Singing question -- Phantom of the Opera/ head voice?

No no no no no. You are clearly a soprano by your description and should be using primarily your head voice. It is NOT! like a guy's falsetto. It ALWAYS counts into your range. And haven't you noticed that Christine sings in her head voice? a GOOD, STRONG head voice (except for the movie, that was a weak, thin head voice, don't listen to her, find clips of broadway/national tour/west end Christines). Head voice is actually more of real singing than chest voice. It is much more difficult to have a nice, controlled, strong head voice than a belt, unless you're lucky and were born a soprano. You're just so used to hearing pop stars only belting and, when they do use head voice, it's VERY weak because their head voices either suck, or they're just doing a pop-style head voice, which is very weak. And then there are the idiots who call those weak head voices falsetto.

Tell me, would you consider this not real singing? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U5liuHR6wug

Or http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tHUiqTPxQP4 (starting at about 4:30)

I'd love to hear someone go to an opera singer and tell them that they aren't really singing because they're using "falsetto" and see the reaction of the opera singer.

Oh and to the guy who said to learn "real singing" and gave you the link, she's singing in head voice, that guy's just an idiot...

Does that answer your question?

Your head voice is only part of your voice. You should have three main parts: chest, mixed, and head. Any one can use all three parts of their voice. Chest voice is the lowest range, on females usually from an F below middle C to an F above middle C. Mixed voice is the "in-between" voice range, usually about a G above middle C to high C. Head voice is the upper range, usually every note after mixed voice. You can bring chest voice up or head voice down, but it isn't very healthy for your voice. You also have a falsetto or whistle voice, but that's EXTREMELY high, so no real need to worry.

Your vocal range is any note that you can sing. All notes are of use to a singer, as long as you are singing properly. When singing, the tone is "focused" at a specific point: cheeks, nose, forehead, etc. The placement of the tone is really what determines the voice used. If it is a dark, low, almost speaking tone, then you are probably using chest voice. If it is high, light (sometimes airy), focused through the forehead (raising the eyebrows), you are probably using head voice. Anything in between these two is a mixed voice.

Truthfully, what voice you use doesn't matter all that much. Its HOW you use it. If you can sing properly (good breath support, posture, etc etc), then no one will care or even notice. However, if you can't, then you might want to get a voice teacher (or chorus teacher) to help you develop your voice.

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head voice?....i don't know who your singing teacher is?....but he/she doesn't know his/her asse from a hole in the wall !!

you need to get your vocal chords trained properly....you need to take REAL lessons from a REAL singer !!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SKhmFSV-XB0

singing like this takes YEARS of hard work.....you can't sing like this with only 3 weeks of training?

i seriously recommend getting someone who knows what the hell he/she is doing