Critical Answers About Pitch, Range, and Whistle

Aug 15 / Draven Grey
When you feel stuck, getting feedback and direction from an experienced coach is invaluable. In this episode, I help Rock Singing Lessons teacher, Matt Sutton, address some student issues and questions about singing on pitch, extending range, and the importance of whistle.

In This Episode...

  • Pitch is a listening skill: why a reference can be useful when training to sing on pitch
  • The power of slowing things down
  • How a pitch meter can be your most effective tool
  • The importance of hearing notes in the context of the music
  • How singing completely off-pitch, in harmony, or only slightly off-pitch have completely different fixes
  • Barring specific medical issues, anyone can learn to sing well; rethink what’s holding you back
  • Overcoming obstacles: the power of starting simple, both in singing and in life
  • Why you have to give yourself time to grow and improve
  • Why you should be training up high and how it affects your lower range
  • Why cry is essential to singing up high and singing in general
  • Methods of finding cry: how Ghostbusters can help you achieve cry vocal mode
  • How to sing higher than the upper range: going from head voice to whistle voice
  • How whistle voice helps you develop better compression and stability
  • Two main ways to develop whistle voice
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