chest voice

One of the fundamental skills of singing is effectively using your “chest voice”. What Is It? You are singing in your chest voice when you sing in the lower or lowest audible part of the voice. We call it the chest voice because many people feel the vibrations of these pitches in their chest cavity.

Your chest voice is most useful when singing melodies that are lower in your vocal range. Also, if you're singing rock songs with an edge to them, chest voice is your friend! If you'd like to learn about the different parts of your vocal range, check out this tutorial: Chest voice vs head voice vs falsetto.

So, now you know that chest voice refers to all the notes below your vocal break and head voice to all the notes above the break. To further explain, we have multiple ways to color our tone. If we take the words chest and head out of the equation, then we still have full voice and falsetto.

Chest voice refers to our lower register and it often feels the easiest and most comfortable to access as it is the same range we use for our speech. The chest voice utilises thicker vocal cords to produce lower pitch, similar to guitar strings.

The main problem with this (as I'm sure you'll realise from the wealth of 'information' on the internet) is that there's no consensus - some say there are two distinct 'voices' (mainly Chest and Head, though some confusingly call them Chest and Falsetto), while others say three (Chest, Head and Middle) and some even ...

To sing in your chest voice, begin speaking in your normal voice. As you speak, slowly transition the words into an "ooh". If you had been speaking in your normal voice, the singing you will hear should be in your chest voice.

The chest voice is the range of notes at the bottom of your voice. And head voice is the range of notes at the top. But even though these terms can be confusing, here's all you need to memorize: The chest voice is created by thick vocal folds.

Chest voice (AKA “chest register” or “chest function”) is what you use when you speak and when you sing pitches that are low in your range. In chest voice, the TA (thyroarytenoid) muscle pair is primarily responsible for phonation (the vocal folds vibrating to produce sound).

So, the reason why singing high notes in chest voice can't or shouldn't happen is that the chest voice is designed for classical singing. The chest voice isn't designed to go higher than its break (which is the A above Middle C for women and the F# above Middle C for men).

The chest voice isn't designed to go higher than its break (which is the A above Middle C for women and the F# above Middle C for men). This doesn't mean it CAN'T be stretched higher than the break – it CAN – it just means that if it is stretched higher than that, it puts a singer at risk for vocal damage.

Techniques to Build Chest Voice Focus on speaking or singing from a lower part of your throat and chest, instead of from your head or nasal cavity. Use your chest muscles to support your voice, but avoid tension or strain. Gradually increase your volume and power, but maintain control and good technique.

If your speech voice is low to medium range and very pure of tone, that's probably chest voice. If it's light but feels like it's medium to high range and quite airy, that's probably head voice.