Chris is one the most, if not the most wholesome, empathetic, holistic, didactic, pedagogical and human vocal coach out there. I studied singing with different teachers for some years, and to me, he's the best.
This changed my perception that I have a small range , I actually hit the notes in this video and I have always thought I have no chance at being a real singer but maybe there’s hope? Thank you Chris. !!!!
Hardwiring yourself psychologically is definitely a huge issue-- at least for me! When I try to sing What I've Done, for example, I get nervous thinking "Oh boy, here comes that G4!", but as I was singing along with you watching this video I could go up to that D5.
RIGHT!!?!! It's so freeing. My 'natural range' isn't really that great from a comparison standpoint. But it's the learning how to work with what you've got that unleashes the versatility
Oh.. so that really is a G4? Chester's voice is so "chesty" that I always thought it was lower, but when I sing it, I have to hit the G4 to feel like it is the right note, but it sounds awful because that's the very edge of my falsetto.
@@fernandocacciola126 yes it's a G4. Here's where you have to listen to what Chris said in the video. Yes it's true that Chester has a naturally higher voice, but any voice type can nail that G4 with the right technique. Namely, proper support and be willing to sound bad first to figure out how that note can feel good for you.
@@dylanjwebmusic Indeed! That's what I'm finding out, and Chris explained it perfectly (as usual)! And I'm too far from sounding even good enough on the head voice, but it's definitely getting better and better, so it has to be a matter of technique, dedication and time!
Your voice type is only important in classical music for two reasons. First, you aren't singing with a mic, so you have to rely on the part of your voice that can project into an acoustic space and be heard evenly (which most teachers would say is your tessitura, or the part of your range where you can be heard the most easily and be musical). Two, when you sing in an ensemble, it's important that you can blend your tone with your section. You might be able to sing tenor notes as a baritone--quite a lot of the tenor range in fact--but your tone won't sound like a tenor. It will be a little darker and open sounding, which many countertenors have demonstrated because most countertenors are bass/baritone vocalists singing in their headvoice. These countertenors, by virtue of practicing that register so much with good technique, can sing a lot of the tenor range. From an acoustic standpoint, however, countertenors don't usually have that "tenor snarl" that allows authentic tenors to pierce through with brightness. Classical music exposes your voice much more than contemporary music ever will, because classical music has no mic or post production. Classical music is just you and the dry acoustic space. It's you and your ensemble of varying voice types that work better for different things and ranges. There are even people with the same voice type who have a different timbre/tone, so they get cast for different roles. One soprano could have a deeper mature sound, while another soprano is lighter and more agile. There you have your queen and princess roles in your opera. Even though both people are the same voice type, they should probably stick to the music and roles that their vocal tone compliments better. It's by no means just a question of range. Tone might be more important of a question that we ask ourselves as singers.
I do not know if it could have been put better, luckily very few people including me are into lyric singing, so this is a good video for the majority of people, which are mostly into popular singing, for in classical world, this does not apply at all, for those of us who study lyric singing know it, on the other hand, it will be interesting to see a tenor trying to singing like a bass in lyric singing by following this video advice. GOOD LUCK WITH THAT!
Awesome comment! I’m here because I was classically trained and sang in choir for high school/college. I now am a worship leader singing pop-ish type music. Only last year did I start figuring out how to sing in a more contemporary style, and these videos propelled me forward in this past week more than in all of the other teachers combined
Also important to note that a lot of tenors starting off in school choirs get put in the bass section because they haven't practiced enough to unlock clean high register singing. I was in the baritone section of my high school choir for 2 years because that's what they told me I was and I didn't question it, but when I actually saw a vocal coach and figured out that my voice actually resonated at a higher range I sang tenor ever since after practicing finding my higher register without strain. The label in of itself held me back for a while.
Wow, that's so motivating, I always thought "man, he can do this bc he has so great chest range", now I realized that you have the same range as me haha I got no excuse now if not lack of practice
One thing that is super important too, is realizing some people just dont have a head voice register. BUT, It is VERY possible to grow it from scratch. That is exactly what I had to do. I went my whole life belting chest voice not realizing I could trade it off into a soft connected head voice. Yeah, you can grow it, but it takes ALOT of practice. Like everyday for months. Some days it's just not there at all, but some days it is. And when it is there without having to warm up, that's how you know you're beginning to change the state of your voice to a fully developed one! It depends on how much you are willing to practice if you really want to be able to widen your range.
@@MyTwinFlameEveryone has a head voice registrer but for some people like me it feels like it is non existent in the start. Even With great support and cord closure you cant access it. But With time you slowly get a little bit of head voice sound and then it starts to grow. I have Come to a point where i have a really powerfull head voice if i have warmed up but sometimes i still cant acces it. I Hope it answered it😊
I definitely agree, I had absolutely no falsetto when I started, now I can go up easily to F5, but some days it takes some warming up before it is there.
I agree with this wholehartedly. For the longest time i literally said i had the 'bass curse' so always kept myself in my comfort zones, singing everything an octave down. I've only really been able to properly break that recently with proper mixed voice and better technique, thanks to your lessons
I'm a French PT and I'm "binge watching" your videos just because every (or maybe almost everything) you say fit to human body. Working progressively, step by step and using feedback are the optimal way for enhancement. Getting out of our comfort zone, showing our neurons that the goal can be hit, doing muscle-building exercices, doing proprioception exercices, getting better stability, getting better coordination between vocal cords and resonators are the key-words of my world to say what you say as a singer and a musician. Thanks a lot for your videos.
I always used to think I was a high baritone up until about a year ago I started thinking maybe I'm a low tenor. These days I realise it doesn't matter. On any given day I can hit a C#2 or an F#5. Thanks Chris for keeping it real and I especially appreciate the demonstrations where you are willing to sound bad to find new sounds. This is how it works in my practice too but it's so easy to feel guilty about that and think I am doing something wrong. But it always sounds great when I clean it up and put it into a song, so I will keep going that way.
Your videos have helped to pull me through many tough times, to discover my real voice & appreciate the vocal craft as a whole. There was a time when I used to think I will never be able to sing cleans. But, you proved me wrong. You're truly a godsend for Rock/Metal vocals. I hope you find even greater success in your life.
I can't believe how you make you make me discover new sensations in my voice and simultaneously make improve my tone, you're the creator of my chest quality xDD Thank you very much ^∆^ When are you going to do a video about Ian Gillan?
The fact that I'm in the low tenor high baritone range, well, that's now my midrange thanks to Chris, I can go both lower AND higher, so thank you!! Lots!!
