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Question:What I have to do ...I know about raising the soft palate but do i have to overdo this raised palate .. or its just feeling of the inside smile ...and i hear some voice teachers saying about the rear head to put the voice in the rear head to get greater warmer head voice ..plz 1,2 it steps that i have to do ? thnx


Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: What I have to do ...I know about raising the soft palate but do i have to overdo this raised palate .. or its just feeling of the inside smile ...and i hear some voice teachers saying about the rear head to put the voice in the rear head to get greater warmer head voice ..plz 1,2 it steps that i have to do ? thnx

Interesting question. What do you sing?
I sing countertenor, which means I sing almost always in head, only dropping into chest for low notes that need a bit of power, which is determined by the music.

You're asking for years of voice lessons/coaching in just a few minutes--that's nearly impossible.

To raise the soft palate, isn't going to help the head voice any. In fact it will make it harder to sing in head.

The Italian style is to sing against the teeth. The countertenor style/as well as coloratura is to sing almost entirely in the head. For this you need to keep the back of the throat open, let the uvala hang freely, the column of air to be like an organ pipe, finally directing it into the sinuses from the top--not from the mouth. It's up, up, up, then over. Sing as easily as possible, until you get the hang of it.

For me, I'd dare anyone to tell when I'm in chest or when I'm using head. They know of course a man can't possibly be singing a high e in chest, but can he also sing a g below middle c in head? I can flip back and forth and ask if they hear the change. Very few if any can.

Whenever you use your head voice, it needs to be mixed with the chest, so they both, as a general rule, sound the same. Don't think of pitch==there's isn't any such thing.

Your voice is an instrument, just like an organ. It can play up to a note and down to a note. The sound between is the same (even though mixing is taking place.).

Are you trying to sing high with the head or sing low with it? I really can't help much, until I know.

there is a feeling of a smile inside, but there is also a feeling of completely letting go and of freedom. If you slam the uvala against the back of the throat, that isn't a smile--that's tightness. The "smile" comes more from a "lift" and the shape you make with the mouth, inside. On the outside, it needs to be either a bit square or pear shaped. So, smile, but keep the uvala down and let the note just go up into the head, feel it's vibration and then it goes up and over.
If you are singing "head," the "over" part will be to the maxillary sinuses. If you are using Italian style, the air will not get quite that high, before you --think-- then direct the vowel/consonants to the front of the teeth.

If you want to talk with me more on this, I don't know if I've set this account up for email, but you can try that or bobt98@yahoo.com.

(I tell you it's really fun when directing a choir to take a struggling tenor section and sing for them an f,g,a as easy as pie (that's where I mix). They say--how did you do that. And I show them, as well as the sopranos. But what's even more fun is when I sing next to a soprano who is also using head voice--her sound is pure, silver; mine being the highest male voice, I guess you could say the same--putting the two together, exactly on pitch, no vibrato, you can even hear the overtones come in--it's great and a wonderful way to sing and feel.)