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Summary: Learn tips on how singing in falsetto can damage your voice and vocal cords with singing and vocal training tips in this free online vocal coaching video clip.

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James Meny James Meny has been teaching the "mixed" or middle voice technique for years. He is also trained in the opera and classical styles and has studied extensively... read more

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How Singing Falsetto Can Damage the Voice

JAMES MENY: The downside of falsetto is it does cause a lot of strain because you are pulling the chords so tight. But the other thing is that you will not have a lot of flexibility in range, nor will you have a lot of flexibility in volume. And there tends to be not a lot of overtone that's caused in falsetto. In other words, the bigness of the sound or the color of the sound, sort of stays the same. But if it's something that you think sounds better in your voice on a particular song or if you like to sing on it completely and you're a countertenor, there's no problem with it. Same things apply in vocal health to singing in falsetto. But there should be no damage that's permanently caused by falsetto with the exception of one thing, the excess air that blows against the falsetto chords. Because it's blowing, blowing, blowing, it tends to cause drying on the bridges of the chord, at the edges of the chord. And, you know, however you fix drying in your body, drink lots of water, that should help fix that and alleviate some of that. But maybe over the long term it bothers you. Some people does, some people doesn't. It's not harmful. It's a style choice. It's just basically blowing a lot of air through tight vocal chords.

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