So three years ago I watched a ton of your videos and you made me understand that I needed to strengthen my chest voice. Couldn't hit F4 before, now I can get to A4. Now that I am 25 I'm rewatching this and you nailed my scenario here, I'll start working on bridging now I guess. Very useful material. It really takes dedication and time to increase the range. Now that I remember, you made a video a while back to encourage one of your suscribers to practice despite being insecure of his voice. That helped me a lot too so thank you.
Thank you so much for sharing this!!! Super happy that I was able to have a positive impact on your journey! If you need more help don't hesitate to contact me
This was stupidly helpful. Thank you! No one else clarifies which definition of head voice / falsetto / chest voice they are using, which is so confusing for beginning singers. Also, appreciate that you identified pitch targets for where people should start attempting the break.
You Phil, are a goldmine of quality, real singing information. Blessed to have your work to look into. Thank you. Hope to give back to you some way or another
Thank you! I don't consider falsetto mixed voice at all. falsetto is falsetto. Mixed voice is chest voice that is refined and developed. How long depends on how far away you are currently from it and whether you are training the right way - so that is not something I can answer because I've never heard you and have no idea how you train or how strong your voice currently is already. Training with me through skype lessons will get you there the most effective way because I know how to develop it from all stages of development - most teachers will only be able to help you if you are already very close to it already.
@@philmoufarrege Not sure I can afford the Skype lesson, not right now at least. Thanks for responding! Don't wanna press on your valuable time but since we're on the subject, I'm male and I'm currently able to blend without flipping/ breaking on A#, but lower than that my bridge is breaking on the 'EH' exercise (the one you suggested, to strengthen the vocal chords) when attempting legato. I have very good support so there's no question about flipping into falsetto and making the voice light.
I would need to hear you to give you any meaningful feedback, it could be many things. It's also possible the exercise in the video is not relevant to you too. And it is also possilbe you may just simply have incorrect perceptions of how you think your voice needs to work. For example, judging by your text it sounds like you're expecting to experience the same kind of "transition" lower in your range - it just doesn't work that way. This is a common mistake people and teachers go through when they want to learn mixed voice, they want to experience that "leaving chest voice" feeling, when in reality the lower you try to experience that sensation, the more shaky and less stable the voice will become. Mix is a MIX meaning it needs CHEST voice in it. The higher your chest voice can go the more stable it can become. Volume needs to be controlled not by trying to leave chest voice but by becoming better at vowel control.
@@philmoufarrege You are certainly right about those things Phil. There could be so much I'm not seeing that you could spot in an instant. Perhaps if you've got the free time and only if it's not a burden, I could send a recording or two for you to listen
Great video! I actually learnt to sing without any break by bringing by mix all the way down... But the tone sounded so bad I decided to push the chest and flip into mix... I can sing any note till the end of the 5th octave in mix , but I sound like a different person after flipping(on purpose) around C4-D4 area. Sounds much better than singing seamlessly.
+Isaac Hutto (Ike) What a compliment, that means so much. I recommend starting with my singing program. You can go at your own pace and it goes much more in-depth than these videos here. www.grow-the-voice.com/best-online-singing-course.html
Excellent explanation & illustrations . Really helpful to my case & I’m sure so many that want to learn to find their on voice because of their passion for singing and music.
This video finally makes sense! I can bridge at A4, but don't like to because it sounds falsettoey. C5 is where it feels best. I can also sort of bridge lower but it's a lighter M1, not M2. That can sound a lot like falsetto, if you have a small and light voice.
nice! I always wanted this video to be one of those vids! tell me more about your plateau? what are you struggling with and for how long? what have you been doing?
Hi, im not him but i can answer it :D first of all, im brazilian, so probably ill write this wrong. Im plateau in 2 things: First, all this headvoice thing. Like, how to sound like led zeppelin? I can hit the notes with '' headvoice'' its pretty strong actually but it still sounding as an screaming mickey mouse lol. The other thing is : nirvana, seether singers. Like, the chorus of their musics are in chest voice? head? if they ar in head, how do they put so much strong rasp? Dave grohl too actually.
I never switched until recently, forced chest voice up till high A-flat (no "audible" strain) and then further even to high C (with audible strain). But I knew I would ruin my voice if I tried to sing tenor (opera) that way. I had a nice but weak falsetto and rarely used it, finding it not noble enough. But only now after all these years (I'm 58) I discover the real head voice or as Mr. Phil would say: I am learning how to sing with a connected falsetto. I am still uncertain if a developed head voice would allow you to sing and sound like a operatic tenor even if you are perhaps more a light high baritone.
You can build your chest voice range higher and in fact that's what you have to do! Bridging extremely low is not going to give you the results you're looking for. It can take SERIOUS training to do it though and you'll need to find a CAPABLE teacher who has the ear to help you.
I have the same problem... It's better for me to push my chest for a few notes and flip into a powerful mix rather than pulling my mix down seamlessly.
I feel he hits the nail on the head at 10:17 ...it just clicks! Of course, watch the whole video to get all the goodies, but that last bit is a great take-away.
Im a low bass. But I can imitate you. haha! I really have problems with bridgings. my lowest note is a G1. But my head voice can reach C5 but I really have problems with this. Thank you for this vid.
This makes so much sense now. I can sing up to G#4 in chest then A4 would just be all over the place. Im assuming thats where i need to bridge. I wish i didnt have to Bridge till C5 but a bass baritone can only dream.
+Conker32192 Check out this video here: th-cam.com/video/hUF-SGn13_o/w-d-xo.html Experiment with this, it will help you discover a smooth transition to A4. I don't recommend labelling yourself like that, you really have no idea what your potential is as of yet until you've explored your voice thoroughly. Many tenors struggle on the F4 and then think they are basses because of the note.
+Phil Moufarrege yes i know. I just started learning how to sing. but i have a naturally deep voice and i can sing to a C2 without vocal fry. I can sing to a D6 but sounds like im communicating with dolphins once i go past A5
+Phil Moufarrege i dont think im ready unfortunately. If i upload a video could you evaluate it? i dont feel like i sound horrendous but still not like i want to sound
Thanks Phil, this explanation is very helpful when explaining chest and head voice to my male vocal students, as I can't really imitate the sound or notes myself. :) One thing I missed though is the different ranges that different singers have, some of my female students have more of a 'male' range and so also a lower bridging point than you mention here. Great video!
Hi Queen Prawn (love the name ha ha) - the bridging point for a female is usually taught way too low. Females feeling the need to bridge at the Bb4 are just not using chest voice properly. The earliest I allow my female students to bridge is around the C5 and this is TEMPORARY - once they can do that properly, the bridge moves up higher to around the E5 and in some cases even higher (G5)
What if you want to sing above say E4 without going full throttle? Doesn't work with chest, it seems. After 10:00 you make a lot of sense. But I guess the passing point differs with personal physique, tone you aim for, volume and even vowel. Thus, having a big overlap is key. This will give you the greatest flexibility. So yeah... bring chest voice up, but also bring head voice down. It WILL get stronger.
"What if you want to sing above say E4 without going full throttle? Doesn't work with chest, it seems." This is a great question. I got stuck on this for maybe about 7 years because I thought the same thing as you and tried to do things in something other than my chest voice. The truth is you just need to learn how to control your vowels better. Different vowels sound wider and bigger and closed vowels make your sound smaller and thinner and less "shouty" . Also as you get better with your chest voice you can learn to make it thinner and less intense but at the end of the day E4 is always going to be louder then C4. As for bringing head voice down, if you're referring to the sound that is pretty much a non-breathy falsetto then bringing that down can help a little but it won't do much overall. The main work will need to be in your chest voice
The thing with head voice, is that it can be performed extremely quietly and made to sound like falsetto. Some versions of falsetto can also be trained to sound like chest- anywhere in the range. It takes longer to develop falsetto than chest, so most people go straight to chest, looking for instant gratification. And their musicianship suffers. I've never met a belter who can do a quiet falsetto. Not one. All they can do is loud...And they are really, really vocal about how much they dislike falsetto. If only they realized that strengthening the falsetto makes it possible to sing quieter in chest! Also, nothing works to unpress a tight voice faster than letting it be breathy for a few minutes. A 60- year old singer taught me that. An old pro. Chest voice is like a big, heavy sword that you want to be careful with. If you always hold it by the blade, you will eventually cut yourself.
