My ADHD makes it near impossible to focus on vocal exercises, but for some reason this video holds my focus long enough for me to get through them. This man may or may not be a wizard, and I am 100% fine with it.
I love it! Thank you so much for watching and I'm so glad you can get a vocal workout with it! As for being a wizard, I can neither confirm nor deny such suspicions. ;-) Jeff
Same! I recommend Jeff’s videos to everyone looking for vocal warm ups. I love that he doesn’t just say do this and moves on, he plays while you do it! Actually, that’s why I’m on the tenor video right now, doing it for a friend lol
Same. We need more musicians like Jeff who have honed their craft and still remain passionate enough to educate others. It’s a beautiful thing to just learn more about something we love instead of being scared away from it like many of us were. My piano teacher used to smack my fingers with a ruler every mistake, I was fucking terrified of something I loved. Still at 40 years old, every time I open a piano i’m reminded of Ms Beatrice & her bold choice to embrace chin hairs & smacking, over empathy & education. I’d love to know what her motivation was to teach kids because the woman loathed my knuckles and fingers ✌🏻rip babe I’m glad the world has more Jeff‘s now. Thanks Jeff!
I use this video to warm up before every singing lesson. Bonus: Jeff is just so darn likable and sophisticated and downright charming. "Hello, tenors!" Well, hello to you, sir!
Why hello! Thank you so much for your kind words! I appreciate that so much! I must admit, I was already smiling, but this broadened it significantly! Thank you for watching and enjoy the channel! Jeff
AFAB tenor here, using this to prepare for musical auditions! This is even helping to lower my range a bit, so thank you Jeff! My voice is very well warmed up.
Im an operasinger and i use this daily and before a show. The progression in the erxecises are so well put together that even if im tired im always refreshed after one of your tenor warmups. Thank you so much for your work!
I can’t thank you enough for this, I’m really struggling with my transition from alto to tenor, I just started testosterone a few months ago and this is helping me figure out my new range and not stress my throat so much.
*does warm up as a baritone* Lol I do the baritone warm up then the tenor warm up and there is no weight whatsoever to my voice now! Thank you and I will be subscribing.
Im here after my son's choir audition , the trainor said he belongs to tenor , sorry for my english ,im from philippines. Im proud of my son because he has a voice.
I am a woman who is in this range and getting back into singing. This is a nice comfortable vocal warmup. I will be doing this daily! Thank you so much.
this is the first warm up i’ve done since learning i’m a tenor! for years i’ve been doing warm ups not intended for me and i’ve never felt more comfortable
2 things. 1st. Jeff I use this video constantly. Thanks again! 2nd. A fun game is to ask yourself a yes or no question, then pause the video at any random point. Whatever expression is on Jeff's face is the answer.
1. You're welcome! 2. Fun game! I'll have to be careful; in some of the newer videos with the cold weather my hands are struggling with some of the patterns and I make some really unfortunate facial expressions! Thanks for watching! Enjoy! Jeff
I tried the silly game and had some surprising results By the way Jeff excellent warm up I may be a bari tenor as I seem to shift passages three notes earlier than you My break is middle c
I hurt my voice singing improperly a few months back. I've had to cancel engagements because my voice just hasn't been where I feel it usually is. I've been using these warm-ups and my voice just feels like it's getting stronger and I am more in control of it. Thank you Jeff, I feel like I am getting my instrument back and treating it better this go round.
I can’t thank you enough for your videos, Jeff! After barely singing at all during the pandemic, I finally took the courage to audition for my local cathedral choir. You exercises brought my voice back, and I just got word that I made the choir! THANK YOU!
I studied bel canto for many years and although it’s been a long time, it’s like my voice never skipped a beat! This really took me back to all those years of singing scales and concentrating on clear, bright vowels. Reminded me that my trained voice is still back there!
I’m the lead in a summer production at an amusement park and have to sing every night. This has been sooooo helpful every night. So thankful I found you!
I always struggle because I, a female, have a low alto/high tenor range and never manage to quite fit into one or the other when looking for warmups. This perfectly hit my tenor range, dipping into alto without stretching my chest voice at all. Great for my daily warmups, and some of your other videos work well if I'm looking to warm up and stretch my alto/high chest voice range. Thanks so much for this!!
Hey Jeff, do you have anything that has all the notes in the tenor range? Also something that spends prolonged time on the high/highest notes, as opposed to ascending to them and just coming down without staying. Not sure if I said this right, don't know any technical names. In a nutshell, if I want to a) practice all the notes and b) give the highest range in my voice a tight, tough work out what to do? Great channel, subbed and liked.
