NAIL songs usually too HIGH for you! (simple process)

[@chrisliepe]

Learn to support your voice in a way that allows you sing songs that are normally too high for you... Join my free course! chrisliepe.com/free-your-voice/

[@pawelesniczek6512]

Hi Chris, great job, thank you! I'll definitely try this out. As usual - practice is everything... All the best!

[@thenaiveofficial2670]

You sound a bit like the Rev from ax7 sometimes when you go into your mixed voice

[@Holtermarvin]

*This song is definitely out of my range*, continues with most beautiful rendition ever heard

[@meruseachi1927]

that's exactly what I thought too 😭😭

[@thecaptn1758]

In his vocal Course there is a lecture where we get to know our initial comfortable range without pushing or actively doing anything .he demonstrates what his natural comfortable range is in that lesson so I can say for sure that Chris is not mocking us :-D

[@JoeFroShow]

Instructions unclear, I now sound like a squeaky toy.

[@chrisliepe]

That’s the first step!

[@TheRealDyscyples]

😂

[@psilocyberspaceman]

😂😂😂

[@doodleprophet]

I enjoyed watching the video to understand this comment

[@psilocyberspaceman]

@@blingyboyiii Maybe the next teacher is a grammar teacher?

[@あきもとときこ]

What an amazing voice❗😳

[@bendowson3124]

As a church singer, most of the songs I have to sing are arranged so that the baritones can sing comfortably in the lower octave while the sopranos can sing comfortably in the higher octave. Unfortunately for me as a high tenor, this puts me in the awkward position of many songs being too low to sing low and too high to sing high and 99% of the time, it is better and easier for me to sing in the higher register. While I can still sing most songs no problem, the key is endurance something which I learned the hard way two weeks ago when my voice started to hurt after a two hour rehearsal and I couldn't make it through the final chorus of the first song. Thankfully the second song was easier and by the time the sermon was over, my voice had recovered enough to sing the high notes again. I am reminded of the need to be intentional about how I use my voice and this approach of backing off on certain notes and bringing in the power where it matters most is definitely something to keep in mind.

[@jmerdsoy]

I've listened to this intro 50 times. I never really liked this tune til I heard you sing it. I hope you let us have the full version!

[@VIDEOHEREBOB]

Spot on. It's called hard work Chris, but if you stay with it and refuse to fold, you do get there for the most part. The best part is it becomes cumulative. One builds off the other. I do what you describe across artists who are similar. My work on Lou Gramm vocals got me to some Steve Walsh vocals. Notice I say some....lol! Though I have found when you drop some a half step you sound better.

[@VIDEOHEREBOB]

Chris. Probably not your type of music, but Walsh's vocals on the first 3 Kansas CDs are insanely great. Get past Wayward Son and Dust in the wind and deep dive especially into their first CD called Kansas. Then Lou Gramm on the CD called Foreigner "4" is a vocal master class.

[@MrHydeInMe]

Thanks, many good tips in this video. Summarized it means: don't just sing a song which is out of range for you, but practice it in small pieces. I do this for guitar solos since years, but just your video made me clear that I should also do it this way when singing. Thanks for all your great videos

[@thomasc2680]

Damn bro, you killed that song in the beginning! Killed it in a good way… You did good

[@afternoonbears6989]

Wow that "To tell you" head voice transition is so pretty!!! (0:34)

[@tomforsythe7024]

I had a major breakthrough, yesterday. Your videos have been a huge help.

[@DanceWithAmps]

This is great! I like singing female lines as its a fun challenge but I do sometimes struggle with the high notes 'cos I do it in head voice but I need it full-bodied. It'd be cool if you went through 4 Non-Blondes - What's Up. She's singing all over the place in that one!

[@michaelrobson1627]

That'd be a brilliant example!

[@CassioHungria85]

Agreeed

[@glowiever]

highest note of that song is E5 and I think linda perry sing it using her chest voice. so gritty and powerful.

[@Rightchickenwing]

13:01 This is bang on, rehearsing, making incremental wins and not getting peed off when we (I) can't copy and sing a song like this even after 100 tries. Because I'm not Adele for one 😂

[@Cootersnootch]

You are an amazing teacher and a gift to anyone who's willing to learn and experience what it is to become a vocalist. For your channel, I was just a drummer, then I learned guitar and now, thanks to you I'm recording my own music because you've taught me what it is to have a voice of my own. Salute

[@JacksonTaylorandTheSinners]

Dude. You’re so helpful. 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🫡

[@Rightchickenwing]

7:50 I'm really looking forward to trying this exercise out! And yes this Adele song is brilliant 😊

[@fakemikasa1170]

I saw a term you learned from one of your interviews, "Vocal Budgeting." Your videos have been a very great help for me. Keep up the good work!!

