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As a singer who’s studied the voice for more than a decade to an obsessive degree, I can absolutely say without a doubt that this is the best explanation of support I’ve ever heard.
Really good.Its 1am. So l'll get on it much more during the day tomorrow. How many times to do the breathing lessons a day. A stroke 8yrs ago left a deficit, I strive to regain my singing capabilities . This is my season Hallelujah 🎉
In all seriousness, this woman is very passionate about teaching singing the right way as she should. These are indeed very nice tips and I encourage everyone to take her advice seriously
This is actually spot on. All beginners should watch this. Although, learning to sing with good support without pushing or interfering is A LOT harder and requires A HUGE AMOUNT of practice.
so nice hearing that learning to sing does take a ton of practice and isn't something perfected in one night. It's kind of intimidating and tough seeing all these amazing celebrity singers on the internet with some even being just 18 and it's easy to forget that though they're young, they've probably had singing lessons since they were 5 and had practiced for years.
I had few lessons when I was 16 and had my first one again today I'm 45 I practice at home from my stomach I can feel the muscles,felt tired after and throat so think overworked considering I havnt sang properly for ever.
I think people put too much emphasis on warming up the throat: I find it really helps to warm up my mid-section with dance like excercises and give the throat a rest, so there is much less tension and more power when I start singing.
@@naritruwireve1381 i can't agree on that, some people were just born with the ability and gift. For people who were'nt born like that it takes a huge amount of practice yes.
I am 30 and always wanted to try singing but was too shy. I feel like I just had an expensive private voice lesson, she’s so easy to understand and so engaging! Thanks so much for making these.
Same here. I'm 21 and have always been so shy and felt like i didnt HAVE a voice and now i know i do have a voice and all i want is to learn to use it. My middle school music teacher recommended you and im so glad for it!
Recently discovered that there's everything wrong with my voice...from bad breath support to engaging throat and pushing when going high, making me cut my range in half and destroying my tone. Hence I've decided to go back to basics. This video of yours really helped a lot in explaining what support really means. Great that it popped up in the search results. I'm literally making you my virtual vocal coach! Thanks a lot for posting this.
I have always wanted to learn what you so expertly teach, I am 74 years old and love to sing, of course not very well, but now with your teaching me beginning with the basics I finally have a chance, I will continue to learn from you and apply what I learn... Thank you so much
is "cut my range in half" a hyperbolic statement or is the difference in range really super huge and significant? would love to know your experience and have some hope for myself
this is how im feeling i can sing pretty good but ive never had any lessons and i feel like im singing all wrong bcs while i can sing its strained sometimes and i feel like if i dont try and learn anything ill ruin my voice
I went to music school as a kid, and was taught wrong support (locking in). I spent a year training with not one, but TWO vocal teachers. One of my teachers came quite close, but none of this training made support as clear as this video. THANK YOU SO MUCH!
This is a miracle. I have never been able to sing. I'm 64. I prayed that I could learn to sing so that I could sing praises to God. Look what He did!! Your lessons appeared in my feed. Oh My!! I can sing now. Thank you, Victoria,for your supreme teachings. Thank You to God!
Peace and Blessings! After watching the Pixar movie "Soul" I realized that singing has always been my spark but I lost it at a very early age. I'm finally picking it back up and have been glued to your page all morning. I thought I damaged my vocal cords when all along I have not been understanding the proper techniques. I am grateful for your wisdom.
OH DEAR GOD Im no singer but im a god damn narrator. Ive been watching your videos none stop for about 3 hours. It all makes sense to me right now. I always had a problem with this and no one seemed to know sh!t. thaaanks
God bless you lady. It took me about 40 years to finally hear someone describe support the way I was taught through a book "How To Sing" ( a translation from Italian to English that i deceased Dad bought when he was a young sailor). So many are teaching without understanding, but you are the best I have seen at explaining, and showing so that a beginner can follow you through example. You have my respect added to your list of followers. I sing from Bass to Contra Tenor, and have sang for 10 1/2 hours non stop on a few occasions. I sing pop from the 70s to current, and have 75 originals in various styles. I am now, at 63 about to launch my entertainment career, because the world needs a lot more love and dance.I will review all of your videos as time permits, for you will confirm a lot of my theories I have taught myself. There are a few things I do that might interest you, like warm up without any sound, and then build my range from middle range songs to full scale, increasing my keys about, three semi tones every hour. I also sing a complete verse on one breath. That is where my breathing support comes in as a way of life. It works also in free diving for me, where I stay underwater for long yet comfortable periods.
I'm an instrumentalist trying to improve my singing , and I find voice training videos boring ,because I'm used to watching instrumental tut video, but here it's the best channel I've set my eyes on. I'm going start from the beginning watching all your playlists
Holy mother*** of g** i cannot believe how much better i just sounded. I was breathing out with my lower muscles only for years. I didn't get it at all. I just recorded five songs...I am so much louder, clear and in-control its insane. Thank you!!
@@Victoria-Victorious of course :) also do you think you could put a video together with bringing falsetto higher or making falsetto not so squeaky or annoying?
This is so helpful for someone like me who is confused about all the correct techniques for singing. It is very easy to understand compared to all the other videos I have watched all across TH-cam, in different languages, by different people. Your analogies (in all of your videos as well) make learning so fast. I had to comment at least once. Thank you very much for all your teaching. Edit: I found the right word that I was looking for to describe your videos. It is "engaging" if I am using the word correctly!
I feel like I was scolded but maybe that's what I needed because this might be the first time in my life I've watched through an entire educational video and done what's taught in it
Thank you so much! I’ve been writing music and teaching myself guitar for about two years now. Unfortunately, About a year ago, I was diagnosed with T-cell ALL leukemia cancer. despite how difficult treatment has been, it only made me love singing and playing guitar even more! The reason why I bring this up, is because the chemotherapy I now go through once a month really keeps my blood levels low, especially with hemoglobin (the protein that carries oxygen) I really thought this would put a stop to my singing due to me constantly running out of breath, turns out it was the other way around I’ve now been mastering the support I give while singing, and I can only imagine how things will be when my treatment is done in my counts are back to normal! 😆
I'm a woodwind player; sax, clarinet, bassoon. My first revelation was to relax my abdominal muscles when breathing in. That helped. The second revelation, 4 years ago, was exactly - yes - exactly as demonstrated here. I think of it as keeping my rib cage expanded while breathing out through the instrument. I then found that revelation numero uno no longer applied; breathing-in was no problem, my body did it for me, and snatching a quick breath was a doddle. Of course, all this was not immediate and sometimes I fall back into old habits.
