Singing Lessons - Falsetto is not Head Voice - The Debate is Over - Rock the Stage NYC

http://www.rockthestagenyc.com - Free Singing Lesson - It seems there is a lot of debate on YouTube about what is head voice and what is falsetto. The debate is over. At least to me it is. A quick video to describe the differences between the two.

What's exactly are the differences between the two? Watch and find out.

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Kevin Richards teaches at Rock the Stage NYC - Manhattan. For more information on studying at Rock the Stage in person or via Skype: please visit http://www.rockthestagenyc.com

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[Mattjsu03]

Haha, you have no idea what will happen me if I say something bold like "girls don't have a falsetto" but I'll look...

[RocktheStageNYC]

@Mattjsu03 - challenge your teachers. This makes them prove out their methods on voice. Make them prove whatever they say with certainty like "girls don't have falsetto". Ask "why? show me the facts or an example".

If they can't prove out their methods, they're not worth learning from.

[Mattjsu03]

Can you post a video explaining this with one of your female students so i can just show them the video and prove the point without having to get into a debate with them? Please :)

[RocktheStageNYC]

@Mattjsu03 - I don't trot my students out in front of the YouTube community like others do. Private lesson means private to me. If they wish to they can. You can find samples of women singing in falsetto all over the internet. Just ask your Mom to sing something "breathy". That's falsetto.

[Mattjsu03]

How do you respond to public school teacher (and a pretty large school of thought) that girls have no falsetto?

[RocktheStageNYC]

@Mattjsu03 - My response is simply this: "prove it". If females have no falsetto, show me the hard proof that female vocal cords cannot vibrate in a falsetto phonation. They cannot prove it. Case closed. I can show you female students of mine who can sing falsetto on low and high notes. Debunked.

EVERY voice can do falsetto. In fact it is the the ONLY vocal mode that does not have to be taught. Everyone knows how to sing or speak in a breathy mode. Its natural.

[RocktheStageNYC]

@Acmicon - falsetto has NOTHING to do with range or a how or how high a note is. Falsetto also has NOTHING to do with head voice. Falsetto is a partial closing of the vocal cords. That can be done on any note in your range.

[RocktheStageNYC]

@Florencione - Wikipedia? Really? That's your source? Your lack of imagination in finding the truth is astounding. I suggest you read "How to Sing" by Lilli Lehrmann or any of the other actual BOOKS on singing written by master vocalists.

Head voice is any note sung outside the modal resonating in the head cavity. Falsetto is a partial closing of the folds which can be applied to any note - low or high. Its a mode

Go tell Maestro Tenelli falsetto is a register. He'll laugh at you.

[Jessiegurl77]

HYAAAAAHHH

[RocktheStageNYC]

@Mattjsu03 - one can sing incorrectly in any resonance- chest or head. Nodes are caused by too much pressure on the cords to make sound. They rub in an unnatural way and cause a nodule or bump. Someone like Adele was overworking her voice with too much pressure combined with most likely improper warm up or cool down and her smoking.

[Mattjsu03]

If the "head voice" you are talking about is correct why do so many singers who use their "head voice" incorrectly thus causing vocal nodes?

[AtariMaxiToriyama]

@RocktheStageNYC Why do people insist that Michael Jackson, Pavarotti and other famous singers are somehow unique amongst hundreds of thousands of singers?

As if Michael Jackson is the only one who could POSSIBLY sing notes that high.

He was famous because of his talent and charisma and dancing, not because he was the only one on the planet who could sing a good high note. (If that were so, then Nils Patrik Johansson would be super famous.)