Love this video and your demonstrations! It sure is really confusing, everybody seems to have their own definition... I've watched countless hours of these kinds of videos, and only yours clear it up. Thanks!
@@ramseyvoicestudio The problem I have is when increasing head voice volume my voice will tone will start distorting and ill lose pitch, it's something I can't control, what causes that?
I appreciate your identifying the keyboard pitch you start on when you demonstrate an exercise. It helps me imitative without being distracted by finding what note to start on.
Sooo Falsetto is basically reducing the pressure and using the top part of the vocal chod, and the breathy sound is because the vocal cords are not completely closed. thanks sooooooo much
That's the undeveloped detached falsetto. The goal is to integrate the falsetto into the rest of.the voice. For opera anyway. For pop I guess there are benfits to keeping it detached. Frankie Valle is detached. Roy Orbison was more integrated.
i can do falsetto, but the thing is i can make my head voice loud, like shouting but i can't make loud voice with falsetto... is it only me or it's normal? Edit: and also my falsetto can go higher than my head voice.... like VERY VERY BIG DIFFERENCE
This debate again... they are essentially the same thing. A couple of things. I have a degree in musical theatre and studied opera for a couple years, so you know I’m not some random dude. Falsetto has NOTHING to do with breathiness. This is a huge pet peeve of mine. You can add breathiness if you want, but listen to R&B singers like Brian McKnight, Usher or Musiq Soulchild. They have strong, high falsetto notes that are not breathy. So would that be considered falsetto or head voice? Every note you sing is a combination of head and chest voice, it’s just how much you choose of each that determines the sound. Belting for instance (pop music) is heavy on the chest voice and very little head voice. Opera is very head voice dominant for high notes. I don’t think using the term head voice for pop music makes much sense, but hey to each their own! Sam Smith definitely belts, by the way.
Hey Gregory, we are just disagreeing in terminology. The R&B singers you mentioned are singing with what I would call a full head voice, rather than falsetto. Falsetto in my definition is a breathy M2 phonation.
Timestamp for you guys! 1:25 - Difference between head voice and falsetto 4:38 - Recognize them in songs 7:26 - 2 main reasons why do falsetto Exercises 8:27 - Octave Repeat Bratty “Nay” 9:56 - Ladies 10:53 - 1.5 Octave “Gee” 12:35 - Ladies
My dad sometimes said if I didn't have power behind it, it was falsetto and unless I NEED a falsetto sound, it wasn't right. My dad also did some opera singing, so his high notes had SO MUCH volume and power behind it, so I didn't have as much self work on developing control in a head voice or mixed, just full falsetto and chest voice because I didn't even know what a head voice was before these videos
For me who only sang in falsetto for a long time, it is very much about practicing vocal control constantly. Cuz the extra air from falsetto essentially covers up for any of the bad sounds or squeaks that you would make. I'd also recommend exercising the diaphragm regularly and drinking tea to keep your throat nice and open
This information is absolutely critical for new singers! Having this information 20 years ago would have fundamentally changed my life! Please learn from my mistake and take this to heart!
What I've noticed unique about you is that unlike other modern coaches you seem to consider "head voice" and "mix" to be synonymous. I find the distinction between the two to be useful: head voice is like you say - like falsetto but fuller and less breathy, while mixed voice is head voice melded with chest voice - which in practice means notes that are too high to be comfortably belted out in chest voice alone, but still have a much chestier quality than if they were sung in full head voice, so to uneducated listeners they still pass as the "full voice", as they like to call it
So learning about the differences between falsetto and head voice, now I'm pretty sure Whitney Houston was singing falsetto in "Run to you" and head voice in "I will always love you".
Dude I sing opera and I have been looking for hundreds of videos about this topic. This is may be the best. Crystal clear. The only thing I would nuance is what you say about falsetto in opera. Even tenors sing in this head voice because biologically talking we can't stay in chest mechanism much higher than around middle C for male voices (generally) this what my ORL explained me. Thanks a lot
I think I sang so quietly as a kid because I was painfully shy that I thought my falsetto WAS my head voice. I totally thought my head voice was my mixed voice because it was stronger than I thought it should be lol
This is so helpful! I've always wondered if I'm singing in head voice or falsetto... turns out it's been head voice and I have no clue how to do falsetto.
