Take Your Chest Voice Higher With These Tips! |
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 12 มี.ค. 2018
- Many singers are keen to learn the skill of taking their chest voice higher. The term chest voice is used by many singers to describe those sung notes that, for the most part, are sung in the lower register.
But for most singers, there’s a point at which the voice needs to change into the upper register. This change in sound is referred to by many as the head voice. I prefer to label it as ‘upper register,’ lengthener dominant, but regardless of terminology, the change in sound signifies a movement in the muscular mechanics of the voice.
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Me tries to sing high :
Falsetto : Allow me to introduce myself
Omfg 😂😂
Gorl same
REFERENCE TO P!ATD 🛐
@@doomedguy5930 brendon doesn't mix much he mostly uses masked place head voice which just mimics the mixed voice
Jajaja
Whenever I try singing high notes with my chest voice, my falsetto automatically kicks in (Many people have this problem as well I believe).
Everyone.
me too huhuhu
Same here, I have a pretty good falsetto range but when I try going higher with my chest voice I simply go falsetto again (its really annoying)
Fuck yeah, I get u
I relate.
My falsetto always kicks in if I try to sing high. My choir teacher was saying, "Sing higher, your break should not be that low," dude... if I sing any higher in my chest voice I sound like a dying chicken!
I can only sing as high as a tenor so I’ve come to this video for help
Tell your choir teacher- you can never change unless you let it out
@Hannah Phillips That really just means you're singing incorrectly. You're either trying too hard to belt them or not singing from the right place.
@Hannah Phillips tf, A4 is higher than a G4
But a dying chicken sings in whistle register!😞
am i the only one who can’t sing out loud when they’re in a house with their whole family? even if my door is closed i can’t do this😂
Same! I’ve been singing since I was like 8 but I’ve only ever done it in my head voice because I had no idea that I should have been doing it differently. Therefore my head voice has a pretty good range but my chest voice barely goes across an octave
@@HollieDaNugget omg sameeee
Me too😅
ikr it's so scary i don't wanna be judged 💀
@@HollieDaNugget Chorus class made my head voice insane but somehow destroyed my previously crazy chest voice
I have a very big range, but my chest voice doesn’t go very high and that really bums me out... hopefully this will help
Same here. I can go pretty high with my head voice for a male, but I don’t have near as much range in my chest voice.
Same, I can go up to a B5 in headvoice/falsetto and I even have a whistle register but I can’t belt past a Bb4 which takes so much of my energy and effort to hit.
Hey guys !! Are u serious ?? I mean u are talking of B5 in head voice ?? Or falsetto ?? I wanna know how to get into head voice ..plzzzz
SAMEEE. I’m a coloratura soprano, but my belt doesn’t go NEARLY as high as I need to be on Broadway. I’m working with a teacher and using these kinds of workouts to broaden my range. I did it with my head and mixed voice; I can surely do it with my chest voice!
Same ... I have a range of about 4 octaves ... The lowest I can go is C2 and the highest is around F6 ... But my chest can't go to the fifth octave... It's a problem for me ... And My head voice doesn't sound very nice so there is no point
I'm going through puberty and my choir teacher keeps saying "STOP USING FALSETTO!!!!"
If I do they laugh at me coz of voice cracks.
that stupid bruh,stop the choir,love your voice👍👍
That's weird.
Whenever i try to sing high in chest voice..
My head voice: Never Never Never Never No.
OMG lmao😂😂
High is relative, if you're a bass, high would be C4 or E4
In the lower register, I can sing my chest voice just fine. When I start getting to B4, that's when it starts getting hard to stay in my chest voice and it instead goes to my head voice.
Thats high enough tho
SAME and even though its high i want it to go higher because i can never sing any song without it
Same problem with me. I want to be able to hit a good C5 in my chest. With a range like that I wouldn't need to keep moving to a different register when singing a specific song.
you just need training,you are too good already man,goodluck👍👍
bruh, B4 is already too high if you ask me.
Just completed this particular lesson Dr Dan, and it was extremely helpful, because I am stronger in my upper register. I felt my voice getting higher in my chest voice. I class myself these days as "Mezzo going on Soprano" ! I recommend this vid to anyone who feels their chest voice is weak. Many thanks as always!
I'm glad you enjoyed the video Diane Shepherd. Thanks for watching.
I'm a bass who's a mezzo in falsetto. I say I'ma. Bezzo.
After how much time did u improve ur chest range ?
