My voice go to falseto... I realy want to sing head voice... When you speaking about head voice I feel I can do that, but when I start sing high, my voice go to falseto...
SAME SJS im a girl and i sing with my chest and throat and idk how to get into head voice. like i’m a soprano and i strain to sing notes that should be sang in head voice, and when i try to sing in my head voice it’s like just croaking there is no sound 😳, or itll just sound like i’m yodelling like i’ll get to head then immediately chest/throat then head. i’m hoping this video will helpp
@@mieuklace1013 I have barely 1,5 octave range in chest so I thought I should maybe go to the head voice and my range would improve but damn, I guess that my range just sucks too much xD
I have to agree with this...actually getting through the bridge was in the end far easier than I thought it would be...in fact when I first did it I wasn't even sure if I had done it!!...the key is basically not to push so much and keep the sound the same and don't panic and once you can successfully bridge you can then add more power and the chords stay together more n more (thanks Carl!)...I am still practicing and its slowly coming together further up my range...my honest opinion is subscribe to Carls videos and watch them especially as it relates to compression (I watched pretty much all of them) and get some lessons too (plug!) I have been around the block a bit and listened to my fair share of singing "experts" and I can tell you from personal experience there are some charlatans out there masquerading as the real thing who will happily take your money which in itself is not as bad as the time wasted on incorrect techniques which wont advance your singing. I Paid £600 to a well known "expert" for his "open throat" advice (failed) and paid a local "teacher" who had me walking round the block holding my breath for as many strides as I could muster to add to my ability to sustain notes FFS! (what about just getting your chords closer together so you just don't dump as much air ya donut!!!) Just recently I watched as another "expert" said that you need to take a breath like a surprise to open your throat up so you can get more power in head voice - again listen to Carls videos and try out what he says before you try anything else. I am no great singer BUT I know that I can do more now than before I met Carl and I can sing higher with more confidence and power than I had before.
My story is identical as yours...it took me 5 years, to discover my head voice! it was 2 weeks ago, the trick really is dont push to much and dont panic be relaxed.. same here ( thanks Carl )
love this, yeah don't panic is essential I have to remind myself of this constantly. Agree though any coach who talks about 'open throat' can be disregarded it's a vague term that isn't anywhere near specific enough and could be interpreted in a million different ways. I'm slowly getting better at this coaching and singing, in a few years time I'm confident people will see where I'm coming from more clearly.
OK I'm going to tell my story in details cuz this is amazing. And I really want to thank you Carl.ive been watching tutorials on finding head voice since 2014.i watched this at February and honestly I already lost hope, I told my self I needed to meet a coach in person. Years before,I already saw a video of you talking about vocal fry.i took it for granted cuz of how easy it was .but this time after watching all the head voice exercises and nothing worked,I had nothing to lose.i started doing this on a bike and people thought I was crazy, till sometime last week I was singing 'I'll never love again' by lady gaga and towards the climax i was surprised my voice got into somewhere i wasn't forcing to hit the notes,i was hitting it i felt i had so much more power above, wasn't sure it was head voice, till i noticed even my falsetto became stronger like Sam Smith's and I kept doing this and omg my range just doubled my falsetto is powerful now . So this is my second comment on TH-cam ever cuz today i got much more vowels in this.when i panic i still go in and out of it back to chest voice but the more i practice the better i get.this is my way of giving back to you because i know us guys we struggle alot with high notes and it's very discouraging especially when ur singing with a girl.so honestly guys .do this,cuz now I'm singing freddy mercury and i can't believe it's me .THANK YOU SO MUCH
I had the same issue. What helped me was trying to do it really quietly almost like a whisper with slight volume and just try to sing a note in chest voice and go up. Once you feel the strain let go and you will just keep going higher. Ik this is a bad explanation so please ask any questions.
If your having trouble getting into head voice the best thing to do sing "ooh" and "EE" in scales start low and work your way up, dont force the air (less is more!) these vowels naturally forces head and nasal resonance needed for head voice. Guys, dont make the mistake thinking head voice is the same as falsetto they are soooo NOT the same! Falsetto is disconnected where as Head Voice is connected
Thank you for tous message. I sing kinda well but I still can reach my head voice on purpose. I know I can cause I have a video of myself falling and screaming in head voice ahah but i admit it makes me sad cause I'm stuck with it ....
Just found out about your channel today, and I can't thank you enough! The analogy of the ceiling and the curved pipe really helped me figure out where my head voice was.
mate, can't even start to describe how i've indentified myself with the way you think and how you see the struggles and how you put into words the way you "see" how voice works. fair play to you
but i'm still struggling to find it though. still using chest to hit a b4 or c5 (on a good day), belting and squeezing it like there's no tomorrow. no head voice coming out, so far. tried a few different approaches but with no avail
I have 2 octaves of chest voice, and have forgotten how to use my head voice (which I could use until I was about 35). Your first point is key! I panic every time I know I'm going there, and then my throat hurts. I have been singing tenor parts in the choir for 10 years now, and I hope it's not too late!