I was a clarinet player since middle school at least and this is how our teacher taught us - breathe into your belly (not inhaling into the chest) and exhale supported from your diaphragm. We were told that if we inhaled into our lungs, then we couldn’t access the power and support from the diaphragm. They made us do it through recorders first IIRC and if can be frank, it never NOT made sense. The bodily sensation is completely different
I haven’t been having much problems with support but this video clearly told me otherwise. I find it much easier to go higher now. It was an instant difference in the ease. Even hitting whistle notes has gotten easier. Madam Victoria, you’re a sensation and an idol. Have a great day!!
03:25 : totally true: I had classes for over 1 year with my first teacher and she never even mentioned the word 'support'. After the first lesson with my second teacher, she told me the concept of support and I began using it just because I learned what it is. Needless to say my skills drastically improved after this
I'm just starting singing lessons and I´ve been doing some light breathing exercises since through all my years of singing alone I never knew about this. I wanted to make sure I was doing it right while at home and this was SO good. People are not very good at describing how it feels to use breath the right way, but you managed to make me understand it in just a few minutes, outstanding!
Just one try and I implemented this technique while I sang and it felt so much easier. No discomfort in singing or scratchy throats. You are seriously one of the best vocal coaches out there. Thank you so much for your work in these videos that you put out 😊😊
Victoria, your teaching is literally a breath of fresh air... so refreshing to hear such thorough and specific explanation beyond the usual "tuck in" "tuck out" or the ever popular "ENGAGE your abs". Thank you!
You make it so easy to understand. I don’t sing at all but I understand the logic and principles you’re teaching. I even practiced it just for fun. You’re a great instructor!
Thank you so much! I have an audition tomorrow and the “let it drop into your stomach” note helped me more with breath support than my five other years of theatre
I am a trained yoga instructor from a long time ago. The breathing and control in the lower ribs (upper abdomen) as well as the lifting up of the chest as if by a string pulling gently upwards were both something I was taught, and not many yoga schools were focusing on that abdominal control. They would all teach to push the tummy out. I hope I understood this correctly. It feel as if I did. Quite eye opening. Thank you so much. Nice to know that one discipline might inform this new one I am embarking upon.
I have watched and worked with several of your videos off and on for the past few weeks. Usually an E is as high as I feel safe singing on stage. After following and practicing along with you on this one, I let loose with a high note stone cold and not warmed up. I sang the note reasonably relaxed. It sounded good. I checked on the keyboard and discovered I was singing a G! I will continue practicing to your videos as I get time. Thank you very much.
Singing physiology explained in a interesting way (and i am no singer) 10:30 Key Point - taking the load of the delicate vocal chords. And yes I did enjoy this video!
My daughters and I sing in our local church, and I have struggled to Improve vocally over the last year. I've often thought that perhaps singing was just not for me or I don't have a voice for singing and wanted to quit. I am so thankful I had stumbled upon you channel Mrs. Victoria. What you are teaching in your videos is priceless to people such as me, who have never studied voice or music and had zero idea where to begin. Thank you for share your expertise grand knowledge. May God bless you.
I really like your style of teaching and the passion you put into it. It holds my attention and interest, and it makes the subject you're teaching so easy to understand. You're amazing!
Hello Ma'am! I really love this video and how you MAKE us understand the concept. I've been trying to figure out what breath support and "Breathing from the diaphragm" was all about. Yes I know the feeling of what it is but its just im still learning I guess lol. I really think that you could've gotten to the point quicker. But overall this video is good and better than most videos that teach breath support. OMG I JUST TRIED THIS TECHNIQUE AND HELPEEEEEEEEEEED
As I said at the beginning of the video, My objective was to EXPLAIN in DETAIL what breath support is, and then how to do it. I break it all down. A big reason so many singers don't support is because they don't know what it is. You can't do something if you don't know what it is, if you don't understand it. Happy that it is working for you! 🙂
Hi Victoria! I've been watching you're videos for a year now and I'm gonna be honest, you have help me improve my voice!! Puberty hitted my voice hard 3 years ago and I lost my singing voice and ngl I sounded really nasal, unhealthy, raspy and many more, but then I decided to teach my self how to sing again last year and most of the vocal coach/youtubers that I have watched haven't helped me at all (which some of their lessons are kinda complicated for me to understand) but then 1 day I saw one of your videos and it really helped me a lot! The way you teach is really clean and its really easy to understand, right now my voice is actually getting better and I think its above average! The only things that I need to practice right now is breath support, how to sing clean cause sometimes when I sing I have this really ugly tone its like a voice crack but it wasn't (I've been trying to find a video about it but I dont know what its called like, and lastly I need to fix the way I pronounce some words cause its like I'm eating the words that I am saying, but other than that you are the best vocal coach that I ever know and I'm really thankful that I've known and saw your videos :))
Thank you for your wonderful post! So happy that I am helping you so much! Re your questions, I have a playlist on Vowels and 2 videos on Diction in Singing. For your other question, perhaps you mean that you have a break in your voice? See my playlist on Mixed Voice.
@@Victoria-Victorious hi victoria, i came back to say this but thank you very much for all of your vocal tips, it helped me very much. I won various singing competitions with a lot of your help and it made my voice prettier than ever. your an angel in disguise, thank you so much !! :>
12:35 I love how cleanly you stopped the operatic note. 😊 That's something I'm still working out how to do. Thank you for the lesson! A teacher who demonstrates is a winner 🏆
I'm starting off at the lowest stage possible and got inspired after watching a pop group formation group. Recently just learned what chest voice and head voice are and yesterday was learning was mixed voice was and i just started self teaching and i was trying different things to make the sounds but ending up sucking in lmao. thank god i found this video
My music teacher is an opera singer and she taught me the same thing. Also I learned how to breathe properly after I started meditation breathing. It really helped a lot! But I would also like to say that you are a very good teacher. Very engaging and knowledgeable. I will surely enjoy your lessons if I were your student. Thank you for this!
I am thrilled to have discovered you!!! You are hands down the best teacher and I’ve watched countless videos on singing. No one ever explains what we are feeling in our bodies when singing- I am ecstatic and can’t wait to watch all your other videos!!!
