How to Strengthen Your Head Voice - 3 Easy Ways
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- Опубликовано: 2 окт 2024
- 3 ways to strengthen the head voice
Hello, my musical friends! I’m Madeleine Harvey and thank you so much for checking out this video. Today, we’re going to be talking about 3 ways that you can strengthen your head voice and sing high with power! It’s my hope that by the end of today’s video, you’ll have a better understanding of and greater access to this huge part of your voice! If you like this video, please give it a thumbs up and click the subscribe button below…I’d love to see you here all the time!
The head voice, as a register is really tricky for a lot of singers. Mainly because it exists outside of that grounded feeling that we are so accustomed to with our speech. Chest voice is much easier because it’s right in that speaking zone. Oftentimes, we feel that can’t control head voice, or hold onto it. A lot of singers have nightmares about head voice because it tends to showcase those inconsistencies in their sound. Such as wobbling, breaking and breathiness. Because of this, certain compensations are developed such as tension, gripping, spreading or even just ignoring the head voice altogether.
But here are 3 ways that you can strengthen the head voice and sing high with power.
1. Awaken the space in your face
The head voice resonates within the nasal cavity. And in order to maximize the vibrations from head voice, we have to know how to awaken that part of our resonating system, so that the flow can feed into that space effortlessly. Oftentimes, this is where people struggle. If you find that your head voice is unstable, it’s partly because the resonance isn’t as focused. It could be falling backwards into more of a classical sound. Or the resonance may not be open at all resulting in the lifting of your larynx or a labored sound. So you’ll need to feel that sensation of your face stretching on the inside and keep that space as active in your experience as you can until it becomes a new habit. Really aim your sound into your face.
• Hmmm - Lift like you ate something good. - This focuses the tone forward.
2. Lift the soft pallet
A great way to bring more focus and clarity into your head voice is to lift the soft pallet. A great way to feel this is to act as if you are holding back a laugh. Feel the space right behind your top back teeth open and lift. This will really help with keeping you tone clear and present. Just like awakening the space in the face, you’ll have to concentrate on keeping this sensation as active in your experience as you can until it becomes a new habit.
(Demonstrate the difference in neutral vs lifted. Huh taps.)
3. Close the cords
Another excellent way to strengthen your head voice is through cord closure. This will add crispness and vitality to your head voice. A good way to initiate cord closure is to grunt slightly almost like a monkey. Feel how slightly you can bring your cords together. As you play with this sound, you may be tempted to overcompensate with tons of weight, but I encourage you to surrender that weight for balance as you work to develop this clean feeling. You can always go back, and add a little more substance once you have become comfortable.
After watching this video, I got interviewed for the job of an ambulance siren. NAILED IT! ;)
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My head voice sounds like a screaming Elmo
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You need an empty house to do this or someone will call the emergency services.
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I vocalizing once when my neighbor called the police.
my neighbour probably hates me because whenever my house is empty i sing opera lmao and she has two babies oops...
Glad I'm listening with headphones right now.
@@georgiacatt1979 not only neighbour
housemates and sibling
4:40 Awaken the space in face
7:01 Lift the soft pallet
9:53 Close the cord
THANK YOU!
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Thanks 🙏🏻
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I love the way you explain everything. You're the only voice teacher who tackles the psychological parts of singing as well as the technical to form a whole image. I cannot stress how much your advice helps me, but you seem to understand how it feels to be insecure with one's own image/voice on a subconscious level. That takes your advice to a whole new level, and I feel like I can benefit from this a lot. Thanks!
Thank you so much Mike! This was just so spot on! Yes, I feel that in order to be an artist, we have to understand the entire human experience. Singing for me, isn't about projecting perfection, but embracing all those fears and jumping beyond myself. That whole concept is the reason why voice continues to inspire me. I'm so happy to hear that you are concentrating on this growth within yourself! Thank you so much for sharing this! Totally made my day!
