Discover How to Sing Better In Your Head Voice Without Strain or Whispers
This is most likely one of the most asked questions when it comes to vocal training among males and females.
In today’s video, Kimberly Smith answers the question for how to sing better in your head voice.
Truth is, many singers (especially beginners) often feel more tension as they move up into their head voice registers.
So, Kim shares 3 tips in this video to help make it easier for you to learn how to sing falsetto the right way.
3 Quick Steps to Better Head Voice Singing
The exciting part is, once you learn these head voice singing tips, you’ll be amazed at how well you can sing falsetto. So, let’s get started and turn you into a singing machine!
Number One: Learn How to Breath When You Sing
This is a given. Learning how to breathe when you sing is essential if you want to get the voice you want.
Breathing makes all the difference in the world when it comes to singing correctly. Kim says to sing from just above your navel instead of your throat.
Now, practice your siren noises but don’t scare the kids. 🙂
Number Two: Watch the Tongue as You Sing in Your Head Voice
Next, lower your tongue and keep it soft as you do the sirens. Kim demonstrates this well.
You should notice an immediate difference when you use this method.
Number Three: Allow More Space to Get the Most from Your Head Voice
Most beginner singers don’t pay much attention to making space when they try to sing with their head voice. And, this causes tension and strain on their voice and the singer wonders why he or she can’t reach those high notes.
Now, you don’t have to be in that category any longer.
The soft palate in your mouth is located at the back of the roof of your mouth. You can feel it with your thumb.
This palate lifts when you yawn or laugh. (BTW, yawning is a good warm up singing exercise too.)
So, as you start to inhale, open up that space to allow room for your head voice to come out.
Now, try this – Breathe in, open up the soft palate, and try the siren sounds again. Do you hear and feel the difference?
Finally – Continue to Rid Your Body of Tension
Now that you know the basics of getting the most from your head voice, keep working to find areas of tension in your body.
This way, you’re singing in a relaxed state of mind.
After all, singing is supposed to be fun, isn’t it? Of course it is.
Now, go out and do it!
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Thanks, and I’ll see you next time. Happy Singing! – Bob
Original video by vocal trainer Kim Smith here.
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I try to raise my soft pallet when singing but often when I’m done with the song the roof of my mouth seems to hurt. I don’t really know why.
+balpreet kaur I would say you’re either lifting it too high or there is added tension elsewhere that could be causing this (jaw or tongue).
my neighbors hate me so much lol
+JT McAwesome-Face Haha I’m sure mine hate me too JT!
thank you for these useful tips! People just tell you to do siren voice and don’t say how, but Kim you did!
+Danny Chen Thanks Danny, that’s awesome that it clicked for you!
when I sing sometimes it feels like the only thing I can do is sing in head voice, but it gives me headaches. do you have any suggestions??
Hi Kimberley! I’ve been singing for many years but recently decided to get serious about it so I can sing in live venues instead of just the studio. Some days are effortless and others not so much because I suffer from allergies and when my nose drains the phlegm settles in and around the place in my throat where it’s hard to warm up my voice or sing. The feeling I get is very much like when you’re drinking something and it goes “down the wrong pipe” and the liquid settles in that place where it’s hard to talk for a few minutes until the liquid clears allowing you to talk normally again. I’ve tried a lot of things to combat this but still searching for something that really works. Do you have any suggestions? (I hope all of that makes sense)
+brianmcdrummer That is really tricky Brian, sorry you’re struggling with this. Have you seen an Ear Nose and Throat specialist? They might have some ideas around medication you could take?
Thanks!
You are like a shooting star in the sky…
ma’am how to sing on low voice ?
Our chest voice or lower register works in a similar way to the way we speak. What are you finding difficult about it in particular?
Thankyou ma.am