Yet another reason for the prolific aweso needs if Phish...Page's high harmonies are sung with a true falsetto. You can hear the resonance of falsetto as it is fully supported by breath, as opposed to the "shrillness" of head voice. It adds to the richness of sound we love so much. And as always "PSRS!"

Duh.

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You guys weren't in choir...

One is awesome. One sucks. Its sounds better to do it the better way. The other way kind of sucks.

@poonutties said:

@mjrphishhead

Sing the backing vocals for Brian and Robert, that's you singing falsetto (unless you're a freak of nature). You'll understand the difference in feeling/sound when you try to hit those notes

Easiest way I could think of typing this but iv been drinking...anyone got something better?

That was horrible. See my second post. All is answered.

An example would be Trey singing chalkdust, or mostly Trey singing anything really.

So anything that's not falsetto is head voice? Gotcha.

Head voice is forced. Falsetto is more natural and rich sounding. Is that somewhat accurate?

Falsetto and head voice are the same thing. It's that top of your mouth, nasally, sinus space you use to sing high notes.

What I thought people meant by head voice in this thread was natural range. Which is the notes you can sing without stress. You're either a bass, baritone, tenor, alto, or soprano, naturally (of course it's a scale). I was between bass and baritone. Like I said, try to sing the backups in Brian and robert and you'll understand falsetto. Watch the part in bittersweet motel and you'll see how fish has to contort his head to hit those notes. You'll need to do the same.

Yet another reason for the prolific aweso needs if Phish...Page's high harmonies are sung with a true falsetto. You can hear the resonance of falsetto as it is fully supported by breath, as opposed to the "shrillness" of head voice. It adds to the richness of sound we love so much. And as always "PSRS!"

EDIT:

Falsetto is when someone sings notes at the top of their range (high notes), using their chest cavity as the primary resonator. The sound is more supported by breath (airy, flute-like, Page's harmonies). Head voice is when someone sings the same note, but the primary resonator is the head cavity. This gives the singing voice a more shrill sound (think Prince).

There is an exception...In YEM. Head voice is used for effect. The high shrill sound sounds like car horns...European maybe...Washyofee?

this thread needs more Neil Young