In my opinion it is not the online medium that is the limitation. If a teacher is able to listen right and identify the root problem, the medium is not a barrier. I have been teaching online for a decade and helped several students fix their vocal technique. A good understanding of technology as well can help improve the audio and video quality in online classes.
You are doing a wonderful job on teaching how to mix and blend chest voice and head voice properly. This technique is what exactly needs to be taught to anyone who is learning Indian classical music.
So, nice of you. As a matter of fact, as you mentioned, no one was there to guide me about head voice, years back, when I opted for BA Music. Unfortunately, I was not able to complete it till today, because of this issue. Recently, my teacher, whom I met after several years, taught me to use my head voice. Now, I have started to practise again. I hope that one day I will be able to sing excellently.
I strained and struggled exactly the way you showed at the very beginning, Pratibha. Then came the European concept of singing 'falsetto'. Accepting that caused a real impediment. Without anyone ever saying I should, I stopped singing and listening to tuneful melodies. Music was a cherished hobby till then. Now I hope to correct my misconception, practice well and enjoy singing once again. Very grateful ❤, Pratibha. Thank you 🙏🏾. It is an answer to a prayer.
I like your analogy of "hitting the note" it really added to the clarity of what to observe. I took a singing class once at my community college, and our teach taught us to use the yawn method to I was surprised how significant a difference it made! Great video.
The more I listen to you, the more I want to have more of you. One of the best suggestion that you had shared, thank you for letting us easy approach towards musical goal. 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏
I am a senior citizen .I had a good voice once .stopped singing as a teenager . This episode gives me a eay of hope for higher octaves . Thanks very much .will follow your videos.
Excellent, Madam. But, while narrating the technics of Head Voice, you may please sing a phrase of your choice to show us how to hit High Pitch through Head Voice while singing a song which starts with a low pitch.
You are a great teacher.I had some singing ability from the young age but no body taught me these things.Nor did I learnt on my own.I remained a bath room singer. But no regrets.I love good singing and I love your videos. In my old age,now I realise why there is a need for good Guru. You are excellant Guru.❤❤❤❤❤❤
Could you create a video guide on how to become a vocalist in one year, starting from a beginner’s level? It would be great if it covers essential techniques, practice routines, and tips for improvement!
U can teach anything dear,I am stunned by your capacity,superb explanation👌👌👌🌹🌹I use head voice for singing,not while speaking ,my relatives doubted my singing posts ,they asked for videos, I did send them😂❤
This is the biggest problem in both Hindustani music and carnatic music. I am a singer and I have been learning both styles for years together. Most gurus pick the wrong shruthi or wrong sur for a student to sing and this puts lot of strain on the voice which isn't good. And as a result, the student struggles. The student either ends up shouting and screaming to reach high notes or is struggling to reach high notes. This is exactly what happens. It doesn't matter how many alankaras, swaravali exercises is practiced in carnatic music or how many sargam exercises or alankars is practiced. Each one of us has a limited range in the voice and sometimes singing in thara sthayi in carnatic music or in taar saptak in Hindustani music in full chest voice is just not possible for prolonged periods of time. My Hindustani guru always recommends me to do my riyaz(sadhakam) in a comfortable sur ( comfortable shruthi)and to sing whatever raags I have learnt in my comfortable sur. (I usually sing in sur A for Hindustani music and shruthi G for carnatic music). My Hindustani guru, usually when she gets a new student, she will first test out their range and see how high and how low they can go. ( If it's a female student it's usually Khali chaar or Khali paanch) and if it's a male student it's usually Khali ek and Khali dho) ( So black 4, black 5, black 1, or black 2 on the harmonium) In carnatic music, females usually sing shruthi G, G sharp and very rarely A. Males, usually sing, C, C sharp, D or D sharp Here most gurus assume that the selected shruthi will work for the student. But that is not always the case. It's a good idea to first test out the range of the student first and see how high and how low the student can go and then decide on the shruthi. Of course, it can always be changed and modified.
