how can i sing high notes better?


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You've been wondering "how can I sing high notes better?" and it's led you to this page, congratulations - your whole life as a singer is about to change!

I'm sure you're sick of straining, struggling and pushing your way through high notes - only to fall short, flip, break or strain most, if not every time.

I know I was when I was in this same position around 10 years ago before I worked all of this out - and can now sing higher notes than I ever imagined even possible, we're talking G5's every single day with ease as a rock singer with a naturally lower voice type.

There's something EXTREMELY important you need to understand about high notes to move past the block you've found yourself stuck with in your range, the 'high note ceiling' so to speak.

It's not twang, it's not mixed voice, it's not support or open throat technique, no sirreee, and it's definitely not the weird monkey sounds that people keep sharing as "the magic secret" to mixed voice on YouTube - it's none of this stuff.

The key to singing high notes is to understand and apply the connection between the frequency of your pitch, and how this same frequency gets received as a vowel.

YES, vowels are absolutely paramount for singing higher notes, and it's something you can improve in your singing right NOW.

So, your vowel is a result of the speed at which your vocal folds vibrate.

Speed = pitch, basically.

Now, a derivative of this same frequency rings out in the different spaces of the vocal tract as a "vowel", like the center sound in the middle of a word like "hey" or "hard" (imagine these words without consonants).

You're probably already seeing where this conflict of interest is causing your high range absolute havok.

You're singing perfectly fine and taking everyone's advice about support, mixed voice, placement - all of that stuff, right?

But, as soon as you actually try and do this stuff on a real WORD at a higher PITCH, things go absolutely pear shaped like a shitshow nightmare, right?

That's because your vowel is derived from your pitch, and because you're singing a higher note, you need to shift your vowel to 'receive' the frequency more effectively/in the right way.

Let's try it with a word like "hey" - it's not too hard to sing in your lower range, right? Now, if you slide up to a middle range or higher note, you'll notice this sound/vowel/word starts to SQUEEZE somewhere along the way as you're trying to wring out this same vowel frequency from a changing pitch - basically, an impossible task.

So, let's shift the color of this vowel into something like EH like the word "head", right, so AY becomes EH as you ascend.

Aim for high in the back of your head with this EH sound.

Something magical happens, right?

The vowel shifts, and you receive that pitch much more naturally - with a better tone and ease of delivery.

Gadzooks batman, we've found the reason your high range stinks!

Watch this video to learn HOW to do it;

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