I love how you define and demonstrate the techniques and the terms. Actually I've been surfing the net for a long time about this topic. But after watching this video, it helped me have a clear understandingwith the difference between the terms used by vocal coaches/teachers. I like the term Connected and Disconnected. It's easier to understand with these terms used. Looking forward for the next video. 😁
can't wait for the next video. I really wanted to learn how to get rid of the vocal breaks. Never gone voice lessons tho, but I really love to sing. kudos to you sir from 🇵🇭
Phil Moufarrege The falsetto and head voice. I'm not exactly a student or anything but i like to sing. So explaining the difference between those two gives me an idea on how I can improve my singing. I love doing karaokes. 😁😁
Great video. Really cleared things up for me. I have a really strong “chest voice” and Ive dealt with a lot of singing teachers and other singers who naturally “flip” into a reasonate falsetto earlier. The contrast between this flipping and my chest voice was always so obvious that I started to avoid it and mainly sing low. Only recently a singing teacher started helping me take that chest feeling higher but I found I eventually hit a wall still (although higher up) so I thought maybe it wasn’t correct. But you’ve just confirmed with a few corrections it will work!
I watch this all the way and I’m tried the note you hit in Head Voice and I kinda hit it, now I’m crying I feel like i’m just discover new ability in my voice.Thank you so much!🙏🏼😭❤️
Wow, this is what I needed! Great explanation between the others so far, you could simplify it better than the others. Can't wait to see the part two of this video! Subbed😁
My chest used to be stopped at an a4 but now I can belt in chest up to atleast a B4 and on good days a C5 and I’m a baritone and my mixed voice usually starts from a C5 ranging to a G5
the general term Chest or Falsetto is great, voice absolutely needs to be connected to lower chords to be believable. the thing I am looking for is getting a stronger tone in the upper range with technique to safely do it without wearing out the vocal chords
I wish all teachers would try to be clear and to the point like this, its like none of them actually looks for efficiency and practicality. its best to use the terminology that makes sense to you, I call falsetto the breathy tone because the vocal cords are disconnected , the feminine high pitch head voice and the masculine bridge voice, mix or chesty tone head voice. at the end of the day you need audio examples
I've watched a LOT of vocal coaches explain singing technique, and am taking private lessons as well. My instructor is teaching me properly, but I only know that now because I watched your video. He only talks in terms of head and chest, but I realize that i'm switching into falsetto at the break, not staying connected via "mixed." You have made it click in my head, which I think is SO important to singing.
I can sometimes smooth the transition out so well (?) that I can't tell anymore whether I'm secretly switching to (clear) falsetto or or there is still some support. It even comes with vibrato up high around A4-B4-C5, but only on 'Ah' vowel -- I don't think I can pronounce other sounds there yet. It's more like hovering, riding some light wave. I don't think I have enough muscles to be any more supported up there. I sometimes can reach to Bflat in a full supported but that sounds like reaching-pulling. So I decided to learn to start "switching" (flipping?) earlier and then work on smoothing it out. Would be a pity if it's falseto, because with it I can reach all the way to D5 on 'Ah'.
My singing progress was stalled for so many weeks because I couldn’t figure out the transition from chest to head voice. Your explanation cleared so many misunderstandings in my singing. Thank you
Phil Moufarrege I used to be confused by the concept “mixed voice” and those vocal coaches always told me to “low down my head voice and connects it with my chest voice”.. I have been trying this for a really long time but get nowhere...After watching your video I realized that everything seems to start from building up the chest voice and make it supported and robust.But my chest voice is not so good for I have been used to using falsetto for a long time.i am wondering whether the overuse of falsetto will weak the muscles for chest voice and is it irreversible?
yes it does weaken the chest voice but it's not irreversible, you just need to be shown how to properly engage and strengthen your chest voice. I specialize in teaching this to people with super weak chest voices - even people who can't get their chest above C4 (middle C). Ideally you want to strengthen and stretch your chest voice AT LEAST to the A4 and in some cases even higher up to the B4 or C5. I know it sounds impossible but my chest voice used to break at F4 for years, now I can take it all the way to C5 when singing loud before I feel a mix start, and when I sing lighter, it starts more around A4. it's not a quick fix it really is like muscle building. It's a slow strengthening process. the problem is everyone is trying to mix TOO EARLY IN THEIR RANGE. This doesn't work and isn't reliable in actual singing when you have to sing a full song through live. I've taught this to many people successfully.
The more intresting question why our voices are disconnected weak and broken, if I listen to my 6 year oldniece cry and sing her entire voice is one and pure
that's a great question and I can talk a lot about this. When we are babies the larynx is softer and more pliable so the voice isn't very heavy and requires less muscular strength to control. As we get older and go through puberty (especially for guys) the larynx becomes more solid and bigger and requires more muscular strength of the muscles to get that same degree of control. what makes this even more difficult is that if you have not been keeping up with the growth of your body, you develop a "strength deficit" where: as the larynx is becoming heavier and requiring more strength to "move the voice" if you haven't been keeping your voice strong over the years you develop a larger deficit that becomes harder to make up for. Similar to how a little kid can learn gymnastics while young because they don't need as much strength to handle their heavyweight, but if you wait until you're an adult to start your body weight is so much heavier that there is a much larger strength deficit and much bigger learning curve.
@@philmoufarrege Thanks for the elaborate answer. It explains a lot. I have been taking singing classes for a year now (again) and now finally I start to grasp what I am doing. Your info and technique in general is solid and this answer the icing on the cake. Keep it up!
Great video, watched all of it. Really great to clear up the confusion around these terms!
