This single videos is 1000x better than those $300 'vocal academy' packages that just spins ya in a loop, and are glorified ads to sell other products.
Hi Arden, I am a middle school music teacher and I sometimes share your videos with my chorus students. You have such a clear way of explaining some tough concepts and I appreciate them hearing technique related concepts from someone other than me. At some point, I would love to see a video from you with your basic warm up routine and how you modify based on your singers’ needs. Thanks for making these videos!
Hi Arden. This is totally true, cause I have experienced a lot of tension when singing. Mainly, when singing in public. My muscles just block and I cannot singing freely. It is part technical and part emotional. I am worried about what the people think about my voice, if I am doing good or not, so all these things disturb me.
I've always had strain on my voice even when talking... once I became less anxious and started walking straight my voice became more stable. I still have strain but it's definitely alot better.
Echoing what others have said, the clearest advice I’ve found on youtube. I’m a beginner with exactly this problem (along with a few more besides!). Thank you
I am so mad I just found your channel today. I found it just yesterday and I already love it. I wish I found your channel a long time ago. I wasted so so much Time on other videos but I am so thankful for you.
I know im asking randomly but does anybody know a tool to get back into an instagram account..? I was dumb forgot the password. I would appreciate any assistance you can give me!
@Krew Ashton I really appreciate your reply. I got to the site thru google and I'm waiting for the hacking stuff now. Seems to take quite some time so I will get back to you later with my results.
You're the first vocal teacher on TH-cam I've found who teaches about the connection between emotions, tension, and performance. So valuable, thank you. I'm going to explore the rest of your channel for more on this now.
Hey there J-Ryze, this is what we do with pro singers and aspiring pro singers all day everyday. For most of you, the issues you experience in your singing and music careers are a thinking problem, not a singing problem because the body can't do what the brain is sabotaging. Check out this masterclass I did because I think it will give you some perspective on how we do this, and if you resonate, definitely book a call with me. webinar.ardenkaywinvocalstudio.com/s/nR2MHP
Thank you, for your wonderful, clear understanding to support air for sound. I also have tension in my throat sometimes.How wonderful that you are guiding people into understanding the way thoughts can interfere. I speak to myself as I sing and remind myself I can do this easily. This helps me relax. The most profound thing to help me, is to drop into my heart and out of my ego and my throat opens up.
I personally just focus on the feeling in my cords at all times. Whenever the cords grow even a bit stiff your voice is no longer functioning as much as a vibrating instrument and more as a stiff valve for the air. I don’t believe in focusing on breathing but rather learn how to breathe so the cords are relaxed, and then get the mind out of the way of breathing. Breathing is too natural to be tampered with. Focus on the feeling under the cords and tensions all remove themselves in the tongue jaw etc. it’s the freedom of the cords that we are after, and even reverse engineer correct breathing at rest and during singing. The cords should be flexible and supple and not stiff. Learn the feeling of stiff cords (the cords themselves grow stiff to help resist the air by the vocalis muscle but then you lose any semblance of good vocal technique, vibrato resonance range agility etc). To sing loud the thyroarytenoids flex which recruits more mass into the vibration which serves to intensify all Harmonics and also provides more resistance to the air. (Chest voice). This can be done while the cords still remain non rigid. Trying to sing loud when you have tension exactly like you explain is a futile battle of bad technique and eventually vocal damage
Thank you so much for those kinds words. I'm so glad my teaching is resonating with you! Since you're digging this, come join my free Virtual Voice Studio (if you haven't already). You'll get more technique tips, tools and motivational content like this bi-weekly straight to your inbox 😍 bit.ly/2orWYam
Dear extraordinary teacher; I'm so glad to find your videos. It is not easy getting rid off from " vicious" . Please one question...in order to " wider" the so called " upper vocal cavity boveda" there are exercices like saying " ja..or ya...or ...or .." drilling" the upper palatto; in fact I did a lot and in fact... I did wider my " boveda"and obtained better " acutes"; but I wonder if in the future the " tangue" can get to the back easily ; for instant, while slepping and face the impossibility to breathe ..suffering 7:427:42 a kind of " aphnea, even "dieing" from .. soffocation, for example. May be it is a silly question, but I wonder a lot of, thanks in advance. l
My vocal coach years ago told me to flax my abs every time I sing to help me not strain my voice, every time I feel strain in my throat I try extra hard to breathe more with my diaphragm and tighten my abdomen for “control” if this is true this could potentially change the whole way I sing lol
For those of you looking to feel some relief from the tension and strain you feel when you sing, check this out: th-cam.com/video/wQLBE23RquM/w-d-xo.html It's a FREE guided meditation specifically designed for singers to help with tension strain.