@@deegee9497 I've found that I get acid reflux during my sleep which I didn't know about, so every night this week I've taken two antacids before I go to bed and my head voice is coming back by each day, you may have the same problem
I've discovered that I've been just belting higher notes. my whole life. A4 at the top and the rest is just some weird falsetto which is not for singing. no trace of head voice. f**k. man, I so thank You for the video. after saw hundreds of videos, no one even adressed this question. and explained in such detail and practical solution. YT is full of shit, just like the real world when you search for something.
Damn, you're the first one I hear talking about this in this manner, all other channels just assume "just go into your head voice". I started thinking I must have damaged my voice without knowing it or something. Thanks for the talk, I'll just keep practicing haha, Cheers!
It’s taken me a few months but I’m finally finding the right place. You were actually right, it is way easier than I thought. Now I’m wondering what the hell I’ve been doing wrong my entire life
singing has always been a passion of mine, i’ve been singing my whole life as a kid i was in plays, chorus, and musicals. but as i got into my teen years i stopped singing (which i regret very much) it wasn’t until i was 15 i decided to start making recordings of covers, unfortunately looking back on them i was so embarrassed i deleted them but it’s been 6 years and i know my voice has grown so much! but the problem is i have no real professional vocal coach or lessons. i kinda just practiced songs over and over or just sang all day and eventually my voice came together slowly. but i know i still have so much more to know and i definitely need to learn how to use my head voice, it’s challenging because i’m a ballad/soul singer. so i sing a lot of female led songs and it’s so challenging bc i can’t quite reach those notes yet
Hi Carl! I just discovered your channel a couple of days ago through the podcast you did with Martin Miller. I've watched quite a few of your videos now and so far I've been learning and enjoying your content. Keep it up!
Navigating that no man's land is scary. This video rings so many bells. When I do get that higher register closure, it's only when it feels easy that it works - you are so right. I've been practicing your power of "uh" exercises and progress is definitely happening. Your insights are really helpful, Carl!
You lost it at 35, and how many years has it been now, exactly? Because I've lost my falsetto from 7th grade, can't figure out if it's a puberty thing or what, cuz Iam a boy, but I'm 18 now and it's still not there, there's just a really squeaky forced airy sound there. I can't say that it's a nodule either because there's like a 15% chance for me to have full access to head voice, and when I do, I instantly notice it because my chest voice becomes a lot more agile too. I don't remember the last time that happened, though.
Yoooooo! I didn't even realise how high I got when I tried that thing! My highest note is normally 4F# and with warm up, 4A... *I hit past my short term goal of 4B*💀
@Driftzey it's tricky, but its improving. I try to relax (all I can...), then start to do vocal fry really softly not trying to make any sound, then I chose a note a bit higher than my range, and do vocal fry again and use the w sound to make noise. When it works, sometimes I do it a bit too tight, and it doesn't feel good, but when it works properly, it feels good like a door opening, and your folds zipping. It sounds like a fly or mosquito buzzing. You just have to make sure the larynx is as relaxed as possible, but but the folds feel like they are stretching. It's hard to explain. What I'm trying to do now though is as soon as I make the sound, try and slide down my range back to my normal voice, keeping the folds closed so I can remove the break. It sounds really weird trying it tho...😅
@Driftzey vocal fry is when you make a creaking noise with your voice, like a creaking door. You start the sound with it, then let the sound continue without it once the high note comes out. The 'w' sound is like the 'w' when you are about to cry like a baby. You don't really think about the stretch. Once you have an easy high note, your folds have stretched like a rubber band. Try and be really quiet and easy with your sound. As you know, I'm not an expert, I'm just sharing what I've been doing to get sound out (lol), so anyone more experienced might be able to share a better way. I'd be glad if it helps though!
I have been able to sing great for many years. But, in the last year or so, I cannot access light/non-pushed head voice or falsetto. But this isn't 100% of the time. Sometimes, I wake up and my voice is great. I have no idea why this is happening. I can't access the "squeaky door" thing like you're talking about, here. But I used to easily be able. Can you please upload some really REALLY helpful videos on restoring male tenor head voice? Vocal fry? Squeaky door? What happens if NONE of that can be accessed? What's the alternative? Thank you SO much for your help! :)
My falsetto is almost non existent most days, but like you, some days it could be there, it could even be 100% there (rarely) and the more falsetto I have the more agile my chest voice becomes. Been like this ever since I'm 7th grade, I'm 18 now.
*I'm a 15 year old boy.* ❤💙💚💛💜 A few days ago, I could hit a F#6 without putting much effort. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ But now, I couldn't even acess my headvoice. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I'm really panicking cause my performance is around the corner !
@@raymondtung5439 work on it or u will loose your notes practice every other wise your voice will get very deep and then it will hella difficult to hit those high 5th and 6th octave notes
Hi Carl, Thanks for you videos! I started watching your videos 6 days ago wanting to find my head voice and it has been quite a journey discovering these higher ranges I never knew I had!! Just with the vocal frying and producing an initial 'squeak' made me realise there was a glimmer of a voice if only I spent time to develop it. I've been practicing everyday 'slowly' getting stronger and 'gradually' higher and also having some brilliant 'Aha' moments when I would sing a familiar song and hearing I could now hit the higher notes and see my progression. Its been emotional at times as I always thought this lower and middle range was my lot. I have just made a donation as you have given me 'hope' to be able to sing like I always wanted to and I would like to have the Skype lessons in a couple of weeks when I feel I have something further to bring. Thanks 👍😊
I can get into head voice easily now. It sounds really twangy and nasal and I can't really sing different vowels in it yet but it's connected without a break and distinct from head voice. Kinda like in the video but more twangy. Do you have any advice/exercises on how to strengthen head voice and learn to be able to actually use it while singing songs? Because if I try actually singing lyrics with it I sound like a dying cat I feel.