Hey that was good tips...however i have a query...if i pull my chest voice for notes like g4 and a4 my voice gets tired...for rock songs most of them start from e4s...how do I negotiate that?
there could be many reasons: - you could be allowing excessive air to pass through the vocal cords - you could be singing with excessive squeeze in the cords but not enough body pressure - you could be over darkening the vowel and causing the vocal cords to overly loosen allowing too much air to pass through the cords. - you could be pronouncing the vowels wrong. - you could be have excessive jaw tension - you could be not opening the jaw properly - your sense of volume could be off - you could be gripping on consonants it could be something else too. it's impossible to tell what issue you have through text and impossible to show you how to fix it through text.
Thanks for another great video Phil. Back a few years I remember I wasn't able to hit c/d4. With normal singing of songs I raised this up in a couple of months/years. Now my current break is around f/g4. So it is actually possible to take this even higher. Now when I finally understand all this, it makes me really sad about how much bullshit you can find on the internet, telling you "you have to bridge early around e4!" That's the reason why I always thought: Somehow I took my voice higher back then, but now people are telling me I have to do it differently to get up higher.
Hi +svegalddo yep I was fooled too my friend. almost every singing tutorial video is full of nonsense or if the info is accurate it's usually so generic that it's not even useful like "don't push" or "use the breath". Stay tuned this year I'm going to really put out some extremely well thought out content that is sure to help you.
+Phil Moufarrege Thanks. In these days I will try to stretch my chest voice further by singing some songs that are going above my comfort zone. Also I'm going to strengthen my breath support and staying relaxed while doing this.
This is my revelation! Thank you Phil. I actually feels that I can connect my chest and head voice but still sounds bad. Now I understand that my low chest voice is the problem, sometimes I can reach G4 but it's still unstable, I still cracked most of the time..Do you have any tips so I can increase my pure chest voice in a healthy way?
It's all to do with your vowels, the way you do your vowels is likely creating tensions in your larynx which cause big problems when you try to go higher. Check out this vid for more infor: th-cam.com/video/L7G3BrXaH3w/w-d-xo.html A few tips won't get you there you need proper in-depth training. I do lessons and have a program where you can learn this stuff from start to finish.
thank you so much bro. I've watched so many videos on this topic and they are all fucking bullshit. I thought my voice was fucked until I found this video. Thanks bro!!!
When strengthening and bringing up chest voice to A4-C5, should I do it with a low resonance sound (where it sounds kinda like Scooby Doo, and I feel it more in the lower throat and chest rather than in the nose/forehead)?
It's hard to answer that when I know you don't have access to my system. There are multiple different ways to make the sounds you just mentioned and not all of them will be correct. I recommend you get my course so you can be shown the exact coordinations and how to do them - then when I give you feedback it will be easy for you to follow.
Yeah Thanks to this.. I already found my mix voice already before I try to sing higher and this video made it more clear... but Its just weak That I just think its headvoice
this means that you need to build more heaviness/weight in your chest voice especially around the F4-G4 area. That area is the absolute key to making sure the notes above it don't become unusably thin. You're likely in too high of a larynx position which will make the voice excessively thin.
@@philmoufarrege Yes Im working on it Coz in G# I feel it is the End Of My Chest depending also on the vowels I'm using.. I just belt Through A to D which I could not sustain In the Long run.. so I Did Experiment use The Way Steve Perry sung Add more twang ang A little bit More Of headtone when Passing B4 and its a Very Trick one.. Because You dont have to make it so thin to sound fuller..
I personally don't recommend twang the way it is commonly taught as it actually tends to make it harder to dig deep into the vocal cords which you need if you want thickness up in the high range. If you can sing higher than G# but feel like your chest voice is ending at G# it is likely that your larynx is starting to raise too much after then and your voice then thins out too much. If you sing similar to how you did on your clip on your yt channel then the issue is you are singing way too high larynxed even down in your low range, this removes all the stability from the voice and stops you from really digging into the vocal cords enough to get that pressure and stability you need in the high range. If you email me a clip I can give you some feedback but ultimately if you can get together with me on a skype lesson I can walk you through it all. philmoufarrege.com
I can't even sing above C4 in chest voice to even think about G4.Mixing seems impossible to me but my fucking falsetto can go down to C3 and high to like E6 but i can't mix or go through the bridge.Can you please give me some tips it's so frustrating!!
Mr i want to ask one question. I am baritone. And trying so many times i can only go to A4 with my chest voice.after that my whistle come over.should i try to go more long like C5 or d5 With my chest voice,is it possible for any baritone. Or should i try with mixed voice(not falsetto) and is that possible.and how long can i go with any type of them(not falsetto).pls ans.
What if we can't get our chest voice to the G? I can barely hit an Eb! If you started with only an F when you began, how did you extend to a mixable G? thanks :)
Hi Sully, There is a lot to this and it can't be covered in one video or a comment. I cover it here: www.grow-the-voice.com/how-to-expand-your-vocal-range.html
Hey! Any tips for tension in the muscles under the chin? My previous vocal teacher said as I strengthen my chest voice these muscles will begin to relax on their own, but I’m still feeling a ton of tension as I sing from D4-Ab4 in chest over a year later. I’ve just learned to sing through it. I don’t sound terrible, but I fatigue very quickly and I know it’s holding me back from a free sound. Thanks! And yes I am using proper support, I’m just not getting any sort of release.
Hi Lil Chwis, this problem is caused by improper vowel setup in the throat and so other muscles come in to try and compensate and help you out. the larynx is likely too high which is another symptom. The muscles won't relax on their own until you learn how to approach your technique differently. to fix this I need to show you how to form your vowels in the throat the right way when you're using chest voice. The benefit of this also is that your range, stamina, power, control and consistency will increase dramatically also.
I sing most tenor lines in my choir, and start out a rehearsal nice and strong, but then there is so much tension I literally feel my voice shutting down and its so horrible. Its extremely depressing.
I'm so glad I've discovered this channel. You have an instant subscriber here. Definitely have some knowledge and explain it in a way I can relate to. Quick question if you'd indulge: I've been working on the "focused resonance" you talk about that others call the "mask" or "mixed", "twang" etc. Should I ALWAYS be resonating there? Even if I'm singing at the bottom of my range with an E2 or something or only as I go up higher to "zip up" the chords? I'd love it if you'd answer. Many thanks brother!
+mug7703 Hi. Focusing resonance is NOT "mask" focusing resonance is something entirely different. It means the vowel shape needs to narrow instead of become wider. Yes you should always have pharyngeal resonance throughout the entire range.
I have seen some coaches recommend using pharyngial resonance to help get througg the bridge. I have tried that and have gotten up to an E5 consistantly and as high as a G#5. My low limit is about a Bb1. My bridge on the way up is very smooth and on the way down sometimes smooth and sometimes not. I still have a lot to do on the coordination I think. Anyway, what do you think of the pharyngial resonance idea?
pharyngeal resonance is just a fancy word to describe the quality of brightness that occurs naturally when you sing the vowel clearly. So basically sing clear and keep the vowel clear. non-breathy. you will get all the pharyngeal resonance you need naturally
For getting the chest up to the G4, is this applicable to Tenors only? I'm a very deep baritone (Tessitura is from F2 - A3, speaking voice is F2 - D3) Getting up to a G4 seems an nigh impossible task to do in chest voice, because that means my chest vocal range would need to be 2 octaves+. I tend to lose much of feeling of vibration in my chest at a D4, and I can't reach an E4 unless using falsetto or straining, losing tonality and resonance and creating a bad sound. Any tips which can help extend the chest voice without damaging my voice?
