[Eliza Fyfe]

So I have a singing lesson anniversary spreadsheet, and this post prompted me to update it!

Subsequently, I found this info fun to work out (I know how to have fun on a Friday night):

Out of 33 active students, this is how many have been having regular lessons and how long for:

12 of them: 2 months-1 year (36.3%)
14 of them: Over a year-4 years (42.4%)
7 of them: Over 4 years-8 years (21.2%)

Agree that stats would be very handy!

[Eliza Fyfe]

Wow that post! I want to play them

[Eliza Fyfe]

creepy!

[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..!

[Eliza Fyfe]

In fact I didn’t even know you’re not supposed to take antihistamines before singing!