How to sing high notes [NOT just for naturals!]


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So you want to learn how to sing high notes?

But when you go for a higher song, your voice just chokes off or flips into falsetto, right?

This is a common problem for singers learning how to sing high notes - but one that is EASILY fixed with just two simple techniques that are going to change your life.

I'm serious - my voice has gone from less than an octave of range as a beginner, to over three as a professional singer and voice teacher.

It's really been CRAZY just how much these techniques and simple approach have helped my students reach higher notes and finally record their first album, do their first live shows and even land support slots and festival gigs.

All because they're applying two simple rules when they sing higher notes.

The first is CONNECTION.

Simple connection between head voice and chest voice.

I realise it's not the most excisting thing you've ever heard someone say - but this fundamental connection is the lynchpin that holds your registers together to help you sing higher notes with ease in full voice.

Did you know that singers like Chris Cornell, even when belting ridiculously high, powerful notes - are actually using the head voice mechanism to stretch the folds to pitch - instead of pushing up underneath the folds like you've been doing?

This simple fact has changed my life as a singer.

Secondly, it's down to singing your VOWEL correctly.

I know, I know - you learned your ABC's and your AEIOU's when you were a little kid - but I'm not talking about speech, I'm talking about sustained, corrected sung vowels.

Have you ever noticed your favourite singer kinda sings some of their words in an odd way in the higher range?

This technique of vowel modification is the key to matching the frequency of your vowel to the frequency of your pitch - both frequencies which originate from the vocal folds themselves.

Ergo, when you increase your pitch, you must change the colour of your vowel to match.

Trust me, it's actually VERY simple;

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