Music Minute Monday: The “David Rose” Face
Wondering why we channeled everyone’s favorite TV brother for this one? Believe it or not, one of his signature faces can help you hit higher notes in your falsetto, head voice, and whistle tone register!
David Rose is famous for MANY things (we’re fans), but one of our favorites is the faces that he makes. They’re actually incredibly helpful when it comes to vocal technique!
When you’re trying to hit higher notes in general, you need to create more space in your mouth for your voice. When you’re going in to your upper registers (head, falsetto, whistle), you need to create a different kind of space. Your higher notes are hitting coming out of your voice in a different way and therefore need to be placed differently in order to come out clearly.
The best way to do this is by lifting your soft palette, and sending those notes “above” the roof of your mouth. What I mean by that is, almost aiming for your nose but without getting nasal tones. (We are NOT mosquitos!)
How you accomplish that is by lifting your eyebrows (which, by nature, raise the soft palette), singing as close to an “ee” vowel as you can, and showing your teeth! Raising the soft palette creates almost a “lofted cathedral” affect in your mouth, giving the note more resonance, while the “ee” makes it easier to hit the higher registers, and finally, the “baring of the teeth”, gives your voice more room to get out of your mouth! Your teeth are basically a brick wall when it comes to your voice. Don’t get in your own way!
The end product of making this face is what has lovingly been dubbed “The David Rose Face.”
Shout out to Dan Levy for the inspiration behind this teachable moment, ha!
If you want to learn more about the “David Rose Face” or, are interested in learning more about the voice in general, shoot us an email! We’re happy to chat!