Hello, my friend can't sing in Falsetto, but don't have any problem singing in Mixed voice, he can't even experience any voice cracks but his voice fall to an airy voice (completely air voice and no tune)
Music Teacher: Look up singing videos Looks up singing videos Me: How the fuck does someone sing that high Those in Singing Videos Male Me: Ahh much better
im a girl and i sing with my chest and throat and idk how to get into head voice. like i’m a soprano and i strain to sing notes that should be sang in head voice, and when i try to sing in my head voice it’s like just croaking there is no sound 😳, or itll just sound like i’m yodelling like i’ll get to head then immediately chest/throat then head. i’m hoping this video will helpp
How do you use falsetto though? I was using my falsetto very well but after months later without singing I cant even trigger my falsetto. I cant ue falsetto anymore
Hey Carl, I have no sense of head voice. I hit that ceiling of air or tension when ascend in pitch, regardless of volume. Should I be able to accomplish what you demonstrate here in headvoice before I even bother with things like the "buh's" that you do in another video? Should I literally be re-watching this video over and over until I can do what you demonstrate, before I attempt to take my chest voice higher? I have absolutely no head voice, my voice just turns to a hiss when I ascend in pitch. I booked my 2nd lesson with you.
Thankyou for your video.I can relate entirely with your comments of a big chest voice range. I have basically a tenor voice which I can extent to around b flat. from low A. in chest voice. In the mornings my range extends to high e in head voice but the stability of my voice is less and I have trouble performing in the mornings because of breaks etc. Later I can sing with confidence but I can not reach the higher notes eg B to say D. Also over the years I think my falsetto voice has disappeared. I have always felt restricted because a high c is what most tenors are judged on. I will work on your great comments, as I have exhausted most other tech-niches.
"nothninf town" lol carl came across you yesterday, i think youre a great teacher, very clear presentation and message. keep up the good work carl new sub here stu
superb carl look forward to it.i struggle with mental blocks i find i perform best when im totally relaxed and the weird thing is i seem to be better when i start practice rather than at the end what are your thoughts?
oooh im a female with a male voice (probably something to do with my life long excess testosterone lol) and i feel like you were talking about me. ive got a good deep rich voice, (I think d2 to e6 ish) think pat carroll, i can nail poor unfortunate souls from the little mermaid. but also i can sing somewhere over the rainbow quite easily and most of phantom of the opera scores female parts with a few exceptions. but its all chest! and when i try to get into head voice (especially when singing christine in phantom) i either cant get there, or maybe i will hit it but only last a beat or two before cracking :( This was incredibly helpful, and though i will probably never reach that lovely C7 we all strive for, this helped me practice get into the head voice and breathing work, i think i can get there easier eventually. Thank you so much!
You're advise there💀 I was disappointed that when I tried to keep my folds closed, it didn't sound like I went much higher than usual... little did I know that *I literally went past my short term goal of 4B!*
Its not expressiveness that causes it, its mostly emotional anxiety of various sorts. Im a female, cant not "constrict" that is "panic", even tho my limit is E6 (but useless since I just cant not constrict). It goes hand in hand w my ocd and the like
Hello sir, I amhaving trouble to sing in my head voice, it just happened a day after I found out how to mix my voice, due to this, I was overwhelmed with my mixed voice and sang every song with high notes I could think of. Do you know what could be the cause of me finding it hard to get to head voice?
Something happened to my head voice I use to be able to access it now I can’t but I can now I have easier access to my whistle register?!?!?! WHAT HAPPENED TO MY HEAD VOICE
I have an issue, when I sing in head voice itself I feel a break. My easy head voice begins at E4 up to Bb4 (Eb5 on good days), but I feel from B4 that I need to change gears to go higher and I can go with a powerful flute sound up to Bb5, but it's completely disconnected and I don't know where I need to start practicing or doing exercises. Because, when I start in that flute sound I completely break into my easy headvoice register at C5. What do I need to do ? I would love to be able to sing easily around C5
u need to develop support. The flute sound is falsetto and its in fact disconnected because u use ur larynx to go higher. In head voice its like in chest u need to push with ur support to go higher without raising ur larynx,. U can go to D5 in head voice after u will start to strain. th-cam.com/video/n1-eY_A6Rw0/w-d-xo.html in this video there are exercices to strenghten ur head voice and not falsetto.
A few months ago my head voice was perfectly fine and easy to come out. However, now it becomes a lot harder and when it comes out, my head voice, it sounds super airy and cracky. And sometimes it doesn’t even come out and only air comes out. Does anyone know why this is happening?
