How to handle vocal breaks and understand passaggio (Steps 3 and 4)

Get command and coordination over your register shifts, cultivate laryngeal freedom, and get intimate with your breath with this free exercise framework: https://dan-callaway-studio.ck.page/6... 🧰 More tools and community support? Check out the Studio Resource Library: https://payhip.com/b/9behI A growing library of guided exercises and video lessons to understand and access all the systems of your voice and make singing offensively easy. We’re piloting a $37/month beta with: 🙋🏽‍♀️ 2 monthly live Q&As with me 🤖 Access to Dan GPT (your AI vocal guide) 📚 A growing exercise library to help you understand all the systems of your voice Get it here 👉 https://payhip.com/b/9behI Work with me: https://dancallaway.com/work-with-me/ We covered what is physiologically happening when your voice naturally wants to make register shifts in steps 1 and 2 of this process. Now we’re going to move into ways to make your transitional zones more flexible through modal mixture exercises (step 3) and I’ll also break down the mechanics for maintaining mode 1 balance and efficiency as you traverse passaggio vowel by vowel (step 4). Part 1 of this series is here with steps 1 and 2:    • How to handle vocal transitions and unders...   If you’re new to my channel, my name is Dan Callaway. I teach musical theatre voice and vocal pedagogy at Boston Conservatory at Berklee. I’ve performed on Equity stages for over 25 years, helped music theatre performers work sustainably on Broadway, national tours, and at top regional houses. I’ve taught at top music theatre programs for over 10 years (Elon University, and BoCo). I help music theatre singers build skill, gain confidence, and get to work. You can find out more about me here — https://dancallaway.com/about/ If you’re a singer who likes to tell stories, and you want to do that in a satisfying, wholehearted way, you’ve landed in the right place. I make videos knowing that if I help one person learn a game changing skill, carry away a helpful tool, or hear something that makes their life better, then it’s worth it. I hope this helped you today. Chapters 0:00 Intro, breaks, and Kintsugi 1:33 Brief review 4:04 Step 3 — Modal mixture 11:37 Step 4 — physiological mechanisms for navigating passaggio maintaining Mode 1 14:36 /i/ (ee) vowel (using jaw, tongue, laryngeal interdependence) 20:12 /u/ (oo) vowel 21:57 /u/ changing to /ɪ/ in other contemporary styles 23:10 /a/ and /æ/, and using /a/ to help with /o/ 25:33 Recap Playlist for breathing for singing —    • Breathing and Support