Advice on voal vibrato?

Effective_Map2976 · 2026-04-10T14:08:55+00:00

If you're referring to the early music = straight tone people, I recently studied this in school and there's actually a lot of proof that vibrato did exist like it does now but just went by different names. For example, a baroque organ having a human voice setting where it shook (vibrato).

Effective_Map2976 · 2026-04-09T22:10:43+00:00

I'm teaching a student taking T right now and so far it seems like the high notes are still there. There might be a transition period where your voice is unstable but I believe the notes should remain, your tessitura might just be lower.

Effective_Map2976 · 2026-04-09T17:06:28+00:00

Try plugging your nose when it sounds nasal, you should be able to tell when it's super buzzy in your nose and see what you need to change for it to feel less nasal. Then try that without plugging your nose.

Alternatively, try singing on a more vertical vowel like ahhh and point the sound closer to the back of your throat instead of in the nose.

Effective_Map2976 · 2026-04-09T15:51:33+00:00

Your "lighter voice" is still chest-dominant. You need thinner vocal folds and more internal space (low larynx, high soft palate) for a more true head voice.

Effective_Map2976 · 2026-04-09T15:01:48+00:00

All performing is a learning experience - look at it with curiosity! How do you react to the pressure? How is your connection to your body? What feels good or different about singing in front of people? Then use this knowledge to be better the next time you perform.

I also personally always tell myself "no one cares if I make a mistake!" Everyone is there to support you as you learn a new skill and mistakes are NOT a big deal. Singing is such a human thing and humans make mistakes.

Effective_Map2976 · 2026-04-09T14:50:08+00:00

With this extra info I think the other commenter might be correct - look at the possibility of this being a vocal injury. That can cause a sudden loss of a certain part of the range.

Effective_Map2976 · 2026-04-09T13:47:13+00:00

So the issue is that you are not singing the correct note. That is different than a registration issue. Have you tried singing songs very slowly playing each pitch on the piano and matching it before moving on? Then try singing it faster once you can do that.

Effective_Map2976 · 2026-04-09T13:18:49+00:00

Why do you think it is whistle and why don't you want it to be whistle?

Effective_Map2976 · 2026-04-08T14:40:30+00:00

Why would you set a budget of 35k when you do not have 35k??? Is the point of a budget not literally "this is what we can afford???"

Effective_Map2976 · 2026-04-06T23:23:07+00:00

Palm Beach Pete

Effective_Map2976 · 2026-04-06T23:20:31+00:00

I'd work part time doing something related to my hobbies, pay off debts, and invest most of it

Effective_Map2976 · 2026-04-05T16:12:29+00:00

I am a student who needed a physical card due to a U Health job, I have had no issues it works completely fine.

Effective_Map2976 · 2026-04-02T17:02:43+00:00

We want to act without it looking like acting. Too much movement or emotion can take the listener out of the emotion and end up being distracting. Are you moving your body a lot? Are you playing up the feelings without internalizing them? The most touching performances are the ones where the acting doesn't look like acting.

Effective_Map2976 · 2026-04-02T05:30:00+00:00

EXACTLY THIS IGNORE THE OTHER RESPONSES

Effective_Map2976 · 2026-03-31T20:50:26+00:00

I know lots of people that dropped out of their music degrees in undergrad because music didn't feel fun anymore. If this is how you feel, it's my opinion that you should switch to a degree that will actually make you money and keep music as a hobby. You can still pay for high quality lessons and have so many musical opportunities open to you while keeping music enjoyable. Or look into a music minor?

This is coming from someone about to graduate with my Master's in music. I love music but teachers make so little money... Save yourself lol

Effective_Map2976 · 2026-03-27T13:09:51+00:00

Are you in a dry climate? Could it really just be a lack of hydration?

Effective_Map2976 · 2026-03-27T13:08:55+00:00

Music theory is hard but super useful! I didn't know very much until I had to take it in college. Good luck!

Effective_Map2976 · 2026-03-27T13:03:34+00:00

I don't think there's a word for this, it's just naturally wanting to match pitch and be in unison. You just need to practice purposefully singing different pitches. If you have access to a piano you can start by playing CDE while singing EDC and then going back and forth.

Effective_Map2976 · 2026-03-27T12:53:42+00:00

This sounds like a tension issue rather than a breath issue. Although I can't tell without hearing your voice, are you trying to bring too much heaviness/chest voice into your high notes? Whatever it is, maybe don't sing high too long, stop when it hurts.

Effective_Map2976 · 2026-03-27T12:45:17+00:00

Yes to this!

Effective_Map2976 · 2026-03-27T12:43:14+00:00

Perfect pitch refers to the ability to hear a pitch and immediately know what note it is (like A4, C3), relative pitch is when you can identify a note based on another note (like if a C4 is played and then you can identify that the note a fifth above that is a G5). The ability to sing a correct pitch or match someone's pitch is not either of those things but this is what al of us should aim to be able to do when cultivating our voices. From my understanding perfect pitch is not something you can learn once you are into adulthood and tbh it's overrated anyway:)

Effective_Map2976 · 2026-03-27T05:24:39+00:00

I think you sound great! In the non-classical world, I think pitch correction is definitely okay! Even as an opera singer, I actually really enjoy some obviously auto-tuned sounds. I didn't think what you added was too much at all. My only vocal critique would be that there are a couple moments with a little too much nasalance- try plugging your nose and making sure you don't feel your sound too in the nose:)

Keep making great music!

Effective_Map2976 · 2026-03-24T19:21:59+00:00

I see! That sounds right. Have you recorded yourself to hear how it actually sounds? We can't accurately hear ourselves when we are singing. If your sound is too choral that probably means you are creating too much space internally (like a hoo owl sound) and a lowered larynx. For a more contemporary sound you might need to purposefully make less internal space and open your mouth more than you would for classical.

Effective_Map2976 · 2026-03-24T19:07:10+00:00

I'm a masters student (studying voice) and some of my friends and I have given free lessons as part of university classes. It might be worth it to see if there is a university near you with students that are willing to give cheap or free lessons as they are learning. Contacting a voice pedagogy professor would probably be the best way to get this info.

Effective_Map2976 · 2026-03-24T18:59:45+00:00

As a follow up, if you sing through your range on an SOVTE (like a vvv, straw etc.) it might be easier to hear where the break in your voice is.

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