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love your philosophic vocal demonstrations. would love if u analyzed Kris Lawrence eyes nose lips (taeyang cover)on the wishbus ua-cam.com/video/XI1x8TadyeY/v-deo.html
To view the other PARTS in this video series please click this playlist. When I create new parts I'll add them to this playlist: ua-cam.com/play/PLSby01DiMpeWh46U0aNntdw1keIR-gFyF.html
Hello Phil, I'm just starting music, and must say I've learnt a lot just watching this video. I didn't know there are different types of head voices. Thank you very much.
yeah. learning how to get through the G#4 and A4 area is a tricky thing for male singers. It's a vocal bridge, where a shift in coordination needs to happen and takes very specific training to develop it so that you can go through that into the upper range.
Was it really this simple? I feel like I just did a slide through from my chest to head with no break. Your explanation of chest voice mixed voice and head being one and the same actually makes a lot of sense. And then airy falsetto having a break. Also, hearing you speak of vocal coaches all using the terms differently I think is my issue. Just when I thought I understood it all it can be confusing. Thanks for this video though, I’ve watched MANY and none have explained it so easily!
Thx Phil U are the Best.. Now my only problem is Note around E5 to G5 or above..Like my Mixed stop at D5 or Eb5 sometimes.. and E5 it will break to falsetto and have distortion. I want to have Clean(No distortion) E5 to G5 Mixed voice and not break to falsetto/head ..How to fix this? .. I'm a Male. Baritone . Have falsetto/head range up to C6 or F6 sometimes(Good Days). Thanks again
This is a common issue. There could be a number of different answers to this: - You may be overgripping on the consonants which is causing you to jam up your voice. - You may be singing too wide on the vowel and not allowing the same "thinning" action that occurs on the scales - You might be singing too lightly on the scales and on intervals that are too wide that never expose the fact that you may not actually be able to SIT on those notes near the break with any kind of SECURITY. what might be happening is that the scales you are doing are helping you HIDE the fact you don't have as much stability or security you think you have. You don't truly own a note until you can come from below to the note, come from above to the note, sustain the note, hit the note on any vowel. Just doing scales that blitz you past the area is only step 1, you need to truly hone in and SECURE each note. Every note needs to feel SECURE. At the end of the day exercises are EASIER than singing. They are a step down from singing. Singing is harder. So we use exercises to develop coordinations so that they are less diffiicult to move INTO singing.
@@philmoufarrege Well, I think there is a lot of work I must put in, I started pulling chest after seeing your videos on it 4 months ago. Before it, I was running SLS program... You know what it means, right? :D BTW, I can pronounce high, if I pretend to be shouting words, like Heeeeeyyyy, but with words. It's not pulling, but comfortable high chest. Although it's hard, and only possible as a demonstration. Should I include practicing shouting words in my daily routine?
This is amazing! I was always bridging into falsetto and would be confused cause i would lose my higher chest voice notes after frequent sliding into falsetto. Makes much more sense now that I was doing it wrong.
Maybe you could be the first ;-) A lot of my students (particularly the females) don't want their faces to be on public videos that are watched by thousands - even if they are singing well in the clips. rest assured though, the advice in this video is 100% applicable to ladies just the same as it is for guys.
10:43 I LOL'd, such a funny depiction of what we are usually taught, to go into different registers as we go up. Imma give this chain of thought a try!
Great vid, man!!! I know you were talking about me, haha, no problem. Now your audience have a "glossary" to understand your terms and definitions. Now I'm fully satisfied. I'll follow the next vids. Great work!
that's very sweet of you. i started from scratch and never could sing when I first began either. you definitely can if you're serious enough about learning
@@philmoufarrege I have a 3 years old cat and she always followed me everywhere but, soon I opened my mouth, she disappeared!!!! Anyway, taking a singing course is costly, I am not able to afford it. Thanks for your advice and sharing.☺️☺️☺️☺️😃😃😃😃🥹🥹🥹👍
I found this really helpful. I am not as interested in Western music, but Indian classical (though not trained). There isn't as much focus on range as on melodies with complex structures, techniques, categories, etc. Problem is I'm a woman with a really low voice and not being able to sing high complicates being able to sing even "normal" women's songs. Worse, I'm addicted to attempting really complex songs where range comes in handy. There isn't good info on improving range methodically the way western music does and the usual head/falsetto type videos aren't useful for me because use of such voice is discouraged in Indian classical (and it isn't robust enough to be useful in Indian classical either - possibly why it is discouraged, it doesn't work as well with that complexity). We don't have a "head voice", breaks, etc type thinking. More like open voice, abdominal breathing, etc. Everything is chest voice. So this is much more useful for me.
Wow. You are incredible my brother. Less complicated explanation about resonance. I've always had this perception about music being one massive sound without all the complicated theory structures. Although theory helps simplify and understand the totally of this massive sonic vibration. For instrument learning and music composition, I don't mind complex theory. But for vocal development, your explanations just off of this video already simplified mental blocks that over complicate singing. THANK YOU!
Hey Phil 😁 Thank you so much for this video, your explanations are super clear and that sustained B4 in the begining 👏👏 I'm having issues with my singing and I think many of them are caused by breath management. I've been singing for 1 Year but I still can't sing a full song in pitch w/o my throat hurting. I've watched all the video and I'm definitely waiting for the next videos 😁 How Long have you been singing and when did you start experiencing huge improvement ? Why was it at that time according to you ? Do you still feel like you're improving cause you're perfect to me lol ?
