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A singer recently asked me if there is a specific name for the middle singing voice between head singing voice and chest voice. Here is the answer.

Voice professionals call this vocal range the mix because it’s supposed to be a mix of head and chest. The way people use the mix is to gradually mix in more head resonance as the pitch goes higher. Pretty complex maneuver to handle while you are at the microphone.

I have a big problem with any technique that makes how to sing anything less than natural and/or anything more than simple. The Morganix Method™: Sing Like You Speak handles registration – head, chest, mix, belt as one voice.

The body is a brilliant musical instrument. The problem with the ‘mix’ theories (and indeed many singing voice lessons) is that they negate or ignore the natural musical intelligence of the body.

If you simply open the instrument on inhale, opening the airways so that breath follows the natural path into the lungs, then use the breath to create sound without interfering as the breath and sound release from the body, your voice will perform head, chest and mix all on it’s own. The color or timbre of the voice and the degree of ‘mix’ are a response to the emotional life of the singer.

Try this vocal training exercise. Take a one-syllable word such as ‘shot’ and simply say it. Say it in a sentence: ‘I shot him!’ (Talk about emotional life when saying that sentence.) Say the sentence several times with different intentions such as regret, fear, triumph.

Continue saying the sentence. Now play a note on an instrument before you say the sentence and when you say it again, say the word ‘shot’ on the pitch you played. Speaking on musical pitches assures a connected, healthy sound every time. It takes away the pressure to sing in tune because you are simply speaking. It also helps your body to understand that it does not need to manipulate any part of the instrument of get a great sound no matter what range you are singing in. This perfect musical instrument will handle registration all on its’ own.

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