How to Strengthen Your Voice & Sing Better : Break in Your Voice: Learn to Sing Better

[alpunkbrewster]

It looks Scripted!..

[geetarxist]

the best

[babygurl6901]

UR JUST AWSOME IVE GOT 2 GET TRAININ N STUNTS SO I CAN FIND OR GET A DANCE CREW I GOT MOVES 4 SURE N GOT THE SOUL DANCIN N MUSIC IS NOT ONLY MY PASSION BUT ALSO MY LIFE LUV 2 BATTLE

[PokeDigiSingingFan]

I hope this works because as I mature (you know, puberty) my voice sucks and sucks! One time my sister said after I sung a song (Rose's Turn by Glee)," Kuya! Kung kumanta ka parang may namamatay na tao!" (Translation: Brother! You sing like someone is dying!)

[gotmonkeyfinger]

hey Mike, are there any vids of you singing? Geoff Tate of Queensrych is the greatest of all time. check him out if you dont know who he is. Great tone, range and style. I call him the perfect storm.

[kitarra13]

ma che cazzo dici?

[MrMoonpopm]

@kitarra13 Perché stai guardando un video inglese?

[FairiesRock44878]

that was really helpful

[LadySakurra]

Oh crap!! I didn't know he was from expertvillage too! I was talking about another guy from that site. The big guy with the red shirt on (most of the time).

[xxxjonasgrlxxx]

your barely helpful at all!! when i did scream (in other video) i was told to shut up by a neighbor!! you suck!

[h0meskill3tt]

i saw it too.

that helps when you're doing it right, but he doesn't go on enough to explain why.

ughhhh. he's so bad.

[eddievousaime]

aha to funny.

[LadySakurra]

HAHAHAHAHA!!! OMGoodness! Your comment was so funny! I'm glad I read it before I watched this lesson.Now I have to watch it LMAO. I wish I was there when you tried the scream. Oh ty! I needed to laugh. I'm learning too so wish me luck if you would. BTW, I wasn't laughing at you, just your blunt comment. I hope he reads it. Try expertvillage. He helped me with vibrato. When I feel good enough I'm gonna try myspace karaoke. I'd like to hear you sometime. Till then Good Luck!

[Steffiesblogs]

how do ya strengthen vibrato mine just makes me sound nervus!

[SecondsFromEternity]

practice doing it correctly, but at a really slow pace. once you get it thick, speed it up

[xxxjonasgrlxxx]

i wish you luck and thank you! it was mainly just because i was angry but he does suck eggs! hope you can do myspace karaoke! i really hope that if it is your passion that you succeed! omg it toke me forever just to write this! oh no! his bad singing teaching has spread to my typing!

[enikyne]

@ladysakura

can u tell me what to type to find that vibrato teacher person you were talking about??? most of the videos i've watched about learning to vibrato makes no sense because some of my friends say it comes out naturally. please help me out :(

[DeathShok]

maybe you just have a shitty voice

[Drew107P]

@DeathShok  you just made my day

[MsKiku86]

what the heck o_O

this is really strange dude xD

[lilivan7]

go to choir they help u sing better im in choir n they tought me how 2 sing better

[DIVENTNA]

this is true!!! join chior

[ibringmayflowers]

dito with me :)

[JarekJitka]

Please sing something, There are a lot of words,

I doubt that you can sing. It is only theory.

[Tomlikesmusic]

All of you saying you're too shy, glass of whisky?

[Tagarashi]

of course....everyone sings better drunk ;-D

[Tomlikesmusic]

Hell Yeaahh!