Hey Justin thank you for your comment! I've been singing for about 15 years but about 7 of those years was spent getting absolutely nowhere. I started out doing things pretty intuitively but I deviated from it because people on the internet and teachers told me it was wrong. So for about 7 years I started going around in circles getting no results because I either had bad information, bad teachers or when I got good information I just was confused about how to implement it or didn't really understand it. Things took a turn for me when I stopped listening to everyone and went back to what I was doing prior to those 7 years except now I was armed with more knowledge from all the things I had picked up and learned in that time, within 6-12 months I experienced singing with no vocal break all the way up into the 5th octave for the first time in my life. Then it was a process of figuring out how to apply it into songs. Then I would lose it. Get it back. Lose it. Get it back. It's taken me years to figure out how to consistently keep it and develop it further, and also taken me a while to figure out all the nuances to it so I can teach it to many different types of singers who have different issues. Yes I'm improving all the time, I'm nowhere near where I want to be, but I'll get there. every single song I learn I discover something new about how I need to approach it. Every singer I teach I learn new things that either reinforce what i'm doing or show me a more nuanced angle on something. I can go into this more in a video if enough people want to know my journey. Cheers
Yes. What you say is true about the head voice. However how can we sing with feeling when we are belting out in this way? In this process more effort is given to the volume we project reaching out to these higher notes...is there space to give emotion to our singing in this environment?
Yes. The strength needs to be built enough to the point where you can then control the voice without becoming rigid. The ability to fade in and out of notes is important. "Feeling" is the culmination of two things: 1) your interpretation of the songs meaning - what the song MEANS to you. and 2) how your interpretation causes you to phrase the song musically (how loud you sing, where you put vibrato, where you fade in and out on notes etc). The song also dictates a lot of this because the rhythm, speed, range and volume of the song will instantly box you into a certain approach.
@@philmoufarrege Yes. I Agree with your explanation. And this is where strengthening all vocal dynamics/variations like falsetto is also important to utilize as appopriate to the song, I guess. In simple what you are advocating is to have an open voice and stretch it with coordination, if I'm not mistaken. Thank you for the link Phil!
Very very very good video! Your demonstrations are superb. I can hear that your spoken voice is very healthy, very well balanced, and suddenly your quick demonstrations are all very well done. And finally, someone who explains in a very intelligent and pedagogical way all these names falsetto, head voice, mixed voice, chest voice, which many singers or teachers use but not for different sounds. I am happy to have exactly the same way of naming these terms as you. One could simplify all this (as you do at the end with the sounds connected and disconnected) using the terms of the speech pathologists: M1 = chest voice / M2 = Head Voice. I always found it confusing to call a disconnected m2 falsetto and a connected M2 head voice. I think we have to give one name by register (for example CHEST voice and HEAD voice, or M1 and M2) and just specify when it is connected or disconnected. Moreover, I can be wrong but I still believe that mixed voice does not exist! Or rather, people confuse mechanisms (vocal chords) and resonance zones. The term "mixed voice" is very confusing! It's just the chest voice very well used in high notes :) In any case, thank you, your video is very intelligent and pedagogical... Or rather YOU're very intelligent and pedagogical :)
Thank you so much Sopratenor for writing to me. You wrote "people confuse mechanisms (vocal chords) and resonance zones. " Yes I think that's where a lot of the confusion arises for people. "head voice" was never meant to be a "voice" it's a "place" a "zone" as you put it. You can be in your chest in your "head register", people call that mixed voice, I just call it taking your chest up and staying connected all the way. Appreciate the comments my friend
This is the thing though. What happens when you're doing a mezza di voce, going from soft to loud and vice versa? Isn't there something in between? Wouldn't that be a mix or shade of grey? We always talk about low to high or low to high, but how about from soft to loud? Of course it's going to change depending on where you crescendo.
Thanks for explaining!! I cant wait to see the next vid.. My problem is that sometimes I have falsetto but after singing for a long time it disappears. Plus it is a hard time for me when I sing falsetto. I dont know how to approach you but I want to learn how to sing higher because my dream is to be a musical performer.. I have vids in my channel for you to see what I am doing wrong , please help me out thanks ^_^
The first vocal coach who I agree with the difference between head voice and falsetto…so many vocal coaches calling strong and clear falsetto for guys as their head voice.
thankyou SO MUCH for clearing this up. I was so confused on the conflicting definitions used for head voice used by my teacher (mixed/chest voice), and the definition used by the majority on the internet (falsetto). I two questions left. First of all, is it possible to seamlessly transition between chest and falsetto and is it possible to sing chest/head/mixed at a quieter volume?
Phil Moufarrege I'm a singer and I've been confused for YEARS about the whole mixed voice/reinforced falsetto/head voice thing and this video really made a lot of sense. I don't care about terms I only care the difference in sound since that's what I'm going to be using. This just brought clarity and simplicity to questions I've been searching for answers to.
I'm so glad you found it helpful and I wholeheartedly agree with you - people can use whatever term they like the important thing is that they understand the right sounds and then you can translate that into whatever terms that make sense to you. I hope I'm able to bring more clarity and simplicity for you in future videos, take care!
Hi, I've just realised I've been singing all wrong. When sing chest voice I'll go up to my head voice/falsetto & it sounds weak & I run out of breath. I then take in a look a large breath of air to finish the line before I collapse in a big heap in my car seat. ☹️ I understand on professional recordings they take loads of cuts & takes & that's fine, nobody can be right on the money every time. I'd just love to sing in a good strong chest voice going past my break and it sound like you can't tell I've reached my break. When I go into my falsetto I quickly get vocal fatigue & get very croaky, I realise this is wrong but can't get into my head how to reach my goals. Awesome videos by the way, I like your approach to singing.
I struggled with all those same things too but I eventually learned how to stay in the same voice from bottom to top and even use it live without having to do lots of cuts and takes - this is something I specialize in teaching to others. If you're wanting a complete roadmap on how to do it and stop wasting years of time struggling then check out my online course on my website. philmoufarrege.com
Hlo phil Plzz help, I can sing without break But my Notes after g#4 is very thin So thin, i cant use it in singing too. Do u have any soln How can i sing those notes with more power. My g4 iss very nice But after that I sometimes break Not breaks in falsetoo But like notes are not stable. Do u hv any soln?