About a year ago, I noticed that my voice wasn't really "me". I was singing well, but people who know how to listen really well and can critique voices would tell me I wasn't expressing myself fully. I never really understood how, because I thought I was singing with feeling and it sounded technically good to me. Then one time, I was thinking about how my voice feels trapped so I googled and found your video "Why does your singing voice feel trapped or stuck?". Everything just clicked at once, and I realized how I wasn't really expressing me. I was so insecure about criticism that I just started copying how others sing without making it my own. I took a while to get used to this new feeling of singing through myself, and I know I can do it effortlessly.
That's so awesome that it made you feel better about what you do, because you need to know you practically gave someone a voice. As someone who sings, you should know that that's a very precious gift. So thanks again!
Mike Müller well said🙌
EXACTLY!
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Note to Self: 1) Activate space in face, including nose 4:00,
2) Lifting soft palate, focusing forward 6:30,
3) Cord closure, initiating crispness 9:10
Delightfully helpful and informative. Many thanks
when i try to go higher i lose sound, and just air comes out, please help.
I also but if you try everyday with in a relax manner as you can. Don't push your voice because it may damage your voice.
@@savitagupta8009 damn feels bad. i was born with the ability to go extreme high head voice, i count my self lucky i dont need to go years in training for this :D
You’re probably tensing up. practice faking a yawn and try going into head voice with that open feeling.
10:29 - I was reading the comments and I thought she started playing the flute.
My fbi agent is scared
I actually feel more comfortable in my head voice. I feel I have more control over it.
Kayla D. Christine Me too! For me, it's because I spent six years singing first soprano in a choir, and almost never sang chest voice, so I feel more comfortable in head voice.
Kayla D. Christine Same, in head voice I hit higher notes
Kayla D. Christine me too, I mainly only song in head voice
Rashmika the Artsy practice will always get you where you need to be
I feel confident in both, i got blessed with a full range of high and low notes
I did this and my dogs ears went up and they just stared at me 😂😂
Dogs hate sirens.... Lol
The music teacher I've always wanted, but never had. T^T
YOU DESERVE MORE FOLLOWERS!!!! YOU ARE VERY FRIENDLY AND LOVELY TO WATCH.. THANK YOOOOUUU!!
Thank you so much, I've sang for more than 10 years now and I have never "felt" my headvoice when teachers were explaining it. My falsetto skill is way too good in making a full sound as well, but I have NEVER been able to connect it to my chest voice. Something always felt off. With your exercise I have for the FIRST TIME accessed my head voice and descended down to my chest voice while staying connected!! Thank you soooo much!!!! I feel like this will open up an entire new world of singing ability for me!
My head voice INSTANTLY got more strength!! When I go into head voice it usually really hurts, but with this I just managed to hit much higher notes so easily!
Love her style and ease of teaching....thanks for being so positive
I CAN'T STOP FROM TELLING YOU HOW GREAT YOUR LESSONS ARE, DEAR MADELEINE! I AM YOUR FAN, DOING YOUR LESSONS REGULARLY, YOU ARE SUCH AN AMAZING TEACHER, WITH TALENT FROM THE GOD! THANK YOU!!!
my cat is trying to kill me
This is super helpful! But my poor, nervous dog won’t let me practice the sirens - she thinks there’s something wrong!
Same thing happened with my cat!
That's hella funny! May I suggest you get your 🐕 ear plugs! Lol 😛😇 😁
Same hear... my GSD came in and was looking very concerned at me.
Jennifer Cunningham yes, my cat looked really alarmed and ran out of the room!
When i did these exercises, my cat looked at me like i was dying :D :D :D
Can you help me?
whenever I put on my headphones I can sing beautifully and with confident but when I go to karaoke or put on instrumental I lost my confidence.Help please!
