Singing voice

[minimoya]

When I sing, it's most often a female part, so I have to go high. For the past six months, my voice cracks at a certain note. I have low voice, and when I try to go up, I can only go up so far. Last year, I could go up pretty high. I used to listen to Norah Jones a lot and I used to be able to do that part where she says "My heart is drenched in wine". Now I can't do it anymore. It'll crack all over the place. Am I stuck like this or will it go away?

[Swagging god]

When I sing, it's most often a female part, so I have to go high. For the past six months, my voice cracks at a certain note. I have low voice, and when I try to go up, I can only go up so far. Last year, I could go up pretty high. I used to listen to Norah Jones a lot and I used to be able to do that part where she says "My heart is drenched in wine". Now I can't do it anymore. It'll crack all over the place. Am I stuck like this or will it go away?

I love that song, and yes that is a high note, if not as high as the next lyric, " You'll be on my mind....." The word " forever" is lower than the rest of the phrase, I have the same problem. I tried out for choir in college but didn't make it in. Over my first semester I was preparing for when I was going to join, the two songs I chose to prepare with were, " I Have Nothing", By Whitney Houston and " Music of the Night from " Phantom of the Opera" and I would go back and forth each time I practiced particularly in " Music of the Night" I would get hung up on the " soar" note which is quite high....if you've ever heard the song.

But I digress, To help you I say warm up your voice which will allow u to better and more smoothly hit that high note in the song. Puberty takes a huge toll on a guy's vocal chords and in turn his singing voice, also breathing excercises can help to build up your endurance, so you have enough air to successfully, with practice hit that high note, dead on.

Good Luck! Don't hesitate to PM me or comment on this, if you have any more questions.

[BreakFall]

You might not be able to get tut back your growing up

[mww113]

I study voice in university. The male voice changes a lot durring puberty. Everything you described is normal. Once you near the end of puberty, your voice will start to feel more settled. But even so, some people think that the male voice isn't fully developed until around 24/25. In any case, having a good teacher and practicing regularly should help you iron out the difficulties you're experiencing.

For me personally, I had a really high voice until puberty when it dropped like a rock (seemingly overnight). Ironically though, my voice has shifted upward now that I'm nearly done with puberty. Part of this might be the training I've received, part of it may be nature. But I can sing much higher now than I could at 16/17.

[JamesSuperBoy]

It will settle but good. good answer from ^^ from Matt

[backjruton]

My voice can go really high pitched too when I don't have a bad throat like I've had for a while now :| It's less high than it used to be and still kinda high, and I've used it to Meow back at my cat :kitty: for a very long time

In my opinion the only advantage to being female. Because I loved my high voice XD

[Hermes]

I am not familiar with Norah Jones but it is certainly possible for guys to learn to sing up about as high as most female pop singers go which would be the E an octave and a third above middle C.

Essentially you need a different muscle coordination at the very top of your voice from the bottom. Untrained there tend to be breaks where you suddenly switch from one to the other. With training you learn to make the transition more gradual. It sounds like, as your voice has deepened, one of these points, called a passagio, has landed within the range of pitches you want to sing.

The choice is to work on smoothing out the transition or change the key or part to one you are more comfortable with. A good teacher would help.

[FaitoDayo]

Apparently, I still have this really high pitched weird voice. So, people often mistake me for a girl since I have long hair.