After 4 months, this exercise has made me able to: Sustain headvoice notes down at G3 Sustain headvoice notes up at A5 Mix from E3-F#5(sometimes even G5)
Wow sir! You have just so eloquently explained what I have been trying to achieve for my voice all this time! Just wow sir! You are simply AMAZING!!!!!
@@kentamplin brother am I right?: If I warm up head-register head isolated sounds or head-mixed, then lower register singing sound weak at singing if we didn't warmed it up, and the opposite. It looks like we should go full registers workout in light mode and then go sing our songs etc. right? And how far should I try for example descend head voice isolated and go up with chest. I want to learn sing all styles, not stick to some one. Right now learning to build power and control into clean sound. Explored that not the highest notes are hardest, but the middle, where we connect chest-head resonating, there are lack of power at the start I see.
Very interesting. Just found Ken last night whilst watching reaction videos. I was half trained as a dramatic tenor opera singer. I have never been able to sing anything other than operatic, fully supported, full voice, covered vowels, full vibrato. I did not know that rock singers used what I might think of a supported falsetto. Ive just practiced and I can do it, just got to get the transition from chest to falsetto smoother. This is a revelation. Thanks so much. Think Ill have to persuade my wife that your course would be a good investment.
A stellar video as always man! I have been on your course for a couple years (all 5 modules) and it has significantly helped my voice, including one big thing I had a problem with with my voice being tight and shredding it by the end of a night or day of singing!
I first started watching these videos because I couldn’t help myself from watching Gabriela guncikova sing ‘Man in The Box’. However I think Ken is the man for people who want to sing rock and metal. His explanation has liberated my mind to start to learn how I always wanted to. I’m too poor to afford his course. However, the TH-cam videos are a big help!
Thanks for the kind words, J B! I'm glad you're here! Not only is my teaching appropriate for rock and metal, I have students who excel in country, pop, R and B, you name it. Yes, this is the way for us all to learn to sing like we always wanted to, but thought it wasn't possible!
THANKS KEN! You're great man. I have your singing course and have recommended it to others. Keep up the great work and support. Thank you again for helping beginners like myself.
I've found that when you shape the vowels just right, the sound projects from your mouth rather effortlessly and takes care of the volume and the pitch. This in tandem with with the right tongue placement, it creates those pingy overtones which also boost the volume naturally.
One major thing that made Steve Perry "The voice" light vowels allowed him to have less strain. I'm not saying this was the entire reason, but it definitely helps
Ken Tamplin Vocal Academy Your welcome Ken! Love these scholarly vids! Einstein said “If you can’t explain something simply, you don’t know it well enough”. You always explain things in alignment with this! Talent on loc! Thank you! 🤘🏻😎🤘🏻
Ties right in with the current 2 tunes Im working on..The technique of getting that "blend" is gonna be key for the broad range these tunes require. My chest and head fight like crazy (depending on the vowel being used)...Probably need to revisit the vowel modifications video as well. Would have NEVER thought of doing these before finding your tutorials.Thanks for the lesson and the always enjoyed added commentary.
I've been trying to bridge the two together at really high belting chest notes going into the falsetto register. This makes so much sense you have to do it the other way round too to truly marry both! Thanks so much!
A great lesson. Very important tip at the end as I started head voice exercises and noticed my chest voice highest notes lost some consistency. Thanks a lot.
Best investment I ever made learning with KTVA. And no, I am not being paid to say that. In fact the proof is all here in his videos and his students. Just look around. I got in to some trouble a few years back from over singing. I thought the game was up. These techniques helped me grow my voice and now i can sing as strong at the end of night as i can at the start. Maybe even stronger. It's true. I can't thank this man enough.
Thanks so much for your kind words, Wayne. Folks, after doing my course, Wayne came back from his earlier vocal setbacks and has had club owners ask for his business card to hand out to their club owner friends, based on his rockin' vocals. That's how big of a turnaround Wayne had in his singing... From my HOME COURSE, just learning how it's really done. Thank you for stepping forward and telling the truth, Wayne. You know, from personal experience, that my course works. You ROCK, dude!
Ken Tamplin Vocal Academy Yes the home course alone is worth its weight in gold. Another thing I must add. Even for someone like me that has only done the home course I am still treated with the same respect and time. The forums on KTVA are awesome too. A great community who all genuinely care. Don't expect to change overnight. But do expect to continually grow month to month. If you are serious about your voice I promise you won't have any regrets.
I think it is just amazing how much you know about Music. I wouldn't need you to prove me that you are a vocal coach, just because i can feel that you have had a lot of experience. You are doing a great job grandpa Ken XD.
Hi. Just hi to you. Ok 💜🤙💜 I know when this was published, but it's always been One of my fav's. Take care! You're on my mind, like others I care so much about! 🎻💕🎻
Really good class Ken! It is hard for me to pass to falsetto voice without ''breaking" the timber. Maybe this exercise that you showed us can help me with the passaggio! God bless you!
