0:00 Intro 0:20 Let's jump right into the juicy stuff. How do you go from point A to point G(reg)? 0:44 Exercise Number 1 - The Creak or Vocal Fry 0:56 Ways to find a nice relaxed vocal fry 2:22 Take the Creak to various pitches and slide into chest voice, then just creak all the way up 2:53 This exercise makes sure you keep enough cord closure and not go into falsetto 3:44 Don't let go of that tension when you ascend! 4:04 Coordinating out of the Creak into sound 4:56 Issues you might encounter with this exercise 5:38 try starting with a clean, light sound and then add the Creak 6:43 Mess around with the amounts of breath pressure when you try to coordinate out of the Creak. The more breath pressure, the chestier the sound and vice versa. 7:28 Exercise Number 2 - Glottals 8:19 the glottal onset is a sign of good vocal fold closure 8:41 find the glottal onset everywhere across your range 8:45 Nice 9:03 the way to think about glottals 9:44 the appropriate volume for glottals 11:01 issues you may find entering the passagio using glottals 11:27 Follow along! 12:06 advice on glottals for the ladies 13:00 the falsetto version if you can't get higher 13:17 Falsetto versus Head Voice 13:53 Glottals and their relation to breath pressure 14:49 Pay attention to the vowel/vocal tract shape that you are using 16:00 Easier to start with an open vowel like Eh versus a closed vowel like EE or OO 17:03 Follow along! Eh glottals 17:34 The importance of opening the mouth more on Eh as you go higher in pitch 18:43 Exercise Number 3 - Falsetto Mix 18:54 You need a loud clear strong falsetto first otherwise you will be unable to get into Falsetto Mix 19:15 Whoopy falsetto (F1/H1 for you nerds) 21:34 Crescendo the falsetto 21:56 Use glottal attacks in falsetto 22:24 What's the level of support you have when you have this loud clear falsetto? 23:07 Once you have the level of support clear in your sensations, you want that level to be 100% steady and constant. Very important! 23:44 Stay in the OO and then open the vowel up 24:38 Make sure you have a big smile, big opening when you open the vowel. Make sure you have the tongue low enough too. 25:26 EE-Eh 25:57 Look at that dangly thing (the uvula) 26:28 Cool thing about Falsetto Mix 27:28 Falsetto Mix with Glottals 27:59 Outro and Thanks for Watching!
In my years of youtube research, including folks such as cheryl porter and chris liepe, I have NEVER found anyone who could help me understand what mix is and how it should feel better than you do. I am infinitely grateful that you made this and other videos. You've become my go-to for discovering my voice. I notice I can do most of what you do but I struggle keeping it clean, it keeps adding distortion especially as I climb up the tone ladder. Interesting stuff
Focking hell, I have been looking for this video for a year. Finally I understand how to get to mix voice. Not to say I like how it sounds right now, haha. Thanks man
OMG this is a total revelation! I so want to to learn how this works in my voice... but totally freaked out to do it without someone monitoring me due to my vocal chord issues!
@@StudioWestLessons because of my history of bad chord adduction since I was a kid (nodules and having to have speech therapy at three stages in my life) I just have bad habits that my body reverts back to when I perform. So I lost my voice mid gig sometimes. Doing high 80’s pop tunes non stop for up to an hour per set
@@StudioWestLessons I've had nodules which rendered me voiceless and meningitis that caused my chords to inflame to the point of losing my voice altogether. Both of these took months each to fix and recover from.
@@StudioWestLessons and i most certainly will be doing them... it would just be great if i had a third eye watching me and telling me when my technique is incorrect... or telling me what i need to do.... is that a passively aggressive enough or big enough hint to say i need a singing teacher????
You're the best vocal coach ever. Love that you make us laugh while teaching, that's the best kind. Question: I know when I'm in my mix but I struggle to have power in it the way I do in my belts. So then I start pulling chest which strains me. How do I make my true mix sound more powerful, kinda like Amy Lee?
Loving your vids, Greg! Can you please talk more about placement and the soft palate? How and where do you 'aim' your voice/airflow/whatever the right term is LOL. Where is the feeling and how do you find it? I have some idea but would love to hear your thoughts on it. Thanks bro keep pumping out these awesome vids. CVT is amazing I got their app, wish they have vids like yours!
That's tough to say because sensations can be really different from person to person! Maybe! Or maybe you are switching to chest voice with that compression? OR maybe you are switching to what I used to call "flageolet tension"? Check out my video on that to rule it out. Hope that helps! -Gregory
Both the fry and the glottal stop feel kinda rough on the throat muscles (getting a little sore, like after a workout)... No pain, though. Is it normal?
