WHAT CAUSES THIS CRACK AS YOU SING FROM LOW NOTES TO HIGH NOTES?

There can be many reasons, but they can all be summed up like this:

The voice strains or cracks when there’s an imbalance between the vocal registers.

So let’s talk about the vocal registers and how the right singing techniques can help.

How to Use Your Vocal Registers

What is a vocal register?

A vocal register is a series of notes that share a similar sound and texture in your voice.

How many techniques are there in singing? Well, when discussing singing techniques, terms like ‘head voice’ and ‘chest voice’ tend to crop up a lot.

That’s because, in voice classification, the voice is usually divided in two registers:

Chest Voice and Head Voice.

The full system of vocal registration consists of several distinct registers.

From the lowest to the highest they are:

• Vocal Fry

• Chest Voice

• Head Voice and…

• Whistle Register.

But certainly the two most important registers are chest voice and head voice.

Chest Voice refers to the notes at the bottom of your range.

They all share a similar strong, brassy sound.

They have so much bottom end on those low notes.

On the other end of the spectrum, Head Voice refers to the notes at the top of your range.

Head Voice notes all share a flutey, breathy and angelic sound.

That’s head voice.

Now that you know the different vocal registers, let’s look at how we can use them to sing better.

Most vocal problems are caused by an imbalance between the chest and head voice.

For instance, maybe your lowest notes are breathy and lack strength.

Or maybe as your start to sing higher, you go flat and strain.

Or worse, you accidentally find yourself singing falsetto every time you sing a high note.

Compared to other singing techniques, falsetto sounds breathy, even hollow, and singers sometimes ‘crack’ into it when trying to hit high notes.

Each one of these vocal problems comes from an imbalance between the chest voice and the head voice.

Many singers will try to sing through these problems or even hide them.

But trying to muscle through your vocal problems can actually make them worse.

Many singers will try to sing through these problems or even hide them.

But trying to muscle through your vocal problems can actually make them worse.

Of course, the first temptation is to sing that problem note over and over until you get it right.

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