Resonance amplifies sound by vibrating different cavities within the body, making the upper registers sound richer and more powerful.
- To find the resonance you need to sing a vowel, such as ‘ah’, through a straw using only the air in your lungs. At some point, you will feel the straw vibrating. Repeat this and progressively open your mouth as wide as you can. The pitch created will be where your resonance is. Now practice hitting this pitch when you sing. When you open your throat it will amplify your upper register.
Use a ‘bridge’ or passaggio
This refers to the point at which your voice shifts from chest to head voice. The goal is to bridge the gap between the two sounds, smoothly and consistently.
- Practice holding a note that’s at the top of your chest voice and progressively shift to the head voice (without jumping or stopping). Use scales of different pitches to find your bridge and smooth that transition.
Use mixed voice
It’s a mix of chest and head voice. It requires a balance of the technique used in both voice types.
- Mix voice sounds louder with more power than head voice. You can mix the two voice registers by lowering the larynx, as you would with a chest voice, but keeping your palate arched and your mouth opened wide, as with head voice.
Do falsetto exercises
Though falsetto is an entirely different way of producing sound, you can use it to train your chest voice to sing higher.
- Practice transitioning from your regular voice to falsetto as you move up the scale. Try to get as close to the boundary between the two types as possible. Practice hitting that note consistently before moving to a harder one.
Practice regularly!