Webinar 9 - Chest Voice Q&A: Singing in (and out) of chest voice
This is the third in the Chest Voice Webinar series, and in it we answer your questions on singing in and out of chest voice
- What actually happens when you "crack" out of chest voice? - we show you exactly what the muscles do when you crack out of AND into chest voice with diagrams, explanations and live examples
- Why do you focus on female chest voice - is there anything men can't do? - we share the thoughts from the classical world and the contemporary world on female chest voice (they're VERY different), and explain why we need to focus on women, and what men need to do in certain parts of their range. We also identify exactly what the differences between operatic chest voice and a more contemporary chest voice sound are
- Is it safe for children sing in chest voice? - we share some of the physiology of child vocal development, and give you two things NOT to do with chest voice for children, and a case history of a successful chest voice child singer
- What's the best way to help a student find chest voice? We highlight some of the problems your student might face finding their chest voice, and give you three specific strategies for helping them
- Is there are relationship between fundamental speaking pitch and voice type? - we explain what this question refers to, flag the research on this topic and give demonstrations of different fundamental speaking pitches. We also share two other process for identifying voice type, and which we think is the most important
- Any advice for male to female transsexual chest voice use? - we share our thoughts from the Speech Therapist training session we gave a few months ago on voice timbre and why pitch is not an issue, and Jeremy demonstrates a number of different mixes for MtF transsexuals to experiment with
- Can I sing softly in chest voice? We give you a number of possibilities for singing softly in chest voice and a warning of one technique to avoid
- Are some mixes better for certain styles? We give you suggestions for seven different music styles and their generic mixes
We answer all of these questions, and we even include some bonus questions and answers:
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Advice on a 10 yr old girl with a husky break at the C above middle C
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Techniques for a baritenor on finding different mixes above upper F#
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How to release a very twangy, pressed chest mix
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