Sure, we do offer online classes for Carnatic music and voice culture. For more details, please whatsapp us on +91 98402 43715 or email us at enquiry@voxguru.in
Thank you so much for this. I struggle with this as I feel my voice is a base voice and hitting high notes sounds harsh. I’ll explore this technique . Thank you!🙏
Adding Your experience makes the Concept easier to understand.......Nice work🙂 , you may not even know How it help a Financially poor person to Learn singing Easier with some Tricks , Keep Rocking 😉......Eagerly Waiting for your Experience of Singing from the Stomache🙂
@@VoxGuru yes i also sing lower octave. c# is my scale and i daily practice 3 sptak mandra, madhay, and taar saptak and i also easily sing lower octave c# 2year is complete learning classical And thanks for replying me❤❤❤❤❤
I learned to sing in high notes easily without shouting, just by listening, observing, and learning from the songs of the greatest and the most melodious Bollywood singer of all time, Muhammad Rafi Sahab. Listen to him and you will learn a lot 🙏🏻🙏🏻
Namaskar Mam,zo beautifully you explained. Thanks.I wish to add that sometimes due to some other reason also voice becomes shaky in higher notes. If we make the posture straight it really helps siging in high notes.
But I don't have a voice at all..Madame.. Great tips..Tiruvilaysal Sivaji Madiri..Nammaku Talakizhe ninnu Tanni kudichu paatum Sangitamum Varale.. Hum Punyam illai
I was thinking of the same thing as you said. Head voice is nasal and false voice and I should always sing from my belly. Of course I have a very hard time hitting high note without sounding awful. Thanks for clarifying.
I started singing in choir and I was so disappointed that I can’t take high notes as others and I used to sing in this other voice but comes out feeble without power.. still struggling but this is a great video addressing this problem.. thanks.. I still don’t know how to bring power to this head voice. Hence once I tried really hard to hit high note with my chest voice and my voice cracked and lost my entire voice for couple of days.. I was so sad after this.
May be training would help but in the end,not every voice can be trained for singing.That is the reason why not every one is a singer.Beyond a point if things don't improve,stop training and enjoy others singing.Should not feel bad. Or we may restrict ourselves to the range that we are capable of singing.
@@gangadharhiremath7306 ha ha don’t get me wrong. I have led many singing sessions within my vocal range and had lot of good feedbacks. I only have problem with high notes.. sometimes I get to manage with asking people to adjust my microphone settings.. so singing is my strong point but would be effortless if I get a bit of guidance.
I still can’t find it😭🙏🏻I’m doing my best to find it cuz I’ve got a chance to sing in studio it’s a malayalam Kavitha and it’s the original idk what should I do I’m trapped…..
High notes aren't even in my pin code. I'm a woman, but if I can sing o duniya ke rakhwale at Rafi's pitch, I'll be happy. (The low notes aren't an issue)
Hi madam ,I am also struggling to sing high notes but I am always singing with head voice and I am interested in signing .Iam interested to hear your teaching way will continue the class
Sure, we do offer online classes for Carnatic music and voice culture. For more details, please whatsapp us on +91 98402 43715 or email us at enquiry@voxguru.in
It s taken 5 years. I understood, the break, the voice projection from different place. But am still struggling in avroh singing, esp. Where the break is.
Thank you for giving very useful tips mam because i also getting comments " if u sing High notes looks like somebody else singing " also I had doubt whether while singing carnatic music I can sing in head voice or not. Now my doubt cleared. Thanks again for timely guidence mam🙏
In carnatic music, it's very unlikely that you would be able to sing in your head voice. I have taken carnatic music for years and I never used head voice singing carnatic music. Now in Hindustani music, you can try to mix your chest voice and your head voice. But you would need to know how to do this transition smoothly and with more subtlety and that is where a good guru is needed for guidance on how to do this. So that u can sound like one voice all the way through whatever you are singing. For example in a bhajan, an abhang, a ghazal, a rabindra sangeet composition, a film song etc.. You can probably try to mix chest voice with head voice in pure Hindustani classical also provided your guru shows the proper technique to do it and your guru allows it.. I know this because I have also taken Hindustani music for many years and in taar saptak, ( upper octave) there is a possibility to learn how to use your head voice instead of your chest voice as this avoids straining and your voice cracking. Western music definitely allows mixing of both chest voice and head voice. I have learnt western classical and western pop also.
