How To Sing High as a Baritone/Bass

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Күн бұрын

A universal struggle for singers is HIGH NOTES! No more awkward, painful, and stressful high notes. This video will tell you everything you need to know to sing high notes with ease.
Chapters:
0:00 Introduction
0:46 Warm Up
4:54 Sing From Below
6:46 Preparation
8:15 Don't Be Scared
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@germansniper5277 8 ай бұрын

My vocal break between chest and head is so low that I cannot sing any pop songs it's so freaking annoying.

@cs8935 5 ай бұрын

Same, I start struggling at bb3/a3 and I switch to mix at D4

@birdnerd730 4 ай бұрын

I had the same issue! Singing, especially mixed voice, is an insanely hard skill to master. I’ve managed to reach a relatively consistent G4-G#4 as my highest performable note when it used to be hard to even sustain an E. You can do it!

@laptopstudy3279 4 ай бұрын

@@cs8935 as a baritone its so damn easy to sing high once you learn how to use your vocal cords...i don't even warm up. The key all along was to relax the throat like yawning...after that is placement...what that means is making the voice resonate in your head...making the voice of a bratty kid or a nerd or a duck....should sound nasal when you start practicing (this is what they called mixed voice) once you know what muscles you're working with when doing those sounds...stretch the vocal cords to reach higher notes...NEVER YELL....and play around with the tone...open the jaw the mouth add more compression to make the sound that you like the most. Personally I like a dark beefy chesty and raspy sound so I add all of that (look up blurry eyes from larc en ciel Live...with the blue screen in the back...yup that guys a baritone). There should be NO TENSION whatsoever between the vocal cords and the belly....everything should be free like talking. The only part you should feel tension is your abs.

@cs8935 4 ай бұрын

@@laptopstudy3279 I know how to sing high in mix but I’ve seen many people belt on chest voice. Do you know how to make resonance in chest voice?

@laptopstudy3279 4 ай бұрын

@@cs8935 yes but i don’t do it it makes me tired quickly.

@Eric-Marsh 2 ай бұрын

Great tips - I sing classical and am trying to extend my range. Consonants going into high notes are a real killer, I think that we can work around that with modified consonants if we are singing without amplification but being micd makes it hard to hide the cheats.

@BobbyNance-jf1uh 8 ай бұрын

Fantastic instructional video, @nickhiggsthesinger. I've watched a lot of videos on this subject, and yours is top notch IMHO. Bravo!

@victorcobane6644 3 ай бұрын

Very helpful video! I also really appreciate how you clarify that you have also experienced the hardships I'm dealing with right now. It helps me keep hope that there isn't something just wrong with me, lol

@skycolinregan 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the great video! I was wondering if you have any tips (or a video) on how to sing above an F4 as a Baritone, using a strong, mixed voice? Thank you!

@nickhiggsthesinger 2 жыл бұрын

Something that really helped me was spending time singing with my falsetto. My falsetto sounds terrible, but working on it made my voice much more flexible. A strong mixed voice would be absolutely essential as a baritone singing above an F, but I wouldn't go too far with it. Focus on singing everything beautifully even, and the high notes will come!

@manuelcuevas4418 18 күн бұрын

THANKS YOUR TIPS I BEEN PRACTICING NOBODY IS PERFECT GOD BLESS YOU ALL THERE

@LevRaphael 5 ай бұрын

Excellent video and it absolutely captures the way I have quietly freaked out in an art song looking at a high note ahead. I am working with an amazing coach and building my foundation low to get up there. Even our exercises are fun.

@abramfriesen9472 Жыл бұрын

This is probably the most helpful video on this topic I've seen. I'd love to see more like this.

@nickhiggsthesinger Жыл бұрын

Amazing!! More on the way (next Tuesday will be a new how to sing vid!)

@abramfriesen9472 Жыл бұрын

@@nickhiggsthesinger Great to hear! Looking forward to it! :)

@8Kubez 3 ай бұрын

Dude, I’ve been learning singing on my own for the past couple of years and THIS video has made me so much better. The Josh groban tip is amazing, especially since I’ve been trying to perfect this exact part of the song. I am upset that it took me so long to find you lol

@nickhiggsthesinger 3 ай бұрын

Wow! Amazing. Please let me know if you have any questions or concerns - and if you want a singing lesson I give those too!

@EckMarco 2 жыл бұрын

Great Video!! 👍🏻😊

@josu1961 8 ай бұрын

You're amazing 💯

@Anime_Edits999 5 ай бұрын

Finally i found one 😭 every other once are how to sing bass

@gabrielmoore6099 13 күн бұрын

I’m back, i understand this a lot more

@EmilianoGarcia-qj2np 2 жыл бұрын

Please make a video about low notes

@gabrielmoore6099 2 ай бұрын

I’m working on singing E4. I’m fairly new so I’m just getting over D4

@jamyivory8811 2 ай бұрын

great video and very good explanation. I hope it will help me to sing higher. tired of having a bass voice, i can play lots of instruments but my singing is so bad and low that i slowly lose interest in singing songs. playing instrumental gets very boring at a certain point and i would just love to be able to just sing properly and actually playing the full songs inclusive vocals. i will follow your videos and hope it will help me get better. Thanks for helpful video.

