high notes with mixed voice

[hammy66]

Do i go to my head voice to hit high notes or do i "belt"?
I do not know if belting is the correct term when using mix voice, but the voice i use to hit high notes is the same voice i use to hit normal notes, only that it goes higher in my head and i need more air and strength to reach it(like belting)

it almost borders on shouting only that it doesnt strain my vocal chords at all, i can go on and on all day but i dont feel any strain

SO am i hitting high notes the correct way?

 

[jianrong]

head voice would be better.

Which is hard to pass to head.

Belting can be bad habit sometime. Which is what i tend to do and hard to avoid.

 

[noinimod]

Do i go to my head voice to hit high notes or do i "belt"?
I do not know if belting is the correct term when using mix voice, but the voice i use to hit high notes is the same voice i use to hit normal notes, only that it goes higher in my head and i need more air and strength to reach it(like belting)

it almost borders on shouting only that it doesnt strain my vocal chords at all, i can go on and on all day but i dont feel any strain

SO am i hitting high notes the correct way?

depends on what sort of sound you're trying to achieve and what genre it is. If you check out singers such as bruce dickinson and rob halford, their head voice sounds very full. There's not much chest resonance but it is still thick sounding. For those kind of songs, that sort of tone is desirable, but then if you use it on say, jay chou, it would sound funny.

if you have to increase the amount of air pressure and flow as you go higher, it's almost certain that you're pulling up chest to try and hit the notes, which is always bad. As you go higher, the air flow should actually decrease. what's the highest note you can hit while 'belting' now? If it's something like E4-F4 (E-F after the C AFTER middle C) before your voice breaks, you're probably pulling chest. Mixed voice sounds powerful, as though the singer's shouting, but the singer doesn't actually shout or have any sensation feeling like that.

developing a good mixed voice takes proper training; it's not something one can randomly try and 'get' - it doesn't work that way. I always believe that the truly great singers are always made, not borned. That comes only with the right practice and training.

 

[hammy66]

My range is from G2 to C4 in mixed voice(when i do scales and i can transition ) and my bridge is at E4. I can hit higher at pure head voice? why is that? why cant my head voice go higher in mixed?
my head voice sounds airy, and i prefer using the fuller voice to hit higher notes.
how do i make my head voice less airy? i tried using less air and it kinda works but i wana know the exact technique.

The highest note i can do with a full voice is a c4 with mixed voice.

 

[noinimod]

My range is from G2 to C4 in mixed voice(when i do scales and i can transition ) and my bridge is at E4. I can hit higher at pure head voice? why is that? why cant my head voice go higher in mixed?
my head voice sounds airy, and i prefer using the fuller voice to hit higher notes.
how do i make my head voice less airy? i tried using less air and it kinda works but i wana know the exact technique.

The highest note i can do with a full voice is a c4 with mixed voice.

G2 to C4 is chest. Although it is possible to do heady C4 also. nowadays the commercial mixed male tenor voice is getting higher and higher, sigh.

you're probably using falsetto and not head voice; head voice is a pure tone with no airy quality to it. Keep doing lip rolls while maintaining a goofy dopey tone underlying it. Try to feel the resonance moving up towards the back of your throat as you go higher. if you do the exercise right, you should be able to expand your head voice range quite alot. as you go higher up the scale with the lip rolls, you should be using ALOT less air. It should feel like the whispering sort of level at first. As your muscles get stronger then you can use more strength.

As for cord closure and getting rid of airiness, sounds like GOO and GA helps to keep the cords together. But this exercise can be dangerous to do at your stage now so i would be careful, cos you can end up over-compressing your chords. Try to expand your range first and get very comfortable with lip rolls - they are your best friend. And they will help greatly with strengthening the head voice.

don't be impatient. i was impatient when i started out, with a crazy obsession over the mixed voice. But i realize now that a nice mixed voice only comes when there's a solid head and chest voice foundation.

 

[Ardentash]

we must have headvoice first then can do mix is it?cause mix is headvoice plus chest right?lol

 

[noinimod]

yes. the thing many people don't realize is, the mixed voice is not something you turn on and off like a switch. It really is a matter of varying the proportion of chest and head resonance. And the reason why certain exercises are effective is cos they train you to be aware of the sensations felt when you're using different resonances. Once you're aware of that, you can vary the amounts of chest/head etc.

 

[omran]

ATT: head voice

People have been using the term 'head voice' without exactly doing proper grounded research on it. Can you explain scientifically as to how a sound is suppose to be produced via the confines of your skull when vocal registrations is a product of laryngeal functions?

Do i go to my head voice to hit high notes or do i "belt"?
I do not know if belting is the correct term when using mix voice, but the voice i use to hit high notes is the same voice i use to hit normal notes, only that it goes higher in my head and i need more air and strength to reach it(like belting)

it almost borders on shouting only that it doesnt strain my vocal chords at all, i can go on and on all day but i dont feel any strain

SO am i hitting high notes the correct way?