How To Sing: A Singing Lesson To Develop Mixed Voice

[DeeZeveel]

He didn't just move to the piano! He freaking teleported!

[howyadoinable]

You didn't really say anything. It's just a scale. It's worthless. No real instruction nor demonstration of the mix. You should be ashamed even to post this.

[DeeZeveel]

@howyadoinable I know what you mean, singing teachers are often light on explanation. The thing is, if you practice doing this scale whilst keeping your throat as relaxed as possible and not belting, doing this scale will help you develop your mixed voice.

I think singing teachers often forget to explain that doing the scales is the practice you need and if done correctly will be all the tuition you need. The theory behind it all is rather surplus to requirements.

[beemusicstudios]

Can you demonstrate your head voice for us please?

[burningrosegirl98]

Hmm... what if I have a nasal voice whenever I sing high? It's almost like I'm doing a falsetto, because it's weak and unattached... and I've basically been doing it all my life. Is that too weird of an explanation?

[zFilmuAktoreczka]

thank you for all your videos ..very helpful :)

[dayday303]

is it okay to be nasal while doing this excersice

[gwk326]

i can hit the notes, but i have cracks and breaks sometimes...how can this be fixed?

[magicdude2221]

Hi Ian when i do this mum exercise my voice goes all squeaky and it cracks and it goes like breathy as.. i really wan’t to find my mix voice in about 4-8 weeks (2 months) but my voice just does that i don’t know why? and my voice is still going through changes at the moment will i still be able to do this exercise? I’m really worried because i badly want to do this exercise and i wan’t to experience my mixed voice within a week is that possible? if it is could you tell me how thanks!

[Rocky46461]

@magicdude2221 it takes longer i think

[majesticglaze]

Is it ok to sound nasal when doing this practice? Because I'm pretty much using falsetto and using my upper register. >.<

[Rocky46461]

heyy wht do u cover in the 10 day mini course?

[AussieVocalCoach]

@Rocky46461 I cover development of chest, head and mixed voice notes, deep breathing and improving tone. You will get 7 downloadable mp3 exercises and 5 videos.

[Rocky46461]

@AussieVocalCoach ok thx soo much <3

[Rocky46461]

@AussieVocalCoach i signed up :)

[LostShadow901]

@AussieVocalCoach are those mp3 exercises available still to download?

[95eriksp]

7, 7, 7, 8, 6, 7, 6, 7, 8, 5,5,5 STAR WARS!!!

[Rocky46461]

thanks soo much check out my channel

[AussieVocalCoach]

I have a range of courses available at my website.

I teach private lessons from my studio.

[Rocky46461]

@AussieVocalCoach do u do skype??

[AussieVocalCoach]

@Rocky46461 I don't do skype at the moment, but I may include tat service at a later date.

[Rocky46461]

@AussieVocalCoach ohh ok kewl

[Rocky46461]

do u do lessons????????

[Rocky46461]

heyyy this excercise is great but i dont think im getting my mixed voice....i might just be going to the high voice...but how do i get like i really good mixed voice>????????????

[smashingpoop]

Correction: "I will now teleport to the piano."

[Jungele]

"I will now move to the piano." *appears behind the piano*

[TheOtherSun]

Nay works better for mixed voice, in my opinion. Try it out. ^_^

[caperallday]

YOU GOT A BIG ASS HEAD !!!!

[cantremembe]

hello Aussie me and you talked last year it was something about my talent show and i was sick o; but i wanted to know if you would mind me sending you a video of me singing in an extremely high part of my voice that i discovered i had last year and you telling me exactly what it is o.o?

[AussieVocalCoach]

@cantremembe Sure thing. I'll have a look at it for you.

[cantremembe]

@AussieVocalCoach k i will send it to you tomorrow after school :P

[cantremembe]

@AussieVocalCoach well i just recorded the video of it o.o my voice has alot of mucus cause i was singing alot today int his voice and it seems to wear down rather quickly but the video is on my profile O:

[stebolian]

Hi ian, i am stuck on a technique that i feel is impossible, yet a guy some how does it, he sings with a deep chest voice and a high head voice at the same time, and its an octave apart, see downlode singing sweet child of mine on youtube, and he switches to the voice at 3:05 then normal voice, then at 3:22, then back to normal then again at 5:01. he does it in a number of songs when he wants high power, his voice transforms , its awesome live as it sends shiver down ones spine, what's he doing?

[thienfoil]

Hello Aussie, quick question. I found my mix, I can go up and down no problem in scales and in songs. But I have this one problem that the "tone" of my mixed doesn't seem to be like the "belted chest" (tone is not strong). I just need more practice or am I doing something wrong?