Luisa Tetrazzini gives splendid explanation in detail of this subject. She also emphasizes a risk i have myself experienced, the risk that you by overworking these important aspects of support Victoria so excellently lays out , you do not pay attention to the necessary air flow and hold it back. Tetrazzini writes: ”….the pressure of the breath must be felt…..From the moment the note is attacked the breath must flow out with it. It is a good idea to feel at first as if one were puffing out the breath.” So this idea of consciously letting out air ot or even slowly blowing has many times helped me to improve my own singing, of course in combination with correct support, appogio etc. I nearly never see this helpful aspect mentioned by teachers, with exception of Tetrazzini, a once very famous italian opera singer. Source: Tetrazzini, Luisa; Caruso, Enrico. Caruso and Tetrazzini on the Art of Singing (p. 2). The Kindle edition on amazon is for free! Tetrazzinis part of this book i find much better and more helpful than Carusos.
Thank you Victoria. 70 years and just starting. Strangely enough I am following you and understanding exercises. Really pleased and extremely grateful.
I LOVE that you EXPLAIN things! Bc you're so right, if we don't understand WHY, we won't do it. At least I won't. Now I am the type of singer you described who sounds great when singing lullabies, lol. And I can easily do opera. So I've only learned to sound powerful when I'm singing high. I am working hard at strengthening my lower register, and so that I can be as versatile as you are and sing pop with some edge if I want to, which I deeply want to! I've been wondering if I should just stop trying to develop this and just accept what type of voice I've been given, but something inside me is a rebel and I refuse to believe that's all I can be. My current voice teacher is great, but she does not teach me much about breath support. Currently she is teaching me "twang" to help me project at lower notes, and to help smooth over my vocal breaks. I'm having a hell of a time mastering that...So ty again for this video, giving examples of when we naturally feel that support, and all your others. I will incorporate this feeling into my future practice. 💗
U are an amazing teacher! I’ve been trying so hard to understand breath control and all other videos helped me in no way until found your channel thank u so much!💜
I needed you as my elementary music teacher!!! I was discouraged because she was frustrated with me for not singing from my diaphram. If only I could have had a demonstration like this! 💛
As someone who hyperfocuses (ADHD, always) with a tad bit of anxiety and whatnot, I confide in these facts! I feel more confident with my body now. Though, appogio has become an underlaying statement instead of an overrated one. (In hopes that other music teachers will catch on for themselves! How common it is to not hear that fact!) Thank you so much for this free lesson! Like forever! Im set for life! It feels like a crime watching this for free! My Story (How Uncommon Appogio is): As I once had a wonderful teacher, (I still think so, as she was my favourite!) when I was 9-11 years old and then again around 15-16 then finally, 18-19 years old. I recalled all the teachers I have come across with, always stating the 'number one enemy for singers!' Haha, so my body got used to that. It may have also something to do with how easy it is to tell young ones, as I had a hard time understaning the simplist things, especially when I was a kid. *Though, this video is pristine and I can picture my younger self, understanding since singing is my interest!* (I am 23 now!) Thanks again!
Thank you! I have a lot more videos on breathing and breath support in my PLAYLIST on Breathing and Breath Support: th-cam.com/play/PLaWjWxiTysDCQDneLVxvJRkJp_Omj_vbp.html
Thank you Victoria ❤️, I absolutely love listening to you. There is no bulls**t. Straight to the point, I love your energy! I'm glad I found you. I sing because I love to see people smile. On stage for charity, welcoming people to festivals. I'm always looking at improving my voice at 66 years old. Thanks again, love you xx
Victoria! What a good explanation, at least for me. I’ve been searching for youtube videos that teaches Appoggio singing and yours is simple and effective. Today I have learned a lot in a single video. You are also unique, we can see your bubbly personality, which I love! It makes things like these seem simple 💕
When singing, 1) do we purposely engage our abs or should it happen naturally? 2) how do we know we are engaging too much or "locking"? 3) should we engage our abs the same amount through a whole phrase or just at the end? 4) my voice teacher says we should only purposely engage when we need extra support (like higher notes). what do you think about that teaching?
Whether you support, when and how much you need depends on what you are singing and the sound you want. Eventually it happens naturally, but not in the beginning. I explain that here: How to Support the Voice (Breath Support) - WHY, WHEN, HOW MUCH? th-cam.com/video/b27MFq1f0VM/w-d-xo.html. Breath Support vs Strain - LOCKING THE VOICE? th-cam.com/video/GKAPAJdQ5zw/w-d-xo.html I recommend that you watch the other videos in my Breathing and Support playlist. PLAYLIST: Breathing & Breath Support for Singing th-cam.com/play/PLaWjWxiTysDCQDneLVxvJRkJp_Omj_vbp.html
You re the best voice teacher on the Internet. You explain in practical terms and demonstrates in simple ways. Finally you re the proof that what you teach, works. "Twale Mama!!"
Oh my.... finally someone is explaining breathing in an understandable way and helping me actually apply it successfully!!! I love your channel.... and I think my vocal coach will also!!!
Victoria, I just discovered you today. This is the second vid I'vee watched. I am already a fan! I love how you explain. It works for me. I play harmonica and desperately want to learn more about singing. I am 65 so not looking for miracles. But I believe improvement, with the right guidance, is possible. Thanks so much!
i just want to say that you did not lie when you said this was the most important video, this has changed literally everything and has made signing virtually painless and rich.
Good day madam, please can I contact you? I'm from Sierra Leone i want to do music and singing to be precise and I need a very good training because as of now, I'm a very bad singer and I don't know how to control my voice. Can you please help me?
