The ONLY Way to Actually Grow Your Vocal Range (Hints from Sleep Token's Vessel)
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- Опубликовано: 5 июн 2023
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#singer #vocalcoach #mixedvoice #higher
There are LOTS of ways that people FAIL as they are trying to grow their vocal range.
Most people look at hitting notes in the completely wrong ways and they've attached all sorts of misconceptions about how the voice really works in their practicing.
Let me show you the only true way to unlock high notes and grow your vocal range in a healthy way! 
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Seriously, you are one of the coolest, smartest guys I know exploring singing. The progress. The feeling which creates singing. Learning is a treasure hunt and you encourage exploring. I seriously started liking singing because of you. Thanks ^^
So neat to hear this, Nina! Thanks for letting me know that I've provided you inspiration!
As someone who's always wanted to be a voice actor, trying to imitate cartoon characters or other people really helped me a lot in developing my range and there's a TON of crossover in vocal techniques for both voice acting and singing and finding my musical comfort zone kinda just came naturally.
In his course he teaches to use cartoon characters
Absolutely and it should come to no surprise to anyone but many many many voice actors are incredibly talented singers with a few albums here and there scattered throughout their careers.
Yeah vessel out here teaching us all!
Vessel has the coolest voice ever. I can sing along to sleep token and its so fun to do.
It was the permission you gave me to embrace my head voice that I appreciated the most.
This type of video where you analyze yourself to teach something is very, very helpful, as you know exactly what you were doing and can explain everything in details. Longing for more! Thanks!
Thanks for this feedback! I agree!
I'm practicing Sleep Token songs too at the moment, particularly Telomeres. A great challenge, helping me find out what my voice can do as I play around with placement to figure out how to nail those vocal lines. Awesome video as usual!
Telomeres is my end boss. I am most confident in Vore and The Summoning. But Telomeres is so hard to sing somehow. Maybe it is also just how much I love the song and not wanting to change it too much with my voice.. but I am not Vessel so I can only sing in my voice. 😅 what a dilemma. I wish you a lot of success with that practice!
Man, you are great. Just a perfect teacher. Please keep making these videos. Hopefully, one day I could be like you in singing. Thanks a lot for your help. I am on the second day of your free course.
Chris I have to say, I normally don't comment but I really have to cause your channel is absolute GOLD!! I've been taking a dive into harsh vocals as it's always been my dream to have a band, and your tutorials are the ONLY ones that made me be able to scream properly! So without a doubt I also had to get the vocal course with Will and Elizabeth so thank you for you amazing content man, so excited to go through the whole course!
Legend. Thanks🤘
This my favorite video that you've ever posted. A lot of videos tell what you should do to hit a certain goal but not enough videos tell you what you shouldn't be doing. So unbelievably helpful.
Start doing opera voice warm ups. Everyone I went to school with for vocal performance had an over 2 octave range when we finished. Jeff Rolka is an amazing voice teacher and he has hundreds of free videos for every voice part on RUclips. A lot of the voice mechanics and technique for harsh vocals tie in with Classical and Opera, especially diaphragm breathing and breath focus.
Is good opera technique head voice, or flageolet?
You are absoluty right on this. It helps so much to first find how you can sing a high line with as light a voice as you can achieve (my voice teacher calls it sing like a disney fairytale princess) without strain and just being comfortabel, no matter how ridiculous it sounds. Once you internalize that, you'll notice you start hitting those notes in the way you actually want to more often each time.
This is super accurate. While my voice has like, TONS of shortcomings and I tire easily, this is something I’m halfway decent at. I spent all of my teenage years harmonizing to songs I listened to in the car, all in my head voice. That really helped me bridge the gap into mixed voice. Now if I could just do all of it without getting exhausted 😅
Before I watched this video, I had already been doing everything you said to grow my vocal range, and its working! I can already sing some notes I never thought I'd be able to reach. Watching your video proved to me that I'm on the right path to becoming a better singer. Thanks!
Chris, I sing some Staley, some Cornell and thanks to you I can no longer claim that I've had no vocal coaching. I will now start laughing and talking like Floki in regular conversation.
