Singing Tips - Falsetto vs Head Voice - Rock Vocal Lessons

Free Singing Lesson & Tip - An update on my ongoing debate between falsetto and head voice. Still some debate out there unfortunately. I give some clearer examples of both vocal positions and explain a bit more on their physical differences.

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[pwrsurg35]

thanks, I find it clearer. I agree with the falsetto NOT being a vocal range, because it overlaps into your upper and lower voices. I also agree with what you said about Baritones and tenors not being taught approximate vocal cords. I even tried to ask my teacher to give me some falsetto exersises and she doesnt feel that they would be important. I still want to work on it, cause its a sound used in contemporary music, (But in college you sing alot of classical)

[RocktheStageNYC]

@pwrsurg35 - RUN from any teacher who will not teach you something simply because they say "its not important". RUN AWAY - FAST. They are a thief taking your money.

A REAL vocal coach should be able to demonstrate any vocal technique a student asks to see or hear. If they cannot either 1. you are taking lessons with the wrong vocal coach for the style of singing you want to do OR 2. They are an incompetent coach taking peoples money.

[GleeFan123]

The thing that keeps food out of your lungs is called an epiglotis… that is definitely not what your vocal cords are for.

[RocktheStageNYC]

@GleeFan123 - the epiglottis directs food into the esophagus , the vocal cords close to keep non-air items from entering the lungs. They do this together in one motion. That is why its not smart to try to talk and eat at the same time.

The vocal cords main function is to slam shut when you lift, pull or push something. This closing traps air in the lungs to give you a stiff upper body for leverage.

Making sound is their third and least important function.

[RocktheStageNYC]

@armansrsa - Wikipedia? Really? This is where people go to get correct information nowadays? Geez. This is old nonsense still perpetrated by outdated and obsolete thinking. The fact that is says women can't do falsetto says it all. Somebody copied that out of an outdated book on singing.

The answer to that is simple. If I can make low notes with a falsetto sound how is falsetto a register only found above head voice? Its nonsense.

[ronaldo101000]

WE AGREE!!!

[FerociousDrummer]

@FerociousDrummer you know what.. i found my problem after watching about 6 other videos of your's.. man you're a genius.. I'm trying to switch too late.. I also ran across "Breaking the Chains: Rock Vocal Course".. i'm DEFINITELY going to buy that soon.. my problem is i've got no mixed voice, only head and chest.. I need to find that mixed voice.. THANKS KEVIN..

[FerociousDrummer]

@FerociousDrummer i'm terribly sorry i got the notes wrong.. B2, C5, Ab4, C#6... Should I just implement your "bah bah bah" (middle c to male high tenor c) and "nah nah nah" (5 note scale run from 1st to 5th note in the scale) exercises into my everyday routine and hope for the best? maybe i'm trying to switch to head voice too late? and are there exercises ONLY for head voice, to make it stronger.. cause i noticed i almost never use my head voice when i sing, which is bad, cause i sing high..

[FerociousDrummer]

Here's my question.. I can sing chest voice from B3 as high as a C6 and still keep a good resonant power to it without straining.. with head voice i can go as low as Ab5 without it being "shaky" and as high as C#7.. I can't seem to switch smoothly from chest to head.. I think i need a clear description of what head voice feels like versus' falsetto.. I know falsetto, problem is i think i've neglected my head voice.. and when sliding from head to chest i can't stop going to falsetto.. help?

[RocktheStageNYC]

@MrZackzz92 - watch my videos on connecting chest to head voice - that answers your question in many ways.

[MrZackzz92]

@FrostyAuzzy i think i know what you mean because i have that kind of problem too. When I reached my maximum range of my chest voice and enter higher notes with falsetto, I cant find the door to enter from chest voice to head voice so i enter with falsetto. Kevin, do you have any idea about this? How can i enter head voice smoothly?? Thanks a lots.