Almost singers have a vocal range that’s determined by age, genetics, and training. There is a point in each singer’s range where they switch from their more powerful chest voice to their airier head voice.

A few singers have rather weak head voice. This is mainly true of new singers who haven’t learned how to put the most power underlying their head voice. Luckily, there are plenty of tips for giving your head voice better tone and richness:

Tip 1: Find a Realistic Head Voice Range

Everyone’s head voice has an upper limit. You want to sing as high as you can without switching to falsetto. Identifying the normal breaks in your voice will help you sing with a better head voice.

Pay attention to how your throat seems when you sing. Your first break happens when the notes you sing end vibrating deep in your throat and start vibrating at the top of your throat or back of the soft palate. This signals a switch to head voice.

Now keep on singing higher. The notes will carry on to resonate in your mouth. With one hand on your vocal chords, you will feel the vibrating stop when you reach falsetto scale. Go back to lower notes inside your head voice scale.

Tip 2: Find Your Middle Voice

Your head voice sounds the bittiest when you first cross over your vocal break. To do the transition smoother, you need to develop your mixed, or middle voice.

The middle voice blends the chest and head voices to take you smoothly over those problematic ‘break’ notes. The only way to develop it is through regular practice.

Try singing the notes right away surrounding your vocal break, using slightly less chest voice and a bit more head voice. After a few days, you will find that the two vocal modes have started to comply with somewhere in the middle.

Tip 3: Don’t Force the Notes

If you sing high notes in your head voice, don’t force them out; you’ll sound whiny or screechy. Instead, modify your breath and volume to find the best tone.

High notes usually don’t require as much air as you’d think. Actually, too much air exhaled too briskly can give you a too-sharp tone. Try getting a deep breath and allowing it out slowly as you exhale the high notes.

Since high notes carry, you shouldn’t need to put as more volume behind them as you do lower notes. If you have to yell to reach the top of your scale, go back and practice increasing your vocal scale.

Tip 4: Stay Loose

Tension of any kind can truly affect the way your notes sound. If you’re too tense, your head voice notes might screech out in an awkward way.

Body pressure and vocal tension are closely similar, so spend some time extending your body and relaxing before you perform. If you’re worried about your performance, try doing yoga exercise or another relaxing activity that eases the mind.

Stretch your arms, shoulders, upper and lower back. Do head rolls and shoulder shrugs to get the tension out of those areas. Side-bends and toe-touches are even good exercises for loosening up.

Keep your vocal chords loose and flexible by warming up before every practice and performance. The more you use them, the better they will sound, especially when you’re singing in your head voice.

Tip 5: Protect Your Health

Sick singers certainly not sound their best, but colds and sinus infections influence your head voice even more than your chest voice. Keep your head clear to avoid a crackly, nasal-sounding head voice.

Drink plenty of water, and avoid caffeine and dairy products on the day of your performance. Caffeine can cause tension and dehydration, while dairy can cause too much phlegm production.

With these tricks up your protector, you’ll soon develop a smooth, mellow head voice that’s wonderful to listen!

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