As a baritone whose "bridge" is right at F/F#, this video has given me more to think about and experiment with than anything I have heard up to this point. Thank you for this video, Sterling!
I have watched so many videos trying to understand and find my "mixed voice" - THIS is the first video that helped me find it. It sounds like shit but now I have something to actually work on. Thank you for these exercises. It was your explanation of how I should feel the sound and the pressure kinda bypassing the head voice feeling into a more nasal sound that helped me, for the first time ever, be able to do the siren drills without a clear break from my bridge.
I'm a female but struggling exactly the same problems in my voice for a long time, feeling myself sometimes a baritone 😅 These exercises and tips are huge benefit and help, I'm happy I found your channel after these years. And I guess I know which song I'm gonna practice on - Eye of a Tiger 😂 Also appreciate high notes of Sam Smith, maybe after all training I'll be able to repeat some of his sounds
Sterling you have exceptional talent for teaching, serilously. Ain't no other singing teacher on TH-cam can explain things as well and easy to understand as you do. So huge thanks to you!!
I used to only be able to mix using a lot of breath pressure and strong cord closure, which felt like they were going to break apart any time soon. But ive got the hang of lightly mixing with the ee-aye exercise.
This might be the best lesson I’ve ever had. I’ve been working on this trying to figure it out for couple years now and this has really helped me. Now I know what I’m doing right and confirming where I go wrong.
I started singing recently and the way you describe how it should feel and how to get there seems to click with me and I've been listening to a bunch of others. Thanks for sharing!
Been working on that Outfield tune "Your Love" for a good while now. I break it up into little sections. Hope to get it good enough to add it to our repertoire. Man, that's one challenging tune. Killer tessitura.
Everyone needs someone to help him. Nice if there is this “someone”. Your explanations are great and they work well in practice. I teach myself singing and I have sought good explanations for Mixed Voice and Distortion. I know most things, but I think that's as cool as you master in practice
Thank you ever so much Sterling for this most comprehensive, complete and outstanding explanation of vocal bridge. Please send me the link for your account to donate
Hi darling Sterling, what about the Song “At Last” by Etta James. When I get past the bridge, at the end of the song. I tend to tighten up my solar Plexus, at the part where she says a THRILL I’ve Never known , yeah yeah then she says oh oh oh and there’s break, it higher than my normal range, but I want to challenge myself. Any Advice? I would truly appreciate it. Do your best to stay COOL 😎 AND YOUR PUPPY TOO. ❤. Thank you ever so Much. I have a singing engagement on this Saturday 7/29, to sing that song at my daughter’s wedding, I am nervous a little bit. I really need to just rock it uh! Sterling? 😊❤
Hmm, I’d need to learn more about your voice to provide any valuable feedback. These things can be super tricky at first and they can take some time to make sense of. Sounds like you’re doing pretty decent navigating it so far. 😊
Is there a set in stone point where, while your in mixed voice, as you go up will you transition into a "head voice that just sounds a little chesty"? Or is it possible to raise that point up, in your mixed voice, where you are forced into head voice?
Could it be that there are TWO bridges? Damn, so many years of practice and binging tutorials, there are still so many questions I have... When I try these exercises in a really gentle way the first bridge or break I encounter lies around C#4, where I can already step into what I think is my mixed voice/head voice. The sound is very light, then. But once I go louder and with more compression I can stretch that break up to F/F#4 until I bridge into Mix. I could stretch that chest voice even further to a B4 (which isn't sustainable for me, I've learned, though). Once I use chest voice above F, I really need to budget it in order not to burn out for that session. So where is my real bridge? I'm guessing somewhere around F/F#... but also having some sort of bridge around C#4 (which is rather low) once I go super light confuses me.