@@StudioWestLessons Not at all, I just woke up and any discomfort seems to be gone. I guess it's just a matter of getting used to these types of phonations? They feel very different in the throat compared to the regular voice, like they constrict the vocal tract.
When im doing the whoops and I get lower or even at some high notes. My jaw shakes uncontrollably so I stop singing. Anyone got an idea if wrong or help?
@@StudioWestLessons 🤯 the sound grew fuller and The shaking does stop and kind of becomes a vibrato. 🤯 guess my vocal track sucked 😂 can I open my jaw wide on closed vowels like ooh? Is there a video for that. Lol i better just watch them all 🤭😉
This one is a game changer b/c Greg doesn't just say, "Here's an exercise, do it and you will get there." I am so impressed at how well he takes us from him not doing it, to doing it... and then even gives the alternative of coming from falsetto. And extra points for how he shows what is going on with the shape of his throat - some teachers have a scope, but he just looks into the camera and shows us. Dang, this guy is good! Not to mention the instead of "saying to start with "eh," he shows us what happens when if we get stuck on something more open... So cool! Getting better every time I watch this and it hasn't been 24hrs. I'm glad he is getting attention with his approach - his videos have made my practice more productive and if he is helping me, he's helping others. Go Greg! Thanks for breaking it out by time, too!
Im literally about to cry right now I accessed my mixed voiced today!!! Thank you!! People will not believe me but this is real I accessed my mixed before he even starts explaining under a Minute i copied what he did and then boomm😭😭💗💗💗 thank you!! I can now easily hit A4-D5 easily! Before i was kinda struggling to hit G4-A4 cause I’m using a pulled up chest voice but now i can do it easily gosh!! Thank youuuuuu so muchhh out of all vocal coach here on youtube you’re the only one who have helped me to access my mixed voice so easily!! From my experience its now easier to hit f4-C5! Before i cant hit A4 at ease but with mix voice its so easy!! I always do a pulled up chest and my voice only ranges up to F4 at ease before
WOW. The creek door really helped me!! I would pull too much chest. Making me lose richness as I got higher into “mix” because something would press on my vocal chords making them feel strained/tired quickly. But that creek muscle should stay there in mix in a way that’s how it felt and I noticed a HUGE change I was hitting the notes correctly into mix. Thank you so much!
@@StudioWestLessons yes a grandpa voice would make sense it was very restrained/nasal but not too exaggerated I could hit the note right but just volume, richness, tone would decrease a lot with also my voice feeling tired and strained. It even almost made it sound like I was constipated almost lmao. This is my 3rd month learning how to sing and this was a huge threshold to cross for me. Thanks again
Hey! For sure u cant remember me but I commented on this video 2 months ago! I just wanted to say thank you so much!! I’m getting better with mixing high notes!! I can hit A4-B4 at ease! And I noticed whenever I’m singing that high my vibrato comes in naturally!! But the only problem is that my chest voice weakened IDK why!!!😭😭🤣 now I kept on using mixed voice even if Im only singing at E4-F#4🥲😆 any advice? I’m mor eof a belter before but now I’m kinda struggling and always accidentally switching from chest to mix😂
Search for a consonant called the "voiceless velar fricative" and look into the mirror when you do it and you should see the palatopharyngeal arches approximate. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voiceless_velar_fricative
My man gregory you need to chill with the pressure when you're taking a crap. All this pushing and you'll end up with hemmoroids. Just chill and let the poob naturally out.
Thank you! Thank you! Thank you very much! This vocal fry exercise CHANGE my life! I was already accessing head voice and mix for 2 years, but some higher notes not frequently. This exercise help me access head voice without head resonance, making higher notes easy and light to access. Now, I'm adapting to this new light, easy and comfortable way to sing.
Dude... I think you just gave me the key to fixing my tone. Where the hell did you find that information about the back of the vocal folds not closing?
Hey Greg, I know this request is bad and a bit disrespectful to the help you provide us in singing. But can you please give me only 10-15 minutes free session? Only to let me know the major mistake I'm making? Even if you can't, it's okay. Please respond, it'll be much appreciated! :)
Gregory oooooooo 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭 I was able to get the first two exercises. But that last one is challenging o. You said all you did was smile to get that sound. I swear I tried it but it's breaking and I can't seen to maintain the COORDINATION as I try to smile. I'm referring to the falsetto mix exercise. What am I doing wrong 😭😭
Hi greg I've finally done the "chesty mixed" in Ah vowel and other open Vowels but I am struggling when it comes to closed vowels like Oooh and Eeehh. Whenever I am singing a high note with closed vowel I cannot sing it with a powerful mixed chesty voice like the open vowels like Ah . Closed vowels feels like a head voice when I sing them high they seem like they have another register compared to open vowels which is very powerful. Please Help😊 Hope you see my comment
Bravo! Thanks Greg. I loved the video and it really helped that you demonstrated so much and added humor and play into the lesson. I was singing in ways that I never allowed before. thanks. You pulled it all together and made it click for me at the end when you said not to trust our feelings and when you said that it feels like falsetto for you. I've been discounting my mixed voice thinking that it was really falsetto. Thank you! Oh yeah, love the camp too.
