How to Train Your Voice to Sing High Notes

Name: How to Train Your Voice to Sing High Notes
Rating: 4.5 (20 reviews)

If there is one thing EVERY student for the last decade has asked me, it's all about the high notes!

Created byEdward Atkinson

Last updated 4/2023

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What you'll learn

Understand how high notes are produced + understand how to train their body to sing better high notes.

Course content

1 section • 10 lectures • 1h 8m total length

Introduction2:53
Master fundamentals of singing high notes, overcome obstacles, and train your voice with a tailored practice plan for your instrument and body, achieving relaxed confidence, reliability, and power.
B. 12 Reasons Why You Can't Sing High Notes3:58
Explore the 12 reasons you can't sing high notes, from throat tension to fear and misordered muscle use. Begin with a quick self-assessment to map your current issues.
C. How the Instrument Works5:07
Explain how the vocal folds vibrate with breath to produce pitch, how muscles lengthen or relax to change pitch, and how steady breath supports training to sing high notes.
D. What do good high notes feel like?5:29
Feel the high notes through touch, not through listening, and learn to float with ease by keeping the soft palate raised and the voice resonating in the mask.
E. How to Train for High Notes6:40
Practice six days a week to train the voice by strengthening middle voice with breath and resonance. When challenged, avoid hammering notes; switch to breath or resonance drills and progress.
F. Core Exercises. Posture, Breath, Resonance10:10
Develop a holistic vocal program focusing on posture, breath control, jaw tension release, intercostal engagement, and mask resonance to elevate high notes through practical exercises.
G. Core Exercises. Vocalises6:50
Learn five vocalises to build a high voice, including straw breathing, scale patterns on wa and b/d, descending ka, alternating thirds, and rapid coloratura for breath freedom and forward projection.
H. Designing Your Program7:42
Design your voice training with a structured plan: practice six days a week for 10–15 minutes, track progress with a spreadsheet and journal, and expand from your middle voice.
I. Conclusion2:51
Commit to a one-week routine of core exercises—posture, breath resonance, and vocalizes—practice six days in a row to train your instrument and reach higher notes.
Bonus AMA: Appoggio, High Notes, Broadway, and more17:01
Explore appoggio and open-throat techniques for high notes, compare Broadway and opera singing, and build confidence through small public-performance wins while maintaining a relaxed, powerful voice.

Requirements

Beginner vocalist experience level. No advanced theory or musicianship skills required.

Description

If there is one thing EVERY student for the last decade has asked me, it's all about the high notes! Everyone wants them. And there are a lot of stumbling blocks to getting there.

FIRST: you've got to know how your voice works. Biologically speaking! Your body is your instrument. Know it. Love it. Use it the way that is healthy and powerful.

SECOND: why the hell are high notes so hard? You've got to understand exactly what's going on in the instrument, to diagnose the issue, and present a solution.

THIRD: you've got to know HOW to train, and only then, WHAT exercises to train with.

That's why I made this course. To teach you these three things.

By the end of this course, you will have created a program designed for your voice to practice high notes, along with checks and balances on making sure you're practicing the RIGHT way, and not teaching your nervous system to memorize something harmful (like tension, stress, or over engagement of the laryngeal muscles!)

The class includes supplemental materials, including visualizations of vocalises, a free practice chart, and more.

- Edward Atkinson

Edward Atkinson received his Master's in Vocal Performance and a Performer's Diploma in Vocal Performance from the Jacobs School of Music at Indiana University. He has performed in Europe, Canada, and America for 15+ years, and has taught for 10+ years. More can be learned at my website.

Who this course is for:

Singers curious about how high notes biologically work, and how to train your body to achieve them with ease.