How to approach head voice (first lesson)

𝐂𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐤 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐤 𝐛𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐰 𝐭𝐨 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐮𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐚𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐚 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐨𝐟 𝐯𝐨𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐨𝐧𝐬

This hour long voice lesson video will take you through a student's first lesson. It includes a session of warm ups and exercises that prepares the genetic male voice to sing into the upper register. The primary focus includes the alleviation of extrinsic laryngeal muscle tension overall, balancing the thyroarytenoid and cricothyroid muscles particularly in middle voice, and approaching the upper register by using vowel/resonance tuning. The final six minutes do not include vocal exercises.

Zoom Virtual Voice Lesson
August 2020
Online Singing Masterclass
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Vocal Warm Ups

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This video is for observation purposes only. Please do not attempt to sing along with these exercises without consultation from a voice professional.

0:00 - Introduction and Recording Options
00:00:29 - Audio Check
00:01:02 - Favorite Vowel
00:01:08 - Difficulty with "Ooh" Vowel
00:01:37 - Low Note Stability
00:02:12 - Desired Ugly Sound
00:03:24 - Baritone vs. Tenor Range Comparison
00:03:47 - Exploring Another Half Step
00:04:12 - Musical Theatre and Broadway
0:11:13 - Importance of Mask Resonance
0:12:47 - Maintaining Anchor for Stability
0:13:42 - Achieving Chiaro (Brightness) in Voice
0:16:02 - Open Throat
0:17:55 - Resonance
00:20:19 - Tongue Positioning
00:21:15 - Letting Sound Flow
00:23:57 - Engaging Muscles
00:25:59 - Resonance and Vibrations
00:28:24 - Buzzing Sensation
00:30:24 - Brightness of Vowels
00:31:40 - Lighter Mechanism
0:32:38 - Feeling Comfortable with the Sound
0:32:59 - Shaping the Mouth for Front Vowels
0:34:01 - New Experience
0:34:47 - Avoiding Excessive Pressure
0:34:51 - Correcting the Approach
0:35:10 - Emphasizing Lighter Mechanism
0:43:01 - Diaphragm and Breath Support
0:43:29 - Musculature and Throat Scratchiness
0:43:57 - Singing High Notes
0:44:47 - Vowel Placement on Top Note
0:45:53 - Keeping Shape and Internal Vowel Forward
0:46:09 - Lightening Up on Top Notes
0:52:36 - Singing High Notes
0:53:57 - Negotiating the Upper Register
0:55:01 - Exploring Vocal Range
0:56:38 - Tone Quality
0:57:23 - Evaluating Progress

[s-fchtry]

I’ve finally found someone who describe perfectly how to sing with an homogenous voice!!! Thanks!

[maksymgudyma]

Awesome lesson! Good progress, clear advises, ease to understand! Thanks for sharing your excellent knowledge.

[yoyothasme]

Hey great stuff thank you! Minute 12:07. The “oo” in regards to people starting. So far back placement can be lost and become a shrill/flimsy detached falsetto. How does one learn to maintain connection to the far black placement and bring it forward to gain brightness. Thank you!

[yoseanantoniotorres]

He is definitely a Tenor. Im a baritone and I can sing the low D and a High A.

[georgeda]

Hi teacher, beautiful lesson and work, i think he was holding a little more his chest than you'd like him, I've got a question is the break or crack of the voice a usefull path to learn your headvoice?and at first can you use falsetto instead?I have a hard time keeping my sound forward, and if i dont sing soft and with low volumeat hoigh pitches i tend to grab shout or get breathytone. Also, could i send you a sample of a siren or something you would suggest on email to tell me what is going on?Thank you.

[gillianomotoso]

This isn’t an actual baritone though, no?