It would be crazy if you went for a "How to sound like Danzig" episode! He's got such a wide tenor vocal range within his baritone voice! - on a sidenote, thanks so much for the lessons I learned from you, I've progressed so much in what feels like a really natural way in a rather short amount of time. I've really went beyond my own expectations. Best.Vocal.Teacher.Ever! - In all the progress I've made by following your lessons I'm noticing more and more that my voice naturally tends to do this baritone/tenor voice thing, but it feels very hard to control and sound-wise it's definitely not developed enough to feel like i could use it properly. Would be really cool to have some pointers one what to focus on! And once again, thanks for all the stuff you throw up. It's helped me so much and I've progressed in ways I'd never have thought! I owe you man!
Another brilliant video. His ability and willingness to demonstrate his own (awesome) voice and it’s various elements is what sets his videos apart. Since watching his videos, I have realised that a lot of my favourite male pop singers are spending a lot of time in their mix and head voice - before this I was resigned to thinking I could never sing those notes because I was trying to do it all in pure chest voice. Eg I would guess that Callum Scott, Sam Smith, and Luther Vandross are all technically baritones but they sing most of the time in their mixed voice up very high
I remember having a tiff with my choir teacher when I no longer wanted to sing soprano and wanted to sing 1st alto because I was bored but she wanted me to keep singing soprano because she liked my voice in that range and needed the bodies.. I just wanted to sing my full vocal range and would also get told to stop for helping the tenors during practice when they were struggling too. The baritones and basses were on their own though
Thanks Chris, another kickass piece. People need to realize that BASS and BARITONE means you sing in a particular range in that SITUATION (like when you sing in a quartet or something), and not sing only those notes forever until the end of time.
When you have "bass" singers like Geoff Castelluci and Tim Foust who can sing well into the 5th octave (higher than I can) , it kind of negates those terms. Weren't these voice types initially used in opera? I don't think they're applicable anymore. And Axl would qualify as a baritone but he has reached the 6th octave. Either way it's interesting stuff. Also, nice to see you grab your guitar despite not exactly playing anything. Edit: I should stop commenting before finishing the video. Haha
@@chrisliepe I mean, Geoff Castelluci and Tim Foust aren't going to be able to sing Dance Gavin Dance or Periphery songs, just cause they can pop up for a gritty head voice note here or there. There's still limits since we live in a world based on the laws of physics. This philosophy does more good than harm I guess, but it's really sparking a lot of tenor elitism in the vocal community. Go watch the video "Frank Sinatra's HIGHEST NOTES EVER!!! C5 ". That's what my mixed C5 still sounds like too as a baritone after 14 years of training; I have a decent Bb4, but after that the power, volume, and tone quality is gone. The problem is tenors keep thinking that is an issue that should be fixed, as if Sinatra should have been singing Journey songs or something. That's not empowering, it's just demeaning.
Hey, Chris! I don't think I've commented on a video for about a decade, but you are honestly the best vocal coach on RUclips. I love how you actually experiment with your own voice to teach us; almost no one else does, and it's great to see the technique but it also allows me to feel comfortable with my voice. Thank you for being so non-judgemental and optimistic in all your vids; I really appreciate your work, man!
Interesting video. Hope to get your course one day. Really wanna learn ear training and to sing with grit, distortion, compression and growl etc. The most helpful thing I’ve found out recently is that there are 7 or 11 vocal types (since men and women aren’t really the same, just some use the same vowels) based on where people modify their vowels. In the classical world there are even more sub-types but there are always these 7 different chromatic vowel charts for modifications for each note. The traditional vocal types seem most important for arranging parts for a choir, but the 7 chromatic vowel charts explained to me at least why when I try to sing along to songs, why I can reach the high or low notes in some songs but not others when I’m singing along and trying to use all the same vowels in the same places as the original singer and why I’d go wrong. It’s all in the lyrics (or nasality like you’ve said many times). Vowel comparisons: Coloratura sopranos, 1 semitone lower than coloratura sopranos for high tenor and lyric sopranos (they both share the same vowels), 2 semitones lower for low tenors and lyrico-spinto sopranos, 3 semitones lower for high baritones and true mezzos (usually thought of as altos in choirs and a lot of pop singers described as mezzos aren’t true mezzos based on their vowels), 4 semitones lower for true baritones and contraltos, 5 semitones lower for bass-baritone, and 6 semitones lower than coloratura sopranos for bass. A lot of singers are called a certain classification just because they choose to sing in a certain area and fool people by singing vowels in their lyrics with a certain bright or dark shading or they can hit unusually high notes for their voice type like a C6 and are automatically called sopranos.
I have learned that singers with heavier voices, not endowed with high range may need to work much harder to gain higher notes. You absolutely have to keep upping your game and challenging yourself. It takes guts and a willingness to push against boundaries to make notes eventually available. Go after those difficult songs.
0:53 "I can't ever sing along with Guns n Roses because I'm a bass" Funny how most people who use that as an excuse don't know that Axl is a bass-baritone (but I know that you know this)
boy ur right im a self thouht singer and if as song is too high i lower it couple of semitones till i master the song.....than i lif it seminton by semitone....that s how i try to do it....
The thing is, voice classification has nothing to do with one's overall vocal range, because range is more of an individual thing. It has more to do with the singer's tessitura or effective zone of pitches, i.e. the region where his or her voice will give the fullest resonance. Baritones and basses in general will have a lower sweet spot than tenors, and contraltos/altos will have their tessitura lower than that of sopranos and mezzo-sopranos. We definitely can extend our range way higher than we need (and we should give it a try), but IMO when it comes to recording/artistic development, knowing one's classification will at least help a singer select the best keys that will bring out his or her resonance to the fullest. The latter does not mean, however, that he or she cannot extend his or her range healthily, just like what you just stated here. A lot of times, singers who struggle with having a range lower than 2 octaves either have only been stuck in one register (i.e. the chest register) or possess bad habits that inhibit them from accessing all their notes (poor posture, singing with a squeezed/pinched throat, etc). Even tenors or sopranos will struggle with high notes if they are not using the right technique to sing. Great video as always, Chris!
RIGHT.. but people MAKE it about range... which is silly :) And knowing your voice and your "money" notes is SO important too. One of my favorite things to do when approaching a cover is finding those places in that song's context, where my voice really shines!
@@chrisliepe Precisely! When I first started I can barely sing an E4 without yelling. Now I can go all the way until an A4-Bb4 although it needs work, and my head voice can carry me all the way to G5. It just takes practice and has little to do with classification!
Omg Chris, I can’t thank you enough. I just sang a chorus I thought I would never be able to. Of course it was a bit shaky/cracky but it felt « natural »
Thanks for sharing. What we believe is the most important thing. If we believe in labels, then we will be there. Better to play with the limits and see what happens, definitely. Maybe we can't sing something, but we will make discoveries. We will find that we can do new things. Good point you make here.
