Chest Voice, Mix Voice and Head Voice

Hannah explains the theory of 3 fundamental voice types and the differences between them.

Lesson aims

• Breaking down and distinguishing between the types of singing voices

• Experimenting with techniques to help discover your voice

Exercise 1 - Chest and Head voice

• Discover the key differences between chest (belting) and head ('breathy') voice

• Practice finding the feeling and tone of singing in head and chest voice

Exercise 2 - Mix voice

• The mix voice can have chest voice characteristics, but without tiring our voice which can happen when belting in chest too often

• To find this position in the voice, imagine a blend of a chest and head voice or 'in-between' the two voices

Exercise 3 - Doing Sirens between your chest and head voice

• This exercise is useful for helping bridge the gap between the chest and head voice

• Start with saying a 'hung' and by using the 'uh' in the word, you set up the larynx (throat) to be in a low position

• Try and experiment with the sirens to smooth out the breaks in transition between the voice positions