Adults sing in much lower range than children, therefore pitching a song too low causes children to be unsuccessful at reaching some of the lower notes. After a while, they will give up trying to reach the material altogether. One good habit to help children sing well is to ask them sing in their head voice rather than their chest voice. Chest voice feels like the sound is emanating from the chest, which tends to create a lot of tension in the throat, particularly in younger singers.
The head voice is lighter, more tension-free, and more natural and therefore more beautiful sounding. While they may be able to hit higher or lower notes, these few notes are where they can sing the loudest and most comfortably. Doing warm-ups not only helps children explore their vocal range but expand it as well. As with all pitched warm-ups, start at the bottom of the range and move up in half-step increments and then back down. Some of the warm-ups are quite cognitively challenging.
This is a cognitively challenging exercise. After singing from a low C to a high C, reverse the pyramid, and begin and high C and descend downward i. Children are certainly capable of singing very complicated rhythms and melodies just by listening and aural imitation, but when selecting a song to sing, it is important to find a song that matches the vocal range and the tessitura of the children.
After finding songs with the appropriate range and tessitura, it is critical to analyze a few additional musical components before you teach it. The final step is to have the song down cold before attempting to teach it.
The same goes for any material you want to teach children. If the song is notated, you can just look on the music to find the meter e. Begin tapping on a desk while singing the song. If you tap slightly harder on the downbeat the first beat of the group of two or three or six in each measure of the song and begin singing, it will help you to find the meter.
Groups of beats in Western music are mostly either in duple two or four beats for a measure or triple three or six beats in a measure , so try tapping in groups of two first to see if that fits, and then try three.
Which meter fits the song better? The first is in duple, the second is in triple feel. In addition to the downbeat and meter, you will also need to determine whether the first note of the song begins directly on the downbeat or on a pickup. Songs that begin on a pickup i. Songs in which the first section returns again at the end are known as ternary, three-part or ABA. The second method is a hybrid known as rote-note, where the song is taught mostly by ear, but also involves the addition of some type of visual element, such as showing some notation.
The third method is known as note, which is teaching the song using written in notation e. Motor skills can be added to a song to increase the learning dimensions. Rote-note teaching is partially iconic image-based and appropriate for lower elementary students K—2 just learning to read as it involves some type of iconic or image-based representation of music, such as using abstract notation or modified rhythmic or pitch notation.
Note teaching is symbolic language-based and more appropriate for upper elementary grades. The only difference between singing and humming is really where the air is going.
Since you're directing the air through your mouth to form a whistle, this can't be humming, you're actually singing and whistling at the same time. When I taught myself how to do this, I did notice that the two pitches were moving together at first, but I'll bet if you worked on it in the right way you could learn to control the distinct muscle groups individually.
This is actually rather similar to multiphonics on a brass instrument, where the lip buzz and the sung tone must be controlled individually in many cases.
Audiating two pitches at a time and then controlling different muscle groups for each is a pretty tall order given that context, but it can be done. Given that, try singing and whistling simultaneously. Once you've got it steady, try moving the tongue back and forth. If you're only thinking about the muscle and not about the note, you should hear a change in pitch of the whistle.
Changing sung note while sustaining a whistled one is the same thing with the opposite muscle group. I'd recommend starting with the tongue because it's a very easy muscle to localize your brain's control over. After you've got that down, then it's just a matter of refining control and linking each individual muscle group back to your musical mind. Good luck! I started singing and whistling a couple of years ago, really kind of by accident, and I was just fascinated to hear two different notes coming out of my mouth At first it seemed impossible to control any of it.
But this was fun in a way, and I tried to just concentrate on one note at a time. After a lot of practicing I found that I could lock the singing on just one note, and move the whistling. This was really the point where I realized that with more practice I could actually control each sound individually.
After some more practice I was already able to sing in simple intervals like thirds or fifths. Usually I used my singing for the lower notes, and whistle the higher note.
At that point it was starting to get really fun, because I could sing and whistle simple songs together in harmony! I started with simple stuff like Twinkle Twinkle Little Star, using my voice for the bassline and whistling the melody, etc. Then after a lot of practice I already did harder songs and it just became a challenge to hit harder intervals like the dominant seventh.
