- How well you adapt to new ideas and sensations.
- How your vocal instrument is conditioned.
- How familiar you are with your voice.
Usually students notice results on the first lesson but that
is no guarantee, discipline, patience and determination is also
needed.
Why does my voice crack on high notes?
- Cracking occurs when you reach a transition
point in your range.
- If you reach for the note it makes it worse
because your vocal chords don't want to stay properly adducted.
Crack!
Should I push my chest voice as high as
possible?
- Very dangerous!
- That will only eventually cause you physical
damage cracking and frustration.
- Learn to mix your way through the transitions
in your voice. You'll get more range and flexibility.
Do I need to learn breathing?
- Yes! Breathing is very important part of
singing. Without breath there can be no sound.
- But breathing is not the answer to every
vocal dilemma.
Is classical study the best way to train?
- No. Classical is a style just like R&B
is a style.
- All styles have their anomalies that
deviate from perfect technique.
What is the difference between "head
voice" and "falsetto"? Do women have a
falsetto?
- Answer: Both men and women have a head voice as well as
falsetto. When head voice is executed or done properly there
is no shift in the quality of the
tone as the singer ascend from chest voice through the transition
into the
upper register. To the listener it sounds like one connected
voice.
- Falsetto on the other hand gives the
listener the impression that the voice becomes different
and is not as intense and exciting as the chest voice.
Instead of staying close and connected as in the case of
the head voice the
vocal cord bow and open allowing too much air to flow past.
As a result when
ascending from the chest register, instead of a unified
tone into the head
register there is a crack into falsetto.
