Passaggio: Covering and Tilting explained for Singers

Passaggio: Covering and Tilting explained for Singers
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[@MD-fe9nm]

Now, I know you call this "mixed voice", but there are a lot of people who say you cannot use "mixed voice" in Opera/Classical and that it has to be full chest voice or "full voice". Because when I listen to the greatest tenors singing high notes in opera, or even rock musicians singing high notes, you get the strong "heady" quality/texture for the high notes but also the sound of chest voice. So, if they sing a tenor high C, it sounds full and round. But this sounds more like a complete voice from the bottom to top with a stronger level of engagement, hence why some people call it "full voice". This requires a lot more support, technique and coordination because of the fuller engagement of your vocal mechanism. But when it comes to pop music, they tend to lean more into a softer sound, which tends to be more falsetto-based, but also call that coordination "mixed voice". When they sing a C5, it sounds very thin, bright and sometimes strident. This way seems easier to sing because you have a smaller sound which requires less engagement of your vocal mechanism, so less support is required. It's pretty complicated because everyone has a different definition for head voice, falsetto, etc and then you have people who are elitists that say you can only sing one way for it to be "real singing" or something. What is your take on this?

[@CARLOORLANDI1]

Hi there, I find your comment very interesting as I also found this confusing for a while, so I will give you an answer based on what I studied and my own experience. Now, we are all human, and we could all be wrong! This is what I think about it: I understand the terms falsetto, head voice, chest voice, and mixed voice as vocal qualities very well defined and specific, so there is no place for confusion. What I understand for full voice is: mixed voice, but it aims to make a strong distinction with falsetto. You see, when a person says full voice, they really mean singing with the vocal folds fully vibrating, as in falsetto, only the tip of the vocal folds vibrates. Understanding the mix of voices in different singing styles is key. Every singer who has full control of their instrument and a consistent sound is likely singing in mixed voice. The difference lies in the mix itself. For opera, you'll often hear more chest voice; the sound is often covered, and the larynx position is lower, giving the impression of pure chest voice. However, it's rare to hear any singer hit high notes in pure chest voice as there's always some mixed voice present. I have never heard a pure chest voice in high notes from any singer. For popular singers, they use a completely different approach; the position of the larynx is different, and also the vocal quality which is more speech-like instead of both the sob and cry vocal qualities that are far more common in classical singing, and indeed the support system is different as you have mentioned, it does require less effort to sing in popular style, mainly because it does not require to project the sound that much, and this makes everything less complicated, but there is still some work to do of course. It's also important to mention that the head voice and falsetto might sound very similar but are different. Falsetto will always have a breathy quality, but the head voice lacks that quality. I understand there might be confusion, but the head voice is way fuller and richer in sound. The study of the human voice is very beautiful, and there are definitely thousands of ways to approach singing. However, if you are interested in these terminologies and understanding how the voice works to a deeper level, I recommend studying "Estill Voice", I did it myself, and it is wonderful! I hope you find my answer helpful!

[@MD-fe9nm]

@@CARLOORLANDI1 Thank you for replying to me! This is exactly what I understand to be the "truth" as well, however, I have had a number of people disagree with me regularly online. There are many people who call head voice and falsetto the same. But, in classical lessons I have taken, they refer to head voice as "lighter chest voice" because it sounds like chest voice and you have to support it a lot as well, unlike falsetto. This makes more sense to me than calling any high note in opera "full chest voice" because it is not, nor does it feel that way.

[@chideraokeke7055]

Thank you ❤

[@CARLOORLANDI1]

You’re very welcome! :)

[@swordsmanwil]

Can you give some examples showing how it should be done?

[@CARLOORLANDI1]

Hi there, sure! Here I have a demonstration: kzbin.infomgH4W3Q-XsU?feature=share