Thank you!! FINALLY someone that can explain this so it makes sense! I have a couple of questions that my teacher has not been able to answer for me, could you maybe help me answer them? 1. During my warmups my teacher always tell me to support and support and he says it has to burn my abdomen and EVEN WHEN I MY ABS CAN'T GO ANY HARDER HE SAYS I NEED TO SUPPORT MORE! He says he can hear when I'm not supporting, so that confuses me because most of the time I think that I am supporting but apparently I'm not. My question is: Is support the same thing as flexing your abs? It's irritating and exhausting finishing a singing lesson and feeling like I just did abs at the gym... I always see singers so relaxed and sounding great while I'm here doing an ab workout every time I sing a phrase. 2. How does controlling the amount of air that comes out give you more power and resonance and let you sing higher notes? Shouldn't it just make you last longer? 3. Whenever I go towards the lowest part of my range I feel like I have to tuck my chin in and readjust my neck so I can make the lower notes come out, and even then I can barely get them out. My teacher says to sing forward and not to readjust anything but I don't really understand how if I can barely get the lowest notes out without hurting my throat. My question is: Why do I feel like I have to readjust my neck for low notes and how can I get them to sound as good as my comfortable range? 4. My teacher says I'm not allowed to breathe through my mouth for now. It really angers me whenever I need to take in air in like half a second while I'm singing a tune and I have to close my mouth then inhale A LOT through my nose then open my mouth and then find that I wasn't able to get enough air in to sing the next phrase because I'm being forced to breathe through my nose... Is it bad to breathe through your mouth? Why won't my teacher allow me to do it? 5. I find that I get super tired while singing a song, specially if it has a lot of lyrics. I feel like I just went out for a light jog and did some abs every time I finish singing and sometimes even just halfway through a song. I also run out of air really fast even when I'm squeezing my abs trying to support. Am I doing something wrong? 6. I have more but this will be the last one: Why is it so hard to sing properly while sitting down? Thanks a lot for this video and I would be so grateful if you actually read and answer all my questions. I have been looking for someone to ask singing questions my teacher hasn't been able to answer for me.
Hi Andres, Thank you for your wonderful comment. Okay, in order to keep this brief and not an entire textbook chapter, (1) I don't use the term "flex" because that means something different to different people. I prefer "engage", just like the simple example I gave in the video of blowing a baloon. The abs should never be rigid, steel-like, etc. They should be "spongy firm" while singing. (2) Well, we make sound by the air coming up and causing the vocal folds to vibrate. (See my explanation in a previous comment about the Bernoulli principle). So, with that being true, and with the abdominal muscles fueling and regulating the outflow of air, assisted by the muscles of the torso and chest, of course it effects so much more than just making you last longer. It determines how much pressure there is, how efficiently the vocal folds vibrate, how well they open and close, so in short, support affects EVERYTHING in singing. (3) I cannot answer that because I would have to hear and see you. (4) I only advocate nose breathing when you have a long introduction or interlude. Nose breathing alone takes too long. I do like breathing through the nose and mouth SIMULTANEOUSLY for classical singing. See my video on Breathing for Singing th-cam.com/video/qzrHSAFV-EM/w-d-xo.html. (5) It sounds like you are overbreathing, which will make you tired and will cause to expel the air even more quickly. My Breathing video covers all of this. (6) Some people like to sing while sitting. I prefer to stand because it makes me feel more grounded and connected. Perhaps it is the same for you. I post technique videos every week. Let me know if you have any topic requests, and do subscribe!.
I can't even begin to tell you how much you have helped me! Now I can sing effortlessly without straining my throat and with proper support. I have been to a professional singing coach before but she couldn't teach this to me. This was always my main problem. But as soon as I heard the balloon analogy I could do it!! Thanks you so much for this. I have been singing less and less in the past years because I could not support consistently but I always missed singing. Now I can start again:) Ah and also, I have ADHD too (as another commenter said too) but I could stay focused throughout❤
I’ve been singing my whole life and it’s one of my passions that feels good and that I am good at, but breathing has been an issue for me while singing. I often become short of breath and my lungs become clumsy, so much to the point where even in everyday life I find myself not breathing properly and having to deal with this clumsy and short respiration. I think this is very helpful, and I’m going to study this and watch your other videos. I also love your attitude and teaching methods. Thank you so much
I thinks it’s wonderful synchronicities that I found you last night for my singing lesson today, thought “oh she is so much fun and holy moly she looks like Rita!” And then today I’m assigned to practice “One Hand, One Heart” from West Side Story?! 😳 💙💙💙💙 🔮 #fate & #future 💖💖 New subscriber!!
Great explanation! Unfortunately I wasn't ever really taught what support is and had to do research on my own to properly understand it. Your explanation was great! I would say that I like to think of my sound originating at a low point in my stomach though, in order to avoid the throat taking the strain, and in that sense I kind of think of pushing out, which works well for me - but I do understand your point of leaning against the breath.
I've had so much trouble understanding how to support. I always get the wrong idea from every explanation. My support worked better before I got all confused. This is the best explanation. Now everything clicked.
Here is my *PLAYLIST* for Breathing and Breath Support! More details and everything you need to know in 1 place! th-cam.com/play/PLaWjWxiTysDCQDneLVxvJRkJp_Omj_vbp.html
Hey! I watched your videos and my voice sure grew better(with a bit of pratice of course)! But then the same problem still haunts around - my throat pains, so perhaps you have a video/suggestions on it that will correct my bad habits/solve the problem? Thank you very much!
First you have to try and figure out what is causing this pain. Definitely stop singing if in pain. Have you watched my video, "Tight Throat? 3 Enemies of the Singer" th-cam.com/video/nhNNo6STgTE/w-d-xo.html ? I posted a sequel to this video with exercises, "Tight Throat While Singing? Solutions now!" th-cam.com/video/Fy3nucC1GKU/w-d-xo.html.
Carissima Victoria, ti scrivo in italiano perché ho scoperto in un video che sei stata in Italia e quindi parlerai sicuramente anche l'italiano. Sei davvero adorabile e amo tantissimo il tuoi video e il tuo insegnamento ❤️ Grazieeeee davvero per il tuo SPLENDIDO lavoro TU SEI MERAVIGLIOSA ❤️
thank you for you videos!i would like to ask you some quastions..so after we inhale(expansion of the stomach) when we are singing(exhale)we are trying to maintain that expansion by contracting our abs, and let the belly come in slowly as it wants?should we maintain the feeling of blowing a ballon during our singing phrase?also in high notes for me my abs contracts and push my belly a little bit like when i cough.is it right? also i ve told that i should never engage my abs when i sing but this happes to me all the time when i need to support a high note!what should i feel in my abdomen when singing?plz make a video demonstating what you do with your stomach in a song!thanks in advance
The answer to all of your questions is yes, AND how much of it depends on what you are singing. Your job as a singer is to slow down the contraction of the body (abs and rib cage) and that is what support is. The body must return to its original position or else you are locking (which will make you tight and create more problems). I recommend watching this support video again to clarify. I would also watch my lip trill video where I go from lip trill to singing in exercises. I demonstrate what to do. th-cam.com/video/JetrR3wthk0/w-d-xo.html. Also, I mention support and demonstrate it while I sing in my other videos, but I will add your request to my list! :)
As a fellow vocal coach, your explanation is the clearest I've heard. My vocal students range from ages 9-26, and it's difficult to explain in a way that beginner singers of all ages can understand. I'm going to make this video required viewing for my students as we focus on a different vocal element each month and January is breathing month. Thank you. Even though I know all of this, I'm always looking for new and better ways to explain things. I really appreciate your channel--you've not let me down yet Victoria!