Applejinx, you're right. These TH-cam videos only give me enough time to scratch the surface. My home course is so in-depth by comparison, and you get to have access to feedback on your vocal progress in the student areas of my singers forums. And yes, skype and in-person one-on-one lessons are even more in-depth. KenTamplinVocalAcademy.com/
Hi Ken. First: I really love your channel!!!! Second: I personally learned a whole "damn" lot from all your instruction video's and I can now teach my daughters the exact same thing, because of your way of teaching and I also daily show them your channel on their tablets. Third: Again you nailed it, thanks a lot for this instruction video.BTW: Loved your Pearl Jam and Brian Adams video :-) Lots of love from The Netherlands. Ronny
Blessings to you also!!! I'd also like to tell you, I've been feeling some kind of positive Stress Release within myself at times, as I've followed along, with your Awesome Samples of exercises!!! *to anyone else,, that might also read this,, my emphasis is,, "Sample of "🙋. Wow! I hope it is Ok to share my personal experiences about this. Thank You for your Generosity💗! Have a good one!
Janet, Most people who sing do so because it makes them feel so good. There is a form of stress release that happens when you let the voice inside of you come out and be heard. So you're just getting a little peek into what makes people who sing "tick".
Hello Ken :) can i give a suggestion of a video? can you do a How to Sing Opera? i'd love if you explain how to go from belting, rock singing to the operatic singing :D thank you very much
Is this what Chris Cornell did? I thought he sang Mostly in his chest voice, but he must have blended it? I can hear a similarity in resonance here. Really cool lesson. Maybe one day I will be able to afford your course.
Yeah it really felt weird trying to maintain head voice on those lower notes since I've primarily been focusing on stretching my chest voice. Personally, similar to what Ken said, I would prioritize building chest as opposed to head voice if you want to go for a more rock style singing, because from my experience when building chest I have to renegotiate with the passaggio and my vowel modifications. Good videos as always Ken, keep rocking!
Thanks Ken I was doing chest voice exercises after that immediately head voice exercises and yes I felt my voice becoming weaker ( my throat felt tired) nice advices good explanation , just make that Bryan Adams cover :D
The Vocal Lessons are Legit. Super. I have to Understand the Voice and the properway of Singing so we can add Emotions to it then it will be lit. Now that I Understand more I will keep Working to get Better...
Hey Ken, The Beatles and Paul McCartney and John Lennon are probably the most influential musicians for the last half of the 20th Century and you can't help but sing along when you hear one of there songs either from the Beatles catalogue or their solo material. Imagine is a song that is so emotive and a definite favourite of mine. My favourite singer and biggest influence is Paul Stanley from KISS would love you doing one of these about him. Thanks mate
Not sure sure if you're still checking these posts, Ken, but here's a question: on a good day, I can hit E5 in my head voice. When you start way high up, like G# or G above that, should I just *try* to hit the note, even though I miss, in the hopes of stretching my capacity, or should I just wait 'til you get down into my practical range? Same question pertains to going up--in the vocal exercises for Lesson Two of your course, those 2 octave arpeggios go up to about A5, I think! Way, way out of my league. Anyway, thanks for all the education!
So, I've being flirting with singing and your lessons are amazing and invaluable. And dang, I'm a vocal fry machine when in my head voice register. It comes out naturally and without much stress or fatigue. Should I try and clean that out, or just join a hardrock or metal band? Lol. Giving up is not an option.
That sounds almost like composing of a bodybuilding workout program. First day this muscle, next the other muscle and so on. It's interesting, and i wander how i wander how i mist that all this years?✌🤙
I noticed the EE exercise you sang has a round tone. That was your voice without putting a rock n roll "whack" on it, and it sounds good and natural with a spoon shaped tongue - as apposed to the elevated, squeezed, white tone of the AH. As far a Opera - there are institutional fallacies that are taught as absolute truths - like "you sing FROM your diaphragm, PUT your voice in the MASK, Appoggio is the solution for the "passage", breathing low and holding," etc., are some examples...There is no falsetto in opera, and the B in Nessun Dorma is not a "reinforced belt" - It should be open throat, non muscular, balanced resonance, relaxed, tone that has a vibrato and builds as it flows. Of course there is air, but the diaphragm engages to assist, not as a pressurized air tank like you fill a balloon. There is TONE - and then there are all these Labeled terms that limit a voice. Bel Canto was about v o c a l l i n e - not muscled out high notes - it was sung with a smooth and moderate vocal weight using a full voice and a mixed voice that approached sometimes reinforced falsetto for the tenor. The high tones for an opera tenor are produced with an open, balanced, resonant voice. What you call head voice. Gigli, Schipa, Taglavini, In the female opera voice there is no belt or falsetto. Bel Canto is gone. Now it is Bocelli - zero resonance, and Kaufmann - depressed larynx and active cord riding. Enjoy you Vids, thanks
Unhealthy? No. Many vocalists have to sing sitting down. Drummers, some keyboard players, some in wheelchairs. If that is the case, they just have to work harder to control the support. In the case of paralysis, each case will be different. In some situations, depending on what part of the body is affected, it could be much harder. You can learn to sing well seated.
The exercise at 6:38.... I tried it on all the vowels. “Eh”, “ah”, “uh”, and “oh” seem to work fine and smooth. The long siren going up any of those also works. But on “ee” or “oo” there is a noticeable flip at A4 or G#4 depending on which scale. It’s a warble or crack. Likewise the sirens on those two vowels have the flip going up in that area. On the scale down it’s an easy fix by pulling chest up hard under those notes, careful to keep volume and tone similar, but I know this is wrong because the other vowels don’t feel like that, they slide through like butter. I’m sure this is a typical problem, so I’m wondering what’s the secret to feeling these vowels correctly?