By headvoice do u mean a strong falsetto? Or do u mean singing in your chest voice but the resonance is in your head as in singing the G4-C5 notes in chest voice?
if you were asking this question of me then what happens is I sing with no strain as I get higher and there's no bump as I cross my break area (E/F) and in fact I can cause the "bump" if I choose to do so for stylistic purposes...I feel the chords thin out as I go higher (how else could I go higher without straining?) and if I lean in to get louder my chords don't blow apart - there is a definite "edge" to my voice and this remains as I go higher up...I practice with compression type exercises (to the annoyance of those around me haha) but it does work...believe me I am no great singer but I can bridge without a break and I have more compression than I did before - not sure I understand your question but if I tried to sing to C5 in chest I just could never do it physically if I understand your question correctly?...I notice my voice thinning at around middle C and then as I go up I notice them trying to come apart at E - F if I'm not careful but they don't (unless I want them to) and after that they thin out more and and I seem to get more compression and therefore volume if I need it (See Carls early videos on compression for the differences between pitch and compression muscles) - I write this in detail for you as I don't know your skill level or where you are in your journey and I know that other people don't always explain everything and this can leave people who are trying to do this more confused than before they asked...when you say "resonance is in your head" yes it is and it travels up through my nose area and then up further into my head but the chords thin out and I don't strain - if you're an expert singer then I apologise for all of this claptrap but just wanted to explain as I am pleased with my progress at the moment and I thought it might help you if you needed it.
Oh I'm sorry, I was askin carl if in this video he is talkin about the falsetto-ish headvoice or if he's talkin about the chesty/mixed voice headvoice. Cause some people define headvoice as falsetto and some define it as your belt/mixed voice
I just mean singing high without pushing you could call it many things head / false / release etc. This video is for people who can't get into head voice at all like when I started nothing above middle C without pushing.
I believe that head voice is like a developed falsetto, and that the falsetto can be expanded with no break into head voice, Sometimes the more you analyze the more confused it becomes. No I think it is impossible to sing a high c with chest voice. I hate sopranos it sounds so simple!!!
Ok so like ..... I’m a boy and I sing pretty high like I used to be like 😂 soprano and now my voice is just a little deeper like I’m not .... like a bass like I’m not that low yet... I think I’m like an alto ( idk how to spell it ) and like when school was in I always sung in my head voice and now that’s school out for the summer I can’t even get into my head voice and I’m so used to only singing in that tone .... so now that I can’t do it anymore it’s like hard to sing ....kinda lower ( I’m sry I know this is a lot and probably dosent make sense ) but ...... I’m stressed cuz I really like to sing but .... I can’t 😂
Sorry to be the bringer of bad news, but that beautiful high ring might never return. I used to be able to sing a D6 on whim. Mostly likely you've fallen to a baritone range, which is hard to adjust to if you're used to vocally dancing on the descant lines. Do not try to strain and close your vocal cords, as he suggests (he's correct (kind of) about the physics, wrong about the rest) it will not produce the tone or agility you're looking for and is liable to cause injury. My best advice would be to learn how to use the range you're in as best you can.
mate you unlocked my voice!! years trying to past that "wall"! you are the best. i thank you forever!!!!!!!
My voice go to falseto... I realy want to sing head voice... When you speaking about head voice I feel I can do that, but when I start sing high, my voice go to falseto...
Thats my problem too.
I still cant find it
We must practice our chest voice to higher range... head voice later :D sorry for my bad english :D
I feel u bro. My voice also did that when i singing, i thought it was a head voice but it sounds like a falsetto
Thanks guys any tips on how to strengthen cchest voice
I noticed a lot of men here... I’m a girl. All I can use is chest I’m here to change it 😂
same here AHAHAHAH XD
i can completely relate. i got 2 octaves of chest voice and almost non existent head voice
SAME SJS im a girl and i sing with my chest and throat and idk how to get into head voice. like i’m a soprano and i strain to sing notes that should be sang in head voice, and when i try to sing in my head voice it’s like just croaking there is no sound 😳, or itll just sound like i’m yodelling like i’ll get to head then immediately chest/throat then head. i’m hoping this video will helpp
FINALLY HHAH YES IM NOT ALONE-
@@mieuklace1013 I have barely 1,5 octave range in chest so I thought I should maybe go to the head voice and my range would improve but damn, I guess that my range just sucks too much xD
I have to agree with this...actually getting through the bridge was in the end far easier than I thought it would be...in fact when I first did it I wasn't even sure if I had done it!!...the key is basically not to push so much and keep the sound the same and don't panic and once you can successfully bridge you can then add more power and the chords stay together more n more (thanks Carl!)...I am still practicing and its slowly coming together further up my range...my honest opinion is subscribe to Carls videos and watch them especially as it relates to compression (I watched pretty much all of them) and get some lessons too (plug!)
I have been around the block a bit and listened to my fair share of singing "experts" and I can tell you from personal experience there are some charlatans out there masquerading as the real thing who will happily take your money which in itself is not as bad as the time wasted on incorrect techniques which wont advance your singing.
I Paid £600 to a well known "expert" for his "open throat" advice (failed) and paid a local "teacher" who had me walking round the block holding my breath for as many strides as I could muster to add to my ability to sustain notes FFS! (what about just getting your chords closer together so you just don't dump as much air ya donut!!!)
Just recently I watched as another "expert" said that you need to take a breath like a surprise to open your throat up so you can get more power in head voice - again listen to Carls videos and try out what he says before you try anything else.