Big reason for tension is improper warm up. People just want to get right into it and sing at their normal key. Be patient and do your warm up exercises, if you don't want to do that then begin singing your songs 3 semitones lower than usual. This will avoid tension and will activate correct breathing technique. Once you warm up and we all know how that feels then your golden. Yes its that simple, don't become your own worst enemy and overthink it. Have fun.
Thanks for weighing in Kaneio. And while a warm up is SUPER important, with all due respect, singing your song 3 steps lower does not activate proper breathing technique. If you've got inefficient breath support, it's gonna show up wherever you are in your range. The reason for tension is not an improper warm up, it's inefficient support. The tension is showing up in certain places in your body because that part of your body is coming in to compensate for the lack of proper supper being activated where it should be. So until you're supporting your sound with your lower support in the most consistent and steady way, the tension will unfortunately continue to show up.No amount of warm up can solve that unless you've been taught proper breath support and THAT efficient support is what you're warming up. Hope this is clarifying for you.
@@ArdenKaywinVocalStudio Singing 3 semitones lower does help activate my breathing. I sing four hours a day without tension. I know your hunting for clients and I respect that but at the end of the day it's all about how many hours you practice, if you put the time in you will get the results. 30 minutes a day is not going to make you a great singer no matter the teacher. YOu must put the hours in, The best singers put the most hours singing. As soon as I started putting the hours in I noticed an immediate difference, tension gone and higher range. When I say immediate I mean a couple of days.
@@kanelo7046 I'm gonna respectfully disagree with you here (and I appreciate the discussion and differences of opinion). If I've learned anything in my 25yrs of experience healing singer's voices from all kinds of tension, strain and vocal injury it's this - it's not about working harder (how many hours of practice), it's about working smarter. And when a singer learns how to leverage mind and body together, you don't need to practice many hours a day to get the result because each practice is more powerful and efficient in creating the kind of lasting muscle memory needed for massive improvement and results.
YOU ARE LITERALLY THE BEST VOCAL TEACHER EVER. 💞💞💞💞💞💞
This single videos is 1000x better than those $300 'vocal academy' packages that just spins ya in a loop, and are glorified ads to sell other products.
3 videos in and I’ve already understand more about singing then I’ve had watching other TH-cam videos. You’re way of explaining makes so much sense !
Mentioning the emotional component to tension is something rarely encountered in the world of vocal coaching. Much respect.
Hi Arden, I am a middle school music teacher and I sometimes share your videos with my chorus students. You have such a clear way of explaining some tough concepts and I appreciate them hearing technique related concepts from someone other than me. At some point, I would love to see a video from you with your basic warm up routine and how you modify based on your singers’ needs. Thanks for making these videos!
Her vids need more exposure!
Hi Arden. This is totally true, cause I have experienced a lot of tension when singing. Mainly, when singing in public. My muscles just block and I cannot singing freely. It is part technical and part emotional. I am worried about what the people think about my voice, if I am doing good or not, so all these things disturb me.
So true! Excellent video Arden ❤
Arden is the Best teacher. Her videos are invaluable. Her work needs more attention.
I've always had strain on my voice even when talking... once I became less anxious and started walking straight my voice became more stable. I still have strain but it's definitely alot better.
Thank you Arden! Really. Very articulate!
Some of the best advice I’ve heard. Thank you!