Lol, maybe your low notes are better than mine cause usually my fry starts to kick in around F#2. Like my fry kinda naturally connected to my chest. Though now I could easily hit E2 pretty cleanly and got somewhat clean D2 but it's morning now. The highest now is C4-C#4. I can usually go higher. After warming up I can get somewhat free D4. When I go from D#4-E4 my voice is very shaky and I feel that the resonance entirely shifts into head. I can get whimpy heady sound but it's connected. When I started I thought I was a bass-baritone (I couldn't hit G3 freely) lately I'm inclined to think I'm a dramatic bari. But as I compare different singer that have good resonant lower extensions it's just a matter of vowels. To drag all that baritone weight up you just need to sing wide open like Helfield or the vocalist from Five Finger Death Punch. Or to get more balanced sound you need to sing like the vocalists from Billy Idol or Stone Temple Pilots. Well I just need to develop my high range and we'll see how it goes.
I have always sat naturally and comfortably in the higher ranges (High Tenor/Countertenor). It has been confirmed by voice teachers. I range from A2 to B5, F6 and can sing Soprano, Alto and Tenor chorally. I wouldn't consider myself a limit based on that. However, I have always had problems with low notes and could never sing a Bass or Baritone line. Another thing, I have a high speaking voice for a male.
I've been told I'm a soprano. And then comes the time when I have to hit D5 and I was like "yeeees.....fine....I can't xD". So, I'm not a soprano? This classification is really harmful. Everything, as you said depends on day, exercises, consciously singing and getting knowledge about your own voice and how to sing correctly. I knew nothing about head, chest, mix, bridge. Now, I find your channel and I know I can hit G#5 , because I know where to find this note, where place it and how should it feel. I also figured out, that D5 it's the place when I just need my head voice. All I can say is thank you Chris! :D
I want to thank you Chris, I would never have found mix voice without you. And its truly like unlocking a superpower!. Now I only need to find a coach to teach me proper breath support. doing 10.000 hours of the farenelli Exercise has given me nothing. I know you have a Breath Support Video Out but I just can't seem to figure it out without some live guidance
So I had this thought, do you think you could do a vocal analysis video on some of the techniques used by Daryl Palumbo of Glassjaw? His singing, all of those nuances, shifting tone, his breathing, he is one of the most fascinating vocalists I’ve ever come across and I’d love to hear your thoughts
Well.. It because of technique and characteristics needed for classical singer's voice. Classical singers should use full voice all the time. They cannot put their mike towards audience and make people sing some part of a song for them. They cannot sing a part of the song an octave lower because they cannot sing notes they could sing when they were younger (like many Rock vockalists do - it's pathetic). Of course, many baritones can sing tenor arias from time to time. But if they do it constantly, it will ruin their voice. History of classical singing proved it.
@@thephilosopher666 many rock singers bust their voices due to poor technique. They haven't had any actual training or very little. Also per example a Bass in a rock setting can do a lighter head mix and doesn't need to sound so dark all the time while in opera they are villians or other role that requires that dark quality.
@@chrisliepe Wow aha first time someone like you have commented. Your video was really motivating and you have helped me With getting a beltier mix. I have always dreamed of being a tenor but you video helps a lot. What do you think about Ken tamplin? I have used his course for over a year and seen massive improvement. But there is subjects where you are superior like the dying cat technique. But Why dont you teach wowel modifications? Wowel modifications is essentiel to getting the maxium out of your range. Anyway thanks for your videos😊
I hated the barriers. People are meant to break beyond their limits and those who do break these limit after choir, find that music is more than just notes. Learning to break the octave barriers set someone truly free and free to express those emotions through what ever notes they chooses to vocalize.
Voice type really only matters in the classical world when it comes down to it. If for no other reason, it makes a great deal of sense for the historical aspect of the music. Being that we can't hear the singers in Mozart's day for instance, it makes sense to preserve the tradition by keeping high standards of accurate reproduction. Clearly defined voice types make a lot of sense in that context. Outside of the classical and choral realms, I agree with Chris. The hard and fast approach to voice types is far less important and more likely detrimental. I'm 51 years old and never believed in my voice even though my range is rather extensive (C2 - G5 when I was younger, now tops out around E5). So what voice type did/does that make me? I've come to realize, partly through Chris, it's completely irrelevant to what I would like to achieve creatively and stylistically. I can't begin to relate how much I held myself back because I never neatly fell into any sort of category, even though I always instinctively knew the categories were largely irrelevant. Plus, no one in my life said, or says, to me, "You can do it! Go for it!". That's what Chris does and it's a beautiful thing! I highly recommend his "Discover Your Voice" course.
It's interesting that I've been using an app called Singscope through this video, and I could completely verify that the notes are just as you said. Also, at the very very end, in the last "limit yourself" you cleanly hit the E5 and even touched the F5 (which is just halfway up, but still)
I have watched your videos for a long time and want to tell you that you are an amazing vocal teacher🥰 you explain and talk about things in such a simple way making it easy to understand. I have a question for you and that is if you could make a video about hard rock and heavy metal singing? Tips and tricks and how to get started singing in those genres. I really want to learn rock singing, but can’t seem to figure out how to start😅
Great idea! Start by checking out ALL the "in the style of" playlist. There's LOTS there for hard rock and metal singing to sink your teeth into in those videos! I've also got a new course coming out at the end of the month specifically on Aggressive singing!!
Just an exaple on this if i cant sing high like the song is recorded i lower a couple of semitones till i feel my voice can do it and then i practise and then i just semitone for semitnoe lift it and see haw far my voice can go....as i stardet t sing i was a bass im self thouht singer and now i can sing a lot of stuff...but how high can i get would love to sing Bohemian rhapsody high like fredidie how can i acive that...thanks and God Bless u :)
tessitura matters, Coverdale is like 3rd tenor (baritenor) - so yeah, he can/could hit c2 but he could not sustain the vocal line between g1 and c2 throughout the entire song ( I use European note designations which are lower in number than American ones). On the other hand you have sopranist (1st tenor) like Steve Perry who can sing the entire song in the range of A1-D2 without a problem - all night, without breaking a sweat
I'm a baritone and yea I get it, each day is different for me, one day I could support a C#5 and the next day I could barely support an f4 💀💀💀 but yea, eversince I watched this one vid a bass hits a supported C5, I never gave up. I remembered that just a year ago I strain at C4, I'm doing so much better now I guess hehe
I love how you are always trying to get people out of the traps that people who don't know what they are talking about and one's owns self can put them in. If I hadn't said "no I'm not stuck with where I'm at now" I would still be stuck at an F4. It frustrates me so much when people get limited by that kind of stuff, and it happens to so many people. So often, so many things people are told through out their life that need to be forgotten to really know what they are truly capable of
I thought I could never sing high. Then I began singing tool/APC and and maganged to sing the pot and pushit. But I mean, I never thought about voice type. I just knew my voice would crack going that high. Thanks vocal damage(mainly healed now)
I did unfortunately im still struggling with feeling it after years of bad habits from getting thrown in choir. Youre free course was definitly a huge help on starting it sometimes i can do it. I just need more practice and my parents to go back to work so i can practice :)
Do you have any tips on extending range lower? I lead singing at my church and am always getting pressured to lower the key for the comfort of everyone else but I end up losing a lot of the low notes completely.