Really great discussion for the forum. Please post there, beneath "General Singing". Other singers will benefit from the reply and you will receive great feedback from either myself or one of my commentators. It's free! forum.kentamplinvocalacademy.com/
Thanks man, videos like these explaining voice mechanics are really cool. Im convinced you are the real deal, so Im going to try to save up some money to get some lessons with you over Christmas or something. I dont want to be ripped off by some vocal coach in my area that tells me to sing in my falsetto at first passagio (about E4 for me) to not strain like my old vocal coach did. I can feel some real improvement in my sound from training by myself for 2-3 years now, but I have a tendency to oversing and belt out without resting enough, so I even strain at something like A4 right now after about 2 months of no solid rest, due to it. Do you think practicing my head voice more would solve the issue I have with pulling up my chest in the G#4-C5 range? Also, I am a bit confused regarding Neck anchoring, I really dont see any specific tutorial on it on TH-cam that has really helped me, and there are so many coaches telling the neck to be disengaged, which I really dont find working for me. If you made a video regarding what is actually the reality with this, I think it would help out a lot for singers who are misinformed and miss out on actual potential because of their vocal coaches methodology.
Nikolai, there is a lot of misinformation out there on the voice. I can't speak for anything you've heard from any sources besides myself. Practicing and training on information that is only partially correct can create all kinds of problems, to the point that the more you train incorrectly, the worse your problems will become.
Does your singing course give instruction on a practice schedule? You mention in this video working on chest voice a few days then head voice one day...I really like the idea of an outline for singing exercises. With previous teachers its usually here’s 10,000 exercises just do them all and you’ll sing better. Unfortunately I work better on more of a systematic approach.
I give you a roadmap to follow. You can vary it, but essentially you spend a minimum of one hour per day, 5 to 6 days per week if you want to progress steadily. Many students do a 50/50 split each day between chest and head, but alternating days works for well, too. The idea is to develop both skills concurrently, so that neither one atrophies from favoring the other.
Been binge watching your videos and have been meaning to ask a question: I'm an 18 dude who's sung tenor 2/baritone for the majority of time and through high school I but have on occasion sung tenor 1 because I was gifted with some insane falsetto/head voice. Oddly enough though, I was able to increase my chest range from an F#4 to and A4 but ever since the summer to my senior year I feel that I have lost my falsetto/head voice where notes I used to hit with ease produce no noise besides air or make me sound like a dying cat. Is my falsetto gone forever? Or is there a way to get it back. I'm aware I'm still young with developing vocal chords but wanna make sure because I feel handicapped not being able to sing songs I know I am capable of doing
Jacob, you may have atrophied your passaggio. You have to keep exercising through your passaggio, even when you grow your chest voice up through the passaggio, or you will lose it. It's use it or lose it. So you have to keep all of your vocal registers in top shape. You can get it back, but if you keep exercising it, you can keep it strong.
Wow, you're right, thank you! This morning I was trying to practice bridging my head voice to my chest voice and noticed that I would have really obvious voice cracks. After thinking about it, I realized that my mixed voice is practically nonexistent. Do you happen to have any videos or tips on exercising my passaggio?
Hey Ken, I was wondering; I’m considering creating a small studio space/room with acoustics set up all around it. What do you recommend? Also, not sure how the sound differs depending on the size of the room? I’ve heard the sound can differ quite a lot depending on various factors- which is leaving me wondering what to do- especially considering it’s not something I’ve done before and have experience with. Will be used for personal use, for recording- mainly country music. Any light on this subject would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance- Colin.
Hi, Colin. There are a lot of schools of thought on the acoustics of a vocal recording room. Most studios use a small booth that is isolated and mostly acoustically dead. I built the room I record in with wooden walls and floors because I like the live sound of the voice in that environment. The closer you sing into the mic, the less the room you are in makes a difference.
Hello Ken. I started some serious vocal training online (mostly from your tutorials). Right now I'm working on my chest and head voice. But like whenever I hit high notes on my chest voice, my head doesn't seem to work well. Can tell me why or am I doing it wrong?
Lord Mix Früit Really great question for the forum. Please post there, other singers will benefit from the reply and you will receive great feedback from either myself or one of my commentators. It's free! forum.kentamplinvocalacademy.com/
Hey, Mr. Ken! I have a question. I started to do your warmup exercices, the chest voice exercices, basically tried to do them every day for a while. Then a few weeks ago I was told that it's actually bad for my voice to do them without assistance from a professional coach. Indeed, after them i was feeling a bit tired and "that's not okay at all" according to the person that is supporting my band. I stopped doing them but I can't afford a coach for every warmup... What should I do?... I remember you saying that there's no such thing as stress free singing.. But from there to actually hurting my voice.. I don't know.. It seems a long way..
Gabriela, I have thousands of students in my home course doing safe warmups every day. I show you how it's done, and have a singers forum where you can go to get clarification on how you are doing my course. I highly recommend that you consider taking my course and take advantage of the benefits of it. It is much better to do the actual entire course than to take bits and pieces off the internet. You can get all the guidance you need from my course and my forums. If you have special needs, you can book lessons with me.
There is no certified course. I have a masters program that you can check out on my website: KenTamplinVocalAcademy.com/ There is also my home course, and private skype lessons to anywhere in the world.