[@radarmyers]

Its like the same process of learning new guitar parts that are to fast or to complicated for your current skill

[@chrisliepe]

Yesssss!!

[@JasonGreen-n3l]

Or recording guitars. I’ll do 30 takes of a solo trying to get the right pinch harmonics, vibrato. For some reason I lack the patience with my own voice but need to have a similar strategy like he’s showing.

[@davidf.8497]

I like it how you take time as we would. Like a raw draft until the final result.

[@jw6588]

This is amazing, and the kind of thing that other teachers don't demonstrate with this much detail.

[@TracyLee7777]

Awesome

[@spiritualconnection4807]

That rendition of Hello gave me goosebumps, epic!

[@rohintonirani1685]

Amazing teacher with the best examples, learning ideas, concepts, motivational,.. list is endless. Thanks Chris... Really awesome

[@Russiansings-w3x]

Hi from Russia, Chris! So grateful to you for your videos! You are a real vocal maniac in a perfect sense! Thank you!! My singing is just a hobby. But. All my way through has been tied with the the lack of the range. And your help is really important for me.

[@5virid]

Hi mottherrussia bud :D, what city are you from? I'm from Novosibirsk, also learning from Sensei Chris's videos, and this is probably the best material that I found on KZbin for half a year of my training. P.s. Chris, sup, keep it up)

[@Russiansings-w3x]

Я тоже с Новосиба)))

[@Dekutard]

it may be out of your comfortable range but you can still hit the notes, and your process only makes it easier to practice not just hitting the notes but really nailing it. but there has to be things you really just can’t hit to begin with. at a certain point you’ll have no choice but to lower the key 🔑 right? great video. i wanna see you do qwerty next! xd

[@steve6888]

I've never thought about using muscle memory to my advantage like this, most of my favorite songs are all out of my range or in most cases very difficult to sing cleanly without breaking for me so I'll definitely be trying this out, thank you so much!

[@freakshowmann]

Dang Dude!!! I always thought of you as a Voicecoach, but I just ordered a guitar course from Truefire by you. I had no idea that you were such a good guitar player!!!

[@bradmartel]

You are fucking great at explaining these things and I love it!!!

[@jatin7361]

This is a lovely technique and practice style. Nicely explained! Thanks! I think this "targeting" can be useful in almost all elements of singing that we all struggle with as we navigate the journey.

[@nateyenke805]

The thumbs actually help me know what I'm hearing. Like subtitles, but i like it.

[@Eightbyte]

I really appreciate your lessons and also you having captions on your videos! Thank you for looking out for the hearing impaired!

[@zenwolf743]

So, I have been able to use mixed voice when I was 16 years old and also 17 years old but as soon as I learned the head voice I abandoned the mixed voice so now I can't put them together anymore. I have a song that is quite high in the chorus with mixed voice so yes I know this problem from experience. Still, good job in explainng it and I always enjoy listening to you. I can't seem to be able to mix my head voice with my chest voice so those are just two seperate voices now that can't seem to be able to blend together.

[@JasonGreen-n3l]

excited to delve into this one, as a baritone talker that wishes to be more of a tenor singer. best teacher on youtube

[@RELIN-Q]

i have been trying sooo hard to try to access my mixed voice and i actually think that calming down and just letting the tone resonate comfortably instead of belting with all my breath feels so much better. your "tiiiiimes" is exactly what i've been doing and i feel as though i have so much more breath to hold the note.

[@kalumarjuna80]

You are an amazing Singer!

[@DYGPP]

We need that version here on youtube, spotify or whatever but soon 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[@blazing6string]

I didn’t know you could sing my guy, that’s sweet 💪🏼💪🏼

[@mdderrek9280]

This is a valuable lesson

[@S3rpetv]

this is a blessing for baritones like me

[@utilitydisk]

baritones and tenors do the same things to sing well, categorizing is nonsense

[@jensendkmg7209]

Us who sounds like friggin James Earl Jones still strugglin :(

[@craigjenkins6917]

This is a great video Chris

[@Olechesty]

This definitely will come in handy when trying to nail those Chris Cornell mixed voice phrases

[@flataffect]

Great singing with the Adele song man!!

