Yes indeed. Vocal power is not about pushing or forcing the voice. It's about making the mechanism work as efficiently as possible. If we are able to balance the airflow and the closure of the vocal folds, we will automatically get a boost that makes the voice more powerful.
Blueridge4000 It’s really a mixed bag. No person can be a serious opera singer without studying technique and some years of training. In gospel singing, there is no formal training or school. Some gospel singers put a lot of work into their vocal technique and practice regularly. Others don’t put in the work and think if they just turn up to church every week, God will do the rest.
I would have said so last year, but after learning so much about metal singers and the technique that goes with it, I disagree. The only thing that competes with that is classical singing. Listen to bands like Nightwish.
Total Voice Studio in the aspect of vocal training the background techniques are applied to lead vocals. Gospel choir music goes from classical styles like “Total Praise”(Richard Smallwood) to a contemporary jazz styles like “Strange” (Ricky Dillard) & even to a churchy style like “There is no way”(Ricky Dillard). There are many different styles in Gospe Musicl. Mostly only one style on Opera. The vocal prep from singing in a good Gospel choir is superior when compared to others.
I love this quote from American ethnic dancer La Meri “The only reason for mastering technique is to make sure the body does not prevent the soul from expressing itself.” I believe there is a place for learning technique, but it is not an end in itself. Thanks for watching!
La Radia the same principals apply to training your voice as to training any muscles in your body. It really depends on how long you are vocalising, what kinds of exercises you’re doing, and how vocally fit you are. Yes, I think 3-4 times a week for 20 mins is reasonable. For this, I’d also check out my video on how to do a warmup. Happy singing!
I'm in Kenya recently joined Praise and Worship in a church where we sing as we jump vigorously looking forward to lead in a praise song. How do I lead and dance without getting worn out on stage? How do I balance the two?
How do you add growls and squalls into your arsenal? I have a naturally bright instrument. My voice is very bright especially when I go higher on the scale. So, I wanted to make my high notes more rugged and gospel sounding. So, how can I do it?
I try not to let singers add growls for the sake of it. The best growls are those that actually mean something - that is, they are connected to the lyrics of the song and the intent the singer is trying to express. Bright vowels are not necessarily a problem when you are singing gospel music. If you wanted to explore some darker vowels and what that would do for your singing, then you should start low in your range and using chest voice. Make sure your voice will allow you to make clear open vowels in the bottom of your voice and that when you move from note to note in the chest voice, that there is no sense of you using volume or force to help the pitch. The dark vowels you could use down here are "ah" (father) and "oh" (boat).
@@TotalVoiceStudio I understand exactly where you're coming from, but I really do feel like I'm limited with my voice all because I don't know how to growl. Yeah, I'm a light lyric tenor. Yeah, I can make my chest voice and mixed voice darker by changing my vowels, but there's still something missing. I really want to learn how to growl. I'm a gospel singer and I feel awkward when I cover a song that involves a whole bunch of growls and squalls. If you can help me I would really appreciate it.
It depends on your experience and level of confidence with your voice. If it's just leading during a rehearsal, then maybe it's a good idea to push yourself and take a challenge. If you're leading in a concert, then you will want a song that's within your range and to spend time learning the lyrics, rhythm and melody.
@@TotalVoiceStudio thank you for response. I am not fully experienced. The song as a lot of runs and adlib. It is so difficult to get the runs.. any tips??
marquis halsell Keep singing! And keep finding things that inspire you in your singing journey. My channel has a lot of videos about singing technique, mindset and musical development. More is being added regularly.
Voice Scientists don't really like the term "placement" because it is inaccurate. Sound waves go where they will. They cannot be placed or put anywhere. However, we do feel vibrations go to different parts of the mouth and vocal tract as a result of changes we make to the vowels, volume and technique. So, I guess this is the placement of sorts and just playing with semantics. Depends on whether you put the cart before the horse or vice versa. In answer to your question, traditional Gospel singing is closely related to the speech patterns of African Americans. This means the vowel choices are brighter rather than the round dark sounds of European Classical singing. Also, the registration is different. A lot of gospel singing happens in the "mix voice" which from the singer's perspective, will feel like it is resonating in a higher place when compared to chest voice. The mix voice is the secret to how many gospel singers are able to sing high powerful sounds that appear effortless.