If your voice is very thin by G#4 the problem is usually starting lower. Train your voice in chunks. For example, get used to singing very strong and loud and "heavy" up to F4. Once you can do that very well then you can start to bring that thickness up into your higher notes.
Lol but i crack at C4 is it still possible to sing thru my break? because my head voice sounds weak at C4 .and how can i use my chest voice if the song doesn't have a note from the 3rd octave?
yes. I have built many voices who couldn't get past C4 initially. you should not even be messing with bridging to headvoice at this stage. you need to learn how to grow your chest voice up to F4. initially it will feel like you are shouting and yelling to do this, as long as it doesn't hurt it is okay. you need to build this first before doing anything else.
I get what ur saying its not even the terminology but more of trying to break it down so people can understand it. By simplifying what is actually happening. How to get there.
This series is amazing Phil! The timing is just right as i'm working on getting my chest voice higher. Am i wrong in thinking Laryngeal Tilt will have a part in this? Thnx for making these videos.
thank you! Laryngeal tilt is what's happening as you hear my full voice taper or thin out as it goes higher. It will occur as a byproduct of getting the sound right.
Hi Phil I love to sing also but they are calling me intro girl when I sing a song coz I only sing the first 4 lines....I can't go on with my singing because of the high notes😂😂😂I'm glad that I found you here.....hoping for the progress of my voice with a good coach like you.....thank you Phil😘😘😘😘Godbless
I think Seth Riggs actually teaches the correct way, in his videos he actually explains it similarly to you, but a lot of sls teachers online think mixing is hiding the bridge and going to falsetto, I think because Seth Riggs doesn't teach people to become vocal teachers anymore a lot of people just pick up the book and think they know what Seth Riggs means but they don't.
I agree that Seth himself knows what he is doing, and his program is a good one provided your voice has a certain level of development before using it. Unfortunately most struggling singers voices are not at a point of development where they would get much out of it.
I luv you in a way that I admire you I am in the exact situación that you described in the first 2 minutes of the video I’m 16 and I’m doing good progres that my vocal teachers for some reason could not do... And made it to the end
man.... huuuhhh man man man finallyyyyyyy i get this you disserve the best vocal coach in the world before i watch this video i can say confidently i watched over 50 videos and the more i deep into it i get more confused and more non-sense questions thank you man for this video alot LOVE YOUR CONTENT YOU JUST WON A LOYAL FAN THAT WILL TALK ABOUT YOU WHERE EVER HE GOES
I’m looking forward to next video, I hope you cover the topic ”freedom” since it is hard to maintain it when singing a song. Great vid on terms wich as you said are confusing to wrap your head around.
Your definition of falsetto is spot on. If only there were consistency in terminology, singing would be so much easier. Thanks!
I love how you define and demonstrate the techniques and the terms. Actually I've been surfing the net for a long time about this topic. But after watching this video, it helped me have a clear understandingwith the difference between the terms used by vocal coaches/teachers. I like the term Connected and Disconnected. It's easier to understand with these terms used. Looking forward for the next video. 😁
Ace R. Thank you so much and I’m glad you found it useful. Stay tuned for more
can't wait for the next video. I really wanted to learn how to get rid of the vocal breaks. Never gone voice lessons tho, but I really love to sing. kudos to you sir from 🇵🇭
Hopefully you get something out of it, thanks for watching!
2 years later and you have another person viewing and getting everything you’re saying, well done man. Now I can try and figure my voice out properly.
excellent work. check out my website for more information PHILMOUFARREGE.COM
. .don't stop making videos about mixed voice pls. .your methods are pretty useful! ty
I just got a free lesson. Lmao. Thanks Phil. All clear now.
Great! What were you confused about beforehand? What do you feel is clear now?
Phil Moufarrege The falsetto and head voice. I'm not exactly a student or anything but i like to sing. So explaining the difference between those two gives me an idea on how I can improve my singing. I love doing karaokes. 😁😁
Great video. Really cleared things up for me. I have a really strong “chest voice” and Ive dealt with a lot of singing teachers and other singers who naturally “flip” into a reasonate falsetto earlier. The contrast between this flipping and my chest voice was always so obvious that I started to avoid it and mainly sing low. Only recently a singing teacher started helping me take that chest feeling higher but I found I eventually hit a wall still (although higher up) so I thought maybe it wasn’t correct. But you’ve just confirmed with a few corrections it will work!
excellent to hear. check out my latest videos you might find more helpful stuff there
Yes, You got it. I have come to the same conclusion after 2 years of confusion.
Yes I listen all the way to the end, very well explained to a very confusing subject, well done!
waiting for the part two vid. Hurry hurry hurryyy
I'm hungry for it too. I cant wait
I watch this all the way and I’m tried the note you hit in Head Voice and I kinda hit it, now I’m crying I feel like i’m just discover new ability in my voice.Thank you so much!🙏🏼😭❤️
Amazing. Eagerly waiting for next part
I'll try to get it out as quick as possible, hopefully you won't have to wait too long!
Wow, this is what I needed! Great explanation between the others so far, you could simplify it better than the others. Can't wait to see the part two of this video! Subbed😁
Zen Sadhana i’m glad you found it helpful thank you!
Watching! 👀
Thank you so much, I hope you find something useful with it.
Daryl Ong Official Hello Lodi.
Mixing is so confusing sometimes even big artists like you need this types of things
Daryl oug is a beast
My chest used to be stopped at an a4 but now I can belt in chest up to atleast a B4 and on good days a C5 and I’m a baritone and my mixed voice usually starts from a C5 ranging to a G5
The same to me. Hoping i could belt in chest up to B4 too. Baritone also
WHAAAT? HOW IS THAT POSSIBLE? My chest voice's cleanest and highest end is G4. Sometimes, I can reach A4 in my chest but just for a blink of second.
