Singing Voice Lesson

Know Your Voice - What is Falsetto?

Singing in falsetto is a vocal technique that produces sounds that are pitched higher than the singer's normal range. In boys or men, it can sound a little artificial. In females it sounds more 'normal'. It's other name is 'Head Voice', although some people refer to Head Voice as a stronger version of falsetto where the voice has been trained to withstand more air pressure underneath the vocal chords. The voice tone of falsetto has is breathy because the length of the vocal chords are not coming together properly, so air is escaping, much like a gas leak. It is not 'wrong' to sing in falsetto or even use it from time to time. In more and more popular music singing styles, artists are using falsetto to portray moments of tenderness, sexyness or vulnerubility. Some people, consider it a vocal weakness to flip over into falsetto while others consider it a vocal feature. It all depends on what you are trying to get the audience to feel. Falsetto singing is sometimes said to be the healing part of the voice. Males find falsetto a little harder to access than females and should not ignore this part of their voice training during singing lessons. During singing lessons falsetto should always be accessed by a singing teacher so as to give the student a more thourough voice training session.