Singing and Voice change

[Polo2847]

So for all you guys who's voice has already deepened, how do you sing all the notes in your high voice, and your low voice? Some songs I start with my low voice, but then the notes continue to get lower, so I would have to switch to my high voice in order to match the correct note. It sounds really weird. I don't know if voice/choir practice would help with that. I'm really jealous of some guys, like MJ, or Robin Thicke, who can hit high notes smoothly.

[kylem1229]

I have a low voice...so low. Cant go high

[DeletedAccount]

I'm jealous of them too. I think so choir/voice practice would help out a lot. I can't switch from low to high or high to low without it sounding really weird either. i guess everyone's different

[Swagging god]

I know what u have been through I'm 19 and was in choir from my sophomore to my senior year in High School. It seems that when I started I had trouble hitting the high notes at the right times like during rehearsels, but after a while u get used to everything and it will even itself out. The best thing u can do are vocal warm ups before u sing and gargle warm salt water if you feel ur throat is sore.

[DerBear]

Puberty can alter a singing voice to the point that they can never recover and reach those high notes or low notes again. Its something that comes with practice normally. Now I hate to compare but Justin Bieber had that problem during his teenage years and he solved it by getting coaching. In fact at one point he actually had a lot of trouble singing his very early songs as he couldn't reach the higher notes.

I think with practice you'll be able to hit the high notes.

[pjones]

i like to sing but haven't done it with a choir or chorus. my friends tell me i have a good voice. but since my voice changed i sing lower. i think it sounds better but would like to take voice lessons someday

[Luis_]

Even though my voice got deeper i still sing lol

[nino51300]

Lol i have a deeper singing voice but somehow i tap into like a falsetto when i need to hit a really high note... Not very often though...

[AdrianField]

So basically I have gone through puberty and am a bass but have a really high register. The key is to relax and sing the high notes. Also work through the break in your voice I had the biggest crack in my voice! The crack is from your larynx snapping open. Like any other muscle you can train it. Train it to open slowly and you can extend your register like 2 more octaves. Talk to your choir teacher too even if it is a woman they can help you because believe it or not women also have cracks in their voices they have one guys have three.

[mylittlelizard8]

My voice is deeper but I sing professionally so I hit the notes just right

[blackpo]

Okay well I'm one of like four tenors and my voice is always doing weird things.
My best advice is to drink lots of water and stay away from caffeine.
Also breathe lower and raise soft palate....
Here is another good idea...find your break and work on it during the weekends. Don't push too hard or of course it could hurt and you could damage your voice. Just try going higher or lower than the break in your voice. Learning how to use all of your registers (chest and head and falsetto) fluidly will help.

Good luck!

[Jmac]

Yeah like said above just keep working on it. You can alway expand your voice range through vocal exercises, just like working out, make it stronger. The same thing goes with your transitions from falsetto to chest voice. Just keep practicing and your voice will develop over time. I know I had a really rough year after my voice dropped, but choir and voice lessons made me an even stronger singer than I was before.

[Allain1996]

Oh god, don't get me started.
I am a singer and was famous in my school chorus for my extremely high (for a male) voice, specifically my ability to and liking of singing songs by the band Journey.
Well, puberty hit me like a bullet to the head and pretty much killed my singing voice when my voice deepened last winter.
Yeah, I still can sing and I'm still in chorus but being one in a whole group of Baritones isn't the same for me as being the only Tenor 1 in the entire chorus of over 150 people!

[LunarScorpio]

Work on it. You won't be able to reach notes you could as a treble.

The other thing is that your voice will continue to change for a long time before it settles.

[Nick M]

I have a deep voice

[sdude]

Yeah, that's what the "falsetto" range is for in your voice. It's just hard for most of us to train our voice "break" that switches from normal to falsetto without cracking. This is hardest when we are going through puberty. JB definitely had this problem and they covered it with "mixing" during his change time (which was much later than most of us at 16) and he had real difficulty singing anything for a time. It takes time and practice and a voice coach can really help, but not until you are completely through this phase...

[Polo2847]

Can doing singing exercises increase vocal range, in a similar way stretching muscles/tendons will make you more flexible?

[Allain1996]

Can doing singing exercises increase vocal range, in a similar way stretching muscles/tendons will make you more flexible?

Absolutely.
Obviously you don't want to overstrain your voice "exercising" it, but in moderation, it can do you a lot of good in expanding your range.

[ComfortableInChaos]

Robin Thicke and Justin Timberlake are usually modified on the soundboards, unless it's live, then they're lip synching or they have really good backup singers.

I have to go down an octave, usually, because I can't hit those high notes and I sound pretty fucking stupid when I try.

[PinkFloyd]

I was in Choir from 6th to 9th grade. My voice started changing for real in the middle of 6th, and evened out at the end of 8th. From there on out I had and still have one of the deeper voices in my class. I do fine with all low notes and most of the high notes. Once it goes in between, it gets real choppy like trying to get a cinder block to match the weight of a block of wood.

I think voice lessons would help out majorly.

[habbohop]

So for all you guys who's voice has already deepened, how do you sing all the notes in your high voice, and your low voice? Some songs I start with my low voice, but then the notes continue to get lower, so I would have to switch to my high voice in order to match the correct note. It sounds really weird. I don't know if voice/choir practice would help with that. I'm really jealous of some guys, like MJ, or Robin Thicke, who can hit high notes smoothly.

Loool that happens to me too, first things first your voice is going to get deeper, meaning you won't be able to sing as high anyways as your 'natural chords' begin to shift lower, but you also won't be able to harmonise properly in a song and so you won'tbe able to sing lower if you're singing in that octave, I usually try to sing the lower ones anyways, hopefully my voice will sort itself out

[Polo2847]

Robin Thicke and Justin Timberlake are usually modified on the soundboards, unless it's live, then they're lip synching or they have really good backup singers.

I have to go down an octave, usually, because I can't hit those high notes and I sound pretty fucking stupid when I try.

Look up " Robin Thicke and Pharrell Perform 'Blurred Lines' on Ellen " on youtube. He can hit high.

[TheFSM]

Well... What I do is I contract my throat muscles and try to control the pitch. It's pretty hard, but it works!

[Heyman]

Low, I can't hit the high ones anymore...

[HistoricWrath]

Well when I came into high school I was a Tenor II and now in my Junior year I'm a Bass II. My voice dropped pretty quickly, basically over the winter break of my freshman year. But recently I've noticed my voice is creeping back up and now I'm more of a baritone. Voices are weird and they are constantly changing. My choir teacher says his voice just recently finally settled where it's going to stay and it was his 31st birthday just a few weeks ago. Basically my point is when you have to use your falsetto and when you can't, just enjoy being able to hit the lower notes with ease. Hope this answered your question.

[tedheath]

I've had some friends who were in choirs and when their voice deepened most of them just attempted to hit the lower notes until their voice sorted out properly and they could sing all the low notes accurately

[ausley]

you just have to play around with your voice to see what works well. im comfortable with a middle range but I am sometimes able to go deep or high if I do the right things :)

[mikemidas63]

I am lucky coz before my voice deepened, i could not sing, now i can but i limit how high i go.

[PenzFan1234]

Ya I can't sing high notes very well