Why You Strain Singing High Notes
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- Опубликовано: 24 авг 2024
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Super awesome video! This is the first video I've seen on RUclips that actually instructs the correct way to sing a high note. I'm impressed. I will definitely continue tuning in to your channel. I can tell by your video that you are serious about teaching others how to sing correctly. Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge.
you are very eloquent and a great teacher, thank you for making everything so easily understandable.
Thanks Nailah!
I haven’t try this but this looks like one exercise that can be done on your own with a some measuring stick that will tell you if your practicing correctly
For sure...for some. Maybe not everyone. Try it and see what you think.
One of the best one exercise that works immediately. It relaxes neck, chin and throat really helpful advice.
Great! Thanks! 🙂
your my new favorite vocal coach chuck thankyou
+stu crompton Hi Stu! Thanks so much. I hope some of this is helpful. Let me know how I can best help you.
I didn't know weather to hear the instructor or dance like a hill billy to the background music.
😂😂😂
Please, skip the background music while you’re talking.
Great tips!! Thanks :)
You deserved my subscription
Thanks Bosworth!
yes. this is exactly what I needed and was interested in; anatomy of "singing muscles". thank you so much for this awesome video. ps. your vocal type videos were very interesting and exercises were and are fun to do.
+Man Chul Thanks Man Chul!
TURN DOWN THE BACKGROUND MUSIC A BIT PLEASE
OK thanks for the feedback.
sir, truly thank you for these tips. I wanted to ask, in the gallop rhythm at the higher pitch, doesn't your thumb get lifted even a little bit? just a little bit?
Yes if I start to grab the tone and my larynx goes up. It takes time to get it right!
Thank you for your every lessons.
Solution. Tell the stupid arrogant elitist music writers to stop writing high notes! which ruin their songs singability.
Can you use the middle finger on the high notes?
Solution. Tell the stupid arrogant elitist music writers to stop writing high notes! which ruin their songs singability. Choir directors too.
awsm sir !!! you r fantastic and amzing teacher ..... respect✋
Hmmm. Can't seem to get any higher without moving my thumb. No idea how to change this behavior. Lol
Yeah he doesn't address how to change it. You'd think that would be the point of this video!
Hi Anson. I'm not sure why I didn't see your post 5 months ago. This is definitely hard to do as first. I find if I use dopy sound with the "gee" that is helps stabilize the larynx. As you go higher, it has to get "hooty" or hollow sounding in order to keep the larynx from going up. Some motion in the larynx is normal. It's when its excessive like when you swallow, that get's us into trouble.
@@PowerToSing I'm having this problem right now I can't seem to do it either. The result is I panic when I sing high and although I get there my throat closes up and I end up with a sore throat and hoarse voice after singing.
@@orestes1984 Watch these videos and do the exercises: www.powertosing.com/pulled-chest-high-larynx-2/
Solution. Tell the stupid arrogant elitist music writers to stop writing high notes! which ruin their songs singability. Tell elitist choir directors too.
This video is awesome. Real scientific stuff you can do something with.🙂
Thanks Mike.
Thank you , More Lessons please :')
I can do f4 now!
thanh you. thank you very much!!!!
Hi Chuck! Do stress and tiredness from work/school affect the vocal cords? Right now, I’m experiencing vocal distress because I adjusted the time of my practice from morning to evening due to my school days and stressful moments. I’m 15 years old and you said that I’m already ongoing vocal change. Please let me know if it’s still okay to practice at night even though you’re physically tired the whole day. Because I really freaking get want to rid of my vocal strain. I have this kind of scenario wherein I fully sing on my diaphragm but still I experience squeeziness on my throat very much that my veins starts to pop out. Please let me know about my problem and if you can give me tips so that I can alter my muscle memory against vocal strain. Thank you so much, Chuck! I hope your reply will really help me even though I have school days.
Yes stress can effect your vocal cords. But being 15 affects them a lot more. Your job is twice as hard as a 21 year old as far as eliminating straining and squeezing. One thing that really helps is to not exercise so loud....really try and do everything softer, easier. Just barely loud enough to maintain the connection so you don't crack or break.
