Finally unlocked my tenor high notes with this after over 20 years of squeezing!!! I had heard about the yawn but the high notes being behind me is what really opened me up. I'm singing in an opera chorus this month so this couldn't come at a better time!
Great explanation! This understanding of not looking up for the high notes, but actually looking at the notes from above, is almost an epiphany! I'll practice it. Thanks!
The way you articulate, I just get it. It's counterintuitive, but I understand it because of how you dumb things down (a compliment). Appreciated Jose.
You are an excellent teacher. This is so true. If one watches for example Joan sutherland, when she is about to hit her high C or high E flat you can see her literally almost sit on her body and her neck and head are slightly pushed back and preparation for the note. She was a phenomenal technician
Jose, every time i hear your teaching are very very good and you are funny, my best friends were italians Balatori , Gin Romanielo but I really enjoy your teaching I really try to find all your videos but i dont know how to find them. All of them are so very well explain good example. I wish one day to meet you , There is not doubt you are my numero uno teacher. Keep teaching, I want also to say if you can help me. I want to change the music industry I am learning so much But opera is a Art and only few people perceive its beauty. My favorite has always been Enrico Carusso.
OMG yes! It is such a mental thing, and LOVE your ways to help revisualizing and clear up the misconceptions the mind has told was the " truth" about high notes! Mindblowing and voicealtering!
I train myself since more than a year when i have time i progressed a lot thanks to Li Vigni's short or different videos BUT thanks to some of your previous video i made à lot of progress and the sound i produce is clearer. I also extend my range in tenor notes so thanks a lot you have a great way to explain in addition to you wonderfull voice
Well I'll be! Singing lessons for four years and I've never tried this exercise this way? My mode 1 tops out at G4 (well occasionally A4; what can I say, I'm a bass-baritone) and I'm not saying I'm in mode 1 after passing G4 using this but I could get to E5 effortlessly and it sounded like a completely smooth transition! Thank you!
Thank you very much for making this video, for months I have been trying to make high notes without tension and it was difficult for me, I used to get very frustrated, but everything you said in the video works, I must continue practicing what you say in your video, but I am impressed by how much improvement there was just by applying your advice, thank you very much
Thanks again Jose for explaining these concepts again, but it a different way. It all helps with understanding. I can do these types of exercises that you are doing here (thanks to you and the yawn technique!) but can I say that the problem for me comes when trying to maintain this when actually singing. Then you have all the mix of vowels and consonants and jumps between notes that then makes it a whole lot more difficult, particularly in the passaggio area. I will carry on experimenting!
Thanks for the video. Can you talk about how when you yawn the tongue stays high (it should stay high in singing, but with yawn it is clearly low). What is the mental picture for that.
How much of this is due to technics and exercise and how much of this is due to your natural range? I feel like despite all my exercises and practice my range stays the same and my higher range is capped and there’s just NOTHING to do about it.
My problem seems to be, I can get all the positions fine, but from the yawn if I make the high note sound, I can't get Chord Closure around it, I get more of a vocal fry sound when I try and apply chord closure as if its trying to do something but falling apart. Even if I try a glottal stop in the high range, I'm leaking some air and getting the fry sound.
@@dbanksey216 takes time to develop cord closure in the high notes, unless you’ve been doing it for years what I can recommend is don’t go so high yet, start with gentle glottal attacks in the yawn position in a comfortable note in which you maintain the yawn position and can achieve correct closure. Then once you’re comfortable with the glottal attacks you try to sustain the cord closure. Once it feels comfortable then move on up slowly and working half step by half step. Takes time and discipline but don’t be impatient. Slow and steady wins the race, most important is that it feels relaxed, healthy, and comfortable.
@@craig2380 Yeah, its a little frustrating. I have 2 issues. 1. I can sing up to a comfortable A4 in a very powerful chesty sound, can hit a B4 like this, but not stable, but then I have no where to go, I'm at a complete wall. 2. I can hit the A4 in a lighter sound, which then allows me to go higher, but it just feels thin on the A4 and lacks that little bit of girth that you need. I'm guessing there is some balancing act that needs to take place somewhere where I would need to thin earlier, around the F4 or G4. For now though, it remains a mystery lol
Every time he does the yawn, I REALLY YAWN too, while watching these videos!!! It is really fascinating how powerful and tribal the yawn is.
I yawm like 50 times per video he makes😂 and not because they are boring😅
Me too lolol
how i can yawn continuously? is yawn opening the mouth wide?
Finally unlocked my tenor high notes with this after over 20 years of squeezing!!! I had heard about the yawn but the high notes being behind me is what really opened me up. I'm singing in an opera chorus this month so this couldn't come at a better time!
He's so fantastic
Amazing singer, very intelligent teacher
Great explanation! This understanding of not looking up for the high notes, but actually looking at the notes from above, is almost an epiphany! I'll practice it. Thanks!
The way you articulate, I just get it. It's counterintuitive, but I understand it because of how you dumb things down (a compliment). Appreciated Jose.
9:40 hitting the high g.
You are an excellent teacher. This is so true. If one watches for example Joan sutherland, when she is about to hit her high C or high E flat you can see her literally almost sit on her body and her neck and head are slightly pushed back and preparation for the note. She was a phenomenal technician
Great! you just helped me find the missing puzzle to hitting my opera high notes😁
thank you sir🙏
I think my singing life is about to change!! 😭
I feel like this video was made with me in mind.
Thank you amazing
Jose, every time i hear your teaching are very very good and you are funny, my best friends were italians Balatori , Gin Romanielo but I really enjoy your teaching I really try to find all your videos but i dont know how to find them. All of them are so very well explain good example. I wish one day to meet you , There is not doubt you are my numero uno teacher. Keep teaching, I want also to say if you can help me. I want to change the music industry I am learning so much But opera is a Art and only few people perceive its beauty. My favorite has always been Enrico Carusso.
the overtones at 5:43!!!!
