Male Head Voice (Singing Teachers)

[Guest Teacher]

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[Guest Teacher]

Hello singing teachers. I’m looking for some advice. I have a male student who wants to strengthen their head voice. Unfortunately, they seem, to me, to be stuck in a breathy falsetto and not connecting with the stronger head voice. I’ve tried all my tricks and ideas without much success; what I’m suggesting should work, but it isn’t really doing anything to help. Does anyone have any crafty ways to engage head voice that might help please?

[Eliza Fyfe]

Hi Andy!

What have you tried? I’ve managed to solve this issue by using these methods below, but you may have already tried them:

First, strengthen the high chest voice, before the transition:
– Call out “Hey!” “Oi!” “Yeah!” to access a clear, high chest tone which gets the reflex strong sound out
– Scales that are “ma” rather than vowel sounds as it stops too much airflow
– 5th Slides on a hum to “iron” out the breathiness and connect with the core

Then when it flips to falsetto:
– Suddenly dip the volume so they’re not pushing more air through (I find that they forget that this is a much less “forced” sound than the chest voice) it has to be just the right balance of airflow in order to create a clear, pure tone. It may only be achieved at an even higher part of their voice
– Get them to sing like they’re yawning to get the back of their throat to open
– Also think of a “choir boy” or “opera” sound to help them mimic what this might sound like!
– Get them to do the slides again in order to assess which notes can come through clearly

I hope this helps but I imagine you’ve already tried – some male voices just don’t have much of a falsetto range..!

[Guest Teacher]

Thank you. I’ve tried some of that, but what I have done you’re explaining it in a different way which might also help. I will report back…

[Veronica Wakeling]

I have mostly male students,Firstly I must be satisfied that they have a good breathing and support with muscular tension ,on the intercostal support,for that I use kinetic exercises of lifting a heavy stone with each arm up to chest level in order that they feel the rise.Then taking in a good breath through the nose keeping the voice above the larynx release going from the lowest comfortable register up the scale ,both sharps and flats on nggggggggggg.This also raises soft pallet.No pushing …no tightening…just a steady controlled air flow.This method was used by Jane Eaglan a dramatic soprano who had a throat operation and was told her career as an opera singer was over….It wasn,t…….