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 Posted: Sat Jan 06, 2007 6:17 pm
Ok. Since 7th grade, my voice has been cracking. It was a D, now it's an F. It feels like there's phlegm (sp?) in my throat making it crack. It is actually easier when my throat is dry. And I don't feel like the notes are out of reach. I feel like there's something blocking them. Maybe I don't sing completely correctly, but people who don't can sing them fine although I question the toll on their voice. I try to do everything and it still cracks. And I am asking for advice everywhere where I think I can get a good answer. My voice teacher thinks it's air and support. But I feel that it is more than that. Please help me!
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Posted: Mon Mar 12, 2007 8:44 am
I believe there are "breaks" in voice ranges. When you get to a break, the tone changes and it might not sound as good. Often I have trouble correctly singing notes around a D or something, but I can easily hit higher notes. I think correct breath support can fix it.
Sorry if any of this isn't accurate, but I'm pretty sure it's true. Or your voice could just be changing. Girls' voices do change, but not as drastically as boys' voices do.
Hope this helped!
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Posted: Sat Mar 17, 2007 7:42 pm
Stephi_Girl I believe there are "breaks" in voice ranges. When you get to a break, the tone changes and it might not sound as good. Often I have trouble correctly singing notes around a D or something, but I can easily hit higher notes. I think correct breath support can fix it. Sorry if any of this isn't accurate, but I'm pretty sure it's true. Or your voice could just be changing. Girls' voices do change, but not as drastically as boys' voices do. Hope this helped! But it isn't just a crack. It depends. Sometimes I can't sing above a B! And all of the higher notes are worse. And if the problem was that my voice is changing then I can't believe it is taking over 3 years! My voice makes me so mad.
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Posted: Sun Mar 18, 2007 4:07 pm
butterflygrl1000 Stephi_Girl I believe there are "breaks" in voice ranges. When you get to a break, the tone changes and it might not sound as good. Often I have trouble correctly singing notes around a D or something, but I can easily hit higher notes. I think correct breath support can fix it. Sorry if any of this isn't accurate, but I'm pretty sure it's true. Or your voice could just be changing. Girls' voices do change, but not as drastically as boys' voices do. Hope this helped! But it isn't just a crack. It depends. Sometimes I can't sing above a B! And all of the higher notes are worse. And if the problem was that my voice is changing then I can't believe it is taking over 3 years! My voice makes me so mad. According to my voice teacher, it DOES take years for girls' voices to change. But I'm not saying that I'm completely right, because I still might not be.
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Posted: Sun Mar 18, 2007 7:20 pm
Stephi_Girl butterflygrl1000 Stephi_Girl I believe there are "breaks" in voice ranges. When you get to a break, the tone changes and it might not sound as good. Often I have trouble correctly singing notes around a D or something, but I can easily hit higher notes. I think correct breath support can fix it. Sorry if any of this isn't accurate, but I'm pretty sure it's true. Or your voice could just be changing. Girls' voices do change, but not as drastically as boys' voices do. Hope this helped! But it isn't just a crack. It depends. Sometimes I can't sing above a B! And all of the higher notes are worse. And if the problem was that my voice is changing then I can't believe it is taking over 3 years! My voice makes me so mad. According to my voice teacher, it DOES take years for girls' voices to change. But I'm not saying that I'm completely right, because I still might not be. I know that you don't know if what you are saying is correct. But it may very well be my voice changing. I just wish my voice would stop cracking somehow. There are the rare occasions if I try really hard (warming up forever and then opening my mouth huge and using a lot of air and help from my diaphragm) it stops. And on even rarer occasions I can sing perfect without much effort. It just really sucks that this problem is happening when I am trying to get into summer programs and honors/district choirs. stressed
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Posted: Thu Jan 31, 2008 5:52 pm
When you sing do you sing from your throat or your diaphragm and partly throat? I sing in two different bands one is a Thrash band with harsh vocals and the other is the church choir, and both times I sing I push from my stomach which takes alot of stress off the throat. That might stop the cracking. The only way I can describe the feeling is that of when you throw up. Ohh and I have a range from as low as G the third fret on the guitars lowest string and an A the seventeeth fret on the guitar highest string.
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Posted: Tue Feb 05, 2008 1:06 pm
ok i have been in singing for 4 years maybe i can help, ok what are oyu alot or soprano? your voice is possible that has developed and changed my voice changed very quickly, i started soprano in 6th and turned in to an alto in 7th, there is no specific time for your voice to change it changes by itself, it could also be poor posture which doesn't let you breathe very well, breathe from the diaphram, like my teacher says breathe low and centered hope it helps! biggrin
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Posted: Mon Feb 25, 2008 2:12 pm
Relax your throat, and maybe drink something warm.
That'll help loosen up the muscles.
I used to have problems like voice cracking too until my friend gave that advice to me.
Just make sure your comfortable with what your singing.
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Posted: Fri Mar 28, 2008 9:58 pm
Don't worry about it so much right now, just keep practicing, do a lot of vocalizing and don't push it!!!
My voice didn't reach a mature level until I was 18, and even then I still had hell with my break. It took 3 years for me to finally over come it, and now I'm having issues again because I haven't taken lessons in 2 years and I don't practice enough.
I guess my biggest piece of advice would be to sing forward. The reason we have a break is because our voices work in two areas: chest voice and head voice; and when we transition between the two, that's when it breaks. I know it sounds weird, but when you vocalize (or just practice in general), put your hand horizantal in front of your nose and when you get to your break, imagine that you're singing over it, like it's a fence you have to get over. Also, singing very 'nasally' really helps at the beginning as well - begin your vocalizes with a 'y' or 'ny' before the vowel. It helps get the sound forward and over the break. You want to try to connect the two places of your voice.
Let me know if that helps... you seem to have the same issue I do, so I can try to remember more of my excersizes if this works for you smile
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Posted: Sat Mar 29, 2008 9:03 pm
There's nothing wrong with your voice, hun. It's just an issue of support. <3
You should not push your voice, first of all. Second, you cannot think of your high and low voices as "head voice" and "chest voice." Think of it as "head resonance" and "chest resonance," because keep in mind that your voice box is a tiny little thing up near the hollow in your neck. The sound is all coming from the same place. The key is to engage the entire body and the breath so that the sound is supported and your brain is working with your breath.
Try this:
Stand up, relax, make sure your knees aren't locked, and find the place where balance is effortless. Make sure you can feel your legs! They are very important in singing-- it engages the entire body.
Your mind should be connected to your body and your breathing. Breathing is an automatic process in the body that our brain handles. If you think a syllable, your brain automatically engages the body and the air needed to say it.
Try it. Think "O." As if you were to sing it. Feel that air come in?
Also, you should sing like you talk. Singing a phrase should be just like speaking it, and the breath will come accordingly. Speak a phrase, then sing it. Know each and every phrase intimately, so that your brain will engage your body and take that breath that is needed. You will then have proper support... not to mention that musicality comes through when you do this.
Hope this is of help! Please ask me if you have any more questions. <3 I have been singing since a very young age and am hoping to sing professionally.
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