unofficial video annotation: 0:15 intro & focus 0:44 how to define timbre 1:21 the timbre paradox 1:43 the personal nature of timbre 2:07 the setbacks of the timbre paradox 2:37 the relationship of timbre to rejection 3:42 the significance of reflecting on vocal insecurities 4:11 the difference between timbre and tone 4:33 the music genre metaphor for timbre vs. tone 4:42 the instrument metaphor for timbre vs. tone 5:28 the instrument metaphor summarizing the timbre-tone differentiation 5:36 the 3 vocal timbres 6:00 an elaboration on the defintion of timbre 6:46 the 3 dimensions of timbre 7:11 the process to analyze your timbre 8:22 the first dimenstion of vocal timbre is bright vs. dark 9:00 the second dimension of vocal timbre is clear vs. dull/smoky based on how closed your chords are 9:46 the third dimension of vocal timbre is heaviness vs. lightness/thinness 10:10 the demonstration of brassiness 12:00 the demonstration of flute-i-ness 12:30 the description of huskiness 13:11 a summary of the terms 13:29 the vocal challenge of each type 14:36 timbre in speaking vs. singing 15:07 the importance of accepting your vocal timbre 16:56 how to deepen your understanding of your timbre
Interesting video. I'm wondering if you can possibly give some sound snippets of other people speaking or singing, as examples of different timbre. Then I could listen to their voices and then my own and see which one is the closest match to my own? Or perhaps you could name some various songs and singers of those songs as examples of the various timbres?
Omg, what a gift you have, - how lucky you are! I’m not a singer per se, and when I hear my speaking voice recorded, all I hear a drone…. and I cringe.
Super informative, thank you! I've learned to embrace my dark, heavy and brassy voice. My speaking voice is often quite breathy, but it's less noticeable when I'm singing.
Wow - interesting! This is a surprise! My father used to talk about voice timbre when I was a kid, and I’ve never known what quality he was talking about, til now, 60 years later. Going by this video, I must be the second one, because I’m not flutey or husky. I’m dark and dull, and when I sing, it’s what I call a ‘minor’ voice. Like Elvis’s voice. Though I’m female. Maybe that’s the dark you speak of? You blew me away in this video because of something you said, about styles……. I’d just written about finding my art style, having tried various styles and media over the years. - I paint ultra realism, and find it relatively easy, but I also love and want to play with abstract and loose. How to combine ultra realism and abstract!? Your singing analogy here, is so en pointe, I’ve Saced to video, and emailed it to myself as well. Thankyou.
@@WideCuriosity - You know what? I’ve actually tried to edit my comments but it just won’t work for me! I don‘t know if it’s because I use an iPad, but I have tried hundreds of times, and it’s like the ‘Edit’ link is dead. Nothing…. What am I missing?
I actually like my voice when my technique is on point, but I sometimes wish I could sound edgier and better suited to rock music - more energetic, I guess. Instead it's dark, heavy, a little smoky, and makes everything sound like a lullaby.
Your voice can still be suited to rock. Amy Lee from Evanescence is an example of a smoother timbre in rock music. Her voice isn't "edgy" compared to other vocalists, but it's really suited to rock ballads and might have that "lullaby" quality you describe your voice as having. She can still belt and sound more energetic, so maybe her voice is less dark, but it's got a haunting, less punchy aspect to it that makes her stand out.
This was very enlightening. Apparently I have a brassy voice and I think I've been fighting against it for so long that I haven't been progressing as quickly as I would like. I love your voice so maybe I'll try to embrace my timbre instead of being so scared of it!
I have 2 different good pieces of text (for "read it like a list") that can help identify you (although they're more commonly used for accents): The Rainbow Passage (yes, that's what it's called) and (by Int'l Dialects of English Archive) "Comma Gets a Cure," although both are just read normally. Using the first half-paragraph (the paragraphs may seem shorter than they are), I found my voice is: Husky (but not as much so as Johanssen- I tested it against "Trust In Me") On the clearer side Relatively heavy On the darker side In retrospect, a lot of this makes sense: l've been singing "That's My Story (And I'm Sticking To It)" a lot recently and I noticed my voice sounds somewhat similar to his, although his is slightly more brassy.
