Smooth Your Break Part 2 (Vocal Workout to fix that crack!) with the Singing / Straw

Smooth Your Break Part 2 (Vocal Workout to fix that crack!) with the Singing / Straw. In today’s video I walk you through exercises to help smooth your break, passagio, crack - whatever you call it! If your voice changes significantly when you sing low to high, this is for you!

0:00 Intro
0:21 I’m Whitney!
0:46 Voice Break, Why?
2:22 Exercise 1 - 3 Step
3:43 Exercise 2 - Downward 5
5:44 Exercise 3 - Fifth & Octave
8:28 Exercise 4 - Downward Octave Arpeggio
10:19 Exercise 5 - Long Scale

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About the Singing / Straw:
The Singing / Straw is a revolutionary stainless steel straw phonation tool that singers, vocalists, and speakers can use to promote more efficient vocal fold closure and release extra tension. Designed based on the latest voice science, the Singing / Straw makes singing easier, heals sick/tired voices, reinforces healthy resonance, reduces tension, and builds stamina.

About Whitney:
Whitney Nichole Cytryn is a vocal coach, singer-songwriter and entrepreneur based in San Francisco, CA. She is incredibly passionate about sharing the magic of expressing & creating music with others. In addition to being the creator of the Singing / Straw, Whitney is the owner and CEO of Songbird Studios, the leading school for vocal coaching in Northern California with 20+ coaches and over 400 student singers aged 8-80.

[jpmusic]

I am an SLP and singer and I love your videos.

[scottcrain]

Love how you incorporate the vocal science terminology. Very thorough. Great video! 👏

[Simon-sly]

Just love your method so much. When I siren up, the transition to head is almost impossible to hear, but on the way down there is a very noticeable 'yodel' bump.

[АлександраДрагунова-зз]

This is part of my daily routine also. And I can see effect. I’m so glad that I found you. Thank you❤️❤️❤️

[sairoraoni]

Doing this daily! Thank you so much for this great workout. Hopefully I'll see a big difference soon :)

[Jahwula]

I really enjoyed this video. I have a huge voice and my mix hasn’t been so mixxy lately. It really engaged my lower back allowing me to breathe deeper then I was before. One of my favorites!

[altamesebenavram]

Thank you so much for the lessons. I used to have a beautiful singing voice but my husband got sick and for several years we’ve been isolated and I haven’t been singing. I know that I’ve grown older but I think my weakened voice is more from not using it than it is from aging. I’m trying to sing more around the house now and I’m using your straws. Hopefully, some of the strength and clarity that I use to have will come back. Thank you again. ❤

[sharonchanks]

Love that you give us the technical too! I'm learning! 😀

[Quickclips-ee]

I truly love you. Thank you for sharing your knowledge.

[АлександраДрагунова-зз]

Thank you so much for all your explanation. I really like this exercises!❤️❤️❤️

[videotesting]

Wonderful vid! In Exercise 3, can you explain what you mean when you say "lighten up"? :)

[louiselovemusicproduction]

Love these! Much more effective now that I am using your actual singing straws, not just a plastic one. I have to warm up using 2 straws, before I can do this workout with just 1 straw. Just wondering, how do you not have saliva dripping out of your straw? I'm soaked! Am I doing it wrong?

[tomciappa]

Where would I find the explanation about the differences of using multiple straws? At the moment, using two straws is much smoother and easier to hold tone. When I go to one straw it is more difficult to smooth out the sound. Thanks!

[joyfranz]

Question: does it matter which of the 3 singing straws I use?
Which straw is for is for what specifically? Thank you

[noahsonnenberg]

Hi! Thanks so much for this great video! I'm noticing that when I try to go into my head voice using just one straw, it's really difficult and I can barely manage to make any sound come out at all. But using two straws it's much easier. I am a bass/low baritone, so it's quite hard for me to reach higher notes anyways. Should I continue to use two straws, or should I try and get better at using just one?

[Suyana]

I just got the singing straws and I'm excited to start practicing, but I do notice that my voice falls away a lot when using he straw! (mostly in the middle/higher ranges) and that it is coming out very wobbly as well at times... Can you give me some tips/advice/insights to why this is and how to solve this? Thank you!! <3

[marieann]

Hello, my name is Marie. How much do you charge for a 30 min lesson? I want to work on my mix voice.

[rickparma]

just started the straw and so my break into my headvoice is very thick because I mostly built my chest and belting register so I can literally belt a G5 without strain and wiping out my voice. so my bridge to head voice in my mid and upper range is a thick raspy bump... Will this help me even smooth this out for me.

[mihaelagrigore]

what does it mean when I can't hold the notes and the sound comes out vibrated (trough the straw)?

[yanahanein]

My jaw and neck feels tight/tired after doing this? Why is that happen?