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Some thngs to keep in mind: the "nay" sound isn't meant to go high, it's meant primarily to help you get past your first bridge, at the E4-F#4 range. After that, you can change in to nuh nuh me thinks, or really just stop doing it. Although 'd never actually heard of switching to "nuh", but try it out! Makes sense to me.

Like chris, I suspect you are using too much volume, especially on the lip rolls and tongue trills which should be done at quite a low volume. And make sure to be dopey on them as well, being a bass will not prevent you from going above Middle C, basses are just as capable of hitting High C.

As you go higher, try to let go of tension by adding a bit of that "dopey" sound which lowers your larynx. I could not go above middle C before as well, so I know what it feels like, but it can be done. Focus alot on the lip rolls and toungue trills, those are the primary range increasing exercises. The dopey sound is essential, and you should have an "oooo" or "uh" behind the lip rolls, so if you were to open your mouth while doing the lip rolls, an "ooo" would come out. The most important thing about those two exercises is that you should be extremely relaxed!

If you feel comfortable enough, I realllllyyyyy recommend you post clips here of you doing the exercises. No one here will make fun of you, just help you. I'm also available through Skype (screenname: napilopez), and MSN/Windows Live (napilopez@hotmail.com). If you have MSN I'd prefer that, because I always forget to sign on to skype =P.

If it's airy and straining, itt proooooooooobably isn't headvoice and is probably falsetto. I can't think of how to make head voice really airy and straining past a certain range. But we await your clips =]

Jake's advices is CRUCIAL. It's key to not frustrate yourself, and reallyyyy important to truly understand the things Brett's talking about. It's all there, we're just here to clarify =P

Or missingno's in the pokedex.

Hmm, what do you mean you can't go above middle C? You went up to an A above middle C there. It was falsetto, but falsetto can be closed to become head voice. Why don't you try the lip rolls and tongue trills any higher? Keep in mind that these two exercises should generally be done lightly. You shouldn't worry about breaking or cracking or sounding good or bad when doing lip rolls and tongue trills, or in most vocalizing. Just do it, and don't hurt yourself, singing should not feel uncomfortable, and never ever painful. Remember to keep an "oo" as in "moo" vowel behind the lip rolls and tongue trills, and do them with a comfortably low larynx, dont bring it down excessively either.

Podcast(Goodness gracious i need to figure out how to make these shorter, 10 mins): http://www.box.net/shared/er74b8vu6z

It depends, theres no set time for moving on. You should move on well you feel comfortable doing all or most of the exercises correctly. But it's also not bad to try a more advanced CD while you're doing an earlier one, just to see what its like. Sometimes there are exercises in the later CDs that can help you do earlier exercises.

You're practicing the exercises to avoid falsetto, and generally want to avoid it, but you can learn to turn falsetto into head voice. It's simply a matter of closing the cords. Even if it breaks when you do it, falsetto can become head voice.

I'd like to hear you try to do the scales higher to hear why you say your range can't go any higher. You didn't tell us much with your clip because you didn't show us much of where the problem area was, except for the nays and ahs somewhat.

I recommend you watch the first video here. Just click play on the box where it says "Brett Manning LIVE exerpt":

http://singingsuccess.com/vocal-tips

It's a very good intro video for beginners, and though brett says much of that in SS, I still think you can find it helpful to try to go along with the exercises presented.

Your range is already well above middle C, so be confident and keep on working! You'll get wherever you want with the right dedication =] If you can, post clips again, with you trying to do the full exercises until your range actually stops, rather than just stopping it because you don't want to go higher. I couldn't help you much ange wise from your clip because you stopped doing the lip rolls and toungue trills so early. Also, do those two exercises more dopey and quietly/easily. But don't try to push yourself so much that you begin feeling pain either, and take a break if you begin to wear out.

=O you listened? I'm surprised anyone besides the person they're intended forwould listen, seeing as they're so long-winded XD.

They nays encourage the raising of the larynx and often yield unnecessary tension, and are also pretty easy to abuse. Nay in the early CDs is meant to help connect chest to head, not necessarily mix or really much else that I can think of. In other words, it's not generally a tone you want to have when you sing except for maybe stylistic choices. Though I can't think when you'd want to sound like the nays for stylistic choices anyways. I mean it kinda sounds like twang which can be awesome for R&B and soul, but for the exercises, in the first lesson especially, its really exaggerated and tense-ish.

Mind me asking why you're asking? =P