Hey there, thanks for getting in touch! Thanks for watching and subb'ing as well! There's quite a bit on the channel, maybe try a couple of these: th-cam.com/video/u2q_KqbOmNc/w-d-xo.html th-cam.com/video/Jvz0iTIwhbA/w-d-xo.html th-cam.com/video/THCk8UeBsKY/w-d-xo.html th-cam.com/video/QLQCXXlPvP0/w-d-xo.html Start with those and let me know how it goes. Best! Jeff
I've been singing with a vocal coach for nearly 2 years. I'd never attempted to learn properly before. I thought I'd look for other warm ups and I wasn't disappointed. Thank You.
This is not only a fantastic warm up but it also helped me realize I had been singing a bit flat since I was a kid!! I've shared this with friends and family. You're helping a lot of people with these videos unquestionably. I'll never be some great singer but you've helped me to improve a lot. I want to thank you very, very much!
Thank you very much for your kind words! I made the channel in the hopes that folks would be able to use their voices a bit better and enjoy singing that much more for it! Glad to hear that the exercises are serving you in that capacity. Enjoy! Thank you for watching! Jeff
Thank you so much for these relaxing exercises. I am training myself to be a leggerio tenor. I can sing trills and florid passages decently and my upper register is rich and powerful but anything below the A3 is weak and breathy and I always run out of stamina after fifteen minutes. I will be sure to listen to your tutorials more often.
After working with this lesson for about a month the first and most powerful improvement I noticed was added strength and ease of singing in my upper chest voice. I have more confidence in my head voice and and the transition is getting smoother. I've added Jeff's Daily Vocal Workout to my lesson plan. I'm gonna keep at it Thanks Jeff
Awesome! Keep it up! The new tenor video (coming out tomorrow, Jan. 15, 2022) has loads of work in the upper chest voice area! Should compliment this warm up nicely! Link goes live tomorrow: th-cam.com/video/b0jn7uCnLZQ/w-d-xo.html Best, Jeff
Shout out to @9:52 when I fluffed it a bit and you give the camera a look like, WTF mate? Seriously though, I check out a lot of the vocal teachers and try their exercises on here, and you have definitely been the clearest and most useful.
Awesome! Little semi-side eye there! Sorry it took me so long to respond too! I saw your comment and then I lost it. For some reason TH-cam filtered it but I found it again! Thank you for your kind words! I do my best! Thanks for watching and enjoy the channel! Best, Jeff
I was hit by a car as a pedestrian about one month ago (broke 16 bones and came very close to death). The hospital had a tracheal tube down my throat, which I ripped out when I woke up from my medically induced coma. They said it was likely I could have voice damage. Your videos have helped already to help me regain what I had before. Thank you so much, Jeff.
I'm a trans masculine person who has been a singer since I was a kid. I was always put with the sopranos despite having a naturally deep voice. Now that I have the command over my voice and can explore it myself, I find this video is EXACTLY the warm up range I need, thank you so much for putting out videos like this
i remember watching this when i was younger and wishing this was my natural vocal range. 1 year on testosterone later, i’m relearning my voice and your videos help me so much!
I just love saying "segundo Passagio" Thanks, Jeff. Your warmup really helps. I can tell the difference every time, and it seems my range is increasing.
Jeff, I've been using this warmup and a bunch of your other videos for about a year now, and I can't thank you enough. I'm not a great singer, but I've made a ton of progress, and your videos have been more than instrumental in my growth as a singer. Thanks, man
Jeff, I want to take the time to thank you. I’ve been singing for 20 years, mostly heavy stuff, and never took any singing classes. I’ve always been struggling with a few precise things, although I’ve developed tricks to hide them and managed to have a rewarding career. I’ve been trying for a long time to understand my flaws and learn techniques from coaches who were closer to my type of powerful voice and style, without much success. Then I found your exercices for tenors and everything fell into place. Every gig has been a breeze since then. You have changed the way I sing forever! From Montréal, merci beaucoup!
Thank you so much for sharing this with me! I am so happy to hear that the videos have helped so much! Keep enjoying the channel and great work with your singing! All the best! Jeff
Thank you SO MUCH!!! I have historically sung alto but am considering joining a local choir which is excited for another potential tenor. I can sing the entire range but have been nervous about precision. This is brilliant, and I'll practice this continuously until mid-Jan when I join my first practice.
Don't know for sure, i can sing things a countertenor does in full voice, usually i train myself with some women music, another male that could easily reach those notes when he was young is Andre Matos, from Angra, listen to Stand away, reaching horizons, Nothing to say and Carry on and you'll get it :).
Same problem I have! Its nice to have this video that actually goes low enough for me! I sing in two different choirs and one I sing with the Tenors and the other I sing alto and soprano 2. So this is a nice comfortable range for me when its tenor night 😉
Your methodology is amazing. Makes it easy and fun to learn and practice. I watch your videos every day and thank you so much for being such a vocal coach committed to the art of music. Greetings from Brazil.