I’m following along. (You kept asking so I knew it was important to you.) Thank you for making this video for those of us who already know what Mixed Voice is and already know what a creak or fry is BUT who are craving a video that helps us exercise this! Yay!
i know this is a late comment but how do i hold on to that tension with vocal fry without feeling like i’m pushing my voice out creating tension in my neck or throat?
To answer the title of the video, I am not doing these exercises because I do not know how to do them without ending up with with a scratchy, irritated throat.
This was amazing! For years I thought there was no way for me to safely access G4 and above without either falsetto or pulling chest then getting a sore throat haha.... The creak into the notes to keep the folds closed were so helpful and freaking cool! All of a sudden could mix an "ah" vowel from G4 to C5 without pain! I can't use it consistently yet, especially in songs because of the different vowels and consonants - but super super overjoyed bc of the breakthrough. Thank you!
I really really like your teaching approach and how you're one of the most honest youtube singing teachers online. Especially you demonstrating and literally visualizing (on your own throat :D) how to execute certain exercises. The only thing making me insecure about your videos is when you say "That's wrong"... Of course you meant it only for a certain exercise, and not in an overall, general view, but still I feel like it's also making a lot of beginners, me including, very uncertain about whether they should always approach their singing like this or if there are varying types of cases. I hope you don't see this as an offensive or hating comment because really, it's quite the opposite and as a singer, I think it's really really hard to kinda find your own style or approach and still keep it healthy or "right".. but as you already said in your videos that there is no real "right" way, we're more in a sort of struggle, because we constantly question our technique, and then even our ability which is, of course the worse thing that can happen as a singer because confidence is key. Only love and regards to you and your videos :)
So gooooood!!! I realised what I was doing wrong with the flag mix now. I was squeezing too much when im creaking. Now I understand I should let the creaking happen naturally rather than constipating hahaha
I’ve noticed a distinct lack of SOVT exercises in this video. Without going into a long winded talk about why, it’s good to see that! Haha. They’re like.... ok..... but not great.
Do you have any videos on increasing vocal range for mixed voice? I’ve tried to find them but you helped me discover how to do a mixed voice, (only person who’s videos made sense on it btw) but when trying to apply it in songs I want to sing it still feels straining and difficult. Does this just come with time? Thanks so much for all the time you put in to these!
I'm not a good singer but i am amazed by your voice😯😍, it's very wide, full of control and what i like about is your vibrato, which until now i can't do but this is what i want to learn. I love singing but i'm not doing any exercises in my voice because i don't have place for doing that. It feels when i do exercises like that my siblings will probably laugh on me. Thank you for that lessons😊👏👏you are amazing once again😊👏
@@BradiantHello, thank you for that, for now i'm too shy but hoping i could do the exercises in an enclosed space or even have my own studio😁 without getting shy because only myself hearing those notes coming from my mouth🤢
your demonstration in the opening in the video is all I needed to hear. Immediately got it but sometimes cant make sound come out if feel too much squeezing or too little. It’s kinda funny. Sometimes got it though. It feels like holding breath back while talking but not too strongly. Sometimes gotta sigh high to low to loosen it up again if it over does it. Hit or miss. Compared to the other singing videos like singing success- they do it way too lightly it just doesn’t work for me following them. Feels like flicking a switch and being careful halfway with theirs. Definitely gotta practice this at daytime in a place fearless of volume and not 4am lol. People will think youre dying or having secks.
I am stuck in the breathy creak and i can't make clear creak as you did. And when the larynx go lower i can't even make the sound. I don't know what i must do next. Whether i keep going make breathy creak higher in pitch ?
Yes! Keep going higher and just do it regularly. Gradually lower the larynx more and more and eventually you'll get it there as well. It takes quite some time to develop for some people.
I was digging through RUclips all over and kept getting mixed voice explanation videos but not enough examples and approaches. This was incredibly dense with valuable information and was perfectly suited for my stage. Thank you so much for making this video!
hi, I don't think your falsetto and mix are connected. In your demonstration you seems use falsetto first, then break the breath to change to head voice, then connected to mix voice. I think falsetto cannot connect to head voice because their mechanism are not the same. (An airly head voice is not a falsetto?) Btw your videos are still awesome. I just confused by the definitions of those terms. I'm sorry if it offends you, I'm not good at English.