Baritone can't reach B4 with belt
If the mixed voice you're talking about is connected and is a full voice, you're definitely not a Baritone, that I can guarantee.
the general term Chest or Falsetto is great, voice absolutely needs to be connected to lower chords to be believable.
the thing I am looking for is getting a stronger tone in the upper range with technique to safely do it without wearing out the vocal chords
I wish all teachers would try to be clear and to the point like this, its like none of them actually looks for efficiency and practicality. its best to use the terminology that makes sense to you, I call falsetto the breathy tone because the vocal cords are disconnected , the feminine high pitch head voice and the masculine bridge voice, mix or chesty tone head voice. at the end of the day you need audio examples
yes demonstrations are absolutely mandatory and the demonstrations need to be done properly too.
Subscribed to your channel. Watching NOW!!!!
I've watched a LOT of vocal coaches explain singing technique, and am taking private lessons as well. My instructor is teaching me properly, but I only know that now because I watched your video. He only talks in terms of head and chest, but I realize that i'm switching into falsetto at the break, not staying connected via "mixed." You have made it click in my head, which I think is SO important to singing.
I can sometimes smooth the transition out so well (?) that I can't tell anymore whether I'm secretly switching to (clear) falsetto or or there is still some support. It even comes with vibrato up high around A4-B4-C5, but only on 'Ah' vowel -- I don't think I can pronounce other sounds there yet. It's more like hovering, riding some light wave. I don't think I have enough muscles to be any more supported up there. I sometimes can reach to Bflat in a full supported but that sounds like reaching-pulling. So I decided to learn to start "switching" (flipping?) earlier and then work on smoothing it out. Would be a pity if it's falseto, because with it I can reach all the way to D5 on 'Ah'.
My singing progress was stalled for so many weeks because I couldn’t figure out the transition from chest to head voice. Your explanation cleared so many misunderstandings in my singing.
Thank you
thank you for sharing!
Thank you and this video just solved a question that confused me for years……
great!! I'm glad! do you have any other questions that have bothered you for years that I may be able to clear up for you?
Phil Moufarrege I used to be confused by the concept “mixed voice” and those vocal coaches always told me to “low down my head voice and connects it with my chest voice”.. I have been trying this for a really long time but get nowhere...After watching your video I realized that everything seems to start from building up the chest voice and make it supported and robust.But my chest voice is not so good for I have been used to using falsetto for a long time.i am wondering whether the overuse of falsetto will weak the muscles for chest voice and is it irreversible?
yes it does weaken the chest voice but it's not irreversible, you just need to be shown how to properly engage and strengthen your chest voice. I specialize in teaching this to people with super weak chest voices - even people who can't get their chest above C4 (middle C). Ideally you want to strengthen and stretch your chest voice AT LEAST to the A4 and in some cases even higher up to the B4 or C5. I know it sounds impossible but my chest voice used to break at F4 for years, now I can take it all the way to C5 when singing loud before I feel a mix start, and when I sing lighter, it starts more around A4. it's not a quick fix it really is like muscle building. It's a slow strengthening process. the problem is everyone is trying to mix TOO EARLY IN THEIR RANGE. This doesn't work and isn't reliable in actual singing when you have to sing a full song through live. I've taught this to many people successfully.
The more intresting question why our voices are disconnected weak and broken, if I listen to my 6 year oldniece cry and sing her entire voice is one and pure
that's a great question and I can talk a lot about this. When we are babies the larynx is softer and more pliable so the voice isn't very heavy and requires less muscular strength to control. As we get older and go through puberty (especially for guys) the larynx becomes more solid and bigger and requires more muscular strength of the muscles to get that same degree of control.
what makes this even more difficult is that if you have not been keeping up with the growth of your body, you develop a "strength deficit" where: as the larynx is becoming heavier and requiring more strength to "move the voice" if you haven't been keeping your voice strong over the years you develop a larger deficit that becomes harder to make up for.
Similar to how a little kid can learn gymnastics while young because they don't need as much strength to handle their heavyweight, but if you wait until you're an adult to start your body weight is so much heavier that there is a much larger strength deficit and much bigger learning curve.
@@philmoufarrege Thanks for the elaborate answer. It explains a lot. I have been taking singing classes for a year now (again) and now finally I start to grasp what I am doing.
Your info and technique in general is solid and this answer the icing on the cake.
Keep it up!
thank you for the kind words that's super encouraging!
Watched whole thing thx!
you are very welcome
i think you're a great teacher. you know exactly what your talking about. keep it up. and yeah, i did watch till the end.
thank you so much for the kind words
Great video, watched all of it. Really great to clear up the confusion around these terms!
love your philosophic vocal demonstrations. would love if u analyzed Kris Lawrence eyes nose lips (taeyang cover)on the wishbus ua-cam.com/video/XI1x8TadyeY/v-deo.html
To view the other PARTS in this video series please click this playlist. When I create new parts I'll add them to this playlist:
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Hello Phil, I'm just starting music, and must say I've learnt a lot just watching this video. I didn't know there are different types of head voices. Thank you very much.
you are very welcome
Thank you for this ❤️
you are very welcome. you can reach me on philmoufarrege.com if you need more in-depth help
Yes went to the end. Thanks for simplifying things! 👍🏻🎤
rawreen you are very welcome!
3:48 wow this song is so hard I always crack from G4 to Bb4
yeah. learning how to get through the G#4 and A4 area is a tricky thing for male singers. It's a vocal bridge, where a shift in coordination needs to happen and takes very specific training to develop it so that you can go through that into the upper range.
kikiki
One of your student is into Park hyoshin. Cool
Thank you for the video
You NAILED IT! Made me understand EVERYTHING! And.... subscribed!
