How so I sing falsetto and what is the procedure to get there and how long does it take to learn?
February 2nd, 2009
luckystar asked:
If I can practice two hours a day for five days (Anthony Robbins does it), and I currently know how to sing head and chest and middle, how do I sing falsetto? What part of my body and vowels do I use for practice. I am a mezzo soprano.
If I can practice two hours a day for five days (Anthony Robbins does it), and I currently know how to sing head and chest and middle, how do I sing falsetto? What part of my body and vowels do I use for practice. I am a mezzo soprano.
I read a book from Rob Thomas’ and Michael Jackson’s voice coach, and they said falsetto and head are NOT the same thing and that some coaches even get in confused. How long does it take to hit your first Mariah-Carey-like falsetto note, weeks, months? My voice coach and I cannot meet until 3 months so please give details.
STEPHAN
I’m pretty sure that only guys can sing falsetto for some anatomical reason.
When I had to sing for state and I had to do some falsetto (falsetto in bass isn’t pretty) my voice teacher always told me to float up into your head voice. It’s kinda hard to explain but you’ll know when you’ve got it. In falsetto your voice is supposed to be lighter, so don’t push it. Let it “float”
That’s for guys and how they do it is they get kicked in the balls.
Some Italian boys in choirs get their balls cut off so they can keep that high pitched voice (I’m not even kidding…).
For girls I think it’s your soft pallet you use? I don’t remember, I haven’t been in choir for a while.
are you a domass? no offense but mariah does NOT hit falsetto she his whistle voice which is super-head voice. and Falsetto is the same has head but imbalanced meaning the vocal cords are away from each other. when it balanced it is together zipped up …which vocal coach is micheal Jackson’s?
Women singers do not have “falsetto” but those Maria Carey notes you’re talking about which are basically anything above a high C (above the staff) is called the “flageolette” range, and it is usually only used by high sopranos; rarely would a mezzo-soprano need to use these notes. You’re lucky to be a mezzo, by the way, they’re far less genetically common than sopranos, and Rossini called them the voice of the “True Woman” so embrace that rich lower range!!
(If on the other hand you’re talking about notes below high C to about an octave below, you mean your “headvoice”- and this is accessed by letting your voice resonate in the “mask”, or the spaces we have in the front of our skull- mainly, our sinuses- space in our cheekbones, our nose, and above and below your eyes. Be sure that you aren’t pushing or belting like you might with your “chestvoice” and keep the voice supported by engaging the muscles at your waist to flatten your diaphragm and expand your ribcage to make room for lots of air- and of course don’t forget to breathe deeply! One exercise I can recommend for developing head voice is to hum softly to yourself, another is to try staccato 5-note ascending arpeggios… that’s the best I can do without working with you in person.. best of luck!!)