Sounds odd but one of the reasons why I love this channel so much is the sound of this piano. It sounds amazing! All other channels have these digital pianos. This one is inspiring to sing to.
This is very helpful Jeff. Thank you. My voice is a Baritone and I am a band director, however I love to sing. I have been looking for some simple things to start training my pitch better and this is perfect. It also gives me some different things to think about. Thank you for sharing.
Thank you Jeff for this awesome alto warm up exercise. I just started in my church choir and this will help me with singing in the church. If you can't find your alto range, just play around with it till you find what is comfortable for you and stick to that if that helps. I am no expert but seen some comments is all. Thanks Jeff, you remind me of my choir teacher so many years ago i worked with at Indiana State University in Indiana USA. Awesome vocal techniques.
Such a soothing warm up, Jeff. I find many vocal eases to be acrobatic and I lose the ability to stay on my breath but this is one of my favorites and as long as I don't push it really works very well for me. Thanks
If you like this, and enjoy more soothing warm ups, consider trying some of my 'gentle' warm ups! th-cam.com/play/PL2mQP7sE6PHgeCERK14vncAbFCtHYjDNv.html Thank you for being here! Jeff
I was in show choir in high school and since covid-19 pins I haven't really been taking care of my voice but I'm glad that they're wonderful people like him on this app so I'm able to keep my voice nice and perky
I don't know if i'm a tenor or a baitone..I find comfortable both...but sometimes i get wrong in high notes and sometimes my low notes dont sound good...my voice seems to be richer with low harmonics, but it can be light too..help
Fach is a function of both range and the location of your secondo passaggio. Continue to nurture a well balanced vowel approach and the location of your secondo passaggio will become more or less evident. That will go a long way to indicating whether or not you're a tenor or baritone. Thanks! Jeff
I’m a trans guy and went on testosterone about 2.5 years ago and my voice deepened to a tenor range, and these exercises have been helpful for my changing voice!
Thank you so much for these videos, Jeff. I've watched this so many times I can easily lip sync your whole speech (with intonation) through the video. Your words have become actual earworms. That is something!
Another great one Jeff! This helps a lot because I can always work on holding notes out. My producer gets on me for dropping or scoop the end of notes .... lol
So good to be back here warming up with you again buddy, honestly one of the bits which has made me feel like things might go back to some kind of normal. Stay safe and thank you for this, and the 15 minutes we spend together before every gig and rehearsal
@@ryanpopp6067 not trans and a singing noob here but i imagine social anxiety,, refining tone if you're medically altering your voice as well as having voice training as part of gender therapy, and whether or not your prima voce now lies in the range of a tenor after taking T are concerns some trans men singers might have
Hey, these are pretty awesome! Had a show rehearsal last night and felt like I completely blew a tire, so I'm glad I took the time to check you out. Thank you!
Been listening and doing this warmup on my drive to my gig EVERY. DAMN. TIME. If anyone is like me, I’m ready to go when I arrive (and that’s usually gig go time) 😂
I absolutely love your videos. So tremendously helpful and very clear. I get a thrill everytime I'm practicing. Do continue your excellent work and I'll have the pleasure to do my warm ups everyday. Your 'uu's are catmint for me. Have a nice day.🌻
I used to take private lessons as a teenager and this is my first day and video of attempting warm-ups after not having done any warm-ups in 25 years. I'm sad to discover how much I've lost but I will be viewing this and other vids by Jeff to try to bring my voice back to where it used to be! I will not be defeated! 😁
Thanks for trying out the video! Welcome back to singing! Keep me up to date on your re-entry! You'll find that there's lots to choose from here and I'm quite responsive! Best, Jeff
My voice will naturally go to the notes without force. I think that's what these exercises are designed to help people achieve. Natural resonance with the tone. It's all in my pallet with these frequencies. I see where this can be very helpful. It's very weird when you have natural resonance cause you feel that each note is in a uber close position on your top pallet.
You have such a calm speaking voice, i wish my mornings started with on of your "and"s lol Reminds me of high school as a beginner musician taking lessons. Thx for the warm up!
Been using this warm up this past month to rehearse for my church’s Christmas Eve service, it’s my first time being in a choir again since my high school days a few years back!
Jill Johnson Mann it varies from person to person, mine is around E4-F#4. Yours may or may not be there. It’s where your voice starts to crack and such, and a good exercise that I do to help smooth it out is use “Gee” on on a 5 note major scale, starting at C3 and moving up by semitones. It takes a LONG time to work it, you have to do it very often. But you will get there. (PS I’m a tenor, if you’re a baritone start lower than a C3, bass starts even lower)
My ADHD makes it near impossible to focus on vocal exercises, but for some reason this video holds my focus long enough for me to get through them. This man may or may not be a wizard, and I am 100% fine with it.
