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Just another video trying to get you to make silly noises to embarrass yourself. Human vocal cords are incapable of making more than one sound at once. I feel like these guys are probably laughing at us when the cameras go off.
Yes, that 300-year-old tradition of using "silly noises" like voce finta and the pharyngeal voice to train great singers through the ages was actually just a giant cosmic joke. A gold star to you, dear sir, for uncovering the grand teaching conspiracy. Slow clap.
"Human vocal cords are incapable of making more than one sound at once." Lalah Hathaway's polyphony, Mongolian throat singers, and the two formants in every vowel would disagree with you, but then you knew that.
Yes, that's true. Finding it is the first step, but then you have to train your voice to find it (and LIVE in it) on every word on every high note at every volume in every song. Click here for a mix voice workout to help you develop it further: ua-cam.com/video/IGoRueDvIvA/v-deo.html
If you want personalized help developing a workout that is tailored for your vocal needs, take advantage of a 20-min trial lesson at my studio by clicking here: spencerwelch.com/ko-trial-lesson
I have found my mixed voice thanks to this video, I think I've been using it before in some cases but never knew that it was my mixed voice but now I know what it actually is. Now it's time for the hard part training and singing in my mixed voice
Glad to hear that. These tools work because they help you get past the fear of sounding "bad", in the process, allowing you to develop a new coordination you thought you could do.
Oh wow. When you demonstrated the laugh, I laughed too and found my mixed voice. I sang the chorus of “Hurt” by Christina Aguilera so easily😭😭thank you!!
I’ve had a rough week of not being able to “unlock” my mixed voice like usual. It’s crucial if you are singing songs like Jane by Jefferson Starship. The Fargo “oh” helped me find it immediately and lose all that tension + frustration that was building up. This was a life saver. Thanks!
I accidentally found my mixed voice a few weeks ago while trying to sing All You Wanna Do from six and yea let's just say i was *shook* it's still kinda weak sometimes but it's improved my voice so much just from discovering it
There is sometimes a confusion around this. Unfortunately, I can't hear what you are doing, so I can't guess if it is mixed or chest voice. Here are some guidelines: to check whether you are moving from chest voice into mixed voice instead of pulling up chest voice, see if you can sing higher (E4-G4 range) without changing your volume, changing the vowel, or losing the pitch. If you can sing into the mixed voice range without getting louder than the bottom notes, without widening your vowel in the least, or singing flat in pitch then chances are you doing something correctly. If you have to get louder or wider or flat, then chances are there is too much chest voice in this upper range.
I am all about Fargo "OHHHHH" now. What a great useful video! Now I can annoy my dog even more when I am singing and cleaning without hurting my voice too much. I usually just jump to falsetto and it kinda hurts after a song or two
It appears I’ve been using my mixed voice regularly all this time without realizing it. Which is unfortunate because I thought mixed voice was the key to extending my range. As a baritone high notes have always been a goal of mine, and it’s sad that this apparently isn’t my solution.
Hi Josh, on what notes do you feel your mix voice coming in? #1. How do you know you're a baritone, since so many men are misdiagnosed tenors? Years ago, I was told I was a baritone simply because I was only comfortable in my chest voice, but really I was just an undeveloped tenor. There ARE true baritones out there, but not because they only sing in chest. #2. What notes are you trying to extend your range to? Even if you are a true baritone, all my baritone students vocalize up to high C and learn to sing G4 (sometimes up to A4 if they are lyric baritones) with a mix/full head voice in songs.
Spencer Welch Vocal Studio From what I can tell, my mix kicks in around F4. And currently my max range (not prima voce) is around C2-A5. I don’t have a specific range goal in mind, I just really want to push it a little higher, as I still struggle to hit the high notes on allot of the music I listen to, and have to change the key.
Yes, your mix voice should kick in starting around Eb-E4 and extend upwards from there. Then it will be a matter of developing it so that you can lean into that mix in your upper notes. Start at a medium to lighter volume and then start to crescendo on those notes. Try this Mix Voice Workout to continue extending and developing it: ua-cam.com/video/IGoRueDvIvA/v-deo.html
Thank you! I finally found my mixed voice using the "Fargo oh" technique. I found myself being able to slide to anywhere in my vocal range without any voice cracks! Not with that much force or a very good tone, but that'll hopefully improve with practice!
Me watching your vid: Laughing in mixed voice. . . . . It's so unreal that the fact we always using mix voice in daily conversation. Good job Mr.Spencer now I found my mixed voice! It's time for developing it! Thank you so much!
Thank you sir.My English just so so.I Love singer and i am from China.So,i dont kown my vocal way ,right or not. Look forward to you reply. That is my pleasure.🍕🍕
you almost had me, i almost thought all you wanted was for me to get better. i thought that you understood that by waking up in the morning (if I'm serious about being who I really a) that you would just teach me the tools I needed to grow. but instead you offer a class which I'm guessing costs money, meaning everything about being worth more than gold every time i wake up was just a fairytale. and the reality is...well, I'm not good enough... unless I pay... Love, who you really are
You almost had me. I almost thought you were a person who would recognize how much work and money it takes to make a video where I offer FOR FREE knowledge that I have paid 10's of thousands of dollars to learn over 30 years of university, conferences, and voice lessons (at $300/hour!), and be grateful. But apparently, it's not enough, and I should give you everything I know for free and pay my mortgage with UA-cam likes. If you are really serious about learning this, then you will be willing to make the necessary sacrifices and pay people what they're worth when they bring value into your life. Expecting everything for free has nothing to do with you being "good enough." It's just entitlement, and it is a fairytale. Because you ARE good enough and worth more than gold, change your frame of mind and invest in yourself. It doesn't have to be me, I'm not here to sell you my course or my private coaching. If you see the value, invest in it. If you don't, keep looking. But value yourself enough to invest in your dreams.
Yep. Lip Trills helped me the most in my singing. Just going down from the top of my head voice down to the lowest of my chest voice all the while trying to focus on lightening the weight around the 'break' area as I go back and forth. Overtime, the bridge between the two started to disappear slowly and slowly then one day I started to hear the balance of tone in my voice. Back then, my low range would be heavy and my high range would be lighter but now I can go from my low range to belting up without changing the weight and without increasing the volume.
Amazing! You worked it out, which not everyone is able to do on their own. Kudos! You're basically describing the process that I outline in this video: How to Erase Your Vocal Break ua-cam.com/video/I_w549666r0/v-deo.html
Oh my god, you genius, I just found it using the Hey method. Once you get the feeling and where its coming from, going back to it was so much easier (Never been able to do it before). Its going to need work, lots of excercise, but this enabled me to sing the first verse of Bohemiam Rhapsody using all voices. Started in Chest, went to head, then on the Mamaaaaa, used the mix, never been able to do it before, and over did it and hit the mix note very loud, no strain, absolutely incredible, over the moon, thanks so much. Its a good feeling, because when you do it, you feel where it is coming from, its not a neck strain note at all, but feels like its coming just above your vocal chords in your throat, only way I could describe it. Subscribed, and looking forward to more videos.
Wow, this is exciting! Mix voice is going to unlock aspects of your singing that previously felt unattainable. Thanks for your feedback...I make these videos for people like you and the breakthrough you described. Keep it up!