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Hi! Have you ever had a student with scoliosis and if so did you find this affected their ability to learn support?
This is what i picture when i see a music teacher.
Thank you!
I am very grateful to have found her channel, her ability to teach singing is absolutely impeccable
I agree completely.
Thanks ma'am. Thanks
she's a queen
She’s got it all… charisma, uniqueness, nerve, and talent.
condragulations
As a singer who’s studied the voice for more than a decade to an obsessive degree, I can absolutely say without a doubt that this is the best explanation of support I’ve ever heard.
Thank you so much, Marco! Your post means a lot!
Really good.Its 1am. So l'll get on it much more during the day tomorrow. How many times to do the breathing lessons a day. A stroke 8yrs ago left a deficit, I strive to regain my singing capabilities . This is my season Hallelujah 🎉
@@patriciaadams9629you got this
I have severe ADHD and I've watched this whole video without any distractions. I love listened to you! Great Teacher
I was just about to type this exact message! She's amazing!
Same here! It’s engaging yay
Weird.. same here. I wonder if it's her intensity that keeps us focused.
@@Quinid1 I really think that's a part of it! It's the rhythm of her lessons, her passion and, as you say, her intensity that keep me engaged!
i s she from new york?
In all seriousness, this woman is very passionate about teaching singing the right way as she should. These are indeed very nice tips and I encourage everyone to take her advice seriously
Thank you so much, Rojo! I truly appreciate your post!
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This is actually spot on. All beginners should watch this.
Although, learning to sing with good support without pushing or interfering is A LOT harder and requires A HUGE AMOUNT of practice.
Thank you. I have a video on supporting vs locking the voice because many singers over-support and get tight.
so nice hearing that learning to sing does take a ton of practice and isn't something perfected in one night. It's kind of intimidating and tough seeing all these amazing celebrity singers on the internet with some even being just 18 and it's easy to forget that though they're young, they've probably had singing lessons since they were 5 and had practiced for years.
I had few lessons when I was 16 and had my first one again today I'm 45 I practice at home from my stomach I can feel the muscles,felt tired after and throat so think overworked considering I havnt sang properly for ever.
I think people put too much emphasis on warming up the throat: I find it really helps to warm up my mid-section with dance like excercises and give the throat a rest, so there is much less tension and more power when I start singing.
@@naritruwireve1381 i can't agree on that, some people were just born with the ability and gift. For people who were'nt born like that it takes a huge amount of practice yes.
I am 30 and always wanted to try singing but was too shy. I feel like I just had an expensive private voice lesson, she’s so easy to understand and so engaging! Thanks so much for making these.
Awwww, thank you so much! Great to meet you here!
Same here 36 😁
totally agree
Same here. I'm 21 and have always been so shy and felt like i didnt HAVE a voice and now i know i do have a voice and all i want is to learn to use it. My middle school music teacher recommended you and im so glad for it!
@@kemilysubs hey so how's your progress rn if you dont mind sharing?
When someone LOVES what they do, have the talent, have the years of experience- the wisdom teaching unlocks as magic! Amazing. Thank you
Thank you for your beautiful comment!
So true, what a treasure of music wisdom.🎉
Thank you so much. How do I get these right. I push alot and lock so much. I don't know how to go about this
This made so much sense after years and years of not understanding or knowing if I was “singing with my diaphragm”.
Recently discovered that there's everything wrong with my voice...from bad breath support to engaging throat and pushing when going high, making me cut my range in half and destroying my tone. Hence I've decided to go back to basics. This video of yours really helped a lot in explaining what support really means.
Great that it popped up in the search results. I'm literally making you my virtual vocal coach!
Thanks a lot for posting this.
Omg me too lol
I have always wanted to learn what you so expertly teach, I am 74 years old and love to sing, of course not very well, but now with your teaching me beginning with the basics I finally have a chance, I will continue to learn from you and apply what I learn... Thank you so much
My exact epiphany right now 😭😭😭😭
is "cut my range in half" a hyperbolic statement or is the difference in range really super huge and significant? would love to know your experience and have some hope for myself
this is how im feeling i can sing pretty good but ive never had any lessons and i feel like im singing all wrong bcs while i can sing its strained sometimes and i feel like if i dont try and learn anything ill ruin my voice
Is this channel the hidden treasure that I’ve been seeking?!
Thank you. My channel has a ton of info for singers!
Yep
Yes, I feel like I just struck gold. 🙌
12:30, this is the most beautiful live demonstration anyone has ever on done on youtube to prove their points. Hats off! THIS is called true support
Thank you so much, Rojo! Truly appreciated!
I'M SO JEALOUS
You better DEMONSTRATE!!! 😭🤧
I went to music school as a kid, and was taught wrong support (locking in). I spent a year training with not one, but TWO vocal teachers. One of my teachers came quite close, but none of this training made support as clear as this video. THANK YOU SO MUCH!
I am so happy that my video helped you! I appreciate your post!!
This is a miracle. I have never been able to sing. I'm 64. I prayed that I could learn to sing so that I could sing praises to God. Look what He did!! Your lessons appeared in my feed. Oh My!! I can sing now. Thank you, Victoria,for your supreme teachings. Thank You to God!
God is so good! Same! To God be the Glory! Thank you Jesus✝️🙏🥹🥺✝️🥹🙌
You're intense and I love it!
Hahaha! Thank you! I bet you’re intense too!
I know right? Love how you are so comfortable being you, dear Victoria
Peace and Blessings! After watching the Pixar movie "Soul" I realized that singing has always been my spark but I lost it at a very early age. I'm finally picking it back up and have been glued to your page all morning. I thought I damaged my vocal cords when all along I have not been understanding the proper techniques. I am grateful for your wisdom.
I am happy to read this. I hope my videos continue to help you!
Awesome 😎
The cartoon is masterpiece, totally agree!
FINALLY a teacher that addresses SUPPORT !
Most teachers on youtube
don’t.Appoggio is GOLD.
OH DEAR GOD
Im no singer but im a god damn narrator.