I love you!!!! You are awesome!!! Answering so many questions for me about exactly what my voice is doing and why!!! You are a gifted teacher!!! Finally someone clarifies exactly what's going on and why!!!! I love your videos!!!
+Mk Mendoza Thanks so much Mk Mendoza!
hello Chuck! Thank you for your video, it is very helpful!
Question though, when you say that the swallowing muscle should not be pushing against the thumb, does it mean that there is absolutely no movement (even slight) on the swallowing muscles? or is it only the 'wrong' way when the swallowing muscles are really really tight against the thumb?
+joyce janik Great question Joyce. It's very hard to not have any tension there. When doing an exercise like the 1 1/2 scale as shown at about 03:00 min. in the video, yes, virtually no movement. You will find you get better at this as you let go of the outer swallowing muscles and concentrate on letting the internal vocal cords do it themselves. I find if I do it softer it also reduces the tension and I'm more successful. Then build more volume gradually but without the swallowing muscles. Finally, in his book "Singing For the Stars" pp 59, speaking of this exercise, Seth Riggs offers this caveat: "This doesn't include transitional tensions that take place as you change vowels and consonants. It only refers to sustained tones." So in my opinion this exercise really helps eliminate tension caused by swallowing muscles. When you apply this to words (changing vowels and consonants) there will be some movement. But hopefully little to no tension from the swallowing muscles that was once there.
I can't seem to avoid swallowing mode as soon as I go towards mix- or headvoice. Even if these notes are very low.
Many of us have the same problem. These exercises will help keep the larynx down. Give them a try. www.powertosing.com/flip-falsetto/ Give the a try for a while. Good luck.
@@PowerToSing Thank you so much for your quick answer. I'll definitely give them a try!
I wish I will start my coverrelease my strain
hummmm
You kill all these other youtube vids.. Thxs
Thanks Peter Paul!
Awesome video, has given me some good terminology to look into hopefully it'll help with my current lessons. . . couldn't help but think of Whiplash while watching this though :P
Thanks! That may be a first. Usually it's Heisenberg. :)
I have been shown this technique years ago, but I still don't know how to keep those muscles from engaging.
I'm still challenged by it too. I'm most successful when I do it soft and gentle...barely engaging the vocal cords.
İ tried on me that is the really best exercises to go higher notes. İ also do it with mouth open.. not sure which one is better...
Lips slightly open is fine.
thanks alooooot
What if when I do nay's my voice sounds in pathetic way on high pitches? As I start to sing high notes my voice starts to sound unpleasant, but it doesn't sound like screaming. When I do this I try to reduce volume and I can feel the resonance in my head, so I undestand It is not falsetto but such sound unacceptable in song singing.
Absolutely right. You wouldn't use that in a song except in certain circumstances. Generally speaking as soon as you get connection of tone, discontinue using the bratty ney.
Power To Sing thanks for answering! Is this kind of head voice? How can I make my high notes sound better? I can hear you do nay’s and other sounds pretty clearly.
Without hearing you it's difficult to give you specific for your voice. It is kind of mix or head voice if high enough. The bratty sound helps make it lighter than chest, but deeper than falsetto. I recommend trying to maintain the bratty/witchy sound but reduce the volume. You have a better chance of a balanced voice. You can begin to increase the volume and do the neys less bratty until it's a normal voice.
Ok, thank you! I'll try to do something with this.
Power To Sing well, excuse me but I have another question. I found my vocal type is pulled chest - high larynx. I downloaded exercises from the Knowledge Center and after doing them I lose my low notes for maybe a day and those strange sound, I mentioned above in a previous comment, appears in my normal voice. I hope you understand what am I talking about. I’m afraid this can be dangerous for my voice.
I've a question. I feel like my problem of swallowing muscles is due to years of talking in general using those muscles. I can feel the use of those muscles in some of the words I speak. And naturally when I sing, my swallowing muscles activate even in the lower notes. Any ideas on how to fix that? Will doing these exercises help?