My highest unstrained head voice is an octave above middle C. Your first exercise starts out of my range. I'm not saying that's a problem. I'll be very happy to sing well up to that point. Does that imply I'm more of a baritone or lower?
Hello sir ken tamplin, how do I add head resonance to my higher mixed voice? Whenever I sing higher, it always resonates in my chest and sounds like it's hitting a brick wall.
Mr. Tamplin i have 2 questions. 1: When i put tension on my stomach when i sing i sometimes have to burb a lot and that doesn't help singing, do you have any tips to help this go away? And 2: How do you remember the lyrics of a song? I'm really forgetfull and never seem to really hold on to the words. I love your work btw keep it up!
Luc, don't put as much tension on the stomach. It should be "inflated" but not overinflated. Check into something called "memory pegs" to possibly help you to remember lyrics.
in your exercise, like you showed in 5:44 - 8:02 , did you do all of it in falsetto(reinforced)? or, did you do the higher notes in falsetto then switch into chest voice in the lower notes? when I tried to stay in falsetto it's too airy, but when I tried to switch to chest voice there's a yodel this confuse me. please help, ken. Anyway, thanks for great lesson again!! Edit: if you can belt that high, then why we need this kind of exercise to match our headvoice (falsetto) to our chest voice. when we use it? I mean the sound is the same right?
After 4 months, this exercise has made me able to:
Sustain headvoice notes down at G3
Sustain headvoice notes up at A5
Mix from E3-F#5(sometimes even G5)
Myth Talks- Awesome!
Wow sir! You have just so eloquently explained what I have been trying to achieve for my voice all this time! Just wow sir! You are simply AMAZING!!!!!
You were actually the only one who could make me understand this thing of head voice. Your videos are indispensable.
Thank you, Thiago!
@@kentamplin brother am I right?: If I warm up head-register head isolated sounds or head-mixed, then lower register singing sound weak at singing if we didn't warmed it up, and the opposite. It looks like we should go full registers workout in light mode and then go sing our songs etc. right? And how far should I try for example descend head voice isolated and go up with chest. I want to learn sing all styles, not stick to some one. Right now learning to build power and control into clean sound. Explored that not the highest notes are hardest, but the middle, where we connect chest-head resonating, there are lack of power at the start I see.
i’m an ADHDer and the way you speak actually helps me focus.
That's awesome, chrdiform .-. ! 😊
Very interesting. Just found Ken last night whilst watching reaction videos.
I was half trained as a dramatic tenor opera singer. I have never been able to sing anything other than operatic, fully supported, full voice, covered vowels, full vibrato. I did not know that rock singers used what I might think of a supported falsetto. Ive just practiced and I can do it, just got to get the transition from chest to falsetto smoother.
This is a revelation. Thanks so much.
Think Ill have to persuade my wife that your course would be a good investment.
I'll be here when you're ready! kentamplinvocalacademy.com/
This detailed analysis of human vocal function is utterly fascinating. Great job, Ken.
Thank you, Jason. I'm glad you find it interesting or helpful.
A stellar video as always man! I have been on your course for a couple years (all 5 modules) and it has significantly helped my voice, including one big thing I had a problem with with my voice being tight and shredding it by the end of a night or day of singing!
So how did it resolve ?
@@djay6666 I still do it every day to keep my voice in good shape!
Ken is always there when I need him or have a question with great explanations.
Happy to be here for you hothatchpa!
Mr Ken you are the best vocal coach ever. You go straight into the point. Amazing Tips! Thanks for sharing us your knowledge. Cheers from Brazil.
Thank you, Jairo! And Cheers to Brazil! :-)
Im straight but I love you.
I first started watching these videos because I couldn’t help myself from watching Gabriela guncikova sing ‘Man in The Box’. However I think Ken is the man for people who want to sing rock and metal. His explanation has liberated my mind to start to learn how I always wanted to. I’m too poor to afford his course. However, the TH-cam videos are a big help!
Thanks for the kind words, J B! I'm glad you're here! Not only is my teaching appropriate for rock and metal, I have students who excel in country, pop, R and B, you name it. Yes, this is the way for us all to learn to sing like we always wanted to, but thought it wasn't possible!
Just what I needed to know! Thanks Ken!
Doing my head voice workouts and feeling the improvement!
Excellent, RawDreeGo! Take your time, and allow your voice to grow.
Ken Tamplin Vocal Academy will do!
THANKS KEN! You're great man. I have your singing course and have recommended it to others. Keep up the great work and support. Thank you again for helping beginners like myself.
You're welcome, JAXON, and thanks for letting me know you are getting good results from my course!
Nice job Ken. One of the best explanations I’ve heard in Head voice/falsetto mixing. Also excellent exercise recommendations.
I've found that when you shape the vowels just right, the sound projects from your mouth rather effortlessly and takes care of the volume and the pitch. This in tandem with with the right tongue placement, it creates those pingy overtones which also boost the volume naturally.
One major thing that made Steve Perry "The voice" light vowels allowed him to have less strain. I'm not saying this was the entire reason, but it definitely helps
Thank’s! Your explanations always make things much clearer. Best teacher in the rock n roll world!! 😜🤘🏻🤘🏻
I appreciate your kind words, Sarah!
This is the video I was looking for!
Thankyou is the first thing to do when clicking videos of you.
Fantastic! I really love how informative you are in these videos! Just great! Thank you! 🤘🏻😎🤘🏻
Thanks for the kind words, Cage!
