Can You Sing a HIGH C Without Straining? If you didn't answer yes to this question, don't be dismayed. The people that can are seldom born with the talent to sing high notes. They've simply put a lot of time and effort into training their voice. They've taken voice lessons.
What's Their Secret? The ability to control the three most important muscles used when singing - the vocalis, cricothyroid and adductor muscles.
How Can I Learn? By taking voice lessons and practicing exercises designed to give you control over the muscles used when singing. Example: Try moving the middle toe on your right foot without moving the others. Can't do it? That's becuase you don't know how to control the muscle that moves your toe, even though you know exactly where the muscle is and what you would like it to do. You were born with the ability to move the muscle, but because you haven't practiced moving it in the right way it won't respond. Your voice works in the same way. All of the notes you sing are created by the interaction of the vocalis, cricothyroid and adductor muscles. You might want to sing a HIGH C without straining, but becuase you haven't trained these muscles to work together the right way you can't do it. When you try and sing high notes you strain and all you get for your effort is a sore throat. However there is a way to learn to sing high notes without straining, yet at the same time producing a big sound more powerful than anything you've ever dreamed of.
How Do I Know This Works? Easy, just read or watch any of the testimonials on this page (below the tabs) and the testimonials you'll find by clicking on the Testimonials tab. Also, listening to some of the singers trained using this technique by clicking on the Audio Examples tab is a great way to see the results for yourself. Or listen to a male singer trained by Thomas Appell (Steve Mercado) singing a soprano HIGH C in full voice (not falsetto). The song playing when you opened this page was recorded by Sara Haze, a singer trained by Thomas Appell. Listen to 7 year old Sam Santiago singing "Don't Stop Believin" if you have any questions about how this works with kids.
Where Can I Learn? If you click on the Contact Information tab below you can call or email to set up an appointment for your first dynamic voice lesson. I'll teach you how to control your voice in a safe manner that will give you as much range and power as you're willing to work for. For more information about lessons click on the Vocal Coaching With Thomas Appell tab below. My training can make a life-changing difference in your voice.
Is There a Book That Explains How to Do It? Yes. I wrote the first book in history that explains how to extend the range of your voice, Can You Sing a HIGH C Without Straining? This book is intended for use as part of the vocal training program. You can find out more about the HIGH C book/CD/DVD package by clicking on the Can You Sing a HIGH C Without Straining? Voice Training System tab.
What's the risk? None. The introductory first lesson is FREE if you train at my Orange County studio. I'm so confident you'll think voice lessons here are great that I offer a 100% money-back guarantee if you're not completely satisfied with the quality of your first paid lesson.
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Featured Singer : Sara Haze's new song Beautiful Day is the song playing when you opened this page. "Thomas has helped me increase my range and my full voice has gained so much power. He is a great vocal coach and really cares about his students. I have seen so much improvement in myself and other students he works with." – Sara Hazeeeeeeeeeee
Sara Haze's album "The Ladder" was the winner in Music Connection Magazine's 2008 top 100 unsigned bands and artists best Overall CD Project in any category (tie with Jesse McCartney). Check out her website and go see her live. She's soo good! |
Sara Haze
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Been working with singers from the band SAOSIN . Vocal technique training with lead singer Cove Reber, bassist Chris Sorenson, and guitarists Beau Burchell and Justin Shekoski plus live performance coaching with Cove and Chris for their acoustic set. Helped Cove prepare for recording their new album, "In Search of Solid Ground," featuring the song,"Changing." Check out this album at Best Buy or itunes. Definitely worth adding to your collection. Their song "You're Not Alone" (one of my favorites) has more than 7,000,000 plays on their myspace page. |
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Noodles from The Offspring completed all 12 Fundamentals Series lessons. Increased full voice range by 7 notes after 2nd lesson. Next album Americana sold more than 10,000,000 copies. Includes songs Pretty Fly (for a white guy) and Why Don't You Get a Job. The band gave me credits in the album liner notes. |
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Chase McGuire 18 year old Singer from Orange County, CA.