You support with chest . You connect both , so there s no break register between low to top But it depend what style of music . In certain more agressive ways , James Brown , Or Guys in Metal like David Coverdale or Phil anselmo even in Early days . Or me haha , with Distortion too , it can be an extended chest voice even at 4th octave or 5th . What neoligism thoses Rubbish academist with " reinforced falsetto " with Nicey sound its a mistake perception comparing to the fuller and Nastier sound of originals , confuse , its in thoses singers , like Rob halford too in some places , its belting , but modelled sound ( and note depending what you want to do )by the throat and high larynx for the piercing sound due to the compression ( like a Oaaaaarg sound ) you have that kind of Upper piercing sound , like an overtone thing at the top of the note , its great if you have a killer wide vibrato doing it . But thats not a falsetto basis at all like some teachers specialist claim but sound again ( sorry ) a lot more pussiest than the guys they talk about , who themselves are rif raff singing in comparaison Reinforced falsetto mean nothing . Like explained , and i thank that guy above , Falsetto is a derivated from headvoice , airy , with no folds vibrating . You cant improve your scream with that basis . If you reinforce this , its head voice . If you support that with a great connexion with your bottom and chest voice , its mixed voice So its Not falsetto anymore . So i really don't understand that term . Coming from others , among them that famous Ken.. personnaly , I never worked my headvoice to support it with my chest to do what i do . I went for the bottom chest and progress higher and higher years after years , slowly even i began at 14 , so the vocal chords mould quickly into it , i began to sing and scream high at 16 . I reached up the 4 th octave around 19 , and begining of 5th at 24 with that Larynx technique . But after like a second maturing mutation dropping as a Baritone you can have ... My cartilages are quite large , and around mid 20's , end 20's , the harder making of cartilages of larynx make this , more adult voice Deeper voice . For the Roar thing , like Scream Bloody gore's death thing scream ,i can't go as high as i used too but in the old style , i have more power and Can go way higher than i could . But i try to switch and cross the 2 for re gain my top register in that extreme raspy stuff , with the nasal points . Mid and low register much fatter than before too. Textured but i think that was due to the studio takes i did with a Producer in swizterland , the extreme metal mutt lange , my voice did survive , but 30 min pause on a 4hours take . It pushed my distortion gravel more and agression .
I can do Falsetto and Head Voice on the 5th Octave,but unfortunately, I cant belt. I really wanted to know how to belt very high notes just like I do with Head Voice and Falsetto. But I can't find videos on TH-cam that will help me on that. Btw, I just learned how to sing in the whistle register from one of your videos. I really liked your voice coaching because it always work all of the time.
i cant get to head voice without going automatically to falsetto, i could do high musical songs before but cant do chest voice but now its the opposite.. im stuck in chest voice haha.
Keep working on these head voice exercises and start to go for even a lighter (but not breathy) head voice sound. Over time, your head voice will get stronger.
You’re lucky. I had been using head voice my whole life until recently when I went to a voice therapist because my voice sounded so high pitched for my age and found out that I had been speaking wrong my whole life, and now it’s hard to maintain my chest voice.
Hi there, I'm a 19 y/o male and I avoid using my head voice/falsetto because it sounds like some other person is singing over those parts and it doesn't feel like my own voice. Do you have any tips on how to make my upper register sound more like myself?
I felt this. I hated it at first bc i thought i sounded stupid. Lol. I learned to ignore that thought and do it anyways. Rventually i just got used to it and havent thought much about it
Falsetto is great as a stylized singing, but I once heard a vocal coach to say never start singing with falsetto. It's basically the easiest and teaches you no skills about any other types of singing, so it's best to get the basics first. I made the mistake of learning to sing with falsetto from like age six to age 26, and now at 33 I still have a lot of shortcomings and obstacles to overcome because of that. So falsetto = great, but not great to start with
I don't know what you're asking. But if you're asking about the 1.5 octave arpeggio, here's a helpful notation. Look under "Falsetto Exercise #2": ramseyvoice.com/how-to-hit-high-notes/
That's all interesting but nobody ever talks about a case where mixy/heady sound comes naturally, but falsetto - doesn't. Higher notes - sound just stops, because you cannot really mix past A5. But you obviously can "falsetto it".
psorcerer it’s not falsetto, and it’s more than reinforced. It’s got twang and a sob back in. So, it’s a mix, and it’s still connected to the rest of the range.
Great point psorcerer. You're actually getting into the world of vocal acoustics now rather than vocal registers. The reason that notes past a certain point get stronger than the notes in the middle is because they're lining up with the formant, creating a stronger vibration in the cords.
Sir, from head voice can we hit high notes of falsetto? Sir , I mean without using falsetto can we hit high note from head voice ? Sir, because I can go high till C5 from head voice and from falsetto till A5 without training that landed me to vocal injury. Would I able to hit D5 or E5 from head voice if I train my voice properly? Sir, why falsetto goes too high hitting all high notes like G5 and A5 than head voice hitting only C5 note ? I am 17.6 year male .
hi, this doesn't have a lot to do with the video, but i was wondering if there's a healthy way to expand both my upper n lower registry. i've wanted to do this for sum time now but i'm afraid that i'll accidentally damage my voice. any tips..?
I have always been interested in learning to sing. Was in a reddit deep dive learning about Billie Eilish's voice and read something about her effortless falsetto vs head voice and wanted to learn more about that. Excellent teacher. I wish he was local!
How did I live so long without ever hearing such a clear explanation between head voice & falsetto, geez!! Ty for this video, I’m going to begin practicing your tips right away, better late than never!! I do both naturally but I couldn’t have pinpointed the difference & explained it verbally until just now. I want to be able to stay in head voice much longer instead of reverting to falsetto which I find much easier. I have definitely been a person who was confused by the myriad of made up definitions regarding these two modes of singing. I have been thoroughly schooled today! Tysm I am very grateful for this instruction.❤️❤️❤️
Falsetto for women??? I think no. Women sing naturally in their head voice 'cause of the nature of their vocal cords. Only men use falsetto for reaching the highest notes.