[reureya]

@thienfoil: I sort of second that. Starting today though, I managed to find the belted sound.. I have a hard time finding it every time though, it comes and goes. Practise makes perfect huh? But the scales didn't do it for me; I just first identified my head-chest break and went over the flip slowly on a "uuh" sound (cause I found that the uuh positioned my tongue to ease the process). When I get the belted sound I feel vibrations in the chest, and it sort of "feels" more like chest voice.

[unlolshtopable]

OMG U LOOKS LIKE YELLOW GUY FROM SIN CITY OMGOMG

[Bigruffgreeks]

Hey, I'm a low, low baritone. I have a chest and a head voice, but after spending money even on the "mastering mix" program I haven't gotten any connection whatsoever. I've gotten close to a smooth transition but it never sticks. Do you do skype lessons or something like that?

[AussieVocalCoach]

@Bigruffgreeks Are you a student of my course? If not you can enrol for free. Just click on the link in the description area. I cover mixed voice and register connection in much more detail. I plan to offer skype lessons soon. Ian

[pie0my]

@AussieVocalCoach Alright, that answers my question too, then. Thanks.

[thienfoil]

@Bigruffgreeks Sometimes consistency doesn't work because you are doing something wrong. When you are in your "mixed" you should feel the resonance around your nose and face, I have been practicing with extremely low volume with 2-3 hours a day trying to control my resonance and I got a decent mixed in 3 months

[spearitjungle]

nice warm up

[ChilliWithBeans]

Hey i Do this exercise and i just cant get that mixed voice. when i try i just sound like im yelling and screaming. what do i do to stop this?

[AussieVocalCoach]

@ChilliWithBeans Hi. I cover the mixed voice in a 30 minutes lesson in my Free 8 week course. You can find a link to it on my channel. For now make sure you are keeping your throat as relaxed as you can. Don't let your larynx (the bump in your neck) rise when doing the exercises.

[majesticglaze]

@ChilliWithBeans Use falsetto. :)

[aquastica]

Hi Ian,I have a nasal voice and people say that when i sing its sounds like im mumbling and sounds like there's a lot of phlegm in the throat.what's your advice?thanks:D

[AussieVocalCoach]

@aquastica Hmmm kinda tough to give you a solution without hearing you but I'll do my best! What you need to do is firstly eliminate a bit of nasality. Try dropping your jaw more when you sing as this will allow more sound to resonate in your throat. To get more clarity when you sing try doing an exercise where you stick your tongue out as far as you can and sing the words as best you can. That will clear up your diction. As for phlegm, that could be diet, or environment related.

[aquastica]

@AussieVocalCoach Thanks so much,I will try to do as you told and see the difference:D

[kennethc524]

what??? he taught literally NOTHING about mix voice. go to brett manning's singing sucess. he's much better than this aussie dude.

[jonabank]

How was this a lesson? =S

[thienfoil]

Hello aussie, I havent find my mixed voice yet even though I keep my throat relax. I still go into falsetto, should i just let my cross over and sing in falsetto and it'll automatically come to me?

[AussieVocalCoach]

@thienfoil You should resist going into falsetto as I don't think that will eventually help you with mixed voice. Stay tuned i have a video on the way which goes into mixed voice in more depth. I think that will help you.

[luigimanzanares]

my bridge sounds like vocal fry. is that usual at first?

thanks! and good job, useful vids :)

[AussieVocalCoach]

@luigimanzanares Absolutely normal. That is a good sign that you are staying connected through your bridge. It will get easier (and less creaky) with practice.

[defeatedwyvern]

I really really like your accent!

[AussieVocalCoach]

@defeatedwyvern  hahaha thankyou!

[kalapoka666]

hi Ian...my question is what is your opinion on the position of the larynx? should we keep it low or high...i think saying 'mum' makes it low...but i can't figure out how i can know for sure that i am keeping my larynx low. can you help?

[AussieVocalCoach]

When singing in mixed voice your larynx should be in a low rested position. This is also true for head voice. To figure out if you are keeping your larynx low watch yourself in a mirror. If you see it shooting up as you sing that is something that you will need to fix. You can also monitor yourself by placing your hand on your throat and feeling for movement.

[atomicmee]

@AussieVocalCoach

If the larynx just moves up slightly, is that a problem?

When i move to headvoice it just moves a bit, not to much.

and i have another question. Mixed voice, dous it almost feel like a falsetto tone?

[leonsiu]

Ian, what is the technique behind the use of mix voice? Where is this voice coming from?

I can do it but it is inconsistent, varying in different degrees of resonance.

[AussieVocalCoach]

Mixed voice uses a combination of resonance in the head, throat and chest. This type of sound is often used when "crying" There is a technique that I use which involves using a "sob" to access mixed voice. New video coming soon on the topic.