This so helpful aa
Was it really this simple? I feel like I just did a slide through from my chest to head with no break. Your explanation of chest voice mixed voice and head being one and the same actually makes a lot of sense. And then airy falsetto having a break. Also, hearing you speak of vocal coaches all using the terms differently I think is my issue. Just when I thought I understood it all it can be confusing. Thanks for this video though, I’ve watched MANY and none have explained it so easily!
great to hear
Thx Phil U are the Best.. Now my only problem is Note around E5 to G5 or above..Like my Mixed stop at D5 or Eb5 sometimes.. and E5 it will break to falsetto and have distortion. I want to have Clean(No distortion) E5 to G5 Mixed voice and not break to falsetto/head ..How to fix this? .. I'm a Male. Baritone . Have falsetto/head range up to C6 or F6 sometimes(Good Days). Thanks again
I can sing scales in chest voice, very comfortable to E5. But I can't pronounce words anywhere near break.
This is a common issue. There could be a number of different answers to this:
- You may be overgripping on the consonants which is causing you to jam up your voice.
- You may be singing too wide on the vowel and not allowing the same "thinning" action that occurs on the scales
- You might be singing too lightly on the scales and on intervals that are too wide that never expose the fact that you may not actually be able to SIT on those notes near the break with any kind of SECURITY.
what might be happening is that the scales you are doing are helping you HIDE the fact you don't have as much stability or security you think you have. You don't truly own a note until you can come from below to the note, come from above to the note, sustain the note, hit the note on any vowel. Just doing scales that blitz you past the area is only step 1, you need to truly hone in and SECURE each note. Every note needs to feel SECURE.
At the end of the day exercises are EASIER than singing. They are a step down from singing. Singing is harder. So we use exercises to develop coordinations so that they are less diffiicult to move INTO singing.
@@philmoufarrege Well, I think there is a lot of work I must put in, I started pulling chest after seeing your videos on it 4 months ago. Before it, I was running SLS program... You know what it means, right? :D
BTW, I can pronounce high, if I pretend to be shouting words, like Heeeeeyyyy, but with words. It's not pulling, but comfortable high chest. Although it's hard, and only possible as a demonstration. Should I include practicing shouting words in my daily routine?
Thanks for the info. I watched to the end
Thanks for watching!
Same im watching
Great video. Im 50 and am rebuilding my voice to get back into recording. Its been years, but I'm ready to do it again.
excellent, go for it!
Nice vid, how often is this series gonna come out?
You can subscribe to my channel or my mailing list on my website philmoufarrege.com where I send an email out to let you know when it's up.
Next video please...
This is amazing! I was always bridging into falsetto and would be confused cause i would lose my higher chest voice notes after frequent sliding into falsetto. Makes much more sense now that I was doing it wrong.
yes! develop the voice from the chest voice!
There are no women featured in the student examples.... -__-
Maybe you could be the first ;-) A lot of my students (particularly the females) don't want their faces to be on public videos that are watched by thousands - even if they are singing well in the clips. rest assured though, the advice in this video is 100% applicable to ladies just the same as it is for guys.
Hello, I've been wanting to sing in banana all my life but I couldn't find the right video. Now I know, thanks to you. Keep up the good work!
lol
10:43 I LOL'd, such a funny depiction of what we are usually taught, to go into different registers as we go up. Imma give this chain of thought a try!
Got to the end- no more carrot dangling ;)
Always one of the best and simplest explanation!
Great vid, man!!! I know you were talking about me, haha, no problem. Now your audience have a "glossary" to understand your terms and definitions. Now I'm fully satisfied. I'll follow the next vids. Great work!
Hi Andre, great to see you around man. Hope you enjoy the content that's coming. Thanks
Wow you have an Amazing voice… I will never sing like you because I can’t sing at all! Wish I can but I can’t sing….
that's very sweet of you. i started from scratch and never could sing when I first began either. you definitely can if you're serious enough about learning
@@philmoufarrege I have a 3 years old cat and she always followed me everywhere but, soon I opened my mouth, she disappeared!!!!
Anyway, taking a singing course is costly, I am not able to afford it. Thanks for your advice and sharing.☺️☺️☺️☺️😃😃😃😃🥹🥹🥹👍
Excellent work mate. Very well done. 👊
The clue is in the name Falsetto (Latin Origin: Falsus) Meaning "False" so think of it as your "False" voice :)
so many vocalists I know really love to get so unnecessarily pedantic about falsetto and head voice, like bruh chill and make up your mind
This has cleared all the terms confusing me! I hope I can learn how to stay connected in your next videos. Keep up the good work!
I found this really helpful. I am not as interested in Western music, but Indian classical (though not trained). There isn't as much focus on range as on melodies with complex structures, techniques, categories, etc. Problem is I'm a woman with a really low voice and not being able to sing high complicates being able to sing even "normal" women's songs. Worse, I'm addicted to attempting really complex songs where range comes in handy. There isn't good info on improving range methodically the way western music does and the usual head/falsetto type videos aren't useful for me because use of such voice is discouraged in Indian classical (and it isn't robust enough to be useful in Indian classical either - possibly why it is discouraged, it doesn't work as well with that complexity). We don't have a "head voice", breaks, etc type thinking. More like open voice, abdominal breathing, etc. Everything is chest voice. So this is much more useful for me.
Of course I did watch till the end! Wise man~~~~~~~ ;)
So good... Watched till the end.
Wow. You are incredible my brother. Less complicated explanation about resonance. I've always had this perception about music being one massive sound without all the complicated theory structures. Although theory helps simplify and understand the totally of this massive sonic vibration. For instrument learning and music composition, I don't mind complex theory. But for vocal development, your explanations just off of this video already simplified mental blocks that over complicate singing. THANK YOU!
you are very welcome.
@@philmoufarrege How much are your one on one sessions? Is there an email to reach you? Thank you.
