This video is about how to sing high notes without sounding airy. You’re going to get
three simple exercises that will give you quick power on high notes immediately. Watch!
Hi I’m Chuck Gilmore, International Vocal Coach and Founder of Power To Sing.
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When you sound airy, especially on high notes, your listeners lose interest. They want to
be impressed. They want their ears to vibrate with the penetrating strength of your voice.
Here’s two steps you must follow to develop that penetrating power in your voice when
you sing high notes.
#1: You must learn to bridge. That means you must learn to transition from chest to head
voice without losing power. You must sing higher without straining, cracking, breaking
or breathiness.
The fastest way to learn to bridge from chest to head voice is to get your vocal type and
then do exercises for your unique vocal type.
Your vocal type is not whether you’re soprano, alto, tenor or bass. Your vocal type describes
what your voice tends to do as you sing higher. For example, do you tend to strain and/or
break into falsetto?
There are exercises designed for your vocal type which immediately help you to bridge
successfully, that is, sing from your chest through the bridge into your head voice.
To quickly discover your vocal type, download this free PDF entitled “Get Your Vocal Type”.
You can get it here, or in the description area below this YouTube video.
This PDF contains links to a simple vocal test. Take the test and get your vocal type.
Then learn about your vocal type by watching the videos. I show you how to do each of the
exercises for your vocal type. Then you can download those exercises and practice them.
Links to all of this is on the PDF.
#2: Once you learn to bridge so you can sing from chest to head voice in a smooth and connected
tone without straining or breaking or breathiness, here are three simple exercises for quick
power on high notes. Please note that these simple exercises will only be simple if you
have done number 1 above, begun the exercises for your vocal type. Don’t neglect that
critical step.
Here are Three Simple Exercises for Quick Power
Exercise number 1: Exaggerated Ney - N[ae] on an octave repeat scale
Men and women will start at the top of their first bridge and go down 4 ½ steps. This
exercise sounds like this. [Demo] In this exercise, and in the following exercises,
please notice I sing the second vowel where the first one established it. [Demo] Don’t
open the second or third vowel beyond where the first one lives. This would be wrong [Demo
wide]. That is opening too wide and becomes pulled chest. This is the right way. [Demo]
That keeps it in head voice or mix. Follow this rule on the following three exercises.
First the men, then the ladies. Ready guys, begin.
Now the ladies. Ready, begin.
Exercise number 2: Ney - N[ae] - Noo (as in book) on the same octave repeat scale.
This exercise sounds like this. [Demo]
First the men, then the ladies. Ready guys, begin.
Now the ladies. Ready, begin.
Exercise number 3: Ney - N[ae] - Nuh on the same octave repeat scale.
This exercise sounds like this. [Demo]
First the men, then the ladies. Ready guys, begin.
Now the ladies. Ready ladies, begin.
If these exercises are are hard for you, you need to revisit the the exercises for your
vocal type.
This PDF will give you links to the vocal type test, the videos and exercises for you
to download so you can sing high notes in a connected head voice.
These exercises above will help you get quick power in the high notes.
Be sure to watch this video, “How How To Sing High Notes For Guys Without Falsetto
- 3 Exercises for Guys AND Girls” [https://youtu.be/1SSwkeYJ-bo] to get three more exercises for singing great
high notes.
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