@user-df9yi3pb5o 16 күн бұрын

For really i think you will help me

@thomaslow3696 Жыл бұрын

Good , very good.

@nickhiggsthesinger Жыл бұрын

Thank you very much!

@Tmanaz480 2 ай бұрын

You've got a great range just speaking. There's a nice chest resonance even as your pitch goes up.

@nickhiggsthesinger 2 ай бұрын

Wow, thank you!

@wintersoldier0 2 ай бұрын

i dont care much for singing high but this is pretty insightful, it is quite hard to find content for singing better low though

@JamesJac1996 4 ай бұрын

Very helpful new subs here❤

@nickhiggsthesinger 4 ай бұрын

Thanks for subbing!

@andrewdewar8159 5 ай бұрын

Yay !

@probablynotapelican5808 Ай бұрын

Saw josh groban. Clicked. Learned something new along the way.

@nickhiggsthesinger Ай бұрын

😁😁😁

@BonRiot Ай бұрын

To fellow baritones and basses like me: You don't suck at singing, you're not alone it is challenging for all of us. But singing like a tenor is never impossible. :D

@davidribeiro5254 9 ай бұрын

Just stumbled across your channel, and I'm really enjoying your content. Just out of curiosity, are you American or Canadian? You got a new subscriber.

@nickhiggsthesinger 9 ай бұрын

Thank you so much! I am Canadian 😁

@drlt9241 8 ай бұрын

I wish I was a baritone

@bumzz2056 7 ай бұрын

how come?

@kevinm6790 Ай бұрын

As a baritone, I can tell you it’s not all it’s cracked up to be. I’d rather be a bass or a tenor.

@josephmissak7224 Ай бұрын

@@kevinm6790 why a bass?

@kevinm6790 Ай бұрын

@@josephmissak7224 so that I’m not stuck in the middle

@dr.football4662 23 күн бұрын

What why?

@KyuuKun16 2 жыл бұрын

I liked this video and im surprised it has so little views. I agree with most of what you said but dont agree about tensing the abs and would explain it more like maintaining ab support but holding the support open and free

@nickhiggsthesinger 2 жыл бұрын

There are certainly different opinions when it comes to abdominal support. Some people truly feel it as a squeeze, others, not so much.

@flaze3 2 жыл бұрын

Nice smooth sound. I can tell you've trained classically :) How high can you go, just out of interest?

@nickhiggsthesinger Жыл бұрын

I'm a lyric baritone, so I can sing up to I guess a B flat 5?

@flaze3 Жыл бұрын

@@nickhiggsthesinger do you mean a Bb4?

@waltertheus3467 Жыл бұрын

@@nickhiggsthesinger That would have been my guess. I fell in love with opera in high school when I happened across a recording of a young Milnes singing Rigoletto. He interpolates a high Cb at the end. Wide open. I also enjoy Thomas Allen and Simon Keenlyside. Bryn Terfel and Quastoff are terrific, but they are more bass-baritones.

@buttercups616d Жыл бұрын

@@flaze3 maybe he meant falsetto

@xmanxman7484 18 күн бұрын

My range quite wide, my vocal coach said, i thought i am bass but can sing high note… but my vocal coach said i absolutely a tenor… I think i am tone deaf…😢

@Miki-hn5gv 2 ай бұрын

tips in the video are kinda too basic. things which I would’ve definitely added: mixed voice(thinning chord closure, instead of trying to belt it with thick chord closure), slightly upper larynx, twang, using proper resonators.

@nickhiggsthesinger 2 ай бұрын

True! This is geared towards beginners, and sometimes too much vocal terminology can get confusing

@Llewyn.Kelley 3 ай бұрын

4:22 this exact moment I went : I-E-A-I-A-I-OOO

@Jony5173 2 жыл бұрын

☺️✌🏻

@redipsman1 Жыл бұрын

I'm basso profundo, I just want to hit middle C nicely. B0 is my lowest growl but doesn't get comfortable until A1 or Ab1. Is there any hope?