@@victoremmanuell_ptbr1902 so I guess I’m still confused, lol. However, I don’t naturally sing with my head voice, my voice is most comfortable using chest voice. I just sing! All of the labels involved are confusing, but I thought this explanation was excellent, bcuz I never really heard a big difference between head voice & falsetto, they are both high notes. I never received professional voice training when I was young, I just learned by hearing & practicing. I am very familiar with anatomy & physiology used in medical practice & am now learning how it applies to the voice. I always wondered why ppl would ask me how I could sing so low & still be able to hit those very high notes; I had no idea how I did it. I simply copied from my mother who was a master at it. So I guess I will be learning for a long time, what I should have learned long ago. Then there is my brother who could sing in a baritone & then sound just like me singing high notes. No one in my family could do what he was able to do. He sounded like a man with a deep voice & could just flip it around & sound like an Ariana Grande!! Still don’t know how to explain his voice, but sadly he is no longer with us & we miss him terribly. Well, ty for your input.
I LOVE JEFF BUCKLEY YESSS. I’m so happy you shouted him out. He was such a fabulous vocalist and his music is really inspiring me to work on my upper register with my head voice and falsetto. I have such a difficult time with those two registers so thank you so much for this helpful video!!!!
How can I apply the 'nay' and 'gee' exercises to a song? Because all is good in practice but when pronouncing a different word for a song it goes away.
Thank you for explaining this. 🙂 I don't know why but I've always thought falsetto is what it is called when a guy sings head voice. I don't know why. I think it's because I had only heard the term falsetto in connection to the male singers in choir.
This is really interesting and a great instructional video. I've always been convinced that Falsetto is the male register of the voice that males would use before puberty when their voices 'broke'. So when a males voice 'breaks' in adolescence the Falsetto register is still available to them, but harder to utilise as it is above the natural break-point in their voice. I remember when my voice was breaking there was a period of time when my voice would uncontrollably slip between my old pre-pubescent voice, and my new manly voice. So I've always thought this could not apply to females whose voices don't break in puberty so cannot sing Falsetto.
Yes, most likely it's the same "Mode 2, falsetto, head voice" that you've been taught. Whereas a full head voice is a mix. But I will warn you, many singers think that they're singing in a mixed voice when they're just singing in a loud falsetto
@@ramseyvoicestudio ah its so confusing! Thanks for the response! In terns of getting students to be able to recognise it, do we rely on feeling resonances?
Love your head voice, mixed voice, whatever you call it! :-) falsetto is harder for me to sing. My voice will lock up if I try to sing falsetto. Used to be easier to sing higher but I have been noticing a lot of clenching going on in my throat... enjoyed this video!
Hi there...I love your videos btw...I just wanted to ask if you have a video on increasing your vocal range in your chest register because my vocal range is just from F2 to D5 and I flip into my falsetto at a E4 so I just wanted to extend my chest register till atleast a C5.....have a good day btw!
Omfg this has been so helpful!!! I have been struggling to sing in head voice and keep going to falsetto. Your videos have been so helpful!! Please keep it up!!
I sang in clubs for years. I could hit high notes but the strength sounded falsetto, like eddie kendriks temptation like. My brother could hit full voice about 5 notes higher so he got different gigs. It was never explained. My voice teacher said I had a softer voice so we didn’t have the same character in our voice. Then, I saw some motown doc. The guy says, you can sing quieter now that you don’t compete with a live band volume. If not having to belt higher notes out, the blending seems different than trying to blend a energetic chest voice with falsetto sound in head voice. HELLLP Lol
If your voice teacher EVER manufactures a vibrato while they are singing, find a different teacher. Look at 6:09 of this video and you will see it being done. The shaking of the neck just below the chin is a telltale sign. (In addition to the obvious pitch problems.)
I'll be honest I still don't get it because I can't transition from falsetto to head voice without it sounding like a ton of bricks dropped. Basically mixing is impossible, and it sounds luke my falsetto & head voice are completely
This is falsetto and mixed voice. Head voice is a more full sound than falsetto in your scale it sounds like your doing mixed and your calling that a head voice. Think of it like this Mariah Carey uses falsetto in a lot of her song that breathy sound. Whitney Houston uses a lot of head voice string and full when you says “youuuuu” in I will always love you that is that is head voice.
This was the most disappointing description of vocal cord mechanics that I've ever seen. You have classical instruments that use air and reeds like a clarinet. And you found no parallel in your description. It's about the function of creating sound through vibration and which portion of the vocal cords mechanism is most suited to do so. This was so clumsy
So I have zero falsetto or head voice, I get up around g4# in chest voice and I just can’t even force out a little falsetto squeak or nothing. Any advice?
hii my problem actually is not rlly getting into falsetto or head voice, its actually just getting into it smoothly. i have a deep voice and wenever i try to go into falsetto i make a rlly noticeable crack as well as wen im transitioning back. it just sounds bad. how wud i fix that??
I really have difficulties with my falsetto,I need to force on my voice for using it and the notes come out difficultly.I don’t know how to explain,but I also have problems with holding the note long enough : when I try to use my falsetto,my voice seems so filled of air and like I said I can’t hold the notes without losing control and my voice automatically coming back to my chest or literally losing my voice...It’s also really difficult for me to transit from my chest voice to falsetto.I’m sorry I don’t think it’s clear but I hope someone could help me working my falsetto or give me some advices !