Could you explain the difference between the head voice and false voice a bit more ? For the longest time I also used to think that they are the same and have always felt guilty about using the head voice while singing hindustani classical, even though that meant cracking my voice completely just after 30 minutes of practising the high notes. I have always been discouraged to use that thin voice and use the more open chest voice instead. I used to think that it is the limitation of my vocal range that I can't reach those high notes with my chest voice with ease and that I need more practice to achieve that. It is reassuring to know that using the head voice in indian classical is not a sin.
False voice (falsetto) is more of an airy and breathy sound which is used in a different context primarily in western music. Head voice on the other hand is more powerful with a richer timbre. However when you are initially trying to find your head voice, you may end up singing in this breathy tone which is why some people find it unnatural. But it's important to keep working through this until you find your complete head voice. Until then it's okay even if it sounds breathy for a while. But at any cost, don't let your voice get strained or cracked by forcing the chest voice on the full range. Remember, the biggest stalwarts of classical music actively use the head voice and the thin tone can be heard in their renditions. Infact it is that tone that helps achieve effortless singing and a pleasant sound. Try to observe and imbibe that along with the technique I have mentioned here.
To be honest I have a situationship with high notes not relationship
I understand this emotional Atyachar. I am blessed (but some might say cursed) with Baritone voice box
😂
I also find learning online has its limitations. Not all teachers hear the difference in me using head and shouting voice.
Definitely...I am struggling to find a good teacher for my kids... online is not working at all
In my opinion it is not the online medium that is the limitation. If a teacher is able to listen right and identify the root problem, the medium is not a barrier. I have been teaching online for a decade and helped several students fix their vocal technique. A good understanding of technology as well can help improve the audio and video quality in online classes.
@@VoxGuruhow to join voice culture class, for find head voice ❤
Me too@@Masmasmasmas-o7e
Some good technique it appears I will have to work out n find out! 👍🤝
You are doing a wonderful job on teaching how to mix and blend chest voice and head voice properly. This technique is what exactly needs to be taught to anyone who is learning Indian classical music.
Really. No one talks about it in classical training.
Thankyou mam I was struggling with my voice when I sing but now onwards I find it very easy and comfortable in singing by using head voice
So, nice of you. As a matter of fact, as you mentioned, no one was there to guide me about head voice, years back, when I opted for BA Music. Unfortunately, I was not able to complete it till today, because of this issue. Recently, my teacher, whom I met after several years, taught me to use my head voice. Now, I have started to practise again. I hope that one day I will be able to sing excellently.
Pratibha thanks so much for this!
Really grateful for this video. Its really gonna help a lot of people like me who struggle with high notes.
I strained and struggled exactly the way you showed at the very beginning, Pratibha. Then came the European concept of singing 'falsetto'. Accepting that caused a real impediment. Without anyone ever saying I should, I stopped singing and listening to tuneful melodies. Music was a cherished hobby till then. Now I hope to correct my misconception, practice well and enjoy singing once again. Very grateful ❤, Pratibha. Thank you 🙏🏾. It is an answer to a prayer.
one of the best videos from guru pratibha sarathy madam
I like your analogy of "hitting the note" it really added to the clarity of what to observe. I took a singing class once at my community college, and our teach taught us to use the yawn method to I was surprised how significant a difference it made! Great video.