Truly impressed with her knowledge, that level of detail is amazing, much respect. Have to admit it saddens me how people love to know how to sing like Black gospel singers, but don't acknowledge the level of generational suffering that is the bedrock of that style of expression. People want to "sound Black," but certainly don't want the experience that goes with it.
Yes, analysing what some people do naturally and have been doing all their lives without too much thought. But if you weren't so lucky to have that background and training, then analysing can be helpful. As a native speaker, I never had to learn English grammar, but people who learn English as a second language need to learn it.
@@TotalVoiceStudio I hear you. Going with your example. It's not just trying to learn English. It would be like trying to learn English from a certain group of English speakers to acquire their dialect. Especially if that dialect is natural hard to immitate well and highly sought-after even when the people aren't. People that aren't us have been trying to drain, strain, analyze and reverse engineer our gospel ,blues, soul music, r&b etc etc etc. When I watch old interviews of Black artist they would get the question over and over , what is soul? It wasn't a harmless curiosity it was so they could try to brand profit and exclude the originators. Yet it's a gift that's not refundable or transferable. So I laugh when I see on these singing shows people that have been chasing what soul is for decades. Saying to people during their audition that mimic what soul was back in the day , that's soul! Well half of a century later they are passing the class with a B. Except soul and gospel comes from the spirit not a book. So if you get another Elvis sure that's soul, for you. It's not soul though. Because what we have that you want is non refundable or transferable. 🥰
intresting channel just subbed and il hope il get more informations , i started singin in a young age and i was sinign more before puberty but when it did came it hit me hard and it didn't know how to work on my voice when it did hit me ! i sing blues and soulful music and some of rnb as well , sometimes i like to sing other types of music pop riggie ... etc just for the love of music , but in some soulful songs need a full controle of ur voice and i dk how to work on it and idk how to work on my range spécialy on my throat voice!
Thanks for watching, Issam! Your experience is very common. The research tells us that most people tend to have positive experiences of singing when they’re very young, and then many children (especially boys) give up singing when they hit puberty. Some never come back to it, but it’s great to see you’re still singing. Humans are capable of singing beautifully across their entire life span and it’s a very healthy thing to do for many reasons, including confidence, mental and physical health. Spend some time with a voice coach that specialises in soul, RnB, Gospel, Blues and that will help you. I will try to upload some more videos soon on these styles.
I need help, my voice is all over the place. My lowest note is F2 and I can sing it all the way to F4 and there after my voice turns into a sqeaky tone way different from my regular voice and it sounds nasty and it goes all the way up to F5.
GREAT INFORMATION! Thank you. For the interview section please consider using a tripod and lavalier microphones to improve the audio and to achieve a more professional finished product.
Stephen Lennartz, thanks for watching and offering feedback. Please have a look at the other videos on my channel and you’ll see a much higher production quality.
my question.. can I sound black? is it unachievable or still it's a matter of technique and I can actually in the end have at least some of this roundness and richness of what black guys seem to have naturally? :( sometimes i think i do sound like black a bit... but still lots missing.. this video gave me actually some hope :D
Thanks for watching, Chaylen. I think gospel began in the church, just like blues began in the bars and juke joints. But both styles have evolved to become something bigger than their beginnings. There are professional performing gospel choirs that rarely perform in churches and many contemporary artists who have been influenced by the gospel sound.
I agree 100%!! Truly impressed with her knowledge, that level of detail is amazing, much respect. Have to admit it saddens me how people love to know how to sing like Black Gospel singers, but don't acknowledge the level of generational suffering that is the bedrock of that style of expression. People want to "sound Black," but certainly don't want the experience what goes with it. They used to sing Negro Spirituals on plantations as a cry out to God. Often to find some kind of relief from things like watching a loved one be worked so hard they would literally die after their muscle separated from their bones. Those precious notes are born of a cry out for protection, and relief from unimaginable suffering unleashed by oppressors. Go through that, and I guarantee you'll be able to sing Gospel without being told how. It will rise from the depths of your soul!
