I feel like my range is separated into parts...

Not sure if this makes sense, but I was reading about various exercises whereby you sing from way down low up the scale to the top part of your range, and it's meant to show you the different registers...I assume registers in this case means chest voice, mixed / middle voice, and then head voice, basically.

Then I realised that, while I've always been aware of the existence of registers and those different voice types, I never quite realised that when I sing...it feels like my voice is totally separated, depending on how high or low I sing. And I guess you're meant to feel like this, but it isn't a good thing in my case. It feels awkward. I have to sing in a COMPLETELY different way to sing low notes to how I sing to get the high notes. And I don't know how to physically do it any differently. If I sang my low notes the way I sing my high notes, the low notes would sound odd - all strange and shallow and too soft and airy...and then if I sang the high notes the way I sing the low notes, it'd sound well...I wouldn't be able to reach the notes I can. And yet, despite all this, if I am aware and a bit careful, if I go up and down the scale or sing songs that encompass several different registers, I don't seem to have any noticeable break...at all! But then, maybe I just don't recognise it in myself and I actually do have break issues.

Does this mean I don't know how to sing? Even though I obviously do? lol

You have to sing differently, meaning make subtle adjustments, depending on what part of your range you're, so that's normal.

I listened to some of your vocals, and esp on We've Only Just Begun I would say you already figured out how to negotiate your breaks, so you don't notice them anymore...sounds great.

Do you sing with a band?

Thanks, and nah, I've never even sung in public. lol

Well this is all about blending the voices

Some excercises address this specific issue

I often recomend roger kain's books on vocal workouts

Blending the voices is long process so be patient and at some point you won't even notice it

And this does not mean you don't know how to sing, it is just another technique to develop

Hope this helps

C

If your break is that obvious to you, then it means you are probably pulling chest. That is why you must mix the head and chest resonance into the middle voice as to transition smoothly between the register. Take a pitch at the top of your range and slide down on Yey as smoothly as possible. If you hear a break, you larynx isn't positioning itself properly to suit the demands of the pitch you're on. I demonstrate this exercise on my website:

http://voiceyourselfintheclassroom.com/4singers-vocaltips3.html

Hope this help!

Val

Hi Val!

See, I DON'T actually hear a break when I do that "yey" thing...

If you listen to some of my songs, would this give you some idea of what I'm doing / if I'm doing things weirdly when I sing? lol