+Alex Le It depends on everyone's individual voice. I need to hear how you approach singing. The key is making sure you keep a chest connection when bridging. You can take my vocal assessment on my website and I'll be able to tell you what's going on with your voice.
Learning how to use the vowels the right way, and eliminate strain from your chest voice. This could be caused by breathign issues, jaw tensions, posture issues or improper vowel modifications.
I feel like those bridges you are talking about are tenor specific bridges. Im gonna say im an intermediate level singer so im working out kinks in my voice. But i was able to easily bridge around A4 and up as im a tenor, however, i was reading some of the comments about this bass singer feeling like its painful to sing up to F4. Im just curious if the tips regarding reaching those specific notes are for tenors and would it be safe to say in your video that those bridging areas are going to be relatively different for each voice type? I wouldnt want someone who has a lower voice to hurt himself trying to pull up his chest voice to C5, whereas for us tenors, its a comfortable area to sing.
The short answer is you need to get very good at singing loudly and strongly in chest voice, "stretching up" the chest voice (trying to stay in chest voice as you go higher). The long answer is that as you try to do this you may encounter obstacles and hurdles that prevent you doing this, such as strain, or just hitting a wall. So to give more specifics will depend on what your actual issue is
Hello! I can sing past my break in a full connected bright sound but only with certain vowels: AH, UH, OH, OE "herb", and EH... It feels like I'm holding back and It's not the same way I produce a YELL. It sounds similar like yours in this video but I just can't sing an IH, EE or OO with the same kind of intensity as the ones mentioned above. When I get to a song that has one of those vowels past F4 "belt", my vowel wants to change the EE to an EH or else my voice will fail. If I go up in scale, the ee slightly changes to an EH and then completely becomes an eh by the time im at F4. Same with an OO... Becomes an almost pure OH or UH by the time I go past F4 or at F4. With those vowels, the back of my tongue feels like it's doing something... Maybe it's squeezing? It certainly feels a bit tight with those two vowels only so I have to stick my tongue out and make sure it gets relaxed again. Unfortunately, I cannot get past the vowels changing unconsciously "belting" EE->EH OO->OH/UH.
...(cont.) but when I do it in a lower volume from bottom and stay the same volume on top, it sounds clean and non-belty. Almost SLS like sound. My voice is relaxed and basically not much effort required... Not as STRONG as a belt though. It doesn't feel like a regular falsetto (think Robin Thicke) but it has a korean ballad type of sound (K.Will, Park Hyo Shin or Naul). But that sls like sound can transition from a ringy loud pingy or operatic (has a lot of vibrato if focused right) and can almost be as loud or even louder than a regular pop song belt-- yet can transition between that sound and even softer into an airy falsetto with control.
+Kristopharaoh Films edit: *if done in a lower volume* - all vowels can be produced easily but unsure if it's a strong falsetto extended low range and as it gets higher notes, it sounds powerful. Basically lower volume notes seem a bit quiet --> once it's past F4, that's where it shines.
+Phil Moufarrege I think he is asking, "what is my voice type, based on the fact that it starts off weak at my first passagio and gets stronger and stronger the higher I sing after C5 - and what kind of exercises would I have to do to correct that and get a more evenness of scale from lowest note to highest"?
You make a lot of good points, but I'm wondering... What if you bring up your chest voice to C5 and pull down your head voice to B3; doesn't that give you the option of singing in either head voice or chest voice (or any combination of the two) from B3 to C5?
As I said in the video, the headvoice (falsetto) doesn't respond the same way down low as it does higher up. So you can "smoothly" transition from chest to "headvoice" without a break at C4 but the headvoice down that low is so weak that you will have to also bring your chest voice volume down to a whisper making the skill useless. you would still be going from a connected sound to a disconnected sound - just without a break. The point of this video is to demonstrate that the common advice of "bridge into headvoice" only becomes useful when done high enough in the range
Great video. You're the most coherent teacher I found on TH-cam, so I wanna ask you a question. I understand that singers have to build up their chest voice first, but I have a serious problem with that. It's not a range problem, because I can hit a A#4 with my full voice. The problem is that my voice breaks. It doesn't happen all the time, it just happens randomly, but the more I sing, the more often it happens. It's like my voice gets tired while I sing. For example, sometimes I want to sing a G4 in full voice, but my voice breaks and I end up singing a B4 in falsetto. This has always happened to me, it's not something new. But I've been taking singing lessons for 2 months now because I want to take it seriously, but it seems like I will never overcome this problem I have. Do you have any explanations for that break? Also, do you have any recommendations to eliminate the problem? Thank you very much in advance.
+Diego Vizia Hey there Diego. I have loads of explanations for the break and I'll be realistic with you, you WON'T overcome the problem is you aren't being trained properly. Overcoming the break is about very specific and microscopic details in the sound. Your teacher absolutely must have the EAR to hear these imbalances in your sound because that's what they are. There are inefficiences in your breathing, your vowel placement and where you direct and generate tension to keep the sound "pressurized". As you sing higher these little faults become bigger and bigger until your voice either strains or flips. What you don't want to do is just keep "trying different exercises". Instead the APPROACH TO CREATING SOUND is what needs to be tweaked. Some of the tweaks are very subtle but they allow you to move up higher and higher without strain. As you practice this "new approach" to creating sound, the break moves farther up and farther up until you don't have one. If you're curious about what I can do with your voice book a lesson with me I'm sure you will be pleased.
+Phil Moufarrege Thank you very much for taking the time to write a personalized answer. That was very kind of you. Having a personal lesson with you would be awesome. I'd need to buy a camera and a mic first, of course. I'll let you know when I'm ready. I also considered buying your book because I'm pretty sure it'll be a great resource. Thanks again.
with the right kind of training and technique you can build the chest voice higher and higher. when I first started I also couldn't get past the F4. Now I can take the chest voice right up into the fifth octave. This is what is known as "mixed voice", really it's just the chest voice that is developed properly. For more information head to my website PHILMOUFARREGE.COM
The answer depends on whatever is preventing you from getting there specifically to you. Without hearing you, it could be any number of different things. Contact me on philmoufarrege.com and send a recording of your voice and I can tell you what you need to be doing.
building up your range in chest up to c5 for men - but with bridging, or without the bridging? Like to me, you're bridging to get to the c5, it sounds, is that what you mean?
well, you are doing that conexión with a scale that have side by side intervals,, I can do that already,, but what about a song that have one longer leap between two notes??? I mean ,, if YOU have a sixth interval on the chest voice high register you don't have the chance to drag the pasaggio área, and you ll fall to your head voice on the second note, do you understand?? how would you do that????
Yes exercises are easier than actual songs - I have many recordings of myself singing actual songs on my channel. As for your question you have to learn how to crescendo (fade in) on notes on the spot without creating tension in the throat. I cover all this in my course. If you'd like to see more, click here: www.grow-the-voice.com/how-to-expand-your-vocal-range.html
Im a female but my voice break is so low that i always sing in a falsetto and when i do one low note it makes a rather uniquely bad break. Ive been told is pretty annoying to listen to my falsetto voice all the time
very interesting video bro! I have been struggling this for the past 7 weeks to be exact , I started singing from December 2015 so I am fairly new,used to be a guitarist , now tell me something, if you watch the show the voice then you known Jordan Smith from season 9 , he is the winner, he apparently sang this song "Halo" IN F# MAJOR and he sing at this point where its not belting but its a very connected powerful mix, the problem is that I can sing good heady tone up to A#4 and when I get lower than that especially at F4 which is I am pretty sure is my bridge I can't sing that powerfully head tone,my voice wants to filp to the chest voice or a weak detached falsetto,like I can't get chord closure there , how do I strengthen my head voice to that F4-G4 range? and yes I can't messa di voce there ,it just flips :(
Hi +Stefan Salvatore I live in Japan so I haven't seen that show since I left Australia 3 years ago. Please sign up for my vocal assessment on my website, I need to HEAR your approach, sound is everything, words can mean many different things.
