we has the similar range with same problem😂lol but the different is i'm 19 years old
@@heyitshier1302 Oh it's so good to know I'm not alone 😂😂😂
Do you happen to do online lessons? Videos are unreal they help so much
Yes I do teach online lessons. Email me at bookingtylerwysong@gmail.com if you want anymore info! It would be an honor to work with you.
Tyler this video is very informative and you sound great! I've tried this myself but have a question on if I'm doing it correctly. Is there a way to tell if I'm doing mixed voice correctly but perhaps am a baritone and therefore that's why I'm getting stuck around the G#4 vs seeing if I'm a tenor who is doing mixed voice incorrectly and still holding on to too much chest voice and getting stuck at G#4? If I am a baritone, should I concentrate on making my mixed voice up to a G#4/a couple notes higher as best as I can and not concentrate on trying to go up to C5s and D5s in mixed voice?
Hey my voice is kinda raspy and I struggle to learn mixed voice because my voice doesn't sound soft. And also there is 1 thing i want to ask, what should I do because when i doing the puffy cheek the range that i hit is same when I'm belting
I don't think that this approach of mixed voice fits my style very well. But actually, I was watching your video and the tongue positioning tip was very helpful to me, thank you :)
Great videos, a lot of what you have to say resonates with my experience of singing and I have found your exercises helpful. I've started reading Anthony Frisell's book "The Tenor Voice" and argues that the tenor should start by focusing on pure head voice until it is strengthened. How much focus do you think should be put on exercising pure head voice vs mixed voice?
Yes I agree, Head voice is very important! But I don't personally neglect the other parts of the voice and focus on head voice only.
i watch every video!
please, teach us how to do vibrato!
Thanks for watching my videos! I will possibly do a video on vibrato soon! Cheers.
@@tylerwysong I need your help with my mix.
Can you do a cover of any song that uses mix so we could understand better how you apply it in songs?
If I keep up the “intentional exercises” for the head and mix voice, should I expect my break to disappear, or just have a smoother transition?
Yes absolutely. If done correctly there is will be no break.
I've been successful transitioning through my passaggio with your method of semi-occlusion (puffy cheeks). It feels like a step forward from lip bubbles for me and I love it, especially for a warm up. But when I try to bring out the full voice, I either fall to a pulled chest/yell or disconnect to head voice, depending where I'm at in the range. The hands over the mouth seems like a step forward from the puffy cheeks but I can't get a smooth transition with it or open up the full voice. Any recommendations?
I have tried this over and over and even all other every channels but I still can’t!!! Can you help??
Yes I can help. What seems to be happening? Flipping or straining?
Tyler Wysong flipping still going through a vocal fry!!! And strain too because I can’t that heigh I’m a baritone I can only get to G4
Could you do a video about head voice as well? I kind of find it sometimes but once i find my head voice i'm immediately drifting into halsetto. I'm singing Bass, my range is from E2 - E4 with struggeling, C4 without. In a few weeks it will be E1 or lower to C4, found a stupidly easy way to go deep and sound good with it(for anyone who want to find out how it's called subharmonic bass singing) but with any exercise i could find i found my head voice then tried to slide up and down again. At least i got up, then i tried to go down again and had a disconnected voice
you, my man, are dope! you better blow up
Hey Tyler! Baritone here with a full voice range of E2/F2-A4 and a head voice range all the way till F#5-G5. Just wondering one thing - how high should typically a baritone be able to mix (I know some baritones can go very high, but I am just wondering what the general case is)?
Thing is, I can sing above D4-Eb4 just fine and have done several low tenor numbers till around F#4-G#4, but even though I am really supporting, the sound feels like it just goes on until I run out of breath instead of being stuck in the throat, and I can go at full volume with it if I want to. Is that what you mean by the mix itself?