Mahalia Jackson is the Queen of Gospel - so many of the greats grew up listening to her. Aretha Franklin was also a wonderful gospel singer and Whitney Houston did a bit of gospel. Other great females are Sister Rosetta Tharpe and Mavis Staples. For the men, James Cleveland was an important influence. Also, Smokie Norful has an amazing voice. Same also for Sam Cooke, Edwin Hawkins and David Peaston.
@@TotalVoiceStudio hahaha more techniques on endurance and fatigue! For Performing regularly etc. (gospel singers have a strength in this too- as well as opera vocalists) 😁 thank you!
"The power comes from the balance." Wise words.
Yes indeed. Vocal power is not about pushing or forcing the voice. It's about making the mechanism work as efficiently as possible. If we are able to balance the airflow and the closure of the vocal folds, we will automatically get a boost that makes the voice more powerful.
This exercise is magical. I was looking for something more passionate and after a few passes with this technique it worked!
Mahalia Jackson
Rosetta Tharpe
Smokie Norful
Kirk Franklin
Yes! Nice list of great singers! Thanks for watching and thanks for the suggestions.
This was awesome advise
I'd like to join roster next year
Shantel -Denice Maxwell -Hobson thanks for watching! Good luck with your singing journey!
very high ? First singer uses falsetto not full voice , probably she is mezzosoprano
The Gospel technique is 2nd to none with the only competition being the Opera.
Blueridge4000 It’s really a mixed bag. No person can be a serious opera singer without studying technique and some years of training. In gospel singing, there is no formal training or school. Some gospel singers put a lot of work into their vocal technique and practice regularly. Others don’t put in the work and think if they just turn up to church every week, God will do the rest.
I would have said so last year, but after learning so much about metal singers and the technique that goes with it, I disagree. The only thing that competes with that is classical singing. Listen to bands like Nightwish.
Total Voice Studio in the aspect of vocal training the background techniques are applied to lead vocals. Gospel choir music goes from classical styles like “Total Praise”(Richard Smallwood) to a contemporary jazz styles like “Strange” (Ricky Dillard) & even to a churchy style like “There is no way”(Ricky Dillard). There are many different styles in Gospe Musicl. Mostly only one style on Opera. The vocal prep from singing in a good Gospel choir is superior when compared to others.
Rosannasfriend besides the death metal scream they do which is very impressive other than that they aren’t vocalist & have the most tasteful tones.
Rosannasfriend you know wht I think I have heard of nightwish. Is this group a counter to evanescence’s Amy lee?
She went out of her way to explain details. I appreciate that.
Rosannasfriend, thanks for watching! What type of singing videos would you like me to make more of? :) Darren
So beautifully explained- Love How She talkes about the differences between the „instruments“!
“Soul” singing is from your soul! There are many who just make good empty noise. It’s about singing from experience!
I love this quote from American ethnic dancer La Meri “The only reason for mastering technique is to make sure the body does not prevent the soul from expressing itself.” I believe there is a place for learning technique, but it is not an end in itself. Thanks for watching!
How many times a week do you suggest vocally exercising? 3-4 times or less not to strain the voice
La Radia the same principals apply to training your voice as to training any muscles in your body. It really depends on how long you are vocalising, what kinds of exercises you’re doing, and how vocally fit you are. Yes, I think 3-4 times a week for 20 mins is reasonable. For this, I’d also check out my video on how to do a warmup. Happy singing!
I'm in Kenya recently joined Praise and Worship in a church where we sing as we jump vigorously looking forward to lead in a praise song.
How do I lead and dance without getting worn out on stage? How do I balance the two?
Don’t over do it! Keep a steady pace but at the same time not too much
Jumping vigorously 😁
Please post a “How to Squall”
Thanks for watching! I will add it to my list of things to do.. a video on distorted singing techniques.
Would love to see this
How do you add growls and squalls into your arsenal? I have a naturally bright instrument. My voice is very bright especially when I go higher on the scale. So, I wanted to make my high notes more rugged and gospel sounding. So, how can I do it?