Thanks for your detailed reply! So, M1 and M2 are two different mechnism. (Is my perception correct?) But it can be transitioned/switched smoothly? like M1(chest) -> M1(thin?) -> M2(falsetto) ? Is your demonstration at 14:14 the M1 MIX?
Is the creaking exercise related to flageolet tension? It sounded like you were talking about flageolet tension there but you didn't mention the term at all
Every time I try to open my mouth and do the birght sound to go from falsetto to mixed voice my larynx go all way up and I do a very light mixed voice. Do you know how can I fix that?
You should practice holding the larynx lower while getting into the same mixed voice as well. It takes a few months of dedicated practice to get the vocal folds to coordinate with the larynx lower for that sound, sometimes longer. Hope that helps! -Gregory
This is really helpful!! I do have a question, with the falsetto mix, i am able to make a very loud sound, but when i turn the vowel from an Oo to the ah or from I to the A,the sound just kindof stays in the back, it is pretty loud, but it doesn’t pierce through or sound powerfull in the way your voice did, am i doing something wrong, or do i just need to practise or? Cause i would love to have it sound like that!
So helpful thank you! As a life long soprano now learning to sing in chest and mixed voice this made so much sense! I cant believe I am singing this high in a mix!
Hi Gregory, my falsetto voice has all but disappeared over time (I’m 55 years old and it just kinda stopped when I was about 40 years old). Do I need my falsetto voice to develop my mixed voice? Thanks for all your videos, they’re awesome!
0:00 Intro
0:20 Let's jump right into the juicy stuff. How do you go from point A to point G(reg)?
0:44 Exercise Number 1 - The Creak or Vocal Fry
0:56 Ways to find a nice relaxed vocal fry
2:22 Take the Creak to various pitches and slide into chest voice, then just creak all the way up
2:53 This exercise makes sure you keep enough cord closure and not go into falsetto
3:44 Don't let go of that tension when you ascend!
4:04 Coordinating out of the Creak into sound
4:56 Issues you might encounter with this exercise
5:38 try starting with a clean, light sound and then add the Creak
6:43 Mess around with the amounts of breath pressure when you try to coordinate out of the Creak. The more breath pressure, the chestier the sound and vice versa.
7:28 Exercise Number 2 - Glottals
8:19 the glottal onset is a sign of good vocal fold closure
8:41 find the glottal onset everywhere across your range
8:45 Nice
9:03 the way to think about glottals
9:44 the appropriate volume for glottals
11:01 issues you may find entering the passagio using glottals
11:27 Follow along!
12:06 advice on glottals for the ladies
13:00 the falsetto version if you can't get higher
13:17 Falsetto versus Head Voice
13:53 Glottals and their relation to breath pressure
14:49 Pay attention to the vowel/vocal tract shape that you are using
16:00 Easier to start with an open vowel like Eh versus a closed vowel like EE or OO
17:03 Follow along! Eh glottals
17:34 The importance of opening the mouth more on Eh as you go higher in pitch
18:43 Exercise Number 3 - Falsetto Mix
18:54 You need a loud clear strong falsetto first otherwise you will be unable to get into Falsetto Mix
19:15 Whoopy falsetto (F1/H1 for you nerds)
21:34 Crescendo the falsetto
21:56 Use glottal attacks in falsetto
22:24 What's the level of support you have when you have this loud clear falsetto?
23:07 Once you have the level of support clear in your sensations, you want that level to be 100% steady and constant. Very important!
23:44 Stay in the OO and then open the vowel up
24:38 Make sure you have a big smile, big opening when you open the vowel. Make sure you have the tongue low enough too.
25:26 EE-Eh
25:57 Look at that dangly thing (the uvula)
26:28 Cool thing about Falsetto Mix
27:28 Falsetto Mix with Glottals
27:59 Outro and Thanks for Watching!
The realest mvp 🥺👏🏻
Damn. That's such a commitment!
You stole my job 😭
Lmao NICE
at this point I feel I almost know the back of Greg's mouth better than my own XD
Pause
22:21 i cant stop watching this part 😂😂😂. Greg suddenly enters sassy mode 💅
Wow that was cute haha
In my years of youtube research, including folks such as cheryl porter and chris liepe, I have NEVER found anyone who could help me understand what mix is and how it should feel better than you do. I am infinitely grateful that you made this and other videos. You've become my go-to for discovering my voice. I notice I can do most of what you do but I struggle keeping it clean, it keeps adding distortion especially as I climb up the tone ladder. Interesting stuff
This is just awesome, haven't found so much technical detail so carefully explained anywhere else. Great job.