There is more than one bridge, yes but typically the second bridge you’ll encounter is higher up around probably C5. I’ve had students like you struggling around middle C. It’s usually a muscular issue you’re not aware of that’s tightening your throat a little too much around that area. Keep in mind that I studied (still do) and struggled with stuff like these for years. It can really take a lot of experimenting and practice to overcome some of these hurdles. The stuff really doesn’t happen overnight and if it does, sadly, you won’t remember how you did it the next day ha. Keep working 😊😊
You can use vocal fry doing the sirens. For me I have struggled with that especially as the day goes on. Make sure your singing with with little air in your chest voice as well from bottom to top because that habit will move all the way up in mix, then you’ll get a hooty falsetto sound…
If your cords come apart during vocalisations, close your mouth and try to do a squeaky hum like a creaky door on a comfortable note start with a 5 tone staccato scale, Hope it helps 😊
I don’t get how to go over the bridge without getting into falsetto 🤷♂️ That’s the only way I can do it 🤦♂️ For the record, French is my main langage. Funny how I never realized how the “ung” was associated with French.
Let me know what you find on that, I asked the same question. I'm in a chest mix, and as I go up it transitions to falsetto, of course very smoothly, but the point is the falsetto doesn't sound like a chest mixed, it just sounds like a strong hard falsetto, and it happens at about A major in the 5th octave
Sounds like you might need to work on keeping your vocal cords adducted/together above the break, this gives a sharper brighter sound. Vocal fry and creaky door sounds can help. However, it’s easier to say it than it is to do it. I still struggle. As Sterling says, cord closure is everything…
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Dude your content is GOLD. Appreciate you’re not adding annoying background music or unnecessary cuts or effects.
As a baritone whose "bridge" is right at F/F#, this video has given me more to think about and experiment with than anything I have heard up to this point. Thank you for this video, Sterling!
Is your voice G2/A2-G4/A4? Or does the range differ for every baritone do you find?
I have watched so many videos trying to understand and find my "mixed voice" - THIS is the first video that helped me find it. It sounds like shit but now I have something to actually work on. Thank you for these exercises. It was your explanation of how I should feel the sound and the pressure kinda bypassing the head voice feeling into a more nasal sound that helped me, for the first time ever, be able to do the siren drills without a clear break from my bridge.
I like to think of it as changing gears. And in fact this analogy fits well in many ways.
I'm a female but struggling exactly the same problems in my voice for a long time, feeling myself sometimes a baritone 😅 These exercises and tips are huge benefit and help, I'm happy I found your channel after these years. And I guess I know which song I'm gonna practice on - Eye of a Tiger 😂 Also appreciate high notes of Sam Smith, maybe after all training I'll be able to repeat some of his sounds
Sterling you have exceptional talent for teaching, serilously. Ain't no other singing teacher on TH-cam can explain things as well and easy to understand as you do. So huge thanks to you!!
Pushing the clutch was a helpful metaphor
I used to only be able to mix using a lot of breath pressure and strong cord closure, which felt like they were going to break apart any time soon. But ive got the hang of lightly mixing with the ee-aye exercise.
This might be the best lesson I’ve ever had. I’ve been working on this trying to figure it out for couple years now and this has really helped me. Now I know what I’m doing right and confirming where I go wrong.
Wow, that example of the pressure falling out of the face is exactly one of the major issues I've been having. Brilliant stuff, thank you
Appreciate the content as always. Useful to improve the singing journey.
I started singing recently and the way you describe how it should feel and how to get there seems to click with me and I've been listening to a bunch of others. Thanks for sharing!
You are excellent. Can you please give us soprano a note to start on-not just an octave up
yea man you make learning fun, even with your whimsical analogies.
Thank you for the lesson, Sterling!
This is such an underrated topic. Thanks for adressing it!
great lesson
Been working on that Outfield tune "Your Love" for a good while now. I break it up into little sections. Hope to get it good enough to add it to our repertoire. Man, that's one challenging tune. Killer tessitura.
Totally fun and challenging song indeed. 😊
@@SterlingRJackson I'm getting there by using as little pronunciation as possible and dodging the consonants...lol!!
Everyone needs someone to help him. Nice if there is this “someone”. Your explanations are great and they work well in practice. I teach myself singing and I have sought good explanations for Mixed Voice and Distortion. I know most things, but I think that's as cool as you master in practice
Thank you ever so much Sterling for this most comprehensive, complete and outstanding explanation of vocal bridge. Please send me the link for your account to donate
Awesome video man. Appreciate the work you put into these & in depth explanations. Hope your back sorts itself out soon
Thank you ❤
This is just too valuable LOL thanks!