[@diddybopper2052]

I’m going to try this when singing the chorus to Stars by Simply Red.

[@RandyBadour]

GREAT lesson! I've stumbled on this like most of my techniques over the years lol.

[@LexSeiffert]

Hey chris, i love your channel and love how you explain the things and make them more easier to understand. Can you make a video about extending the vocal range and how to do exercises to do that correctly? thanks!

[@chrisliepe]

Check out any of my playlists on expanding your range. I’ve linked to one of them at the end of this video!

[@LexSeiffert]

@@chrisliepe Thank you so much, teacher! I'll check this out right now!

[@JonathanTKL]

Hopefully this video was inspired by Taka's cover of this song that you did an analysis of awhile back. Awesome stuff. Fits perfectly with how i'm practicing now with pulling up my chest voice.

[@Libegfrat1]

Such a good teacher, thanks for the experience and the sharing

[@LuisOlaOficial]

Amazing. Thanks for all the incredible content. 😀

[@gisellechacon7081]

Hey Chris, I've been following you for a while now. Good stuff, thanks. This one is pure gold! Much appreciated!! ❤

[@n1te]

I discovered this approach as well. For me it was "dang, I'm annoyed by how this note sounds, let's see if I can reach a version where I like how the note sounds"

[@RobertBartko]

Great lesson Chris! Thank you. Muscle memory, calculated/rehearsed, keeping it light - all great takeaways for me ❤

[@efim_061]

beautiful chris, the thing I love the most is watching your own voice growing with time just as our voices grow thanks to you! the realest teacher

[@happylifexxxx]

Unique and very valuable video! This is definitely how I'm goin to approach challenging songs from now on. Thanks for your time and effort!👌

[@grigoriidifero]

Damn you're good.

[@Ogrsonic-fz8fw]

How are you a baritone, with a deeper voice than me (im a tenor alto) but able to sing the song way better than me. Real talk you are an amazing singer.

[@alessandravimercati420]

You are fantastic, I am addicted to your channel!

[@nikitamelnik1594]

cool! some chorus parts remind me of Jonny Craig raspy vocal, interesting cover man!

[@Drenius]

You're just so good at this stuff hahaha made me want to cover this song eventually

[@derpderpson8796]

Sheesh, video gave me a lot of help, gonna start the free course now. MAybe I can finally squeeze out some voice there :D great vid

[@АндрейЧугуряну-й6ф]

Absolutely marvelous! Need a full cover of this song in your interpretation!

[@ericanderson7059]

Thank you for these amazing insights coach .

[@mark64tanner]

thank you, was discussing this kinda thing with a friend last night 🤟

[@quwane]

This is so gold

[@encyclical]

I can’t wait to try this on Alexisonfire’s Sans Soleil

[@masterodst1]

Amazing as always!!!

[@arkhael]

This is so good! I can't wait to get home and try it

[@cultistaaxis3234]

Hey Chris, thanks for another leasson! Your pitch videos had been really usefull to me and I'm doing crazy latetly when it comes to power mix voice in my middles and head voice when I go over the fifth octave, but still I'm struggling with the gritty distortion voice, I end up sounding like a pop singer sometimes ha ha.

[@divinetherapy5]

Your brilliance is amazing. Please share your technical expertise for jonah nillson of dirty loops. For me he is the most talented vocalist of our time.just saw them live, and it was life changing

[@chrisliepe]

I just saw Jonah live a few weeks ago... Incredible!!!

[@needart3904]

So precious. I got a mixed light voice doing it, but yes i can reach pitch out of my chest range in a more powerful way. And i try to put some grit in it, but my grit is a bit weird like a saturated high frequency speaker.

[@Weloz92]

Are you psychic? I was struggling with the chorus of "Lose Control" by Teddy Swims, and I decided to memorize it in head voice before doing anything else with the high notes: this method seems perfect for studying those tricky lines!

[@chrissysnowmusic]

I love this approach! Great lesson Chris! Thank you

[@ngaugeblading9690]

This is a great video. I've been trying to sing Levitate by Sleep Token and there are some parts where it goes out of "my range". I'll definitely try your tips!

[@andypop334]

Amazing lesson 🤘

[@invu4834]

Starset - Diving Bell is one I struggle with.

[@SkeletonTutorials_Idle]

this is just what I needed! thank you Chris!! 😃

[@GregoryMarkel]

Another great lesson, very helpful, thank you.

