Who Else Wants to Learn How to Sing High Notes With Confidence?
If you're interested in learning how to sing high notes with confidence, you're in the right place.
Three things trained singers understand about high notes that untrained singers may not, include:
- How to approach/prepare high notes
- How to sustain high notes
- How to get consistent results with both
In this lesson, you'll learn about the three parts of the vocal range (chest, middle and head), how each part functions and how each part affects high notes.
Let's discuss the term passagio, pronounced (pah - sah- joe) before we go any further.
Quick Insights on the Term Passagio
Every voice, whether male or female has two passagio (passage) points as the voice moves from one register to the next, i.e. chest to middle voice, or middle to head voice.
When singing in the passagio, most singers feel the voice 'narrowing', 'pulling' or leaning towards the next register.
With proper vocal training, ALL singers can learn to navigate the upper and lower passagio with ease, and without cracking or losing control of the voice.
Non-classical singers, call the passagio - the "vocal break," since singing through it can often feel as the the voice is about to crack.
What Does the Passagio Have to Do With Singing High Notes?
Everything.
Imagine this...
Think of the passagio as a short, narrow hallway you're must walk through two get to a grand ballroom. Now
imagine that you're wearing extremely fancy clothing - your absolute best. There are two ways you can choose to
navigate that tiny, narrow passageway - you can squeeze, rush or force your way through or you can slow down,
move carefully and remain focused on where you are going.
What trained singers understand, is how to apply that exact approach to singing high notes.
By singing through the "break" or passagio in a deliberate fashion, the body and brain have a chance to inform
each other of the most efficient way to navigate this part of the voice. Over time, the singer learns to do so
quickly and with great ease.
Once this concept is mastered, singers must learn the proper muscular/breath/mind balance that will allow
them to hold or sustain long notes.
Finally, repetition of these actions will create muscle memory and a mental roadmap that allows singers to
achieve the same, good results over and over again each time they sing high notes.
Final Words.
If you read this brief overview, that lets me know you're serious about learning to become to best singer you can
be. I'm also clear about the fact that you've figured out one of the ways to improve your approach to high notes.
We're just getting started. In later lessons, we'll talk more about accessing your vocal range and even recovering
parts that aren't working as well as they used to.
See you soon!