I love it! Thank you so much for watching and I'm so glad you can get a vocal workout with it!
As for being a wizard, I can neither confirm nor deny such suspicions.
;-)
Jeff
Same! I recommend Jeff’s videos to everyone looking for vocal warm ups. I love that he doesn’t just say do this and moves on, he plays while you do it! Actually, that’s why I’m on the tenor video right now, doing it for a friend lol
Same. We need more musicians like Jeff who have honed their craft and still remain passionate enough to educate others. It’s a beautiful thing to just learn more about something we love instead of being scared away from it like many of us were. My piano teacher used to smack my fingers with a ruler every mistake, I was fucking terrified of something I loved. Still at 40 years old, every time I open a piano i’m reminded of Ms Beatrice & her bold choice to embrace chin hairs & smacking, over empathy & education. I’d love to know what her motivation was to teach kids because the woman loathed my knuckles and fingers ✌🏻rip babe
I’m glad the world has more Jeff‘s now. Thanks Jeff!
@@JeffRolka either way you're a bad ass and i hope this is making you rich you deserve it
There is no ADHD. Like many others, just a made-up disorder.
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2:28 May May Aah Aah
3:00 May May Ooh Ooh
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Can you pin this on the top please
Yes please pin to top!
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Yet so useful for me too
I've listened to this so many times that I've memorized the speaking parts and say them in sync with jeff
Me too! I do it to make my friends laugh all the time hahahaha
@@dereklenz3340 We don't wanna have a lot of that "h" in there 😉
@@darwinrucker8488 I recommend *z* for healthy onset on the vowel.
me too!!!!
@@theugliestguy858 lmao XD I love Jeffy Rolky
THIS GUY IS SO NICE! He keeps talking politely and I can't help but like him.
Thank you! I do what I can! Thank you for watching and thank you for your kind words!
Jeff
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I use this video to warm up before every singing lesson. Bonus: Jeff is just so darn likable and sophisticated and downright charming. "Hello, tenors!" Well, hello to you, sir!
Why hello! Thank you so much for your kind words! I appreciate that so much! I must admit, I was already smiling, but this broadened it significantly! Thank you for watching and enjoy the channel!
Jeff
As a female with a deep singing voice, (true contralto) this is absolutely perfect and warms my voice to honey! Thank you! 🥰
Same!
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Same!! ❤❤❤
AFAB tenor here, using this to prepare for musical auditions! This is even helping to lower my range a bit, so thank you Jeff! My voice is very well warmed up.
Awesome! Enjoy! Break a leg!
@@JeffRolka no
Im an operasinger and i use this daily and before a show. The progression in the erxecises are so well put together that even if im tired im always refreshed after one of your tenor warmups. Thank you so much for your work!
Awesome! Thank you for watching and singing along!
Best,
Jeff
@@Monnarchmonnarchy Bruh
@@Monnarchmonnarchy maybe less gate-keeping? Everyone is different.
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@@connorjohnson7059how is this gatekeeping? Your so very confused.😂
I can’t thank you enough for this, I’m really struggling with my transition from alto to tenor, I just started testosterone a few months ago and this is helping me figure out my new range and not stress my throat so much.
same, i started march 2021 and this is still helpful
Congratulations! I hope your voice is everything you wanted it to be.
omg me too
*does warm up as a baritone*
Lol I do the baritone warm up then the tenor warm up and there is no weight whatsoever to my voice now! Thank you and I will be subscribing.
Awesome! Thank you!
Jeff
Same here!
Same here bro, cheers!!
Seriously haha. I've been doing baritone-mezzo now im really confused about my voice type lol
We is baritenors
Im here after my son's choir audition , the trainor said he belongs to tenor , sorry for my english ,im from philippines. Im proud of my son because he has a voice.
I am a woman who is in this range and getting back into singing. This is a nice comfortable vocal warmup. I will be doing this daily! Thank you so much.
this is the first warm up i’ve done since learning i’m a tenor! for years i’ve been doing warm ups not intended for me and i’ve never felt more comfortable
6 years later and this is still the best warm up for me by a country mile. I can’t thank you enough, Jeff!
I use this pretty much every day! Thank you for this.
Thanks for watching!
Jeff
You still still using it? 👀
@@darnellingram5719 I sure am!
Still going?
Me too
2 things.
1st. Jeff I use this video constantly. Thanks again!
2nd. A fun game is to ask yourself a yes or no question, then pause the video at any random point. Whatever expression is on Jeff's face is the answer.
1. You're welcome! 2. Fun game! I'll have to be careful; in some of the newer videos with the cold weather my hands are struggling with some of the patterns and I make some really unfortunate facial expressions!