WTF my mixed came out at the first attempt with the glotal exercise I love you
Focking hell, I have been looking for this video for a year. Finally I understand how to get to mix voice. Not to say I like how it sounds right now, haha. Thanks man
So, so good! Your presentations have been incredibly helpful. Thanks so much!
OMG this is a total revelation! I so want to to learn how this works in my voice... but totally freaked out to do it without someone monitoring me due to my vocal chord issues!
@@StudioWestLessons because of my history of bad chord adduction since I was a kid (nodules and having to have speech therapy at three stages in my life) I just have bad habits that my body reverts back to when I perform. So I lost my voice mid gig sometimes. Doing high 80’s pop tunes non stop for up to an hour per set
@@StudioWestLessons I've had nodules which rendered me voiceless and meningitis that caused my chords to inflame to the point of losing my voice altogether. Both of these took months each to fix and recover from.
@@StudioWestLessons and i most certainly will be doing them... it would just be great if i had a third eye watching me and telling me when my technique is incorrect... or telling me what i need to do.... is that a passively aggressive enough or big enough hint to say i need a singing teacher????
This video is very helpful thanks a lot, keep making great content like this and I’ll keep hitting that like 👍🏽
You're the best vocal coach ever. Love that you make us laugh while teaching, that's the best kind. Question: I know when I'm in my mix but I struggle to have power in it the way I do in my belts. So then I start pulling chest which strains me. How do I make my true mix sound more powerful, kinda like Amy Lee?
Loving your vids, Greg! Can you please talk more about placement and the soft palate? How and where do you 'aim' your voice/airflow/whatever the right term is LOL. Where is the feeling and how do you find it? I have some idea but would love to hear your thoughts on it. Thanks bro keep pumping out these awesome vids. CVT is amazing I got their app, wish they have vids like yours!
4:54, i noticed how deep your voice goes when you laugh here. Interesting since you speak pretty high up in your voice.
You can see his larynx dropping while laughing (hence the deeper, darker sound).
Enjoy your videos! Out of curiosity who did you train/study with?
Does it make sense that for me, finding closure in closed vowels is easier than in open vowels?
My two teenage sons just walked in and thought I was watching some adult content… 😱😜
This was insanely helpful! Thank you Greg. 😊❤️
Is it supposed to feel in the throat "compressed" when transitioning from quiet to loud from the falsetto mix?
That's tough to say because sensations can be really different from person to person!
Maybe! Or maybe you are switching to chest voice with that compression? OR maybe you are switching to what I used to call "flageolet tension"? Check out my video on that to rule it out. Hope that helps!
-Gregory
When I was doing the glottals in my higher voice I found my self heaving and almost gagging, what am I doing wrong?
15:22 how did you do that? isn't the same as raising the larynx?
Thank you! I will try to isolate that then!
Both the fry and the glottal stop feel kinda rough on the throat muscles (getting a little sore, like after a workout)... No pain, though. Is it normal?
@@StudioWestLessons Not at all, I just woke up and any discomfort seems to be gone. I guess it's just a matter of getting used to these types of phonations? They feel very different in the throat compared to the regular voice, like they constrict the vocal tract.
Mixed voice is a concept it’s why most voice teachers don’t teach you it
When im doing the whoops and I get lower or even at some high notes. My jaw shakes uncontrollably so I stop singing. Anyone got an idea if wrong or help?
@@StudioWestLessons 🤯 the sound grew fuller and The shaking does stop and kind of becomes a vibrato. 🤯 guess my vocal track sucked 😂 can I open my jaw wide on closed vowels like ooh? Is there a video for that. Lol i better just watch them all 🤭😉
@@StudioWestLessons yes sir! I shall keep practicing. thanks for the guidance ☺️
This one is a game changer b/c Greg doesn't just say, "Here's an exercise, do it and you will get there." I am so impressed at how well he takes us from him not doing it, to doing it... and then even gives the alternative of coming from falsetto. And extra points for how he shows what is going on with the shape of his throat - some teachers have a scope, but he just looks into the camera and shows us. Dang, this guy is good! Not to mention the instead of "saying to start with "eh," he shows us what happens when if we get stuck on something more open... So cool! Getting better every time I watch this and it hasn't been 24hrs. I'm glad he is getting attention with his approach - his videos have made my practice more productive and if he is helping me, he's helping others. Go Greg! Thanks for breaking it out by time, too!
Bang on!
True ,sir ,he is a true and real coach ,have met so far,Greg you're the best,,
May i know how your voice has progressed with these exercises?
Im literally about to cry right now
I accessed my mixed voiced today!!! Thank you!!