I've found a couple of videos First and second ones are "how to sing lower subharmonic" by David Larson. He talks a lot but he has some points very interesting. I can't find anymore the other one i have in mind, but the one from Geoff Castellucci "how to sing really low" says the same things. Edit : the one from Tomi P "Bass singing tips #1". One of the best videos I could find. Another youtuber is bass2yang. If I understood, the work is about vocal fry and growl. Even my speaking voice changed and I have a better feeling of my resonators. For what Ifeel, it's about being more relaxed then being strongger (from chords and muscles that shaped resonators) while relaxed.
Great video, man!! Interesting aproach and mindset!! Also, your music intro sounded a lot like the prog metal band Pain Of Salvation, one of my favorite bands ever! Their singer and songwriter, Daniel Gildenlow, is amazing and have a really well diverse voice, and incredible range! Please check him out!! =)
Baritones, Tenors, Sopranos.. It doesn't matter what voice type you are when it comes to holding notes. Explore the use of compression and make Sure you're using your support correctly. Have you joined my free course yet?
The other day I was working on screams with distortion and clean and going back and forth between the 2. The goal was to have vibrato every time both ways. The note was G5, It was harder to get the vibrato every time with the false cords engaging to add grit. But when I would sing it clean I was getting a little tickle on my cords... Dirty I felt a lot rattling around, but the tickle I felt singing it clean, forward, with vibrato made me nervous. Is there a point where high notes get dangerous even if they feel free? I normally don't ever sing above A5 because it starts to feel really strained after that. I'm wondering if the way I was leaning into the really forward placement on the clean note was what was causing that tickle on my cords? Its weird that the distorted note felt ''safer'' than the same note clean with vibrato
You might find this interesting: ruclips.net/video/2txYhkmhVts/видео.html I’m not yet as advanced as Z, but my regularly used voice is vastly different now from what it was when this journey started. That said, I was often told to “sing low” versus high as a college student, even though I could display competence in bass, tenor, and alto ranges, generally with a bass-baritone to tenor range of tonal colors. My regular performing range now sits more around A2 to A6 or so; most aren’t quick to question its gender. I speak as much as an octave and a third above my lowest speaking pitch back then. Being that I’ve had to re-coordinate my voice so many times, coming to a point of stability, satisfaction, and sense of home in my voice has been an endless cycle. I believe in the end that any voice can be “typed”, some perhaps with more ambiguity than others... and voice type can often be donned on (see Maria Callas, Happy Rhodes). A consistent vocality is generally reached over time just out of habit, but I believe it is obtained over time through a combination of innate anatomy, behavioral habits, and inner personality & identity. All of those affect how one experiences their voice, what they feel driven to do with it, and its natural configuration at rest.
Hello Chris, there is a singer Marc hudson from Dragonforce, I don’t know if you know him, his technique is incredible and I don’t know how does he control this high high note with his mixed voice. So just listen to Three hammers and if you like it can you make a litle video pls, just a litle... I need help
Could'nt agree more , but most male singers start ahifting gears or can no longer stay 100% chest after a certain note , Fpr example after A#4 I cant pull chest and have to fo to mix voice at this point . do you know any male singer who can hit C5 in 100% chest voice ? P.s Cu the rumor says a true tenor can hit C5 in full chest voice
Thanks for your reply , I do find myself daily thinking about it , I've never really been able to aing B4 and higher in full chest voice & it makez me feel like a 2nd class singer and other times I ask myself , does it really matter ?/
@@MyTwinFlame I can do a C5 in full chest, but it's so nasally and is NOT comfortable at all. I'm still learning how to mix well at the louder notes tho so I'm not gonna do that in chest because I'll hurt myself otherwise.
Chris is one the most, if not the most wholesome, empathetic, holistic, didactic, pedagogical and human vocal coach out there.
I studied singing with different teachers for some years, and to me, he's the best.
Thank you! I'm so glad what I do has resonated with you!!!
Chris Liepe you are amazing for real.
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This changed my perception that I have a small range , I actually hit the notes in this video and I have always thought I have no chance at being a real singer but maybe there’s hope? Thank you Chris. !!!!
There's LOTS AND LOTS of HOPE :) !!!
Hardwiring yourself psychologically is definitely a huge issue-- at least for me! When I try to sing What I've Done, for example, I get nervous thinking "Oh boy, here comes that G4!", but as I was singing along with you watching this video I could go up to that D5.
RIGHT!!?!! It's so freeing. My 'natural range' isn't really that great from a comparison standpoint. But it's the learning how to work with what you've got that unleashes the versatility
Oh.. so that really is a G4? Chester's voice is so "chesty" that I always thought it was lower, but when I sing it, I have to hit the G4 to feel like it is the right note, but it sounds awful because that's the very edge of my falsetto.
@@fernandocacciola126 yes it's a G4. Here's where you have to listen to what Chris said in the video. Yes it's true that Chester has a naturally higher voice, but any voice type can nail that G4 with the right technique. Namely, proper support and be willing to sound bad first to figure out how that note can feel good for you.
@@dylanjwebmusic Indeed! That's what I'm finding out, and Chris explained it perfectly (as usual)! And I'm too far from sounding even good enough on the head voice, but it's definitely getting better and better, so it has to be a matter of technique, dedication and time!
Your voice type is only important in classical music for two reasons.
First, you aren't singing with a mic, so you have to rely on the part of your voice that can project into an acoustic space and be heard evenly (which most teachers would say is your tessitura, or the part of your range where you can be heard the most easily and be musical).
Two, when you sing in an ensemble, it's important that you can blend your tone with your section. You might be able to sing tenor notes as a baritone--quite a lot of the tenor range in fact--but your tone won't sound like a tenor. It will be a little darker and open sounding, which many countertenors have demonstrated because most countertenors are bass/baritone vocalists singing in their headvoice. These countertenors, by virtue of practicing that register so much with good technique, can sing a lot of the tenor range. From an acoustic standpoint, however, countertenors don't usually have that "tenor snarl" that allows authentic tenors to pierce through with brightness.
Classical music exposes your voice much more than contemporary music ever will, because classical music has no mic or post production. Classical music is just you and the dry acoustic space. It's you and your ensemble of varying voice types that work better for different things and ranges. There are even people with the same voice type who have a different timbre/tone, so they get cast for different roles. One soprano could have a deeper mature sound, while another soprano is lighter and more agile. There you have your queen and princess roles in your opera.
Even though both people are the same voice type, they should probably stick to the music and roles that their vocal tone compliments better. It's by no means just a question of range. Tone might be more important of a question that we ask ourselves as singers.