You will always feel them when you change the vowels...or the words. The exercises are designed to be used with a single vowel. But the benefits of doing the exercises for singing will also help your speaking. Great question!
Thank you :D I'll be doing it daily :) Hope it works out
Wow
whenever i try to sing a high pitched song my voice cracks badly and especially when i sing along the choruses ...........the hotel california song ,,,,, i cannot just sing its chorus ....so hard .....
Watch this video and follow the directions. ruclips.net/video/d0Ob8WGmvPc/видео.html
This will help you.
Any tips on get rid of the mental aspects of things.??
I've been doing these exercises and I'm getting successful but I can't go higher than A4 without engaging the swallowing muscles moving . I try to focus more but it's like my brain tells me I have to strain in order to reach for a note higher than A4
Hi Tadeus: Give "Goo" a try. Do it easy not loud. Use it with any and all of the scales. I'm finding it a great way to remove the swallowing Muscles.
Hi chuck, does this exercise directs us to use pharyngeal resonance?
This exercise helps separate the vocal cords from external muscle tension around the neck. In process of doing the exercises, the resonance will travel from chest to head voice and back to chest. But this is not the exaggerated pharyngeal sound created by the bratty ney.
@@PowerToSing Thank you for your knowledge, chuck!
Can a non singer still have the chance to sing a high notes?
Is it ok if these muscles move just a tiny bit, like when we are speaking? Not as much as you demonstrated.
There will be some movement during songs, especially as you change vowels from word to word.
i feel like my usable range ends at g4, everything higher is falsettto or head voice full of cracks. is it true that i will never be able to sing higher as baritone?
Absolutely Not! You can sing higher and without being in falsetto.
What type of Baritone are you again? .. cuz I'm a Baritone too
What if the external muscles are pushing in
Watch this video and follow the directions. ruclips.net/video/d0Ob8WGmvPc/видео.html
I don't have my swallow muscles in action when I am in higher register. But I do have it when I get into lower registers. Is that an issue?
Hi Helena: No matter which register we are singing in, we want the larynx to be in the same neutral resting location as when we speak.
What if you feel mucus when you’re going into the higher notes? How do you get rid of it even when coughing doesn’t work
I have no easy answer to this. Any suggestions from anyone?
I'm just a med student so take this as a grain of salt. If you regularly feel like there is phlegm on your vocal cord, I suggest you go see an ENT doctor for persistent mucus maybe a sign of inflammation in your larynx, there can be a wide range of causes from gastric reflux, postnasal drip syndrome, overused of the larynx, ect. Moreover doctors can prescribe some mucolytic agents that can help loosen up the mucus. Hope that helped.
I am a tenor but can't hit above a D#5 is that a problem?
Maybe you're not a tenor?
When we say somthing it moves but...
how can i avoid it totally?it moves when we sing lilbit...
it's more likely not to move when you stay on the same vowel...like "E". It will move easily when you change to different vowels and consonants.
@@PowerToSing u didn't answer the qns...
@@depressedshit5134 What question?
@@PowerToSing he was asking how can it be avoided tho...
@@depressedshit5134 you can't avoid some motion.
can you give me some tips on how to stop using the 'external muscles' please? As soon as I go higher they start to push outward and I have no idea of how to stop this, are there any exercises you could recommend that could help me position my voice better?
+Nathan Rigg Hi Nathan. First question is how old are you?
+Power To Sing 16, I've been singing in my lower voice for nearly a year now :)
+Nathan Rigg Nathan the first thing you should do is watch Episode 14. You are at a very difficult time in your singing life. The next thing I recommend is to take the PowerTest at www.powertosing.com/ I'm going to guess that your vocal type will be pulled chest-high Larynx. You should watch all the videos about this vocal type at www.powertosing.com/pulled-chest-high-larynx-2/ There are free exercises for you to download and this will help a lot. Be patient. It's not easy because you are still going through a vocal change. But you can be successful getting back into your head voice again. Good luck. I know you can do it!