I am no great singer BUT I know that I can do more now than before I met Carl and I can sing higher with more confidence and power than I had before.
My story is identical as yours...it took me 5 years, to discover my head voice! it was 2 weeks ago, the trick really is dont push to much and dont panic be relaxed.. same here ( thanks Carl )
love this, yeah don't panic is essential I have to remind myself of this constantly. Agree though any coach who talks about 'open throat' can be disregarded it's a vague term that isn't anywhere near specific enough and could be interpreted in a million different ways. I'm slowly getting better at this coaching and singing, in a few years time I'm confident people will see where I'm coming from more clearly.
Why does every “vocal coach” on TH-cam never actually explain head voice or anything in great detail. They just plug their course for 10 mins.
Period I have no idea what just happened
This was the most unhelpful load of crap I've ever heard. This was literally just "figure it out on your own."
OK I'm going to tell my story in details cuz this is amazing. And I really want to thank you Carl.ive been watching tutorials on finding head voice since 2014.i watched this at February and honestly I already lost hope, I told my self I needed to meet a coach in person. Years before,I already saw a video of you talking about vocal fry.i took it for granted cuz of how easy it was .but this time after watching all the head voice exercises and nothing worked,I had nothing to lose.i started doing this on a bike and people thought I was crazy, till sometime last week I was singing 'I'll never love again' by lady gaga and towards the climax i was surprised my voice got into somewhere i wasn't forcing to hit the notes,i was hitting it i felt i had so much more power above, wasn't sure it was head voice, till i noticed even my falsetto became stronger like Sam Smith's and I kept doing this and omg my range just doubled my falsetto is powerful now . So this is my second comment on TH-cam ever cuz today i got much more vowels in this.when i panic i still go in and out of it back to chest voice but the more i practice the better i get.this is my way of giving back to you because i know us guys we struggle alot with high notes and it's very discouraging especially when ur singing with a girl.so honestly guys .do this,cuz now I'm singing freddy mercury and i can't believe it's me .THANK YOU SO MUCH
No matter how hard i try to relax i always have to flip into falsetto. I'm still struggling to actually get into head voice.
Same, did you find a work around?
Sameee
I had the same issue. What helped me was trying to do it really quietly almost like a whisper with slight volume and just try to sing a note in chest voice and go up. Once you feel the strain let go and you will just keep going higher. Ik this is a bad explanation so please ask any questions.
@@Jferraro24 thank you
If your having trouble getting into head voice the best thing to do sing "ooh" and "EE" in scales start low and work your way up, dont force the air (less is more!) these vowels naturally forces head and nasal resonance needed for head voice. Guys, dont make the mistake thinking head voice is the same as falsetto they are soooo NOT the same! Falsetto is disconnected where as Head Voice is connected
Thank you for tous message. I sing kinda well but I still can reach my head voice on purpose. I know I can cause I have a video of myself falling and screaming in head voice ahah but i admit it makes me sad cause I'm stuck with it ....
Just found out about your channel today, and I can't thank you enough! The analogy of the ceiling and the curved pipe really helped me figure out where my head voice was.
I’m not panicking, I’m just straining my voice
mate, can't even start to describe how i've indentified myself with the way you think and how you see the struggles and how you put into words the way you "see" how voice works. fair play to you
Zezo Fleck thanks man!
but i'm still struggling to find it though. still using chest to hit a b4 or c5 (on a good day), belting and squeezing it like there's no tomorrow. no head voice coming out, so far. tried a few different approaches but with no avail
squeeze is good as long as it's the right kind, that's a challenge for all of us to find.
I hate that my voice when I try to go to higher notes Auto switches to falsetto cuz for some reason I have so much range in falsetto
I have 2 octaves of chest voice, and have forgotten how to use my head voice (which I could use until I was about 35). Your first point is key! I panic every time I know I'm going there, and then my throat hurts. I have been singing tenor parts in the choir for 10 years now, and I hope it's not too late!
Good to know that I'm not the only one having this issue. Thanks for the advice.
my friend can't get into head voice and is currently spamming me asking why she can't.. so here i am.
when I got to head voice, no sound will come out at all, and it sounds like how you're voice does after you've been shouting
Rekzy me too man , I’m just wondering if there are people who can’t permanently get in to head voice ever
@@deegee9497 yeah, some days I can reach higher notes than others but it just seems to be mostly that I can't
@@deegee9497 I've found that I get acid reflux during my sleep which I didn't know about, so every night this week I've taken two antacids before I go to bed and my head voice is coming back by each day, you may have the same problem
same and i’m a teenage girl.. with a high pitched voice snd a soprano. it just doesn’t make sense 😭
I've discovered that I've been just belting higher notes. my whole life. A4 at the top and the rest is just some weird falsetto which is not for singing. no trace of head voice. f**k.
man, I so thank You for the video. after saw hundreds of videos, no one even adressed this question. and explained in such detail and practical solution.
YT is full of shit, just like the real world when you search for something.
Damn, you're the first one I hear talking about this in this manner, all other channels just assume "just go into your head voice". I started thinking I must have damaged my voice without knowing it or something. Thanks for the talk, I'll just keep practicing haha, Cheers!