Ive been watching your videos none stop for about 3 hours. It all makes sense to me right now. I always had a problem with this and no one seemed to know sh!t. thaaanks
God bless you lady. It took me about 40 years to finally hear someone describe support the way I was taught through a book "How To Sing" ( a translation from Italian to English that i deceased Dad bought when he was a young sailor). So many are teaching without understanding, but you are the best I have seen at explaining, and showing so that a beginner can follow you through example. You have my respect added to your list of followers. I sing from Bass to Contra Tenor, and have sang for 10 1/2 hours non stop on a few occasions. I sing pop from the 70s to current, and have 75 originals in various styles. I am now, at 63 about to launch my entertainment career, because the world needs a lot more love and dance.I will review all of your videos as time permits, for you will confirm a lot of my theories I have taught myself. There are a few things I do that might interest you, like warm up without any sound, and then build my range from middle range songs to full scale, increasing my keys about, three semi tones every hour. I also sing a complete verse on one breath. That is where my breathing support comes in as a way of life. It works also in free diving for me, where I stay underwater for long yet comfortable periods.
Welcome to my channel, Hollis! Thank you for your inspiring post!
I'm an instrumentalist trying to improve my singing , and I find voice training videos boring ,because I'm used to watching instrumental tut video, but here it's the best channel I've set my eyes on. I'm going start from the beginning watching all your playlists
Wonderful! Welcome to the channel! I'm happy to help!
12:34 That was a beautiful demonstration! It sounds so rich and full of vocal timbre...
Love your voice!
Oh, thank you! I appreciate that!
I did not expect that level
Finally an analogy, the balloon, that makes anyone understand the concept of support.
Thank you! It has helped a lot of my students.
Miss Victoria gives me the feel of strict teacher but always looks out for her students. Love her.
Holy mother*** of g** i cannot believe how much better i just sounded. I was breathing out with my lower muscles only for years. I didn't get it at all. I just recorded five songs...I am so much louder, clear and in-control its insane. Thank you!!
Holy smokes! Amazing! ⭐️. Remember to keep practicing it!
You are by far the best vocal coach I've seen on TH-cam! Great stuff
Thank you! I truly appreciate your kind words.
@@Victoria-Victorious of course :) also do you think you could put a video together with bringing falsetto higher or making falsetto not so squeaky or annoying?
I will put that on my list!
Her and Ken Tamplin are the best.
my thoughts exactly.
I absolutely love your aura and energy, you make me feel like im on a one on one lesson with you.
Thank you.
Greetings from South Africa 🇿🇦
I'm happy that you like my videos! I hope to see more of you here!
This is so helpful for someone like me who is confused about all the correct techniques for singing. It is very easy to understand compared to all the other videos I have watched all across TH-cam, in different languages, by different people. Your analogies (in all of your videos as well) make learning so fast. I had to comment at least once. Thank you very much for all your teaching.
Edit: I found the right word that I was looking for to describe your videos. It is "engaging" if I am using the word correctly!
So kind of you to post this. Thank you so much. I am happy that my videos can help you!
I feel like I was scolded but maybe that's what I needed because this might be the first time in my life I've watched through an entire educational video and done what's taught in it
Thank you so much! I’ve been writing music and teaching myself guitar for about two years now. Unfortunately, About a year ago, I was diagnosed with T-cell ALL leukemia cancer.
despite how difficult treatment has been, it only made me love singing and playing guitar even more!
The reason why I bring this up, is because the chemotherapy I now go through once a month really keeps my blood levels low, especially with hemoglobin (the protein that carries oxygen) I really thought this would put a stop to my singing due to me constantly running out of breath, turns out it was the other way around I’ve now been mastering the support I give while singing, and I can only imagine how things will be when my treatment is done in my counts are back to normal! 😆
I am so happy to know that breath support is helping you! Keep singing! I wish you health and happiness!
This lady is actually amazing !
Thank you!! How nice of you!
I'm a woodwind player; sax, clarinet, bassoon. My first revelation was to relax my abdominal muscles when breathing in. That helped. The second revelation, 4 years ago, was exactly - yes - exactly as demonstrated here. I think of it as keeping my rib cage expanded while breathing out through the instrument.
I then found that revelation numero uno no longer applied; breathing-in was no problem, my body did it for me, and snatching a quick breath was a doddle.
Of course, all this was not immediate and sometimes I fall back into old habits.
I was a clarinet player since middle school at least and this is how our teacher taught us - breathe into your belly (not inhaling into the chest) and exhale supported from your diaphragm. We were told that if we inhaled into our lungs, then we couldn’t access the power and support from the diaphragm. They made us do it through recorders first IIRC and if can be frank, it never NOT made sense. The bodily sensation is completely different
I haven’t been having much problems with support but this video clearly told me otherwise. I find it much easier to go higher now. It was an instant difference in the ease. Even hitting whistle notes has gotten easier. Madam Victoria, you’re a sensation and an idol. Have a great day!!
Wow, I'm so happy that my video has helped you so much! I have a lot more to keep you busy and having fun. Thanks for sharing!
03:25 : totally true: I had classes for over 1 year with my first teacher and she never even mentioned the word 'support'. After the first lesson with my second teacher, she told me the concept of support and I began using it just because I learned what it is. Needless to say my skills drastically improved after this
I'm just starting singing lessons and I´ve been doing some light breathing exercises since through all my years of singing alone I never knew about this. I wanted to make sure I was doing it right while at home and this was SO good. People are not very good at describing how it feels to use breath the right way, but you managed to make me understand it in just a few minutes, outstanding!
Thank you so much, Ceci! I appreciate your post!
Just one try and I implemented this technique while I sang and it felt so much easier. No discomfort in singing or scratchy throats. You are seriously one of the best vocal coaches out there. Thank you so much for your work in these videos that you put out 😊😊
Excellent! Thank you!
Victoria, your teaching is literally a breath of fresh air... so refreshing to hear such thorough and specific explanation beyond the usual "tuck in" "tuck out" or the ever popular "ENGAGE your abs". Thank you!
You’re a great character and great teacher
Thank you so much!! Come back soon!
You make it so easy to understand. I don’t sing at all but I understand the logic and principles you’re teaching. I even practiced it just for fun. You’re a great instructor!
Sounds like you’re maybe ready to start singing now! (Yes, she’s a great teacher)
Thank you so much! I have an audition tomorrow and the “let it drop into your stomach” note helped me more with breath support than my five other years of theatre
Good luck!! Glad I could help!