@@larisapavel5714 after doing it for about 15 minutes I could hit 2 tones above the end of my range, without the nasal. I could not hit them comfortably but it's proof that this thing works
@@riversouder3375 that was quick. Thanks
him: hits c5 easily.
me: struggles to get a clean sustained D#4
Amen to you brother hahaha
yep! though I wonder how low he can go...unusually high voice this dewd
D4 isn't that high for me
Listen to Hello from Adele, at some points she has got a high tone on the chest to them go even higher on the head voice.
The greatest voice teachers I've ever seen are Dr.Dan Robinson and Ken Tamplin..
hell true 💯
Cheryl Porter
Haven't you seen Phil Moufarrege?
Rapder Rapido yep cheryl porter is the best
Ken TAMPLIN is fire✊🏾🚩
Thank you. I'll try it tomorrow.
Mr.Dan
I love your videos bc you remind us not to push and have vocal warm up which doesn't make our voices damaged
My voice always cracks
Puberty is tough
When JIMIN stole my JAMs I heard somewhere that that means your vocal chords are expanding or something like that. Also army!!!
@FwdStealth Puberty?
@FwdStealth same same bro, but my voice never breaks... its strange
i read your comment and then saw your username so i was reminded of the
SO JI LE SO JI LE TURN IT UUUUuuuuuUUUUPP
You are the best. I have taken many private lessons and then bought some singing programs, expensive ones! I was just about to purchase another expensive program, but I realized that every time I turn to TH-cam for help, I get the most help from your videos. The exercises that you give in your videos really help me, so I decided to buy your CD download bundle for 40 dollars.... so much more affordable than the expensive programs. I just started with CD One and I am already sure that I made the right decision. I cant wait to use your exercises every day and see how much my singing improves over the next few weeks, months, years... Thank you!!!
Wonderful, Lea. I also have a new online course starting in April designed to walk you through the exercises. Stay tuned!
THANKYOU DR DAN. FABULOUS!!
You're welcome Jon Bode. Thanks for watching.
Thanks Dr. Dan!
You're welcome mickey thompson. Thanks for watching.
Thank you thank you! For comparing this to the splits!! Wow!! That's so incredibly helpful!
Glad it was helpful!
Thank you so much for this. I really needed it. :)
You're welcome Main Game!. Thanks for watching.
Thank you so much Dr Dan, am
Blessed to have found your lessons k
I'm glad you enjoyed the video Angela Almeida. Thanks for watching.
I never knew whether increasing chest range was a thing. But if Dr Dan, says it's a thing, its a thing!
Another helpful video. Thank you!
I'm glad you enjoyed the video Raymond Spagnuolo. Thanks for watching.
OH! Just the topic I need!
Let me know how you get on with the activity Rosannasfriend!
This is taking initiates from crawling to running. there are intermediate steps to train the voice to do this exercise. such as a running scale up and down into the high register on "Muh" or "Nay."
I can tell this teacher is highly experienced and knowledgeable so I'm not sure why jumping so far ahead into skill level.
Great tutorial thank you very much
I'm with you on that one lol. I can reach D5 at a stretch 😂 My big frustration is that I can hit these notes but don't have the strength to sing them in any other way but softly. I'm a performer on stage and it frustrates me when I'm going for the high notes like that but lack of strength can really make it sound weak.
I loved your exercises! Thank you!
Glad you like them!
Thanks so much!
Thank you so much! I have just learned I am using my head voice very early in my range and was advised to use more of a chest voice. 'How?' thought I. You have just explained. I already have your CD and your warm ups have really given me confidence in my vocals. Thank you! Thank you!
You're welcome marygrimleysongwriter. Thanks for watching.
I felt it in the mask..thanks for giving me the key to unlock transitioning from chest to mid to head voice. So glad I found you.
Brilliant!👍👍
I'm glad you enjoyed the video Linda Dalton. Thanks for watching.
Hey,thank you so much,this really worked on me🤗
You're welcome aimancimi. Thanks for watching.
Great video Dan
Thanks for watching MishRampage!
I’m in my school’s musical and I’m so frustrated cause I have to belt a D5 but my highest belt is a B4 and it’s so close yet so far and I’ve belted a D5 once but it sounded bad :(((( going on these vocal warmup binge videos to see which videos most fit my need to figure out how I can warmup
update: I got it!!! i ended up getting it really quickly after these warmups!!!!
What song, in what musical?
The Jakinator 25th annual Putnam county spelling bee, I play marcy and I have to begin at a D5 at one point during the song Pandemonium and i have like absolutely no range so it’s hard for me :/
@@ermweezer are you a soprano???