It’s taken me a few months but I’m finally finding the right place. You were actually right, it is way easier than I thought. Now I’m wondering what the hell I’ve been doing wrong my entire life
i used to enter head voice but now i cant
singing has always been a passion of mine, i’ve been singing my whole life as a kid i was in plays, chorus, and musicals. but as i got into my teen years i stopped singing (which i regret very much) it wasn’t until i was 15 i decided to start making recordings of covers, unfortunately looking back on them i was so embarrassed i deleted them but it’s been 6 years and i know my voice has grown so much! but the problem is i have no real professional vocal coach or lessons. i kinda just practiced songs over and over or just sang all day and eventually my voice came together slowly. but i know i still have so much more to know and i definitely need to learn how to use my head voice, it’s challenging because i’m a ballad/soul singer. so i sing a lot of female led songs and it’s so challenging bc i can’t quite reach those notes yet
Head voice is linked to loudness. Dial it all the way down and quietly do the siren - and yes, it's easy...
Hi Carl! I just discovered your channel a couple of days ago through the podcast you did with Martin Miller. I've watched quite a few of your videos now and so far I've been learning and enjoying your content. Keep it up!
thanks M, will keep on moving forwards :)
It's airy but after a little bit of pressure it reaches my head voice.
Dang it, that's hard.
Navigating that no man's land is scary. This video rings so many bells. When I do get that higher register closure, it's only when it feels easy that it works - you are so right. I've been practicing your power of "uh" exercises and progress is definitely happening. Your insights are really helpful, Carl!
Thanks Robin, get the basics right and everything else can follow from there.
I have hoarse voice cause of the cold climate. I lost my head voice at 35. Hope i can still get it back.
You lost it at 35, and how many years has it been now, exactly? Because I've lost my falsetto from 7th grade, can't figure out if it's a puberty thing or what, cuz Iam a boy, but I'm 18 now and it's still not there, there's just a really squeaky forced airy sound there.
I can't say that it's a nodule either because there's like a 15% chance for me to have full access to head voice, and when I do, I instantly notice it because my chest voice becomes a lot more agile too. I don't remember the last time that happened, though.
holy shit i struggled with this for so long. As soon as he said "keep your vocal cords together" I got it!! so simple!
It does help! It's still hard for me tho😕
Yoooooo! I didn't even realise how high I got when I tried that thing! My highest note is normally 4F# and with warm up, 4A... *I hit past my short term goal of 4B*💀
@Driftzey it's tricky, but its improving. I try to relax (all I can...), then start to do vocal fry really softly not trying to make any sound, then I chose a note a bit higher than my range, and do vocal fry again and use the w sound to make noise. When it works, sometimes I do it a bit too tight, and it doesn't feel good, but when it works properly, it feels good like a door opening, and your folds zipping. It sounds like a fly or mosquito buzzing.
You just have to make sure the larynx is as relaxed as possible, but but the folds feel like they are stretching. It's hard to explain.
What I'm trying to do now though is as soon as I make the sound, try and slide down my range back to my normal voice, keeping the folds closed so I can remove the break. It sounds really weird trying it tho...😅
@Driftzey vocal fry is when you make a creaking noise with your voice, like a creaking door. You start the sound with it, then let the sound continue without it once the high note comes out. The 'w' sound is like the 'w' when you are about to cry like a baby.
You don't really think about the stretch. Once you have an easy high note, your folds have stretched like a rubber band.
Try and be really quiet and easy with your sound.
As you know, I'm not an expert, I'm just sharing what I've been doing to get sound out (lol), so anyone more experienced might be able to share a better way. I'd be glad if it helps though!
@Driftzey yeah, but just do the w part, and let the body make whatever noise it wants
yup… after my voice dropped this past year i haven’t been able to sing like i used to.. sucks but i’m gonna keep practicing
I’m on this journey also, what really helps my is doing it very quietly!
I have been able to sing great for many years. But, in the last year or so, I cannot access light/non-pushed head voice or falsetto. But this isn't 100% of the time. Sometimes, I wake up and my voice is great. I have no idea why this is happening. I can't access the "squeaky door" thing like you're talking about, here. But I used to easily be able. Can you please upload some really REALLY helpful videos on restoring male tenor head voice? Vocal fry? Squeaky door? What happens if NONE of that can be accessed? What's the alternative? Thank you SO much for your help! :)
My falsetto is almost non existent most days, but like you, some days it could be there, it could even be 100% there (rarely) and the more falsetto I have the more agile my chest voice becomes.
Been like this ever since I'm 7th grade, I'm 18 now.
*I'm a 15 year old boy.*
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A few days ago, I could hit a F#6 without putting much effort.
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But now, I couldn't even acess my headvoice.
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I'm really panicking cause my performance is around the corner !
Cant even hit a c5 properly in head voice... Im 15 too my voice hasn't settled yet but i guess I'll for under the baritone or bass
@@thirdrevoj683 Wow really ? But was your voice always that low ? Or did it happen after puberty ?
@@thirdrevoj683 I completely lost my higher registers
@@raymondtung5439 work on it or u will loose your notes practice every other wise your voice will get very deep and then it will hella difficult to hit those high 5th and 6th octave notes
I can't get to head voice i can only do falsetto and if I try to shift to head voice it just go to whistle.
