BEFORE you sing high notes in musical theatre (side-step frustration and wasted time)

One of the most frustrating things about coordinating your high notes in musical theatre is finding out that access to higher pitches that feel free and balanced in your voice depend on habituating coordinations and efficiency in your more accessible middle range.

Singers often want to get straight to the thing and bang on those high notes, but there’s a whole family of systems that have to cooperate well before you can depend on your higher frequencies sailing through. You’ll understand those elements in this video.

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Chapters

0:00 Intro
0:50 Who am I?
1:10 Introducing the series on understand how to sing high notes without strain in multiple styles in musical theatre
2:21 My early struggle bus trying to sing higher pitches
3:07 recovering singing fundamentals so you can build on sturdy musical foundations
4:31 Good news for your singing future
5:49 how do these pitches come out in a beautiful and skilled way with multiple style options?
7:50 The holistic, whole-voiced approach that will serve you in all your singing, including high. notes
8:47 The importance of skill stacking in building your vocal technique
10:08 Overview of the foundational techniques you need to embody before your address high notes
11:44 What you risk if you neglect a whole-voice training approach
12:12 Body use and skeletal alignment
15:55 Where your head should be for free resonance and how your concept of vocal vibration affects your muscular engagement
20:07 How much air do you need to sing a particular phrase?
21:05 How much dynamic support do you need?
21:25 Determining if you’re singing in Mode 1 or Mode 2 and the many variations within the modes
24:24 How Mode 1 is different than mode 2, explaining the function of the vocal folds/ thyro-arytenoid engagment
27:10 The miracle of your larynx and working WITH it
28:44 Your primary resonator — the pharynx and gaining command over your constrictors
31:29 When engaging constrictors can be very helpful
34:52 When singing feels offensively easy
37:05 Other culprits of vocal inhibition — jaw opening and mouth/lip tension
39:12 Location and effect of your soft palate
39:58 Location of your tongue
42:13 Review of the collaborating systems
44:04 Your own standard of growth and progress

Video links:

How to increase your vocal range for musical theatre singing:    • How to increase vocal range for music...  

Breathing videos:

Breathing in:    • This Simple Tool Will Free You Up Bef...  
Moving air out:    • Move that Air Out of Your Face Like a...  
One point of focus that’ll help you with dynamic support:    • This One Point of Focus Made Singing ...  
More than one way to breathe:    • #2 Thinking there's one right way to ...  

The vowels you can always count on:    • The Vowels You Can Always Depend On