I used to be in tons of choirs in high school, and I’ve never quite understood what happens when you sing in your “chest voice” versus your “head voice.” I remember someone describing it as where the note feels like it vibrates in your body, but I’d love to have a simplified biology explanation if anyone has it.
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When you sing falsetto, you’re using muscles in your throat to stop parts of your vocal cords from vibrating. You know how bigger instruments play lower notes? It’s kind of like that. A tuba is big so it plays low notes, a trumpet is small so it plays high notes.
Try singing a low note. Notice how your throat feels open, you may even drop your jaw a little to open it even more. You’re letting all the air go past your full vocal cords, and bigger instruments play lower notes.
Try singing a high note. Your throat tightens up, making your vocal cords smaller. Smaller instrument gets higher notes.
Not try falsetto. The muscles in your throat tighten up even more and stop most of your vocal cord from moving at all. This leaves just a little bit on the edges that can still vibrate, and it’s so small it hits very high notes.
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