I try not to let singers add growls for the sake of it. The best growls are those that actually mean something - that is, they are connected to the lyrics of the song and the intent the singer is trying to express. Bright vowels are not necessarily a problem when you are singing gospel music. If you wanted to explore some darker vowels and what that would do for your singing, then you should start low in your range and using chest voice. Make sure your voice will allow you to make clear open vowels in the bottom of your voice and that when you move from note to note in the chest voice, that there is no sense of you using volume or force to help the pitch. The dark vowels you could use down here are "ah" (father) and "oh" (boat).
@@TotalVoiceStudio
I understand exactly where you're coming from, but I really do feel like I'm limited with my voice all because I don't know how to growl.
Yeah, I'm a light lyric tenor. Yeah, I can make my chest voice and mixed voice darker by changing my vowels, but there's still something missing. I really want to learn how to growl. I'm a gospel singer and I feel awkward when I cover a song that involves a whole bunch of growls and squalls.
If you can help me I would really appreciate it.
God Chaser it’s best to work with a voice coach on these sorts of things. It is not something I could easily teach in a message.
The most challenging thing to learn in soulful gospel singing is sing intricate runs and riffs.
God bless them they're awesome 💯❤️
Thanks! Whose your favourite gospel singer? :)
This is awesome. I joined a choir and I have a song to lead, but I feel like its not my type of song. How do I know what type of songs to song.. ?
It depends on your experience and level of confidence with your voice. If it's just leading during a rehearsal, then maybe it's a good idea to push yourself and take a challenge. If you're leading in a concert, then you will want a song that's within your range and to spend time learning the lyrics, rhythm and melody.
@@TotalVoiceStudio thank you for response. I am not fully experienced. The song as a lot of runs and adlib. It is so difficult to get the runs.. any tips??
@@jenevastewart3076 What song is it? Can you post here?
The song is... its so amazing,
@@TotalVoiceStudio th-cam.com/video/80ZE2NHcczM/w-d-xo.html
Lmao Kirk Franklin isn’t a gospel singer 😂 he’s like a DJ or MC
Thats what i said 😂
He's a writer, I suppose! His recordings certainly feature a lot of great singers.
He was listed because he has great soloists sing on his recordings he had Tamela Mann sing on his songs back in the day.
@@kyramack7329 he's use to sing
Yea he a gospel dj mc
I love me some great singing I'm a singer myself and this is very inspiring to me fr fr
marquis halsell Keep singing! And keep finding things that inspire you in your singing journey. My channel has a lot of videos about singing technique, mindset and musical development. More is being added regularly.
@@TotalVoiceStudio thank you so much because I'm trying to start a singing group i really appreciate this i will be following this page fr fr
She said "the money notes" hahahaha I love it! 😂
I just clicked on this video bcz of Whitney💜RIP🙏🏼✨
Thank you so much
I've learned ❤
In the end of the day it's all for God.
Naomi Kao, thanks for watching!
what’s the name of the song in the introduction?
That is By and By - a traditional hymn but very cool
arrangement - performed by the Georgia Mass Choir
Is there a different placement for gospel music? It sounds as though placement is behind the nose?
Voice Scientists don't really like the term "placement" because it is inaccurate. Sound waves go where they will. They cannot be placed or put anywhere. However, we do feel vibrations go to different parts of the mouth and vocal tract as a result of changes we make to the vowels, volume and technique. So, I guess this is the placement of sorts and just playing with semantics. Depends on whether you put the cart before the horse or vice versa. In answer to your question, traditional Gospel singing is closely related to the speech patterns of African Americans. This means the vowel choices are brighter rather than the round dark sounds of European Classical singing. Also, the registration is different. A lot of gospel singing happens in the "mix voice" which from the singer's perspective, will feel like it is resonating in a higher place when compared to chest voice. The mix voice is the secret to how many gospel singers are able to sing high powerful sounds that appear effortless.
dont forget karen clark as a great gospel singer
Good suggestion! thanks! On the topic of gospel singing, what vids would you like to see out there?