Sign up for my email list on my website http'//PHILMOUFARREGE.COM and then simply reply to one of my emails you get sent from there.
@@philmoufarrege Done. Thank you.
Hey Phil 😁 Thank you so much for this video, your explanations are super clear and that sustained B4 in the begining 👏👏 I'm having issues with my singing and I think many of them are caused by breath management. I've been singing for 1 Year but I still can't sing a full song in pitch w/o my throat hurting. I've watched all the video and I'm definitely waiting for the next videos 😁 How Long have you been singing and when did you start experiencing huge improvement ? Why was it at that time according to you ? Do you still feel like you're improving cause you're perfect to me lol ?
Hey Justin thank you for your comment! I've been singing for about 15 years but about 7 of those years was spent getting absolutely nowhere. I started out doing things pretty intuitively but I deviated from it because people on the internet and teachers told me it was wrong.
So for about 7 years I started going around in circles getting no results because I either had bad information, bad teachers or when I got good information I just was confused about how to implement it or didn't really understand it. Things took a turn for me when I stopped listening to everyone and went back to what I was doing prior to those 7 years except now I was armed with more knowledge from all the things I had picked up and learned in that time, within 6-12 months I experienced singing with no vocal break all the way up into the 5th octave for the first time in my life.
Then it was a process of figuring out how to apply it into songs. Then I would lose it. Get it back. Lose it. Get it back. It's taken me years to figure out how to consistently keep it and develop it further, and also taken me a while to figure out all the nuances to it so I can teach it to many different types of singers who have different issues.
Yes I'm improving all the time, I'm nowhere near where I want to be, but I'll get there. every single song I learn I discover something new about how I need to approach it. Every singer I teach I learn new things that either reinforce what i'm doing or show me a more nuanced angle on something.
I can go into this more in a video if enough people want to know my journey. Cheers
Yes Phil, a detailed video on that would be awesome!
Made it to the end!
Yes. What you say is true about the head voice. However how can we sing with feeling when we are belting out in this way? In this process more effort is given to the volume we project reaching out to these higher notes...is there space to give emotion to our singing in this environment?
Yes. The strength needs to be built enough to the point where you can then control the voice without becoming rigid. The ability to fade in and out of notes is important. "Feeling" is the culmination of two things: 1) your interpretation of the songs meaning - what the song MEANS to you. and 2) how your interpretation causes you to phrase the song musically (how loud you sing, where you put vibrato, where you fade in and out on notes etc). The song also dictates a lot of this because the rhythm, speed, range and volume of the song will instantly box you into a certain approach.
@@philmoufarrege Yes. I Agree with your explanation. And this is where strengthening all vocal dynamics/variations like falsetto is also important to utilize as appopriate to the song, I guess. In simple what you are advocating is to have an open voice and stretch it with coordination, if I'm not mistaken. Thank you for the link Phil!
when does part 2 come?
I am working on this week, hopefully I get it out by this week. sorry for the wait
Thanks for clarifying that. I've been confused for years!
Good stuff
This is so helpful cuz I can't mix below B4, well I can, but it sounded weak, Thank you for this
you are very welcome.
Very very very good video! Your demonstrations are superb. I can hear that your spoken voice is very healthy, very well balanced, and suddenly your quick demonstrations are all very well done.
And finally, someone who explains in a very intelligent and pedagogical way all these names falsetto, head voice, mixed voice, chest voice, which many singers or teachers use but not for different sounds.
I am happy to have exactly the same way of naming these terms as you.
One could simplify all this (as you do at the end with the sounds connected and disconnected) using the terms of the speech pathologists: M1 = chest voice / M2 = Head Voice.
I always found it confusing to call a disconnected m2 falsetto and a connected M2 head voice. I think we have to give one name by register (for example CHEST voice and HEAD voice, or M1 and M2) and just specify when it is connected or disconnected.
Moreover, I can be wrong but I still believe that mixed voice does not exist!
Or rather, people confuse mechanisms (vocal chords) and resonance zones.
The term "mixed voice" is very confusing!
It's just the chest voice very well used in high notes :)
In any case, thank you, your video is very intelligent and pedagogical... Or rather YOU're very intelligent and pedagogical :)
Thank you so much Sopratenor for writing to me. You wrote "people confuse mechanisms (vocal chords) and resonance zones. " Yes I think that's where a lot of the confusion arises for people. "head voice" was never meant to be a "voice" it's a "place" a "zone" as you put it. You can be in your chest in your "head register", people call that mixed voice, I just call it taking your chest up and staying connected all the way.
Appreciate the comments my friend
This is the thing though. What happens when you're doing a mezza di voce, going from soft to loud and vice versa? Isn't there something in between? Wouldn't that be a mix or shade of grey? We always talk about low to high or low to high, but how about from soft to loud? Of course it's going to change depending on where you crescendo.
Thanks for explaining!! I cant wait to see the next vid.. My problem is that sometimes I have falsetto but after singing for a long time it disappears. Plus it is a hard time for me when I sing falsetto. I dont know how to approach you but I want to learn how to sing higher because my dream is to be a musical performer.. I have vids in my channel for you to see what I am doing wrong , please help me out thanks ^_^
The first vocal coach who I agree with the difference between head voice and falsetto…so many vocal coaches calling strong and clear falsetto for guys as their head voice.
My banana voice is my best quality
This is the most clear explanation I've found of this so far, thank you
you are very welcome
Watched to the end!
awesome, what did you think about it?
thankyou SO MUCH for clearing this up. I was so confused on the conflicting definitions used for head voice used by my teacher (mixed/chest voice), and the definition used by the majority on the internet (falsetto). I two questions left. First of all, is it possible to seamlessly transition between chest and falsetto and is it possible to sing chest/head/mixed at a quieter volume?
yes!
I need the next video 😭
what did you find helpful with this video?
