High Range Expansion Workout

Watch and sing along as vocal coaches Charmaine Brown and Cherie Schellenberg take a group of Worship Vocalist subscribers through a set of exercises specifically designed to expand your high range!

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Natalie Reyes November 5, 2022

Learned so much here!
Charmaine, your analogies are always so helpful for getting us to understand each concept. Thank you~
The shifting gears one was a great visualization.
Lightbulb moment was definitely that, as we go higher in our range, there are multiple bridges (not just one or two!) in the voice and the only way to help the “gear change” happen is to LET GO, release and relax. It makes a lot more sense when you understand that the vocal cords get thinner and smaller the higher we go. Go light as a feather!

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1. Charmaine Brown November 10, 2022
  
  Absolutely! Thinning out as we go higher is super important!
  
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Sydneybosman September 30, 2022

SOVT exercises are awesome for expanding range! How cool! And so gentle on the voice as well. Relaxed.

Notes have needs! I love this saying so much. High notes need to be relaxed!

So helpful to watch this for the couple of students I have that have such small ranges. Thanks for all of these ideas.

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1. Charmaine Brown September 30, 2022
  
  You’re welcome! Glad you enjoyed it!
  
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Debbie Holland September 12, 2022

Enjoyed the new exercises. Also using whoof and meow was fun. Also the new vocal coach did great.

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1. Charmaine Brown September 15, 2022
  
  Yeah! So fun!
  
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chesneyallen August 26, 2022

Lightbulbs:
• SOVT exercises are great for high-range expansion. I didn’t realize this! (I knew they were great on the voice in general but not specifically for expanding our range)
• RELEASE and RELAX- so important for high range! Can’t stay in “first gear” forever… have to switch gears in order to “gain speed” (loved the car analogy!) It is a “thinning out” of the vocal chords at each vocal bridge.
• The idea of a “buffer” and having MORE high notes than you need was so helpful!
• Adding pharyngeal to your head voice is essential for a bright, free, contemporary head mix

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1. Charmaine Brown August 27, 2022
  
  Yeah! Great takeaways!
  
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Sarah Cross August 23, 2022

This was my second time through this one and it was just as good the second time!
Lightbulb moments :
I appreciate it every time SOVT exercises are explained!
“Light does it mean breathy”
The analogy about switching gears was very helpful. I drove a standard when I was younger and it was such a helpful picture for me.
You have to release and relax the higher you go, not push to get there. Lifting a feather vs lifting weights.
Lastly the importance of building our range above the highest notes we want to sing so we have that release and buffer.

This was such a fun workout!

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1. Charmaine Brown August 25, 2022
  
  Glad you enjoyed it! Great takeaways!
  
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