How to sing in head voice?

How do you sing with your diaphragm instead of ur head voice?

  • I'm in the lion king, and in the song, "Queen of the Jungle," there's this one high note I can't sing. My voice cracks if I try to belt it, but normally it sounds weak, breathy, quiet, and it's using my head voice. I can't blow it; it's a solo! Please help!

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    Your diaphragm is just the support that comes from your abdomen. Pressure from the abdomen pushes up on the diaphragm muscle, which is beneath your lungs. You need to relax your throat and take in a lot of air, then "support" the air flow with your abdominal muscles. You might just need to take in a breath very close to the high note so you aren't running out of air at the time when you need it. If your chin is going forward, you are singing from your throat or your head. If your chin is down and your eyes are open and throat is relaxed with tight abdominal muscles, you are singing from the diaphragm. Of course, everyone has a limit of the highest note they can sing, it is related to the size of the voice box (adam's apple) The larger the voice box, the deeper the voice, and vice versa. Relax, and suck on some lemons before the show. Good luck, I'm sure you will do great.

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sing from your stomach more

First of all, you need to find a vocal coach. I'll tell you what the problem is and how to fix it, but you need someone there with you to help you work through it. The Problem: Young girls can only belt so high. Your voice will not fully mature till mid to late 20's. All the singers on Broadway have reached their maturity and are physically ahead of you. Even belters use their "mix voice". This is when you blend your head and chest voice registers together to allow a smooth transition in places like what you're talking about. Your head voice is not supposed to be weak and breathy. It means that you are not accessing your head voice properly. The Solution: To find the mix voice, you need to master your head voice first. The head voice requires proper breath control and resonance. On your high notes, it requires that you lift your palatte in a way that will allow your voice to resonate in your nasal cavity. This will not create nasal singing, when done properly it will give you a legitimate sound (i.e. Kristin Chenoweth). When done properly, it will also sound weird/bad to you. When you're singing a high note there are several different sound waves that come out of your mouth. These waves help carry your voice over the orchestra/band, however some of them are very high in pitch and bounce off of walls faster than others. The high ones hit your ears first and make your voice sound "ugly" to you. This is why you need a vocal teacher/coach. They can tell you when you are or are not sounding good. Eventually you'll learn what the good sounds feel like, and will be able to sing by sensation. Try these excercises: Lip trills - on a 5 tone scale sing by only buzzing your lips on pitch Nasal Resonance - try to make a sound like a crow (the bird) in the higher part of your vocal range. (If you do it right, you'll really start to sound like a bird) Once you find the "bird sound" try to add that quality into your high notes. Always remember this should not hurt, if it does, you're doing it wrong. Don't worry about blowing it. Every one knows you're a young singer and are still figuring things out. If they don't understand, then that's their problem, not yours. Find a teacher, it is so important to finding your voice.

Matt

You should be "singing with your diaphragm" the entire time you're singing.... head or chest voice. It's not a "one or the other" type of question. If it's possible for you to sing it in either chest or a mix, then you just need to really ride the air. Otherwise you may need to just not sing the notes building up to the top note as loudly so that the top note doesn't sound quite so out of place.

Michael S

The best thing I could advise is to do excersises to create a higher range for yourself. Otherwise, the note just may be way to high for your vocal range. Also, are you saying that if you use your chest voice it will crack? If so, I would advise trying some excersises to strengthen your head voice if that is the breathy one...not much you can do if your voice just can't hit it...

Haylee C

Okay well you dont actualy use your diaphram since it is a thin muscle that you have no control over. You need to use your support muscles. These are a triangle of muscles with the point of the triangle being your belly button. Use these to support your air. I have my students blow up a balloon or a candle to find them. But when you use them they get hard to touch. Really hard to explain without showing/ teaching you face to face but try googling support muscles

bcooper_au

you have to push it out of your stomach..my aunt taught me to breathe in really deep n clench your stomach n exhale out while you sing..itz hard to explain but it works..it makes you sing from your diaphragm..makes it louder n better

♥KiYa

sing from out your nose (flare or flex your nostrils when singing that note)...still use support from your stomach, but nasal tones usually hold up quite well with broadway stuff. keep practicing. i also have that problem. i have a great head voice, but chest pieces are really difficult for me. i find singing through my nose helps dramatically.

Elisabeth D

Sounds weird but bare with me... When singing, use your fingers to close your nose (as though you were jumping into a pool). There should be no difference in vocal quality when your nose is pinched closed and when it is open. Try singing while pinching your nose closed as it forces the air to come from below rather than circulating within your head (nose to mouth).

"Shades"

Say the word "sing" then hold the "ng" position. Then, hum in that position. Scales, siren sounds, the melody of a song, etc. This will help the breathiness. There is an exercise called the lip whistle. Purse your lips together and blow, sort of like a kid making motorboat noises (pppp) while making a tone in your throat. When you can do this well, go up and down the scale while doing it, then "sing" your song this way. This helps with breathing from the diaphragm and supporting.

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