@@SpencerWelchVocalStudio I am keeping things up and really enjoying it, been going for 6 weeks now across various videos on the internet. Learnt all about breath support, chest voice, belting, my head voice and doing 30 minutes of excercises per day, but never really got the mix voice part until today. Prior to this, singing higher notes was screechy, the only way I could put it, as usually either sung in a light head voice or did a bad habbit of singing from the neck and felt the pressure (Bad I know), but both sounded odd as the levels were too different in one, and screechy in the other. My Daughter asked me how things were going, and went into the passage tonight as didnt want to annoy the neighbours, and just sung the Mammaaa bit again. I hit the note very easy, pretty loud, and looked at her and put my arms out and shrugged my shoulders to say, "This is pretty easy", no strain. She was amazed at the difference, but now I'm going to follow your other video with Mix Voice Excercises and work on that for a couple of months, because at the moment, I otherthink the mix voice as my mind is telling me, "You can't hit that note" and at times I'm locking up and not hitting it and loosing it briefly until I relax into it again. Its all just a bit of a shock to the system and I'm 50 years old now, and wish I discovered all this 30 years ago :S
Oh you're very welcome! I teach a lot in other countries where English is their second language, so I guess I have learned to speak slowly and simply 🙂
I watched tons of videos on how to find the mix voice and this is literally the only video showed the shortest way to find it. I found option 3 as the most helpful. Training how to sing with it is the second step
All 3 Tips are great to find the mixed voice but i found my mix in another way -> My Vocal Teacher told me to reduce volume during singing, so i wouldn´t raise my Chest voice into an unhealthy range, so i spent almost a year fixing my voice, due to my wrong technique. Now in my 2nd year of singing i can slide smooth into head voice during exercises and sometimes it´s also available during performing. But not always, what is kinda strange to me Anyways, great content that you provide for free
That's totally ok. Don't be afraid of breaking since you need to feel out and get familiar with the bottom and top of your voice before you can find the middle.
So I was just going up and down on the “ya” vowel and got to a point where I could slide up to a B4 without flipping! (Note I’m a teen guy) it’s kinda quiet and raspy right now but is that my mixed voice? If so, I’ll work on strengthening it
It's impossible to know for sure without hearing you and working with you in a lesson. But if you are starting in your chest voice and smoothly moving up there without flipping or pushing, then it's probably worth looking into.
Thank you, Steven (and Google Translate ;) I appreciate your vote of confidence. The concept of a mix voice does apply to opera singing as well, although in the pedagogy literature it is often called "the passagio" or "full head voice."
Two things: 1. Mix voice doesn't come naturally to a lot of people, myself included. You might have such strong habits that you need to work with a good voice teacher to guide you through the process. Like me, you could watch 100 videos and still not get it because you need personal feedback and customized exercises for your situation. In the end, that was the only way I got it. 2. If you tend to pull up your chest voice that much, you might want to put off trying to find mix voice and just focus on developing your head voice for a while. Here's a great video to start with: Male Vocal Workout for Head Voice ua-cam.com/video/1k20kiqRL9k/v-deo.html
I like the oh and hey about as equally well. I learned a trick by not forcing the notes up with volume and push, and to be gentle and maintain the even flow and pressure and to just stretch the vocal chords according to pitch.
I like how you blend the two elements that I want to a coach. Humor plus Passion on teaching, and sharing their crafts to their students. Coz of that I hit the sub button and notifi bell.❤️😍
I'll be attempting to use this guide to find my mixed voice, I hope to be able to support the high notes I get from using my head voice (A5 highest for now)! I'll update you on my progress, since you care about your community a lot; it's rare that any content creator replies to all the comments they get.
Ok great! Have you tried out these videos of mine for training your voice? Male Vocal Workout for Head Voice ua-cam.com/video/1k20kiqRL9k/v-deo.html Mix Voice Workout for Guys ua-cam.com/video/ZpeVTtLusgo/v-deo.html
you explain everything perfectly! very affordable. Cool, man, thanks! Now we can only hope that I really got it right. Found a mixvoise through a trill. Greetings from Russia
I’m 17 and male and I’ve been singing for about a year now. When I try these exercises my voice either pulls my chest, or when I focus on maintaining a low volume, it breaks. I just can’t figure out how to pop into my mix.
Mix voice doesn't come naturally to a lot of people. I was one of those people. You probably just need specialized feedback and guidance from a voice teacher. I wasted years trying to learn how to do this on my own...and then I met my teacher, and he helped find it. If you don't have a teacher already, my studio offers a 20-min trial Skype lesson for only $15: spencerwelch.com/ko-trial-lesson
I feel like the "hey" exercise might've been the best exercise for me if I didn't have mixed voice already. I learned it by imitating a certain sound, memorizing what that feels like, and applying it to higher notes in songs. Another thing: it is a blend of chest and head, BUT it's also a form of adding both nasality and a little bit more volume than normal to your chest voice. At least, that's how I've come to realize and view mixed voice. If I were to teach someone an exercise in both finding and applying it on pitch, tell me if you think this exercise would work. I have them sing on the word "naa" with a wider mouth than usual, adding a little bit more volume than usual, having them heighten AND widen their mouth more and more as they go higher, and take it up the scale by having them do 5-3-1 movement. PLEASE let me know what you think.
If by "NAA" you mean the AA in "natural", I would be careful using that as the first exercise to teach someone to find mixed voice. If a singer already has chest voice, a wider, more open vowel like AA will encourage them to stay trapped in chest as they ascend, especially if they widen and get louder as they sing higher. This is the recipe to teach belt but not mixed voice, at least in a majority of singers. The exception would be if they sang this AA with a thinned, twangy sound (what I call the pharyngeal voice) like a witch or SpongeBob. In that case, they have a better chance of thinning out their chest voice and allowing the voice to mix. But again, this would not be my first choice because of the acoustics necessary for mix voice. When I'm teaching mix, I start with a mid vowel like an AY or OU. I tell the student to keep the vowel and volume the same from bottom to top. You can try some of these exercises and hear them demonstrated here: 7 Minute Mix Voice Workout ua-cam.com/video/IGoRueDvIvA/v-deo.html
I was talking about the "naa" with the imitating of SpongeBob or a witch. Forgive me, I didn't know widening your mouth would keep you in chest voice (even though I personally feel the mixed voice when I widen an aah vowel). I personally think this is a better exercise demonstrated with audio, which is why I feel like you might be right saying this might not be the best first choice. As far as your point about the acoustics, I just know it doesn't hurt when you add more volume on a high note.
When I train teachers, I teach them to take into account that what personally works for you may be very different from what the average person can do. Because wider vowels are composed of the acoustic properties that promote chest voice, most people won't find mix voice if you ascend from chest voice into the mixed range with a big, open vowel, even if you use the "witchy" sound quality. It's just too tempting to stick with chest voice and pull it up. It's also not advisable to encourage singers under these conditions to sing louder as they ascend. When someone is pulling up chest voice too high, their vocal cords are too thick to produce the required high notes, so often they will squeeze their vocal cords together more tightly and push more air to try to raise the pitch artificially. This condition is called pressed phonation. It might work for a few notes, but as the singer gets louder, the vocal cords will start colliding into each other with more and more force, potentially causing swelling and abuse. It's best to encourage singers to stay at the same volume or even slightly softer as they ascend so they can safely find their mix voice, and not confuse it with pulled-up chest. Then over time, they can build up to singing mix voice on all vowels at all volumes, so long as they maintain flexibility, freedom, and ease. I don't know if you are a singing teacher or thinking of becoming one, but if so, I encourage you to check out the Institute for Vocal Advancement (vocaladvancement.com), which trains voice teachers world-wide, mostly via online tools. I'm the Director of Education for the company and help to design the training modules that expound on some of the principles I outlined in this post. If you're interested in learning more... :)
Without hearing you and working with you, it's hard to know why your voice might be cracking (there can be many reasons.) Your vocal cords may be losing closure suddenly for an assortment of reasons. You can try this video to improve your closure and erase the break: ua-cam.com/video/I_w549666r0/v-deo.html
It's ok, don't stress :) Mix doesn't come easily to many people, and they need one-on-one training to develop it. Obviously I'd have to hear you to know, but it may be that you have some strong habits that prevent you from being able to relax and find mix voice on your own. I was that way, and I had to train with a great vocal coach for a few years before my mix was easy and strong.
