That's a great question. Mixed voice usually refers to bridging between "head" and "chest" voice, or thick and thin folds and other descriptions. It's a term that has only been talked about in recent years with many different definitions. Twang can certainly add some resonance and stability as you sing into your mid and higher range while wanting to maintain a connected sound. Nasalized resonance also can get be helpful. (lowering the soft palate a bit.) I do have a video on mixed voice that might be helpful. Let me know if you have more questions.
Why are people still teaching twang? It has already been proven to be a constrictive tension and not what you want in your singing voice. This is opera! channel proved it, General Radames, and more. What gives volume and brilliance is chest voice participation TA muscles, and an OPEN throat NOT twang. Twang is a constriction, literally, it is a closing of the throat, it dramatically shrinks the voice. It may create noise in the tone, a pseudo brilliance, but if you want brilliant harmonics in the sound of your whole range you must keep chest voice participation coordinating it with the CT muscles through the whole range. An open throat, free air flow, and clear vowles. But you want an open throat, that maximizes resonance and volume of the voice in tandem with the chest voice. Twang may help you to a small degree at first, but it will lead to many voice problems and it begets many other defects that slowly slowly get wose over time unless something is changed. Listen to real old school chairoscuro singers speak, and then listen to twang and compression people speak. The former has a huge clear resonant and FREE speaking voice, the latter a small held voice with very little body to the voice, it is very thin sounding, like only the edge of the vocal cords are vibrating and they are also squeezed together. The chiaroscuro singers voices like Tettrazini, Mario DelMonaco, Titto Ruffo, Jerry Hadley, and many others. Whether male or female they have huge presence in their voice even when speaking and much much more while singing. That is not natural per se, it is because of their technique, how their instrument is making the sound. And this is not limited only to opera, good singing is good singing. In opera everything is taken to the max, but even in folk music or whatever else, proper vocal production is proer vocal productioin. Squeezing and constriction is not the way. I know, I used to do and teach this twang and compression thing for years, until I found the This is opera! channel and other like channels. There are many people out there lying and misrepresenting the information on that channel and other like channels, so do be very careful, there are many imposters, liars, and deceivers misrepresenting the informatioin I am summerizing here..
This is a very useful video, thank you! You transformed my high notes singing! ♥
Great job, thanks!
Thank you
Beautiful! I'm gonna practice this straight away
Awesome!
Awesome
aha!! Im on it!! BTW I love the intro on your videos!!
Great! Thank you!
Great explanation and examples of twang. Very helpful, Thank you.
Wow one the better videos ive watched on twang. Thank you!!
Thank you for this great video. You remind me of the woman who played Phoebe's mom on Friends😊
Thanks Rita this really allowed me to control my voice Better!
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Is twang the same as using “mixed” voice ?
That's a great question. Mixed voice usually refers to bridging between "head" and "chest" voice, or thick and thin folds and other descriptions. It's a term that has only been talked about in recent years with many different definitions. Twang can certainly add some resonance and stability as you sing into your mid and higher range while wanting to maintain a connected sound. Nasalized resonance also can get be helpful. (lowering the soft palate a bit.) I do have a video on mixed voice that might be helpful. Let me know if you have more questions.
Why are people still teaching twang? It has already been proven to be a constrictive tension and not what you want in your singing voice. This is opera! channel proved it, General Radames, and more. What gives volume and brilliance is chest voice participation TA muscles, and an OPEN throat NOT twang. Twang is a constriction, literally, it is a closing of the throat, it dramatically shrinks the voice. It may create noise in the tone, a pseudo brilliance, but if you want brilliant harmonics in the sound of your whole range you must keep chest voice participation coordinating it with the CT muscles through the whole range. An open throat, free air flow, and clear vowles. But you want an open throat, that maximizes resonance and volume of the voice in tandem with the chest voice. Twang may help you to a small degree at first, but it will lead to many voice problems and it begets many other defects that slowly slowly get wose over time unless something is changed. Listen to real old school chairoscuro singers speak, and then listen to twang and compression people speak. The former has a huge clear resonant and FREE speaking voice, the latter a small held voice with very little body to the voice, it is very thin sounding, like only the edge of the vocal cords are vibrating and they are also squeezed together. The chiaroscuro singers voices like Tettrazini, Mario DelMonaco, Titto Ruffo, Jerry Hadley, and many others. Whether male or female they have huge presence in their voice even when speaking and much much more while singing. That is not natural per se, it is because of their technique, how their instrument is making the sound. And this is not limited only to opera, good singing is good singing. In opera everything is taken to the max, but even in folk music or whatever else, proper vocal production is proer vocal productioin. Squeezing and constriction is not the way. I know, I used to do and teach this twang and compression thing for years, until I found the This is opera! channel and other like channels. There are many people out there lying and misrepresenting the information on that channel and other like channels, so do be very careful, there are many imposters, liars, and deceivers misrepresenting the informatioin I am summerizing here..