@@TotalVoiceStudio what do you mean
@@caliste1249 I'm going to make some more TH-cam on Gospel singing. Wondering what would interest you and others?
@@TotalVoiceStudio a lesson on mixed voice, and rasp
@@TotalVoiceStudio how they don't loose energy even after singing and moving
Thanks for the tips
You're welcome, Megan. Which tip did you find most helpful?
Well that was really educational. That was great.
I ned to learn this song. Is that something that you might ne able to assist with?
I work with overseas singers over skype. Bookings are via my website: www.totalvoice.com.au/book/
Wonderful information in this video. It was hard to watch because the lack of a tripod (got a little seasick and had to look away while listening 🤣).
Thanks for watching! Have a look at my other videos.. much higher quality of production
Truly impressed with her knowledge, that level of detail is amazing, much respect. Have to admit it saddens me how people love to know how to sing like Black gospel singers, but don't acknowledge the level of generational suffering that is the bedrock of that style of expression. People want to "sound Black," but certainly don't want the experience that goes with it.
This is an interesting channel. I just found you. I am subscribing!
+Rosannasfriend Thank you for watching. What kind of information are you looking for about singing?
Total Voice Studio can you make a video about Headvoice and falsetto or the mix voice for Pop and R&B?!
Yall still trying to dissect and analyze how we do what we do lol 😂
Yes, analysing what some people do naturally and have been doing all their lives without too much thought. But if you weren't so lucky to have that background and training, then analysing can be helpful. As a native speaker, I never had to learn English grammar, but people who learn English as a second language need to learn it.
@@TotalVoiceStudio I hear you. Going with your example. It's not just trying to learn English. It would be like trying to learn English from a certain group of English speakers to acquire their dialect. Especially if that dialect is natural hard to immitate well and highly sought-after even when the people aren't. People that aren't us have been trying to drain, strain, analyze and reverse engineer our gospel ,blues, soul music, r&b etc etc etc. When I watch old interviews of Black artist they would get the question over and over , what is soul? It wasn't a harmless curiosity it was so they could try to brand profit and exclude the originators. Yet it's a gift that's not refundable or transferable. So I laugh when I see on these singing shows people that have been chasing what soul is for decades. Saying to people during their audition that mimic what soul was back in the day , that's soul! Well half of a century later they are passing the class with a B. Except soul and gospel comes from the spirit not a book. So if you get another Elvis sure that's soul, for you. It's not soul though. Because what we have that you want is non refundable or transferable. 🥰
intresting channel just subbed and il hope il get more informations , i started singin in a young age and i was sinign more before puberty but when it did came it hit me hard and it didn't know how to work on my voice when it did hit me ! i sing blues and soulful music and some of rnb as well , sometimes i like to sing other types of music pop riggie ... etc just for the love of music , but in some soulful songs need a full controle of ur voice and i dk how to work on it and idk how to work on my range spécialy on my throat voice!
Thanks for watching, Issam! Your experience is very common. The research tells us that most people tend to have positive experiences of singing when they’re very young, and then many children (especially boys) give up singing when they hit puberty. Some never come back to it, but it’s great to see you’re still singing. Humans are capable of singing beautifully across their entire life span and it’s a very healthy thing to do for many reasons, including confidence, mental and physical health. Spend some time with a voice coach that specialises in soul, RnB, Gospel, Blues and that will help you. I will try to upload some more videos soon on these styles.
I need help, my voice is all over the place. My lowest note is F2 and I can sing it all the way to F4 and there after my voice turns into a sqeaky tone way different from my regular voice and it sounds nasty and it goes all the way up to F5.
GREAT INFORMATION! Thank you. For the interview section please consider using a tripod and lavalier microphones to improve the audio and to achieve a more professional finished product.
Stephen Lennartz, thanks for watching and offering feedback. Please have a look at the other videos on my channel and you’ll see a much higher production quality.
@@TotalVoiceStudio Thanks so much! I'll take a look. Hope this doesn't come off as preachy. Trying to be helpful. Thanks again! ; )
Light and shade! 🙏
Hello I would love to take lessons online or through Skype !!