i'd say most peoples have a mix of around 6 notes to maybe an octave if really developed. so take your break...for a baritone maybe around c#4-d4 and add about 6 notes. so maybe a really developed mix for you would be around a b4 or if you're gifted maybe c#5 d5. some people have a mix of a full octave (and then there is of course really heady mixes that are indistinguishable from head voice.) but it's pretty rare...i bet you have a little bit of room, most well developed baritones can sing around the g4 and just a bit more without the mix so i bet you have room to access your mix and expand a bit. i'm a heavy tenor or light baritone and have been working on my mix for a couple months and can get up to the c#5 (sometimes not on the spot like when doing gigs or band practice...takes me a few tries sometimes to find the correct vocal coordination) the tricky thing about the mix is most people do belt with a little mix...if you're a good singer you will support and thin out your chest voice into your head...and that's technically a mix...but there is a gradient of mixes...technically almost every single note you sing is a mix...as it has some head resonance in it...but that's of course not what is meant by mix. so to answer your question i'm sure you're singing well as you said it feels good but there is probably still some room in that mix...you may be at like a 15% mix but the sound this guy is getting that almost sounds operatic i'd say is atleast a quarter mix... it's very strong sounding but is very thinned out.
I feel the same thing with exercise. But i cant create the same sensation without my hand
Hello Tyler i am really listening to every word you say and tottaly appying that.Your vocals are fucking amazing and i cant believe you dont have some covers of yours !!! I wanted to ask you few things.I have gone thrue singing successs and then Ken Tamplin..Ken Taplin help me understand more mix cause he is showing and apply him singing in his audio warm ups..but then i figured out he is going to much pulling chest voice and in the end while i was doing that i hurt my voice nd my sound in the middle section,high and everywere was to strong ,it was much harder cause my color and position was already dark and to chest..and you can here by the sound of tone that his voice its not resonate in those high tones many times ..Anyway there is one guy from group Mic Lowry that has very high and very strong voice he pulls up a lot of chest voice and i really trying to configure my voice like that....Anyway i wanted to ask you next thing. Beforr i go to that strong high mix tone,how you suggest to warm up first ? Not so strong full voice mix the begging ? How long should i go with head light mix before i start pulling strong mix and higher chest..i always wantrd strong high chest voice up,but that is very hard to sustain and it sound to loud..since you explained and shows that you can have strong mix sound and still not sound like bieber or similar(i dont like that,i like strong male voice high )....So please tell me about the warm up..and tell me what you think about this guy and what technique and voice type he is using.Delialah is his name there ! Does your warm up have singing in audio ,to follow your sound voczl ? Or its just scale ?
Ye you are right warm up light and easy! Work your way up to the fuller sounds. Hahah yes mix doesn't have to sound like Bieber that is true. Not sure what warm ups you do already but I would do some easy humming, Lip rolls, head voice, puffy cheek and then start to check in on the fuller sounds and see where your voice is.
i've been searching for mix since early this year and i think i have found it but it's weak and sounds too heady(i guess it because my best register is in my headvoice/falsetto)how can i make my mix heavier and strong like you..i don't have confidence to use my heady mix cause it doesn't sound strong at 4th octave...btw i'm a baritone
UNLESS YOUR A TENOR megalol :) Great great lesson... I begin to get it
Hahaha yes!
Whenever I do mixed voice I feel like I'm using my throat lol idk if it's just me
Hey Tyler, thank you for all advices very helpfull :). I was wondering if mix voice is a nasaly sound. Because when i try, i can feel resonance into my nose. In chest or head voice, i can control nasal or oral sound but not on mix (impossible to have a complete oral sound). Am I in the good way ? Thank you for your help :)
No it's not a nasally sound. If you plug your nose the sound shouldn't change. However the boney hard palate is the floor of the nasal cavity and the nasal cavity is formed by a boney structure, these bones do vibrate and in some people it can be quite noticeable, these vibratory sensations can be felt even when the velum is closing off the nasal cavity. Now twang on the other hand is definitely present in the mix voice but twang is made right above the cords in the epilarynx tube not in the nose. I know it's super confusing and many "experts" have dogmatic opinions about it, but in the way I teach it the mix is not a nasal quality. I hope that helps.
Thank you for your answer, let's practice ;)
I am crying I cannot find my mix😭😭
Amazing coach 👍
Thank you my friend! We need to get something of you up on here! Your mix is insane!
Hi, I'm Spanish, I don't understand anything, jajaj but I love the technique you do ✓ !! You could write me I will translate it with the translator
Guys I think it worked I find my mix voice and I am feeling like my throat is vibrating not my chest and my head😮😮😮😲😲😁
Tyler, do you have any videos of yourself before or while you were learning mix? I'm interested in the sound of progress
I know Singing Success has a few videos of me on their website and I believe Brett Manning has a few videos of me still on his Facebook page and those are from 2013 which I was going through training for a few years before even those were filmed but unfortunately before that I don't have any videos. I promise you I did not always have the range and power that I do today, or possibly I did but I just did not know how to access it or use it effectively. I could always sing loud but I would yell in chest voice and it felt like my voice reached a ceiling.