I think what I can’t stand the most about my voice is how heavy it is. It tends to become very hard to sing what I would consider high notes for my voice type so anything from a B3-E4 that’s where it’s the hardest to sing. I feel like it can be a bit difficult to sing these happier songs due to the depth and deepness of my voice so I’d say I’m a husky voice with a dark sound with a slight warmth to my voice and it’s heavy
So my voice is very heavy I’m a male with a relatively deep voice it’s definitely dark and I can hear that darkness and depth in my low notes and my mid belts although I do have to lighten my sound so that I’m not adding unnecessary tension on my vocal cords but my voice is very clear I don’t have a breathy sound nor do I think I sound brassy so I might be a huskier singer with clarity to my voice.
@@Lamberto-uw5il I am currently working on my vocal technique. And I have no choice but to make my belts lighter if I kept bringing the weight up with me I’d be adding such unnecessary pressure and tension on the vocal folds.
@@Lamberto-uw5il I feel like ik so much about my voice I know my weak points my best parts and ect. I’m very comfortable D#2-C4 and that’s good for me due to my lack of training 😭😭
Finally, some classification instead just abstract word timbre. Thank you for this. As I understood, the same person speaking and singing timbre is the same one definition and speaking and singing could not be two different timbres? Same person voice can be both light and dark and not just one type? Then why in opera there is either light or dark voice categories? Is there could be that timbres of false chords also have at least few categories? Is my voice husky or brassy? Is that considered light or dark? Am I right that this could be an example of brassy and light voice: th-cam.com/video/d6nnMoMhBlw/w-d-xo.html ?
Bad/lazy speaking habits can create a voice that's stuck back in the throat. I've trained my voice to sit more forward and bright. It takes time but you shouldn't accept a husky, swallowed tone as something natural. It's fatiguing and unhealthy.
unofficial video annotation:
0:15 intro & focus
0:44 how to define timbre
1:21 the timbre paradox
1:43 the personal nature of timbre
2:07 the setbacks of the timbre paradox
2:37 the relationship of timbre to rejection
3:42 the significance of reflecting on vocal insecurities
4:11 the difference between timbre and tone
4:33 the music genre metaphor for timbre vs. tone
4:42 the instrument metaphor for timbre vs. tone
5:28 the instrument metaphor summarizing the timbre-tone differentiation
5:36 the 3 vocal timbres
6:00 an elaboration on the defintion of timbre
6:46 the 3 dimensions of timbre
7:11 the process to analyze your timbre
8:22 the first dimenstion of vocal timbre is bright vs. dark
9:00 the second dimension of vocal timbre is clear vs. dull/smoky based on how closed your chords are
9:46 the third dimension of vocal timbre is heaviness vs. lightness/thinness
10:10 the demonstration of brassiness
12:00 the demonstration of flute-i-ness
12:30 the description of huskiness
13:11 a summary of the terms
13:29 the vocal challenge of each type
14:36 timbre in speaking vs. singing
15:07 the importance of accepting your vocal timbre
16:56 how to deepen your understanding of your timbre
Every time I watch you I have a breakthrough ✨ Truly! Your wisdom about sound is such a gift to us!!! ❤️❤️
This lesson is very timely and relevant to me Im in the middle of a singing competition right now but lack knowledge about singing.
I still can’t figure it out. Anyone have examples of the different timbres? Particularly in speaking? 🤔
Interesting video. I'm wondering if you can possibly give some sound snippets of other people speaking or singing, as examples of different timbre. Then I could listen to their voices and then my own and see which one is the closest match to my own? Or perhaps you could name some various songs and singers of those songs as examples of the various timbres?
I love my voice timber it carries so much emotion that even I don’t know where it is coming from. Sometimes it makes me cry.
Omg, what a gift you have, - how lucky you are! I’m not a singer per se, and when I hear my speaking voice recorded, all I hear a drone…. and I cringe.
Mine feels like an 80's pop star but like for the lower notes
Super informative, thank you! I've learned to embrace my dark, heavy and brassy voice. My speaking voice is often quite breathy, but it's less noticeable when I'm singing.
This gave me a lot of clarity.. thank you ☺️
Wow - interesting! This is a surprise! My father used to talk about voice timbre when I was a kid, and I’ve never known what quality he was talking about, til now, 60 years later. Going by this video, I must be the second one, because I’m not flutey or husky. I’m dark and dull, and when I sing, it’s what I call a ‘minor’ voice. Like Elvis’s voice. Though I’m female. Maybe that’s the dark you speak of? You blew me away in this video because of something you said, about styles……. I’d just written about finding my art style, having tried various styles and media over the years. - I paint ultra realism, and find it relatively easy, but I also love and want to play with abstract and loose. How to combine ultra realism and abstract!? Your singing analogy here, is so en pointe, I’ve Saced to video, and emailed it to myself as well. Thankyou.
… Saved ….