I am a bass. My chest voice extends from C#2 up to d4-e4. e4 is strained, even when keeping the vowel tamed and the resonance in the mask. F4 is physically painful. I find that switching into mix around C4 C#4 allows me to remain pain and strain free. I cannot fathom having to pull chest up near A4 let alone, to ever squeak even a G4. If by full voice you mean a mixed voice here, Than I get it. C5 is a great place to thin into a falsetto. But to pull plain old chest up to C5 is physically impossible for me without mixing some head resonance.
Hi +Brian Gantick By "pulling chest" yes I mean mixing. The reason I call it chest is because if you mix correctly, the sensation will be as if your chest voice is just continuing - you never leave it. And I never have the intention to "let go" of the voice, I drag it all the way up as high as possible. For that reason I have a hard time explaining where my "chest ends" because it doesnt, it just keeps going all the way into the 5th octave. yes you need to mix with head resonance definitely. That should be happening all the time. So your definition for mix is basically what I would just call a correct chest voice/full voice. Whatever clicks with you, it's all good - I change my terms based on who I am talking to (I'm not hardnosed about terms) - it's the sounds that are important. By the way I watched a video of yours to hear your speaking voice and you are definitely NOT a bass! You are closer to my voice (in between baritone and tenor). best regards
Hey Phil, I really need some help here! Why can I do the exerises properly and I actually feel good when doing them, but then when I try to apply them into singing it sounds as if I haven't praticed at all. I know where my mixed voice is when doing these exercises but then when I try to sing a song in mixed voice, I end up singing with a strained chesty voice :( I'm feeling frustrated.
+Víctor Cortés I would need to hear both how you approach exercises and how you approach singing. If the answer was extremely simple you would have worked it out by now. The answer is subtle and could be caused by several different things that you've missed. Get on my mailing list on my website and send me a recording, I'll analyze what's going on and get back to you.
+spartyutube There could be several reasons. The main one is you might be letting go on your support at the top. You have to maintain your chest connection going up. Think of it like a sinking ship and you're underneath holding it up so that it doesn't fall into the ocean. Singing is very much like that, the longer you sing a phrase or sustain a note, your support is going to start draining and your voice will eventually want to disconnect. There could be other reasons but I'd have to hear you to be sure. You can take my free vocal assessment on my website and I can have a listen.
When the chest voice/mixed voice is developed and refined up into the 5th octave it starts to strengthen the falsetto up there as well so it becomes clearer and less airy.
it depends on what your specific issues are. There isn't just one exercise that responds the same way for everyone. The exercises work differently depending on what position your voice is in before doing the exercise. Because of this I don't recommend trying to learn how to sing through free youtube videos. Not only that, but you're only getting about 1% of what I actually teach, in a completely random order, without knowing what is relevant for you.
Phil Moufarrege Thank you so much for the response. I’d love to take a lesson from you but the price is so incredible for someone currently going through school. I’ll have to save up in order to get some lessons because I need to hit an A in a show I’m in and the max I can sustain is an A flat and only for about five seconds at that. I need to learn how to sing correctly and not blow out my voice so much
+tjshoutout98 Head over to my website and sign up to the mailing list on the front page. I take you through a few lessons and also will personally analyze your voice that will show you what to do after this G#4 area. Like I said in this video, NOW is that time you should be experimenting with bridging. Play around with this video too: th-cam.com/video/hUF-SGn13_o/w-d-xo.html
i'm kinda confused, in other videos you said that headvoice and falsetto are different, but in this one you said that theyre the same, did i miss something?
in the other video I said that there are 2 definitions that people use and I defined both of them quite clearly. The way people define it nowadays is practically the same thing, the way it was defined in the days past was differently. That's what I explained in that video.
Thanks for the answer, btw i'm pretty sure i signed up for the free course on your website, however, i still havent received any mail. Can you check it up for me?
then this video is not relevant for you at all. You should not be focusing on bridging anything or mixed voice or anything of the sort. your focus should be on belting in chest voice and learning to take that up to F#4 before trying to do anything that is in this video. If you're breaking on B3-C4 then it is likely you are not used to singing loud enough. Your priority needs to be on basically approaching singing similar to shouting, but doing so in a way that doesn't hurt your voice or sound breathy. It must be very clear and solid and robust. this will build the necessary strength in the voice
@@philmoufarrege Thank you very much for the advice. I'm in my 30's and I will not rest until I get rid of the break. I don't even want to touch my guitar because of it.
I hate you for saying such a true things..yes,i hate you for its..but i cant deny what you're saying is true..unfortunately,we should at least learn to strengthen our chest voice first before attempt to do any transition..this dude are stating a real fact here..
So three years ago I watched a ton of your videos and you made me understand that I needed to strengthen my chest voice. Couldn't hit F4 before, now I can get to A4.
Now that I am 25 I'm rewatching this and you nailed my scenario here, I'll start working on bridging now I guess. Very useful material. It really takes dedication and time to increase the range.
Now that I remember, you made a video a while back to encourage one of your suscribers to practice despite being insecure of his voice. That helped me a lot too so thank you.
Thank you so much for sharing this!!! Super happy that I was able to have a positive impact on your journey! If you need more help don't hesitate to contact me
This was stupidly helpful. Thank you! No one else clarifies which definition of head voice / falsetto / chest voice they are using, which is so confusing for beginning singers. Also, appreciate that you identified pitch targets for where people should start attempting the break.
you are very welcome. I have a free guide that will help you further check it out here PHILMOUFARREGE.COM
You gave me THE SOLUTION. I know that there is more out there to improve my tone but this helped me a lot. Thanks
My chest is strong but I have a difficult time transitioning and it is so frustrating.
i feel you
Wow I can sing a high C ? I had no idea. Gonna keep practicing, thank you for your explanation, it makes more sense than anything else so far
it's possible to go well beyond the high c too
^^
You Phil, are a goldmine of quality, real singing information. Blessed to have your work to look into.
Thank you. Hope to give back to you some way or another
Wondering, how long does it take to build that high falsetto mixed voice, so you can later start to work on the mix in the lower parts
Thank you! I don't consider falsetto mixed voice at all. falsetto is falsetto. Mixed voice is chest voice that is refined and developed. How long depends on how far away you are currently from it and whether you are training the right way - so that is not something I can answer because I've never heard you and have no idea how you train or how strong your voice currently is already. Training with me through skype lessons will get you there the most effective way because I know how to develop it from all stages of development - most teachers will only be able to help you if you are already very close to it already.
@@philmoufarrege Not sure I can afford the Skype lesson, not right now at least. Thanks for responding!
Don't wanna press on your valuable time but since we're on the subject, I'm male and I'm currently able to blend without flipping/ breaking on A#, but lower than that my bridge is breaking on the 'EH' exercise (the one you suggested, to strengthen the vocal chords) when attempting legato. I have very good support so there's no question about flipping into falsetto and making the voice light.