I am doing this now, I started doing this months ago... I thought the same thing with this making me get a higher vocal range... I didnt even see this video... I guess I'm where I need to be... I started this with Show Me How To Live AudioSlave just doing all the dumb stuff you do with your teaching (which I LOVE that) it sounded rough and now I can sing that song! Thanks for making this know. Chris! 💯💪🏽💯
12/10 for this video. I have a good falsetto range, but high metal notes were just a NOPE for me until literally this evening. I sounded awful until I did not..and then was giggling with joy every time I was able to go up. It's such a wonderful feeling to do it with out strain.
Yessssssss
Dude, range filled dynamic speaking (since taking your Discover Your Voice course) is one of my favorite ways to warm up 😊 Head voice is SO IMPORTANT
The speaking reminds me of Charlie Kelly’s character in Always Sunny. Suddenly I’m realizing it’s no coincidence he has crazy good mobility and range in his singing voice
👏👏👏👏And always challenger yourself within comfort, never want to damage the chords, just work them out. Aka nurture and grow etc…as Chris said. Great Job Brother!
I'm not a singer, but I love to sing. But in recent years I have lost my high register, which was very high and I reached easily, maybe because I didn't train hard or because I wasn't a professional. I really wanted to hit those notes again and get back to singing better, even as an amateur...
Listen to Jesse Cash from Ghost Atlas/Erra, he’s not even perfect but his earlier live and acoustic takes are what inspire me to sing high registers.
Probably my favorite high vocalist hands down, listen to the song Efflorescent and The Architect for examples.
Bro you nailed that last note! Goosebumps 🤤
You’re an excellent teacher, Chris. ✌️
Thank you, Chris! This video actually motivated me to try finding my mixed voice again. I gave up a few months ago, because I couldn't get rid of the gap between my chest and head voice - even after lots of practice and different methods. It's obviously still like that rn and I have a long way to go, but your video reminded me, that there are many ways to approach singing and discovering/developing my voice. What helped me the most from your advice here is the way of approaching high notes with the same mindset as when using head voice... 🙏
You made me laugh so hard with your dialogue between you and YOURSELF ^^
I'm a trans guy currently taking HRT. I've always had a pretty low vocal range, but now that I am getting voice changes, I find myself increasingly barred from my (already quite limited) upper range. Very helpful, and very timely! Thank you for the advice, I'm definitely going to use it to try to protect my poor upper register.
Not wanting to disappoint you but until you fully transition your voice will continue getting more limited. Also you will not have a clear view of your abilities and you may hurt yoursepf. Its the same thing will children when getting to puberty
Oh, I made peace with losing some of it no matter what a while ago lol. Not disappointed at all, in fact I'm quite happy about it in general, and I don't plan to push myself too hard either. Rethinking how I tackle my highs certainly won't injure me though.
I figured this out on my own and it's what has helped me grow more than anything. I connected my chest voice by developing my head voice and working down. So, worked from the top down. For lower notes I kinda groan into it, the way vessel does sometimes. Helps me connect the different tones. But with head voice, it's soft then I add compression and get a clear tone. And I don't try to mimmick other singer, only their techniques.
HELL YEAH ! i love doing sleep token covers! Cant wait to see some tricks!
EXTREMELY excited for this.
Damn you killed that high note at the end of the video. Salute!
Brother Thank You For All You Do 🤘🏾 It All Works Really Well 🙏🏾
Damn dude, your super high stuff sounds so freakin good
Awesome video as always Chris! If you haven't already take a listen into Sleep Token's cover of Billie Eilish's "When the Party's Over" It's probably got the clearest voices from Vessel we've heard, and so many unique techniques.
Something I noticed about Vessel is how closed his vowels are (see the beginning of Chokehold for example) and how he seems to add R's to his vowels (taaarngld up like branches in a flood)
You released this video this morning right as I was in the middle of learning, listening to, and working out "Chalk Outlines" by Ren and Chinchilla. Such a beautiful song. The thing Im trying to focus on more than anything is the storytelling, the emotion. Now just to find the right key that I think gives the best expression =)
Thank you again for all your guidance. Between you and Charismatic Voice I have been more inspired to improve my "voice" - and by that really, I mean my expression.