People will not believe me but this is real I accessed my mixed before he even starts explaining under a Minute i copied what he did and then boomm😭😭💗💗💗 thank you!! I can now easily hit A4-D5 easily! Before i was kinda struggling to hit G4-A4 cause I’m using a pulled up chest voice but now i can do it easily gosh!! Thank youuuuuu so muchhh out of all vocal coach here on youtube you’re the only one who have helped me to access my mixed voice so easily!!
From my experience its now easier to hit f4-C5! Before i cant hit A4 at ease but with mix voice its so easy!! I always do a pulled up chest and my voice only ranges up to F4 at ease before
Genuinely the best vocal coach I’ve ever seen. No bullshit, Straight forward and it clears up so much previous frustration. Love this!
Dang!! You're doing weekly update now!!
WOW. The creek door really helped me!! I would pull too much chest. Making me lose richness as I got higher into “mix” because something would press on my vocal chords making them feel strained/tired quickly. But that creek muscle should stay there in mix in a way that’s how it felt and I noticed a HUGE change I was hitting the notes correctly into mix. Thank you so much!
@@StudioWestLessons yes a grandpa voice would make sense it was very restrained/nasal but not too exaggerated I could hit the note right but just volume, richness, tone would decrease a lot with also my voice feeling tired and strained. It even almost made it sound like I was constipated almost lmao. This is my 3rd month learning how to sing and this was a huge threshold to cross for me. Thanks again
The same happened to me. The creek has been a huge gamechanger.
@@d.t.o-xin6237 lucky you! I’ve been trying for a year and a half to somehow ‘break’ past F4 and now I discover this Greatness!!🫶🏼👍🏽
really awesome value and detailed teaching here which is priceless :) short videos be overrated! 👌👌😭😂😂😂 thanks Greg
@@StudioWestLessons Hi Greg, you should do more #short video for watch time and subs. Show off your skill boyyy :D :D
you are the best channel for this type, love the content
Hey! For sure u cant remember me but I commented on this video 2 months ago! I just wanted to say thank you so much!! I’m getting better with mixing high notes!! I can hit A4-B4 at ease! And I noticed whenever I’m singing that high my vibrato comes in naturally!! But the only problem is that my chest voice weakened IDK why!!!😭😭🤣 now I kept on using mixed voice even if Im only singing at E4-F#4🥲😆 any advice? I’m mor eof a belter before but now I’m kinda struggling and always accidentally switching from chest to mix😂
why am I so mesmerized watching your videos? you look attractive as a voice teacher, if I will be your student, I cannot stand it. hehe
Okay so it's kind of hard for me to focus seeing that you are really cute 🤦♀️😅
I sound like one of those last of us zombies
Why do you sound like brendon at 4:52 😆💗💗 he’s my idol
Him: A, A, A, A, A, A, A, A, A
Me: A, A, aAhh, ahhhh, aAhh, A, A 😅
Pls make a video about vocal injuries
You're so cute...
These are awesome, thanks man!
I'm hoping this was at least somewhat inspired by my comment on your community post earlier haha
excellent, clarifies things up a lot for me. Your neighbours must hate you, now mine are going to hate me :)
OMG! How is it possible to move the pharyngeal walls???? Can you teach us??? Very interesting! I couldn't do that! Thank you, man!
Search for a consonant called the "voiceless velar fricative" and look into the mirror when you do it and you should see the palatopharyngeal arches approximate. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voiceless_velar_fricative
@@StudioWestLessons LOL
@@SaiChooMusic Thank you very much!
God bless you man. You have no idea how elucidative, enlightening this class is! We can see the resolts at first!
My man gregory you need to chill with the pressure when you're taking a crap. All this pushing and you'll end up with hemmoroids. Just chill and let the poob naturally out.
Thank you! Thank you! Thank you very much! This vocal fry exercise CHANGE my life! I was already accessing head voice and mix for 2 years, but some higher notes not frequently. This exercise help me access head voice without head resonance, making higher notes easy and light to access. Now, I'm adapting to this new light, easy and comfortable way to sing.
why is he so handsome??? 😩✋
Dude... I think you just gave me the key to fixing my tone. Where the hell did you find that information about the back of the vocal folds not closing?
Hey Greg, I know this request is bad and a bit disrespectful to the help you provide us in singing.
But can you please give me only 10-15 minutes free session? Only to let me know the major mistake I'm making?
Even if you can't, it's okay.
Please respond, it'll be much appreciated! :)
Me: I'm gonna practice singing today!!
Throat: *proceeds to clench into a tight deathgrip*
Me: Ah. Ah. Ah. Ah. AAHGHEUAA!!!