Thanks for watching! Enjoy!
Jeff
I tried the silly game and had some surprising results
By the way Jeff excellent warm up
I may be a bari tenor as I seem to shift passages three notes earlier than you
My break is middle c
lmfao why do comments like this exist
@@CodyRay lmfao why do comments like this exist
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Best!
Jeff
I hurt my voice singing improperly a few months back. I've had to cancel engagements because my voice just hasn't been where I feel it usually is. I've been using these warm-ups and my voice just feels like it's getting stronger and I am more in control of it. Thank you Jeff, I feel like I am getting my instrument back and treating it better this go round.
Awesome! Keep it up! Get better!
Jeff
@@JeffRolka jeff
This is my most watched TH-cam video without a doubt
Same!
The best vocal warm up on TH-cam .
Awesome! Thank you! Enjoy the channel and thanks for leaving a comment!
Best,
Jeff
I really like your warmup. I'm not a tenor, but I'm a contralto. This is more comfortable than the warmups for women that I've found online.
Who is else is doing the warm up whilst reading these comments 😂
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*Intellectual Winnie the Pooh: Whilst
@@yatharthbakshi I do
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I've been using this video for the past couple years, and as a Baritone/Tenor mix, this DEFINITELY HELPED MY HIGHER REGISTER! Thank you so much :)
15:12 "hopefully we'll see you again" Actually you get me here every single day hahaha
Thank you! I really appreciate that!!
Jeff
He stole that verse from me he stole my flow frr
I can’t thank you enough for your videos, Jeff! After barely singing at all during the pandemic, I finally took the courage to audition for my local cathedral choir. You exercises brought my voice back, and I just got word that I made the choir! THANK YOU!
Wonderful! Glad that the videos served you well!
Jeff
I studied bel canto for many years and although it’s been a long time, it’s like my voice never skipped a beat! This really took me back to all those years of singing scales and concentrating on clear, bright vowels. Reminded me that my trained voice is still back there!
Wonderful to hear! Enjoy the channel and enjoy singing!
Best,
Jeff
Mr. Rolka. This video has become my every day warm up. Not only for singing, but for centering myself. Thank you for sharing your content.
I use this almost everyday with the singing over the break warmup video for 1/2 hour hard rock warm up before going onstage. Works like a charm ✨
2 years into this exercise and the high range tenor warmup and my voice changed dramatically for the better. Thanks Jeff
Every time I need to warm up for a concert or musical I always come back to this. Best warmup on the internet?
Thank you for that! Glad to be here for you!
This is my “go to” warm up video. I use this before every rehearsal, sound check, etc. Thanks for this Jeff!
I’m the lead in a summer production at an amusement park and have to sing every night. This has been sooooo helpful every night. So thankful I found you!
Awesome! I myself did two summers at Cedar Park in Ohio! Where are you working? Thank you for watching!
Jeff
Jeff Rolka Canobie Lake Park in Salem, NH. I looove Cedar Point. Thank you for helping me sound my best!
I always struggle because I, a female, have a low alto/high tenor range and never manage to quite fit into one or the other when looking for warmups. This perfectly hit my tenor range, dipping into alto without stretching my chest voice at all. Great for my daily warmups, and some of your other videos work well if I'm looking to warm up and stretch my alto/high chest voice range. Thanks so much for this!!
Bros female doyen
I am a singer in a death metal band and I use this every single day, thanks so much
great warm ups bro!
Thanks!! Thanks for watching and enjoy the channel!
Jeff
Hey Jeff, do you have anything that has all the notes in the tenor range? Also something that spends prolonged time on the high/highest notes, as opposed to ascending to them and just coming down without staying. Not sure if I said this right, don't know any technical names. In a nutshell, if I want to a) practice all the notes and b) give the highest range in my voice a tight, tough work out what to do? Great channel, subbed and liked.
Hey there, thanks for getting in touch! Thanks for watching and subb'ing as well!
There's quite a bit on the channel, maybe try a couple of these:
th-cam.com/video/u2q_KqbOmNc/w-d-xo.html
th-cam.com/video/Jvz0iTIwhbA/w-d-xo.html
th-cam.com/video/THCk8UeBsKY/w-d-xo.html
th-cam.com/video/QLQCXXlPvP0/w-d-xo.html
Start with those and let me know how it goes.
Best!
Jeff
Jeff Rolka You are so cool. Thanks so much.
@@dazanom Jeff Rolka👍
These were the best vocal exercises I've done. They didn't hurt for once
5:27 "You wanna diminish it as much as pO🎶SSible"
I do it every time lmao
"for starterrsss"
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I do it every time lol
I've been singing with a vocal coach for nearly 2 years. I'd never attempted to learn properly before. I thought I'd look for other warm ups and I wasn't disappointed. Thank You.