@@ramseyvoicestudio I prob shouldn't have wrote if my ears were clogged lol. I thought maybe there was a Musical reason why I can only sing in tune when I am in a higher note.
So chest, head, and falsetto are kind of all the same thing? Chest vs head is just differentiating between different frequency ranges, and falsetto is just high pitch but breathy? What about a low pitch breathy tone? Is that like... chest falsetto?
Chest voice and head voice are not the same, as you point out "frequency" or range of notes are different. A low pitch breathy tone is either done for effect or does not have enough power behind it
I’m my head voice I can go to a C4 - D6 but I’m a male and I don’t know if it’s actually singing or I’m starting to scream will recording myself actually help me find out because people like Beyoncé, Jhud, etc. have powerful high notes and sometimes they sound like their full and powerful and then others I feel as if I screech
What do you change in the throat . Like why do some sound really like an extension of their chest and powerful. Apparently less air for high notes but this feels like the same air
Love this video and your demonstrations! It sure is really confusing, everybody seems to have their own definition... I've watched countless hours of these kinds of videos, and only yours clear it up. Thanks!
Glad it was helpful for you Piotr!
me too this video made me clear
@@ramseyvoicestudio The problem I have is when increasing head voice volume my voice will tone will start distorting and ill lose pitch, it's something I can't control, what causes that?
I appreciate your identifying the keyboard pitch you start on when you demonstrate an exercise. It helps me imitative without being distracted by finding what note to start on.
Oh Anne! You're so welcome!
Sooo Falsetto is basically reducing the pressure and using the top part of the vocal chod, and the breathy sound is because the vocal cords are not completely closed. thanks sooooooo much
you're welcome
bruh if your vocal chords are closed then you can't make a noise, when you are singing you need vocal cords open
Thank you for the breakdown, it’s very helpful. I love all the people who take the time to do this❤️
That's the undeveloped detached falsetto. The goal is to integrate the falsetto into the rest of.the voice. For opera anyway. For pop I guess there are benfits to keeping it detached. Frankie Valle is detached. Roy Orbison was more integrated.
@@savageclasher1014 You can open them via air pressure from your lungs, AKA...singing lmao! You're a genius.
i can do falsetto, but the thing is i can make my head voice loud, like shouting but i can't make loud voice with falsetto... is it only me or it's normal?
Edit: and also my falsetto can go higher than my head voice.... like VERY VERY BIG DIFFERENCE
falsetto is higher and breathy, sounds normal to me
You literally just described what falsetto is
@@christalcavanaugh wha haha lol i judt knew that..... thanks
Please do a reaction video on MEMORY and Time To Say Goodbye from Zhou Shen!
I'll check it out!
This debate again... they are essentially the same thing. A couple of things. I have a degree in musical theatre and studied opera for a couple years, so you know I’m not some random dude. Falsetto has NOTHING to do with breathiness. This is a huge pet peeve of mine. You can add breathiness if you want, but listen to R&B singers like Brian McKnight, Usher or Musiq Soulchild. They have strong, high falsetto notes that are not breathy. So would that be considered falsetto or head voice? Every note you sing is a combination of head and chest voice, it’s just how much you choose of each that determines the sound. Belting for instance (pop music) is heavy on the chest voice and very little head voice. Opera is very head voice dominant for high notes. I don’t think using the term head voice for pop music makes much sense, but hey to each their own! Sam Smith definitely belts, by the way.
Hey Gregory, we are just disagreeing in terminology. The R&B singers you mentioned are singing with what I would call a full head voice, rather than falsetto. Falsetto in my definition is a breathy M2 phonation.
Timestamp for you guys!
1:25 - Difference between head voice and falsetto
4:38 - Recognize them in songs
7:26 - 2 main reasons why do falsetto
Exercises
8:27 - Octave Repeat Bratty “Nay”
9:56 - Ladies
10:53 - 1.5 Octave “Gee”
12:35 - Ladies
wonderful!!
Tyyy
Thanks!
My dad sometimes said if I didn't have power behind it, it was falsetto and unless I NEED a falsetto sound, it wasn't right. My dad also did some opera singing, so his high notes had SO MUCH volume and power behind it, so I didn't have as much self work on developing control in a head voice or mixed, just full falsetto and chest voice because I didn't even know what a head voice was before these videos
That's sad your dad never tried to teach you
For me who only sang in falsetto for a long time, it is very much about practicing vocal control constantly. Cuz the extra air from falsetto essentially covers up for any of the bad sounds or squeaks that you would make. I'd also recommend exercising the diaphragm regularly and drinking tea to keep your throat nice and open
Your dad was right lol
This information is absolutely critical for new singers! Having this information 20 years ago would have fundamentally changed my life! Please learn from my mistake and take this to heart!
can't tell you how much hearing this means to me, Evan
damn this whole time i was using head voice well and thinking falsetto was my head voice so I thought I sucked lmao
glad you found it
Me too 😅
I have the opposite problem, I sing in falsetto thinking it’s my head voice-
@@yuriponcee same 🙃
@@yuriponcee same
What I've noticed unique about you is that unlike other modern coaches you seem to consider "head voice" and "mix" to be synonymous. I find the distinction between the two to be useful: head voice is like you say - like falsetto but fuller and less breathy, while mixed voice is head voice melded with chest voice - which in practice means notes that are too high to be comfortably belted out in chest voice alone, but still have a much chestier quality than if they were sung in full head voice, so to uneducated listeners they still pass as the "full voice", as they like to call it
This comment was so helpful for finding my mix voice, thank you 😅
@@mykittenisaferociousnugget my pleasure haha
thank you this is more accurate. I was looking for this comment
So learning about the differences between falsetto and head voice, now I'm pretty sure Whitney Houston was singing falsetto in "Run to you" and head voice in "I will always love you".
in most cases, they're the same thing, depending on tone
Another «falsetto song» is See you again
thanks
@@ramseyvoicestudio charlie put h attention we don't talk anymore
Bookmarked! I really didnt thought that my voice can do it wtf haha
Excellent!