I would need to hear you to give you any meaningful feedback, it could be many things. It's also possible the exercise in the video is not relevant to you too. And it is also possilbe you may just simply have incorrect perceptions of how you think your voice needs to work. For example, judging by your text it sounds like you're expecting to experience the same kind of "transition" lower in your range - it just doesn't work that way. This is a common mistake people and teachers go through when they want to learn mixed voice, they want to experience that "leaving chest voice" feeling, when in reality the lower you try to experience that sensation, the more shaky and less stable the voice will become. Mix is a MIX meaning it needs CHEST voice in it. The higher your chest voice can go the more stable it can become. Volume needs to be controlled not by trying to leave chest voice but by becoming better at vowel control.
@@philmoufarrege You are certainly right about those things Phil. There could be so much I'm not seeing that you could spot in an instant. Perhaps if you've got the free time and only if it's not a burden, I could send a recording or two for you to listen
You made a good point that I never thought about this before, so glad I watched this video
I'm so glad you found it!
Great video Phil. So glad you tell it like it really is.
+VIDEOHEREBOB it's the only way to do it bro!
This is exactly what I needed to know at my stage. Thank you
glad you found it helpful thank you
Its just so understandable. Thankyou sir
you are most welcome
Great video! I actually learnt to sing without any break by bringing by mix all the way down... But the tone sounded so bad I decided to push the chest and flip into mix... I can sing any note till the end of the 5th octave in mix , but I sound like a different person after flipping(on purpose) around C4-D4 area. Sounds much better than singing seamlessly.
God bless your knowledge good man...
thank you!
I have made amazing progress by watching your videos. I plan to start vocal lessons after I finish school this year.
+Isaac Hutto (Ike) What a compliment, that means so much. I recommend starting with my singing program. You can go at your own pace and it goes much more in-depth than these videos here.
www.grow-the-voice.com/best-online-singing-course.html
I'm looking forward to it.
Excellent explanation & illustrations .
Really helpful to my case & I’m sure so many
that want to learn to find their on voice because of their passion for singing and music.
This video finally makes sense! I can bridge at A4, but don't like to because it sounds falsettoey. C5 is where it feels best. I can also sort of bridge lower but it's a lighter M1, not M2. That can sound a lot like falsetto, if you have a small and light voice.
great to hear.
This is what I've been looking for, great stuff!!!
Glad I could help
This might be the video/information I've been missing to solve my plateau!
nice! I always wanted this video to be one of those vids! tell me more about your plateau? what are you struggling with and for how long? what have you been doing?
Hi, im not him but i can answer it :D first of all, im brazilian, so probably ill write this wrong. Im plateau in 2 things: First, all this headvoice thing. Like, how to sound like led zeppelin? I can hit the notes with '' headvoice'' its pretty strong actually but it still sounding as an screaming mickey mouse lol. The other thing is : nirvana, seether singers. Like, the chorus of their musics are in chest voice? head? if they ar in head, how do they put so much strong rasp? Dave grohl too actually.
damn I wanna know how you extended your range so drastically from f4 to c5, thanks for the tips btw
I teach singers how to do this through Skype lessons and my vocal program:
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Thank you Phil! I've been trying to figure this out for years.
I never switched until recently, forced chest voice up till high A-flat (no "audible" strain) and then further even to high C (with audible strain). But I knew I would ruin my voice if I tried to sing tenor (opera) that way. I had a nice but weak falsetto and rarely used it, finding it not noble enough. But only now after all these years (I'm 58) I discover the real head voice or as Mr. Phil would say: I am learning how to sing with a connected falsetto. I am still uncertain if a developed head voice would allow you to sing and sound like a operatic tenor even if you are perhaps more a light high baritone.
Really helpful!! Thanks, phil!
What if your chest voice is so low that the only way to be able to sing any kind of popular song is to bridge into head voice at low notes?
You can build your chest voice range higher and in fact that's what you
have to do! Bridging extremely low is not going to give you the results
you're looking for. It can take SERIOUS training to do it though and
you'll need to find a CAPABLE teacher who has the ear to help you.
I have the same problem... It's better for me to push my chest for a few notes and flip into a powerful mix rather than pulling my mix down seamlessly.
My highest chest note is Ab4. Will this be it or should I push further?
@@knightfury6587 I think you should switch to a mix at about E4
@@Worshipsatch Isn't that a little low, I guess?
I feel he hits the nail on the head at 10:17 ...it just clicks! Of course, watch the whole video to get all the goodies, but that last bit is a great take-away.
Cheers!!
Awesome videos. It tells people exactly what they want to know. I do have to admit that I laughed at 1:51....:P
Im a low bass. But I can imitate you. haha! I really have problems with bridgings. my lowest note is a G1. But my head voice can reach C5 but I really have problems with this. Thank you for this vid.
This makes so much sense now. I can sing up to G#4 in chest then A4 would just be all over the place. Im assuming thats where i need to bridge. I wish i didnt have to Bridge till C5 but a bass baritone can only dream.
+Conker32192 Check out this video here: th-cam.com/video/hUF-SGn13_o/w-d-xo.html
Experiment with this, it will help you discover a smooth transition to A4. I don't recommend labelling yourself like that, you really have no idea what your potential is as of yet until you've explored your voice thoroughly. Many tenors struggle on the F4 and then think they are basses because of the note.
+Phil Moufarrege yes i know. I just started learning how to sing. but i have a naturally deep voice and i can sing to a C2 without vocal fry. I can sing to a D6 but sounds like im communicating with dolphins once i go past A5
+Conker32192 make some tunes bro ! get out there perform and make badass music!
+Phil Moufarrege i dont think im ready unfortunately. If i upload a video could you evaluate it? i dont feel like i sound horrendous but still not like i want to sound
Thanks Phil, this explanation is very helpful when explaining chest and head voice to my male vocal students, as I can't really imitate the sound or notes myself. :) One thing I missed though is the different ranges that different singers have, some of my female students have more of a 'male' range and so also a lower bridging point than you mention here. Great video!
Hi Queen Prawn (love the name ha ha) - the bridging point for a female is usually taught way too low. Females feeling the need to bridge at the Bb4 are just not using chest voice properly. The earliest I allow my female students to bridge is around the C5 and this is TEMPORARY - once they can do that properly, the bridge moves up higher to around the E5 and in some cases even higher (G5)
Thanks man helped aloy
Glad to hear it!
What if you want to sing above say E4 without going full throttle? Doesn't work with chest, it seems.
After 10:00 you make a lot of sense. But I guess the passing point differs with personal physique, tone you aim for, volume and even vowel. Thus, having a big overlap is key. This will give you the greatest flexibility. So yeah... bring chest voice up, but also bring head voice down. It WILL get stronger.
"What if you want to sing above say E4 without going full throttle? Doesn't work with chest, it seems."
This is a great question. I got stuck on this for maybe about 7 years because I thought the same thing as you and tried to do things in something other than my chest voice. The truth is you just need to learn how to control your vowels better. Different vowels sound wider and bigger and closed vowels make your sound smaller and thinner and less "shouty" . Also as you get better with your chest voice you can learn to make it thinner and less intense but at the end of the day E4 is always going to be louder then C4.
As for bringing head voice down, if you're referring to the sound that is pretty much a non-breathy falsetto then bringing that down can help a little but it won't do much overall. The main work will need to be in your chest voice
The thing with head voice, is that it can be performed extremely quietly and made to sound like falsetto. Some versions of falsetto can also be trained to sound like chest- anywhere in the range. It takes longer to develop falsetto than chest, so most people go straight to chest, looking for instant gratification. And their musicianship suffers. I've never met a belter who can do a quiet falsetto. Not one. All they can do is loud...And they are really, really vocal about how much they dislike falsetto. If only they realized that strengthening the falsetto makes it possible to sing quieter in chest! Also, nothing works to unpress a tight voice faster than letting it be breathy for a few minutes.
A 60- year old singer taught me that. An old pro. Chest voice is like a big, heavy sword that you want to be careful with. If you always hold it by the blade, you will eventually cut yourself.
what is the exercised you recommend to train and strengthen that transition?