It's funny - I never had much issue and never spent much time thinking about things like pitch when i was first getting into music and playing guitar and writing songs, 20 years ago. But life etc. etc. and I spent almost 6 years not playing or making any music at all. 2 years ago, I changed that and started getting back into it. But my largest roadblock has been reconnecting with the emotion and expression of the music again. It's like I forgot how to. Anyway, all that long rant just to say that, you all are helping me to find that connection again every day!
Thank you so much Chris I finally found my mix voice after watching your video yesterday evening. after 12 years of struggling getting the high notes, I finally understand how to use my support and volume control to reach easily my high notes. I was afraid to use my head voice that's why I couldn't find my mix voice. thank you again
My vocal range is bass and I've struggled to sing a lot in my life.
Thanks to your teaching, I've been able to find my mix voice and hit these kinds of high notes in mix. I never thought that would be possible! It's been a long journey for me and your help has become a huge part of it this last year.
Thank you!
Tried it, experimented on my own voice too, and it finally worked. I actually am so excited now
Wouldn't do it without your help right now. All these two years of watching you are precious, I hope to get one of your courses in the near future so much, hopefully 1 on 1
I'm so happy to be here
That's awesome!
Have you checked out my free vocal course yet? You can use that as a starting point.
chrisliepe.com/free-your-voice/
Chris. I am a Baritone. I have taken the top of my range from F#4 to E5 in mixed (thanks to your exercises) by warming up with scale exercises in head voice first then mix after I am warmed up. So what your saying is to not expect range development by taking your chest up with scale exercises? Great clip as always! Thanks!
YESSSS
Chris, you are the best vocal coach on youtube. You are not scared of looking funny and actually helping.
I recently found my mix voice, but it sounds thin and kinda annoying. Is it going to become thicker by time (like my chest voice) or I have to do some kinde of exercises?
Thanks!
It IS going get thicker IF you do the right exercises mindfully :) !! My mixed voice course might be a good fit for you? you can find it at mymusicalvoice.com ...Thanks for engaging with my videos and for the kind words!!
@@chrisliepe thank you :)
This is the problem I have too. It sounds like mickey mouse when I use it.
Excellent video on singing high notes. A wealth of groundbreaking knowledge.
This video flows different, can't put my finger on it but it works. Keep it up Chris i smashed my voice in this week getting cocky trying to get more power in my head voice... now my voice has a jocky on it and is going to the races
So it wasn't a coincidence when I was able to hit higher falsetto notes and was able to strengthen my mix voice.
YESSSS
This is so helpful. ❤
great video! thank you Chris ❤
Great stuff, Chris!
Your tutorials help so much! 👌🏼
loved this one. Thanks Chris.
I love how Chris doing more and more different techniques and positions in his speech over last year - now you can even learn a lot without knowing English :)
This was sssso on point and informative
My god I can't wait to try these out. Thank you once again Chris!
Thanks for the tips man
Great vid Chris! Brilliant explanation of your technique. Thanks!
I really enjoy your vids. Thank you for breaking down this stuff.🤘
WOW that is truly impressive Chris. Your methods make so much more sense and is more fun than scales.
Wow. You just help me figure out so much with this one video. Just found your channel and it's really helpful. Thanks!
Thank you Thank you Thank you!
I sing jazz, gospel however i signed up for the free course
This was super interesting! I'm not seeking to become a professional singer, but I'm curious about one thing as someone who has always found voice acting (and doing "voices" in general) especially fascinating: at what point do you see a crossover between voice actors and singers in your line of work? I remember vividly, hearing about how the VA who did the voice for Zim in Invader Zim nearly destroyed his voice because of that role, and it makes me wonder if/when voice actors might benefit from a singing-oriented vocal coach?
Also, we've got juggernauts like Ronnie Radke running around, doing old-school horror vampire voices for funsies in the middle of operatic ballads, and that's just rad. I wish more songs had voice acting...
Anyway, I guess this means head voice is my jam. I love doing random voices, and it does indeed help you find comfortable ways to reach greater highs!
(And even if I end up sounding like a cartoon character, at least it adds a lot of fun goofery when singing along with Vessel in the car. XD)
Hey, Chris! Great take on sleep token, could you explore some of Brendan Yate's vocals? His approach also has a lot to do with these mixed voice high notes that are tricky for so many people. Thanks!
This has to be the biggest help Ive had yet from you Chris!