There can be a type of tone shock that happens when you are accustomed to hearing yourself through headphones versus amplified through a loud speaker at karaoke. As hard as it is to do, try to record yourself as often as you can. Watch it, or listen to playback and begin to get comfortable with the sound of your own voice. This will really help train your ear to any adjustments that need to be made on the fly. Choose songs that you feel really comfortable with and you know that you can perform them well. This will help anchor a positive experience to performance. When you get comfortable with the song that you're singing, you're totally in control and are free to tell the story. I did make a video about how to fix a nervous voice if you need extra help! ruclips.net/video/hwFISkK-Cug/видео.html Break a leg!!
+Madeleine Harvey watched that video and that's really helped me with my assignment (writing song and present it) mark is still unknown but thanks bae!!
ridzuanrush i feel you . That happens to me too :/
The opposite of me. If i sing woth headphones, my vouce will soun 100% worse.
Never sing with headphones 😂 it’s the worst cuz with headphones on you can’t really hear your voice, the song you’re listening to the singers voice overshadows your voice which make you think you’re singing the right tone and singing flawless, you’re not singing differently at karaoke, you’re singing just the same but it’s what you hear, at karaoke with instrumental only you can hear your voice well
I was always too busy being an instrumentalist (band, jazz band, and orchestra--different instruments in each) to bother developing my voice in school, so while I can hit my pitches more often than not, I don't even know how to talk about what I do and don't like about my voice. But a lot of people think I can "sing good," so I've been playing with my new mic (which I bought with the intention of narrating audiobooks, of course) and some karaoke downloads. With everyone emphasizing breath and diaphragm breathing, I guess I was trying to sing in chest voice and ended up bobbling back and forth between chest and head voice. After going through this video (and the "How to sing really high" video, which didn't seem to work for me) and actually being conscious of and staying in head voice, my recordings sounded a lot better. Guess it helps to hum a lot and make up societies where people scream through their noses.
Chaotic good
Haha true
I can't believe you only have 12000 followers, you deserve more! xx
That's so sweet Mlle! I appreciate that! WE may be small, but we are mighty! (And growing!) Glad to have you here!
almost 4x in less than a year isn't bad!! 42K atm
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Madeleine is super helpful but Im sure she's aware the information she presents it how she presents not only liberates, but brings healing to the soul. She's the real deal!
Can you do a daily vocal warm up routine? And can you also discuss all the different types of registers and vocal warm ups to help strengthen them? Thanks.
Sure thing!
i actually do falsetto when singing... and now i have a hard time to find my chest voice...
I'm definitely a new subscriber
4:20 "excitement in your eyes..."I call it "Crazy Eyes..." work like a bomb
I have watched a few of your videos, and they have really helped me strengthen my voice! I was looking for videos all over RUclips on how to strengthen my head voice, and yours is the only one that actually helped! I love singing, but sometimes it is hard, because I don't know what I'm doing wrong, but you have really helped!
Her exercises really improved my voice.... thank you so much!!!
I was doing these exercises in the bath and my six-year-old knocked on the door (I thought she was sleeping) and said, "Mommy what's that sound it's really scary!!" She thought it might be a ghost but in all seriousness I absolutely love this channel and Madeleine you have a way of explaining things that I wonder, 'Why hasn't anyone ever explained it to me that way before?' So good!!
Wow,..I have had voice lessons, and talked to other singers,..but have never hears these foundational principles explained this way,..thank you Madeleine ! Excelent!
"Haaaaaaaaa. Sorry if that's annoying"
You brought tears to my eyes😂
Could you do a video in how to do vocal 'breaks' correctly, like sia and many other artists, like demi lavato do for style
OMG i had a very controlled head voice before this, and i don´t even know how and why, but now i understand everything and all make sense!! You´re incredible, keep going and thanks
is it normal for my throat to vibrate when I'm singing? I noticed that when I touched my throat I can feel it vibrating when I'm singing
Yes, everything i ok :)
SweetieLaughAlot lol
Yeah me too, when singing high notes. Is this normal? did you ever get an answer?
Those are your vocal chords, duh
That is where the vocal chords are. When the air travels through them, it creates vibration also known as voice.