I'd guessed anyway.
But alternatively you can simply edit your original post.
@@WideCuriosity - You know what? I’ve actually tried to edit my comments but it just won’t work for me! I don‘t know if it’s because I use an iPad, but I have tried hundreds of times, and it’s like the ‘Edit’ link is dead. Nothing…. What am I missing?
This was a great video. I had no idea what timbre was. Thank you so much. I will try reading and recording my voice. Have a blessed day.❤
thank you madeleine
Incredible video! Your explanations made a lot of sense to me and helped me identify with my brassyness haha
I actually like my voice when my technique is on point, but I sometimes wish I could sound edgier and better suited to rock music - more energetic, I guess. Instead it's dark, heavy, a little smoky, and makes everything sound like a lullaby.
Your voice can still be suited to rock. Amy Lee from Evanescence is an example of a smoother timbre in rock music. Her voice isn't "edgy" compared to other vocalists, but it's really suited to rock ballads and might have that "lullaby" quality you describe your voice as having. She can still belt and sound more energetic, so maybe her voice is less dark, but it's got a haunting, less punchy aspect to it that makes her stand out.
This was very enlightening. Apparently I have a brassy voice and I think I've been fighting against it for so long that I haven't been progressing as quickly as I would like. I love your voice so maybe I'll try to embrace my timbre instead of being so scared of it!
Really helpful ty
Bright clear and heavy
Need a video on broken ribs and singing.
If you are husky alto how do i bring out the best in me
Light, bright and on the dull side. I naturally sound a little nasal as well. I'm not sure of which type I am.
I have 2 different good pieces of text (for "read it like a list") that can help identify you (although they're more commonly used for accents): The Rainbow Passage (yes, that's what it's called) and (by Int'l Dialects of English Archive) "Comma Gets a Cure," although both are just read normally. Using the first half-paragraph (the paragraphs may seem shorter than they are), I found my voice is:
Husky (but not as much so as Johanssen- I tested it against "Trust In Me")
On the clearer side
Relatively heavy
On the darker side
In retrospect, a lot of this makes sense: l've been singing "That's My Story (And I'm Sticking To It)" a lot recently and I noticed my voice sounds somewhat similar to his, although his is slightly more brassy.
I become brassier as I go up in pitch... I really like my voice in its lower range and as I go up in pitch not so much!
I think what I can’t stand the most about my voice is how heavy it is. It tends to become very hard to sing what I would consider high notes for my voice type so anything from a B3-E4 that’s where it’s the hardest to sing. I feel like it can be a bit difficult to sing these happier songs due to the depth and deepness of my voice so I’d say I’m a husky voice with a dark sound with a slight warmth to my voice and it’s heavy
I want more power and stability in my voice.
So my voice is very heavy I’m a male with a relatively deep voice it’s definitely dark and I can hear that darkness and depth in my low notes and my mid belts although I do have to lighten my sound so that I’m not adding unnecessary tension on my vocal cords but my voice is very clear I don’t have a breathy sound nor do I think I sound brassy so I might be a huskier singer with clarity to my voice.
We have the same voice I guess but you should undergo more lesson to discover more about your sound
@@Lamberto-uw5il I am currently working on my vocal technique. And I have no choice but to make my belts lighter if I kept bringing the weight up with me I’d be adding such unnecessary pressure and tension on the vocal folds.
@@Lamberto-uw5il I feel like ik so much about my voice I know my weak points my best parts and ect. I’m very comfortable D#2-C4 and that’s good for me due to my lack of training 😭😭
Finally, some classification instead just abstract word timbre. Thank you for this.
As I understood, the same person speaking and singing timbre is the same one definition and speaking and singing could not be two different timbres? Same person voice can be both light and dark and not just one type? Then why in opera there is either light or dark voice categories?
Is there could be that timbres of false chords also have at least few categories?
Is my voice husky or brassy? Is that considered light or dark? Am I right that this could be an example of brassy and light voice: th-cam.com/video/d6nnMoMhBlw/w-d-xo.html ?
my voice gets really like thin sounding
My voice is like MJ but very brighter than his (my voice sounds very young so i choosed to sing little MJ.)
I like my voice but i get the annoying voice thing lol
Bad/lazy speaking habits can create a voice that's stuck back in the throat. I've trained my voice to sit more forward and bright. It takes time but you shouldn't accept a husky, swallowed tone as something natural. It's fatiguing and unhealthy.
What if an artist decides to Bruce Lee the shit and combines singing with voice acting? Now they have a bunch of different timbres.
Are you Irish?