Dude I sing opera and I have been looking for hundreds of videos about this topic. This is may be the best. Crystal clear. The only thing I would nuance is what you say about falsetto in opera. Even tenors sing in this head voice because biologically talking we can't stay in chest mechanism much higher than around middle C for male voices (generally) this what my ORL explained me. Thanks a lot
you're welcome, and thanks
I think I sang so quietly as a kid because I was painfully shy that I thought my falsetto WAS my head voice. I totally thought my head voice was my mixed voice because it was stronger than I thought it should be lol
sounds like you're doing better
This is so helpful! I've always wondered if I'm singing in head voice or falsetto... turns out it's been head voice and I have no clue how to do falsetto.
don't give up!
Can you make a video on how to sing in mix voice please? Would love to learn
You support with chest .
You connect both , so there s no break register between low to top
But it depend what style of music .
In certain more agressive ways , James Brown , Or Guys in Metal like David Coverdale or Phil anselmo even in Early days .
Or me haha , with Distortion too , it can be an extended chest voice even at 4th octave or 5th .
What neoligism thoses Rubbish academist with " reinforced falsetto " with Nicey sound its a mistake perception comparing to the fuller and Nastier sound of originals , confuse , its in thoses singers , like Rob halford too in some places , its belting , but modelled sound ( and note depending what you want to do )by the throat and high larynx for the piercing sound due to the compression ( like a Oaaaaarg sound ) you have that kind of Upper piercing sound , like an overtone thing at the top of the note , its great if you have a killer wide vibrato doing it .
But thats not a falsetto basis at all like some teachers specialist claim but sound again ( sorry ) a lot more pussiest than the guys they talk about , who themselves are rif raff singing in comparaison
Reinforced falsetto mean nothing .
Like explained , and i thank that guy above , Falsetto is a derivated from headvoice , airy , with no folds vibrating .
You cant improve your scream with that basis .
If you reinforce this , its head voice .
If you support that with a great connexion with your bottom and chest voice , its mixed voice
So its Not falsetto anymore .
So i really don't understand that term . Coming from others , among them that famous Ken..
personnaly , I never worked my headvoice to support it with my chest to do what i do .
I went for the bottom chest and progress higher and higher years after years , slowly even i began at 14 , so the vocal chords mould quickly into it , i began to sing and scream high at 16 .
I reached up the 4 th octave around 19 , and begining of 5th at 24 with that Larynx technique .
But after like a second maturing mutation dropping as a Baritone you can have ...
My cartilages are quite large , and around mid 20's , end 20's , the harder making of cartilages of larynx make this , more adult voice
Deeper voice .
For the Roar thing , like Scream Bloody gore's death thing scream ,i can't go as high as i used too but in the old style , i have more power and Can go way higher than i could .
But i try to switch and cross the 2 for re gain my top register in that extreme raspy stuff , with the nasal points .
Mid and low register much fatter than before too.
Textured but i think that was due to the studio takes i did with a Producer in swizterland , the extreme metal mutt lange , my voice did survive , but 30 min pause on a 4hours take .
It pushed my distortion gravel more and agression .
Hey Nathan, I just published one here: th-cam.com/video/ePJImWCk1Tg/w-d-xo.html
@@ramseyvoicestudioHello! It looks like this video is private. Do you have a public video on mixed voice? Thank you!
The problem for me is staying in a higher register like falsetto or head voice without cracking or going back to chest voice
try this:
ramseyvoice.com/fix-vocal-break/
I can do Falsetto and Head Voice on the 5th Octave,but unfortunately, I cant belt. I really wanted to know how to belt very high notes just like I do with Head Voice and Falsetto. But I can't find videos on TH-cam that will help me on that. Btw, I just learned how to sing in the whistle register from one of your videos. I really liked your voice coaching because it always work all of the time.
thanks for that! here is a link to my article on belting: ramseyvoice.com/belting/
i cant get to head voice without going automatically to falsetto, i could do high musical songs before but cant do chest voice but now its the opposite.. im stuck in chest voice haha.
Keep working on these head voice exercises and start to go for even a lighter (but not breathy) head voice sound. Over time, your head voice will get stronger.
You’re lucky. I had been using head voice my whole life until recently when I went to a voice therapist because my voice sounded so high pitched for my age and found out that I had been speaking wrong my whole life, and now it’s hard to maintain my chest voice.
glad you saw someone
@@RestitutorEuropa me too
@@RestitutorEuropa same
Hi there, I'm a 19 y/o male and I avoid using my head voice/falsetto because it sounds like some other person is singing over those parts and it doesn't feel like my own voice. Do you have any tips on how to make my upper register sound more like myself?