[TheGirlOfPop96]

@ kyuubim6:

I have exactly the same problem and goal!!=D

[EBHERNANDEZ7]

kyu and miss pepper...if you think you can sing...you need to know you can sing..feel confident...if not then you are shy because you are scared what other people will say...no...go out there at a keokee place and sing like you are the best...that is what I do and I always win first place at contest. Mariachi or country toby kieth. Mexican mariachi loud and clear. You control the audience and bring them to your performance ...don't perform for them...good luck start with small crowd then big

[kyuubim6]

i have a pretty talented voice but my problem is that I am too shy :( but im still going to go for my goal become a singer :)

[xXNadsXxMCR]

I have the same prob too..=(

[rissygirl56]

i just cant find it! i do the thing where you start from the low chest voice and go all the way to the high head voice and my voice naver cracks

[theqabe]

cans oemone better explain teh concept of a break?

[Babymonigrl]

LMAO !! xD

[CatchMeBlondie]

@rodangib  rofl

[crazymelanie18]

@rodangib Hahaaaaa

[jodaromi11]

@rodangib lol "HEYYYY...." *splosh*

[GasChamberInk]

I wish Jonathan Davis made a vid like this. I want his voice !

[Nathey15]

Your dam good! I didn't know i could do anything about the break in my voice :( Until i've found this, thanks mate!

[maaniihs]

Wow this is so good. I've noticed a change already.

[the2babes]

im learning how to yodel haha

[rosie1223p]

my voice is well croaky! lol lol :):)

[j00s4y]

Lol you a good teacher man all this shit makes sense - im tryna figure out why people on here keep saying shit like 'oh yeah thats no help'

[TwilightReign666]

I can connect my upper registers, I can even slide form G2-G5, but my voice sounds strained on like C4-C5. Voice quality is real bad, voice is floating, it sounds strained, and not free enough at the vowels... What do I do?

[XxtarynlynxX3]

i cant sing worth crapp, my voice always breaks and cracks when i try to sing. it sucks, but i want to learn..i just suck so far. lol

[madichelp0]

don't give up, everyone can do it

[smtown1225]

try to sing with your belly by breathing through your diaghram but pushing in and out at the same time so push out to breathe it in, then kind of pull it in too then try to overcome or oversing that note. start by notes not singing some comtemporary song. NO HELP AT ALL IF YOU DO THAT CUZ I had to learn everything the hard way :(

[moleyfoleypro]

same here :/

[SophieVcox]

ohhhhhhhhhhhhhh how do i push my voice without being off tune

[Montyy09]

i really NEED to learn how to sing the song mamma mia but the version from the movie where meryl streep sings it.i need to learn to sing the instrumental version without it sounding crap.can ANYONE put a video on and like go through the song to try and teach me please.please.please.

[punkiassjunki]

i want to try sing like kurt cobain-nirvana singer. hes has this like grunge 'spit-in-the-back-of-the-throa­t' like sound.

[seannyboyfosho]

Punkiassjunki, I believe that you want to develop what is called "vocal fry". And yes, there is a safe way to do it so you don't mess up your voice. There may be a video on here for it or you could just google it.

[socomXpert1]

Kurt is impressive.....

[Shakeitupyes]

I'm trying to learn to sing, which means I have no idea what a head voice is, what a chest voice is.. what a falsetto is.. or what the heck a "B" is. I thought this guy was going to teach me how to understand this stuff O.o

[pokethunderdude]

Both men and women have a head voice and a chest voice. The head voice is much higher than the chest voice. That's the common idea, at least - the men's "head voice" is called falsetto, and it's an entirely different style of singing. If you've heard a guy singing and hit a very high note, that was most likely falsetto.

[shadowtiger18]

I've always wondered that, do women have falsetto?

[guitarpunk201]

falsetto is defined as a male singing voice with artificially high tones in an upper register. key word being male, so no. women do not have falsetto. which he says women dont have it at the beginning.

[kabamyo]

nice voice

[Timba221]

this helped.

[WannaBeLink]

wtf?! this didnt help at all!!!