@May, reach out to me via the Total Voice Studio website. Happy singing
2:40 Almost lifted me to the Silver gates; had to snatch my essence real quick - What song had she performed?
I think total praise
my question.. can I sound black? is it unachievable or still it's a matter of technique and I can actually in the end have at least some of this roundness and richness of what black guys seem to have naturally? :( sometimes i think i do sound like black a bit... but still lots missing.. this video gave me actually some hope :D
Practice makes perfect
You can’t explain how to sing gospel it’s from the heart and the soul you can’t reach that it comes from the church
Thanks for watching, Chaylen. I think gospel began in the church, just like blues began in the bars and juke joints. But both styles have evolved to become something bigger than their beginnings. There are professional performing gospel choirs that rarely perform in churches and many contemporary artists who have been influenced by the gospel sound.
I agree 100%!! Truly impressed with her knowledge, that level of detail is amazing, much respect. Have to admit it saddens me how people love to know how to sing like Black Gospel singers, but don't acknowledge the level of generational suffering that is the bedrock of that style of expression. People want to "sound Black," but certainly don't want the experience what goes with it. They used to sing Negro Spirituals on plantations as a cry out to God. Often to find some kind of relief from things like watching a loved one be worked so hard they would literally die after their muscle separated from their bones. Those precious notes are born of a cry out for protection, and relief from unimaginable suffering unleashed by oppressors. Go through that, and I guarantee you'll be able to sing Gospel without being told how. It will rise from the depths of your soul!
Authentic Gospel originates FROM the soul and is TO God. Techniques are fine, but technique alone only produces mimicry.
Amazing video!!
Thank you soo much, I truly appreciate the explanation
Thanks for watching and keep singing!
Did she say Virdie? :D
Shes great
Great video, unbalanced sound levels
andarvson Thanks for the feedback! Watch some of my other videos and I think I got the sound right most of the time .
This is the best advice I’ve ever heard how quickly she can give tips that can take years to learn
How long should we make this exercise for? For example, 3,4,5, etc minutes a day?
Kirk Franklin doesn't sing....
I agree he is more of a director/leader of choirs. However, he does sing and has 19 Grammys, which include some for best performance!
great points
Yep, my friend Monique !
Thanks for watching! Yes, Monique is lovely! We are blessed
@@TotalVoiceStudio she is amazing ! I feel blessed too to know her ....
8:29
LAURA Thanks for watching! Check out the other videos on my channel.
Lo haré! Gracias ! Muy interesante
Are you meant to sing with the diaphragm or stomach muscles?
soul stirrers
tyson mason, Yes!! Early Sam Cooke. His voice was divine! We lost him too early
Hello, is the free ebook still available?
New subscriber! Thank you for sharing! 🤗
Thanks for watching! What other information about singing are you looking for on TH-cam?
Podia ser legendado.. 😁👏🏻👏🏻
You should do a video on Daryl coley !
Did that "Great Gospel Singers" list really have Kirk Franklin on it??😂😂
Tani Devereaux I guess he is more of a composer and choir director. What do you think of Kirk?
Who are some of your favorite Gospel singers? I'm trying to learn. Thank you.
Mahalia Jackson is the Queen of Gospel - so many of the greats grew up listening to her. Aretha Franklin was also a wonderful gospel singer and Whitney Houston did a bit of gospel. Other great females are Sister Rosetta Tharpe and Mavis Staples. For the men, James Cleveland was an important influence. Also, Smokie Norful has an amazing voice. Same also for Sam Cooke, Edwin Hawkins and David Peaston.
Knowing good and well Kirk cannot sing!!
If you listen to Kirk music you will hear great singers
arethafranklinvibes
😩😭😩😭 those high notes
cool
Thank you thank you this was a wonderful video
Thanks for watching! What singing topics are you interested in seeing more vids about?
@@TotalVoiceStudio hahaha more techniques on endurance and fatigue! For Performing regularly etc. (gospel singers have a strength in this too- as well as opera vocalists) 😁 thank you!
@@TotalVoiceStudio oooh or how to growl! Or squal! Lol