I do however think I will record something to let everyone hear what im talking about.. Psychological: If you struggle to play a tune on an instrument and sing a harmony, you will also struggle with whistling and humming different notes.
You may need to work on developing a sense for harmony before you can do anything interesting. Physical: The notes you make with whistling and humming occupy the same air, and so interfere with each other.
If you sing tenor, then the whistled and hummed notes are relatively close to each other, and the interference between them will make the whistling harder. If you sing a deep bass, you will have an easier time of it. As for performance, you can find a few youtube videos lately on the subject I found two that were relatively good.
The whistle register and improving your range, overall is something you should practice with supervision, to make sure you're not damaging your vocal cords! Fenix January 23, at am Mine sounds stratospheric and piercing. My vocal cords are tight and my friend says they can't be heard from a distant but thank you very much. I want to comfortably sing queen of the night someday. Gabe January 26, at am Hey, Suzy. I'm 13 and my whistle register is more expanded in the morning, I can hit at least an F 6, and I've once hit a D7 I felt so happy.
However, as the day goes on, my whistle register starts to die out, and I can't access it. Why is this happening, and is there a way for me to keep my whistle register throughout the day? The lower part of my whistle register is sounding very squeaky and like a bird going "caw. By the way, I've had no formal vocal training, and this would really help.
If you need help finding a teacher in your area, let us know! Gaizka February 20, at am is it possible for a male singer to sing in the 7th octaves? March 07, at am Hi Lola, I'd recommend checking with your voice teacher! Joseph Chua March 09, at pm Uhh, I can do whistle notes whilst sucking in quiet loudly and often in tune, although they're not fully in tune, but I can't do them properly whilst forcing them out.
Admittedly I don't have much practise, but I was wondering if sucking in whilst doing whistle notes damages the voice? March 10, at am Hi Joseph, I'd recommend checking with a voice teacher or health professional for that question! I also don't know how I did B8 to have came out so strong like head voice which was what made it more shocking but I doubt it was head voice!!!!!!!
Just want to know if this is okay and unfortunately for my neighbours and my ears I'm not making this up! Jermaine April 05, at am I need Help! I got it to work. I whistled a D7. Didn't heart at all, but it's almost inaudible. I tried again and I sung with it for about 2 minutes but, it's still inaudible. Do I practice it to get strength or I am still releasing too much air? Reo Espanol April 06, at am i can do the emotion whistle notes ,but not all the time.
Reu Spainz April 06, at pm i achieve my whistle perfectly. Preston Tony April 20, at am Hi am a preston a male, range:F3-F5 and sometimes a weak G5,what voice type and how many octaves do I hit? Cornelio April 26, at am How to restore whistle register from colds? Aurora Swift May 02, at pm Hy,. I've been told I sing like a girl countless number of times so I consider myself a Coloratura Countertenor.
How many octaves can I hit. July May 14, at am I tried this, and I was just able to do the squeak sound. The problem is that I can't make it louder nor projected. I sound like a tiny duck, laughing in helium. What can I do to make it louder?
Ain June 01, at pm I was laughing badly when I heard a squeky sound Matias Masinading June 14, at am I am a boy too but sometimes if i do the whistle tone And continues my voice again Alex Pryor September 11, at am Hello. I have been using this kind of technique to sing in whistle register for a while, about 8 months. I've slowly but steadily been getting better with the notes, but they still are hard to control, very inconsistent especially above E6, do not go very high I can hit a G6 on rare occasions and are difficult to transition into when needed in singing.
I want to keep working on them. My real issue with it, however, is that my voice teacher has been working to get rid of tightness in my voice. He says that tightness is bad for singing, and I completely agree with him. Is the kind of tightness that I am trying to get rid of due to the damage it could cause the same kind of tightness that is needed to use whistle register? I'd love to be able to use the notes but if they're going to cause me damage I can live without them. September 12, at pm Hello, Alex.
It's Emmanuel here. Mastering the whistle register takes a varied amount of time for each person. Hitting notes and being able to sing them takes a few months, but fully mastering them where you're able to do it like Mariah Carey can take years.
Mariah has been hitting these notes since she was little. Everyone's whistle register begins at a different note. For me, my first note was G6 so anything lower is a bit harder to control.
