This lesson is drills only. Read Mixed Voice vs Head Voice on the blog for definitions. You need a warmed-up voice—run the 15-minute warm-up first. Stay in medium volume; stop if you feel strain or tickle in the throat.
SingMeter tools for this lesson
Step-by-step practice
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Find your “break zone” note
3 minSing a 5-note scale up slowly without forcing. Mark the note where your voice wants to flip or strain—that’s near your passaggio. Write that note (e.g. E4 or G4). Today’s drills stay within ±2 semitones of it.
Open Vocal Range Test → - 2
Slow slides (siren) at 60 BPM
6 minMetronome at 60 BPM. Lip trill or “ng” from 3 notes below your break zone to 3 above and back—one slide per 4 beats. Keep volume medium-soft. No pushing chest on the way up. Repeat 5 slides. Rest 15 seconds between.
Open Metronome → - 3
Narrow vowel hums on three pitches
6 minUse “ee” or “oo” hum on: • one note below break • break zone note • one note above Hold each 4 seconds. Check on Pitch Detector that pitch stays steady (±15 cents).
Open Pitch Detector → - 4
Five-note scale “ng” only
5 minSing Do–Re–Mi–Fa–Sol–Fa–Mi–Re–Do on “ng” in a comfortable key where Sol is near but not above your strain point. If Fa or Sol cracks, transpose the whole pattern down one semitone and repeat.
Open Pitch Detector →
Self-check before you finish
- ✓I identified my break zone note in writing.
- ✓Slides felt smoother on the last repetition than the first.
- ✓At least one hum in the break zone held steady on Pitch Detector.
Go deeper (blog)
These articles explain the "why" behind today's exercises—they are optional reading, not a repeat of this lesson.
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