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Click photo to enlarge "The difference between Thomas' lessons and other vocal teachers lessons is that I see that these exercises do pinpoint things in your songs that are really going to improve your voice. Your not doing 8 note exercises that other teachers do for blind reasons. You find out why you're doing them and you understand the exercise better to get the tone that you want to get out. I've been involved with other vocal teachers. I've been singing for the past 10 years and haven't come across something like this that took me to the next level. I highly recommend that you contact Thomas." |
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Click photo to enlarge "I've been working with Thomas for about a year and a half now. When I came to Thomas I didn't even know how to sing. I didn't know that I wanted to be a singer until probably a month before I contacted him. I noticed myself wanting to sing more and I couldn't sing and it really bothered me. I saw Thomas' website and I contacted him immediately. I've been working with him ever since. My voice has gone from zero to like a hundred and beyond and I have him to thank for it. He has all of the answers. He pulled out a voice in me that I didn't know I had." Neelam Michelow Video Testimonial - Neelam Performs "Across the Line." |
Neelam Michalow 18 year old singer from Mission Viejo, CA
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Click photo to enlarge "I saw your book, I ordered it, and I liked what I saw. I looked you up. I sent you an email and we arranged the lessons. I knew it was going to be good but this has blown away any expectations I had. This has just been so amazing. The first day I hit a tenor high C in full voice. Today (second day) I hit a soprano high C in falsetto which is really, really cool. If you're out there and you're thinking about whether you should come or not - you should come. You should come see Thomas."
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"I got an email from amazon.com recommending books I might be interested in and Thomas' book showed up. I ordered it and the very next day I was on the phone to Thomas, talking to him and I was just so blown away that I said, 'I've got to go down and see this guy.' There was no question about it. Within a few days I was on a plane. I got up at four in the morning, flew to California, walked off the plane exhausted (as you can imagine) and walked into the studio and we had our first lesson. In that first lesson he had me singing a C above soprano high C which was crazy and beyond my wildest dreams. It's been an amazing experience. Thomas is just such a wealth of knowledge and his understanding of the voice as an instrument is just incredible. It's surpassed my expectations of why I came and what I needed to do. Thomas has taught me a great deal in a very short time period. He brings it all together so you get the range, the quality of sound, the ease of production - everything you really need to know to sing well." |
Canadian Opera and Classical Singer
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Click photo to enlarge "When we started out I couldn't even sing in full voice at all. I didn't know why I didn't sound like other pop singers. My voice just always had that classical, musical theatre kind of sound. I had studied with some famous people (vocal coaches) but nobody really helped me till I came to you. It was within one or two lessons that I started to get it. It happened fast, it happened easily, there was no straining. It's just a really solid technique. You make me sound good." |
| Amanda Spencer Contemporary Music Worship Leader and Choir Director at the Crystal Cathedral |
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"Thomas taught Sam how to sing high notes without straining, how to sing with vibrato, and style. He's an awesome vocal coach." - Carmina Santiago (Sam's mom) Carmina Santiago Video Testimonial - Sam Sings Don't Stop Believin'" Carmina Santiago Video Testimonial - Sam Sings "Amazing Grace'" |
Sam Santiago 7 year old singer from Irvine, CA
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Click photo to enlarge "You just made it so easy. You made it make perfect sense for her. Within just a few months it was incredible - the change I could hear in her voice. I love the combination of vocal technique and your studio. Your studio is phenomenal. I brag about your studio all the time because when you go there it's state-of-the-art equipment so when you're recording their voice they get to hear right away what they would sound like if they were on the radio. I think that's really exciting and it helps motivate Katherine to want to do really well." - Erika Kerry (mother of Katherine Kerry) |
Erika & Katherine Kerry 10 year old singer from Coto de Caza, CA
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Click photo to enlarge "People are blown away by his voice. He can hit the high notes like it's no big deal. In front of 21,000 people at the Staples Center he just laid it out... when he came walking back he got a standing ovation. People that have seen the video are saying like, "I can't belive that voice is coming out of that body." He's got real control. It's been pretty amazing." -Bill Keller (Father of Caleb Keller) |
Caleb Keller 12 year old singer from Huntington Beach, CA |
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Click photo to enlarge Amazing video of Nikki singing one octave above soprano high C (C7) |
Nikki Efstathiou 16 year old singer from San Juan Capistrano, CA |
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Click photo to enlarge "I took the book Can You Sing a HIGH C Without Straining? and the CD you gave me from the first introductory lesson, I took it home... and I practiced and I found it (singing high notes using the HIGH C technique) and it feels amazing. It's very solid. Very comfortable. I feel no strain whatsoever." |
Gunita Singh 17 year old singer from Irvine, CA |
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Click photo to enlarge "We found your website, the testimonials and the songs to be fantastic. Training with you is my pleasure. I never ever drempt that I would cross the seven seas to the U.S. for my vocal training (Pawni flew 8,400 miles from India to train with Thomas for a month). I have increased my range by 8-10 notes of full voice. I really like my sound. My voice used to shake and it used to shrill and it never used to sound that good on high notes. Now after the vocal technique lessons I sound really nice and really rich and I can sing higher than I ever imagined with no straining. You are the best." Pawni was in the top 5 of Little Champ, India's version of American idol and was voted by the judges to be the most talented 16 year old singer in all of India.
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Pawni Pande 16 year old singer from Mumbai, India |
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Featured artist: Sara Haze
Song: Beautiful Day