Strengthen Head Voice
Clarity. Balance. Resonance.
Your head voice isn't fragile—it's undertrained. Build control, range, and tone one focused lesson at a time. Revisit any day as needed. Growth comes from consistent use, not force.
Lessons
Each lesson builds your strength and control. Tap or click a lesson below to continue.
Lesson 0 - Overview
Most singers don't begin with a strong head voice—and that's no surprise. In daily life, we rarely use the muscles needed for it. This course is here to change that. You'll learn what head voice really is (and isn't), assess your starting point, and begin building strength with focused, efficient exercises.
Lesson 1 – What Is Head Voice (Really)?
Head voice is one of the most misunderstood parts of singing—often confused with falsetto or whistle tone. In reality, it's a vocal coordination where your cricothyroid muscles do the heavy lifting, stretching your vocal folds so you can sing higher with clarity and control.
Lesson 2 – Finding Your Head Voice
Time to put theory into practice. In this lesson, you'll explore how head voice feels and sounds in your own voice. Start with a chest voice tone and slide up on "oo" until you notice a shift—a flip into something lighter or thinner.
Lesson 3 – Myths About Head Voice
There's a lot of noise out there about head voice. Let's clear some of it up. First: head voice isn't just falsetto—falsetto is one kind of head voice, often breathy and underconnected. Second: head voice isn't weak—it just starts that way if you haven't trained it.
Lesson 4 – Assess Your Starting Point
Before we build strength, it's time to check in. This lesson helps you assess how your head voice is working right now—no judgment, just information. You'll revisit the flip/siren from Lesson 2, hold a pitch in head voice, and try a descending scale.
Lesson 5 – Start Strengthening: Vocal Function Exercises
Now that you can access head voice, it's time to build real strength. In this lesson, you'll start using Vocal Function Exercises (VFEs)—a set of proven, gentle patterns that train clarity, endurance, and control without force.
Lesson 6 – Control and Clarity
If you've been practicing your Vocal Function Exercises regularly, you've already laid the foundation for real vocal growth. This lesson builds on that work by helping you refine control and stability in your head voice.
Lesson 7 – Troubleshooting Head Voice
Even with solid practice, head voice won't always behave the way you want. It might feel breathy, crack unexpectedly, pull back into chest, or just not show up at all. This lesson helps you troubleshoot those moments.
Lesson 8 – Making Head Voice Work in Songs
Now it's time to bring head voice into your actual singing. In this lesson, you'll apply what you've built to short, real musical phrases—testing how your coordination holds up in motion, not just in exercises.
Lesson 9 – Where Do You Go From Here?
You've made it. This is the final core lesson—and if you've been doing the work, you've earned a real moment of celebration. Strengthening head voice isn't just about building range; it's about rebuilding trust in a part of your voice.