Congrats! How long do you think it took for you to get to belt that D5? It seems like it would’ve taken a long time?
Ayaan Ahmad no I’m between alto and mezzosoprano :)
This was good. Thank you.
Glad it was helpful!
Your a good trainor
You are awesome
great tips, thanks
I'm glad you enjoyed the video Lou Arnold - TH-camr Cristã. Thanks for watching.
Your voice transitioned into the upper register long before you said 😂
I was wandering too if its really chest voice
That might've been his mixed voice.
Great video Dan! It's interesting to note how the color and acoustical properties differ with contmporary and musical theatre singing and classical vocal production. I know that you'll know what I mean when I say that, as a lyrico-spinto tenor, I was taught to cover and "turn the voice over" starting at the passagio (F, F-sharp, G - sometimes even E when I was singing a more dramatic or verismo role or aria). This sort of difference in technique or approach is what makes a classical voice (albeit a good or great one) sound odd or stilted when singing a popular or contemporary piece (i.e.: Pavarotti singing Tom Jones' song "Delilah"). And, of course, the converse is true (i.e.: Aretha Franklin singing "Nessun Dorma." - An aria, by the way, that has been both over-sung and butchered by many a contemporary vocalist.) Sorry if I seem too much a purist. I guess I'm a student of the old school and thus have a hard time shaking the idea of a vocal fach. Thanks so much for your videos, imbued with you wisdom and passion for the voice. Cheers! - Tony
As you might suspect, I agree with you wholeheartedly Tony!
I want to sing and hold the B4 in Don't Stop Believing with complete ease consistently.
Thanks so much I love your videos! They’re so helpful! How many times during the exercise do we stretch the vocal cords? And how many times a week is ideal?
I think the following video will answer your questions - th-cam.com/video/8I8s14EVFR8/w-d-xo.html
I absolutely _cannot_ pay attention. I was 2.5 minutes in, and I realized I was not comprehending anything this dude said
toasty try watching a video about learning disorders
Oh wow, I felt something in the larynx. scared me.
I backed off right away.
quite an exercise
I’m a male and i can belt up to A5 using my chest voice, the only exercise i do is singing under water i train almost every weak and it made my lungs very strong and it really improved my volume and intensity when hitting high notes … trust me it’s very effective!
Are u a tenor or a baritone?
You use a pool?
No, you is clearly mixing the notes, no is chest voice.
As tenor i dont have any difficulty hitting high c, but im greedy and i want more range. I like trying to tackle female songs for fun.
Did you do the exercises in mixed voice?
Great video
Glad you enjoyed it
Thanks! I’m tryna sing “Voodoo Child (Slight Return)” because I just ordered a wah pedal.
This really did help me a lot,
My highest note with my chest voice was a C5 and now I can go up to an E5 so it's still a work in progress but my goal is to hit and A5 with my chest voice some day. Also the key to this is consistency and a lot of air!!
I'm glad you enjoyed the video Jade Barahona. Thanks for watching.
It’s almost humanly impossible to hit an a5 with your chest voice, it’s extremely dangerous, you’re gonna have to blend it with your head voice
@@azeleyes2936 no it not actually which i think is awesome!! if you look at made of stone opt up they hit it very high!
Dr Dan thanks for answering these comments i appreciate it but i want to know if you can show the vocal types like bass alto or tenor, in order and tell how many octaves they're capable of reaching
Sure. I will do a specific video about voice classification soon. Stay tuned...
Great👌
I'm glad you enjoyed the video Sabine Vonnemann. Thanks for watching.
I swear the highest note I can reach without breaking my lungs is legit the first G. Great!
Really cool video, Dr Dan.. thanks for sharing!
One question..as I see many singers interested in taking their chest voice higher.. I wonder why would one need to do so when they can work instead on developing a strong mixed voice.. Is it because that belty/chesty sound is a more contemporary thing or it's just a matter of style/personal preference?
Which is what singing is all about..
thanks! :)
Maybe they don't know how to do mixed voice or they don't like it. But i agree with you ,why someone has to suffer pulling chest above and sound like a shout when mixed voice exists?🤣also there Is something called mixed-belt which Is a stronger mix that sounds like a chest belt but without efforts eh .
I can reach C#5 in chest but I wanna do what Geddy Lee does
Hey Dr. Dan, when you sing those high notes, were you activating that pharyngeal resonator so that you can take that chest voice high without pushing?
Personally I can do this exercise until Ab4 comfortably before I need to use a heady sound from A4 onwards if I am not belting it out. Is it normal for a baritone like me to be around this region although I am still working to take it higher?