Thanks, Chris. I love your videos and I have you to thank for making me find the absolute gem that is Sleep Token. Thank you so much!
Amazing video as always Chris thank you! If it hasn't been done yet I think it would be really cool to break down your process on how you cover songs. Thanks again!
Wow!
Amazing tips 👌 👏 😎
Your lessons are the coolest I've had the pleasure of stumbling across.
Very helpful
More golden advice 💯 and so much of it applicable to other areas of life too!
You are such a good human being and singer. Thank you for your existance and for all that you do
Brooo excellent advice. Makes so much sense to me. A much better approach than I was using. Pushing my chest voice like Brad Nowell was starting to make me feel defeated and depressed cause it sounded forced and off..Thank you so much for making this easy to grasp. 🙏🏻It’s videos like these that was a no brainer for me to subscribe . Thanks again bro!!
One thing that helps me hit powerful high notes is coming down from head voice. For example: in Ghost’s Little Sunshine, the line “when you’re all alone,” I have to jump into the lower pitch of my head voice and then sort of finesse it into the “just call me” and it just has that level of power that I haven’t been able to feel with my own voice before.
Dude, you're the best 👍
@5:26 That's also a great way to strengthen your head voice, even if you're not trying to expand your range.
Love you Chris! One of my favourite channels on RUclips easily 😇😍👍
Appreciate that
Great stuff, and hilarious. Are you a voice actor as well? And Mickey’s got nothing on you😁😉😎! Thank you for such an easy approach to learning, and improving through play. Let’s see where this goes!
Dude I love your videos. You make me want to be a better vocalist. I appreciate your enthusiasm and the approach that you take to teaching. I’m now a subscriber and I don’t ever do that lol.
Thanks for the sub!
I'm loving this! Been doing the South Park Michael Jackson head voice all day at work and slowly bringing it down to see where to incorporate mix.
Please do an analysis of “ Blood Sport from the room below” by Sleep Token. By far my favorite song they’ve made
Hi, Chris. Been watching you for a couple of years, and you've definitely been helpful. I lost half an octave in my range last April due to Covid, and then immediately afterward laryngitis. It's taken me the better of a year to regain what I lost, and even then it's inconsistent. Lowest note is C2, highest is D#5 on a really good day. But like I said, it's inconsistent. And I find I have much less endurance now, too. Do you have any tips for a dude in my situation that aspires to cover some Audioslave and other top-notch singers, but have been messed over by Covid?
I'm excited
Wow wow wow!! Thank you again. I’m so glad I found your channel. 🙏🏽🙏🏽❤First time, I’ve hit the high Note comfortably, without pressuring and also going from chest to head voice. I’m now on Micky mouse voice now when I speak 😂 but I have to talk to myself at home with this voice 😂😂
Chris you always nail it and this one is so important. I have almost zero ability to sing in head voice. Why? Because for most of my life I avoided it like the plague. I wanted power not Bee Gees. Now I am stuck. It's so weird because I was thinking about this very thing the other day. I am a member of your voice training, but you really need to make a course on how to develop head voice. IMO. You're doing great things please keep it up.
In the past I was that guy who wanted to be very loud and powerful all day
and didn't pay enough attention to my head voice
but with time and experience I started to believe that it
doesn't matter so much if you're doing the note with head chest or mix...
if its safe and sounds good that's awesome.
Can't stop watching your videos.
You are so awesome ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
By chance what equipment are you using, microphone, daw, interface.
Logic or Pro Tools for the DAW I use primarily Lewitt mics and an apogee ensemble interface with a Manley Core preamp. :) thanks for watching and enjoying !
This is so helpful for someone thats a self taught vocalist 😊. Though i do admit I'm considering getting a actual teacher. I feel like the voice is the one instrument we're I could use someone's input to know what I'm doing right or wrong. Especially when I hate the sound of my voice and compare myself to my favorite artist only to depress myself 😂.
Something very valuble i learned is that singing with your cry register in a wide open tone helps reach those notes easier. Really over exagerate your tone and pitch to then dial it back afterwards
What you're not telling people is that every little pitch shriek also has minute air intake. Which is what I assume to be support? Also those intakes before eackbpitch dance become a vibrato. Most people would try the big dreams in one blast. Hence the pitch burn out.
