6 Exercises to Unlock the Male Head Voice

Looking for ways to improve your head voice or falsetto? Use these 6 Exercises to unlock the male head voice, defeat cracking, and achieve smooth transitions from falsetto to head voice to chest voice.
Was this helpful to you? Leave a comment to let us know! Please subscribe to be updated on future how-to videos, covers, lessons, and more.
(This is Day 84 of the 100-Day Music Challenge)
#Passagio #MaleHeadVoice #UnlockYourVoice #VoiceLessons #MakeBadArt #GoMakeSSomeMusicForMe
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Website: www.dramaticov...
Follow us on Facebook: / dramaticovertures
Follow us on Twitter: / dramovertures
Contact Andy with ideas / commissions / performance requests: andy (AT) dramaticovertures (DOT) com
Thank you everyone for your continued support, and keep making music!

[@MetalOperaGuy]

Did this help you in working on your own head voice? Any suggestions for others that are exploring this? Leave me a comment and let me know! Please subscribe for more How-To videos, covers, and more!

[@raulaguilar3931]

I cant find my head voice, just chest, and falsetto (disconected sound)

[@MetalOperaGuy]

Raúl Aguilar, finding that connection, that "blended voice," can be tough. Try starting in falsetto and see how far down into your chest voice your can take it. Keep the sound light and easy. Then, try to see how far up you can take your chest voice - again, light and easy. There's a place during both where you may feel your voice start to "tilt" into head voice from either direction. It feels weird and strange at first, but those exercises really helped me.

[@eyezec6884]

Excellent vocal lesson from John Goodman

[@tuneinat]

Nice excercises..will add it to my workouts

[@MetalOperaGuy]

Glad to hear it!

[@sinkeo789phommachack9]

Thanks 👍 GOD for teaching how to sing 😎

[@jannapeterson765]

How cool to see the progress throughout the exercises!!

[@MetalOperaGuy]

This was incredibly helpful - definitely made a huge difference!

[@DALILAFATAMORGANAproject]

Lovely deep voice

[@MetalOperaGuy]

Thank you!

[@mikehopkins4040]

Should have sung part of a song before then again after the exercises to see if there was a difference.

[@MetalOperaGuy]

Definitely a great idea for the future!

[@nikola.batinovic]

Wow! This helps me, but sometimes my head voice sounds so weak and I'm scared to use it live while performing. Btw im just 16 years old. :)

[@MetalOperaGuy]

Using head voice live *is* a frightening thing, at first. My best recommendation would be to get comfortable with it around someone with a good ear that can provide you honest feedback about what is "useable" live and what isn't. That will depend quite a bit on the style of singing, too - an operatic high C has a very different approach and sound to a metal high C, for example. If you check out my Leprous cover, I hit some crazy high stuff in that metal context that I just don't have in my "opera voice."

[@quegg7411]

As someone who has a chest voice vocal range similar to part of your head voice, how do I know if Im in head voice or not?

[@MetalOperaGuy]

Ooo, that's a really good question. I'm sure there's a better technical answer than this, but I would describe the difference largely on where the sound is placed. When I get into my head voice range, it feels like the sound is going up through the roof of my mouth and through my nose, whereas chest voice is more the same placement as talking, if that makes sense. I think that would make a great future video!

[@quegg7411]

@@MetalOperaGuy Ahhhhh, I see, I will try practicing it, thank you 😁

[@MetalOperaGuy]

You bet,@@quegg7411! Let me know what you find out!

[@stebolian]

Running down i end up in a fry voice at f# 3

[@mavisbrandon2557]

When he said. "Oh i felt a flip in my voice it's going to feel a change." before he said that i was like IM FAILING. IM DOING FALSHETTOOOOO. Btw I'm 15 but i wanna get better quickly LOL

[@lordvoldemort5725]

mason Brandon I’m 14 lol

[@MetalOperaGuy]

FWIW, the male voice doesn't *fully* settle for some folks until their late 20's - early 30's. I'm 32, and was a Bass II around both of your ages. Now, I'm singing high tenor/alto! You're doing right by yourselves by getting familiar with your voices early, for sure. Just don't beat yourselves up as you're learning and developing - focus on having fun and being the best that *your* voice can be!

[@ws004364]

Your voice is very constricted as you ascend.

[@rohanbenda8702]

Who is the teacher

[@MetalOperaGuy]

John Koch, at Illinois State University. He's great!

[@paddydelano4322]

hji. youre really handsome :)

[@MetalOperaGuy]

Thank you kindly!

[@pai_exe1]

Help me, i need find my head voice (TnT)/

[@MetalOperaGuy]

Did you try our any of these exercises - did they help you out?

[@pai_exe1]

@@MetalOperaGuy if I try but my voice breaks or I go to falsetto

[@pai_exe1]

@@MetalOperaGuy I give you my number? ,send an audio our for or by mail ? (Gmail)

[@MetalOperaGuy]

I hear you - it's a super fine line to walk. If you're having the same struggles I did, I suspect that you're putting too much weight into the voice as you are going up. What I've been doing to work on this is a combination of doing this exercises and singing music that puts me just at the top and above my passaggio (usually G#-A territory). In fact, I was working in this voice lesson to prepare for the cover of "Hallowed Be Thy Name (kzbin.info/www/bejne/iZS0aqCGgLKFhNU)" and although it did pay off, I would say it is MUCH more evident in the "Music of the Night" performance, here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/eJmwnqlnac2El9U If you skip to the 2:14 mark, you'll hear the literal first time I have EVER used head voice in a live performance. Compare to 3:31 where I bring my full voice to that note (I think it's a G?), and there is a brief little blip where my voice did start to break. I let off of the weight, added more air, and corrected. I find that singing in head voice is one of those things where you have to really relax for it to work properly. Certainly easier said than done!!

[@MetalOperaGuy]

@@pai_exe1 , you can certainly send to andy (at) dramaticovertures.com - just keep in mind that I am not a licensed teacher, so take any advice I give with a grain of salt. :)

[@rickparma]

Please stop with the hand gestures gestures are confusing people and they don’t help

[@MetalOperaGuy]

Fair! I tend to use hand gestures during lessons as I'm learning, using that external motion to connect with the internal sensation of the technique. Never thought about how that would look for others. Thanks for the input!