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Forced/Belted Falsetto vs Head Voice
Peachwnk13
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I hope this is the right category! It’s curiosity but might be helpful to me in the long run.
I don’t know quite how to word this. I sent two YouTube videos to a music teacher friend of mine, really just to figure out what I was hearing, and why this guy has such an incredible singing range. Her response was he was “singing in a belted or forced falsetto,” and that people like this will hurt their voices. I’ve never even heard of that concept. I don’t hear that with him. I’ll post a great example where you can briefly hear it —just one but there are more.
https://youtu.be/LhWZGWhjElw Especially at around 2:58. Since Steve A is singing most of it. Yes, I think Deen is a great singer—I know Ken agrees. (I see Deen as a lyric tenor. If you were to ask him, he would tell you he can’t sing falsetto.) Ken thought it would be a good topic to discuss here, and I think even talk about technique.
I don’t know quite how to word this. I sent two YouTube videos to a music teacher friend of mine, really just to figure out what I was hearing, and why this guy has such an incredible singing range. Her response was he was “singing in a belted or forced falsetto,” and that people like this will hurt their voices. I’ve never even heard of that concept. I don’t hear that with him. I’ll post a great example where you can briefly hear it —just one but there are more.
https://youtu.be/LhWZGWhjElw Especially at around 2:58. Since Steve A is singing most of it. Yes, I think Deen is a great singer—I know Ken agrees. (I see Deen as a lyric tenor. If you were to ask him, he would tell you he can’t sing falsetto.) Ken thought it would be a good topic to discuss here, and I think even talk about technique.
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Ken tends to describe falsetto as a head voice with alot of air. Think of this as a technique or texture we can use in a song. Head voice itself can be thought of as a bright timbral tone that doesn't sound airy, there is good cord closure, support and air management.
With this in mind, a belted falsetto would indeed likely damage your voice over time because you are 1. using alot of air and 2. forcing even more air over the cords to achieve the belting sound. However if you belt in your head voice (more likely this will be some sort of mix voice) using KTVA technique, your tone will be much more pure and because you aren't using so much air, your voice doesnt dry out and get damaged. You only want to do this within your abilities though.