Beginner Baritone Warmup

Hi!

I have just discovered the Baritone Warmup video on the YouTube channel of 30daysinger. While doing two of the exercises I noticed that my voice was way lower than expected. Camille introduces those two exercises (mum/bub and no) as starting on F3, however, the app that I use for checking if I am singing the correct note (vocal pitch) shows that I am singing on an F2, I am not really comfortable singing with my full chest voice in F3 (it even feels more like the beginning of a mix), plus it does not go any further than that (until I reach the next note I can sing in my head voice).

My question is: is this normal at the beginning, and I just need to keep on working on my chest/mix to get there? or am I just another voice type (bass) and am unaware of it?

Are any other male singers also struggling to find their voice type?

Hi, David!

If you're comfortable at F2 and are experiencing a shift in the 3rd octave, it's very possible that you're more of a bass than baritone - or that you can sing as low as a bass. The second question to ask (in addition to "how low and high can you comfortably sing") is: where does your voice really shine? What range feels AND sounds the most beautiful? That's your tessitura. 

Check out this playlist for some bass/baritone exercises and see if they're a more natural fit. 

For any basses (and baritones) singing contemporary/pop music, we still train head voice and develop mixed coordination, too. So I'd also ask what genre of music you intend to sing!

Hi, Camille!

Thank you for your reply! 

I do feel comfortable in the lower range, however, I have barely started working on my head and mix voice, so there is some room for change there :). I do sing pop music so I am investing time already on that portion of my voice. Also loved your live video on head voice!

I now tried to warm up with your video for bass singers, this felt so much better!

Also thank you for the playlist I will check it out, I tried one of the warmups and it already felt quite good. I still have so much to discover about my voice.

Love all of your videos! Thanks for being so nice :)

Happy to help, David! The more you learn and practice with that knowledge, the more control and consistency you'll gain with your voice. Best of luck to you!