Still warmin up with this video in 2019!!
Many people liked this particular series of warm ups! Thank you for watching! Enjoy!!!
Jeff
@@JeffRolka probably because it's efficient :)
Warm Up - 0:48
This is not only a fantastic warm up but it also helped me realize I had been singing a bit flat since I was a kid!! I've shared this with friends and family. You're helping a lot of people with these videos unquestionably. I'll never be some great singer but you've helped me to improve a lot. I want to thank you very, very much!
Thank you very much for your kind words! I made the channel in the hopes that folks would be able to use their voices a bit better and enjoy singing that much more for it! Glad to hear that the exercises are serving you in that capacity. Enjoy! Thank you for watching!
Jeff
Thank you so much for these relaxing exercises. I am training myself to be a leggerio tenor. I can sing trills and florid passages decently and my upper register is rich and powerful but anything below the A3 is weak and breathy and I always run out of stamina after fifteen minutes. I will be sure to listen to your tutorials more often.
Is this David dobrik older more sophisticated brother?
I thought he looked like John c Reilly
No, david dobrik is this guys’ younger lest sophisticated brother
@@eliasbernstein
So than yes?
@@PrinceJesthat was a joke insinuating that Jeff is more important than
Watching this in my car before my first audition. So thankful
I hope it went well! All the best!
Jeff
After working with this lesson for about a month the first and most powerful improvement I noticed was added strength and ease of singing in my upper chest voice. I have more confidence in my head voice and and the transition is getting smoother. I've added Jeff's Daily Vocal Workout to my lesson plan. I'm gonna keep at it Thanks Jeff
Awesome! Keep it up! The new tenor video (coming out tomorrow, Jan. 15, 2022) has loads of work in the upper chest voice area! Should compliment this warm up nicely!
Link goes live tomorrow:
th-cam.com/video/b0jn7uCnLZQ/w-d-xo.html
Best,
Jeff
Shout out to @9:52 when I fluffed it a bit and you give the camera a look like, WTF mate? Seriously though, I check out a lot of the vocal teachers and try their exercises on here, and you have definitely been the clearest and most useful.
Awesome! Little semi-side eye there!
Sorry it took me so long to respond too! I saw your comment and then I lost it. For some reason TH-cam filtered it but I found it again!
Thank you for your kind words! I do my best! Thanks for watching and enjoy the channel!
Best,
Jeff
I've been using this exact same warmup with my band for the last year and a half. YOU RULE, JEFF! Totally recommend!
Thank you so much! Thank your band mates on my behalf too!
All the best!
Jeff
I’m a baritone, but had the role of Judas for the last couple months. This warmup helped me tons. Thanks Jeff!
I was hit by a car as a pedestrian about one month ago (broke 16 bones and came very close to death). The hospital had a tracheal tube down my throat, which I ripped out when I woke up from my medically induced coma. They said it was likely I could have voice damage. Your videos have helped already to help me regain what I had before. Thank you so much, Jeff.
My goodness, I'm so sorry to hear that that happened to you! I wish you all the best of luck in your continued recovery.
Jeff
I am a professional opera singer and I teach at a university level. This was fun bro. Great exercises.
Awesome! Thank you!
Hey man I started doing this everyday. I have been doing it for 2 weeks now. My voice has already improved so much. Subscribed and liked.
Brilliant! Thank you for watching and keep up the great work!!
Jeff
I moved from alto 1 to tenor 1 through high school and i want my range back! Thank you for this video
This just opened me up vocally for my recent audition and I feel like I nailed it. Thank you so much!
Bravo! Thank you for watching!
Jeff
I'm a trans masculine person who has been a singer since I was a kid. I was always put with the sopranos despite having a naturally deep voice. Now that I have the command over my voice and can explore it myself, I find this video is EXACTLY the warm up range I need, thank you so much for putting out videos like this
I love watching the view count crank up and realising most of them are mine
Yeah baby! Thanks for watching! I appreciate it!
Best,
Jeff
i remember watching this when i was younger and wishing this was my natural vocal range. 1 year on testosterone later, i’m relearning my voice and your videos help me so much!
you have a calming presence. it helps for relaxing my voice
I just love saying "segundo Passagio" Thanks, Jeff. Your warmup really helps. I can tell the difference every time, and it seems my range is increasing.
Still using this!
Jeff, I've been using this warmup and a bunch of your other videos for about a year now, and I can't thank you enough. I'm not a great singer, but I've made a ton of progress, and your videos have been more than instrumental in my growth as a singer. Thanks, man
Awesome! Really glad to hear that they've helped!
Thanks Jeff this has helped me improve to the point were I've been going back in my up and coming album and re-doing vocal tracks.