Ken Tamplin Vocal Academy Your welcome Ken! Love these scholarly vids! Einstein said “If you can’t explain something simply, you don’t know it well enough”. You always explain things in alignment with this! Talent on loc! Thank you! 🤘🏻😎🤘🏻
Thanks you for this awesome tutorial.
That subtitles help me a lot! Thank you very much Ken!! You is my hero!! 🙏
I'm glad they're helping you, Jessica. Sometimes I talk kind of fast!
That answered a lot of questions I had with the lower register. Thanks again Ken!
You're welcome, cruxvox!
Listening a true master, thanks😉
You're welcome, and thanks, Carlos!
I agree with you!
So cool.i live in the UK and there's nothing as good as this here,all the cool stuff is miles away.
That's why I created my course. I come to you! kentamplinvocalacademy.com/
Ties right in with the current 2 tunes Im working on..The technique of getting that "blend" is gonna be key for the broad range these tunes require. My chest and head fight like crazy (depending on the vowel being used)...Probably need to revisit the vowel modifications video as well. Would have NEVER thought of doing these before finding your tutorials.Thanks for the lesson and the always enjoyed added commentary.
You're welcome, JOHN!
ONE OF MY FA-VO-RI-TE videos from Ken!!! such simple and complete explanation.
Glad you like it, Gio! Thanks for the kind words!
I've been trying to bridge the two together at really high belting chest notes going into the falsetto register. This makes so much sense you have to do it the other way round too to truly marry both! Thanks so much!
I'm glad you find it helpful, KaleidoscopeEyesTV!
A great lesson. Very important tip at the end as I started head voice exercises and noticed my chest voice highest notes lost some consistency. Thanks a lot.
You're welcome, Amadeus Rock Band!
Best investment I ever made learning with KTVA. And no, I am not being paid to say that. In fact the proof is all here in his videos and his students. Just look around. I got in to some trouble a few years back from over singing. I thought the game was up. These techniques helped me grow my voice and now i can sing as strong at the end of night as i can at the start. Maybe even stronger. It's true.
I can't thank this man enough.
Thanks so much for your kind words, Wayne. Folks, after doing my course, Wayne came back from his earlier vocal setbacks and has had club owners ask for his business card to hand out to their club owner friends, based on his rockin' vocals. That's how big of a turnaround Wayne had in his singing... From my HOME COURSE, just learning how it's really done. Thank you for stepping forward and telling the truth, Wayne. You know, from personal experience, that my course works. You ROCK, dude!
Ken Tamplin Vocal Academy Yes the home course alone is worth its weight in gold. Another thing I must add. Even for someone like me that has only done the home course I am still treated with the same respect and time. The forums on KTVA are awesome too. A great community who all genuinely care. Don't expect to change overnight. But do expect to continually grow month to month. If you are serious about your voice I promise you won't have any regrets.
Can you do a video that talks about how to build a vibration while singing?
I think it is just amazing how much you know about Music. I wouldn't need you to prove me that you are a vocal coach, just because i can feel that you have had a lot of experience. You are doing a great job grandpa Ken XD.
Grandpa has been doing this a long time, Suren!
Grandpa?
I hope that comment was an endearingly one. 🙂
Just sayin' :-*
♡have a good one♡
amazing and beneficial.......thanks a lot.
Hi.
Just hi to you. Ok
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I know when this was published, but it's always been One of my fav's.
Take care!
You're on my mind, like others I care so much about!
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Thank you, Janet. Alway love to hear from you. 😀
Excellent teacher voice .factory ..
Thanks so much, Ll0yd!
Just the tutorial i need.... thx ken
You're welcome, Keith. Glad to help.
Great explanation Ken, really enjoying your tutorial!
Thanks, jason!
Unrelated but my god hyper-glottal compression saved me haha. So useful once you can control it well. Thanks ken for your course.
You're welcome, Truth! Glad you're getting good results!
This video, on top of hours of practice, helped me to achieve a decent mix!
Tim Beken That's great to hear!
Really good class Ken! It is hard for me to pass to falsetto voice without ''breaking" the timber. Maybe this exercise that you showed us can help me with the passaggio! God bless you!
Thanks, Joe!
Oh, my God! You're amazing! Thank you for learning us! :)
Thanks, Elena!
Very helpful thank you sir.
I'm so glad Tran van Nhan! You're very welcome!
This was great!!! even free videos yet you teach this much!!! This video is really help!!! Thank you very much!!!
It always reminds me how valuable his direct coaching lessons would be
Thanks, Pathomphop! I'm glad you appreciate that this is real, helpful information.
Applejinx, you're right. These TH-cam videos only give me enough time to scratch the surface. My home course is so in-depth by comparison, and you get to have access to feedback on your vocal progress in the student areas of my singers forums. And yes, skype and in-person one-on-one lessons are even more in-depth. KenTamplinVocalAcademy.com/
Thanks Ken, Keep Rocking !!
You're welcome Don! Thanks! I will!
Hi Ken. First: I really love your channel!!!! Second: I personally learned a whole "damn" lot from all your instruction video's and I can now teach my daughters the exact same thing, because of your way of teaching and I also daily show them your channel on their tablets. Third: Again you nailed it, thanks a lot for this instruction video.BTW: Loved your Pearl Jam and Brian Adams video :-) Lots of love from The Netherlands. Ronny
That's very cool, Ronny. Tell your daughters I said "Hi" and greetings to everybody in the Netherlands!