Im trying... hope it can come cuz Im really trying for years to improve... people say lots of stuff about singing and then I get crazy.. your tongue, for example, is not relaxed like steven tyler when he hits high notes... then I just wonder if the tongue should be in an ideal position or if it makes no difference at all... Steven Tyler also get his shoulders up when taking air, what lots of singing teachers say you should not do... probably I will have to accept my voice as it is even with that almost blowing my mind... it's like a math question you cant understand, that problem you will never solve. But thanks. Ill keep trying...
If you listen to every person with an opinion about singing, and try to do what they say, you will drive yourself mad. It's important to find a trained, certified voice teacher who can give you advice and training that is tailored to your needs. How will you know if it's good advice? Because it works, and you will get results.
Wow!!! I’m so excited I found your channel! I wish I watched this video yesterday BEFORE I decided to spontaneously burst into song in my last video! Hahaha I’m excited I found your channel!!
Though it is explained well, it would be far more of use if you would give us at least a short singing example in which this mixed voice is used. As with exercises alone, it is not the same as truly hearing it used in a song. I really would have liked to hear an example in a song, it'd tell me a lot more.
Your point is well taken, but the title and objective of this video is "Finding Your Mix Voice." Therefore, the point was to help the viewer find mix voice for the first time, not learn how to apply it to a song. I wanted to keep this video focused on its purpose, and most people find mix for the first time with a sound or exercise. I will be making a "how to apply mix voice to songs" video soon though, so watch for that! Thanks for your comment.
This video is so helpful! Thank you so much. I've been singing for a long time now and I never exactly knew how to use mixed voice but after using the Canadian "ooo-OOO-oooh". A quick tid-bit for people wanting to learn to add grit to their singing voice texture is to use the mixed voice (after finding it with these great techniques!) and lean into it a bit using the diaphragm to compress the air further, giving the note that gritty rock/blues sound without any of the pain or damage to the folds. Just be careful when trying it and if it hurts at all or makes the singer cough, then stop to rest and hold off for a few days on trying again.
Great, I'm glad it helped you. Always count on the Canadian OH haha. Yes, please be careful with using more air pressure to achieve grit, since additional air pressure is the #1 way singers can end up with edema (swelling) and eventually vocal damage if they don't stop and allow the folds to recover. Finding a rattle in the vocal fold closure or allowing the false folds to vibrate can be a safer choice. As in all things vocal, always be sensitive to any initial irritation and nip it in the bud quickly.
I wish I could sing, I want to learn. I don't have any money to spend on it though. Everything I try doesn't work. Every chance I get I sing to myself. I keep hoping the more I sing the more my voice will get better, but I just song awkward. :(
I'm sorry you are having difficulty learning how to sing. If watching videos and singing on your own is not helping, then you need personalized help from a teacher. I know this costs money, but it's worthwhile if it is important to you.
The mixed voice is the bridge between your natural it encompasses part of you natural range and your falsetto. It's not as full as your natural but can be just as loud and it usually louder and stronger than your falsetto but not higher! It's your midrange notes between the two!
I see what you're saying,, but I wouldn't use the word "falsetto" in that description. I prefer the term head voice, where the tone may be "headier" in quality but the vocal folds adduct (or close) more firmly in a similar laryngeal register (called modal) to chest and mix voice. Falsetto is a different laryngeal register altogether where the vocal folds are much thinner and close for a shorter amount of time per cycle. Also, falsetto is not high notes only, but it can overlap with the ranges of chest, mix, and head voice. In other words, I can sing low, medium, and high notes in falsetto....with a weaker production, of course. Whereas to sing with an intensity that matches chest and mix voice, the vocal folds have to adduct more firmly and with more depth than falsetto...in other words, a head voice configuration.
i discovered my mixed voice when you laughed and i laughed along haha - i was so sure you were going to make that the first tip. is there any reason why that's a bad indicator?
That's great that you found mix voice with the high-pitched laugh I demonstrated. There are many different tools, some of which work for some people and not for others. So in hopes of including at least one that would work for the viewer, I included three tips/tools in this video, with laughter being the unofficial fourth 😉
@SpencerWelchVocalStudio well thanks for asking ! Actually I'm a baritone with some tenor I guess. I believe from chest voice to higher notes I'll change into falsetto abruptly.
Everyone feels things a little differently, but yes, it might feel like it's lifting behind your nose. It's ok if it's a little nasal at first, but we just don't want to push it into the nose.
I have a question: so sometimes when i'm singing to myself and i'm trying to be quiet, i'll start singing in this super soft way but it feels a bit like chest voice. i don't know how to describe it too well but it's a bit like humming only i'm actually singing words and it feels farther back in my throat. does this have a name? it lets me sing super high and i want to know if theres a way to make it louder and more powerful.
As the famous quote goes, "Talking about music is like dancing about architecture." 😀 So I can try to guess what you are doing, but it wouldn't really do it justice without hearing you and working with you in a lesson. If it feels similar to chest voice but you are able to sing quite high without getting louder, it's probably some kind of light mix voice. But again, that's just an educated guess. I do offer Skype lessons if this is something you want to investigate in earnest.
Find a good voice teacher ;) Some singers have such strong vocal habits that tips won't help them, no matter how many videos they watch. They need personalized guidance and ongoing training. Mix voice is a challenging region to develop in the best of times. Some of us just need more help. I was one of these people, and I sought out one of the best vocal coaches in Hollywood to help me develop my mix voice. Saved me years of frustration.
Welcome, great to have you here! After you check out my channel, feel free to post in the comments any topics you'd like to see me cover in a future video.
Hey I've always been good at doing mixed voice and head voice. I think it's because I have a higher voice for a guy so I was always playing around with my voice. I just wondering how I can make my mix sound more chesty like some of these singers. Mine sounds very much like adam Lamberts haha it would be cool to have a mix like Freddie mercury or Brendon urie. Any advice?
Singing with a chestier mix is a highly sought-after skill, but it is a subtle thing to develop which many students don't achieve properly because they don't have the patience. Power doesn't come from pushing or muscling your way into something louder. It's about using resonance and vowel tuning to get the maximum with the minimum effort. This usually requires training with an experienced teacher because the student will often need feedback from a trained ear. When the student does it correctly, it might feel like they aren't doing much internally, while it sounds big on the outside.
You've found it when you're able to sing from your chest voice up into the range of A4-C5, while keeping the same vowel, the same volume, and good intonation. If you use a lot of twang in your head voice, you could be getting the beginnings of a mix, but with an unfinished tone, i.e. you sound twangy. A more finished mix will have the natural colour of your voice (with balanced bass and treble) similar to your speaking voice.
Okay so. I can go from an F2 to a B6 sometimes D7. I’m a boy and I consider myself a baritone even though ppl call me a tenor but I still can’t access my mixed voice. I tried this and my voice just goes out or breaks. My question is. Why can I hit high notes in my head voice and falsetto and hit regular to low notes in my chest but I can’t achieve mixed?