+Power To Sing Thank you so much for your advice! You've been a HUGE help :D
+Nathan Rigg You're welcome!
hello, everytime I sing a high notes, I feel like my throat is being squeezed n later it hurts for almost 2 days that I am unable to sing even lower notes that I sing well before.what's wrong with it?
Without hearing you, I'm going to guess that you are pulling your chest voice too high and it is straining and hurting as a result. You may have damaged your vocal cords. How long has this been happening? Is this something that you've been doing but without pain but now it's hurting? You may want to see an ENT doctor because this is not normal.
Hey! I've been having a similar problem. I used to be able to hit high notes like no tomorrow, I'm referring to artists like Michael Jackson and even Brendon Urie (He has extraordinary male vocal range). Then, one day, I simply couldn't. My falsetto and head voice have both "broken", it sounds hollow and almost like there is static replacing chord sounds. My range has dwindled and this has been happening for a year. I've gone through many period of vocal rest and I have been diligent with vocal exercises but my range has not been restored and singing more than a couple songs leaves my throat sore for days sometimes. Please, help me solve this issue. This is my lifestyle and I can't live my life without my voice.
Hi Ryan. How old are you? Have you been to the doctor? If so what did they say?
I'm just now eighteen, and have not been able to go to the doctor because I'm not sure who to go to about it.
Go see an ENT doctor. It is ideal if they also work with singers and even better if they have a vocologist on staff. They can do a scope (painless) and look at the surfaces of the vocal cords. This will tell you if there is any damage. This is important. Do it ASAP.
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İ like your techs.. but not in this video... because your talking and explaining about mussels.. alright.. but didn't understand where the sound would resonence.. in mouth or in throat or in chest or in nasal area or whatever else. Thank you. Sorry about my english. From istanbul türkiye
The vibration begins at the vocal cords and travels out the mouth. The lower notes resonate in the throat and mouth. The higher pitches vibrate above the mouth in the head cavities.
Thank you very much for answering. sir.
But... i always try to send the vibrations above the mouth in the head cavities.. even the low notes.... am i right or wrong.. doing this way? Thank you.. a lot
Wrong. Just let the sound go where it will naturally. You don't have to send it anywhere.
@@PowerToSing thank you for answerig... that is really kindness of you.
I need this lessons in spanish please
+adair garcia Sorry I don't speak Spanish, Adair! Perhaps you have a friend who can translate?
please, subtitulos.......
+adair garcia OK Adair, I will work to get subtitulos.
i need to find my head voice.something tells me you can help me. which of your videos I can find that information.please.I will look for me who does the translation. thank you
+adair garcia Go to powertosing.com. Take the Power Vocal Test. Go to the Knowledge Center and watch the videos about your vocal type. The exercises for your vocal type will help you find your head voice.
wait but how do you do the exercise without using the external muscles?
Hi Jaime: The external muscles are the ones you feel when you swallow. If you put your hand on your Adam's apple and swallow, you can feel it move up and then back down. This happens a lot for singers as well. Eventually with training and practice you can sing high without the larynx moving upward. This solves a lot of problems. You might check out PowerToSing.com, take the PowerTest and quiz to get your vocal type. The videos and exercises in the Knowledge Center will help you keep the Larynx down.
"Just keep doing it until there's no movement." This is the only advice you offer? No explanation of how to ascend the scale without the "swallowing" muscles? Then you immediately jump to a more difficult exercise (also without describing a remedy). I hope you are more descriptive with your actual students, because I did not find his helpful at all.
You're right Brassmouth. It's hard to cover 100% of everything in these short videos. It's a lot of work to go through all of them too. And each student is so different, it's difficult to cover everything that may come up as a difficulty for everyone. Here's a link to a collection of 27 videos about singing higher. Maybe one of them addresses your particular question.
Can a non singer still have the chance to sing a high notes?
Yes! And many other notes as well!
+Power To Sing Thank you very much for that. I hope youll create more videos. its really a big help. 😊Godbless!
Thanks!