CasenW Posted February 5, 2015 Share Posted February 5, 2015 Hey guys! Right now my range is about D2-G4, just using chest voice. I really want to reach that elusive C5 or A5, and I know you all are the ones who can help me. I'm assuming I probably need to work on my mix, but how do I add weight to my head voice and falsetto to make it sound right with my chest voice? What do I do? Help pleeeaaaase. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jarom Posted February 5, 2015 Share Posted February 5, 2015 Post a clip of your singing so we can analyze it bra. My guess though is that your adding to much weight..... post clip honey honey so the forum can do its thang! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danielformica Posted February 5, 2015 Share Posted February 5, 2015 Just practice and as you go higher try to keep the volume the same. Use octave 1,3,5,8 scales as they will help you to release easier. Don't rush it to sound bigger let time and coordination work for ya. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CasenW Posted February 5, 2015 Author Share Posted February 5, 2015 Post a clip of your singing so we can analyze it bra. My guess though is that your adding to much weight..... post clip honey honey so the forum can do its thang! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCguHdnk3WreENe8_iaxTDoA Just practice and as you go higher try to keep the volume the same. Use octave 1,3,5,8 scales as they will help you to release easier. Don't rush it to sound bigger let time and coordination work for ya. I'll try that, thank you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
etekiller Posted February 5, 2015 Share Posted February 5, 2015 What I used to do was starting at a preferred note and going up smoothly. Without any key or scale. Just going up and down with your voice at a preferable speed and intensity. Whatever feels comfortable. It's similar to doing a "siren" but it's not really oriented around starting from a note "x" and ending at a note "y". You don't even have to sound pretty doing this. It's mostly about feeling what your body does when you go up the scale. Here's a recorded sample. It's just an example (i've picked a random one, it's ugly but it demonstrates what I used to do). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Owen Korzec Posted February 5, 2015 Share Posted February 5, 2015 Seeing an actual vocal teacher and learning one on one from them will help you a lot more than the rest of us forum newbs just typing stuff. Based on your videos I can see you are definitely tensing up too much around your face/neck and that is cutting off your full voice range earlier than it really is but you'd need to see a teacher to actually identify the exact problems so you can make the right changes to fix them ASAP. And then learning mixed voice / head voice (people call it different things) will get you the super high stuff but in order to use everything up to that without climbing around a nasty vocal break it's important to get the excess tension out of your upper chest voice so that you can lead into that mixed voice/head voice smoothly 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jarom Posted February 5, 2015 Share Posted February 5, 2015 Seeing an actual vocal teacher and learning one on one from them will help you a lot more than the rest of us forum newbs just typing stuff. Based on your videos I can see you are definitely tensing up too much around your face/neck and that is cutting off your full voice range earlier than it really is but you'd need to see a teacher to actually identify the exact problems so you can make the right changes to fix them ASAP. And then learning mixed voice / head voice (people call it different things) will get you the super high stuff but in order to use everything up to that without climbing around a nasty vocal break it's important to get the excess tension out of your upper chest voice so that you can lead into that mixed voice/head voice syup yup Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CasenW Posted February 5, 2015 Author Share Posted February 5, 2015 I've been working on mix for a bit, but today, with the advice you all gave, and through a LOT of breath support, I managed to hit an D5, albeit very very loudly. I don't know what I was doing wrong before but I feel so accomplished, and I've found an 80s singer type weight to my falsetto, so as soon as I can bridge it, it's game on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VideoHere Posted February 6, 2015 Share Posted February 6, 2015 It will not hurt to include falsetto exercises from a top down position on "oo" and "ee." Get to know your falsetto, particularly the freedom associated with its production. Just start nice and smooth from the top down in a siren. As time goes on you will find it becomes closer and closer to a full voice tone. It will still need some chest voice musculature to complete the package, but you will have strengthened your voice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aravindmadis Posted February 6, 2015 Share Posted February 6, 2015 In addition to all the great advice, the most important thing you need is patience and hard work. What I have learnt is that singing extreme registers like fifth octave is the equivalent of running a half marathon when you can barely run a few kilometers. You will need to build co-ordination, strength and learn to do this in ways that do no cause you to hurt yourself. It will take time, so have goals like, I would like to be able to do this in 3 months or six months. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ronws Posted February 7, 2015 Share Posted February 7, 2015 What Bob said. Kind of like how Steven Fraser once mentioned that it is okay to start from the top down. Let the lighter part of the voice gain control and then "let the big dogs out to play," just a little. Pure genius and that statement stuck to me like ugly on ape. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CasenW Posted February 7, 2015 Author Share Posted February 7, 2015 Thanks everyone! Great advice, hopefully it helps! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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