Head Voice v/s Falsetto (In the male voice)

After a couple of years trying to explain to people the difference between head voice and falsetto, I decided I should better show them the difference so they can hear it for themselves.

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[Rpgmakero]

The note you hit on 2:23 seems to be head voice, not chest voice. Am I wrong? how can I see the difference?

[primohomme]

@Rpgmakero

Well, ideally a good mixed sound and a chesty sound wouldn't be THAT different except as one goes higher and higher, but I guess the main difference (for me) is that the head mix sounds a lot more open and free while the chesty high C sounds a bit squeezed and tense.

[Rpgmakero]

You can sing perfectly power metal!

[primohomme]

@Rpgmakero

I have sung some Led Zeppelin at school ;) but I was told I sing it too cleanly, as my voice does not have the natural gravel a lot of rock singers have.

[elitestar]

@primohomme what natural gravel are you talking about? Those guys just smoke a ton of weed to get the gravel.

[primohomme]

@elitestar

hahaha perhaps you are right :P

Anyway, my voices does not do "raspy" or "scratchy" or "gritty" unless I'm extremely tired or have eaten spicy food or swallowed raw eggs and vodka like that lady who voiced the devil in "the exorcist", LOL. So in school whenever we did some metal stuff and they got me to sing all those high rock songs they would tell me "No! you are singing too clean, this is Led Zeppelin not Celine Dion!".

[Rpgmakero]

@primohomme Power metal has clean and powerful voices. Take a look the song "Key to the universe" by Timo Tolkki, it's a ballad. He's not the best power metal singer but is really hard to sing

[primohomme]

@PennyDreadful1

That's what I mean...