I second this
I felt this. I hated it at first bc i thought i sounded stupid. Lol. I learned to ignore that thought and do it anyways. Rventually i just got used to it and havent thought much about it
Imo you’ve to stop thinking about it too much, so you can improve your upper register and it will naturally come to “sound like you”.
Holy poop, this was exactly the break down I needed of falsetto and head voice, thanks man. Good stuff!
you're welcome
I love how I'm so good at falsetto, that i can literally mix it with my chest voice, but i can't use my head voice for sh*t.
gotta keep working on it
Lol me
i can't unsee it, once i realized that Nicolas cage was teaching me how to falsetto
another double
Who else is here to learn to use a falsetto voice in order to accurately voice a Manticore in your dnd campaign?
"some people only sing in falsetto and don't know how to sing with head voice"
I wonder if this is Dave from Glass Animals
Possibly...have to have a lesson with him to make sure.
Please make a video only on falsetto for beginners
im sorry i got so distracted when he said cbt i got the humor of a 12 yo
oh, well
Falsetto is great as a stylized singing, but I once heard a vocal coach to say never start singing with falsetto. It's basically the easiest and teaches you no skills about any other types of singing, so it's best to get the basics first. I made the mistake of learning to sing with falsetto from like age six to age 26, and now at 33 I still have a lot of shortcomings and obstacles to overcome because of that. So falsetto = great, but not great to start with
i love that you use reckoner and skinny love as your examples. and you have a great voice. great videos. keep them coming.
Thank you! Will do!
timestamps of exercises
octave repeat nay for males 8:50 & females 10:00
1.5 octave gee for males 11:57 & females 12:24
did this for the challenge
Yes!
G#3 C#4 E#4 A4 A3 D4 F4 A#4 B3 D4 F4 B4 are these right for ney???? @ramsey voice studio
I don't know what you're asking. But if you're asking about the 1.5 octave arpeggio, here's a helpful notation. Look under "Falsetto Exercise #2": ramseyvoice.com/how-to-hit-high-notes/
That's all interesting but nobody ever talks about a case where mixy/heady sound comes naturally, but falsetto - doesn't. Higher notes - sound just stops, because you cannot really mix past A5. But you obviously can "falsetto it".
psorcerer you can definitely mix above A5. It can be a head-dominant mix. I’m a man and I can mix higher than A5. It depends on the singer.
@@Advanceyourenglish5 yep, head dominant mix is ok. It's still M2 or "falsetto" but reinforced.
psorcerer it’s not falsetto, and it’s more than reinforced. It’s got twang and a sob back in. So, it’s a mix, and it’s still connected to the rest of the range.
Great point psorcerer. You're actually getting into the world of vocal acoustics now rather than vocal registers. The reason that notes past a certain point get stronger than the notes in the middle is because they're lining up with the formant, creating a stronger vibration in the cords.
Sir, from head voice can we hit high notes of falsetto? Sir , I mean without using falsetto can we hit high note from head voice ? Sir, because I can go high till C5 from head voice and from falsetto till A5 without training that landed me to vocal injury. Would I able to hit D5 or E5 from head voice if I train my voice properly? Sir, why falsetto goes too high hitting all high notes like G5 and A5 than head voice hitting only C5 note ? I am 17.6 year male .
Your videos are really helping my vocals improve. and I'm 73 next month! So never too late to improve. Many thanks.
hi, this doesn't have a lot to do with the video, but i was wondering if there's a healthy way to expand both my upper n lower registry. i've wanted to do this for sum time now but i'm afraid that i'll accidentally damage my voice. any tips..?
Hey Olivia, sure check this out: ramseyvoice.com/expand-vocal-range/
I have always been interested in learning to sing. Was in a reddit deep dive learning about Billie Eilish's voice and read something about her effortless falsetto vs head voice and wanted to learn more about that. Excellent teacher. I wish he was local!
How did I live so long without ever hearing such a clear explanation between head voice & falsetto, geez!! Ty for this video, I’m going to begin practicing your tips right away, better late than never!! I do both naturally but I couldn’t have pinpointed the difference & explained it verbally until just now. I want to be able to stay in head voice much longer instead of reverting to falsetto which I find much easier. I have definitely been a person who was confused by the myriad of made up definitions regarding these two modes of singing. I have been thoroughly schooled today! Tysm I am very grateful for this instruction.❤️❤️❤️
Falsetto for women??? I think no. Women sing naturally in their head voice 'cause of the nature of their vocal cords. Only men use falsetto for reaching the highest notes.
@@victoremmanuell_ptbr1902 so I guess I’m still confused, lol. However, I don’t naturally sing with my head voice, my voice is most comfortable using chest voice. I just sing! All of the labels involved are confusing, but I thought this explanation was excellent, bcuz I never really heard a big difference between head voice & falsetto, they are both high notes. I never received professional voice training when I was young, I just learned by hearing & practicing. I am very familiar with anatomy & physiology used in medical practice & am now learning how it applies to the voice. I always wondered why ppl would ask me how I could sing so low & still be able to hit those very high notes; I had no idea how I did it. I simply copied from my mother who was a master at it. So I guess I will be learning for a long time, what I should have learned long ago. Then there is my brother who could sing in a baritone & then sound just like me singing high notes. No one in my family could do what he was able to do. He sounded like a man with a deep voice & could just flip it around & sound like an Ariana Grande!! Still don’t know how to explain his voice, but sadly he is no longer with us & we miss him terribly. Well, ty for your input.