Gregory oooooooo 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭
I was able to get the first two exercises. But that last one is challenging o. You said all you did was smile to get that sound. I swear I tried it but it's breaking and I can't seen to maintain the COORDINATION as I try to smile. I'm referring to the falsetto mix exercise. What am I doing wrong 😭😭
Hi greg I've finally done the "chesty mixed" in Ah vowel and other open Vowels but I am struggling when it comes to closed vowels like Oooh and Eeehh. Whenever I am singing a high note with closed vowel I cannot sing it with a powerful mixed chesty voice like the open vowels like Ah . Closed vowels feels like a head voice when I sing them high they seem like they have another register compared to open vowels which is very powerful. Please Help😊 Hope you see my comment
I'm so impressed with your thorough explanation! Please do a video on how to add distortion and rasp into our singing as well. Thanks a lot!
Seconded! Especially arytenoid rattle.
Bravo! Thanks Greg. I loved the video and it really helped that you demonstrated so much and added humor and play into the lesson. I was singing in ways that I never allowed before. thanks. You pulled it all together and made it click for me at the end when you said not to trust our feelings and when you said that it feels like falsetto for you. I've been discounting my mixed voice thinking that it was really falsetto. Thank you! Oh yeah, love the camp too.
9:49 is when I can’t think straight bc someone just swerved in front of me on The Highway and I almost got hit😭💀
a master of voice, thank you for sharing very detailed info☺️👍
Followed along but my “now I’m in my mix” 🎶 sounded terrible compared to you 😂😂😂
If someone asks me what am I doing, I'll answer "moving the pitch around!" 😄
I’m following along. (You kept asking so I knew it was important to you.)
Thank you for making this video for those of us who already know what Mixed Voice is and already know what a creak or fry is BUT who are craving a video that helps us exercise this! Yay!
i know this is a late comment but how do i hold on to that tension with vocal fry without feeling like i’m pushing my voice out creating tension in my neck or throat?
its getting hard finding new ways to complement your videos
Priceless content!! Thank you Greg. So happy to see your channel growing and reaching more people!!!!
Y is the creak hurting my throat and I can’t increase pitch without loosing it, idk how to progress
15:13 oh wow 😳😏
To answer the title of the video, I am not doing these exercises because I do not know how to do them without ending up with with a scratchy, irritated throat.
Simple mixed voice doesn’t exist your just singing through your nose
27:18 Greg says facts (of how it sounds) don't care about my feelings 😢
This was amazing! For years I thought there was no way for me to safely access G4 and above without either falsetto or pulling chest then getting a sore throat haha....
The creak into the notes to keep the folds closed were so helpful and freaking cool! All of a sudden could mix an "ah" vowel from G4 to C5 without pain! I can't use it consistently yet, especially in songs because of the different vowels and consonants - but super super overjoyed bc of the breakthrough. Thank you!
I'm doing this and my dog has come running into the study to see what's wrong with me. Now she's barking at me 🤣
He looks like vampire with fangs when he opens mouth. Look cute...
I saw that you have had your tonsils removed. Was this at a young age? If not how did that affect your singing?
when you talk about the layered creak at 5:13, i have this issue and have no idea how to get rid of it. What should i be doing?
15:22 "Moving the pharyngeal walls in".
Ok Greg. HOW are you doing this?
I really really like your teaching approach and how you're one of the most honest youtube singing teachers online. Especially you demonstrating and literally visualizing (on your own throat :D) how to execute certain exercises. The only thing making me insecure about your videos is when you say "That's wrong"... Of course you meant it only for a certain exercise, and not in an overall, general view, but still I feel like it's also making a lot of beginners, me including, very uncertain about whether they should always approach their singing like this or if there are varying types of cases.
I hope you don't see this as an offensive or hating comment because really, it's quite the opposite and as a singer, I think it's really really hard to kinda find your own style or approach and still keep it healthy or "right".. but as you already said in your videos that there is no real "right" way, we're more in a sort of struggle, because we constantly question our technique, and then even our ability which is, of course the worse thing that can happen as a singer because confidence is key.
Only love and regards to you and your videos :)
Si quieren vox mixta este es el video gordos aprovechen no digan que no les avise
Why? Because they don't work
Ok so i was trying (in total failure) to enter mixed voice. It's like my PC said "dude stop, instead try this"
For the vocal fry I call it the Kayako, like kayako from the grudge
So gooooood!!! I realised what I was doing wrong with the flag mix now. I was squeezing too much when im creaking. Now I understand I should let the creaking happen naturally rather than constipating hahaha
I’ve noticed a distinct lack of SOVT exercises in this video. Without going into a long winded talk about why, it’s good to see that! Haha. They’re like.... ok..... but not great.