I am a trained yoga instructor from a long time ago. The breathing and control in the lower ribs (upper abdomen) as well as the lifting up of the chest as if by a string pulling gently upwards were both something I was taught, and not many yoga schools were focusing on that abdominal control. They would all teach to push the tummy out. I hope I understood this correctly. It feel as if I did. Quite eye opening. Thank you so much. Nice to know that one discipline might inform this new one I am embarking upon.
I really understood what breath support meant from your blowing into a balloon example, it was so easy to understand. Thanks Ma'am
I actually understood everything by 5:54 . Well explained amazing vocal coach you must be (yoda's voice).
Honestly the only explanation of the physical sensation that makes sense to me.
Victoria, your teaching is clear and wonderful.
Thank you! I am happy that I can help you!
Found this on reddit! So so so helpful, thank you! Also I love your energy :)
Thank you, Kyle! I am happy that it is helping you!
I have watched and worked with several of your videos off and on for the past few weeks. Usually an E is as high as I feel safe singing on stage. After following and practicing along with you on this one, I let loose with a high note stone cold and not warmed up. I sang the note reasonably relaxed. It sounded good. I checked on the keyboard and discovered I was singing a G!
I will continue practicing to your videos as I get time. Thank you very much.
Great! I love when singers experience that! See my Playlist on Better High Notes.
@@Victoria-Victorious That one is on my list next!
Finally youtube recommended me what I have been looking for for ages
Wonderful! I hope that it helps you. Come back again soon.
Singing physiology explained in a interesting way (and i am no singer) 10:30 Key Point - taking the load of the delicate vocal chords. And yes I did enjoy this video!
The gentle, light-hearted but emphatic nature of the teacher is a delight in and of itself.
I need you in my life, you’re everything I expect in a vocal professional!
Thank you. That is so sweet!
My daughters and I sing in our local church, and I have struggled to Improve vocally over the last year. I've often thought that perhaps singing was just not for me or I don't have a voice for singing and wanted to quit. I am so thankful I had stumbled upon you channel Mrs. Victoria. What you are teaching in your videos is priceless to people such as me, who have never studied voice or music and had zero idea where to begin. Thank you for share your expertise grand knowledge. May God bless you.
What a lovely post! Thank you, Annie! I am happy that I can help you sing!
I really like your style of teaching and the passion you put into it. It holds my attention and interest, and it makes the subject you're teaching so easy to understand. You're amazing!
I appreciate that! Thank you so much!
This video just changed my life.
I’m so glad I came across your videos every time I listen to you, I improve significantly
Hello Ma'am! I really love this video and how you MAKE us understand the concept. I've been trying to figure out what breath support and "Breathing from the diaphragm" was all about. Yes I know the feeling of what it is but its just im still learning I guess lol. I really think that you could've gotten to the point quicker. But overall this video is good and better than most videos that teach breath support. OMG I JUST TRIED THIS TECHNIQUE AND HELPEEEEEEEEEEED
As I said at the beginning of the video, My objective was to EXPLAIN in DETAIL what breath support is, and then how to do it. I break it all down. A big reason so many singers don't support is because they don't know what it is. You can't do something if you don't know what it is, if you don't understand it. Happy that it is working for you! 🙂
Hi Victoria! I've been watching you're videos for a year now and I'm gonna be honest, you have help me improve my voice!! Puberty hitted my voice hard 3 years ago and I lost my singing voice and ngl I sounded really nasal, unhealthy, raspy and many more, but then I decided to teach my self how to sing again last year and most of the vocal coach/youtubers that I have watched haven't helped me at all (which some of their lessons are kinda complicated for me to understand) but then 1 day I saw one of your videos and it really helped me a lot! The way you teach is really clean and its really easy to understand, right now my voice is actually getting better and I think its above average! The only things that I need to practice right now is breath support, how to sing clean cause sometimes when I sing I have this really ugly tone its like a voice crack but it wasn't (I've been trying to find a video about it but I dont know what its called like, and lastly I need to fix the way I pronounce some words cause its like I'm eating the words that I am saying, but other than that you are the best vocal coach that I ever know and I'm really thankful that I've known and saw your videos :))
Thank you for your wonderful post! So happy that I am helping you so much! Re your questions, I have a playlist on Vowels and 2 videos on Diction in Singing. For your other question, perhaps you mean that you have a break in your voice? See my playlist on Mixed Voice.
@@Victoria-Victorious hi victoria, i came back to say this but thank you very much for all of your vocal tips, it helped me very much. I won various singing competitions with a lot of your help and it made my voice prettier than ever. your an angel in disguise, thank you so much !! :>
Wow, congratulations! I am so happy to read this. Thank you for posting!
12:35 I love how cleanly you stopped the operatic note. 😊 That's something I'm still working out how to do. Thank you for the lesson! A teacher who demonstrates is a winner 🏆
Very, very helpful. It’s surprising to realize I’ve spent my whole life without actually knowing how to properly breathe when singing.
I'm starting off at the lowest stage possible and got inspired after watching a pop group formation group. Recently just learned what chest voice and head voice are and yesterday was learning was mixed voice was and i just started self teaching and i was trying different things to make the sounds but ending up sucking in lmao. thank god i found this video
If you ever want to be the President you got my vote.
My music teacher is an opera singer and she taught me the same thing. Also I learned how to breathe properly after I started meditation breathing. It really helped a lot! But I would also like to say that you are a very good teacher. Very engaging and knowledgeable. I will surely enjoy your lessons if I were your student. Thank you for this!
Thank you so much! I have a lot more videos that can help you!
How many hours and what did you practice exactly
I am thrilled to have discovered you!!! You are hands down the best teacher and I’ve watched countless videos on singing. No one ever explains what we are feeling in our bodies when singing- I am ecstatic and can’t wait to watch all your other videos!!!
Thank you so much! Posts like yours make me very happy!
Luisa Tetrazzini gives splendid explanation in detail of this subject. She also emphasizes a risk i have myself experienced, the risk that you by overworking these important aspects of support Victoria so excellently lays out , you do not pay attention to the necessary air flow and hold it back.
Tetrazzini writes: ”….the pressure of the breath must be felt…..From the moment the note is attacked the breath must flow out with it. It is a good idea to feel at first as if one were puffing out the breath.”
So this idea of consciously letting out air ot or even slowly blowing has many times helped me to improve my own singing, of course in combination with correct support, appogio etc.
I nearly never see this helpful aspect mentioned by teachers, with exception of Tetrazzini, a once very famous italian opera singer.