[jusesaro]

none of expert village videos really help

[opmaus]

First, EVERYONE has a break, whether it's apparent or not. It's a physical fact. And technically, as any GOOD voice teacher knows, it's called the passagio (passageway). It is the "passage" to the next register. There are different ways to deal with it, but in general, you have to narrow through the passagio and then you can bloom again on top. Narrowing is tricky, and you really need a competent voice teacher to lead the way at first (i.e. not this guy).

[xerodagujin]

okay yeah, it is called a passaggio, but it is a break no? Secondly, i for one, and im sure everyone else who has read your response, think that if youre going to piss and moan about the clip then you post a video response that you feel is "competant". Also, i suggest that you note that there are those with no break in their voice. My own range contains 4 octaves of F#, and i promise you I have no break, and i am willing to send a response to back it up.

[opmaus]

Here's the thing. I'm not going to post video clips of generic voice lessons because each singer is different and no one lesson will work for everyone (another reason this fellow is not that competent). I'm simply pointing out the lack of competency this gentleman exhibits. And as to your own voice, whether you think so or not you DO have a break/passaggio. Your voice may naturally handle it very well (some do), but trust me, it IS there.

[Marvinglz]

If I were you I would listen to opmaus. Break is just not a proper term for a novice singer to learn and study with because that word entails a subconscious need to actually hear a break in the voice when you shoudn't! In the other hand, passagio, or passages entails fluidity, smooth, just passing through. Which would you perfer? And yes, EVERYONE has a passagio you're not super human. You probably have a well focused sound. A well trained singer barely if ever notices their break.

[TheInfamousFlatline]

Using "proper" terminology does not mark the difference between an incompetent teacher and a "GOOD" one. Louisiana State University's School of Music (one of the top five opera programs in the nation) does not care if their voice faculty calls it a "break" or a "passagio".

The main point, though, is that anyone seriously trying to pursue voice won't do it on Youtube. This guy was probably paid to record this, and it's not effective by any means, but that does not make him incompetent.

[opmaus]

I'm not saying the main criteria for his lack of competency is the name used. However, the point is that the term passagio lends itself better to developing a seamless voice throughout, while the term break implies separations. And I'm curious as to the source of the LSU ranking...I've never heard of it as a top school for opera (top five that I've heard are Indiana, Northwestern, University of Michigan, New England Conservatory, and Cincinnati).

[TheInfamousFlatline]

Sorry, I misheard. LSU has one of the top 10 opera programs in the nation. (Number one marching band, though :3)

[Marvinglz]

Of course it does! It's like a doctor going into surgery and him saying "stiking a tube up his a** instead of colonoscopy. Means he same but sound more unprofessional.

[TheInfamousFlatline]

Wow, that's really...not the same at all. Your example is a bit vulgar and graphic, that's why it's not professional. The term "break" is simply easier for someone unfamiliar with musical vocabulary to understand, and that is the audience for whom this video was made.

[Marvinglz]

LOL are you kdding me!? Uh thats why you get yourself educated and learn good vocabulary! I dont think you have to be a brain surgeon to learn something so simple. And if you insist? I was only trying to help! So you dont sound "ignorant" infront of a true professional.

[guitarscan]

a head voice is your falseto for males its singing high your chest voice is more or less you standard singing voice

[mmonikag]

ok, i dont get that chest vs. head voice thing...can anybody explain it to me? plz

[guitargod22222]

For a guy. If you try to imitate a really high girls voice then you are using your falsetto or head voice without knowing it. Same if your making a high siren noise. In essence its pretty much being able to sing higher, but it takes time and practice to get it to sound good.

[Marvinglz]

Falsetto and head voice, in a man, are NOT the same thing!!

[PennyDreadful1]

But it sounds similar to the untrained ear

[Marvinglz]

Its not the untrained ear but the well trained singer that can leave you guessing! "was that head or falsetto?" Because falsetto is weak and effeminated and head voice has a more robust sound and actually uses the full set of vocal chords not just the mucous outter linning of the chords.

