Using your PRIME VOICE | Singing in the SWEET SPOT | #DrDan 🎤

All of us have a 'vocal sweet spot!' Are you working to develop your prime voice? In this singing tip video, Dr Dan instructs us to not neglect the body of the voice.

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Dr. Dan, you just gave me the answer and confort I was looking for. I am a mezzo and love to sing low deep yet powerful notes using the body of my voice a lot like you said and no so much high pitch notes although I am capable of doing them. My audience always tell me they get chills and that my voice makes them feel good, hopeful and serene. I've been watching The Voice USA contest and noticed how contestants with voices like mine are just 'neglected' and left behind even when they sound super beautiful and unique. Is always the high pitch singers the ones winning every single time. So when you mentioned Sinatra I was like "exactly, thank you" what about people like Sade, Karen Carpenter, David Gates, I mean all this voices are 'lullabies' the world admire, right? The point is I'll be actually auditioning for this tv show in less than a month and deep inside I feel I won't have a chance since high pitch is what apparently this shows worship... Anyway, thanks for your wisdom. You made me realize I am not the problem. By the way, I found you two days ago and can't stop listening to your videos, you are outstanding. 😊

[RebeccaMooreHealthCoach]

really great point: don't be captivated by the exceptions to the rule; focus on the octave and half that is your prime. That's where the real money notes are!

[VIDEOHEREBOB]

That was more than a quick tip, a solid dose of wisdom many of us can easily forget.  Thanks Dan.

[peggypiercefield]

Yes even though I can't hit extremely high full voice notes I use my lower jazzy tone and sing lyrics in unique way. I have to love what I can do. Great video. Thank you.

[rogerheislerjr.]

Dr.Dan, with all the "talent" shows going on nowadays, this couldn't be anymore fitting! Wish I'd heard this 20 years ago.In essense, nobody can do you like you! Great job, sir!

[ronrobbins]

Wonderfully stated Dr. Dan, These are very important and neglected points you’ve made!

[CrimsonHeart]

all great advice, but how exactly do we develop our prime voice? just singing in it all the time? any specific exercises? i do tons of exercises daily, they do help and i improve all the time, so i guess its just a matter of time.

[TenorReacts]

Good points raised here Dan. I'm fortunate to have a higher head voice without much work as that's were my voice naturally likes to be. It seems to amaze friends that my top note is an Ab6 (bad day) C7 (good day) but tbh it's boring to me. There are very few if any operatic songs where I could apply these notes. It annoys me that these talent platforms base so much importance of the extreme notes. I'm seeing a lot of these "… Vocal Range" vids on YouTube as well which I find nothing more than an ego trip!

[KevinQualls]

Thanks, Dr. Dan! I really appreciate this video. I can get so caught up in trying to hit notes that I rarely if ever sing in my own music; and if I can't hit those notes, then, I wrongly think, "I'm not a 'good' singer. The information in this video puts a lot of singing misperceptions into perspective. We know these things deep down but it helps to have someone with your qualifications and experience say it to us. Thanks!

[neodan]

im totaly newbie in singing i can't understand what is the meaning of prime voice so thank youu Sir Dan

[Vocaloiddict]

Thank you Dr. Dan! I was inspired and motivated by this video specially when you mentioned my Idol Frank Sinatra. He's one of the singers that I really look up to because of his voice though he died even before I can see him in live television.:'( I can sing most of his songs and the range of his songs lies in my comfort spot and according to this video is because of his range that is only 1 and a half octave I also possess the same. haha! After I watched this video I realized that I wont prioritize gaining higher range as I grow. I will enjoy my low voice which some people around me appreciated. Thank you again sir!

[fretknot]

This was & is very helpful !!! Thank You !!!

[amnestylost]

OK. I'm a bass(maybe a bass baritone) who has been obsessed with singin lead in a hard rock band for 13 years. I'm now 33. Im currently writing a hard rock song at home. I've transposed it at least once to accommodate for my voice. Now I'm in the key of A# minor. Im trying to write a chorus melody. But I can only hit the F above middle C as my highest note, but it seems a bit hard to hit without trying a few times. This is a few weeks after it seemed easier to hit. So I am wondering if I should transpose to A minor. My melody goes from the tonic to the fifth of the scale(F above mid C), but anything I sing above or below that sounds either forced or weak and boring. If its forced, its about a half chance I sing it off key. I actually am off key for some of the easier-to-hit lower notes as well when they are fast. My main question is whether or not I should the downward. From the way my most emotional part of my voice works, it seems like I would want to sing a chorus around the notes that range from around the a# below middle c to no higher than F above mid c. Are you able to offer any advice on that? Maybe I can send you a sample of my vocals for the song. Thanks!

[amnestylost]

what I mean to say in part is that my sweet spot seems to be between A or A# below mid c to F above mid c. But that same F actually seems to still be too high for me. I can sing it, but I usually miss it or end up making a forced sound even if it feels like it is not doing damage. Maybe I am forcing it. I don't know. But if I want to make my melodies sound good, it seems I have to sing the more emotional parts within these few notes. But Ive never heard of a bass singing in the key of A, so I don't know if I should transpose or just write a melody that does not read above the 3rd or 4th of the scale. But I find that when I use the 5th in the chorus, it helps the melody sound cool and I don't want to lose that, so logic would tell me to transpose my son down again to A minor. I'm singing a pentatonic melody, which seems a tiny bit easier to sing within key than a regular minor melody.

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"Swing your swing." Arnold Palmer

[cronicasdesdelacripta]

Moreover, I recently read in a book about the voice of Frank Sinatra that you comment on his vocal range of an octave and a half. Sinatra really reached half an octave higher towards the highs but only used it in a couple of songs just to show he could do it if he wanted to. For the rest of songs he did not consider it convenient.
Congratulations for your channel, it’s really fantastic. Your English pronunciation is perfect and even a spanish like me can follow you perfectly (sometimes with help of subtitles, hehe).

[adriannewman]

i agree but the high notes are the money notes, ORBISON, GAYE, SMOKEY, STREISAND, EDDIE HOLMAN, FARNHAM, STYLISTICS, I COULD GO ON.

[HillbillyDix]

Dan, you've boosted my confidence with your words here ...30 years ago my range was vast, now..not so vast, but def more feel and more body ...and much better tone ....I don't usually like to transpose songs to my range, and always thought it was a big no no ..lol...but after reading your answer to Tylers  comment below  I.will def think about transposing a couple to my range... also use to feel rather inadequate as a vocalist because I couldn't do all the vocal gymnastics  that some seem to be able to do quite easily ...but..maybe not so much now ... big thanks for your video here ....I feel much more at ease ((*_*))  and ready to break a leg at our next gig ..lol..

[kerriegarside]

Great advice! Thanks Dan :)  Interestingly,  I've just started a little series on one of my pages called "Songs I Wish I'd Written" (lol).  The first song featured yesterday, is The 5th Dimension's "Last Night I Didn't Get to Sleep At All".  And one of the beautiful things I talked about it is the way it is sung.  Skilfully, sounds effortless, cool phrasing and passion :)

[davidzubiria]

I have a question. It's prima voce - or whatever you may call it-related with the passaggio? I ask this because even when I can sing high notes and also enjoy singing most of the time in low notes I accommodate the songs in order to avoid my passaggio (wich stars at F4 I think) by moving them 1 tone up or down. I have not serious experience and I don't know if that's right or simple cheating. I mean, you can play a song lower or higher as a cover or for some stylistic reason. But the avoiding all the time the passaggio make me think if it wouldn't be better trying to sing properly there as well.