NCdan Posted February 22, 2013 Share Posted February 22, 2013 Long time no post. After a long and drawn out battle with head voice and wondering if I would ever not sound like Axle Rose my head voice must have decided it was tired of sounding like a bad hair metal singer and popped into sounding like my chest voice (although I can still sound like a whiny girl if I want to.) What finally did it was trying to get the resonance/sound/air up into my sinuses: I had to push really hard to get it to feel like it was doing that, and after about a week of thinking it wasn't working I guess it finally worked. My only other guess is that my muscles got strong enough to adduct(?) correctly. And all this time I thought tongue placement and lowering my larynx was going to lead to success... The point of all this is to ask whether or not this is a healthy habit. I am definitely pushing the air more than in chest voice, and I might be crazy but I think I have just a teensy bit of falsetto mixed in (at least that seems to be my natural mechanism to turn the twang down?) The air pressure also feels quite high in my larynx. Anything I am doing wrong or should watch out for? Thanks. :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Felipe Carvalho Posted February 22, 2013 Share Posted February 22, 2013 NC could you sing something using it? Something low near the passagio. But are you working alone? It takes a lot of ajustment and trainning to define it well to use head voice with ease and comfort. You do not need to feel pressure on the larynx or think of sinus. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ronws Posted February 22, 2013 Share Posted February 22, 2013 Either that or admire Axl Rose from afar. I did. I liked his power and range and was inspired by Appetite for Destruction, even though I have never sounded like him and don't particularly care to sound like him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gina Ellen Vocalist Posted February 22, 2013 Share Posted February 22, 2013 Pushing really hard doesn't sound right to me, but might just be how you feel it. If you weren't sore or hoarse after than it might be ok. Best thing is to post a clip then we can help more Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VideoHere Posted February 22, 2013 Share Posted February 22, 2013 my guess is you also found the appropriate vowel/throat shape to sort of "carve your way up." you are keeping it together in terms of fold adduction and you are probably supporting more which gives you more compression and you lit up your head resonance. the only concern i have is the same as gina's...when you said to push really hard.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted February 22, 2013 Share Posted February 22, 2013 How does one achieve adducted head voice if they are used to "pushing"? I feel like head voice requires more pressure but LESS air. So what would be a safe way to learn to adduct in head voice if "PUSHING" physically is the problem? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VideoHere Posted February 23, 2013 Share Posted February 23, 2013 supported scales of the 5 vowels. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NCdan Posted February 24, 2013 Author Share Posted February 24, 2013 NC could you sing something using it? Something low near the passagio. Maybe, but I usually only get a chance to record when doing new songs. Pushing really hard doesn't sound right to me the only concern i have is the same as gina's...when you said to push really hard.... How does one achieve adducted head voice if they are used to "pushing"? I feel like head voice requires more pressure but LESS air. I suppose the term 'pushing' can be taken multiple ways. A shy singer may need to be encouraged to push harder, and a overzealous vocalist may need to be told to push less. What I mean is that getting a solid, meaty head voice tone requires me to clench some muscle somewhere harder, and to me it sort of feels like I am pushing the air harder than I would in chest normally. If I let up on this "pushing" then it I tend to start slipping into bad hair metal head voice territory. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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