I have been trying and I can't do head voice I just don't understand why it's so hard, I will keep trying it's just so frustrating
I'm glad you'll keep trying, Jose
Is there a difference between mixed voice and chest voice?
yes, mixed is just that, chest and head voice
I came here from beatboxing and ths helped me learn a lot of vocal-heavy beatbox techniques like double voice, polyphonic voice etc. Thx a lot!
Happy to help!
This has been educational for me. Thank you so much! Will you please do a video about how to sing in mixed voice? Please. Thank you. ♥️
Done: th-cam.com/video/ePJImWCk1Tg/w-d-xo.html
Actually I was completely heartbroken when I found out that I was singing in falsetto all those years...🥺🥺💔
well, it's a nice skill though
There's tons of music falsetto is essential for honestly. Check out Muse, Matt Bellamy uses falsetto all the time
I LOVE JEFF BUCKLEY YESSS. I’m so happy you shouted him out. He was such a fabulous vocalist and his music is really inspiring me to work on my upper register with my head voice and falsetto. I have such a difficult time with those two registers so thank you so much for this helpful video!!!!
How can I apply the 'nay' and 'gee' exercises to a song? Because all is good in practice but when pronouncing a different word for a song it goes away.
Thank you for explaining this. 🙂
I don't know why but I've always thought falsetto is what it is called when a guy sings head voice. I don't know why. I think it's because I had only heard the term falsetto in connection to the male singers in choir.
now you know!
This is really interesting and a great instructional video. I've always been convinced that Falsetto is the male register of the voice that males would use before puberty when their voices 'broke'. So when a males voice 'breaks' in adolescence the Falsetto register is still available to them, but harder to utilise as it is above the natural break-point in their voice. I remember when my voice was breaking there was a period of time when my voice would uncontrollably slip between my old pre-pubescent voice, and my new manly voice. So I've always thought this could not apply to females whose voices don't break in puberty so cannot sing Falsetto.
So....is Falsetto what ive been taught as head voice/"tilt" (female voice) and full head voice a mix?
Yes, most likely it's the same "Mode 2, falsetto, head voice" that you've been taught. Whereas a full head voice is a mix. But I will warn you, many singers think that they're singing in a mixed voice when they're just singing in a loud falsetto
@@ramseyvoicestudio ah its so confusing! Thanks for the response! In terns of getting students to be able to recognise it, do we rely on feeling resonances?
Love your head voice, mixed voice, whatever you call it! :-) falsetto is harder for me to sing. My voice will lock up if I try to sing falsetto. Used to be easier to sing higher but I have been noticing a lot of clenching going on in my throat... enjoyed this video!
IM TRYING TO STOP DOING FALSETTO HELP ME
haha
Hi there...I love your videos btw...I just wanted to ask if you have a video on increasing your vocal range in your chest register because my vocal range is just from F2 to D5 and I flip into my falsetto at a E4 so I just wanted to extend my chest register till atleast a C5.....have a good day btw!
Yes, it's about increasing your power:
ramseyvoice.com/increase-singing-power/
Omfg this has been so helpful!!! I have been struggling to sing in head voice and keep going to falsetto. Your videos have been so helpful!! Please keep it up!!
Is it just my device or the video is switching the warmth of the whites every now and then?
The sun was coming in and out. Ha!
I sang in clubs for years. I could hit high notes but the strength sounded falsetto, like eddie kendriks temptation like.
My brother could hit full voice about 5 notes higher so he got different gigs.
It was never explained. My voice teacher said I had a softer voice so we didn’t have the same character in our voice.
Then, I saw some motown doc. The guy says, you can sing quieter now that you don’t compete with a live band volume.
If not having to belt higher notes out, the blending seems different than trying to blend a energetic chest voice with falsetto sound in head voice. HELLLP Lol
Perfect example of a falsetto voice is The Bee Gees. Barry Gibbs!
right!
i am in love with your personality and the way you teach! greetings from Brazil
Yay! Thank you!
I need the version of this video for female voice and examples of Aretha Franklin!! I need to understand her voice! Great overall, thank you!
If your voice teacher EVER manufactures a vibrato while they are singing, find a different teacher. Look at 6:09 of this video and you will see it being done. The shaking of the neck just below the chin is a telltale sign. (In addition to the obvious pitch problems.)
Thank you. This is going to help me with training my choir on the different techniques.
Awesome video! This was the best explanation I've heard yet. Thank you for sharing your insight
Glad it was helpful!
I'll be honest I still don't get it because I can't transition from falsetto to head voice without it sounding like a ton of bricks dropped. Basically mixing is impossible, and it sounds luke my falsetto & head voice are completely
This is falsetto and mixed voice. Head voice is a more full sound than falsetto in your scale it sounds like your doing mixed and your calling that a head voice. Think of it like this Mariah Carey uses falsetto in a lot of her song that breathy sound. Whitney Houston uses a lot of head voice string and full when you says “youuuuu” in I will always love you that is that is head voice.
