[Ben Reeves]

Good point – maybe try and dig up some examples of awesome male singers who use head voice, for inspiration!

[Ben Reeves]

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!

[Ben Reeves]

peri-whatnow?

[Ben Reeves]

I teach a young girl who has a naturally raspy voice, but one session she complained that her voice was hurting. I put it down to constriction and/or lack of closure, but I must admit that I really don’t know that much about rasp. It sounds like it could well be related though!

[Ben Reeves]

feel my pain!