Blessings to you also!!!
I'd also like to tell you, I've been feeling some kind of positive Stress Release within myself at times, as I've followed along, with your Awesome Samples of exercises!!!
*to anyone else,, that might also read this,, my emphasis is,, "Sample of "🙋. Wow!
I hope it is Ok to share my personal experiences about this.
Thank You for your Generosity💗!
Have a good one!
Janet, Most people who sing do so because it makes them feel so good. There is a form of stress release that happens when you let the voice inside of you come out and be heard. So you're just getting a little peek into what makes people who sing "tick".
Hello Ken :) can i give a suggestion of a video? can you do a How to Sing Opera? i'd love if you explain how to go from belting, rock singing to the operatic singing :D thank you very much
God bless you ken
Thank you, Samuel. God bless you, too! :-)
Is this what Chris Cornell did? I thought he sang Mostly in his chest voice, but he must have blended it? I can hear a similarity in resonance here. Really cool lesson. Maybe one day I will be able to afford your course.
Chris did sing mostly in his chest voice, but he was an excellent vocalist and could make you think he was belting whether he was or not.
Yeah it really felt weird trying to maintain head voice on those lower notes since I've primarily been focusing on stretching my chest voice. Personally, similar to what Ken said, I would prioritize building chest as opposed to head voice if you want to go for a more rock style singing, because from my experience when building chest I have to renegotiate with the passaggio and my vowel modifications. Good videos as always Ken, keep rocking!
You need to prioritize BOTH stretching chest voice AND maintaining your bridging into head voice in order to prevent either one from atrophying.
Thanks Ken I was doing chest voice exercises after that immediately head voice exercises and yes I felt my voice becoming weaker ( my throat felt tired) nice advices good explanation , just make that Bryan Adams cover :D
Don't overdo it, Endrit.
I want to sing Bryan Adams song 😔
Hi ken, can you please do a video on why we get light-headed and how we can stop that while we're singing
k i did it! bought your course. halloween won't be null and void this year after all xo
I love the subtitles, "EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!"
Great info thanks Ken!
You're welcome, Tom!
great explanation Ken
Thanks, Gaston! You ROCK, Dude!
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The Vocal Lessons are Legit. Super. I have to Understand the Voice and the properway of Singing so we can add Emotions to it then it will be lit. Now that I Understand more I will keep Working to get Better...
Thank you, Ken!
You're welcome, Иван!
6:38 gosh!! when he started, I swear I thought he would start singing "Raising Arizona" (1987) theme song!!! ("Way Out There" by Carter Burwell)
Learning how to sing.. CORRECTLY.. After singing incorrectly for all my life.. better late than never
Jack Kaufman- :)
Hey Ken, The Beatles and Paul McCartney and John Lennon are probably the most influential musicians for the last half of the 20th Century and you can't help but sing along when you hear one of there songs either from the Beatles catalogue or their solo material. Imagine is a song that is so emotive and a definite favourite of mine.
My favourite singer and biggest influence is Paul Stanley from KISS would love you doing one of these about him. Thanks mate
I agree with you! Well said!
Thanks
You're welcome, Vicente! 😊
Amazing!😍❤
Thanks, You!
Damn, I'll learn how to sing better than anyone else!
Me too...
Very nice
Thank you, Raj! 😊
Not sure sure if you're still checking these posts, Ken, but here's a question: on a good day, I can hit E5 in my head voice. When you start way high up, like G# or G above that, should I just *try* to hit the note, even though I miss, in the hopes of stretching my capacity, or should I just wait 'til you get down into my practical range? Same question pertains to going up--in the vocal exercises for Lesson Two of your course, those 2 octave arpeggios go up to about A5, I think! Way, way out of my league. Anyway, thanks for all the education!
I am a male I like to listen to female voice for my learning needs.
That's nice.
Excelente tuto, Grande Ken!!! ImI ImI
Thank you, Randy!
Great info Ken!
Thank you, mike!
So, I've being flirting with singing and your lessons are amazing and invaluable. And dang, I'm a vocal fry machine when in my head voice register. It comes out naturally and without much stress or fatigue. Should I try and clean that out, or just join a hardrock or metal band? Lol. Giving up is not an option.
Rodrigo- That's a great question for the forum! forum.kentamplinvocalacademy.com
I love your teaching, can u do Versace on the floor by Bruno mars?
Thanks for the request!
Sing Amazing Grace please ! i love this song
Thanks for the request, Wagner!
That sounds almost like composing of a bodybuilding workout program. First day this muscle, next the other muscle and so on. It's interesting, and i wander how i wander how i mist that all this years?✌🤙
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Hey Ken can you please do a video on how to sing vowels "EE to IH to EH" on an active sustaining the vibrato at the top
You already asked this on another video, didn't you?
Ken Tamplin Vocal Academy yes I'm sorry for that, I did.