It's near impossible to really know what's going on in your voice without hearing you and working with you in a lesson. However, something to consider: how old are you, has your voice changed yet, and if so, how long ago?
Many women, prepubescent boys, and a few select men can sing up to a B6, but not in mix voice. For women and boy sopranos, a B6 is high head voice, even whistle in some cases. For those few men who can sing B6, it is basically whistle voice, never mix.
So I have been doing it right. I have been singing since childhood but I still feel like I have a very weak voice. My range seems that of a mezzo soprano (choir days) but I have extra low notes covering tenor. That's covering more than 2 octaves, but my voice is too soft and cracks if I try hitting high notes. I think my falsetto is weak as well. Maybe I just need more training. Hehe
I would have to hear you and work with you in a lesson to comment intelligently, but if you have this extension in your bottom range, that may explain why the upper range is weaker. Heavier voices tend to take longer to develop a fuller mix voice. Do you feel like you are starting stronger on the bottom and then breaking or flipping (either abruptly or gradually) as you ascend toward your upper middle and high range?
Thank you and great question! Stats say only 5% of the population is actually tone deaf, so almost anyone can learn how to sing. It's a skill like learning to paint or play the piano. What kind of music would you love to sing (if you could)? :)
That's true. Show me 100 voice teachers, and I will show 100 different names for this voice quality: mix voice, mixed voice, head voice, voix mixte, primo passaggio, voce di testa piena, M1, the upper extension, F2 tracking H2, etc, etc... But I am less interested in the semantics than in teaching students how to do it, whatever you choose to call it at the end of the day.
Thanks for watching! If you enjoyed the exercises in this video, check out my new program SINGING IGNITION with hours of workouts like this, but tailored to your voice...and these workouts grow with you as you improve! 💪
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The 3 tips to discover your mixed voice:
1- The lip trill: 4:08
2- The "Hey" greeting: 4:42
3- The fargo "Oh": 5:13
Thank you for those timestamps.
@@SpencerWelchVocalStudio No problem! Thanks to you for being so helpful!
Just another video trying to get you to make silly noises to embarrass yourself. Human vocal cords are incapable of making more than one sound at once. I feel like these guys are probably laughing at us when the cameras go off.
Yes, that 300-year-old tradition of using "silly noises" like voce finta and the pharyngeal voice to train great singers through the ages was actually just a giant cosmic joke. A gold star to you, dear sir, for uncovering the grand teaching conspiracy. Slow clap.
"Human vocal cords are incapable of making more than one sound at once." Lalah Hathaway's polyphony, Mongolian throat singers, and the two formants in every vowel would disagree with you, but then you knew that.
Finding it and using it to sing are two completely different things 😢
Yes, that's true. Finding it is the first step, but then you have to train your voice to find it (and LIVE in it) on every word on every high note at every volume in every song. Click here for a mix voice workout to help you develop it further: ua-cam.com/video/IGoRueDvIvA/v-deo.html
If you want personalized help developing a workout that is tailored for your vocal needs, take advantage of a 20-min trial lesson at my studio by clicking here: spencerwelch.com/ko-trial-lesson
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I have found my mixed voice thanks to this video, I think I've been using it before in some cases but never knew that it was my mixed voice but now I know what it actually is. Now it's time for the hard part training and singing in my mixed voice
@@oforiarcher002 I’m so glad. Now good luck with the hard work of training your voice.
The HEY and the OOO did it for me. It also took the anxiety out of it...I say them fine..Mucho Gracia
Glad to hear that. These tools work because they help you get past the fear of sounding "bad", in the process, allowing you to develop a new coordination you thought you could do.
Oh wow. When you demonstrated the laugh, I laughed too and found my mixed voice. I sang the chorus of “Hurt” by Christina Aguilera so easily😭😭thank you!!
Amirah Farzana OMG I’m blown away that my video helped you like this 😃
I love xtina
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Wish it was that easy for me jajsjsjs
He is one of the best mentors for vocal teachers. I am glad to work with Spencer.
Thank you so much, Film. You are amazing!
I’ve had a rough week of not being able to “unlock” my mixed voice like usual. It’s crucial if you are singing songs like Jane by Jefferson Starship. The Fargo “oh” helped me find it immediately and lose all that tension + frustration that was building up. This was a life saver. Thanks!
Wow I'm so happy to hear that it helped you like that. Are you a regular gigging musician then?
I accidentally found my mixed voice a few weeks ago while trying to sing All You Wanna Do from six and yea let's just say i was *shook* it's still kinda weak sometimes but it's improved my voice so much just from discovering it
A happy accident then! 😀 Mixed voice will change your life!
I can’t tell if I’m doing a mixed voice, or a high chest voice
There is sometimes a confusion around this. Unfortunately, I can't hear what you are doing, so I can't guess if it is mixed or chest voice.
Here are some guidelines: to check whether you are moving from chest voice into mixed voice instead of pulling up chest voice, see if you can sing higher (E4-G4 range) without changing your volume, changing the vowel, or losing the pitch. If you can sing into the mixed voice range without getting louder than the bottom notes, without widening your vowel in the least, or singing flat in pitch then chances are you doing something correctly. If you have to get louder or wider or flat, then chances are there is too much chest voice in this upper range.
Singers can often do one or two of these correctly at once, but few can do all three (even volume, pure vowel, accurate pitch) at the same time.
I am all about Fargo "OHHHHH" now. What a great useful video! Now I can annoy my dog even more when I am singing and cleaning without hurting my voice too much. I usually just jump to falsetto and it kinda hurts after a song or two
Sail Financial your dog thanks you haha! I’m so glad you found it helpful. OHHHhhhh yeah.
Thank you Spencer! Cheers from Brazil 🇧🇷
My pleasure! And I love Brazil 😊
It appears I’ve been using my mixed voice regularly all this time without realizing it. Which is unfortunate because I thought mixed voice was the key to extending my range. As a baritone high notes have always been a goal of mine, and it’s sad that this apparently isn’t my solution.
Hi Josh, on what notes do you feel your mix voice coming in?
#1. How do you know you're a baritone, since so many men are misdiagnosed tenors? Years ago, I was told I was a baritone simply because I was only comfortable in my chest voice, but really I was just an undeveloped tenor. There ARE true baritones out there, but not because they only sing in chest.
#2. What notes are you trying to extend your range to? Even if you are a true baritone, all my baritone students vocalize up to high C and learn to sing G4 (sometimes up to A4 if they are lyric baritones) with a mix/full head voice in songs.
Spencer Welch Vocal Studio From what I can tell, my mix kicks in around F4. And currently my max range (not prima voce) is around C2-A5. I don’t have a specific range goal in mind, I just really want to push it a little higher, as I still struggle to hit the high notes on allot of the music I listen to, and have to change the key.
Yes, your mix voice should kick in starting around Eb-E4 and extend upwards from there. Then it will be a matter of developing it so that you can lean into that mix in your upper notes. Start at a medium to lighter volume and then start to crescendo on those notes. Try this Mix Voice Workout to continue extending and developing it: ua-cam.com/video/IGoRueDvIvA/v-deo.html
Spencer Welch Vocal Studio I’ll give it a go, thank you!