Hi Carl, Thanks for you videos! I started watching your videos 6 days ago wanting to find my head voice and it has been quite a journey discovering these higher ranges I never knew I had!! Just with the vocal frying and producing an initial 'squeak' made me realise there was a glimmer of a voice if only I spent time to develop it. I've been practicing everyday 'slowly' getting stronger and 'gradually' higher and also having some brilliant 'Aha' moments when I would sing a familiar song and hearing I could now hit the higher notes and see my progression. Its been emotional at times as I always thought this lower and middle range was my lot. I have just made a donation as you have given me 'hope' to be able to sing like I always wanted to and I would like to have the Skype lessons in a couple of weeks when I feel I have something further to bring. Thanks 👍😊
I want to live in a town where there is potential for people moving in.
I can get into head voice easily now. It sounds really twangy and nasal and I can't really sing different vowels in it yet but it's connected without a break and distinct from head voice. Kinda like in the video but more twangy.
Do you have any advice/exercises on how to strengthen head voice and learn to be able to actually use it while singing songs? Because if I try actually singing lyrics with it I sound like a dying cat I feel.
thank you so much
Hello, my friend can't sing in Falsetto, but don't have any problem singing in Mixed voice, he can't even experience any voice cracks but his voice fall to an airy voice (completely air voice and no tune)
I'm still 13 and I can't even find my head voice and my falsetto is too low and I can only sing falsetto sometimes (my falsettos are low, really low)
use lyf hax
youu thanks !
Music Teacher: Look up singing videos
Looks up singing videos
Me: How the fuck does someone sing that high
Those in Singing Videos Male
Me: Ahh much better
im a girl and i sing with my chest and throat and idk how to get into head voice. like i’m a soprano and i strain to sing notes that should be sang in head voice, and when i try to sing in my head voice it’s like just croaking there is no sound 😳, or itll just sound like i’m yodelling like i’ll get to head then immediately chest/throat then head. i’m hoping this video will helpp
As of now the lowest note I can hit consistently is a C3.
How do you use falsetto though? I was using my falsetto very well but after months later without singing I cant even trigger my falsetto. I cant ue falsetto anymore
I used to be a soprano and could reach well over C6 andnow i can barely get to C4?? What the hell has happened to my voice
They say age may drasticly change your range, could that be it? Im a mezzo soprano btw
Lynx but I'm only 23
Hey Carl, I have no sense of head voice. I hit that ceiling of air or tension when ascend in pitch, regardless of volume. Should I be able to accomplish what you demonstrate here in headvoice before I even bother with things like the "buh's" that you do in another video? Should I literally be re-watching this video over and over until I can do what you demonstrate, before I attempt to take my chest voice higher? I have absolutely no head voice, my voice just turns to a hiss when I ascend in pitch.
I booked my 2nd lesson with you.
Thankyou for your video.I can relate entirely with your comments of a big chest voice range. I have basically a tenor voice which I can extent to around b flat. from low A. in chest voice.
In the mornings my range extends to high e in head voice but the stability of my voice is less and I have trouble performing in the mornings because of breaks etc. Later I can sing with confidence but I can not reach the higher notes eg B to say D. Also over the years I think my falsetto voice has disappeared. I have always felt restricted because a high c is what most tenors are judged on. I will work on your great comments, as I have exhausted most other tech-niches.
"nothninf town" lol carl came across you yesterday, i think youre a great teacher, very clear presentation and message. keep up the good work carl new sub here
stu
hey Stu, nice to meet you, I have some good content coming over the next week or so stay tuned :)
superb carl look forward to it.i struggle with mental blocks i find i perform best when im totally relaxed and the weird thing is i seem to be better when i start practice rather than at the end what are your thoughts?
oooh im a female with a male voice (probably something to do with my life long excess testosterone lol) and i feel like you were talking about me. ive got a good deep rich voice, (I think d2 to e6 ish) think pat carroll, i can nail poor unfortunate souls from the little mermaid. but also i can sing somewhere over the rainbow quite easily and most of phantom of the opera scores female parts with a few exceptions. but its all chest! and when i try to get into head voice (especially when singing christine in phantom) i either cant get there, or maybe i will hit it but only last a beat or two before cracking :( This was incredibly helpful, and though i will probably never reach that lovely C7 we all strive for, this helped me practice get into the head voice and breathing work, i think i can get there easier eventually. Thank you so much!
Ohh okay thank you
You're advise there💀 I was disappointed that when I tried to keep my folds closed, it didn't sound like I went much higher than usual... little did I know that *I literally went past my short term goal of 4B!*
Its not expressiveness that causes it, its mostly emotional anxiety of various sorts.
Im a female, cant not "constrict" that is "panic", even tho my limit is E6 (but useless since I just cant not constrict).
It goes hand in hand w my ocd and the like
This is literally me… I really struggle with head voice
I literally watch 1000 tutorials to get into headvoice/falsetto it doesn't it been a year
Nothing town. I'm loving the analogies haha
I found my head voice but it sounds so strained
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Bro plz tell me how much time does it take to develop Headvoice in general?
Hello sir, I amhaving trouble to sing in my head voice, it just happened a day after I found out how to mix my voice, due to this, I was overwhelmed with my mixed voice and sang every song with high notes I could think of. Do you know what could be the cause of me finding it hard to get to head voice?
