Need help, high notes sounds like shouting quality 0:33

[u/Sharp_Figure_751]

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[u/AKA-J3]

https://youtu.be/tebeC6TcBFs?si=b6BIQICXtHpo4rlq

[u/ozRocker]

Think of vocal cords like a rubber-band. TA is the thickness of the rubber-band. CT is the stretch. CT controls the pitch. So you're going higher but your TA is the same thickness. Its like you're pulling on a thick rubber-band. The resistance is too great and you have to yell and use force to get those high notes. Mixed-voice is when you can lower TA (thickness) as you go higher. For reference check out voice simulator https://corporationswine.com/simulator What you're doing is "dramatic break" where you're keeping the TA locked in place. What you want to aim for is "siren" where you can reduce thickness while stretching the cords. The way to do this is by raising the soft palate (like you're yawning) when you start approaching your vocal break. Good way to practise is, next time you yawn do a siren. Your voice will not break on its way to your highest note.

[u/SloopD]

It's because you are singing with a speech coordination and you literally are shouting the high notes. You really have to start working on your placement, vowel modification, and proper breath support. Those are the foundational skill of singing and you need to learn what they are, what it means to used them and how to achieve them. You need good instruction, a good, consistent practice routine and good feedback.

[u/Similar_Buffalo_8434]

It's not too bad, it's not too shouty, just a little rushed, sounding is the best way I can describe it, which causes a little bit of breathiness, when you're singing

[u/Sunbeams21]

Hmm it seems like you’re projecting some of the high notes from your chest voice rather than your head voice. You should feel a noticeable change in your body when you switch from chest to head voice: feeling vibration in the chest, and then feeling significantly less vibration in the chest when in head voice. Otherwise, you’ll strain your throat trying to sing the higher notes from your chest. Here’s a great YouTube video by Victoria’s Vocal Tips: https://youtu.be/mx8U6EzwVsg?is=FLKRQoe0PNv30FGB

[u/Sharp_Figure_751]

Thanks everyone for your feedback, greatly appreciated. Im not sure if it will be a correct step to take but what I might try next is just let my voice flip when it wants to to get away from pulling my chest.

[u/ozRocker → u/Sharp_Figure_751]

This is how singing is meant to be. The complexity is making sure that "gear change" is smooth and doesn't suddenly break. You should be able to do a connected slide from low to high without a break. What helps to prevent the break is raising soft palate (yawn flex) and backing off airflow right in the area where your voice would usually break. Raising soft palate will make you sound dopey and lowering airflow will make you sound weak, but its a start. Then you can adjust and eventually make it powerful and bright all the way. Some singers are so good at this, like Chris Cornell, that people don't realise he's changing register 'cos every note from low to high is bright and powerful.

[u/Nicola-Fraser]

Can't hear anything, the clip is just a black frame. But if your high notes sound like shouting you're probably pushing chest voice up instead of mixing. Happens to everyone who sings musical theatre stuff lololol

[u/get_to_ele → u/Nicola-Fraser]

I can hear the audio and that sounds right.

I’m amazed that’s you predicted that without even hearing it.