Phil Moufarrege I'm a singer and I've been confused for YEARS about the whole mixed voice/reinforced falsetto/head voice thing and this video really made a lot of sense. I don't care about terms I only care the difference in sound since that's what I'm going to be using. This just brought clarity and simplicity to questions I've been searching for answers to.
I'm so glad you found it helpful and I wholeheartedly agree with you - people can use whatever term they like the important thing is that they understand the right sounds and then you can translate that into whatever terms that make sense to you.
I hope I'm able to bring more clarity and simplicity for you in future videos, take care!
I thought falsetto was a technique where they cut off the air to produce a sound within the head voice. Vs head voice.
Thank you Coach Phil
You are very welcome
Who else got access to this awesome channel off another channels comments?
Im totally good when singing but i cant stop myself using falsetto when it comes to high notes😢i need reply
Hi, I've just realised I've been singing all wrong. When sing chest voice I'll go up to my head voice/falsetto & it sounds weak & I run out of breath. I then take in a look a large breath of air to finish the line before I collapse in a big heap in my car seat. ☹️ I understand on professional recordings they take loads of cuts & takes & that's fine, nobody can be right on the money every time. I'd just love to sing in a good strong chest voice going past my break and it sound like you can't tell I've reached my break. When I go into my falsetto I quickly get vocal fatigue & get very croaky, I realise this is wrong but can't get into my head how to reach my goals. Awesome videos by the way, I like your approach to singing.
I struggled with all those same things too but I eventually learned how to stay in the same voice from bottom to top and even use it live without having to do lots of cuts and takes - this is something I specialize in teaching to others. If you're wanting a complete roadmap on how to do it and stop wasting years of time struggling then check out my online course on my website. philmoufarrege.com
Hlo phil
Plzz help,
I can sing without break
But my
Notes after g#4 is very thin
So thin, i cant use it in singing too.
Do u have any soln
How can i sing those notes with more power.
My g4 iss very nice
But after that
I sometimes break
Not breaks in falsetoo
But like notes are not stable.
Do u hv any soln?
If your voice is very thin by G#4 the problem is usually starting lower. Train your voice in chunks. For example, get used to singing very strong and loud and "heavy" up to F4. Once you can do that very well then you can start to bring that thickness up into your higher notes.
He's the most expert and informative mixed voice explainer....
Lol but i crack at C4 is it still possible to sing thru my break? because my head voice sounds weak at C4 .and how can i use my chest voice if the song doesn't have a note from the 3rd octave?
yes. I have built many voices who couldn't get past C4 initially. you should not even be messing with bridging to headvoice at this stage. you need to learn how to grow your chest voice up to F4. initially it will feel like you are shouting and yelling to do this, as long as it doesn't hurt it is okay. you need to build this first before doing anything else.
I get what ur saying its not even the terminology but more of trying to break it down so people can understand it. By simplifying what is actually happening. How to get there.
the easiest way possible, so I understand what is being explained.
Hi! Can you pls react my heart will go on by charice in oprah pls thanks and more power to your channel.
This series is amazing Phil! The timing is just right as i'm working on getting my chest voice higher. Am i wrong in thinking Laryngeal Tilt will have a part in this? Thnx for making these videos.
thank you! Laryngeal tilt is what's happening as you hear my full voice taper or thin out as it goes higher. It will occur as a byproduct of getting the sound right.
My chest voice can go up to A4 but I am really straining bad
My mix I guesss?
Can go to A4 but with comfort
Why my mix has a very limited range?
Without hearing your voice there could be many different reasons for it.
Hi Phil I love to sing also but they are calling me intro girl when I sing a song coz I only sing the first 4 lines....I can't go on with my singing because of the high notes😂😂😂I'm glad that I found you here.....hoping for the progress of my voice with a good coach like you.....thank you Phil😘😘😘😘Godbless
I cant falset :'( , pls help me to reach the hight note in falset..
I think Seth Riggs actually teaches the correct way, in his videos he actually explains it similarly to you, but a lot of sls teachers online think mixing is hiding the bridge and going to falsetto, I think because Seth Riggs doesn't teach people to become vocal teachers anymore a lot of people just pick up the book and think they know what Seth Riggs means but they don't.
I agree that Seth himself knows what he is doing, and his program is a good one provided your voice has a certain level of development before using it. Unfortunately most struggling singers voices are not at a point of development where they would get much out of it.
Hey man thanks for the tutorial. And I really like your performance in Tangled Disney..
Thanks, Phil - That first Jackson song you did was really impressive!
All the best
I luv you in a way that I admire you I am in the exact situación that you described in the first 2 minutes of the video I’m 16 and I’m doing good progres that my vocal teachers for some reason could not do...
And made it to the end
Thank you very much for this video, very helpful. 😁☺️
What happen to the rest of the videos?
Would it be fair to say
one voice going through different zones.
It depends on what YOU mean by "zones". I personally don't think about it that way.
Yes I watched the whole video and will continue to watch, thanks!
man.... huuuhhh man man man finallyyyyyyy i get this you disserve the best vocal coach in the world before i watch this video i can say confidently i watched over 50 videos and the more i deep into it i get more confused and more non-sense questions thank you man for this video alot LOVE YOUR CONTENT YOU JUST WON A LOYAL FAN THAT WILL TALK ABOUT YOU WHERE EVER HE GOES
Understood. Thank you for clarifying it to me. It makes sense
you are most welcome
I’m looking forward to next video, I hope you cover the topic ”freedom” since it is hard to maintain it when singing a song. Great vid on terms wich as you said are confusing to wrap your head around.
Good job and Good clear teaching ! is Part 2 in the Making ?
@9:10 It's kinda like choosing the best weapon to slay the beast
First singing teacher I have seen on youtube teaching to sing anything else than vocal exercises :)