[mewcandygirl]

I CANT HEAR !!!!!!!!!

either im goin deaf or he cant speak well

[sportykid114]

try turning the volume up, it helps

[LetsGetRolling]

omg. i thought i was weird because i couldn't sing a certain note or it sounded horrible. now i know it's a break. gosh I'm unlucky.

[TheInfamousFlatline]

Everyone has a break - no matter what they say. The hard part is learning to sing through it. Don't get down about it.

[bubbles2426]

oh my gosh he has a serious mumbling problem

[livingdeadrebel]

yes..yes he can sing...dummass

[zabi333]

what r u kidding hez good!!! i bet hez way better than u

[canyoubelieveit15]

uhhhm ya thats why i dont sing on youtube lol, i didnt mean anything against it, i was just saying that he DIDNT Teach us to sing, he just let us know stuff. sorry if i sounded mean lol.

[zabi333]

oh lol ok u seem really nice lol ^^

[tammapo]

One of the guys I used to play with told me I had a pretty rough break in my voice. (I was the keyboard player but they were trying to get me to sing lead on a couple of songs.) He said that at a certain point, I seem to go into a whole different range and "is there some way you could just stay in one or the other?" And I'm like, "I have a whole other range somewhere? Damn, I wonder what THAT can do."

[thisdiva99]

I thank you all for your comments here. I'm getting blasted on one of this gentleman's other vids because I spoke the truth. Thank God there are some out there with a clue.

I love how trying to help and discourage people from watching this crap turns into "hating".

Ugh.

[RickiKeith]

You have NO IDEA what the H#%$ you are talking about. PROVE IT! Show the "transitions" you refer to. You should have "One Connected" voice from the bottom of your range to the top of your range ALL OF YOUR VOICE not just Chest and "head" as you refer - Look up Seth Riggs - I have trained and coach this method - I will be posting SOON... Take your "theories" and get out... before your ruin someone.

-Ricki

[LetsGetRolling]

You obviously don't have a break in your voice so you don't know what your talking about. I have a break in my voice which is the note in which i speak, that i can't sing. so i have to go from low straight to high because the break is in the middle.

[Adistar92]

i have the exact problem..only sing high and low..i cant sing in the middle but i keep practicing..i just talk but put it in a singing melody to a song to improve it..even tho my high note isnt strong either..

[stylelist24]

yea i agree

[thomie8]

A waste of the last 2 minutes and 3 seconds of my life.

[lsfdrawings2]

if you hated it so much y did u watch it to the end

[charlesprinceofswing]

In other words he has no idea on how to solve what is a very easy problem to overcome it just takes some time, strengthening the chords and supporting them and going through some silly looking excercises, this guy should not be on youtube!

[tomatokatsup]

Strengthening which 'chords'? He was doing scales, not chords

[charlesprinceofswing]

Vocal Chords. The voice does not sing three or four notes, only in harmonics. Sorry I did not make that clear. Anyone can do scales, it is what goes on behind the scenes that makes all the different.

[watdoin69]

"Strengthening which 'chords'?" OMFG You n00b, why haven't you set yourself on fire yet? You actually thought that charlesprinceofswing was actually talking about musical chords??? as in singing MORE THAN ONE NOTE AT THE SAME TIME! And I applaude charlesprinceofswing for his very patient reply. ...

no but really, kill yourself

[tomatokatsup]

lol, way to be completely judgemental to someone you haven't met, or will ever meet. I was just wondering if he meant vocal cords, seeing as that's the majority way of spelling the things that allow you to vocalise in your throat, and would avoided a lot of ambiguity. But thanks just the same for jumping in.

[watdoin69]

Not a problem, any time!

[tomatokatsup]

You sir, are an ass.

[watdoin69]

no, this is an ass ---> (_|_)

[jyfly09]

i Love that...James and the Giant Peach!

[beatle96]

i think hes talking annout singing say a g chord as the g the b then d

[zepres]

Great tip.  Thanks.

[jian2069]

too fucking quiet.