Developing Falsetto Vs. Head Voice Vs. Mix (What REALLY Matters, and What Doesn't)

this video has been another popular request in the comment section how do I develop my falsetto or my head voice how do I know whether I'm in head voice or falsetto what's the difference between those and pursuing mixed voice all great questions and if you search YouTube or search the internet for answers to those questions you get a lot of range so in this video I'm going to show you and let you hear the differences between mixed voice falsetto head voice and if you are doing some of the same sounds that I'm doing you'll be able to tell what the difference is in your own voice then we're going to work on applying them developing them and being artistic with them and as I've said in lots of other videos on this channel knowing the terms knowing that you're using falsetto versus head voice isn't really that important what's really important is that we understand how to use our voice to express the kind of emotion and kind of dynamic that we want to express and in this case we're going to dive into three factors or three areas of our voice closure cord closure air flow and positioning we're gonna try to blend all three mix falsetto head voice and not say that we have to be classified as doing one or the other but rather learning how to bridge the gap learning how to be sensitive to the feel of our vocal cord positioning and closure and air flow so that we can be as artistic as possible [Music] returned [Music] from bridges burn [Laughter] [Music] [Music] before we go any further a lot of the stuff that I'm gonna be working with in this video assumes that you already understand the basics of breath support you understand where to get your power from when you sing and you have some experience with singing in other than chest voice if you want to take your voice further and develop a solid foundation for the things that I just mentioned be sure to click the link below and join my free vocal course so as I said earlier we're going to look at three components in depth as far as how they relate to different types of voices and we're gonna blur the lines between all of them so if I just hold a note ah like that ah in my chest resonance that's where we'll start I am using a medium amount of airflow and I have good cord closure ah versus I'm using the same amount of airflow but the closure is not as constant so it sounds airier raspier now if I do that same thing in my falsetto or my head voice my different vocal positioning where my cords are longer they're stretched out a bit I can moderate airflow I can learn to moderate airflow the same way there's good closure even though my cords are longer and there's the same note where I am leaving my cords lest less closed and a little bit floppier allowing more air through now a lot of people and I think this is a good way to differentiate a lot of people will define what I just did as falsetto and as head voice head voice is more powerful more coordinated more more pure less air is happening versus falsetto but here's where I think it doesn't matter so much whether we're saying one is one or the other we can do that same thing in our chest resonance we can manage closure and airflow in any one of our vocal positions it's really about identifying how to do each one in both areas and then using them in a way that fits what we're trying to do so what we want to do first the oftentimes the easier thing to do when we're getting up into of those higher thinner notes that resonance that that transfers up here we fill it back and in our head more as opposed to vibrating in our chest we'll call that the head resonance it's easier to do that with less cord closure so we want to get there by whispering like this we don't always per a lot but and then introduce a little bit of phonation introduce a little bit of actual tone in there in our chest resonance hi hi this is a medium whisper and then let's rather than going for any sort of pitch let's go higher and iron are like this we're not trying to sing a particular note but we're leaving our chords kind of open like we're hoarse like we're sort of trying to whisper and we're going higher higher higher higher that would be a full set Oh sound now let's try to close them off just like we do here oh no I'm gonna talk like Mickey Mouse now some people would call this falsetto - that's fine oh hi Mickey has good closure right Mickey is not hey oh no he's Oh No so experimenting with the different fields there we're letting our cords pass more air versus having them closed and this is really an exercise in using compression because once we closed those cords in either resonance hey we can add more compression if you haven't seen my video on compression be sure to watch it compression is essentially holding back air pushing more air from our primary support and using a different mechanism in our throat to hold back here hey which can lead to grit or it can just lead to a more defined and pure sound if we're balancing it right obviously no compression I'm letting tons of air through hey hey using a little bit of compression but enough to just make sure I have cord closure it's not like I'm backing up air now I'm backing up air and now I'm backing up Arius I am it's like the same thing to the higher resonance then doing that I'm using a little bit of compression no I'm because the courts are closed I can use even more compression and now it starts to sound pretty full but it's the same vocal positioning as falsetto I think that's where people get hung up and it's important to note that a well supported head voice using some compression is a form of mix if you get that down if you're able to support your head voice making the transition to a chesty mix like so many of us like to get is the next natural progression I've done lots of videos on on on mix and chesty mix so be sure to check those out so let's let's take the transition again you can really take it all the way there by understanding how to gradually add different aspects to the feel I think that by looking at each one of these things as different voices it hinders our ability to do what I just did which is go from what people call a falsetto all the way to a belted chesty mix I want to think of it as one voice as one thing but by adding different aspects and adjusting the feel little bits here and there I'm able to span the whole range without the trouble of separation so let's span that whole range of sound and feel again and try this yourself try to get close to some of these things and see if you do it Oh but still that's just a well supported using compression head voice I haven't done the chesty mix thing yet although like I said head voice is a form of a mix because you're starting to use more support and what ends up happening when you start to go higher and higher if you've got your support dialed in correctly if you're not worried about being in a particular resonance or thinking about your voice in a certain way and just kind of let things happen as you make that support transfer and that resonance transfer gradually as you go higher and higher your chest voice will then start kind of telling you oh that's that's that's really high and so there's this point where grit and mix and cool sounds other cool sounds start happening because you start to engage your break and your break is what lies between those two primary resonances chest head so by working through that full spectrum of sounds we let the voice do its thing naturally and we capitalize on what it's good at and then the awareness of our break becomes our good friend let's do it a couple more times and this time I'm gonna use the word or sound ya e ya ya ya ya ya and this is how you should practice and start discovering it whisper like that then Ya Ya Ya Ya Ya in your chest resonance and your primary resonance Ya Ya Ya Ya now throw it up so you feel it here hey don't worry about hitting a particular pitch yeah yeah yeah and it's okay if it's weak and raspy it's supposed to be at this point we're worse we're getting familiar with how every stage feels now let's add let's close our chords now let's aim for more support pushing from here a lot that's support that's compression that's closure and we're gonna keep going and add more compression until our vocal chords are holding back tons of air and as we keep pushing we're gonna start to feel the resonance want to transfer from here to here even though we're high that's going to engage our body's natural response to want to use the brake and then using that feel we're going to kind of sit in it and that's where our grit is gonna come from it's super cool [Applause] that's the transition it's ugly sounding at the moment but we can do some really cool things with it Hey Hey yeah part of truly developing your falsetto or your head voice is understanding how it feels to utilize it and blend it with your chest resonance that's what makes it that's what sells it that's what makes it really cool and usable I think a lot of people when they start going about developing their falsetto they're like okay now I'm thinking oh no I'm sitting in chest voice and they treated us two separate things don't do that make yet your goal to treat it as one thing and develop them together now I'm gonna throw on a track you heard a little bit of it in the beginning I'm gonna Muse over it like I've done many times before and I'm gonna I'm gonna blend things I'm gonna be in pure falsetto I'm gonna be in head voice it's gonna be a little bit of chest in there I'm gonna be very contemplative while I'm doing it I'm very careful and remember it doesn't really matter what it's called it matters how we use them all together and that helps each one of those classifications if we care to make them feel and sound stronger and more intentional let me know you think of this video if you have any questions be sure to post them below also be sure to join my free singing course if you haven't already we'll see 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Channel: Chris Liepe

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Keywords: Beginner Singing Lessons, Voice Lessons, Vocal Coach, Jeff Buckley, Freddie Mercury, Chris Cornell, Falsetto, How To Sing High Notes, How To Sing High Notes for Guys, Screaming, Rock Vocals

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Length: 19min 31sec (1171 seconds)

Published: Thu Oct 24 2019