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So recently I purchased a singing program and I've noticed that my head voice is very airy. It usually fades away if I sustain it for a period of time. Also something very strange that keeps happening is that my head voice is the least airy before I actually warm up with lip rolls. I have no problems with chest voice at all. Is head voice usually very weak for beginners and is developed over time or is there something wrong with me?

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I'll try to record myself in 2 days, it's a little embarrassing to vocalize with people at home... That being said, I did get a massive cold 6 months ago. I worried about my voice because I kept coughing so I went to see an ENT and he told me I had bronchitis. He did take a look at my chords and told me there was nothing wrong with them so I figured the cough didn't originate from my vocal chords and shouldn't bother singing. I'm hoping for a vocal health expert to educate me a bit on this (I understand medical specialists can't diagnose anything online but some general directions would be great).

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I'm not a specialist but I'll give you a diagnosis:

You're fine. Stop worrying about it. Check out my "what's going on with my voice" thread, I thought I had shredded myself completely. Turns out it was just a chest cold.

Also, sing into a pillow if there's someone home. If they still laugh and it affects you you gotta think about your values. Does it matter what they think? Singing is like dancing. When you first start out it looks a bit too funky, and not in the right way. Dance for a bit, though, a year or so, and you'll look like you're a dancer.

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It's because you are not resonating fully. Play around with the shape of the vowel. You have a good ee sound. Mess with that one. When you feel your head ringing, you will have found a "pocket" of resonance that provides good volume and the airyness will fade. It's an auditory illusion but try that.

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Also, I dunno your nationality, but where I come from we have only "hard" vowels. Meaning we phonate the vowel as it is written. I = EE, A = AH etc. There's no diphthongs in Finnish, so I made this small adjustment to my scales. If the vowel sound is "Ah," meaning the letter A, I phonate it all the way through as that vowel while focusing on keeping the throat relaxed and open, and it basically works out on its own. This has helped me really brighten up the upper register, without it going woofy.

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