Is it head or falsetto?

I'm currently on lesson 4 of SS, after having used the program for several months I reached the lesson on vocal fry, or the 'edgy sound'. I don't know whether i'm using head or falsetto at the higher pitches, for it's not breathy like brett's example of edgy falsetto, but then it falls apart when i try to increase the volume - which denotes falsetto according to his examples. I'm wondering whether what i considered head was simply airy chest voice, or falsetto. I CAN identify my head voice by saying 'wheee' or 'hoooo', but i don't know how to access it when i'm doing the other exercises . Hence, i can't improve my range or my head voice until i can access it in the rest of the exercises! Any ideas on what i can do to solve this?

question for those who learned vibrato??

So I'm working on my vibrato (because I think it's better to master the vibrato first before doing the full singing success program), and I just want to know how long would it take to master it? I'm on the 2nd CD of Mastering Vibrato Series, on the "starting car" part. So far I can do the quadruplets for 102 BPM (fastest). so anyway how long did it took you to develop the vibrato?

LIP ROLLS problem

well first off, nobody answered my question about headaches yet... it you have any info on that, go check out tht post... second, everytime i try the lip-rolls, i go into falsetto, which it's supposed to prevent you from doing. I also cant do toungue trills

Starting a vlog about singing success

hey guys,
i decided to start a vlog (video log) about singing success...
i think it would be interesting to try it out!
documenting my progress by videos,
first i don't think that someone ever did a vlog about singing success
2nd it will keep me motivated to keep practice !
and may motivate others. who knows
i'm just a beginner at the program and i think it's a great idea
so... for the people who would like to follow my video log
i'll post here the link with the first video tommorow
thanks.

My Ng exercise

Can you give me any comments if i do the exercise right.. I do the pharyngeal Ng exercise.. I think it feels connected but maybe I do it wrong..

Heres the link http://speedy.sh/TAXgC/Memo.m4a

What I also do is adding a little "cry" on it, makes it much easiier for me to "Connect".

Claudia

Singing Success just isn't working for me.

I've been stuck on the first lesson (disc 3) for over a month now. I'm still horribly inconsistent. Some days I sound great, other days I break constantly and can't even do the warm up exercises (lip rolls etc) without frequent breaks. Some days I can go rather high up the scale with my chest voice alone before needing to switch to head voice, and other times I can't hit middle C with my chest voice and am forced to use my head voice from that point in the scale onwards.

I still can't do the tongue trills or nay nay nays either. I'm CAPABLE of tongue trilling, but my tongue seems to vibrate at a much higher rate than what is normal and I have to push a lot of air out really hard to actually get the trill going, which causes fatigue very quickly and often causes breaks.

As for the nay nay nays, they're just a mess. In order to reach the high notes with these I really have to reach and by the half way point every muscle in my neck is tensed. I don't know what I'm doing wrong but I know that's not supposed to happen.

I just don't know what to do to get around these issues. The inconsistency I assume will diminish with time and proper technique, but I really don't know what I'm doing wrong with the tongue trills and nay nay nays. It's very discouraging to go more than a month without any improvement.

Download all option for us Full Access members?

Hi,
I just purchased my second year's annual full membership. I want to download all the videos at once without having to click on each and every video, wait for it to refresh the page, click on the download link, then download the .mov version and audio version separately. That'll waste about two straight days of my life. Can you please fill me in on the way to do this easier? I hope you review these posts and respond.
Thank you,
Dave

Trick to do the first application exercise

Do you have difficulties in doing the first application exercise ("and the rockets red glare")?

For me it was very difficult: in order to avoid pulled up chest voice (never pull up your chest voice!) my voice was too weak and "empty" (girly and hooty, too similar to falsetto voice).

Here how I solved the problem.

Don't directly do the exercise in its standard way (it can be too difficult):

"mum mum mum mum mum mum...
...and the rockets red glare".

but do it in the following manner, using EXACTLY the SAME sounds you discovered in the previous exercises of the lesson (listen very carefully the explanations of Brett about those sounds):


1
"no no no no no no...
...nuuh nuuh nuuh nuuh nuuh nuuh"

2
"nuuh nuuh nuuh nuuh nuuh nuuh...
...mum mum mum mum mum mum"

3
"mum mum mum mum mum mum...
...(the 6 vowels of "and the rockets red glare"; BUT with initial and final 'm's)"

4
(the 6 vowels of "and the rockets red glare"; BUT with initial and final 'm's)...
...and the rockets red glare"

5
"and the rockets red glare...
...and the rockets red glare"

6
then sing along the sung examples


Passing from 1 to 6, the changhes should be gradual. Doing the following kind of soud, remember the sensations of the previous.
Sounds 1 are very easy, sunds 5-6 are difficult.

And, in general, stay on lesson 3 a lot of time (I had to spend on it more than 1 month, working on it every day).
In my opinion, it is a very important lessono and it is important to master it well.
It si very efective, if well mastered...

Monkey oo - aa

Hi,

Iv'e been practicing the "oo - aa monkey sound" for a while. I've got no problems with the exercise, and I can sing from my lower to my higher register with this monkey sound.
But my question is, how do I use this for a singing voice?
I mean, with this monkey sound, I can sing almost every song with a great mix sound, but it sounds like a monkey. If I dont use the monkey sound I seem to pull up chest.

Any ideas?

Greetings

Help me to understand (SS programm)

1-In SS: Don't push, force, without extremely high notes. If I do that, then my voice will sound very weak and vocal range is very narrow. In some exercises, when I go to the head voice, I just need to apply more air to resound, but I do not want to press. What can I do with this problem?

2-When I do a tongue trill, especially feel the pain in the base of the tongue and under the Adam's apple when to sing the chest and head voice. This problem is how can I be?

3-When I make a humming, then can I go to the head voice? If you need to feel the vibration in the lips and so on - can I use the head voice in this exercise, or whether only the chest voice?

4- I want to ask about the vocal fry. This should be done as a siren or have the notes, as well as other exercises? Which is better?

5-Prompt some herbal teas can help warm up the vocal cords, improve blood circulation? Maybe it's some kind of grass or something like that? What herbs can drink to warm up the vocal chords?

Thank you so much, waiting your reply! God bless!