Yes, that sounds about right, Timlui92!
I would literally force my voice by pushing my neck and it works but it does sound raspy.
When does the video begin please?
I have a question for ya, a challenge maybe. Okay I was choked in 2006 (yes very terrible and sad but therapy has been amazing). Anyhow I lost the higher range of my voice and every doctor I’ve seen says there is no problems because the use the scope and look at my vocal cords and see that they work. What they are not catching is that some kind of damage occurred if I still have a loss of range and only recently realized I can scream again which was surprising and shocking. Please let me know if you have any idea what my injury was and how to get my full range back. Thank you!
Why does it sound like Peter griffin
Honestly what’s annoying is as a guy you barely need to bring your head voice above an E5, but often you need to bring your chest voice up to a C5, but my chest voice only goes up to a G/G# but my falsetto goes up to a C6 (on a good day at least).
my full chestvoice is A1-A#4
I’d kill for a good sounding chesty G4. I’m a bass-baritone and struggle above Eb4
How do we reduce air pressure? Any good vocal exercises for this?
IcyDeal Productions, the following video may prove helpful - th-cam.com/video/SC4Mnqx6_sM/w-d-xo.html
I can't usually belt above Bb4 in chest voice, but occasionally I can sing B4 or C5
I have had great results implementing cry into my phonation. I very purposely and intentionally cry or sob. It seems to act like a vocal fold edge glue as l head up.
Bob, cry/sob can be helpful in certain circumstances. Thanks for mentioning it.
It's also helpful to keep the sound in your mask, it's like I'm focusing sound out of my nose. I am a Contralto l sing chest tones up to F4 similar to men. I am trying to delay it up to G4, which is the Holy Grail for me. Mouth position, jaw positioning and breath is also very important. If l am not conscious what I'm doing chest register notes won't come out at all, or they are terrible quality, trapped in the jaw phenomenon. I still struggle with my low register. Learning to sing as an adult is hard, I struggled so much up to now, and just because I'm a true alto doesn't make low notes any easier!. look at Toni Braxton the way she sings. The apparent discomfort she has in order to produce her beautiful warm and deep contralto. I am unfortunately the same way. I don't necessarily feel "sexy" in the act of singing.
Anyway even for high notes it sometimes helps with a nasal placement too. Or use your soft palate (Canadian female singers do this a lot). Alanis, Avril, Jann, Sarah, etc. Also use the "ng sound".
Dr Dan's Voice Essentials The sobbing yes. Maybe it gives you the right amount of pressure. I have been guilty in the past of using too much tension/pressure and it was truly deleterious
here i am actually sobbing
Is it good to have a chest voice up to A4? Thats when my chest voice ends, there's a little head voice there but not alot
Thankyou Dr Dan. I have a question: soooo what do Opera Singers improve as they sing pieces like nessun dorma(high notes)? Is it chest or head voice or mainly on the respiratory muscles?
It really depends on the song and the voice. There is no one simple answer to your questions I'm afraid.
See the thing is my voice is brighter when I do these exercises in comparison to you Mr.Dan and my tessitura is quite high as well but it’s a lot harder for me to not yell as I go exercise because uncomfortable above F4 and I could take it to an Ab4 do you recommended anything to take that higher?
Only take the exercises to the edge of where it feels comfortable, plus one or two steps.
The pressure goes to the jaw when I attempt the D5. When I sing I tend to use my throat a lot. I've heard that Asians aren't supposed to use the chest while singing, but I'm not sure.
I'm not sure that voice registers should be governed by your racial status.
Never no.haha. Thank you :)
How do you really tell if you switched to your upper register and what if your singing in your upper register the whole time but you just can’t tell
my falsetto automatically kicks in whenever i sing the high notes. my music teacher always say that i have to let all my voice out while singing it but turns out to be a voice crack. im really terrified in singing high notes 'cause i know that my voice will totally crack
Falsetto vs head voice because they are different modes of head tone . Falsetto doesnt have a natural vibrato and head voice has natural head vibrato reasonace
My voice always cracks everytime i belt high note. So i hope this would help.
Dr. does the last exercise is a head voice?
I dont why since I'm able to mix my voice i cannot hit or forgot to hit high chest notes i mostly head mix or just like axl rose style
When I sing, I think I may be using too many muscles, as my face goes red after a while. I would love this to stop happening.
Luke, perhaps the following playlist of videos will prove helpful - th-cam.com/video/8I0rYkHSls4/w-d-xo.html
What is the absolute chest voice limit for each voice type?