Something happened to my head voice I use to be able to access it now I can’t but I can now I have easier access to my whistle register?!?!?! WHAT HAPPENED TO MY HEAD VOICE
d4 and im out.. it locks up to a whisper
I'm weak in head voice.What can I do?
I have an issue, when I sing in head voice itself I feel a break. My easy head voice begins at E4 up to Bb4 (Eb5 on good days), but I feel from B4 that I need to change gears to go higher and I can go with a powerful flute sound up to Bb5, but it's completely disconnected and I don't know where I need to start practicing or doing exercises. Because, when I start in that flute sound I completely break into my easy headvoice register at C5. What do I need to do ? I would love to be able to sing easily around C5
u need to develop support. The flute sound is falsetto and its in fact disconnected because u use ur larynx to go higher. In head voice its like in chest u need to push with ur support to go higher without raising ur larynx,. U can go to D5 in head voice after u will start to strain. th-cam.com/video/n1-eY_A6Rw0/w-d-xo.html in this video there are exercices to strenghten ur head voice and not falsetto.
@@LightKurusan thank you!
Buddy got a symmetrical ass face bruh !
Bruh i sound like a dying duck
please dont tell me not the only female here-
A few months ago my head voice was perfectly fine and easy to come out. However, now it becomes a lot harder and when it comes out, my head voice, it sounds super airy and cracky. And sometimes it doesn’t even come out and only air comes out. Does anyone know why this is happening?
Have you fixed it?
@@Jferraro24 not really. It’s a little better now though, meaning somedays it’s ok, somedays it doesn’t come out
@@ninjadankoo hmmm have you ever had any formal training?
u look like white snoop dogg
Brother... Thank Youu!!!😅😅🙏🏼. Fuck i just got it right and it's... Stupidly shocking 😂😂. Been trying this 1.5 years. THANKS A LOT!!
Love from India
I cant even do a falseto
Do you have a video on resonance?
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By headvoice do u mean a strong falsetto? Or do u mean singing in your chest voice but the resonance is in your head as in singing the G4-C5 notes in chest voice?
if you were asking this question of me then what happens is I sing with no strain as I get higher and there's no bump as I cross my break area (E/F) and in fact I can cause the "bump" if I choose to do so for stylistic purposes...I feel the chords thin out as I go higher (how else could I go higher without straining?) and if I lean in to get louder my chords don't blow apart - there is a definite "edge" to my voice and this remains as I go higher up...I practice with compression type exercises (to the annoyance of those around me haha) but it does work...believe me I am no great singer but I can bridge without a break and I have more compression than I did before - not sure I understand your question but if I tried to sing to C5 in chest I just could never do it physically if I understand your question correctly?...I notice my voice thinning at around middle C and then as I go up I notice them trying to come apart at E - F if I'm not careful but they don't (unless I want them to) and after that they thin out more and and I seem to get more compression and therefore volume if I need it (See Carls early videos on compression for the differences between pitch and compression muscles) - I write this in detail for you as I don't know your skill level or where you are in your journey and I know that other people don't always explain everything and this can leave people who are trying to do this more confused than before they asked...when you say "resonance is in your head" yes it is and it travels up through my nose area and then up further into my head but the chords thin out and I don't strain - if you're an expert singer then I apologise for all of this claptrap but just wanted to explain as I am pleased with my progress at the moment and I thought it might help you if you needed it.
Oh I'm sorry, I was askin carl if in this video he is talkin about the falsetto-ish headvoice or if he's talkin about the chesty/mixed voice headvoice. Cause some people define headvoice as falsetto and some define it as your belt/mixed voice
No worries pretty sure Carl can answer you on this...:)
I just mean singing high without pushing you could call it many things head / false / release etc. This video is for people who can't get into head voice at all like when I started nothing above middle C without pushing.
I believe that head voice is like a developed falsetto, and that the falsetto can be expanded with no break into head voice, Sometimes the more you analyze the more confused it becomes. No I think it is impossible to sing a high c with chest voice. I hate sopranos it sounds so simple!!!
More like help I can't stay in chest voice without breaking and an ugly twangy sound!
Ok so like ..... I’m a boy and I sing pretty high like I used to be like 😂 soprano and now my voice is just a little deeper like I’m not .... like a bass like I’m not that low yet... I think I’m like an alto ( idk how to spell it ) and like when school was in I always sung in my head voice and now that’s school out for the summer I can’t even get into my head voice and I’m so used to only singing in that tone .... so now that I can’t do it anymore it’s like hard to sing ....kinda lower ( I’m sry I know this is a lot and probably dosent make sense ) but ...... I’m stressed cuz I really like to sing but .... I can’t 😂
Sorry to be the bringer of bad news, but that beautiful high ring might never return. I used to be able to sing a D6 on whim. Mostly likely you've fallen to a baritone range, which is hard to adjust to if you're used to vocally dancing on the descant lines. Do not try to strain and close your vocal cords, as he suggests (he's correct (kind of) about the physics, wrong about the rest) it will not produce the tone or agility you're looking for and is liable to cause injury. My best advice would be to learn how to use the range you're in as best you can.
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Simple and straight to the point!
Its hard for most men to do head cause we don't give heads so you know why more men can do chest voice easily 😏
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