Jeff, I want to take the time to thank you. I’ve been singing for 20 years, mostly heavy stuff, and never took any singing classes. I’ve always been struggling with a few precise things, although I’ve developed tricks to hide them and managed to have a rewarding career.
I’ve been trying for a long time to understand my flaws and learn techniques from coaches who were closer to my type of powerful voice and style, without much success. Then I found your exercices for tenors and everything fell into place. Every gig has been a breeze since then. You have changed the way I sing forever! From Montréal, merci beaucoup!
Thank you so much for sharing this with me! I am so happy to hear that the videos have helped so much! Keep enjoying the channel and great work with your singing!
All the best!
Jeff
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Thank you SO MUCH!!! I have historically sung alto but am considering joining a local choir which is excited for another potential tenor. I can sing the entire range but have been nervous about precision. This is brilliant, and I'll practice this continuously until mid-Jan when I join my first practice.
when you can't find an alto warm up video that goes low enough :P
I have a male version of your problem... i can't find a high exercise that goes beyond the high C, and i can reach E in chest voice.
Are you like Leggero tenor?
Don't know for sure, i can sing things a countertenor does in full voice, usually i train myself with some women music, another male that could easily reach those notes when he was young is Andre Matos, from Angra, listen to Stand away, reaching horizons, Nothing to say and Carry on and you'll get it :).
Just what I thought! ;-) Have been looking for contralto-warm ups! ;-)
Same problem I have! Its nice to have this video that actually goes low enough for me! I sing in two different choirs and one I sing with the Tenors and the other I sing alto and soprano 2. So this is a nice comfortable range for me when its tenor night 😉
This has become my favorite vocal warm up ever. I use it pretty much everyday, this and the falsetto one. Thank u Jeff, you're absolutely fabulous.
Wonderful! Thank you for watching and singing a-long!
Jeff
Your methodology is amazing. Makes it easy and fun to learn and practice. I watch your videos every day and thank you so much for being such a vocal coach committed to the art of music. Greetings from Brazil.
Sounds odd but one of the reasons why I love this channel so much is the sound of this piano. It sounds amazing! All other channels have these digital pianos. This one is inspiring to sing to.
Thank you so much for that. I try really hard to mic it up nicely, and it's good to hear that that is coming through.
This is very helpful Jeff. Thank you. My voice is a Baritone and I am a band director, however I love to sing. I have been looking for some simple things to start training my pitch better and this is perfect. It also gives me some different things to think about.
Thank you for sharing.
Thank you Jeff for this awesome alto warm up exercise. I just started in my church choir and this will help me with singing in the church. If you can't find your alto range, just play around with it till you find what is comfortable for you and stick to that if that helps. I am no expert but seen some comments is all. Thanks Jeff, you remind me of my choir teacher so many years ago i worked with at Indiana State University in Indiana USA. Awesome vocal techniques.
Such a soothing warm up, Jeff. I find many vocal eases to be acrobatic and I lose the ability to stay on my breath but this is one of my favorites and as long as I don't push it really works very well for me. Thanks
If you like this, and enjoy more soothing warm ups, consider trying some of my 'gentle' warm ups!
th-cam.com/play/PL2mQP7sE6PHgeCERK14vncAbFCtHYjDNv.html
Thank you for being here!
Jeff
I was in show choir in high school and since covid-19 pins I haven't really been taking care of my voice but I'm glad that they're wonderful people like him on this app so I'm able to keep my voice nice and perky
I don't know if i'm a tenor or a baitone..I find comfortable both...but sometimes i get wrong in high notes and sometimes my low notes dont sound good...my voice seems to be richer with low harmonics, but it can be light too..help
Fach is a function of both range and the location of your secondo passaggio. Continue to nurture a well balanced vowel approach and the location of your secondo passaggio will become more or less evident. That will go a long way to indicating whether or not you're a tenor or baritone.
Thanks!
Jeff
Some people are just right in the middle.
Could be lyric baritone
You’re a benor
I’ve never commented before but your content for a few years has been a useful tool for me before almost every performance, I just wanna thank you 🙏🏻
Thank you so much! I truly appreciate it and am glad that the videos are serving you well! May they continue to do! Enjoy the channel!
Jeff
I’m a trans guy and went on testosterone about 2.5 years ago and my voice deepened to a tenor range, and these exercises have been helpful for my changing voice!
You can be delivered from that
8:45 what did he say? I couldn’t hear because the piano it sounded like he was saying “ UE UE UE UE U E
You heard correctly!
Jeff
Jeff's warm-ups are useful and he looks like Chest Rockwell, which adds extra fun to using his videos.
Especially upside down in the reflection.
Thank you so much for these videos, Jeff. I've watched this so many times I can easily lip sync your whole speech (with intonation) through the video. Your words have become actual earworms. That is something!