I love this video.
Thank you!
Hey that was good tips...however i have a query...if i pull my chest voice for notes like g4 and a4 my voice gets tired...for rock songs most of them start from e4s...how do I negotiate that?
there could be many reasons:
- you could be allowing excessive air to pass through the vocal cords
- you could be singing with excessive squeeze in the cords but not enough body pressure
- you could be over darkening the vowel and causing the vocal cords to overly loosen allowing too much air to pass through the cords.
- you could be pronouncing the vowels wrong.
- you could be have excessive jaw tension
- you could be not opening the jaw properly
- your sense of volume could be off
- you could be gripping on consonants
it could be something else too. it's impossible to tell what issue you have through text and impossible to show you how to fix it through text.
it really helped, thank you
excellent, cheers!
Thanks for another great video Phil. Back a few years I remember I wasn't able to hit c/d4. With normal singing of songs I raised this up in a couple of months/years. Now my current break is around f/g4. So it is actually possible to take this even higher. Now when I finally understand all this, it makes me really sad about how much bullshit you can find on the internet, telling you "you have to bridge early around e4!" That's the reason why I always thought: Somehow I took my voice higher back then, but now people are telling me I have to do it differently to get up higher.
Hi +svegalddo yep I was fooled too my friend. almost every singing tutorial video is full of nonsense or if the info is accurate it's usually so generic that it's not even useful like "don't push" or "use the breath". Stay tuned this year I'm going to really put out some extremely well thought out content that is sure to help you.
+Phil Moufarrege Thanks. In these days I will try to stretch my chest voice further by singing some songs that are going above my comfort zone. Also I'm going to strengthen my breath support and staying relaxed while doing this.
+svegalddo I hope that this will help like it did before I started watching all those confusing videos.
+svegalddo whether it works or not depends on whether your approach to forming sound is correct or not. That's where I come in.
This is my revelation! Thank you Phil. I actually feels that I can connect my chest and head voice but still sounds bad. Now I understand that my low chest voice is the problem, sometimes I can reach G4 but it's still unstable, I still cracked most of the time..Do you have any tips so I can increase my pure chest voice in a healthy way?
It's all to do with your vowels, the way you do your vowels is likely creating tensions in your larynx which cause big problems when you try to go higher. Check out this vid for more infor:
th-cam.com/video/L7G3BrXaH3w/w-d-xo.html
A few tips won't get you there you need proper in-depth training. I do lessons and have a program where you can learn this stuff from start to finish.
Phil Moufarrege Thanks man I'll be sure to check it out. Anyway, may god bless you. Keep on making great videos 😆
thank you so much bro. I've watched so many videos on this topic and they are all fucking bullshit. I thought my voice was fucked until I found this video. Thanks bro!!!
When strengthening and bringing up chest voice to A4-C5, should I do it with a low resonance sound (where it sounds kinda like Scooby Doo, and I feel it more in the lower throat and chest rather than in the nose/forehead)?
It's hard to answer that when I know you don't have access to my system. There are multiple different ways to make the sounds you just mentioned and not all of them will be correct. I recommend you get my course so you can be shown the exact coordinations and how to do them - then when I give you feedback it will be easy for you to follow.
Hi Phil, I just discovered your videos, subscribed, and look forward to gaining knowledge through your channel! Keep up the great work!
Hi Rymy, great to have you here. What are your goals and what are you hoping to accomplish?
Hoping to expand my chest voice upwards, and learn proper technique so as not to injure my vocal chords... So far your videos have been a great help!
This is good stuff
Yeah Thanks to this.. I already found my mix voice already before I try to sing higher and this video made it more clear... but Its just weak That I just think its headvoice
this means that you need to build more heaviness/weight in your chest voice especially around the F4-G4 area. That area is the absolute key to making sure the notes above it don't become unusably thin. You're likely in too high of a larynx position which will make the voice excessively thin.
@@philmoufarrege Yes Im working on it Coz in G# I feel it is the End Of My Chest depending also on the vowels I'm using.. I just belt Through A to D which I could not sustain In the Long run.. so I Did Experiment use The Way Steve Perry sung Add more twang ang A little bit More Of headtone when Passing B4 and its a Very Trick one.. Because You dont have to make it so thin to sound fuller..
I personally don't recommend twang the way it is commonly taught as it actually tends to make it harder to dig deep into the vocal cords which you need if you want thickness up in the high range. If you can sing higher than G# but feel like your chest voice is ending at G# it is likely that your larynx is starting to raise too much after then and your voice then thins out too much. If you sing similar to how you did on your clip on your yt channel then the issue is you are singing way too high larynxed even down in your low range, this removes all the stability from the voice and stops you from really digging into the vocal cords enough to get that pressure and stability you need in the high range. If you email me a clip I can give you some feedback but ultimately if you can get together with me on a skype lesson I can walk you through it all. philmoufarrege.com
@@philmoufarrege I started working on A4 and it wobbles.. btw thanks
I need help man. My chest voice only spans from A2-G3 and my head voice is from G4-E5. How do i bridge if i can't get my chest voice to G4?
you need to strengthen and grow the chest voice as high as possible.
I can't even sing above C4 in chest voice to even think about G4.Mixing seems impossible to me but my fucking falsetto can go down to C3 and high to like E6 but i can't mix or go through the
bridge.Can you please give me some tips it's so frustrating!!
Hi Phil .. What is better ? bridging?.. or chest voice going to.mixed voice?
Mr i want to ask one question. I am baritone. And trying so many times i can only go to A4 with my chest voice.after that my whistle come over.should i try to go more long like C5 or d5 With my chest voice,is it possible for any baritone.
Or should i try with mixed voice(not falsetto) and is that possible.and how long can i go with any type of them(not falsetto).pls ans.
What if we can't get our chest voice to the G? I can barely hit an Eb! If you started with only an F when you began, how did you extend to a mixable G? thanks :)
Hi Sully, There is a lot to this and it can't be covered in one video or a comment.
I cover it here:
www.grow-the-voice.com/how-to-expand-your-vocal-range.html
Hey! Any tips for tension in the muscles under the chin? My previous vocal teacher said as I strengthen my chest voice these muscles will begin to relax on their own, but I’m still feeling a ton of tension as I sing from D4-Ab4 in chest over a year later. I’ve just learned to sing through it. I don’t sound terrible, but I fatigue very quickly and I know it’s holding me back from a free sound. Thanks! And yes I am using proper support, I’m just not getting any sort of release.
Hi Lil Chwis, this problem is caused by improper vowel setup in the throat and so other muscles come in to try and compensate and help you out. the larynx is likely too high which is another symptom. The muscles won't relax on their own until you learn how to approach your technique differently. to fix this I need to show you how to form your vowels in the throat the right way when you're using chest voice. The benefit of this also is that your range, stamina, power, control and consistency will increase dramatically also.
I sing most tenor lines in my choir, and start out a rehearsal nice and strong, but then there is so much tension I literally feel my voice shutting down and its so horrible. Its extremely depressing.
my highest note in chest voice is f4 . How can i extend it to g4 or up to c5 and start mixing ?
I'm so glad I've discovered this channel. You have an instant subscriber here. Definitely have some knowledge and explain it in a way I can relate to.
Quick question if you'd indulge: I've been working on the "focused resonance" you talk about that others call the "mask" or "mixed", "twang" etc. Should I ALWAYS be resonating there? Even if I'm singing at the bottom of my range with an E2 or something or only as I go up higher to "zip up" the chords?
I'd love it if you'd answer. Many thanks brother!
+mug7703 Hi. Focusing resonance is NOT "mask" focusing resonance is something entirely different. It means the vowel shape needs to narrow instead of become wider.
Yes you should always have pharyngeal resonance throughout the entire range.