@@joshwalker2453 I assume you mean A4, because there ain’t no guy singing up to A5 who has range problems. 😂
After being in quarantine without my vocal teacher THANK YOU! I’ve been wondering what truly is my mixed voice and these exercises helped me! :’))
That's wonderful to hear! You're very welcome! You might want to consider taking online lessons during quarantine. They work great!
Thank you! I finally found my mixed voice using the "Fargo oh" technique. I found myself being able to slide to anywhere in my vocal range without any voice cracks! Not with that much force or a very good tone, but that'll hopefully improve with practice!
How long did it take you?
How long did it take you?
Me watching your vid: Laughing in mixed voice.
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It's so unreal that the fact we always using mix voice in daily conversation. Good job Mr.Spencer now I found my mixed voice! It's time for developing it! Thank you so much!
That's so great you've made that discovery! Happy practicing 😀
Thanks for watching! So did this video help you with finding your mix voice? Which of the 3 tips was most effective for you? Please comment below 😊
Thank you Sir you're just amazing I just watch you today and I'm so happy that I found your video :)
I really want to become a good singer.
My pleasure!
If you want to develop mix voice further, try out my 7 Minute Mix Voice Workout video here: ua-cam.com/video/IGoRueDvIvA/v-deo.html
Thank you sir.My English just so so.I Love singer and i am from China.So,i dont kown my vocal way ,right or not.
Look forward to you reply. That is my pleasure.🍕🍕
Can you coach me?
I love the fact the he replies to each and every comment. Let's see.
What and you thought you'd be the exception? 😂😀
@@SpencerWelchVocalStudio nice one 👌
you almost had me, i almost thought all you wanted was for me to get better. i thought that you understood that by waking up in the morning (if I'm serious about being who I really a) that you would just teach me the tools I needed to grow. but instead you offer a class which I'm guessing costs money, meaning everything about being worth more than gold every time i wake up was just a fairytale. and the reality is...well, I'm not good enough... unless I pay...
Love, who you really are
You almost had me. I almost thought you were a person who would recognize how much work and money it takes to make a video where I offer FOR FREE knowledge that I have paid 10's of thousands of dollars to learn over 30 years of university, conferences, and voice lessons (at $300/hour!), and be grateful. But apparently, it's not enough, and I should give you everything I know for free and pay my mortgage with UA-cam likes.
If you are really serious about learning this, then you will be willing to make the necessary sacrifices and pay people what they're worth when they bring value into your life. Expecting everything for free has nothing to do with you being "good enough." It's just entitlement, and it is a fairytale.
Because you ARE good enough and worth more than gold, change your frame of mind and invest in yourself. It doesn't have to be me, I'm not here to sell you my course or my private coaching. If you see the value, invest in it. If you don't, keep looking. But value yourself enough to invest in your dreams.
@@SpencerWelchVocalStudio thank you so much for helping me
And just by watching this video I learned mixed voice in a matter of 10 minutes. Thanks!
Wow, for some people it takes perseverance and months of training. And some get almost immediately. Happy for you!
Tips start at 4:01
And also i found my mixed voice through this 💖💖
Great to hear!
Yep. Lip Trills helped me the most in my singing. Just going down from the top of my head voice down to the lowest of my chest voice all the while trying to focus on lightening the weight around the 'break' area as I go back and forth. Overtime, the bridge between the two started to disappear slowly and slowly then one day I started to hear the balance of tone in my voice. Back then, my low range would be heavy and my high range would be lighter but now I can go from my low range to belting up without changing the weight and without increasing the volume.
Amazing! You worked it out, which not everyone is able to do on their own. Kudos! You're basically describing the process that I outline in this video:
How to Erase Your Vocal Break ua-cam.com/video/I_w549666r0/v-deo.html
your editing is everything😩 and it helped me a lot, i can sing the highest note ive ever sung before
Thank you, and I'm so glad! What kind of music do you like to sing?
Oh my god, you genius, I just found it using the Hey method. Once you get the feeling and where its coming from, going back to it was so much easier (Never been able to do it before). Its going to need work, lots of excercise, but this enabled me to sing the first verse of Bohemiam Rhapsody using all voices. Started in Chest, went to head, then on the Mamaaaaa, used the mix, never been able to do it before, and over did it and hit the mix note very loud, no strain, absolutely incredible, over the moon, thanks so much. Its a good feeling, because when you do it, you feel where it is coming from, its not a neck strain note at all, but feels like its coming just above your vocal chords in your throat, only way I could describe it. Subscribed, and looking forward to more videos.
Wow, this is exciting! Mix voice is going to unlock aspects of your singing that previously felt unattainable. Thanks for your feedback...I make these videos for people like you and the breakthrough you described. Keep it up!
@@SpencerWelchVocalStudio I am keeping things up and really enjoying it, been going for 6 weeks now across various videos on the internet. Learnt all about breath support, chest voice, belting, my head voice and doing 30 minutes of excercises per day, but never really got the mix voice part until today. Prior to this, singing higher notes was screechy, the only way I could put it, as usually either sung in a light head voice or did a bad habbit of singing from the neck and felt the pressure (Bad I know), but both sounded odd as the levels were too different in one, and screechy in the other. My Daughter asked me how things were going, and went into the passage tonight as didnt want to annoy the neighbours, and just sung the Mammaaa bit again. I hit the note very easy, pretty loud, and looked at her and put my arms out and shrugged my shoulders to say, "This is pretty easy", no strain. She was amazed at the difference, but now I'm going to follow your other video with Mix Voice Excercises and work on that for a couple of months, because at the moment, I otherthink the mix voice as my mind is telling me, "You can't hit that note" and at times I'm locking up and not hitting it and loosing it briefly until I relax into it again. Its all just a bit of a shock to the system and I'm 50 years old now, and wish I discovered all this 30 years ago :S
This is so great to hear! I know all about that "wish I knew this 30 years ago" sentiment, but hey, us old dogs can learn new tricks ;)
Thanks for speaking slowly and the good pronunciation. I'm from Brazil and that makes me to understand. Good Job!
Oh you're very welcome! I teach a lot in other countries where English is their second language, so I guess I have learned to speak slowly and simply 🙂
The 'oh" definitely helped me the most :) Thank you sm!!!
You are so welcome! I'm happy it helped you :)
I just understood what I've been trying to ask people. I understood but to utilize it is hard
Thank you so much. I’m struggling to find my mixed voice. These tips are so easy to understand
Fabulous! Keep practicing and working toward your mix voice. If you get stuck, we're here to help 🙂
I watched tons of videos on how to find the mix voice and this is literally the only video showed the shortest way to find it. I found option 3 as the most helpful. Training how to sing with it is the second step
Wow, I'm so glad this was the one that worked for you! What style of music do you sing and are you able to find mix voice sometimes in your songs?
the hey worked so well for me!! THANK YOU SO MUCHHHHA ^^
Oh that makes me so happy! My pleasure! 😀
All 3 Tips are great to find the mixed voice but i found my mix in another way ->
My Vocal Teacher told me to reduce volume during singing, so i wouldn´t raise my Chest voice into an unhealthy range, so i spent almost a year fixing my voice, due to my wrong technique.
Now in my 2nd year of singing i can slide smooth into head voice during exercises and sometimes it´s also available during performing. But not always, what is kinda strange to me
Anyways, great content that you provide for free
4:33 when i did this my voice breaks when i tried to go from low to high😩
That's totally ok. Don't be afraid of breaking since you need to feel out and get familiar with the bottom and top of your voice before you can find the middle.
Try out my video "How to Erase Your Break" which has exercises that will target that break: ua-cam.com/video/I_w549666r0/v-deo.html
Thanks man! The only genuine video on youtube...