I noticed the EE exercise you sang has a round tone. That was your voice without putting a rock n roll "whack" on it, and it sounds good and natural with a spoon shaped tongue - as apposed to the elevated, squeezed, white tone of the AH. As far a Opera - there are institutional fallacies that are taught as absolute truths - like "you sing FROM your diaphragm, PUT your voice in the MASK, Appoggio is the solution for the "passage", breathing low and holding," etc., are some examples...There is no falsetto in opera, and the B in Nessun Dorma is not a "reinforced belt" - It should be open throat, non muscular, balanced resonance, relaxed, tone that has a vibrato and builds as it flows. Of course there is air, but the diaphragm engages to assist, not as a pressurized air tank like you fill a balloon. There is TONE - and then there are all these Labeled terms that limit a voice. Bel Canto was about v o c a l l i n e - not muscled out high notes - it was sung with a smooth and moderate vocal weight using a full voice and a mixed voice that approached sometimes reinforced falsetto for the tenor. The high tones for an opera tenor are produced with an open, balanced, resonant voice. What you call head voice. Gigli, Schipa, Taglavini, In the female opera voice there is no belt or falsetto. Bel Canto is gone. Now it is Bocelli - zero resonance, and Kaufmann - depressed larynx and active cord riding. Enjoy you Vids, thanks
Hi Ken tamplin... first of all thanx for all the lessons....I wanna ask is singing while sitted down 'unhealthy' for practice?
Unhealthy? No. Many vocalists have to sing sitting down. Drummers, some keyboard players, some in wheelchairs. If that is the case, they just have to work harder to control the support. In the case of paralysis, each case will be different. In some situations, depending on what part of the body is affected, it could be much harder. You can learn to sing well seated.
@@kentamplin thanx a lot ken tamplin ...may God bless you ☺️
You rock ty
Remind me not to try this when my kids are sleeping 😂 Oops.
Hailey... just a friendly reminder here... Do not try this when your kids are asleep! 😉
The exercise at 6:38.... I tried it on all the vowels. “Eh”, “ah”, “uh”, and “oh” seem to work fine and smooth. The long siren going up any of those also works. But on “ee” or “oo” there is a noticeable flip at A4 or G#4 depending on which scale. It’s a warble or crack. Likewise the sirens on those two vowels have the flip going up in that area. On the scale down it’s an easy fix by pulling chest up hard under those notes, careful to keep volume and tone similar, but I know this is wrong because the other vowels don’t feel like that, they slide through like butter. I’m sure this is a typical problem, so I’m wondering what’s the secret to feeling these vowels correctly?
Really great discussion for the forum. Please post there, beneath "General Singing". Other singers will benefit from the reply and you will receive great feedback from either myself or one of my commentators. It's free! forum.kentamplinvocalacademy.com/
Nice Video 👍
Thank you, Dominik!
6:38 turn on captions and
" EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE! "
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@@kentamplin OMG!!! i got a like and a reply🤯 btw thanks Ken for the lesson , you're really a great vocal teacher !
@@ellroyce Thanks for the kind words, editor!
Thanks man, videos like these explaining voice mechanics are really cool. Im convinced you are the real deal, so Im going to try to save up some money to get some lessons with you over Christmas or something. I dont want to be ripped off by some vocal coach in my area that tells me to sing in my falsetto at first passagio (about E4 for me) to not strain like my old vocal coach did.
I can feel some real improvement in my sound from training by myself for 2-3 years now, but I have a tendency to oversing and belt out without resting enough, so I even strain at something like A4 right now after about 2 months of no solid rest, due to it. Do you think practicing my head voice more would solve the issue I have with pulling up my chest in the G#4-C5 range? Also, I am a bit confused regarding Neck anchoring, I really dont see any specific tutorial on it on TH-cam that has really helped me, and there are so many coaches telling the neck to be disengaged, which I really dont find working for me. If you made a video regarding what is actually the reality with this, I think it would help out a lot for singers who are misinformed and miss out on actual potential because of their vocal coaches methodology.
Nikolai, there is a lot of misinformation out there on the voice. I can't speak for anything you've heard from any sources besides myself. Practicing and training on information that is only partially correct can create all kinds of problems, to the point that the more you train incorrectly, the worse your problems will become.
It's Good to learn from you Ken :-) I had a 'Soundgarden' moment/deja vous kinda thing near then end!!! HA HA :-) HALLELUJAH
I'm happy to help, The Thought Provoker!
Hello Ken,could you please give your opinion of the song "Moment of surrender"by U2?Thank you Dario from Rome
Does your singing course give instruction on a practice schedule? You mention in this video working on chest voice a few days then head voice one day...I really like the idea of an outline for singing exercises. With previous teachers its usually here’s 10,000 exercises just do them all and you’ll sing better. Unfortunately I work better on more of a systematic approach.
I give you a roadmap to follow. You can vary it, but essentially you spend a minimum of one hour per day, 5 to 6 days per week if you want to progress steadily. Many students do a 50/50 split each day between chest and head, but alternating days works for well, too. The idea is to develop both skills concurrently, so that neither one atrophies from favoring the other.
That sounds great. Thank you for the response. I'm going to subscribe to your website soon and get started.
Been binge watching your videos and have been meaning to ask a question: I'm an 18 dude who's sung tenor 2/baritone for the majority of time and through high school I but have on occasion sung tenor 1 because I was gifted with some insane falsetto/head voice. Oddly enough though, I was able to increase my chest range from an F#4 to and A4 but ever since the summer to my senior year I feel that I have lost my falsetto/head voice where notes I used to hit with ease produce no noise besides air or make me sound like a dying cat. Is my falsetto gone forever? Or is there a way to get it back. I'm aware I'm still young with developing vocal chords but wanna make sure because I feel handicapped not being able to sing songs I know I am capable of doing
Jacob, you may have atrophied your passaggio. You have to keep exercising through your passaggio, even when you grow your chest voice up through the passaggio, or you will lose it. It's use it or lose it. So you have to keep all of your vocal registers in top shape. You can get it back, but if you keep exercising it, you can keep it strong.