This was the most disappointing description of vocal cord mechanics that I've ever seen. You have classical instruments that use air and reeds like a clarinet. And you found no parallel in your description. It's about the function of creating sound through vibration and which portion of the vocal cords mechanism is most suited to do so. This was so clumsy
am i the only one who can sing in head voice but not very good in falsetto rn
falsetto is another type of sound in the same register
What is chest voice and mixed voice!
ramseyvoice.com/mixed-voice/
So I have zero falsetto or head voice, I get up around g4# in chest voice and I just can’t even force out a little falsetto squeak or nothing. Any advice?
This video was helpful
Nice explanation! What about breathy chest voice? Would that be considered falsetto?
Why do I sound kinda opera in my head voice
interesting
hii my problem actually is not rlly getting into falsetto or head voice, its actually just getting into it smoothly. i have a deep voice and wenever i try to go into falsetto i make a rlly noticeable crack as well as wen im transitioning back. it just sounds bad. how wud i fix that??
ooh, tjis is a test to see if you read them all
nope
I really have difficulties with my falsetto,I need to force on my voice for using it and the notes come out difficultly.I don’t know how to explain,but I also have problems with holding the note long enough : when I try to use my falsetto,my voice seems so filled of air and like I said I can’t hold the notes without losing control and my voice automatically coming back to my chest or literally losing my voice...It’s also really difficult for me to transit from my chest voice to falsetto.I’m sorry I don’t think it’s clear but I hope someone could help me working my falsetto or give me some advices !
I have a video about high notes that will help you to strengthen that transition:
th-cam.com/video/cYqQ6ymdI38/w-d-xo.html
@@ramseyvoicestudio Thank you so much !!
Please upload full vocal workout on 'gee'.
I think to me is harder the falsetto. I think I just learned to use my head voice to sing over songs cuz I can’t sing lol
What does it mean when I can only stay in tune when I'm singing in my falsetto voice, and not my chest? Are my ear's clogged??
I'm sorry, I really don't know
@@ramseyvoicestudio I prob shouldn't have wrote if my ears were clogged lol. I thought maybe there was a Musical reason why I can only sing in tune when I am in a higher note.
did you watch masterclass by christina aguilera ?
not yet
If you spray your vocal cords with too much air, doesn't this damage your vocal cords
Falsetto and head voice is the same register with different sound quality? And does it feel very different the difference between the two?
My vocal cords move very slowly
I'm not sure what you mean, Elliott
Subbed and liked react to codfish boulevard of broken dreams.
I'll check it out
@@ramseyvoicestudio thx bro.
Can anyone please be my companion to help out with my head voice
I'll really appreciate it
So chest, head, and falsetto are kind of all the same thing? Chest vs head is just differentiating between different frequency ranges, and falsetto is just high pitch but breathy? What about a low pitch breathy tone? Is that like... chest falsetto?
Chest voice and head voice are not the same, as you point out "frequency" or range of notes are different. A low pitch breathy tone is either done for effect or does not have enough power behind it
So... What would that make LCD Soundsystem's "I Can Change"? Head voice with vibrato? Thanks for the vid, very informative btw.
I'd have to check it out
Yes, I would say that James Murphy is singing with a full head voice. But his "ooh yeah"s in Daft Punk are falsetto. Make sense?
@@ramseyvoicestudio ah, gotcha. Awesome thanks. +1 sub.
I can’t do falsetto and i dont know why? I try and all O hear is my breath. Do you have a solution?
Very excellent. Reassuring, & technical ideas made simple
thanks so much
Try to totally erase your nasal break by not being to technical when mixing.
Completely unrelated topic you look like Gabe from good luck charlie
Nice
What about dont stop til you get enough from Mj thats falsetto but it sounds like controlled falsetto no airy nothin
You need more subscribers!
given my age, I do not recognise ANY of the examples you use ,except a very few classics.
the principles are the same, and you can use a search engine to learn about the ones you're interested in, John
Could you help me with a certain type of singing ??
Amazing video thank you so much! Question - where exactly should the tongue be while doing the nay and the gee exercises?
The tongue should be flat and touching the bottom front teeth at the gum line.
@@ramseyvoicestudio thanks!
How do I know I’m in head voice? I’ve been trying forever and I always get stuck at F4, I don’t know what I’m doing wrong.
check this out on mixed voice to help with that:
ramseyvoice.com/mixed-voice/
7:03 That part of the song by Sam Smith is a very good example that I want to learn
I heard the term in other videos called "reinforced falsetto". Is it the same as head voice, or it is something else?
I’m my head voice I can go to a C4 - D6 but I’m a male and I don’t know if it’s actually singing or I’m starting to scream will recording myself actually help me find out because people like Beyoncé, Jhud, etc. have powerful high notes and sometimes they sound like their full and powerful and then others I feel as if I screech
it might be falsetto
I discovered my falsetto on accident by doing a Ronald McDonald impression
haha
What do you change in the throat . Like why do some sound really like an extension of their chest and powerful. Apparently less air for high notes but this feels like the same air
this should give you the answer about breathing:
th-cam.com/video/_aJ3nklxkbo/w-d-xo.html
What about nothing but thieves ? Di he use fslceto or head voice ?