Wow, high praise! 🙏
So I was just going up and down on the “ya” vowel and got to a point where I could slide up to a B4 without flipping! (Note I’m a teen guy) it’s kinda quiet and raspy right now but is that my mixed voice? If so, I’ll work on strengthening it
It's impossible to know for sure without hearing you and working with you in a lesson. But if you are starting in your chest voice and smoothly moving up there without flipping or pushing, then it's probably worth looking into.
这位老师非常棒，解释的相当清楚，虽然只有三条，但是绝对有用。我确认这个发声方法是科学的，并且适用于所有的歌唱家们，包括opera singers.
Thank you, Steven (and Google Translate ;) I appreciate your vote of confidence. The concept of a mix voice does apply to opera singing as well, although in the pedagogy literature it is often called "the passagio" or "full head voice."
Annoying, I'm still pulling my chest when saying "hey" or "oh". I dont know hiw to initiate that 'mixed voice'. 😩
Two things:
1. Mix voice doesn't come naturally to a lot of people, myself included. You might have such strong habits that you need to work with a good voice teacher to guide you through the process. Like me, you could watch 100 videos and still not get it because you need personal feedback and customized exercises for your situation. In the end, that was the only way I got it.
2. If you tend to pull up your chest voice that much, you might want to put off trying to find mix voice and just focus on developing your head voice for a while. Here's a great video to start with:
Male Vocal Workout for Head Voice
ua-cam.com/video/1k20kiqRL9k/v-deo.html
And here's a video to teach you more about Head Voice:
ua-cam.com/video/iW3vUlaplQE/v-deo.html
I like the oh and hey about as equally well. I learned a trick by not forcing the notes up with volume and push, and to be gentle and maintain the even flow and pressure and to just stretch the vocal chords according to pitch.
That's exactly right. If you can keep 1) even volume with a 2) pure vowel on 3) accurate pitch you must be doing something correctly.
Thank you, especially how to do a lip trill. I have never been able to do this until now!
Well that's amazing that I was a part of teaching you how to do a lip trill. That exercise is a game-changer.
"Oh" was the easiest to me. Thank you for this video and tips!
Glad it helped!
I like how you blend the two elements that I want to a coach. Humor plus Passion on teaching, and sharing their crafts to their students. Coz of that I hit the sub button and notifi bell.❤️😍
Thank you so much! I appreciate your kind words, and I'll work to keep more content with humour and passion coming your way :)
Yehey! 💖 Thank Coach Spencer looking forward for that!😍
I'll be attempting to use this guide to find my mixed voice, I hope to be able to support the high notes I get from using my head voice (A5 highest for now)! I'll update you on my progress, since you care about your community a lot; it's rare that any content creator replies to all the comments they get.
Fabulous, I look forward to how you do, developing your mix voice. Are you male or female?
@@SpencerWelchVocalStudio
I’m 15 and I’m male :)
Ok great! Have you tried out these videos of mine for training your voice?
Male Vocal Workout for Head Voice
ua-cam.com/video/1k20kiqRL9k/v-deo.html
Mix Voice Workout for Guys
ua-cam.com/video/ZpeVTtLusgo/v-deo.html
I laughed the entire video in my mixed voice, thanks Spencer!
Nice! Laughter is the best medicine during these uncertain times.
I found mine on the "hey" greeting 😀, thank you very much, I have a performance soon and this gave me confidence
Great work Spencer! You've got a lovely style on video! :)
Thanks so much!
Bro I’ve been trying to teach myself how to sing for years and this is the first video I’ve seen that’s actually worked to find my mixed voice
Wow great to hear!
😂 It's great that I found you too. It's amazing how you explain I find it by hey!
Welcome, I'm so glad you're here :)
“Hey” was a revelation. Thank you!
Best explanation and examples - you are a great teacher. I really like the "Hey"
Thanks so much for the compliment! I'm happy it helped.
you explain everything perfectly! very affordable.
Cool, man, thanks!
Now we can only hope that I really got it right.
Found a mixvoise through a trill.
Greetings from Russia
You're welcome. Glad it helped!
I’m 17 and male and I’ve been singing for about a year now. When I try these exercises my voice either pulls my chest, or when I focus on maintaining a low volume, it breaks. I just can’t figure out how to pop into my mix.
Mix voice doesn't come naturally to a lot of people. I was one of those people. You probably just need specialized feedback and guidance from a voice teacher. I wasted years trying to learn how to do this on my own...and then I met my teacher, and he helped find it.
If you don't have a teacher already, my studio offers a 20-min trial Skype lesson for only $15:
spencerwelch.com/ko-trial-lesson
I feel like the "hey" exercise might've been the best exercise for me if I didn't have mixed voice already. I learned it by imitating a certain sound, memorizing what that feels like, and applying it to higher notes in songs. Another thing: it is a blend of chest and head, BUT it's also a form of adding both nasality and a little bit more volume than normal to your chest voice. At least, that's how I've come to realize and view mixed voice. If I were to teach someone an exercise in both finding and applying it on pitch, tell me if you think this exercise would work. I have them sing on the word "naa" with a wider mouth than usual, adding a little bit more volume than usual, having them heighten AND widen their mouth more and more as they go higher, and take it up the scale by having them do 5-3-1 movement. PLEASE let me know what you think.
If by "NAA" you mean the AA in "natural", I would be careful using that as the first exercise to teach someone to find mixed voice. If a singer already has chest voice, a wider, more open vowel like AA will encourage them to stay trapped in chest as they ascend, especially if they widen and get louder as they sing higher. This is the recipe to teach belt but not mixed voice, at least in a majority of singers.
The exception would be if they sang this AA with a thinned, twangy sound (what I call the pharyngeal voice) like a witch or SpongeBob. In that case, they have a better chance of thinning out their chest voice and allowing the voice to mix. But again, this would not be my first choice because of the acoustics necessary for mix voice.
When I'm teaching mix, I start with a mid vowel like an AY or OU. I tell the student to keep the vowel and volume the same from bottom to top. You can try some of these exercises and hear them demonstrated here:
7 Minute Mix Voice Workout ua-cam.com/video/IGoRueDvIvA/v-deo.html
I was talking about the "naa" with the imitating of SpongeBob or a witch. Forgive me, I didn't know widening your mouth would keep you in chest voice (even though I personally feel the mixed voice when I widen an aah vowel). I personally think this is a better exercise demonstrated with audio, which is why I feel like you might be right saying this might not be the best first choice. As far as your point about the acoustics, I just know it doesn't hurt when you add more volume on a high note.
When I train teachers, I teach them to take into account that what personally works for you may be very different from what the average person can do. Because wider vowels are composed of the acoustic properties that promote chest voice, most people won't find mix voice if you ascend from chest voice into the mixed range with a big, open vowel, even if you use the "witchy" sound quality. It's just too tempting to stick with chest voice and pull it up.
It's also not advisable to encourage singers under these conditions to sing louder as they ascend. When someone is pulling up chest voice too high, their vocal cords are too thick to produce the required high notes, so often they will squeeze their vocal cords together more tightly and push more air to try to raise the pitch artificially. This condition is called pressed phonation. It might work for a few notes, but as the singer gets louder, the vocal cords will start colliding into each other with more and more force, potentially causing swelling and abuse.
It's best to encourage singers to stay at the same volume or even slightly softer as they ascend so they can safely find their mix voice, and not confuse it with pulled-up chest. Then over time, they can build up to singing mix voice on all vowels at all volumes, so long as they maintain flexibility, freedom, and ease.