Thank you for this, I am a high tenor (B2-A5)(vocal break is at F4-A4 depends on the day) And have been struggling to get mixed voice for a while, I took what i learned from this video and practiced for a few hours, and it helped a decent amount ( still dont have a perfect mix but am not going to rush it)
Gold!!
Chris, you know I hold you in high regard, but I have to say I personally developed my range with scales as well as crazy free noises etc. Maybe I'm a masochist, (lol) but I pulled up chest for many years inspired by the old school vocalists. I've had nose bleeds, had episodes of dizziness, but at an age I won't divulge, I can still hit full, powerful chesty notes. The key to my success is I forced myself up and down the scales and learned how to really exert up and down. Very much like a bodybuilder, I used progressive resistance. I practiced messa di voce like an animal. I became very strong in managing exhalation and really leaning in on my folds till they could withstand increasing levels of air pressure. I hardly ever lose my voice, because no air escapes when you seriously sing high and powerful.
You've done a great job of using scales etc... without having it be a pissing context with yourself haha... I can't seem to do it. It turns into competition unless I randomly release into higher pitches. I'm glad though that it works well for you!
@@chrisliepe I don't "release" rather I decompress to go up top. Not saying it's easy though....lol! Great channel Buddy.
Awesome video! Thanks for this! Also you should make a video on Jacoby Shaddix (Papa Roach singer) some day! He is such a cool dude 🎉
There is this song by The Crane Wives called Hollow Moon. It's a fun song to to experiment sing to. For anyone looking for something to sing to.
That's pretty much how I got into high notes =)
Great video to analyze yourself and extract so much detail from it!
I'm currently practicing Bon Jovi's Lie to me and the chorus when I listen to Jon is powerful in your face the type of chest voice quality you would associate with. I on the other hand, having a lower placed voice have to navigate and use more mix at least that's how I feel, althought, it's not a super high song around G and A.
But I'm wondering should I keep nurturing this mix and it will get stronger eventually to match tonal qualities or try to be almost more "operatic" and push chest to have a bigger sound. The latter is much more demanding so I don't find it sustainable for the whole song... 🤔🤔😊
thanks for this video, Chris. even though i’m able to go high, i want to be able to expand my range, and not be in one place all the time.
I feel like the singer from Muse is great at blending headvoice, chest voice, etc..
Totally is! Matt is a great resonance blender :)
ok fine fine after like 20 videos I'll join the course lol
Haha ! Welcome aboard!!
I’ve been doing for years all the things you mentioned in first 2-3 minutes.
You always say that singing scales, is not what you recommend.
That may be good advice for exploration and studying your voice.
I think that ’programming’ scales in to muscle memory, is essential for learn to use the larynx-instrument properly.
What u gonna sing on top of the guitar but scales and intervals.
I do agree, that they do not necessarily help you find your mixed voice, without type of throat exploration that you represent.
I combine your exercises with Jacobs Vocal Academy scales and runs, and results are quite encouraging.
Dude!!❤
just thanks
You so funny sir..i like your style😅😅
Nice video Chris! Do you know the Mooshroohead? They have a really cool sound and an atmosphere reminiscent of Slipknot.
It would be interesting to talk about songs like Simple Survival, Sun Doesn't Rise and Solitare Unraveling (or who knows about the cover they did of Seal, Crazy).
I extended my voice upwards in a different way than this, or else I did the early steps without realizing it. Some time ago I learned the siren exercise, where you make a sound like a siren and slide up and down and because it's not a normal speaking voice you're able to go much higher than normal. I realized that when I'm in that vocal mode my throat feels different, and then I practiced making my throat feel like it does in siren voice. That opened my mixed voice up, and now I can sing much higher without even thinking about it because mixed voice has become my default singing voice.
Before I learned mixed voice my high note when pulling chest voice was the top end of Living On A Prayer before the key change - after the key change I couldn't hit the top note any more. Now I can sing Fireflies by Owl City, which is entirely above my comfortable chest range, comfortably and with room to spare.
I would also argue that singing quietly and letting the mic do the work is a good tool for singing higher. I'm a 6'3 guy with a low voice, but give me a good enough mic and I can sing My Immortal in key without flipping to falsetto.