From the course: Singing Lessons: 3 Essential Techniques
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Defining vocal register: Chest and head voice
From the course: Singing Lessons: 3 Essential Techniques
Defining vocal register: Chest and head voice
- Let's talk about register. There's a lot of differences of opinion and even controversy over how you define the different modes of singing, the different kinds of voices that singers can use. I know I have heard different bits of information and conflicting information from various vocal coaches over the years, and instructors and music directors and other singers. A lot of information and not all of it jives. So for our purposes in this course, I am going to use a very specific way, method, of defining the terms that we're going to be using, and I am going to make these definitions of vocal register based on the physiological behavior of vocal folds as viewed by a stroboscope. So you've gotten that great time with Dr. Azoff and the vocal clinic. You've actually seen what vocal cords look like when a stroboscope has had the chance to view them and watch them in action. And depending on where in your voice you are singing, your vocal folds behave very differently. Couldn't look at…
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