I do not know if it could have been put better, luckily very few people including me are into lyric singing, so this is a good video for the majority of people, which are mostly into popular singing, for in classical world, this does not apply at all, for those of us who study lyric singing know it, on the other hand, it will be interesting to see a tenor trying to singing like a bass in lyric singing by following this video advice. GOOD LUCK WITH THAT!
Precisely 👌🏼
@@ChatulajaeVampiros Exactly. A true bass is actually the rarest of male voices.
@@John_Malloy I assume most voices are between baritone and tenor. Voices that are lower are rarer.
Awesome comment! I’m here because I was classically trained and sang in choir for high school/college. I now am a worship leader singing pop-ish type music. Only last year did I start figuring out how to sing in a more contemporary style, and these videos propelled me forward in this past week more than in all of the other teachers combined
Also important to note that a lot of tenors starting off in school choirs get put in the bass section because they haven't practiced enough to unlock clean high register singing. I was in the baritone section of my high school choir for 2 years because that's what they told me I was and I didn't question it, but when I actually saw a vocal coach and figured out that my voice actually resonated at a higher range I sang tenor ever since after practicing finding my higher register without strain. The label in of itself held me back for a while.
Right!
Wow, that's so motivating, I always thought "man, he can do this bc he has so great chest range", now I realized that you have the same range as me haha
I got no excuse now if not lack of practice
EXACTLY!!
One thing that is super important too, is realizing some people just dont have a head voice register. BUT, It is VERY possible to grow it from scratch. That is exactly what I had to do. I went my whole life belting chest voice not realizing I could trade it off into a soft connected head voice.
Yeah, you can grow it, but it takes ALOT of practice. Like everyday for months. Some days it's just not there at all, but some days it is. And when it is there without having to warm up, that's how you know you're beginning to change the state of your voice to a fully developed one!
It depends on how much you are willing to practice if you really want to be able to widen your range.
Great point!
So true. I have experienced the same but With months of practice it is so much better
What do you mean no head voice register ?
@@MyTwinFlameEveryone has a head voice registrer but for some people like me it feels like it is non existent in the start. Even With great support and cord closure you cant access it. But With time you slowly get a little bit of head voice sound and then it starts to grow. I have Come to a point where i have a really powerfull head voice if i have warmed up but sometimes i still cant acces it. I Hope it answered it😊
I definitely agree, I had absolutely no falsetto when I started, now I can go up easily to F5, but some days it takes some warming up before it is there.
The most pertinent voice channel I've ever encountered. Chris is the voice coach I've always wanted. (similar range and interests as bonus)
Thanks! Great to hear.
I agree with this wholehartedly. For the longest time i literally said i had the 'bass curse' so always kept myself in my comfort zones, singing everything an octave down. I've only really been able to properly break that recently with proper mixed voice and better technique, thanks to your lessons
I'm a French PT and I'm "binge watching" your videos just because every (or maybe almost everything) you say fit to human body.
Working progressively, step by step and using feedback are the optimal way for enhancement.
Getting out of our comfort zone, showing our neurons that the goal can be hit, doing muscle-building exercices, doing proprioception exercices, getting better stability, getting better coordination between vocal cords and resonators are the key-words of my world to say what you say as a singer and a musician.
Thanks a lot for your videos.
I always used to think I was a high baritone up until about a year ago I started thinking maybe I'm a low tenor. These days I realise it doesn't matter. On any given day I can hit a C#2 or an F#5.
Thanks Chris for keeping it real and I especially appreciate the demonstrations where you are willing to sound bad to find new sounds. This is how it works in my practice too but it's so easy to feel guilty about that and think I am doing something wrong. But it always sounds great when I clean it up and put it into a song, so I will keep going that way.
In the words of Papa Het: "You label me, I label you..."
Your videos have helped to pull me through many tough times, to discover my real voice & appreciate the vocal craft as a whole. There was a time when I used to think I will never be able to sing cleans. But, you proved me wrong. You're truly a godsend for Rock/Metal vocals. I hope you find even greater success in your life.
THIS video is GOLD ! Always try tell people you can sing higher than you think
Love the new intro Chris, bringing variety as always.
I can't believe how you make you make me discover new sensations in my voice and simultaneously make improve my tone, you're the creator of my chest quality xDD
Thank you very much ^∆^
When are you going to do a video about Ian Gillan?
10:14
LABEL! Grababrushandputonalittle...MABLE?
Exactly what I thought, lol.
The fact that I'm in the low tenor high baritone range, well, that's now my midrange thanks to Chris, I can go both lower AND higher, so thank you!! Lots!!
It would be crazy if you went for a "How to sound like Danzig" episode! He's got such a wide tenor vocal range within his baritone voice! - on a sidenote, thanks so much for the lessons I learned from you, I've progressed so much in what feels like a really natural way in a rather short amount of time. I've really went beyond my own expectations. Best.Vocal.Teacher.Ever! - In all the progress I've made by following your lessons I'm noticing more and more that my voice naturally tends to do this baritone/tenor voice thing, but it feels very hard to control and sound-wise it's definitely not developed enough to feel like i could use it properly. Would be really cool to have some pointers one what to focus on!
And once again, thanks for all the stuff you throw up. It's helped me so much and I've progressed in ways I'd never have thought! I owe you man!
Another brilliant video. His ability and willingness to demonstrate his own (awesome) voice and it’s various elements is what sets his videos apart. Since watching his videos, I have realised that a lot of my favourite male pop singers are spending a lot of time in their mix and head voice - before this I was resigned to thinking I could never sing those notes because I was trying to do it all in pure chest voice. Eg I would guess that Callum Scott, Sam Smith, and Luther Vandross are all technically baritones but they sing most of the time in their mixed voice up very high
That's the most encouraging song I've ever heard
👍 I felt again how I can enjoy singing and music through this video. ‘Be me’ ‘Let’s be comfortable’ ‘feel how I feel’. I’ve learned. Thank you 🙏
I remember having a tiff with my choir teacher when I no longer wanted to sing soprano and wanted to sing 1st alto because I was bored but she wanted me to keep singing soprano because she liked my voice in that range and needed the bodies.. I just wanted to sing my full vocal range and would also get told to stop for helping the tenors during practice when they were struggling too. The baritones and basses were on their own though
"We have to look for root cause instead of going 'LABEL!'" Haha. This vid is great, it really puts the power in the singers hands
You changed my life. Thanks! S2
Around 16,00 It's very motivational. You made me cry with "don't limit yourself"...thanks for your lessons Chris
I need a Cat noise alarm clock
Thanks Chris, another kickass piece. People need to realize that BASS and BARITONE means you sing in a particular range in that SITUATION (like when you sing in a quartet or something), and not sing only those notes forever until the end of time.