@imnik98 10 ай бұрын

I think you should get at least D4 and E4. Anyway I'm a bari/bass and I struggle too with these notes. Work out you will get these notes with time

@Fulleman 8 ай бұрын

Hi, when you inhale... take your stomach in and up, when you sing, move the air down towards the diaphragm. The idea is to move pressure from cords on high notes, to let them move freely. And let the cords be free at that moment, you must control air, but not cords. :) They must vibrate just the edges, and they will. (Don't expect a high sound in the throat, vibration will be outside and up if you do it correctly)

@Celatra Ай бұрын

Eric hollaway has an F5

@VacantKey Ай бұрын

@@Celatraeric holloway is not human

@JA_VE 3 ай бұрын

I'm 14 and a Teenager Boy and I got my Puberty when i was like 11 or 12 i think and i have Sinusitis infection i can sing D2 - D4 on Chest, B3 - D6 on Falsetto/Head Voice, And C6 or D6 - D7 or D#7 on Whistle. I want to find my mix 😢 And I don't know how to cause i always tried but I can't do it 😢 i hope you can help me 😢

@MerrickMcDonald 3 ай бұрын

For me, I am a guy and I want to learn how to be the basis and learn how to sing high notes and love notes so I can move over my goals and basically any song that I like I want to learn how to sing in my own voice, and overcome that fear when I have to sing in front of the audience or in the church band that I have to sing in I want to know how to overcome that fear. I have many questions, but I just want to know how to use my voice and not actually sing on KZfaq and use the guy voice and fall your voice. I want to know how to sing on my own voice.

@Tyresong 7 ай бұрын

Oh I read the Title wrong, Yeah High is easy, it's adding fry in the midrange that's hard!

@user-df9yi3pb5o 16 күн бұрын

I want to sing baritone voice please help me

@ddm930 3 ай бұрын

My range is D2 to D#4 in chest.. in head I could go up to a G5. People say I’m a Tenor bc my voice doesn‘t sound deep at all.. I need someone to tell me what I am 🙈

@Celatra Ай бұрын

Range doesnt tell that. If your chest really breaks at D#4 it would indicate you're a lyric baritone, possibly a heldentenor.

@ivblizzard3616 Ай бұрын

@@Celatra that cant be true .. my voice breaks at F#4/G4 and I'm probably a lyric baritone

@Celatra Ай бұрын

@@ivblizzard3616 well i later learned all voices break around F#4 regardless of how deep they are. Even female voices have their first break there.

@masyarrahmanzadeh 6 ай бұрын

I can’t find any answer to the headline…!?

@1106gary 2 ай бұрын

I just wish Josh would keep singing the beautiful baritone tones and stop trying to be a tenor.

@dbone024 17 күн бұрын

Be careful y'all. I tried singing a really high note and crushed my Adam's apple. BE CAREFUL!!!

@jeremyestillore550 Күн бұрын

Hey there. How did you feel when you were singing that note? Just wanna know to avoid that... That's kinda scary ...

@dbone024 Күн бұрын

@@jeremyestillore550 I felt strong at first, but then by the end of the note I noticed a slight tingling then suddenly BOOM CRACK my Adam's apple was crushed. Docs said I'll probably never sing again.

@zskilledalt Ай бұрын

Anyone with same problem? I couldn't get pass the C4 note

@Arianagrand-jt2lc 2 күн бұрын

I'm baritone and my highest is F4

@zskilledalt 2 күн бұрын

@@Arianagrand-jt2lc that's great! I wish I could do that too

@firstname496 7 ай бұрын

Damn bari’s have all the luck they can sing low AND high. Meanwhile tenors drew the short stick and we’re stuck sounding like 13 year olds for the rest of our lives 😂

@Jinaria101 4 ай бұрын

I’d give anything to be a tenor they make the cutest sounds

@vikavoltisepic3507 2 ай бұрын

Tenors do have a wider range of songs tbf lol, I’m a Bass but I still somehow sound like a 13 year old ahah

@Celatra Ай бұрын

Im a tenor and can sing lower than most baris, my lowest chest note sitting at a Bb1 and lowest projected note at an G#2/ A2

@vikavoltisepic3507 Ай бұрын

@@Celatra that’s rlly cool!!!

@BenoitAdam 2 ай бұрын

Baritone aren't supposed to sing Tenor songs. Muse, Maroon 5, forget that, of change key signature.

@Celatra Ай бұрын

Operatically, baritones are put to sing tenor High A's and Bb's occasionally.

@ijansk 3 ай бұрын

What if you can sing certain high notes with no real effort yet your voice sounds ugly, unclean, strident?

@bradycall1889 4 ай бұрын

Is that Josh Groban?

@invnm Жыл бұрын

Well.. First of all - you sang "raise me up" an octave below then in the sheet. Second - which notes you think are high for bass/baritone?

@lazydude5681 5 ай бұрын

Tension in the abs? That's a VERY bad advice

@nickhiggsthesinger 5 ай бұрын

Hm, not quite. We need the support and engagement from the abs in order to maintain a consistent stream of air. Without it, the tension moves into the throat, which is bad news for us.