I have seen some coaches recommend using pharyngial resonance to help get througg the bridge. I have tried that and have gotten up to an E5 consistantly and as high as a G#5. My low limit is about a Bb1.
My bridge on the way up is very smooth and on the way down sometimes smooth and sometimes not. I still have a lot to do on the coordination I think.
Anyway, what do you think of the pharyngial resonance idea?
pharyngeal resonance is just a fancy word to describe the quality of brightness that occurs naturally when you sing the vowel clearly. So basically sing clear and keep the vowel clear. non-breathy. you will get all the pharyngeal resonance you need naturally
@@philmoufarrege great..great..great that's it.
For getting the chest up to the G4, is this applicable to Tenors only? I'm a very deep baritone (Tessitura is from F2 - A3, speaking voice is F2 - D3) Getting up to a G4 seems an nigh impossible task to do in chest voice, because that means my chest vocal range would need to be 2 octaves+. I tend to lose much of feeling of vibration in my chest at a D4, and I can't reach an E4 unless using falsetto or straining, losing tonality and resonance and creating a bad sound. Any tips which can help extend the chest voice without damaging my voice?
+Alex Le It depends on everyone's individual voice. I need to hear how you approach singing. The key is making sure you keep a chest connection when bridging. You can take my vocal assessment on my website and I'll be able to tell you what's going on with your voice.
My voice is naturally at f4 but after f#4 it's losses it's coordination so should I go for bridging or should I carry out it upto A4
keep going higher if you know how to.
How do you get chest voice higher?
Learning how to use the vowels the right way, and eliminate strain from your chest voice. This could be caused by breathign issues, jaw tensions, posture issues or improper vowel modifications.
I feel like those bridges you are talking about are tenor specific bridges. Im gonna say im an intermediate level singer so im working out kinks in my voice. But i was able to easily bridge around A4 and up as im a tenor, however, i was reading some of the comments about this bass singer feeling like its painful to sing up to F4. Im just curious if the tips regarding reaching those specific notes are for tenors and would it be safe to say in your video that those bridging areas are going to be relatively different for each voice type? I wouldnt want someone who has a lower voice to hurt himself trying to pull up his chest voice to C5, whereas for us tenors, its a comfortable area to sing.
Ok so how do I strengthen the chest voice?
The short answer is you need to get very good at singing loudly and strongly in chest voice, "stretching up" the chest voice (trying to stay in chest voice as you go higher). The long answer is that as you try to do this you may encounter obstacles and hurdles that prevent you doing this, such as strain, or just hitting a wall. So to give more specifics will depend on what your actual issue is
Hello! I can sing past my break in a full connected bright sound but only with certain vowels: AH, UH, OH, OE "herb", and EH... It feels like I'm holding back and It's not the same way I produce a YELL. It sounds similar like yours in this video but I just can't sing an IH, EE or OO with the same kind of intensity as the ones mentioned above. When I get to a song that has one of those vowels past F4 "belt", my vowel wants to change the EE to an EH or else my voice will fail. If I go up in scale, the ee slightly changes to an EH and then completely becomes an eh by the time im at F4. Same with an OO... Becomes an almost pure OH or UH by the time I go past F4 or at F4. With those vowels, the back of my tongue feels like it's doing something... Maybe it's squeezing? It certainly feels a bit tight with those two vowels only so I have to stick my tongue out and make sure it gets relaxed again. Unfortunately, I cannot get past the vowels changing unconsciously "belting" EE->EH OO->OH/UH.
...(cont.) but when I do it in a lower volume from bottom and stay the same volume on top, it sounds clean and non-belty. Almost SLS like sound. My voice is relaxed and basically not much effort required... Not as STRONG as a belt though. It doesn't feel like a regular falsetto (think Robin Thicke) but it has a korean ballad type of sound (K.Will, Park Hyo Shin or Naul). But that sls like sound can transition from a ringy loud pingy or operatic (has a lot of vibrato if focused right) and can almost be as loud or even louder than a regular pop song belt-- yet can transition between that sound and even softer into an airy falsetto with control.
+Kristopharaoh Films edit: *if done in a lower volume* - all vowels can be produced easily but unsure if it's a strong falsetto extended low range and as it gets higher notes, it sounds powerful. Basically lower volume notes seem a bit quiet --> once it's past F4, that's where it shines.
+Kristopharaoh Films that's quite a mouthful. Was there something you wanted to ask me?
+Phil Moufarrege I think he is asking, "what is my voice type, based on the fact that it starts off weak at my first passagio and gets stronger and stronger the higher I sing after C5 - and what kind of exercises would I have to do to correct that and get a more evenness of scale from lowest note to highest"?
I would recommend starting with my course:
grow-the-voice.com/best-online-singing-course.html
You make a lot of good points, but I'm wondering... What if you bring up your chest voice to C5 and pull down your head voice to B3; doesn't that give you the option of singing in either head voice or chest voice (or any combination of the two) from B3 to C5?
As I said in the video, the headvoice (falsetto) doesn't respond the same way down low as it does higher up. So you can "smoothly" transition from chest to "headvoice" without a break at C4 but the headvoice down that low is so weak that you will have to also bring your chest voice volume down to a whisper making the skill useless. you would still be going from a connected sound to a disconnected sound - just without a break. The point of this video is to demonstrate that the common advice of "bridge into headvoice" only becomes useful when done high enough in the range
Would the note that you bridge on be considered the passagi?
Great video. You're the most coherent teacher I found on TH-cam, so I wanna ask you a question.
I understand that singers have to build up their chest voice first, but I have a serious problem with that. It's not a range problem, because I can hit a A#4 with my full voice. The problem is that my voice breaks. It doesn't happen all the time, it just happens randomly, but the more I sing, the more often it happens. It's like my voice gets tired while I sing. For example, sometimes I want to sing a G4 in full voice, but my voice breaks and I end up singing a B4 in falsetto. This has always happened to me, it's not something new. But I've been taking singing lessons for 2 months now because I want to take it seriously, but it seems like I will never overcome this problem I have. Do you have any explanations for that break? Also, do you have any recommendations to eliminate the problem?
Thank you very much in advance.
+Diego Vizia Hey there Diego. I have loads of explanations for the break and I'll be realistic with you, you WON'T overcome the problem is you aren't being trained properly.
Overcoming the break is about very specific and microscopic details in the sound. Your teacher absolutely must have the EAR to hear these imbalances in your sound because that's what they are. There are inefficiences in your breathing, your vowel placement and where you direct and generate tension to keep the sound "pressurized". As you sing higher these little faults become bigger and bigger until your voice either strains or flips.
What you don't want to do is just keep "trying different exercises". Instead the APPROACH TO CREATING SOUND is what needs to be tweaked. Some of the tweaks are very subtle but they allow you to move up higher and higher without strain. As you practice this "new approach" to creating sound, the break moves farther up and farther up until you don't have one.
If you're curious about what I can do with your voice book a lesson with me I'm sure you will be pleased.
+Phil Moufarrege Thank you very much for taking the time to write a personalized answer. That was very kind of you.
Having a personal lesson with you would be awesome. I'd need to buy a camera and a mic first, of course. I'll let you know when I'm ready. I also considered buying your book because I'm pretty sure it'll be a great resource.
Thanks again.
My voice don't go after E4-F4 so how is it possible for me to go AT LEAST G4? It is going too confusing for me.😟
with the right kind of training and technique you can build the chest voice higher and higher. when I first started I also couldn't get past the F4. Now I can take the chest voice right up into the fifth octave. This is what is known as "mixed voice", really it's just the chest voice that is developed properly. For more information head to my website PHILMOUFARREGE.COM
Hi Phil, open arms pls.
definitely considering this at some point
But how do you get your chest voice up to the g4
The answer depends on whatever is preventing you from getting there specifically to you. Without hearing you, it could be any number of different things. Contact me on philmoufarrege.com and send a recording of your voice and I can tell you what you need to be doing.
building up your range in chest up to c5 for men - but with bridging, or without the bridging? Like to me, you're bridging to get to the c5, it sounds, is that what you mean?
yes
well, you are doing that conexión with a scale that have side by side intervals,, I can do that already,, but what about a song that have one longer leap between two notes??? I mean ,, if YOU have a sixth interval on the chest voice high register you don't have the chance to drag the pasaggio área, and you ll fall to your head voice on the second note, do you understand?? how would you do that????