Remarkable. How simplistically you call-out how to get head voice. Respect 🙏🙏🙏
Soooper ! Very practical suggestion and method
Thank you sooooo much!!!!!!😘😁♥️🤍
Thank you for the great advice! It’s going to help me a lot! ❤❤❤
You're so lovely..Thank you for this❤
The more I listen to you, the more I want to have more of you.
One of the best suggestion that you had shared, thank you for letting us easy approach towards musical goal.
🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏
This is such a brilliant video❤️❤️
❤❤❤
I am a senior citizen .I had a good voice once .stopped singing as a teenager . This episode gives me a eay of hope for higher octaves . Thanks very much .will follow your videos.
Excellent, Madam. But, while narrating the technics of Head Voice, you may please sing a phrase of your choice to show us how to hit High Pitch through Head Voice while singing a song which starts with a low pitch.
You are so encouraging. I was able to reach higher that before just by doing what you said in this video. :) THANK YOU!
You are a great teacher.I had some singing ability from the young age but no body taught me these things.Nor did I learnt on my own.I remained a bath room singer.
But no regrets.I love good singing and I love your videos.
In my old age,now I realise why there is a need for good Guru.
You are excellant Guru.❤❤❤❤❤❤
Very informative video 👌👌👌
Could you create a video guide on how to become a vocalist in one year, starting from a beginner’s level? It would be great if it covers essential techniques, practice routines, and tips for improvement!
U can teach anything dear,I am stunned by your capacity,superb explanation👌👌👌🌹🌹I use head voice for singing,not while speaking ,my relatives doubted my singing posts ,they asked for videos, I did send them😂❤
This is the biggest problem in both Hindustani music and carnatic music. I am a singer and I have been learning both styles for years together. Most gurus pick the wrong shruthi or wrong sur for a student to sing and this puts lot of strain on the voice which isn't good. And as a result, the student struggles. The student either ends up shouting and screaming to reach high notes or is struggling to reach high notes. This is exactly what happens. It doesn't matter how many alankaras, swaravali exercises is practiced in carnatic music or how many sargam exercises or alankars is practiced. Each one of us has a limited range in the voice and sometimes singing in thara sthayi in carnatic music or in taar saptak in Hindustani music in full chest voice is just not possible for prolonged periods of time.
My Hindustani guru always recommends me to do my riyaz(sadhakam) in a comfortable sur ( comfortable shruthi)and to sing whatever raags I have learnt in my comfortable sur. (I usually sing in sur A for Hindustani music and shruthi G for carnatic music).
My Hindustani guru, usually when she gets a new student, she will first test out their range and see how high and how low they can go. ( If it's a female student it's usually Khali chaar or Khali paanch) and if it's a male student it's usually Khali ek and Khali dho) ( So black 4, black 5, black 1, or black 2 on the harmonium)
In carnatic music, females usually sing shruthi G, G sharp and very rarely A. Males, usually sing, C, C sharp, D or
D sharp
Here most gurus assume that the selected shruthi will work for the student. But that is not always the case. It's a good idea to first test out the range of the student first and see how high and how low the student can go and then decide on the shruthi. Of course, it can always be changed and modified.
Excellent sir madam kindly send me more of this lesson.
Thankyou so much i learn important of my voice singing.
Sure, we do offer online classes for Carnatic music and voice culture. For more details, please whatsapp us on +91 98402 43715 or email us at enquiry@voxguru.in
❤Super lovely tips
Augustine violinist from Malaysia
Thank you so much for this very informative episode.
Need more videos on head voice
Really excellent video
Awesome explanation 🎉
Thank you so much for this. I struggle with this as I feel my voice is a base voice and hitting high notes sounds harsh. I’ll explore this technique . Thank you!🙏
Great tips🙏🙏🙏...much awaited information 👍👍👍
You might have just changed my life 😂 the guilt around head voice is real. thank you!