[@semu8030]

This is probably the best cover I've heard from you, makes me wanna check if there are any alt rock/pop rock versions of this song out there I know this isn't a cover channel, but I'd love to hear you do Wrecking Ball from Miley Cyrus, maybe you could use it to teach something I don't know, but I feel like your voice would sound great doing male versions of songs originally sung by women

[@chrisliepe]

Great idea for wrecking ball!! I’ll think of something! :)

[@megarockfreak]

Thank you for the awesome tips as always. After 13 years of singing lessons my finale is dimash sos. This will help. For the second verse but also the higher notes si jamais c'était plus bon. That I will mayby keep legato instead of stacato to make it easier. Any tips for good high staccato? Also the last chorus I go an octave lower at a point with the same intensity. But still making my own version with nitpicking and much influence of the greatest singer on earth. deadline: end of june. Singing deadline: till I die.

[@jamalalmoussa]

can you please teach us how to sing harmony? i really strugle with it all the time

[@gael7w802]

After a vocal injury back in December, I finally have my range back, but my upper range is sometimes raspy now. It's not a bad thing, but idk if it's permanent, and it kinda makes me sad that it wasn't my choice to do that

[@CodyBridge]

would love to see you use the do new years day by U2, particularly the "say its true its true" verse

[@alexanderdeadmansche]

Is this the same guy that used to do ‘Liepe’s licks’ on guitar? Those vids were super sick

[@chrisliepe]

Yes!

[@alexanderdeadmansche]

@@chrisliepeawesome! Learned a lot of guitar from those videos back in the day. Hope youre good mate 💪

[@CabsUnleashed]

I gotta say your videos really help man, I've been struggling a lot with tension and just in general high volume when I sing, I'm trying to tone it way down than what I'm used to I can really feel sometimes I feel like I get somewhere at least, but I still struggle with my voice in a band setting, any tips and tricks for that kinda stuff? Then again I think it mostly boils down to me being insecure and wanna do a good job

[@chrisliepe]

THIS exercise where you meticulously plan your phrasing and your approach to each note IS the ticket. You'll program your muscle memory and then, over time, you'll be able to sing things all the way through with freedom. Watch Spencer Sotelo's one take of Wildfire. He uses the same approach!! It's all about being meticulous on the front end and practicing with recording and mindfulness BEFORE you try to sing in a band setting and sing songs all the way through!

[@KyleCarrington]

You sure know how to describe the learning process

[@VictorOlayeni]

❤❤❤

[@one_tricky_boi]

Once again really helpful video!! Do you think you’d be interested in covering Knocked Loose sometime soon? Really interesting sounds there I think you may take interest in…

[@quwane]

I hope someday I'll buy a 1 to 1 course

[@felismeta7176]

Can you look at the With you acapella from linkin park , his pitch is ridiculous on that song

[@jonbigg7385]

I wonder if this approach would work for attempting Myles Kennedy's high note at the end of Words Darker Than Their Wings? The Royal Albert Hall version. I can't even get my falsetto to hit that note.

[@chrisliepe]

Yep! Would totally work for that!

[@IbrusDJ]

Cool video! But I think we need an example of everything in the line sung in the "mixed" voice (M2). Because Chris easily hit D#4 and F4 in chest as we can see. But for me I need to raise the volume a lot to get them in chest. So I naturally want to switch to M2 about B3 or at least C4. Actually I can hit up to G#4 in chest with a ton of "support" but it will be loud as hell and only using open vowels. And the problem is that my B3-F4 "mixed" voice (M2) sounds like I'm pretend that I can sing them in chest. Especially the B3-D#3 range. They are loud, resonant and powerful but with noticeable "head voice tint". And the opposite: G4-B4 I can hit almost with the chest tone but it's still the same M2 in "mixed" coordination. Sorry if i made mistakes, not a native English speaker, still learning :) Important note: i've found my "mixed" voice (chest-like M2) at September 2023 and developed/practiced it for 8 months. Perhaps it takes more time.