This is really helpful. Thanks. "Compare and despair" - I'll be using that as a reminder!
Such a wonderful channel with a great and clear explanations!
You're awesome!
Arden is the best I’ve ever heard. Thank you, Arden Kaywin
My goodness you are the treasure of the singing techniques.
May God bless you, you are the best teacher in the world.
Echoing what others have said, the clearest advice I’ve found on youtube. I’m a beginner with exactly this problem (along with a few more besides!). Thank you
Very precise explanation, thanks God i found this page!
Omg ! Great informations and wonderful explaining ! İ like you a lot !!! Thank you ❣️❣️❣️❣️
I am so mad I just found your channel today. I found it just yesterday and I already love it. I wish I found your channel a long time ago. I wasted so so much Time on other videos but I am so thankful for you.
You are the only one who can make it so clear! Not many teachers can do so even they tried so hard, Thank you for sharing with us!
This is the best explanation of vocal tension I have yet to watch! You're amazing. Thanks so much for your valuable insight :)
Thanks so much for those kind words Zachary. So glad it's helping you!
I know im asking randomly but does anybody know a tool to get back into an instagram account..?
I was dumb forgot the password. I would appreciate any assistance you can give me!
@Kade Keenan instablaster :)
@Krew Ashton I really appreciate your reply. I got to the site thru google and I'm waiting for the hacking stuff now.
Seems to take quite some time so I will get back to you later with my results.
@Krew Ashton It did the trick and I finally got access to my account again. I am so happy!
Thanks so much, you really help me out!
Your marvellous teacher
You're the first vocal teacher on TH-cam I've found who teaches about the connection between emotions, tension, and performance. So valuable, thank you. I'm going to explore the rest of your channel for more on this now.
Hey there J-Ryze, this is what we do with pro singers and aspiring pro singers all day everyday. For most of you, the issues you experience in your singing and music careers are a thinking problem, not a singing problem because the body can't do what the brain is sabotaging. Check out this masterclass I did because I think it will give you some perspective on how we do this, and if you resonate, definitely book a call with me. webinar.ardenkaywinvocalstudio.com/s/nR2MHP
Thank you so much😆
Eye opening video!
Thank you, for your wonderful, clear understanding to support air for sound. I also have tension in my throat sometimes.How wonderful that you are guiding people into understanding the way thoughts can interfere. I speak to myself as I sing and remind myself I can do this easily. This helps me relax. The most profound thing to help me, is to drop into my heart and out of my ego and my throat opens up.
This is really helpful.
I personally just focus on the feeling in my cords at all times. Whenever the cords grow even a bit stiff your voice is no longer functioning as much as a vibrating instrument and more as a stiff valve for the air. I don’t believe in focusing on breathing but rather learn how to breathe so the cords are relaxed, and then get the mind out of the way of breathing. Breathing is too natural to be tampered with. Focus on the feeling under the cords and tensions all remove themselves in the tongue jaw etc. it’s the freedom of the cords that we are after, and even reverse engineer correct breathing at rest and during singing. The cords should be flexible and supple and not stiff. Learn the feeling of stiff cords (the cords themselves grow stiff to help resist the air by the vocalis muscle but then you lose any semblance of good vocal technique, vibrato resonance range agility etc). To sing loud the thyroarytenoids flex which recruits more mass into the vibration which serves to intensify all Harmonics and also provides more resistance to the air. (Chest voice). This can be done while the cords still remain non rigid. Trying to sing loud when you have tension exactly like you explain is a futile battle of bad technique and eventually vocal damage
Do you have any particular exercise that will focus in on what your saying?
Damn your pretty knowledgable. I didnt know that strain makes a singer unable to sing with vibrato and other techniques.
Underrated 👏
You definitely deserve more subs
Ah! Lightbulb moment!!!