I don't know if you are a singing teacher or thinking of becoming one, but if so, I encourage you to check out the Institute for Vocal Advancement (vocaladvancement.com), which trains voice teachers world-wide, mostly via online tools. I'm the Director of Education for the company and help to design the training modules that expound on some of the principles I outlined in this post. If you're interested in learning more... :)
What happens when my voice still cracks into a head voice when I try all the techniques? Is there a way to try to prevent that?
Without hearing you and working with you, it's hard to know why your voice might be cracking (there can be many reasons.) Your vocal cords may be losing closure suddenly for an assortment of reasons. You can try this video to improve your closure and erase the break: ua-cam.com/video/I_w549666r0/v-deo.html
YOU ARE FREAKING AWESOME. ALL WERE FREAKING AMAZING AND FINALLY I FOUND IT. GRACIAS SENOR. OKAY IM BOOKING NOW!
Awesome, look forward to working with you! Here's the link to book private coaching with me:
www.spencerwelch.com/lessons/book-now/
Damn I literally can't get it, I've tried everything lol
It's ok, don't stress :) Mix doesn't come easily to many people, and they need one-on-one training to develop it. Obviously I'd have to hear you to know, but it may be that you have some strong habits that prevent you from being able to relax and find mix voice on your own. I was that way, and I had to train with a great vocal coach for a few years before my mix was easy and strong.
This helped me alot. The 'hey' method helped me.
Heeeyyyy, that's great to hear! 😉
Great video man. Gonna work on finding my mix voice!
Yay! Stay tuned for my next video with some exercises to help develop mix.
The "Hey!" and the Fargo "OH!" both work well for me. I struggle with lip trills. Thanks Spencer. nice explanation.
Glad they worked! I have a video coming out soon about how to do a lip trill.
Im trying... hope it can come cuz Im really trying for years to improve... people say lots of stuff about singing and then I get crazy.. your tongue, for example, is not relaxed like steven tyler when he hits high notes... then I just wonder if the tongue should be in an ideal position or if it makes no difference at all... Steven Tyler also get his shoulders up when taking air, what lots of singing teachers say you should not do... probably I will have to accept my voice as it is even with that almost blowing my mind... it's like a math question you cant understand, that problem you will never solve. But thanks. Ill keep trying...
If you listen to every person with an opinion about singing, and try to do what they say, you will drive yourself mad. It's important to find a trained, certified voice teacher who can give you advice and training that is tailored to your needs. How will you know if it's good advice? Because it works, and you will get results.
Great humorous approach with real life examples. Thank you
You're welcome! Glad you enjoyed it :)
Just what I was looking for!!
Your Majesty Amazing! I’m so glad 😊
Wow!!! I’m so excited I found your channel! I wish I watched this video yesterday BEFORE I decided to spontaneously burst into song in my last video! Hahaha I’m excited I found your channel!!
Hahaha now I have to go find this spontaneous singing of which you speak. Thanks so much!
Thank you so much sir for giving us this singing lessons ..god bless.
You are so welcome!!
You are a GENIUS!! I just found it
Wow, that's so exciting! I'm happy that I could help you. What type of music are you singing?
thank you.... I just found it with the Fargo "O" I love you maaaann!!!!!!!
Oh amazing! So happy for you and that my video helped you find it. Now keep practicing and developing your mix voice.
Practice along to my "7 Minute Mix Voice Workout" video to build it every day: ua-cam.com/video/IGoRueDvIvA/v-deo.html
@@SpencerWelchVocalStudio yes thank you very much!!!
My pleasure!
You're awesome, super charismatic and on point.
Aww, thank you so much! 😀
The 'Oh' made it for me. I still don't know if I do it right, but thank you!
Great! And you're welcome 😀
The "hey and "ooh" parttt omggg thankss♥️♥️😭😭
My pleasure! I'm glad they worked so well for you :)
The "OH" tip was the best one hahahah
I love the OH! What would you like to improve about your voice?
I dont know how I got here. I dont even sing, but I love this dudes vibes hahaha SUBBED!!!
Thanks! I appreciate you being here.
Though it is explained well, it would be far more of use if you would give us at least a short singing example in which this mixed voice is used. As with exercises alone, it is not the same as truly hearing it used in a song. I really would have liked to hear an example in a song, it'd tell me a lot more.
Your point is well taken, but the title and objective of this video is "Finding Your Mix Voice." Therefore, the point was to help the viewer find mix voice for the first time, not learn how to apply it to a song. I wanted to keep this video focused on its purpose, and most people find mix for the first time with a sound or exercise.
I will be making a "how to apply mix voice to songs" video soon though, so watch for that! Thanks for your comment.
One of the few actually helpful vocal tip videos, vocalist here
This video is so helpful! Thank you so much. I've been singing for a long time now and I never exactly knew how to use mixed voice but after using the Canadian "ooo-OOO-oooh".
A quick tid-bit for people wanting to learn to add grit to their singing voice texture is to use the mixed voice (after finding it with these great techniques!) and lean into it a bit using the diaphragm to compress the air further, giving the note that gritty rock/blues sound without any of the pain or damage to the folds. Just be careful when trying it and if it hurts at all or makes the singer cough, then stop to rest and hold off for a few days on trying again.
Great, I'm glad it helped you. Always count on the Canadian OH haha.
Yes, please be careful with using more air pressure to achieve grit, since additional air pressure is the #1 way singers can end up with edema (swelling) and eventually vocal damage if they don't stop and allow the folds to recover. Finding a rattle in the vocal fold closure or allowing the false folds to vibrate can be a safer choice. As in all things vocal, always be sensitive to any initial irritation and nip it in the bud quickly.
THIS IS SOOOO GOLD!!!
Thank you! Glad you liked it 😊
I wish I could sing, I want to learn. I don't have any money to spend on it though. Everything I try doesn't work. Every chance I get I sing to myself. I keep hoping the more I sing the more my voice will get better, but I just song awkward. :(
I'm sorry you are having difficulty learning how to sing. If watching videos and singing on your own is not helping, then you need personalized help from a teacher. I know this costs money, but it's worthwhile if it is important to you.
We offer a Trial 20-minute Skype lesson at our studio for $15 if you decide to pursue this more: spencerwelch.com/ko-trial-lesson
The mixed voice is the bridge between your natural it encompasses part of you natural range and your falsetto. It's not as full as your natural but can be just as loud and it usually louder and stronger than your falsetto but not higher! It's your midrange notes between the two!
I see what you're saying,, but I wouldn't use the word "falsetto" in that description. I prefer the term head voice, where the tone may be "headier" in quality but the vocal folds adduct (or close) more firmly in a similar laryngeal register (called modal) to chest and mix voice.
Falsetto is a different laryngeal register altogether where the vocal folds are much thinner and close for a shorter amount of time per cycle.
Also, falsetto is not high notes only, but it can overlap with the ranges of chest, mix, and head voice. In other words, I can sing low, medium, and high notes in falsetto....with a weaker production, of course.
Whereas to sing with an intensity that matches chest and mix voice, the vocal folds have to adduct more firmly and with more depth than falsetto...in other words, a head voice configuration.
i discovered my mixed voice when you laughed and i laughed along haha - i was so sure you were going to make that the first tip. is there any reason why that's a bad indicator?
