Falsetto Advice

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Unread post by borocks » Thu Dec 04, 2003 4:23 pm

try to sing and play the second verse of #41 over and over. At the end of it there are some tough falsettos. I learned to do it by playing this song like nuts.
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Unread post by Coldchillin » Thu Dec 04, 2003 5:15 pm

I could picture you giving yourself a shot in the pills...lol. Hire a 'little person' to run across the stage and ball tap you haha!
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Unread post by MWR » Thu Dec 04, 2003 6:33 pm

Falsetto is your "head" voice. When you go from your normal range or "chest" voice to your head voice it's quite difficult. A lot of a vocalist's time is spent smoothing out the transition between these two voices. I don't know if anyone remembers The Fifth Element there's a scene with the opera singer-alien thing (an extremely well respected singer in real life). She's go's from the depths of her range all the way to the top and you can't hear the slightest crack. Anyway that was kinda random. Basically you have to train properly and with patience just like anything worth doing.

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Unread post by dbernard » Thu Dec 04, 2003 7:26 pm

with respect, technically, only men have falsetto, so it is not really considered head voice. also, there is a middle voice, not just chest and head. if anyone is interested, there is a distinction because you feel the vibrations in different areas. when in your head voice you should feel vibrations in the crown of your skull down to the nasal area. in middle voice you feel vibrations in your throat and mouth area and you can guess where the vibrations occurr for chest voice.

also don't worry about the bumps and wiggles in your voice as you approach falsetto, it happens. with practice you get better and it smooths out.

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Unread post by MWR » Thu Dec 04, 2003 7:49 pm

Technically, but woman perform the same mechanics to get into their upper register. Right?

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Unread post by dbernard » Thu Dec 04, 2003 7:50 pm

yes...

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Unread post by Coldchillin » Thu Dec 04, 2003 11:07 pm

I don't know anything about singing. I just try for the best. I can usually sing A LOT better with the recording on rather than alone. It helps me match the pitch...
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Unread post by GreedylilPig » Fri Dec 05, 2003 1:30 am

I just wanted to extend my thanks for all the advice offered in this thread.
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Unread post by Coldchillin » Fri Dec 05, 2003 3:28 pm

GreedylilPig wrote:I just wanted to extend my thanks for all the advice offered in this thread.
You're quite welcome, even though I didn't contribute...weird...
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Unread post by Davy28 » Sun Dec 07, 2003 1:38 am

I smile when do falsetto. God knows why, but it helps me a ton.
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Unread post by DustyDave » Sun Dec 07, 2003 1:42 am

Davy28 wrote:I smile when do falsetto. God knows why, but it helps me a ton.
I agree , when you smile it opens up alot of posibilities :)
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Unread post by Jay » Sun Dec 07, 2003 11:50 am

smiling technically is not good vocal posture. ;) :P
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Unread post by DustyDave » Sun Dec 07, 2003 11:52 am

Jay wrote:smiling technically is not good vocal posture. ;) :P
Says who ? Not to mention if you look at an artist doing falcettos they usually have this smirk on if not a full smile ;)
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Unread post by Davy28 » Sun Dec 07, 2003 12:38 pm

Besides, look at dave when he does that falsetto verse in Jimi thing or in 41. He looks like a kid on christmas morning.
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Unread post by DustyDave » Sun Dec 07, 2003 12:41 pm

Davy28 wrote:Besides, look at dave when he does that falsetto verse in Jimi thing or in 41. He looks like a kid on christmas morning.
Exactly , take any artist and look at them doing high pitched voices , they get that little smiley face and then the tones come out , smiling has alot to say when singing high pitches
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