My choral teacher never talks about this stuff, and this is very helpful!!! Thank you!!
Hi! My name is Kacie and I love your tips! There is one problem I'm having though... I love to sing I am in theater productions and choir I just love it. But I only can sing in head voice. It hasn't stopped me from singing powerful songs, but I just think that I'm missing out on having a chest voice! Its just weird I have a good and strong head voice but no chest voice whatsoever. Trust me I have tried so hard to sing in chest voice and to work on it, but it sounds like a train wreck! It sounds like a dying elephant! If you have any tips that could help me I would appreciate it!
Thank you, Madeleine!
Your voice coaching helps so much!
Your the best teacher!!! So good at explaining how and why!! Thank you!! Rc
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Thank you so much for your tips on head voice because as a singer I got it but it was too light and I couldn't count on it for shows. Your tips are on another level and they really work on it. I've just done them and I feel more resonance and clarity in my voice. I'm gonna practice it more and more.
Brilliant video, so informative and embracing of the absurdity of the sounds needed to understand our voice!
Really awesome !! Easy to understand and make great sense logically.Better than any of the vocal coaches I have ever met
This is absolutely brilliant. Thank you for making this video and sharing your expert know-how! I have had singing lessons before and practice the exercises regularly, and it is slowly doing me good and improving my abilities, but your information really helps because you explain so clearly what is going on 'in your face' and chest etc. Great video, I liked and subscribed and would recommend your channel to anyone. Thanks again!
This is perfect for me I have such a problem with head voice there is a spot that is hard to get sound through but your exercise get right to that spot and I'll starting to hear better sound thank you
This video is amazing! I realised the main problem I had was that I was not focusing on my residence. As soon as I did I sounded so much better! Thank you so so much
Thats so awesome Rayn!
Rayna Deo resonance*
Hi Madeleine you are an excellent teacher in explaining head voice etc . Very clear and precise well presented... Thanks so much for helping us here. I didn't even know about head voice at all. Now I feel I can explore this aspect of the voice. You are so right and you bring it all alive and enjoyable. So keep posting ...All wonderful many thanks again Madeleine.
Thank you. A strong head voice is vital when switching through different registers in songs and trying to keep a strong chesty sounding tone.
Thanks to your lessons I can see and hear I'm improving by every day. I love this channel and the way you're teaching us all, you're really kind and such a sweet person. Thank you very much!
Thank you! I'm so glad these videos are helping you improve your voice! Thank you so much for your kind words...I truly appreciate it!
After watching tips from about 10-11 other popular coaches on youtube, this one explains it best! THANK YOU!
That's so awesome this video helped you Emanuel! Can't wait to hear you sing!
Totally agree!
You are such a nice onscreen presence. Subscribed.
best head voice video ever!
Thank you thank you thank you!!! I've struggled with my head voice forever and you've helped me fix it!!! I'll be auditioning at a company soon and I'll think of your advice then! Thank you! !!
I have several questions pertaining to "feelings". I am experiencing a buzzing in my nose, tingling in my gums or back of my lips & light headedness as I am practising these exercises. I am thinking this is good, that I'm doing them right?
Yes, head voice causes your sinus cavities to resonate, resulting in all sorts of buzzing, itching or tingling.
I absolutely love your style of teaching.
I hope you keep posting ! I really enjoy these videos they have helped a lot. Thank you for all your tips and tricks. 💕
So detailed love it
Me practising this in a dorm, my neighbors thank me
That was really really helpful ! Thank you for all of these great videos !
You're very welcome! I'm really glad you liked this video!
You are such a incredible teacher
Madeleine thank you so much. It is not easy to explain this.
You are SUCH a good teacher. Incredibly engaging, fun, well spoken and informative. This is my first time seeing any of your lessons but I'm subscribing and about to binge-watch. Truly excellent stuff.
Mam...this is greater than great...Helped me a lot...thank you very much. You are blessed with God. You have created a positive energy in me.. thanks a lot...