You said someone told you "don't direct it, expect it" was that seth Riggs?
I heard it from Brett Manning.
Hey Tyler, I finally found/built my mix voice but the problem is that I can't use it to sing. It breaks when I try to do use it in a song.
I can go from low to high notes with no passagio and also I can make high notes powerfully and without effort
But I cannot sing 😂
Way to go you are getting closer! Have you tried singing your song into the hands? Give it a shot, sing the phrase into the hands as I demonstrated here and then sing it again without the hands, that can often jump start the transitioning into actual singing.
@@tylerwysong Okey, I'll give that a try, thanks bro 💪
Actually most of my improvement is thanks to you
Does this mean he's a baritone who can actually sing high?
I need you help with my mix.
Can i know what is your vocal range is? 🤔 Britone? Tenor? Im wondering 🤔 So amazingly easy when i watch you do it.. But when i do it, i only can do till G4 and start G#4 it forced me to go with head voice.. I'm a baritone btw.. Is it normal? 😩 Im not sure if it mix voice more to head or just plain head voice 😩 G4 sometime kinda shaky if i hold it, maybe i need to build more muscle.. Train more so i can go higher? 🤔 I know its not magically happen in 1 day.. Im just wondering is it normal for baritone mix till G4 only? Or can go higher? Or maybe i just the type of baritone who need to use head voice after G4.. 🤣
I sing Tenor. I think a lot of tenors are misplaced as baritones simply because they have not learned to turn the voice.
@@tylerwysong 2days ago i just found out that i can mix till C#5.. D5 is ok, but not so much.. Still kinda thin.. And need more breath control.. Hrmm.. And Thanks for all of your tips.. U help ALOT! ❤️
In mix voice, the sound get out through my nose????? Its correct singing through the nose??
No, sometimes a tiny bit. However just because the sound exits the mouth doesn’t mean it feels mouthy, I hope that makes sense.
@@tylerwysong when i plug my nose the sound in mix voice doesnt change right? Thanks Tyler.
@@CardosoAlan Right!
Do you think that after a period of mixed voice training, you will lose ability to use chest voice in high notes ?
I think you should train the way you want to sing. I think incorporating mix voice to any regime is a great idea but if you want to sing chest voice on high notes then you should probably continue to work on that, however that is not something I teach, but it's also not apart of the way I want to sing.
When I was 10
I used to belt E5s and F5s but now I can only belt up to Bb4 my falsettos go up to F6 and my whistle register is around Bb6-C7
But for me singing is not about range
It's all about how you use your range it's not about how high.
Just practice what is healthy and what is best for your voice
By the way I really wanna learn mix so that I can go back to the 5th octave again😂😂
Tks guys❤️❤️
@@nedpangan5530 Yes!!! I love what you said! It's not about range but how you use your range! SO TRUE! Use what you got to the best of your abilities!
according to you, i'm a tenor as my break is near E4 - F4. If you heard me speak or hear my lowest note in chest voice, you wouldn't DARE classify me the same lol
Don't take my short video as a personal voice classification. These are just generalizations but in no way a substitute for a true classification with a good teacher. Cheers.
@@tylerwysong if only I could afford vocal lessons,
@@johnnycakemusic4069 I hear you! Although after listening to some of your talking in your YT vids I wouldn't say you are not a tenor lol. There is a possibility, There are so many different types of tenors, some can hit low notes some can't. Someone once told me that the main difference between a baritone and a tenor is the personality lol. I find that to be accurate.
I love u tbh
Thanks so much! I receive that!
@@tylerwysong you're welcome 😊
Mix feels like you’re holding the sound inside your face/close to you. Belting feels like calling out to the other side of the room. It’s not that hard.
Lol thanks for your input.
The only negative thing about the “chest pulling” thing you’re doing is the exaggerated facial contortions.
I'll agree to disagree with you there.
I will trade Devil a better resonance that he can take my brain away.
No need to do that! You can learn this!You can totally do it and keep your brain!
I am crying I cannot find my mix😭😭
I am crying I cannot find my mix😭😭