You're welcome! Thank you for watching and singing along (and lip-syncing with me! So glad you're getting good use from these videos!
Best,
Jeff
Lol bro I've been using this as my everyday warm up for like a few months. appreciate u Jeff
Awesome! Thank you for watching!
Jeff
I am so happy to see this video crossed 1million views. helped me soo much! Thank you Jeff!!!
It did indeed! Very exciting!
Jeff
Another great one Jeff! This helps a lot because I can always work on holding notes out. My producer gets on me for dropping or scoop the end of notes .... lol
So good to be back here warming up with you again buddy, honestly one of the bits which has made me feel like things might go back to some kind of normal. Stay safe and thank you for this, and the 15 minutes we spend together before every gig and rehearsal
Thank you so much! I really appreciate it! Break a leg!
Jeff
@@JeffRolka breaking bad
im a trans guy considering switching to the mens choir. This really gave me confidence i belong as a tenor. Thank you !
I use this warmup alot- started T 4 months ago. It works a lot!
-james
y does it matter if ur trans?
@@ryanpopp6067 not trans and a singing noob here but i imagine social anxiety,, refining tone if you're medically altering your voice as well as having voice training as part of gender therapy, and whether or not your prima voce now lies in the range of a tenor after taking T are concerns some trans men singers might have
@@ayembic7933 I have social anxiety and im bi but I dont go around saying it
Hey, these are pretty awesome! Had a show rehearsal last night and felt like I completely blew a tire, so I'm glad I took the time to check you out.
Thank you!
You're welcome! Thanks for watching!
Jeff
Found Jeff's videos recently, he is a very knowledgeable and positive instructor, good stuff!
Mark-55 year old tenor, worship musician.
+Mark Rousseau Thank you, Mark! Enjoy the channel!
Best,
Jeff
I'm 12
These videos are definitely in the upper echelons of TH-cam based vocal teaching. Keep it up, man! Great stuff!
Thank you very much! I will! Thanks for watching!
Jeff
Incredible job, Jeff! I always use your videos before tracking vocals. Thank you for providing such great tools. - Steve
Fantastic! I'm glad to help!
All the best,
Jeff
Yep same, it's my ritual now!
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Been listening and doing this warmup on my drive to my gig EVERY. DAMN. TIME.
If anyone is like me, I’m ready to go when I arrive (and that’s usually gig go time) 😂
Awesome! Great to hear!
I absolutely love your videos. So tremendously helpful and very clear. I get a thrill everytime I'm practicing.
Do continue your excellent work and I'll have the pleasure to do my warm ups everyday.
Your 'uu's are catmint for me.
Have a nice day.🌻
I used to take private lessons as a teenager and this is my first day and video of attempting warm-ups after not having done any warm-ups in 25 years. I'm sad to discover how much I've lost but I will be viewing this and other vids by Jeff to try to bring my voice back to where it used to be! I will not be defeated! 😁
Thanks for trying out the video! Welcome back to singing! Keep me up to date on your re-entry! You'll find that there's lots to choose from here and I'm quite responsive!
Best,
Jeff
You have the moves so nicely
I use this DAILY. It’s a great balance of challenging/easy. Thank you! -Elijah
My voice will naturally go to the notes without force. I think that's what these exercises are designed to help people achieve. Natural resonance with the tone. It's all in my pallet with these frequencies. I see where this can be very helpful. It's very weird when you have natural resonance cause you feel that each note is in a uber close position on your top pallet.
You have it exactly right.
Best,
Jeff
@@JeffRolka Should your hand be moving by itself when you feel the music? I don't think this is normal. I know this sounds absolutely crazy.
Seriously this vocal warm up video has been the best for me too I swear
Still warming up with this till this day!
You have such a calm speaking voice, i wish my mornings started with on of your "and"s lol
Reminds me of high school as a beginner musician taking lessons. Thx for the warm up!
..brilliant! I use this warm up almost every day - keep up the great work!
Thank you! Will do!
Great warmup! Thank you for your content, 5 years after and still so useful :)
That was excellent, this is my warm up video for now.
Lair
Been using this warm up this past month to rehearse for my church’s Christmas Eve service, it’s my first time being in a choir again since my high school days a few years back!
This is helping me so much with smoothing my pasagio out.
Jill Johnson Mann it varies from person to person, mine is around E4-F#4. Yours may or may not be there. It’s where your voice starts to crack and such, and a good exercise that I do to help smooth it out is use “Gee” on on a 5 note major scale, starting at C3 and moving up by semitones. It takes a LONG time to work it, you have to do it very often. But you will get there. (PS I’m a tenor, if you’re a baritone start lower than a C3, bass starts even lower)
Passaaaggggiiiooooo
Smooth my dik