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Knowing where your bridges are can
really help you smooth out the resonation from one area of your
body to the next. Bridges take place in different spots for men
and women, but they are fairly universal within a gender. There
are exceptions within a gender when a singer has an especially
thick or thin voice; the result is that the bridges shift up
or down. For the purpose of this article, I'm going to talk about
where the bridges are for most singers.
We will deal with four areas of resonation: the first is chest
voice, the second is mix voice, the third is head voice, and
the final is super head voice. All combine to create one full
voice.
Men's Bridges
Men, with the exception of basses or dramatic baritones, start
their first bridge at E-flat above a keyboard's middle C.
This is the first note in the mixing or blending area
of the voice (a blend of chest voice and head voice), and each
chromatic move up will transition the voice toward a headier
position and sound. The male vocalist will not feel completely
in his head voice until an A or B-flat. This is where the second
bridge is.
This second bridge goes from A or B-flat above a keyboard's middle C to D above the keyboard's high C.
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