Its cool idea while on quarantine
Love this. I'm texting your voice lessons to our ukulele group so we can all improve. Would you please post more of this head voice excercises with piano so we can follow along.
Found out this channel and subscribed. Very helpful
I am glad I found your videos. I hope they'll help me get better at singing and more confident with my voice. Thank you so much!
These exercises helped me very much. Thank you.
March 10, 2017: Last night I sang Billy Joel's; Leave a Tender Moment Alone at karaoke for the first time. [away over my head] On a good day I can reach an F. This song requires A# quite often. He was 25 at the time. I am 76. The A# was so so so weak and dull as compared to the rest of the song. You duplicated the same disappearing sound balance on this video. That got my attention. THAT IS WHY I AM HERE TODAY. Projecting forward is the goal now so the song, eventually, has no silent notes.
My ears and left eye became itchy when i did the siren thing lol.
Also the higher i go my throat closes. Its annoyingg.
Head voice causes your sinus cavities to resonate. Itchy eyes, ears and noses are a common side effect.
I actually keep my mouth shut and though i sound like im talking its just noises i make sound like words, it does the same thing as this plus it helps if youve got a sore tooth, but not many understand the "words" 😂😂
This was so helpful! I always hear people say "Raise your soft palate" but no one seems to explain how to do that. Now you have and I understand how to activate my head voice a lot better. It is otherwise something I've been avoiding just like you said
youre fantastic. thank you!
You're just pure ✨GOLDEN LIGHT✨to the eyes and ears!!
It was a total delight for my heart to receive your precious gifts!
🙏THANK YOU SO MUCH!! 💖
Your videos always put me in a good mood 😊🙌
You are quite a character aren't you :)
If she's a character, she's my favorite character!
sisi saurus mine too!
Your videos are so helpful, thank you very much Madeleine :-)
Very helpful Madeline! Thank you!
I feel like I was sent to you're video or something because I enjoyed this too much an I feel like it really did help your enthusiasm did greatly! God bless you!
What a great teacher! Big fan!
Hello, Youi did an incredibly great job at explaining what you did here. Thank you very much! I'll be trying out what you're explaining and appreciate seeing your video. Thanks! :)
I just arrived here but i'm kind of liking it
This really helps me liven my sound! Thanks so much!
I love your fun & active teaching style; it makes multiple views continually entertaining. You obviously care a great deal about your subject & are enthusiastic (as well as having a strong education in this).
Also, I love your clothing choices and the way you've branded your videos. Great job!
I was doing this with Sinus problems... now I feel better.... Lol
I’m not a good singer at all I mostly sing along and try to copy techniques of some of my favorite songs and I recently started to try to improve my own voice and I realized after watching a few videos I’m more comfortable in the “head” voice and mostly sing in my head voice and I’m barely starting to learn to sing with a chest voice which is hard for me to control also lower notes are hard for me too so it’s kind of confusing for me lol
my head voice is still airy,the moment I go for the switch from chest to head voice.
can you please make a video on how to sing if your a girl and you sort've loose your voice and you have a deeper voice and its raspy, and when you try to go high your voice goes out.Thanks your videos are amazing and inspiring!!
You are such a beautiful woman :) keep it up :D
You are amaising! Love your lessons! Wish you all the best. Thank you wery wery much for your job.
I love the chaotic energy this video has
Love this! Thank you!!!
brilliant! just brilliant!
I love everything about this video 😄
Hello Madeleine, i've just subscribed. Thanks for your precious lesson, one "stage artist remark": all sound and visual chosen (were they?) elements (intro, colours, dress, background, yout tone voice) really help, they were perfectly set in order make this class really efficient. One more time, thank you
It’s summer without my singing instructor and she’s been yelling at me for months about my head voice so I’m gonna work on it before I go back and do my exam. This ones for you Mrs lax ahahahah
Awesome video!
super helpful to this former voice teacher whose aging voice is stiff - especially the last half of the video