That's great that you found mix voice with the high-pitched laugh I demonstrated. There are many different tools, some of which work for some people and not for others. So in hopes of including at least one that would work for the viewer, I included three tips/tools in this video, with laughter being the unofficial fourth 😉
This was soooo helpful !!! Thank you so much !!! all of the exercises were helpful especially the last one for me !!!
Can't stop laughing at the falsetto "oh"
Like a surprised Mrs. Doubtfire 😂😂
😂 Dude is hilarious ! All 3 ways helped me along with the colors analogy. Thanks a whole heap man ! 🎉
Glad you liked it, and it helped out! What would you like to improve in your singing?
@SpencerWelchVocalStudio well thanks for asking ! Actually I'm a baritone with some tenor I guess. I believe from chest voice to higher notes I'll change into falsetto abruptly.
Really Appreciated 😍
My pleasure!
Thank God UA-cam suggested me your channel!
Oh wow, so happy to hear that!!
Have you gotten a chance to watch most the videos on my channel now? What topics would you like to see me talk about in future videos?
Hey Spencer! The “O” seems to be the easiest way to find my mixed voice. Tell me, should it feel like a mix of chest base and slightly nasal?
Everyone feels things a little differently, but yes, it might feel like it's lifting behind your nose. It's ok if it's a little nasal at first, but we just don't want to push it into the nose.
Check out my mix voice workout to put this into action more: ua-cam.com/video/IGoRueDvIvA/v-deo.html
The information you share is totally mesmerizing to me!
Thanks, I'm so glad!
I have a question:
so sometimes when i'm singing to myself and i'm trying to be quiet, i'll start singing in this super soft way but it feels a bit like chest voice. i don't know how to describe it too well but it's a bit like humming only i'm actually singing words and it feels farther back in my throat. does this have a name? it lets me sing super high and i want to know if theres a way to make it louder and more powerful.
As the famous quote goes, "Talking about music is like dancing about architecture." 😀 So I can try to guess what you are doing, but it wouldn't really do it justice without hearing you and working with you in a lesson. If it feels similar to chest voice but you are able to sing quite high without getting louder, it's probably some kind of light mix voice. But again, that's just an educated guess. I do offer Skype lessons if this is something you want to investigate in earnest.
Found my head voice 😎.
And looks like I have found mix as well
Well will you look at you hehe! Happy for you. What would you like to improve in your voice?
2:29 HEEEEEEEY YEEeah, i wanna shoop, baby (couldnt help myself)
You do you 😂
Brilliantly FUNNY explanation. Love the humour. Very useful and helpful info this!
Thanks a lot! So glad you enjoyed it. What would you like to improve in your voice?
What do I do to find my mixed voice..if my voice cracks even when I say "Oh" and "Hey"? 😢
Find a good voice teacher ;) Some singers have such strong vocal habits that tips won't help them, no matter how many videos they watch. They need personalized guidance and ongoing training.
Mix voice is a challenging region to develop in the best of times. Some of us just need more help. I was one of these people, and I sought out one of the best vocal coaches in Hollywood to help me develop my mix voice. Saved me years of frustration.
@@SpencerWelchVocalStudio Alright thanks sir!
My pleasure!
Thanks for sharing, will check out your channel some more. Would like to improve my singing, I'm mostly a sax player.
Welcome, great to have you here! After you check out my channel, feel free to post in the comments any topics you'd like to see me cover in a future video.
Hey I've always been good at doing mixed voice and head voice. I think it's because I have a higher voice for a guy so I was always playing around with my voice. I just wondering how I can make my mix sound more chesty like some of these singers. Mine sounds very much like adam Lamberts haha it would be cool to have a mix like Freddie mercury or Brendon urie. Any advice?
Singing with a chestier mix is a highly sought-after skill, but it is a subtle thing to develop which many students don't achieve properly because they don't have the patience. Power doesn't come from pushing or muscling your way into something louder. It's about using resonance and vowel tuning to get the maximum with the minimum effort. This usually requires training with an experienced teacher because the student will often need feedback from a trained ear. When the student does it correctly, it might feel like they aren't doing much internally, while it sounds big on the outside.
If you'd like to get some guidance about this, my studio offers a 20-min Skype trial lesson: spencerwelch.com/ko-trial-lesson
The lip trill was very useful, thanks so much!
Glad you liked it...what would you like to improve in your voice?
how do you know you found it? cause when i sing in my head voice with a lot of twang it's like i found it but i'm not sure.
You've found it when you're able to sing from your chest voice up into the range of A4-C5, while keeping the same vowel, the same volume, and good intonation. If you use a lot of twang in your head voice, you could be getting the beginnings of a mix, but with an unfinished tone, i.e. you sound twangy. A more finished mix will have the natural colour of your voice (with balanced bass and treble) similar to your speaking voice.
Check out my video "7-Minute Mix Voice Workout" to see how I move from a twangy NAY to a more finished MUM: ua-cam.com/video/IGoRueDvIvA/v-deo.html
The fargo oh was very easy! It felt nice.. :)
Love it!
Okay so. I can go from an F2 to a B6 sometimes D7. I’m a boy and I consider myself a baritone even though ppl call me a tenor but I still can’t access my mixed voice. I tried this and my voice just goes out or breaks. My question is. Why can I hit high notes in my head voice and falsetto and hit regular to low notes in my chest but I can’t achieve mixed?
It's near impossible to really know what's going on in your voice without hearing you and working with you in a lesson. However, something to consider: how old are you, has your voice changed yet, and if so, how long ago?
@@SpencerWelchVocalStudio you're right no one can hit a B6 even tho its a mixed voice right ?
Ariana Grande that’s not what I said. I said that’s my range not that I could hit it in mixed voice.
Many women, prepubescent boys, and a few select men can sing up to a B6, but not in mix voice. For women and boy sopranos, a B6 is high head voice, even whistle in some cases. For those few men who can sing B6, it is basically whistle voice, never mix.
So I have been doing it right. I have been singing since childhood but I still feel like I have a very weak voice. My range seems that of a mezzo soprano (choir days) but I have extra low notes covering tenor. That's covering more than 2 octaves, but my voice is too soft and cracks if I try hitting high notes. I think my falsetto is weak as well. Maybe I just need more training. Hehe
I would have to hear you and work with you in a lesson to comment intelligently, but if you have this extension in your bottom range, that may explain why the upper range is weaker. Heavier voices tend to take longer to develop a fuller mix voice. Do you feel like you are starting stronger on the bottom and then breaking or flipping (either abruptly or gradually) as you ascend toward your upper middle and high range?
I wish I could sing! Is there any hope for me?! Great video.
Thank you and great question! Stats say only 5% of the population is actually tone deaf, so almost anyone can learn how to sing. It's a skill like learning to paint or play the piano. What kind of music would you love to sing (if you could)? :)
Wow I wish I had this video years ago. What a masterpiece!
Wow, that is high praise. Thank you so much!
Well, some people call this head voice.
That's true. Show me 100 voice teachers, and I will show 100 different names for this voice quality: mix voice, mixed voice, head voice, voix mixte, primo passaggio, voce di testa piena, M1, the upper extension, F2 tracking H2, etc, etc... But I am less interested in the semantics than in teaching students how to do it, whatever you choose to call it at the end of the day.
You just saved my life! Thank you so much! U just got a new subscriber! With the bell on😁!!!
Fabulous to hear! So glad it was helpful :)
I love singing in the shower but don't have the voice to do it in public lol this was a fun video to watch
Something about the shower makes us all sound like rockstars :)
that was fun to listen and yet i learned a lot..
thanks for such a nice explaination..