When you have "bass" singers like Geoff Castelluci and Tim Foust who can sing well into the 5th octave (higher than I can) , it kind of negates those terms. Weren't these voice types initially used in opera? I don't think they're applicable anymore. And Axl would qualify as a baritone but he has reached the 6th octave. Either way it's interesting stuff. Also, nice to see you grab your guitar despite not exactly playing anything. Edit: I should stop commenting before finishing the video. Haha
RIGHT! You're extending my rant on the worthlessness of the SATB "diagnosis" :)
@@chrisliepe I mean, Geoff Castelluci and Tim Foust aren't going to be able to sing Dance Gavin Dance or Periphery songs, just cause they can pop up for a gritty head voice note here or there. There's still limits since we live in a world based on the laws of physics. This philosophy does more good than harm I guess, but it's really sparking a lot of tenor elitism in the vocal community. Go watch the video "Frank Sinatra's HIGHEST NOTES EVER!!! C5
". That's what my mixed C5 still sounds like too as a baritone after 14 years of training; I have a decent Bb4, but after that the power, volume, and tone quality is gone.
The problem is tenors keep thinking that is an issue that should be fixed, as if Sinatra should have been singing Journey songs or something. That's not empowering, it's just demeaning.
Geoff is very clearly a baritone and I think Tim is like a semitone below, on the edge. Not to limit them but i just like identifying voices.
Hey, Chris! I don't think I've commented on a video for about a decade, but you are honestly the best vocal coach on RUclips. I love how you actually experiment with your own voice to teach us; almost no one else does, and it's great to see the technique but it also allows me to feel comfortable with my voice. Thank you for being so non-judgemental and optimistic in all your vids; I really appreciate your work, man!
I’m actually starting to have a full useable 4 octave range as a tenor, and I think that I permitted myself to practice and progress to this level
I just found this channel and I'm subbed after two videos
THANK YOU!
I heard some Jimmy Gnecco in the intro track, really nice!
Interesting video. Hope to get your course one day. Really wanna learn ear training and to sing with grit, distortion, compression and growl etc.
The most helpful thing I’ve found out recently is that there are 7 or 11 vocal types (since men and women aren’t really the same, just some use the same vowels) based on where people modify their vowels. In the classical world there are even more sub-types but there are always these 7 different chromatic vowel charts for modifications for each note.
The traditional vocal types seem most important for arranging parts for a choir, but the 7 chromatic vowel charts explained to me at least why when I try to sing along to songs, why I can reach the high or low notes in some songs but not others when I’m singing along and trying to use all the same vowels in the same places as the original singer and why I’d go wrong. It’s all in the lyrics (or nasality like you’ve said many times).
Vowel comparisons:
Coloratura sopranos,
1 semitone lower than coloratura sopranos for high tenor and lyric sopranos (they both share the same vowels),
2 semitones lower for low tenors and lyrico-spinto sopranos,
3 semitones lower for high baritones and true mezzos (usually thought of as altos in choirs and a lot of pop singers described as mezzos aren’t true mezzos based on their vowels),
4 semitones lower for true baritones and contraltos,
5 semitones lower for bass-baritone,
and 6 semitones lower than coloratura sopranos for bass.
A lot of singers are called a certain classification just because they choose to sing in a certain area and fool people by singing vowels in their lyrics with a certain bright or dark shading or they can hit unusually high notes for their voice type like a C6 and are automatically called sopranos.
Great inspirational video Chris.
Thank you!
I have learned that singers with heavier voices, not endowed with high range may need to work much harder to gain higher notes. You absolutely have to keep upping your game and challenging yourself. It takes guts and a willingness to push against boundaries to make notes eventually available. Go after those difficult songs.
Awesome video! Everybody's able to go further!
0:53 "I can't ever sing along with Guns n Roses because I'm a bass"
Funny how most people who use that as an excuse don't know that Axl is a bass-baritone (but I know that you know this)
Axl just sounds like an average baritone not remotely a bass baritone whatsoever.
Thanks for this!
boy ur right im a self thouht singer and if as song is too high i lower it couple of semitones till i master the song.....than i lif it seminton by semitone....that s how i try to do it....
Not a bad approach either... you're learning where your voice really shines!
The thing is, voice classification has nothing to do with one's overall vocal range, because range is more of an individual thing. It has more to do with the singer's tessitura or effective zone of pitches, i.e. the region where his or her voice will give the fullest resonance. Baritones and basses in general will have a lower sweet spot than tenors, and contraltos/altos will have their tessitura lower than that of sopranos and mezzo-sopranos.
We definitely can extend our range way higher than we need (and we should give it a try), but IMO when it comes to recording/artistic development, knowing one's classification will at least help a singer select the best keys that will bring out his or her resonance to the fullest. The latter does not mean, however, that he or she cannot extend his or her range healthily, just like what you just stated here. A lot of times, singers who struggle with having a range lower than 2 octaves either have only been stuck in one register (i.e. the chest register) or possess bad habits that inhibit them from accessing all their notes (poor posture, singing with a squeezed/pinched throat, etc). Even tenors or sopranos will struggle with high notes if they are not using the right technique to sing.
Great video as always, Chris!
RIGHT.. but people MAKE it about range... which is silly :) And knowing your voice and your "money" notes is SO important too. One of my favorite things to do when approaching a cover is finding those places in that song's context, where my voice really shines!
@@chrisliepe Precisely! When I first started I can barely sing an E4 without yelling. Now I can go all the way until an A4-Bb4 although it needs work, and my head voice can carry me all the way to G5. It just takes practice and has little to do with classification!
Omg Chris, I can’t thank you enough. I just sang a chorus I thought I would never be able to. Of course it was a bit shaky/cracky but it felt « natural »
a week later: I just hit C#5 and it sounded good. Never thought I would hit that note 😂
Very encouraging
Being a guy who can sing both tenor and baritone, so I get called both and it’s sometimes cool and sometimes annoying
I love both tenor and baritone
Thanks for sharing. What we believe is the most important thing. If we believe in labels, then we will be there. Better to play with the limits and see what happens, definitely. Maybe we can't sing something, but we will make discoveries. We will find that we can do new things. Good point you make here.
Another great video. Nobody does it better! Thanks
Lol, maybe your low notes are better than mine cause usually my fry starts to kick in around F#2. Like my fry kinda naturally connected to my chest. Though now I could easily hit E2 pretty cleanly and got somewhat clean D2 but it's morning now.
The highest now is C4-C#4. I can usually go higher. After warming up I can get somewhat free D4. When I go from D#4-E4 my voice is very shaky and I feel that the resonance entirely shifts into head. I can get whimpy heady sound but it's connected.