Wow, you're right, thank you! This morning I was trying to practice bridging my head voice to my chest voice and noticed that I would have really obvious voice cracks. After thinking about it, I realized that my mixed voice is practically nonexistent. Do you happen to have any videos or tips on exercising my passaggio?
Hey Ken, I was wondering; I’m considering creating a small studio space/room with acoustics set up all around it. What do you recommend? Also, not sure how the sound differs depending on the size of the room? I’ve heard the sound can differ quite a lot depending on various factors- which is leaving me wondering what to do- especially considering it’s not something I’ve done before and have experience with. Will be used for personal use, for recording- mainly country music. Any light on this subject would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance- Colin.
Hi, Colin. There are a lot of schools of thought on the acoustics of a vocal recording room. Most studios use a small booth that is isolated and mostly acoustically dead. I built the room I record in with wooden walls and floors because I like the live sound of the voice in that environment. The closer you sing into the mic, the less the room you are in makes a difference.
Nice
Thank you, Kess!
I fron Brazilian the best music the is rock american
Glad you're here, enjoying the music, Cristiano!
Hello Ken. I started some serious vocal training online (mostly from your tutorials). Right now I'm working on my chest and head voice. But like whenever I hit high notes on my chest voice, my head doesn't seem to work well. Can tell me why or am I doing it wrong?
Lord Mix Früit Really great question for the forum. Please post there, other singers will benefit from the reply and you will receive great feedback from either myself or one of my commentators. It's free! forum.kentamplinvocalacademy.com/
subtitles are amazing lol
"EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE"
Have you done a Bob Seger cover, if not I would appreciate it if you did
Thanks for the suggestion!
Hey, Mr. Ken! I have a question. I started to do your warmup exercices, the chest voice exercices, basically tried to do them every day for a while. Then a few weeks ago I was told that it's actually bad for my voice to do them without assistance from a professional coach. Indeed, after them i was feeling a bit tired and "that's not okay at all" according to the person that is supporting my band. I stopped doing them but I can't afford a coach for every warmup... What should I do?... I remember you saying that there's no such thing as stress free singing.. But from there to actually hurting my voice.. I don't know.. It seems a long way..
Gabriela, I have thousands of students in my home course doing safe warmups every day. I show you how it's done, and have a singers forum where you can go to get clarification on how you are doing my course. I highly recommend that you consider taking my course and take advantage of the benefits of it. It is much better to do the actual entire course than to take bits and pieces off the internet. You can get all the guidance you need from my course and my forums. If you have special needs, you can book lessons with me.
Ken Tamplin Vocal Academy I'm really considering it. Thank you so much!
Thanks sir Ken for this tutorial for the head voice learning it's so nice..
You are welsome, Davy!
This makes me crack a littlr bit
Then you have some work to do. Bring the volume down and try again.
Thanks a lot... 🙂 I m following u since a long time.. i want to do a cirtified coarse.. please give me details..
There is no certified course. I have a masters program that you can check out on my website: KenTamplinVocalAcademy.com/ There is also my home course, and private skype lessons to anywhere in the world.
My highest unstrained head voice is an octave above middle C. Your first exercise starts out of my range. I'm not saying that's a problem. I'll be very happy to sing well up to that point. Does that imply I'm more of a baritone or lower?
The best place to ask singing related questions is on the forum. Please join the discussion, enrollment is free. forum.kentamplinvocalacademy.com/
Hello sir ken tamplin, how do I add head resonance to my higher mixed voice? Whenever I sing higher, it always resonates in my chest and sounds like it's hitting a brick wall.
Great question for my free singing forum. You can join here forum.kentamplinvocalacademy.com/
Mr. Tamplin i have 2 questions. 1: When i put tension on my stomach when i sing i sometimes have to burb a lot and that doesn't help singing, do you have any tips to help this go away? And 2: How do you remember the lyrics of a song? I'm really forgetfull and never seem to really hold on to the words. I love your work btw keep it up!
Luc, don't put as much tension on the stomach. It should be "inflated" but not overinflated. Check into something called "memory pegs" to possibly help you to remember lyrics.
Ken Tamplin Vocal Academy Awesome. Thank you ever so much. And thank you for your fast response.
This may also be a problem related to reflux or indigestion
I'm trying to save my $$$ to take your course!
Great, Janet!
in your exercise, like you showed in 5:44 - 8:02 , did you do all of it in falsetto(reinforced)?
or, did you do the higher notes in falsetto then switch into chest voice in the lower notes?
when I tried to stay in falsetto it's too airy, but when I tried to switch to chest voice there's a yodel
this confuse me. please help, ken. Anyway, thanks for great lesson again!!
Edit: if you can belt that high, then why we need this kind of exercise to match our headvoice (falsetto) to our chest voice.
when we use it? I mean the sound is the same right?
I am staying in head voice all the way to the end at 8:02. This grows your ability to blend head and chest through the mid voice.
thanks, ken! gbu