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Any Tips on Teaching Head Voice/Falsetto for Male Vocals? (Singing Teachers)
Any tips on teaching head voice/falsetto for male vocals? I have quite a high female voice anyway so trying to explain to a guy how it ‘feels’ for me seems to be totally alien to all my male clients! Anyone else have this problem? Hope everyone is looking forward to the weekend xx
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I teach a couple of teenaged boys who were really struggling to make any sound in head voice. I think it’s mostly a coordination thing for them though as they are slowly making progress – they have both gone from making virtually no sound at all to a half reasonable falsetto (still quite weak and breathy though), and I am hoping for even more once we do some proper work on closure We have had to battle a lot of constriction and tongue tension along the way though, so I guess those would be major pitfalls to watch out for? One of them seemed to be trying to actually make the sound with his false vocal folds, so I think it’s just a case of finding the right trigger – using sounds like a mouse squeaking, an owl hooting, or even quoting Monty Python sketches have all worked for me!
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I’m finding a lot of it is also a confidence thing of they don’t want to sound ‘unmanly’! So like you said, just trying to find the right trigger is key. I’ll try the Monty Python one! That sounds like it may work as I know he loves them. Thank you!
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:)**** no sad face! All smiles ha
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Good point – maybe try and dig up some examples of awesome male singers who use head voice, for inspiration!
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Good shout! It’s quite a sensual, sexy song we’re doing as well! Which I’ve told him makes it totally MANLY! Hahaha
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