[@chrisliepe]

I could be reading this wrong, but you may be over thinking things and getting too inside your own head based on your knowledge of what notes you’re actually singing. I try to ignore the note names entirely when I’m in the process you see me demonstrating in this video. That way I don’t have “note defeat” where I’m fixating on trying to hit a certain letter name. This helps me immensely. As soon as I start thinking about note names or analyzing my technique, I tense up and it’s over. But if I go off of purely sensation, at least initially, I have way more victories. Only after I’ve felt things out, do I figure out what the note names are that I’m actually singing :)

[@chrisliepe]

Addition: almost all of this is sung in various mixed voice coordinations. :)

[@IbrusDJ]

@@chrisliepe Wow, thank you for the response! Yes, overthinking is definitely can be a part of my problem. Btw I want to thank you for your old video about difference between head voice and mixed voice. I shifted sound back as you said in the video and got my mixed voice in A4--B4 area! That was the point where my mixed journey started, so thank you :) Another part of the story: lower head voice notes didn't work at all. They didn't want to swell like the Ab4-B4 did. After a few months of practice I found a bit different resonance and now they working a lot better. But as I said in prev comment they feel not usable for most of the songs. I think I need to work more on the bridge area. When I slide from chest to head/mixed voice I need to significantly reduce the volume ("lift off the gas pedal") to make it smooth which affects the tone of the sound. It feels like my weak transition is possibly related to the problem, because I can see that people on youtube can make transition with consistent volume.

[@newlenmedia]

Once again Chris, you're putting into words things I've done many times to work up to songs that were initially too high for me. I'm a baritone with some tenor range. But when I'm well practiced and warmed up, I can get well into the soprano range. I can sing Steve Perry or scream like Rob Halford, for example. I did it, exactly how you're showing people in this video. That was me in my teens and twenties. I'm just a little over a year from turning sixty and can still do that stuff. It's all about emphasis on certain notes or even passages. I've even practiced vocal runs similar to the one in this video. There's a lot of those things in R&B, soul and gospel music. Lots of fun to learn and practice. Every time a singer does this, they essentially add another tool to their tool box. Learn to belt? Cool. Now learn to sing like Billie Eilish. Hugely different style. All fun and all cool vocal tool development.

[@quwane]

What if my expressiveness doesn't want to use much of different postures? Do i just give it a time and wait until I'd want to be more expressive? I can't sing without emotions. I could sing with this purpose of finding the right sound but it doesn't last much too

[@tukaret]

If I can hit a note in falsetto, I can give strength to it and develop in mix. My problem is that I can't go up certain note, even in falsetto. I get stuck there and there is no way to break that boundary. For example in the ending high note from unchained melody😢

[@tukaret]

I think that limit for me is E5. I can't reach that note even in falsetto

[@fenderfox5080]

I've been working on vowel modification lately, could you say celled instead of called to help since aw is a harder vowel than ey? Very cool stuff Chris, I hope everything is going well for you😊

[@selahburson8918]

I gather from this video that my rehearsing in a song’s original key, then singing it a half step lower at band practice and gigs is what is messing me up. I sometimes can’t find my notes in the lowered key. I get pitchy. Everything practice is supposed to fix!!! My muscle memory is in a different key. Your thoughts?

[@chrisliepe]

I totally agree. Pick your key and develop your muscle memory around that key and approach! :)

[@selahburson8918]

@@chrisliepe Wow! Thanks for replying so quickly. Will apply immediately.🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾

[@aktv5507]

please do the same with shes gone by steel heart, can you at rip that song apart. thats my magnus opus. im so close i can taste it. thankyou for all you do its uper helpful.

[@timpeetoom2199]

Yo the intro to the adele song sound like sleep token with an american accent😂 (really good tho wtf)

[@Skepsis0Metal]

The falsetto in the Adele cover sounded a looot like Justin Hawkins 😳

[@mathieurivest2348]

Those high notes that you first hit in head voice, how are you doing them at the end? Still in head or chest / mix ? Below or above bridge? That’s what I’m struggling with at the moment. Working on Like a stone. I sound like a Wheezing ballon doing it. like the sound from a deflating balloon when you make it squeal by stretching the outlet

[@chrisliepe]

It varies! The goal is to be comfortable approaching them in lots of different ways and explore the possibilities by going phrase by phrase and note by note as you see me doing here. The key is… build the sensations first and listen to your body in the process… before you concern yourself with the technical aspects of what you’re actually doing! :)

[@mathieurivest2348]

@@chrisliepe I see. I’m probably a low baritone. Started singing very late (late 40s). On most days E4 is the highest I can comfortably go in chest. Then the note after sounds very differently and I hate that. Like entering the chorus in like a stone in Mickey Mouse land 🤦‍♂️.

[@MattAbbott]

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