Try This Vocal Exercise: Head Voice Warm Up

TRY THIS VOCAL EXERCISE:
Every week vocal coach Kurt Wolf brings you a new singing exercise to warm up, work out, and develop your voice.
This week - Head Voice Warm Up
Learn to sing a pure, connected head tone, easily in your high head voice register.
In this video, Kurt teaches a vocal exercise which helps your vocal cords remain connected and closed as they thin out properly for higher pitches.
Try it out to find more freedom, agility, and consistency in your singing!
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[@ParadNorthProd]

Those high notes almost sound like a mix. There is so much audible cord closure. Maybe that's due to the strength of your voice?
This is where I struggle to tell the difference in what's going on in my voice. Falsetto is obviously. But then I can sing the note without the breathiness. But it doesn't get that "bite" until I bring in the cord closure. (e.g., starting with a creaky vocal fry at the onset). I had always thought of that as mix due to the relatively level of effort involved.

[@wolfstudiosnyc]

In this exercise we are going for more of a pure head voice sound, rather than a mix. I think what you are hearing is the balanced cord closure which provides a clear resonant tone to the high voice, rather than a looser cord closure which would be more of a falsetto coordination and would sound breathy as more air is allowed to pass through the cords. If you wanted to add even more presence and strength to the sound, you could establish a mix coordination by adding more compression to the cords (cry sound), and by adding some pharyngeal (nasal resonance) - think of a Hank Williams style twang, or honking like a goose.

[@learningstuffontheyoutube]

Do I push the “ee” resonance to my nose or the back of my throat? I’m confused on where to focus head voice resonance. Signing is so confusing!

[@wolfstudiosnyc]

Best advice would be not to try to push the sound around or manipulate it in any way. Try to sing the exercise in a balanced and natural way, and following the provided demos and guidance. Generally speaking, when produced in a free and natural way, singers can experience subtle head resonance sensations outwardly, on the bridge of the nose and inwardly, on the pharynx (back wall of the throat). But sympathetic vibrations can vary and be unique to an individual singer. You want to begin to notice where you feel the sound, rather than trying to “put” the sound somewhere.

[@learningstuffontheyoutube]

VERY helpful. Thank you so much!