Excellent, Excellent, Excellent!! Thank you! 🙏
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Do you have any videos on increasing vocal range for mixed voice? I’ve tried to find them but you helped me discover how to do a mixed voice, (only person who’s videos made sense on it btw) but when trying to apply it in songs I want to sing it still feels straining and difficult. Does this just come with time? Thanks so much for all the time you put in to these!
I'm not a good singer but i am amazed by your voice😯😍, it's very wide, full of control and what i like about is your vibrato, which until now i can't do but this is what i want to learn. I love singing but i'm not doing any exercises in my voice because i don't have place for doing that. It feels when i do exercises like that my siblings will probably laugh on me. Thank you for that lessons😊👏👏you are amazing once again😊👏
And they will laugh... that is until they're jealous in a few months. If you can drive that's the go to for me
@@BradiantHello, thank you for that, for now i'm too shy but hoping i could do the exercises in an enclosed space or even have my own studio😁 without getting shy because only myself hearing those notes coming from my mouth🤢
your demonstration in the opening in the video is all I needed to hear. Immediately got it but sometimes cant make sound come out if feel too much squeezing or too little. It’s kinda funny. Sometimes got it though. It feels like holding breath back while talking but not too strongly. Sometimes gotta sigh high to low to loosen it up again if it over does it. Hit or miss. Compared to the other singing videos like singing success- they do it way too lightly it just doesn’t work for me following them. Feels like flicking a switch and being careful halfway with theirs.
Definitely gotta practice this at daytime in a place fearless of volume and not 4am lol. People will think youre dying or having secks.
I think I found my mixed voice. Thak you so much!
Cheers from Brazil!
Hi Gregory. Thank you for your tutorial. I think I have found my mix voice after watching your video and practicing.
I am stuck in the breathy creak and i can't make clear creak as you did. And when the larynx go lower i can't even make the sound.
I don't know what i must do next. Whether i keep going make breathy creak higher in pitch ?
Yes! Keep going higher and just do it regularly. Gradually lower the larynx more and more and eventually you'll get it there as well. It takes quite some time to develop for some people.
I was digging through RUclips all over and kept getting mixed voice explanation videos but not enough examples and approaches. This was incredibly dense with valuable information and was perfectly suited for my stage. Thank you so much for making this video!
hi, I don't think your falsetto and mix are connected. In your demonstration you seems use falsetto first, then break the breath to change to head voice, then connected to mix voice. I think falsetto cannot connect to head voice because their mechanism are not the same. (An airly head voice is not a falsetto?)
Btw your videos are still awesome. I just confused by the definitions of those terms. I'm sorry if it offends you, I'm not good at English.
Thanks for your detailed reply!
So, M1 and M2 are two different mechnism. (Is my perception correct?)
But it can be transitioned/switched smoothly?
like M1(chest) -> M1(thin?) -> M2(falsetto) ?
Is your demonstration at 14:14 the M1 MIX?
Bro,the day I get listening to you on mixed voice work out ,am getting a great change with two weeks ,
Thank you ,and keep doing this!!
I looove the exercises!! Can't you do another one of these videos???
Is the creaking exercise related to flageolet tension? It sounded like you were talking about flageolet tension there but you didn't mention the term at all
@@StudioWestLessons Ohh I see
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Every time I try to open my mouth and do the birght sound to go from falsetto to mixed voice my larynx go all way up and I do a very light mixed voice.
Do you know how can I fix that?
You should practice holding the larynx lower while getting into the same mixed voice as well. It takes a few months of dedicated practice to get the vocal folds to coordinate with the larynx lower for that sound, sometimes longer. Hope that helps!
-Gregory
So great explanation, thanks a lot!
WHAT THE F*CK MANNN 😂😂😂 FOR THE FIRST TIME IN MY LIFE FINALLY TODAY I CAN ACCESS MY MIX VOICEEE … THIS IS CRAZY……
No I didn’t find my mix voice yet, it was a mistake 😢
This is really helpful!! I do have a question, with the falsetto mix, i am able to make a very loud sound, but when i turn the vowel from an Oo to the ah or from I to the A,the sound just kindof stays in the back, it is pretty loud, but it doesn’t pierce through or sound powerfull in the way your voice did, am i doing something wrong, or do i just need to practise or? Cause i would love to have it sound like that!
@@StudioWestLessons okay thankyou, i’m going to try!
So helpful thank you! As a life long soprano now learning to sing in chest and mixed voice this made so much sense! I cant believe I am singing this high in a mix!
Hi Gregory, my falsetto voice has all but disappeared over time (I’m 55 years old and it just kinda stopped when I was about 40 years old). Do I need my falsetto voice to develop my mixed voice?
Thanks for all your videos, they’re awesome!
@@StudioWestLessons thanks!
This video is glorious! It answers so many questions.