OMG yes! It is such a mental thing, and LOVE your ways to help revisualizing and clear up the misconceptions the mind has told was the " truth" about high notes! Mindblowing and voicealtering!
I train myself since more than a year when i have time i progressed a lot thanks to Li Vigni's short or different videos BUT thanks to some of your previous video i made à lot of progress and the sound i produce is clearer. I also extend my range in tenor notes so thanks a lot you have a great way to explain in addition to you wonderfull voice
Это видео изменит представление вокалистов о вокале! Чудесно✨
High Yawn to do a High C! 😉
Exactly 💯
This is really a game changer for me
Thank youu 👌
man you're videos are so good
Well I'll be! Singing lessons for four years and I've never tried this exercise this way? My mode 1 tops out at G4 (well occasionally A4; what can I say, I'm a bass-baritone) and I'm not saying I'm in mode 1 after passing G4 using this but I could get to E5 effortlessly and it sounded like a completely smooth transition!
Thank you!
One of the most brilliant & helpful videos-especially when it comes to its timing in my journey. SO VERY GRATEFUL to you, Maestro! 🙏
Thank you very much for making this video, for months I have been trying to make high notes without tension and it was difficult for me, I used to get very frustrated, but everything you said in the video works, I must continue practicing what you say in your video, but I am impressed by how much improvement there was just by applying your advice, thank you very much
Thanks!
@@ajish4377 ❤️🙏
Thank you for your video.Amazing explanation.My doubt is clear now.
THANK YOU SO MUCH!
That arc / trajectory is key
This technique is the way to healthy singing. The style or genre of vocal music is another issue.
Superb! Got some new imagery and language for my students.
Saludos desde México
El mejor gracias por los consejos
brilliant. thank you!
Great point! High notes are Not High; High notes are in Back of You!
Thanks again Jose for explaining these concepts again, but it a different way. It all helps with understanding. I can do these types of exercises that you are doing here (thanks to you and the yawn technique!) but can I say that the problem for me comes when trying to maintain this when actually singing. Then you have all the mix of vowels and consonants and jumps between notes that then makes it a whole lot more difficult, particularly in the passaggio area. I will carry on experimenting!
Everytime I watch your video I get sleepy, everytime....now lunch time, good night XDD
it is a blessing to see your videos.. i deeply appreciate what you do!
Thank you for this Jose, really really helped!
This really helped, thank you
Use the yawn, Luke!™
OMG, this is SO useful, thank you very much! Eres español o italiano? Saludos! :)
great stuff, Jose. Thanks for sharing your knowledge and exploration. Do you or did you by any chance study with Jack Livigni?
dude thank you that's awesome subscribed!!!!!
Amazing. Subscribed!
Thank you, José!!! Awesome info 🤝🏻👍🏻
Whats that mic quality for singing video? I got dizzy with this target based focus 😅
Thanks!! Always love your content.
Really helpful
This is good information. Thanks
Love it
Thanks for the video. Can you talk about how when you yawn the tongue stays high (it should stay high in singing, but with yawn it is clearly low). What is the mental picture for that.
How much of this is due to technics and exercise and how much of this is due to your natural range? I feel like despite all my exercises and practice my range stays the same and my higher range is capped and there’s just NOTHING to do about it.
How to keep cord closure like in flageolet or whistle? It naturally goes apart to falsetto
Doesn’t the yawn automatically depress the larynx?
Good
Problem comes with annunciation, how to maintain yawn when having to Annunciate 🤔
Detach tounge and lips work from the open throat
@@simong8527exactly! 🤗
@@simong8527 ok thank you! 🙏🏽 I’ll give that a go!
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Do you also need to tilt your head (=raise your chin) backwards?
I got sleepy from so much yawning
🙏❣️
How can we used that kind of voice in singing😂
🎶 💙
My problem seems to be, I can get all the positions fine, but from the yawn if I make the high note sound, I can't get Chord Closure around it, I get more of a vocal fry sound when I try and apply chord closure as if its trying to do something but falling apart. Even if I try a glottal stop in the high range, I'm leaking some air and getting the fry sound.
Exactly the same here mate. Doesn't seem to be too many videos on how to get the closure 😵💫😵💫
@@dbanksey216 takes time to develop cord closure in the high notes, unless you’ve been doing it for years what I can recommend is don’t go so high yet, start with gentle glottal attacks in the yawn position in a comfortable note in which you maintain the yawn position and can achieve correct closure. Then once you’re comfortable with the glottal attacks you try to sustain the cord closure. Once it feels comfortable then move on up slowly and working half step by half step. Takes time and discipline but don’t be impatient. Slow and steady wins the race, most important is that it feels relaxed, healthy, and comfortable.
@@craig2380 Yeah, its a little frustrating. I have 2 issues. 1. I can sing up to a comfortable A4 in a very powerful chesty sound, can hit a B4 like this, but not stable, but then I have no where to go, I'm at a complete wall. 2. I can hit the A4 in a lighter sound, which then allows me to go higher, but it just feels thin on the A4 and lacks that little bit of girth that you need. I'm guessing there is some balancing act that needs to take place somewhere where I would need to thin earlier, around the F4 or G4. For now though, it remains a mystery lol
Thankyou Gor the reply. Any chance you could do a video on this 👍🙏🙏🙏🙏@@Tenor_Simerilla
Subtitles please 🙏🏽
There are not subtitled ahi ahi ahi....😑
Done, subtitles are now there!!!
@@Tenor_Simerilla 🙏
Is this applicable for Baritones as well?
Yes, it's all the same thing.
First
All looks easy but to maintaine open throat. My advice go to the gym and become very strong.