Unit 2 · Mapping your break
Higher sirens
Sing lighter, higher sirens, like an owl's hoo, to find a break that the first siren missed, often higher in men's voices. No jump is fine too. Free.
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- Find your break
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- Around the break
What it teaches
Some voices change higher than the first siren went. A lighter, higher siren can find a break that hasn't shown yet. Only as high as is easy.
Lighter, not louder. Like an owl's hoo
Stop if it strains. Tightens, tickles or hurts: rest
No jump at all?. Some voices cross smoothly already: that's fine
What you sing
- A quiet hum first, low and easy: hear it, then hum it back.
- A higher siren, twice up and down, lighter still, like an owl's hoo: many voices, often men's, change higher. If yours jumped twice in the same place already, sing it gently.
- Hum from low to high and back, slowly, and listen back.
Singing safely
Voices that are still breaking should wait. Sing only as high and low as is easy, keep the top light and quiet, never drag a heavy sound up past your break, and stop if anything tightens, tickles or hurts.
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