Awesome! I’ve experienced it too 😊
Very good technique mam,... thank you so much 🙏
Thankyou so much❤
Adding Your experience makes the Concept easier to understand.......Nice work🙂 , you may not even know How it help a Financially poor person to Learn singing Easier with some Tricks , Keep Rocking 😉......Eagerly Waiting for your Experience of Singing from the Stomache🙂
I really have to thank you, madam!
Great tips👌🏼🥰
Thank you ma'am for the guides
Mam you have explained really really very beautifully all that problems which I faced ❤
Head voice concept is great
Thank you madam,I hope this will help me.❤🙏🙏🙏🌹
Great job explaining
Thanksforyourhelp.😚
Thank you very much. Very informative and useful for a singer
Thank you teacher Prathiba...😊
I practice c# in harmonium and i sing easily dha in taar saptak😅😅😅
Lovely! Do ensure you are able to go into lower octave also to a similar extent. A balanced range is healthy and more resonant.
@@VoxGuru yes i also sing lower octave. c# is my scale and i daily practice 3 sptak mandra, madhay, and taar saptak and i also easily sing lower octave c# 2year is complete learning classical
And thanks for replying me❤❤❤❤❤
Thats awesome i can only sing from C#2 to D4 @@RPofficial000
Thank u for this advice ❤
Excellent 👌
I learned to sing in high notes easily without shouting, just by listening, observing, and learning from the songs of the greatest and the most melodious Bollywood singer of all time, Muhammad Rafi Sahab. Listen to him and you will learn a lot 🙏🏻🙏🏻
Thank you so much for this advice
Sri Rama Jayam 🙏🙏 Super advice ❤❤
Good Morning 🎉🎉🎉
Thank You ❤️
You are amazing 😊
This lady,too great wonderful saying the genuine natural truth .
Thank You 🙏🏻 ❤
It’s opposite for me I am fine with high notes but struggle with low notes for eg: billie ellish songs
beautiful explanation :)
Big fan from hyderabad ma'am
Thank you so much ,,, to explain this ❤🥹
Best wishes
🕉 नमः शिवाय 🙏
Extremely good explanation. Could you please upload some techniques for smooth transition or blending of chest and head voice.
Aum🙏
Thank you much 🙏
Namaskar Mam,zo beautifully you explained. Thanks.I wish to add that sometimes due to some other reason also voice becomes shaky in higher notes. If we make the posture straight it really helps siging in high notes.
Video starts at 4:30.. sing like you yawn..
Madam..,my case is reverse....I can sing high notes easily ..,but I feel little difficult to sing Low notes
Guruma❤❤
But I don't have a voice at all..Madame.. Great tips..Tiruvilaysal Sivaji Madiri..Nammaku Talakizhe ninnu Tanni kudichu paatum Sangitamum Varale.. Hum Punyam illai
Thank u Madam.
I was thinking of the same thing as you said. Head voice is nasal and false voice and I should always sing from my belly. Of course I have a very hard time hitting high note without sounding awful. Thanks for clarifying.
Helps alot
I started singing in choir and I was so disappointed that I can’t take high notes as others and I used to sing in this other voice but comes out feeble without power.. still struggling but this is a great video addressing this problem.. thanks.. I still don’t know how to bring power to this head voice. Hence once I tried really hard to hit high note with my chest voice and my voice cracked and lost my entire voice for couple of days.. I was so sad after this.
May be training would help but in the end,not every voice can be trained for singing.That is the reason why not every one is a singer.Beyond a point if things don't improve,stop training and enjoy others singing.Should not feel bad.
Or we may restrict ourselves to the range that we are capable of singing.
@@gangadharhiremath7306 ha ha don’t get me wrong. I have led many singing sessions within my vocal range and had lot of good feedbacks. I only have problem with high notes.. sometimes I get to manage with asking people to adjust my microphone settings.. so singing is my strong point but would be effortless if I get a bit of guidance.
@@SarahAr21 👍👍👍great to know.
same :(
Thank you so much for yr advise
I still can’t find it😭🙏🏻I’m doing my best to find it cuz I’ve got a chance to sing in studio it’s a malayalam Kavitha and it’s the original idk what should I do I’m trapped…..