When I started I thought I was a bass-baritone (I couldn't hit G3 freely) lately I'm inclined to think I'm a dramatic bari. But as I compare different singer that have good resonant lower extensions it's just a matter of vowels. To drag all that baritone weight up you just need to sing wide open like Helfield or the vocalist from Five Finger Death Punch. Or to get more balanced sound you need to sing like the vocalists from Billy Idol or Stone Temple Pilots.
Well I just need to develop my high range and we'll see how it goes.
Keep me posted!
I have always sat naturally and comfortably in the higher ranges (High Tenor/Countertenor). It has been confirmed by voice teachers. I range from A2 to B5, F6 and can sing Soprano, Alto and Tenor chorally. I wouldn't consider myself a limit based on that. However, I have always had problems with low notes and could never sing a Bass or Baritone line. Another thing, I have a high speaking voice for a male.
I've been told I'm a soprano. And then comes the time when I have to hit D5 and I was like "yeeees.....fine....I can't xD". So, I'm not a soprano? This classification is really harmful. Everything, as you said depends on day, exercises, consciously singing and getting knowledge about your own voice and how to sing correctly. I knew nothing about head, chest, mix, bridge. Now, I find your channel and I know I can hit G#5 , because I know where to find this note, where place it and how should it feel. I also figured out, that D5 it's the place when I just need my head voice. All I can say is thank you Chris! :D
Wonderful!
@@chrisliepe Best vocal teacher ever! ❤
I want to thank you Chris, I would never have found mix voice without you. And its truly like unlocking a superpower!. Now I only need to find a coach to teach me proper breath support. doing 10.000 hours of the farenelli Exercise has given me nothing. I know you have a Breath Support Video Out but I just can't seem to figure it out without some live guidance
Great advice! Your lessons are really helping me learn about my voice. Thanks!
Awesome! :)
So I had this thought, do you think you could do a vocal analysis video on some of the techniques used by Daryl Palumbo of Glassjaw? His singing, all of those nuances, shifting tone, his breathing, he is one of the most fascinating vocalists I’ve ever come across and I’d love to hear your thoughts
Yessssss please
Another amazingly useful and interesting video... Thanks for all your work, Chris!
You are amazing....
Thank you for this!!!!!!
10:14 'LABEL!' is Chris channeling his inner Devin Townsend.
Well... If you are a classical singer, you definitely should.
Yes, agreed, because you are mostly likely tied to written music! :)
yes, but that's to fill a role more or less
Well.. It because of technique and characteristics needed for classical singer's voice. Classical singers should use full voice all the time. They cannot put their mike towards audience and make people sing some part of a song for them. They cannot sing a part of the song an octave lower because they cannot sing notes they could sing when they were younger (like many Rock vockalists do - it's pathetic). Of course, many baritones can sing tenor arias from time to time. But if they do it constantly, it will ruin their voice. History of classical singing proved it.
@@thephilosopher666 many rock singers bust their voices due to poor technique. They haven't had any actual training or very little. Also per example a Bass in a rock setting can do a lighter head mix and doesn't need to sound so dark all the time while in opera they are villians or other role that requires that dark quality.
4:43 - it is a Bb2 :)
Look at dimash. He have developed a voice with the tone of a baritone to a soprano
Exactly!!
@@chrisliepe Wow aha first time someone like you have commented. Your video was really motivating and you have helped me With getting a beltier mix. I have always dreamed of being a tenor but you video helps a lot. What do you think about Ken tamplin? I have used his course for over a year and seen massive improvement. But there is subjects where you are superior like the dying cat technique. But Why dont you teach wowel modifications? Wowel modifications is essentiel to getting the maxium out of your range. Anyway thanks for your videos😊
I hated the barriers. People are meant to break beyond their limits and those who do break these limit after choir, find that music is more than just notes. Learning to break the octave barriers set someone truly free and free to express those emotions through what ever notes they chooses to vocalize.
Thanks for the lesson Chris. Cheers from Australia
You're a musical gem ;)
Awesome video, thanks for sharing this for free :D
You're welcome!
You're such a cool guy, Chris, love the videos
Thanks for the info...
Love from Bangladesh
Hey man, thanks for the video. What about that Paul McCartney voice singing video? Thank you for your time
Voice type really only matters in the classical world when it comes down to it. If for no other reason, it makes a great deal of sense for the historical aspect of the music. Being that we can't hear the singers in Mozart's day for instance, it makes sense to preserve the tradition by keeping high standards of accurate reproduction. Clearly defined voice types make a lot of sense in that context. Outside of the classical and choral realms, I agree with Chris. The hard and fast approach to voice types is far less important and more likely detrimental. I'm 51 years old and never believed in my voice even though my range is rather extensive (C2 - G5 when I was younger, now tops out around E5). So what voice type did/does that make me? I've come to realize, partly through Chris, it's completely irrelevant to what I would like to achieve creatively and stylistically. I can't begin to relate how much I held myself back because I never neatly fell into any sort of category, even though I always instinctively knew the categories were largely irrelevant. Plus, no one in my life said, or says, to me, "You can do it! Go for it!". That's what Chris does and it's a beautiful thing! I highly recommend his "Discover Your Voice" course.
It's interesting that I've been using an app called Singscope through this video, and I could completely verify that the notes are just as you said. Also, at the very very end, in the last "limit yourself" you cleanly hit the E5 and even touched the F5 (which is just halfway up, but still)
Awesome!
Thank You....🥰
You’re welcome 😊
I feel like no matter how hard I try I'm always gonna sound like someone just punched me in the throat lol
nah... :) Have you taken my free course yet?
@@chrisliepe You have a free course?
@@chrisliepe Oh I just found it! Thank you so much!
I have watched your videos for a long time and want to tell you that you are an amazing vocal teacher🥰 you explain and talk about things in such a simple way making it easy to understand. I have a question for you and that is if you could make a video about hard rock and heavy metal singing? Tips and tricks and how to get started singing in those genres. I really want to learn rock singing, but can’t seem to figure out how to start😅
Great idea! Start by checking out ALL the "in the style of" playlist. There's LOTS there for hard rock and metal singing to sink your teeth into in those videos! I've also got a new course coming out at the end of the month specifically on Aggressive singing!!
Chris Liepe Amazing! Didn’t know about that playlist. Will definitely check out those videos and look out for the course.
Just an exaple on this if i cant sing high like the song is recorded i lower a couple of semitones till i feel my voice can do it and then i practise and then i just semitone for semitnoe lift it and see haw far my voice can go....as i stardet t sing i was a bass im self thouht singer and now i can sing a lot of stuff...but how high can i get would love to sing Bohemian rhapsody high like fredidie how can i acive that...thanks and God Bless u :)
You should do a video on Dallon Weekes of iDKHOW. He's my favorite singer!!