You're welcome back!
Hi darling Sterling, what about the Song “At Last” by Etta James. When I get past the bridge, at the end of the song. I tend to tighten up my solar Plexus, at the part where she says a THRILL I’ve Never known , yeah yeah then she says oh oh oh and there’s break, it higher than my normal range, but I want to challenge myself. Any Advice? I would truly appreciate it. Do your best to stay COOL 😎 AND YOUR PUPPY TOO. ❤. Thank you ever so Much. I have a singing engagement on this Saturday 7/29, to sing that song at my daughter’s wedding, I am nervous a little bit. I really need to just rock it uh! Sterling?
😊❤
Hmm, I’d need to learn more about your voice to provide any valuable feedback. These things can be super tricky at first and they can take some time to make sense of. Sounds like you’re doing pretty decent navigating it so far. 😊
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What kind of hat is that? I like it.
great
Is there a set in stone point where, while your in mixed voice, as you go up will you transition into a "head voice that just sounds a little chesty"? Or is it possible to raise that point up, in your mixed voice, where you are forced into head voice?
Could it be that there are TWO bridges? Damn, so many years of practice and binging tutorials, there are still so many questions I have... When I try these exercises in a really gentle way the first bridge or break I encounter lies around C#4, where I can already step into what I think is my mixed voice/head voice. The sound is very light, then.
But once I go louder and with more compression I can stretch that break up to F/F#4 until I bridge into Mix. I could stretch that chest voice even further to a B4 (which isn't sustainable for me, I've learned, though).
Once I use chest voice above F, I really need to budget it in order not to burn out for that session. So where is my real bridge? I'm guessing somewhere around F/F#... but also having some sort of bridge around C#4 (which is rather low) once I go super light confuses me.
There is more than one bridge, yes but typically the second bridge you’ll encounter is higher up around probably C5. I’ve had students like you struggling around middle C. It’s usually a muscular issue you’re not aware of that’s tightening your throat a little too much around that area. Keep in mind that I studied (still do) and struggled with stuff like these for years. It can really take a lot of experimenting and practice to overcome some of these hurdles. The stuff really doesn’t happen overnight and if it does, sadly, you won’t remember how you did it the next day ha. Keep working 😊😊
@@SterlingRJackson Thank you for responding and the encouraging words! It's indeed a long way, although it slowly pays off. I'll keep workin on it! 🙏
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I find and lose those upper resonances so randomly....
What if those notes just sound breathy? How do you get better chord closure?
You can use vocal fry doing the sirens. For me I have struggled with that especially as the day goes on. Make sure your singing with with little air in your chest voice as well from bottom to top because that habit will move all the way up in mix, then you’ll get a hooty falsetto sound…
@@latmatToo much fry will cause you to flip into falsetto constantly, as well. What a delicate instrument we have! Very easy to get out of balance.
If your cords come apart during vocalisations, close your mouth and try to do a squeaky hum like a creaky door on a comfortable note start with a 5 tone staccato scale, Hope it helps 😊
Hi, is nasality something necessary?
Not “necessary”. To sing higher or over your bridge than, most definitely.
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Hotel california is so hard to sing ....
I don’t get how to go over the bridge without getting into falsetto 🤷♂️
That’s the only way I can do it 🤦♂️
For the record, French is my main langage. Funny how I never realized how the “ung” was associated with French.
Let me know what you find on that, I asked the same question. I'm in a chest mix, and as I go up it transitions to falsetto, of course very smoothly, but the point is the falsetto doesn't sound like a chest mixed, it just sounds like a strong hard falsetto, and it happens at about A major in the 5th octave
Sounds like you might need to work on keeping your vocal cords adducted/together above the break, this gives a sharper brighter sound. Vocal fry and creaky door sounds can help.
However, it’s easier to say it than it is to do it. I still struggle.
As Sterling says, cord closure is everything…