I'm baritone, but I can belt F#5 in Chest and sustain B5 in Mixed
i like it
I can do a E5 in chest voice, but is too hard, so I practice on my G#4-B4
when I sing from g3 my voice changes to mixed
When I say “never never no” my voice is breathy ... how? Also it happens when I sing with upper register voice
D5 was mixed. You can see that it was easier for him to hit D5 than C5. D5 had nice vibrato and was less starined
light tenor his chest tone color same as his headvoice
Hi Dr. Dan, a lot of singing students say that chest voice is the thick sound, and head voice is thin and piercing. But this video suggests that chest voice is the bright, stabbing core of the voice, and head voice is the floaty, hollow quality. Can you explain why chest voice is the former?
null null, the following video about voice registration may prove helpful - th-cam.com/video/bGy9FfKH1-w/w-d-xo.html
I'm a songwriter /singer... In that order. I can sing but it doesn't come easy for me. However, watching your videos has helped. I need to sing to record my own songs, so that I can perform at open mics in Nashville (which is 45 mins from where I live). I really want to get a publishing deal. I'm on a tight budget. Do you recommend personal voice lessons or can I just keep learning on TH-cam?
At some stage, Catia, private singing lessons will be necessary to advance your voice.
Thank you for responding. Would you be willing to give lessons, via the internet? Obviously, I can't come into your studio. I've been to Sydney, Australia. I have SLE,(LUPUS). Getting out to a vocal lesson isn't easy. I cannot drive, anymore.
Catia, I do offer online singing lessons. You can learn more here - www.djarts.com.au/product/online-singing-lessons
I think it's good y'all
my strength is chest voice but i got no idea how to do softer breathier voices/singing
Even though the ee sounds nasal the air flow should only come out the mouth not the nose right? This sound always confuses me. Thanks great videos:)
The predominant flow air will be through the mouth...with the smallest amount possibly travelling through the nose.
@@DrDanRobinson I just hold my nose, I'm able to focus the sound in a better way...somehow.
I can belt an Eb5, how long would it take for me to belt up to a Bb5?
can you show how to use this in singing? i can go to almost D5 without any throat pain and whit a really loud volume, but i dont know how i would apply this to singing. by th way, this helped me discover a new part of my voice i didnt know so thank u!!
I'm glad you enjoyed the video Ignore MePlease. Thanks for watching.
Yeah it was great thank you a lot! But can you show me how to use it in actual singing?
Sure. You'll hear it towards the end of this performance - th-cam.com/video/n4Hg6PAuXH4/w-d-xo.html
So D5 is not too bad for a chest voice right?
I'm good then
Dr. Dan - Is it normal/correct for the second exercise "Nevah Nevah..." to get nasally? With a pinched nose, I still have sound but I can tell there is definitely some nasal action going on.
You may be experiencing twang. Watch this video to learn more - th-cam.com/video/XGSvtWD5Ji0/w-d-xo.html
I used to be able to sing high notes in chest like A5 Bb5 G5 G#5 F#5 And E5/F5 but i never got training , i can only go up to F#5 now and it is very growly and raspy and chesty , is that bad? I crack on my head voice all the time , i can barely hit G5 in HV without cracking , my voice is now squeezed and thin on high notes , and even when i shout , i dont have a mix and my whistle register is gone because i overused it
Who else is watching this video at 1am 😂😂
literally. its 12:30 am LOL
It’s 11:43am for me lmao
I have a problem. My falsetto doesn’t come in but when I sing high Idk how to compress it. Can I belt then try to compress it or do I have to do another way
I have a problem with my voice . I can go up to a4 but cannot go up higher? How can I fix it?
I have a very raspy powerful chest which is what I prefer to sing in but I’m having trouble belting my chest I’m a tenor so my chest I start straining around a4 highest note I’ve ever belted in my chest was Eb5
Jacob Parker, the following video may prove helpful - th-cam.com/video/ScSYlaZ60Uc/w-d-xo.html
Hi Dr Dan, my current problem involves my high chest notes being very airy. This increases as I go higher. I don't know how to remove the air, as I believe it is the cause why they sound weak (in addition to lack of support). They also sound very nasal. This begins to happen around f#4-G4, with A4 sounding very airy and weak. As for my range, I start struggling at C3, maybe being able to reach a very strained g2, so I don't know what is my voice type. Please I really need your help Dr Dan, what Can I do to improve
Please
Sebastian, I think this video will prove helpful - th-cam.com/video/FFkhKFCSvg8/w-d-xo.html
You are approaching your passagio. It happens to everybody