Thank uuuu!!
Good tip u gave
High notes aren't even in my pin code. I'm a woman, but if I can sing o duniya ke rakhwale at Rafi's pitch, I'll be happy. (The low notes aren't an issue)
Hi madam ,I am also struggling to sing high notes but I am always singing with head voice and I am interested in signing .Iam interested to hear your teaching way will continue the class
Sure, we do offer online classes for Carnatic music and voice culture. For more details, please whatsapp us on +91 98402 43715 or email us at enquiry@voxguru.in
Hi madam I regularly watch your vedios
same feeling i had about my head voice. i m still strugling in blending it with chest voice
Can you make a video about how to hit high notes with chest voice pls ??
It s taken 5 years. I understood, the break, the voice projection from different place.
But am still struggling in avroh singing, esp. Where the break is.
Thank you for giving very useful tips mam because i also getting comments " if u sing High notes looks like somebody else singing " also I had doubt whether while singing carnatic music I can sing in head voice or not. Now my doubt cleared.
Thanks again for timely guidence mam🙏
In carnatic music, it's very unlikely that you would be able to sing in your head voice. I have taken carnatic music for years and I never used head voice singing carnatic music.
Now in Hindustani music, you can try to mix your chest voice and your head voice. But you would need to know how to do this transition smoothly and with more subtlety and that is where a good guru is needed for guidance on how to do this. So that u can sound like one voice all the way through whatever you are singing. For example in a bhajan, an abhang, a ghazal, a rabindra sangeet composition, a film song etc.. You can probably try to mix chest voice with head voice in pure Hindustani classical also provided your guru shows the proper technique to do it and your guru allows it.. I know this because I have also taken Hindustani music for many years and in taar saptak, ( upper octave) there is a possibility to learn how to use your head voice instead of your chest voice as this avoids straining and your voice cracking.
Western music definitely allows mixing of both chest voice and head voice. I have learnt western classical and western pop also.
when I try the head voice my voice keeps breaking
Mam it's opposite for me I am comfortable with my high notes but l can't sing my low notes please do video on that also
How to sing Chandramukhi paray song aa a aaa a aa a dheerenana dheeranana tuna
Mam plz make a video on how to sing song,moh e rang do laal
please tell us more about false voice
Mam please teach aila aila song
Hi Madam I regularly watch your vedios,I am learning Carnatic music please give me some more practice exerciaes
I have to sing "yeh tune kya kiya" tomorrow it's part of ishq kiii........ Saazishien is what I am struggling at
Thank you Pratibha-ji My voice gets very tired at high notes.
Could you explain the difference between the head voice and false voice a bit more ? For the longest time I also used to think that they are the same and have always felt guilty about using the head voice while singing hindustani classical, even though that meant cracking my voice completely just after 30 minutes of practising the high notes. I have always been discouraged to use that thin voice and use the more open chest voice instead. I used to think that it is the limitation of my vocal range that I can't reach those high notes with my chest voice with ease and that I need more practice to achieve that. It is reassuring to know that using the head voice in indian classical is not a sin.
False voice (falsetto) is more of an airy and breathy sound which is used in a different context primarily in western music. Head voice on the other hand is more powerful with a richer timbre. However when you are initially trying to find your head voice, you may end up singing in this breathy tone which is why some people find it unnatural. But it's important to keep working through this until you find your complete head voice. Until then it's okay even if it sounds breathy for a while. But at any cost, don't let your voice get strained or cracked by forcing the chest voice on the full range. Remember, the biggest stalwarts of classical music actively use the head voice and the thin tone can be heard in their renditions. Infact it is that tone that helps achieve effortless singing and a pleasant sound. Try to observe and imbibe that along with the technique I have mentioned here.
My voice is shaking when i try to hold a not after yawning 🥲
Ma'am can you teach minsara kanna song from Padyappa movie in the song learning series