Thanks...🙏❤️
Luv u 🥰 many many times 🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳
Best video support
HalaluYaH! Wow ! Best video ever on support when singing ❗️❗️❗️ I appreciate the simplicity . Keep up the great work
Thank you so much for those kinds words. I'm so glad my teaching is resonating with you! Since you're digging this, come join my free Virtual Voice Studio (if you haven't already). You'll get more technique tips, tools and motivational content like this bi-weekly straight to your inbox 😍 bit.ly/2orWYam
Support is, stability
Dear extraordinary teacher; I'm so glad to find your videos. It is not easy getting rid off from " vicious" .
Please one question...in order to " wider" the so called " upper vocal cavity boveda" there are exercices like saying " ja..or ya...or ...or .." drilling" the upper palatto; in fact I did a lot and in fact... I did wider my " boveda"and obtained better " acutes"; but I wonder if in the future the
" tangue" can get to the back easily ; for instant, while slepping and face the impossibility to breathe ..suffering 7:42 7:42 a kind of " aphnea, even "dieing" from .. soffocation, for example.
May be it is a silly question, but I wonder a lot of, thanks in advance.
l
Please respond , I have tensions even when I'm not singing, the tension go away when i lie dowm but when I stand up it comes back 😭😭😭😭😭
My vocal coach years ago told me to flax my abs every time I sing to help me not strain my voice, every time I feel strain in my throat I try extra hard to breathe more with my diaphragm and tighten my abdomen for “control”
if this is true this could potentially change the whole way I sing lol
For those of you looking to feel some relief from the tension and strain you feel when you sing, check this out: th-cam.com/video/wQLBE23RquM/w-d-xo.html
It's a FREE guided meditation specifically designed for singers to help with tension strain.
Hi mam thank you for this vedio,,how about acid reflux? Is this also the reason why so much tension happen in our neck specially in the high notes?
I don't have this all the time. May be there isore to it than just a wrong habit when singing. I always feel like my uvula is constraining me
I have a tension when singing can you teach me how to undo it thank you :)
hi I have a song on youtube call a place in my heart I wont to know if I am sing with tension and what key am I singing in
Hi! To me the first reason of pushing is being stuck in chest voice and not mixing. Am I right?
Flexing and contracting is actually the same
Big reason for tension is improper warm up. People just want to get right into it and sing at their normal key. Be patient and do your warm up exercises, if you don't want to do that then begin singing your songs 3 semitones lower than usual. This will avoid tension and will activate correct breathing technique. Once you warm up and we all know how that feels then your golden. Yes its that simple, don't become your own worst enemy and overthink it.
Have fun.
Thanks for weighing in Kaneio. And while a warm up is SUPER important, with all due respect, singing your song 3 steps lower does not activate proper breathing technique. If you've got inefficient breath support, it's gonna show up wherever you are in your range. The reason for tension is not an improper warm up, it's inefficient support. The tension is showing up in certain places in your body because that part of your body is coming in to compensate for the lack of proper supper being activated where it should be. So until you're supporting your sound with your lower support in the most consistent and steady way, the tension will unfortunately continue to show up.No amount of warm up can solve that unless you've been taught proper breath support and THAT efficient support is what you're warming up. Hope this is clarifying for you.
@@ArdenKaywinVocalStudio Singing 3 semitones lower does help activate my breathing. I sing four hours a day without tension. I know your hunting for clients and I respect that but at the end of the day it's all about how many hours you practice, if you put the time in you will get the results. 30 minutes a day is not going to make you a great singer no matter the teacher. YOu must put the hours in, The best singers put the most hours singing. As soon as I started putting the hours in I noticed an immediate difference, tension gone and higher range. When I say immediate I mean a couple of days.
@@kanelo7046 I'm gonna respectfully disagree with you here (and I appreciate the discussion and differences of opinion). If I've learned anything in my 25yrs of experience healing singer's voices from all kinds of tension, strain and vocal injury it's this - it's not about working harder (how many hours of practice), it's about working smarter. And when a singer learns how to leverage mind and body together, you don't need to practice many hours a day to get the result because each practice is more powerful and efficient in creating the kind of lasting muscle memory needed for massive improvement and results.
Do you have videos about speaking voice? 🙄
But in your way the voice goes weak