When hitting whistle notes it helps to, in a sense, "visualize" the notes going higher. That is what I do when I reach notes past C7. If it feels uncomfortable immediately stop. Focus on the F6 note, for example, instead of anything higher until you are very comfortable hitting said note. It is very common for vocal coaches to say whistle register is bad for you, but I have been hitting whistle notes for 7 years now and I have actually been improving, not getting worse.
It's much easier for me to hit whistle notes now and there is no decrease in the quality of my voice whatsoever.
Mariah has been hitting these notes at an early age and she's never had any problems because of them - her problems are because of getting older and her nodules. The whistle register is a separated register like the falsetto so transitioning from any voice to the whistle register is extremely difficult.
I would suggest hold a note, a comfortable note, and use the techniques to go into whistle register to see if you can transition like that. If you can't do it with your chest voice, try your mixed, full, and head voice. If you cannot transition with any of your voices then it's totally fine. Perhaps you're just not meant to and that's perfectly fine. Take a second and hit the high notes comfortably instead of "forcing", in a sense, yourself to transition.
Keep practicing and STOP whenever you feel any strain. And remember, we can't all be Mariah Carey! Sean September 15, at am There are two ways of producing 'whistle tones': The connected high head voice extension, and the disconnected whistle register. Whether or not Mariah's nodules are due in part to factors other than her technique, it's a fact that extensive breathy, airy singing as she frequently does in mixed voice, head voice, and whistle register will contribute to one's vocal downfall, as it is simply not a healthy way to repeatedly vocalize.
To her credit, she has the ability to manipulate her timbre from light and airy to solid and clear, and has unsurpassed vibrato control up to the seventh octave, etc. It's a pity about her voice and its inconsistency due to gradual deterioration, to be honest. Abdul September 19, at pm Ok so I'm a 16 year old guy and I wanna learn how to sing whistle notes, I use this note recognizer app and I hit F6 but it wasn't whistle, it was a squeak and I felt tension on my thoat every time I try whistle notes, I tried your method and I just I always feel tension when I try whistle tones, please help I want to be one of the only famous male singers who have that register September 20, at am Hi Abdul - have you worked with a voice teacher?
Or, give us a call at and we can help you find one! I never had a vocal teacher because i didn't get good teacher in my city. I can sing in whistle register. Its not a falsetto or a very high head voice. I just found it some days ago. I didn't believed it was my whistle register so i never worked on it.
But now I'm sure about it.. I can easily do it it but something like rough vibrato or scratch comes somtimes when i try to sing low. How can I get rid of this? October 26, at am Hi there! We really recommend working with a vocal teacher, who can listen to your voice as you sing and help you with the "scratch" you mention.
We also offer online lessons, so you can connect with professional teachers all across the US. Give us a call at and we'll be happy to get you set up! Antonis November 14, at am I have a problem with my wistle register I am 15 years old and I like whistle register The problem is that I can't reach whistle notes with my head looking straight I press myself a lot and I always bend my head over to reach these notes November 14, at am Hi Antonis!
Have you worked with a voice teacher on this? We really recommend that. You can browse our teacher profiles online, or have your parents call us at to set up lessons. Famous Vocal Coaches November 18, at am Thank you for your post! This tutorial is fabulous! Lots of great info including, Finding a voice teacher is not an easy task—especially if you live outside a major metropolitan area.
Put simply, good Famous Vocal Coaches are few and far between—and finding one that is perfect for you can be a challenge. Stanley Carradine November 20, at pm Now, I been wanna gown learn gown to do Whistle note like Jordan fisher and Mariah and marrisotn and arianna Grande and have been watching video and only one video made me hear Whistle but it never work own that I did the technique one line, I can actually jere my self produce a whistle like quite one.
Antonis November 28, at am Suzy S. The problem is that I am from Greece and it is very difficult to find a vocal coach who knows about whistle register in this country In Greece there are not singers who care about whistle register and when I ask a vocal coach about whistle notes they tell me that there is no reason to have knowledge on that What can I do for that?
If you are having difficulty finding a local vocal coach who can help with your specific goals - I would encourage you to consider online lessons. Online lessons would allow you to learn from someone who may be in another country but can offer tips on how to appropriately use the whistle register.
There are also videos online that provide further information about the whistle register and how to safely use this voice. I hope this helps you!
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