Lowest i've ever managed to hit was A1, highest was E6 in head voice, both were awful sounding
tessitura matters, Coverdale is like 3rd tenor (baritenor) - so yeah, he can/could hit c2 but he could not sustain the vocal line between g1 and c2 throughout the entire song ( I use European note designations which are lower in number than American ones). On the other hand you have sopranist (1st tenor) like Steve Perry who can sing the entire song in the range of A1-D2 without a problem - all night, without breaking a sweat
I'm a baritone and yea I get it, each day is different for me, one day I could support a C#5 and the next day I could barely support an f4 💀💀💀 but yea, eversince I watched this one vid a bass hits a supported C5, I never gave up. I remembered that just a year ago I strain at C4, I'm doing so much better now I guess hehe
Thank you sir
9:05 Mario Dead Sound .Mp3
I love how you are always trying to get people out of the traps that people who don't know what they are talking about and one's owns self can put them in. If I hadn't said "no I'm not stuck with where I'm at now" I would still be stuck at an F4. It frustrates me so much when people get limited by that kind of stuff, and it happens to so many people. So often, so many things people are told through out their life that need to be forgotten to really know what they are truly capable of
Very good teacher Chris.....and that don t limit urself could be a great song ;) just sayin God bless u
I thought I could never sing high.
Then I began singing tool/APC and and maganged to sing the pot and pushit.
But I mean, I never thought about voice type. I just knew my voice would crack going that high. Thanks vocal damage(mainly healed now)
What im having trouble with even in my chest voice is loosening my neck and resonating with the sound instead of choking it
Big deal! Take my free course linked in the video info. That'll solve it for you!
I did unfortunately im still struggling with feeling it after years of bad habits from getting thrown in choir. Youre free course was definitly a huge help on starting it sometimes i can do it. I just need more practice and my parents to go back to work so i can practice :)
Do you have any tips on extending range lower? I lead singing at my church and am always getting pressured to lower the key for the comfort of everyone else but I end up losing a lot of the low notes completely.
Great idea for a video!
I've found a couple of videos
First and second ones are "how to sing lower subharmonic" by David Larson. He talks a lot but he has some points very interesting.
I can't find anymore the other one i have in mind, but the one from Geoff Castellucci "how to sing really low" says the same things.
Edit : the one from Tomi P "Bass singing tips #1". One of the best videos I could find.
Another youtuber is bass2yang.
If I understood, the work is about vocal fry and growl. Even my speaking voice changed and I have a better feeling of my resonators.
For what Ifeel, it's about being more relaxed then being strongger (from chords and muscles that shaped resonators) while relaxed.
u still didnt do a video for Dont stop me now ....and how freddie sings it?could u do a video on that?
Great video, man!! Interesting aproach and mindset!! Also, your music intro sounded a lot like the prog metal band Pain Of Salvation, one of my favorite bands ever! Their singer and songwriter, Daniel Gildenlow, is amazing and have a really well diverse voice, and incredible range! Please check him out!! =)
What range were you "classified as" Chris, just for interest ... Cheers
My classically trained voice teacher in college told me I was a baritone.
@@chrisliepe Great thing you didn't just stop there :) ! Great job man !
U got any advice how to get better at holding notes as a baritone only thing I struggle with
Baritones, Tenors, Sopranos.. It doesn't matter what voice type you are when it comes to holding notes. Explore the use of compression and make Sure you're using your support correctly. Have you joined my free course yet?
The vídeo is great and i will binge watch his Channel. But, umm... Does anyone know the name of the song at the beginning?
The other day I was working on screams with distortion and clean and going back and forth between the 2. The goal was to have vibrato every time both ways. The note was G5, It was harder to get the vibrato every time with the false cords engaging to add grit. But when I would sing it clean I was getting a little tickle on my cords... Dirty I felt a lot rattling around, but the tickle I felt singing it clean, forward, with vibrato made me nervous. Is there a point where high notes get dangerous even if they feel free? I normally don't ever sing above A5 because it starts to feel really strained after that. I'm wondering if the way I was leaning into the really forward placement on the clean note was what was causing that tickle on my cords? Its weird that the distorted note felt ''safer'' than the same note clean with vibrato
You might find this interesting: ruclips.net/video/2txYhkmhVts/видео.html
I’m not yet as advanced as Z, but my regularly used voice is vastly different now from what it was when this journey started. That said, I was often told to “sing low” versus high as a college student, even though I could display competence in bass, tenor, and alto ranges, generally with a bass-baritone to tenor range of tonal colors. My regular performing range now sits more around A2 to A6 or so; most aren’t quick to question its gender. I speak as much as an octave and a third above my lowest speaking pitch back then.
Being that I’ve had to re-coordinate my voice so many times, coming to a point of stability, satisfaction, and sense of home in my voice has been an endless cycle. I believe in the end that any voice can be “typed”, some perhaps with more ambiguity than others... and voice type can often be donned on (see Maria Callas, Happy Rhodes). A consistent vocality is generally reached over time just out of habit, but I believe it is obtained over time through a combination of innate anatomy, behavioral habits, and inner personality & identity. All of those affect how one experiences their voice, what they feel driven to do with it, and its natural configuration at rest.
All voices matter
None of this matters if you sing from the sphincter! (This is joke) Thanks for the video! Will use this to investigate my “voice” further!
0:50 - I see what you did there.
10:14
Hello Chris, there is a singer Marc hudson from Dragonforce, I don’t know if you know him, his technique is incredible and I don’t know how does he control this high high note with his mixed voice. So just listen to Three hammers and if you like it can you make a litle video pls, just a litle... I need help
Thanks for the suggestion!
Cat voice is legendary xD
Could'nt agree more , but most male singers start ahifting gears or can no longer stay 100% chest after a certain note , Fpr example after A#4 I cant pull chest and have to fo to mix voice at this point . do you know any male singer who can hit C5 in 100% chest voice ?
P.s
Cu the rumor says a true tenor can hit C5 in full chest voice
I surly can NOT :)
Thanks for your reply , I do find myself daily thinking about it , I've never really been able to aing B4 and higher in full chest voice & it makez me feel like a 2nd class singer and other times I ask myself , does it really matter ?/
@@MyTwinFlame
I can do a C5 in full chest, but it's so nasally and is NOT comfortable at all. I'm still learning how to mix well at the louder notes tho so I'm not gonna do that in chest because I'll hurt myself otherwise.
milijenko matijevic. was said to hit c5 in chest up to g5
@@glowiever
Going up to G5 in full chest surely has to be impossible. That's so high for chest!
that intro music gave me full stank face..
nice
What was that intro song!?
Just something I made up for the lesson :)
@@chrisliepe It's amazing! The band Ayahuasca is the only one that has made me feel similar to the way this made me feel.
Why'd you leave the keys upon the LABEL Chris? Your followers must know.
not sure I follow?
@@chrisliepe He's making a chop suey reference lol
@@chancebattenberg8400 yeah But why haha
My Twin Flame cause he said label at 10:14 like how Serj says table
Noce !