Belting

Hi Ms Camille

May I ask

1. As long as I belt properly, I can belt as much as I want without injuring my voice, right? Sure, I should take a vocal break after like 30min, but belting is not like a booster that I can use only few times during my practice, right?

2. Is belting only used for sustained high notes? Can I use it for crotchets? 

Hi, Kang!

Each singer's stamina is different, but belting is more taxing than lighter forms of singing. If I'm working on belting, I take breaks every 5 minutes or so. Even a song with a lot of belting typically isn't belted the entire time. 

Belt style can be used for shorter notes! It's just more noticeable and "showy" when the notes are sustained. 

I see, just one more question please

Currently, I can belt up to G4, but starting from A4, my belting sounds like a loud falsetto. When I see others on youtube belting, their belting sounds chesty even up to C5. Is this normal? If I train up my head voice, will I be able to do a chesty C5 belt one day? 

Again, each singer is different, but it's certainly possible for tenors, altos and sopranos to achieve a chest-dominant mix belt up to C5 (and higher for altos or sopranos, in particular). 

This is one of my favorite mix exercises to help you work on that chest-dominant mix, on A4 and above: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nsuhrhScIPY. 

Great! Thank you 

Hello Camille!
i have a question on belting too. I learned a lot with your course but one question remains: when i want to belt, i want to have a good tone so i think i have to lift the soft pallet a little bit, but i feel that the sound is not bright enough. So i try to keep the mouth not too open and more wide but then i lose the warmth of my tone. What is the advice you would give me? Thank you very much for all of your web site. 

Great question! The overall "shape" for belting is a little like a megaphone: smaller in the back (of the mouth & throat), wide and open in the front (of the mouth). 

It sounds like the solution might be letting your jaw drop, and keeping a good amount of space by first singing on an UH vowel - then, widen your mouth until you get the brightness you're looking for! Another approach for brightness is twang, which you can experiment with. I'll put a few lessons below!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1BLVrYKmwvc

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XGSvtWD5Ji0

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pthQnibUlRE

Hello! camille

Pls I wanna ask on how to go about singing in tone or on pitch I can say, that's actually my biggest challenge when it comes to music. I really need your advice on the situation. 

Please see these lessons to get started!

https://www.30daysinger.com/tutorial/how-to-sing-in-tune-for-beginners-part-1/1

https://www.30daysinger.com/tutorial/how-to-sing-in-tune-for-beginners-part-2/1

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cLCW6uCNu9I

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ddN617uzn8o