[defeatedwyvern]

Hey Ian how do you fix it when your larynx just moves up when I sing high notes? and how do I know I am singing in my mixed voice?

[elements218]

@defeatedwyvern I think its okay to move just a bit. Check the muscles around the top of ur adams apple. The point is that if they get tight, u are doing it wrong.

[ginomrfixitify]

when i try to sing empire state of mind chorus...the pressure is in my neck and my face shows the effect of it by being reddish and my nose gets bigger...help me to solve those problems...! :[

[Sirbronstone]

hM..tHATS GOOD!

[dragon0770]

what happened to your "How to sing high notes" video? the one with head voice? I cant find it!!

[AussieVocalCoach]

I took it off after you expressed your confusion. After reviewing the video I realised that I didn't demonstrate high enough, so I am going to re-record the lesson and sing well into my head voice.

[kicknickpick]

I have some question, i have trouble ofc with the mixed voice, when i switch from chest to head theres always the gap in between and it sounds pretty bad, the same thing is with this exercise, when im going higher for the head it's always instant switch, nothing in between

Do i just need to keep practicing this, and how long will i take before i can switch smoothly?

oh and btw thanks a lot for these videos i really appriciate:D

[fasinantee]

I have a doubt that has been eating my head for like a month. So mixed voice is a combination of chest and head voice. In chest voice your vocal cords vibrate along their entire lenght and in head voice they vibrate about 1/3 of their lenght. So how do they vibrate in mixed voice? And do you develop mixed voice with this kind of scale excersises?

Thanks!

[jy006m]

I have the same question. Maybe it's either singing in chest voice (entire length) with a light heady tone or singing in head voice (1/3 length) with a deep chesty tone? Hopefully someone comes along and helps us out

[okebaram]

How come you didn't sing for most of the video ont he higher modulations? Also you sang in the average "chest voice" throughout

[AussieVocalCoach]

Simple really. I am a baritone and sung up to the extreme of my mixed voice. Any higher would have been pure head voice and not the purpose of this lesson. "The average chest voice" is a bit of a general statement. Not too many singers can sing up to top G in pure chest voice.

[zelda0521]

@AussieVocalCoach

no offense but I'd expect anyone with a developed mix to go higher than what you demonstrated.

[Coolness127]

Hi, I'm not sure if this addressed anywhere, but I'm a 17 year old male singer in a rock band. Typically our songs are in my upper octave, between C4 and D5. As I go farther up, i feel a lot of tension in my neck area, and my voice gets "tired" and scratchy, I run out of air, and those notes don't come out. This exercise felt less strained than normal, but is there anything in particular to get up there without strain and tons of air? Thank you!

[MrSkaterDude94]

Thanks so much finally I was able to use my mixed voice without my voice cracking

[AussieVocalCoach]

The mixed voice does incorporate the cavities of the nose. I know my voice very well and I was singing in mixed voice. I was purposefully singing in a light mix. Do you have some suggestions on how to sing with a chestier mix? Thanks for the comment :)

[linagrossmann]

In case of mixed one the voice goes through hard palate, so that singer do not feel any obstacle. The feeling is that the mouth and the face cavities (not nasal) are full of voice. The nasal part has to be very small. Love, Galina

[AussieVocalCoach]

Thanks Galina. You seem to know what you are talking about. Do you have any videos recorded that demonstrate your knowledge? Mixed voice is a question I frequently get questions about and I would like to learn more. Ian

[linagrossmann]

It is very difficult to do it in short video. For my vocal students to get mix takes monthes of training. First step is to free vocal cords. The voice has not to have any metall in the beginning. Love, Gailina

[themrwinky11]

I can sing in chest and head voice well enough, but when I try to sing the notes Eb, E, F, I can't sing them very loudly, or they sound like grossness.

Is that what my bridge thing is?

How can I get those notes to have power and sound good?

[AussieVocalCoach]

Bridging the gap between head voice and chest voice is the most common problem I see as a teacher.  It is also most frustrating for a singer! Something thing else you can try is a vocal slide from head to chest. This can have an ironing out effect. When trying to sing in mixed voice make sure your larynx is kept low. I will record another video on the topic that may help you further.

[xstefferzx]

Hello, i'm an 18 year old female soprano,and I have difficulty understanding how you actually sound your mix voice.

I understand how you sing with chest and head, but don't understand how to smooth between them at all.

The only way I can describe what I experience is that i feel there's a complete gap n the two voices and i have to jump over, or 'change gears' to get to the other voice type?

If you could shed any light on this it would be a great help, thanks dead much for the videos too!

[AussieVocalCoach]

You are both welcome!

[jwelie]

thank you very much bro..

[steviegohard100]

THANK YOU SO MUCH