Yes exercises are easier than actual songs - I have many recordings of myself singing actual songs on my channel.
As for your question you have to learn how to crescendo (fade in) on notes on the spot without creating tension in the throat. I cover all this in my course. If you'd like to see more, click here:
www.grow-the-voice.com/how-to-expand-your-vocal-range.html
thanks PHILL im gonna see it, and ill tell you my comments
Im a female but my voice break is so low that i always sing in a falsetto and when i do one low note it makes a rather uniquely bad break. Ive been told is pretty annoying to listen to my falsetto voice all the time
very interesting video bro! I have been struggling this for the past 7 weeks to be exact , I started singing from December 2015 so I am fairly new,used to be a guitarist , now tell me something, if you watch the show the voice then you known Jordan Smith from season 9 , he is the winner, he apparently sang this song "Halo" IN F# MAJOR and he sing at this point where its not belting but its a very connected powerful mix, the problem is that I can sing good heady tone up to A#4 and when I get lower than that especially at F4 which is I am pretty sure is my bridge I can't sing that powerfully head tone,my voice wants to filp to the chest voice or a weak detached falsetto,like I can't get chord closure there , how do I strengthen my head voice to that F4-G4 range? and yes I can't messa di voce there ,it just flips :(
Hi +Stefan Salvatore I live in Japan so I haven't seen that show since I left Australia 3 years ago. Please sign up for my vocal assessment on my website, I need to HEAR your approach, sound is everything, words can mean many different things.
I am a bass. My chest voice extends from C#2 up to d4-e4. e4 is strained, even when keeping the vowel tamed and the resonance in the mask. F4 is physically painful. I find that switching into mix around C4 C#4 allows me to remain pain and strain free.
I cannot fathom having to pull chest up near A4 let alone, to ever squeak even a G4.
If by full voice you mean a mixed voice here, Than I get it. C5 is a great place to thin into a falsetto. But to pull plain old chest up to C5 is physically impossible for me without mixing some head resonance.
Hi +Brian Gantick By "pulling chest" yes I mean mixing. The reason I call it chest is because if you mix correctly, the sensation will be as if your chest voice is just continuing - you never leave it. And I never have the intention to "let go" of the voice, I drag it all the way up as high as possible. For that reason I have a hard time explaining where my "chest ends" because it doesnt, it just keeps going all the way into the 5th octave. yes you need to mix with head resonance definitely. That should be happening all the time. So your definition for mix is basically what I would just call a correct chest voice/full voice. Whatever clicks with you, it's all good - I change my terms based on who I am talking to (I'm not hardnosed about terms) - it's the sounds that are important.
By the way I watched a video of yours to hear your speaking voice and you are definitely NOT a bass! You are closer to my voice (in between baritone and tenor). best regards
Hey Phil, I really need some help here! Why can I do the exerises properly and I actually feel good when doing them, but then when I try to apply them into singing it sounds as if I haven't praticed at all. I know where my mixed voice is when doing these exercises but then when I try to sing a song in mixed voice, I end up singing with a strained chesty voice :( I'm feeling frustrated.
+Víctor Cortés I would need to hear both how you approach exercises and how you approach singing. If the answer was extremely simple you would have worked it out by now. The answer is subtle and could be caused by several different things that you've missed. Get on my mailing list on my website and send me a recording, I'll analyze what's going on and get back to you.
Hi Phil - I find it easy to connect going up the scale, but going down the scale, it's tricky and breaks a lot. Why is that?
+spartyutube There could be several reasons. The main one is you might be letting go on your support at the top. You have to maintain your chest connection going up. Think of it like a sinking ship and you're underneath holding it up so that it doesn't fall into the ocean. Singing is very much like that, the longer you sing a phrase or sustain a note, your support is going to start draining and your voice will eventually want to disconnect.
There could be other reasons but I'd have to hear you to be sure. You can take my free vocal assessment on my website and I can have a listen.
why does your falsetto sound so strong on the top
When the chest voice/mixed voice is developed and refined up into the 5th octave it starts to strengthen the falsetto up there as well so it becomes clearer and less airy.
@@philmoufarrege Makes sense. Can you also check this clip out and tell me what I am doing wrong vocaroo.com/1fTo0n1ABCCd.
I have a low falsetto range. From C4 to C5
But how does one strengthen their heat voice to get it higher??
it depends on what your specific issues are. There isn't just one exercise that responds the same way for everyone. The exercises work differently depending on what position your voice is in before doing the exercise. Because of this I don't recommend trying to learn how to sing through free youtube videos. Not only that, but you're only getting about 1% of what I actually teach, in a completely random order, without knowing what is relevant for you.
Phil Moufarrege Thank you so much for the response. I’d love to take a lesson from you but the price is so incredible for someone currently going through school. I’ll have to save up in order to get some lessons because I need to hit an A in a show I’m in and the max I can sustain is an A flat and only for about five seconds at that. I need to learn how to sing correctly and not blow out my voice so much
how do I expand my chest voice? my highest is g#4
+tjshoutout98 Head over to my website and sign up to the mailing list on the front page. I take you through a few lessons and also will personally analyze your voice that will show you what to do after this G#4 area. Like I said in this video, NOW is that time you should be experimenting with bridging. Play around with this video too:
th-cam.com/video/hUF-SGn13_o/w-d-xo.html
How can I get Skype lessons with you?
all details on my website philmoufarrege.com
Are you a baritone?
6:11 that's me
i'm kinda confused, in other videos you said that headvoice and falsetto are different, but in this one you said that theyre the same, did i miss something?
in the other video I said that there are 2 definitions that people use and I defined both of them quite clearly. The way people define it nowadays is practically the same thing, the way it was defined in the days past was differently. That's what I explained in that video.
Thanks for the answer, btw i'm pretty sure i signed up for the free course on your website, however, i still havent received any mail. Can you check it up for me?
Hello sir phil, my range in mixed voice is growing, but not in head voice, do you have any tips on growing head voice range?
I start breaking at B3, C4 and I'm not even a bass.
then this video is not relevant for you at all. You should not be focusing on bridging anything or mixed voice or anything of the sort. your focus should be on belting in chest voice and learning to take that up to F#4 before trying to do anything that is in this video. If you're breaking on B3-C4 then it is likely you are not used to singing loud enough. Your priority needs to be on basically approaching singing similar to shouting, but doing so in a way that doesn't hurt your voice or sound breathy. It must be very clear and solid and robust. this will build the necessary strength in the voice
@@philmoufarrege Thank you very much for the advice. I'm in my 30's and I will not rest until I get rid of the break. I don't even want to touch my guitar because of it.
the biggest key to eliminating the break is the PROPER extension of the chest voice. You want to learn how to PROPERLY stretch the chest voice up.
G4?! A4?! C5?! HELP!
Will Heath g in the fourth octave of a piano is G4, C5 is C in the fifth octave, so it's a higher pitch
apparently only 2% of singers can do this. best advice: diaphragm exercises
100% of singers I train can do this.
Not!
I hate you for saying such a true things..yes,i hate you for its..but i cant deny what you're saying is true..unfortunately,we should at least learn to strengthen our chest voice first before attempt to do any transition..this dude are stating a real fact here..
love me, don't hate me.
You show stuff but you don't show how to get there.