Source: Tetrazzini, Luisa; Caruso, Enrico. Caruso and Tetrazzini on the Art of Singing (p. 2).
The Kindle edition on amazon is for free!
Tetrazzinis part of this book i find much better and more helpful than Carusos.
Thank you Victoria. 70 years and just starting. Strangely enough I am following you and understanding exercises. Really pleased and extremely grateful.
It's never too late to learn! I'm so happy you are enjoying the exercises! Have fun!
I LOVE that you EXPLAIN things! Bc you're so right, if we don't understand WHY, we won't do it. At least I won't.
Now I am the type of singer you described who sounds great when singing lullabies, lol. And I can easily do opera. So I've only learned to sound powerful when I'm singing high. I am working hard at strengthening my lower register, and so that I can be as versatile as you are and sing pop with some edge if I want to, which I deeply want to! I've been wondering if I should just stop trying to develop this and just accept what type of voice I've been given, but something inside me is a rebel and I refuse to believe that's all I can be.
My current voice teacher is great, but she does not teach me much about breath support. Currently she is teaching me "twang" to help me project at lower notes, and to help smooth over my vocal breaks. I'm having a hell of a time mastering that...So ty again for this video, giving examples of when we naturally feel that support, and all your others. I will incorporate this feeling into my future practice. 💗
I'm happy that my videos can help you!
U are an amazing teacher! I’ve been trying so hard to understand breath control and all other videos helped me in no way until found your channel thank u so much!💜
You're so welcome! That makes me happy! Hope to see you again here soon.
You’re a genius A real life singing genius. Thank you 🙏🏾
Awwww, thank you so much!
I needed you as my elementary music teacher!!! I was discouraged because she was frustrated with me for not singing from my diaphram. If only I could have had a demonstration like this! 💛
As someone who hyperfocuses (ADHD, always) with a tad bit of anxiety and whatnot, I confide in these facts! I feel more confident with my body now. Though, appogio has become an underlaying statement instead of an overrated one. (In hopes that other music teachers will catch on for themselves! How common it is to not hear that fact!)
Thank you so much for this free lesson! Like forever! Im set for life! It feels like a crime watching this for free!
My Story (How Uncommon Appogio is):
As I once had a wonderful teacher, (I still think so, as she was my favourite!) when I was 9-11 years old and then again around 15-16 then finally, 18-19 years old. I recalled all the teachers I have come across with, always stating the 'number one enemy for singers!' Haha, so my body got used to that. It may have also something to do with how easy it is to tell young ones, as I had a hard time understaning the simplist things, especially when I was a kid.
*Though, this video is pristine and I can picture my younger self, understanding since singing is my interest!* (I am 23 now!)
Thanks again!
Thank you! I have a lot more videos on breathing and breath support in my PLAYLIST on Breathing and Breath Support: th-cam.com/play/PLaWjWxiTysDCQDneLVxvJRkJp_Omj_vbp.html
Thank you Victoria ❤️, I absolutely love listening to you. There is no bulls**t. Straight to the point, I love your energy! I'm glad I found you.
I sing because I love to see people smile. On stage for charity, welcoming people to festivals. I'm always looking at improving my voice at 66 years old. Thanks again, love you xx
Hi, Gerti! Thank you for such a nice post. I am sure that your singing brings joy to others!
@@Victoria-Victorious ❤️
Victoria! What a good explanation, at least for me. I’ve been searching for youtube videos that teaches Appoggio singing and yours is simple and effective. Today I have learned a lot in a single video. You are also unique, we can see your bubbly personality, which I love! It makes things like these seem simple 💕
Thank you! Glad it was helpful!
When singing, 1) do we purposely engage our abs or should it happen naturally? 2) how do we know we are engaging too much or "locking"?
3) should we engage our abs the same amount through a whole phrase or just at the end? 4) my voice teacher says we should only purposely engage when we need extra support (like higher notes). what do you think about that teaching?
Whether you support, when and how much you need depends on what you are singing and the sound you want. Eventually it happens naturally, but not in the beginning. I explain that here: How to Support the Voice (Breath Support) - WHY, WHEN, HOW MUCH? th-cam.com/video/b27MFq1f0VM/w-d-xo.html. Breath Support vs Strain - LOCKING THE VOICE? th-cam.com/video/GKAPAJdQ5zw/w-d-xo.html
I recommend that you watch the other videos in my Breathing and Support playlist. PLAYLIST: Breathing & Breath Support for Singing th-cam.com/play/PLaWjWxiTysDCQDneLVxvJRkJp_Omj_vbp.html
That's what I call a 'wealth of experience', Ma'am 😍👏!
You re the best voice teacher on the Internet.
You explain in practical terms and demonstrates in simple ways.
Finally you re the proof that what you teach, works.
"Twale Mama!!"
Thank you so much!
Your high note could wake up the dead!! Wow!! I need you as a voice teacher
Thank you! I do teach private lessons, so if you are interested, please go to my website and send me a note there! www.healthyvocaltechnique.com
Oh my.... finally someone is explaining breathing in an understandable way and helping me actually apply it successfully!!! I love your channel.... and I think my vocal coach will also!!!
Wow! So perfectly explained. Now I know I'm doing it rightly. Thanks a lot ma'am. You are Awesome! What a voice@
This is what I have been waiting for! Excellent!!!!! Thank you!!!
Thank you!
Victoria, I just discovered you today. This is the second vid I'vee watched. I am already a fan! I love how you explain. It works for me. I play harmonica and desperately want to learn more about singing. I am 65 so not looking for miracles. But I believe improvement, with the right guidance, is possible. Thanks so much!
Omg why is she so underated I've watched countless famous vocal coach but none came close to her in making me understand what she was talking
i just want to say that you did not lie when you said this was the most important video, this has changed literally everything and has made signing virtually painless and rich.
Wow! Super helpful tips and very practical too! You are not just a great singer but an amazing teacher as well! Thank you so much, Victoria!
Thank you for your lovely comment! You are very welcome and I hope to see more of you!
Good day madam, please can I contact you? I'm from Sierra Leone i want to do music and singing to be precise and I need a very good training because as of now, I'm a very bad singer and I don't know how to control my voice. Can you please help me?
Yes, you can send me a not through my website, www.healthyvocaltechnique.com/
Thank you!! FINALLY someone that can explain this so it makes sense! I have a couple of questions that my teacher has not been able to answer for me, could you maybe help me answer them?
1. During my warmups my teacher always tell me to support and support and he says it has to burn my abdomen and EVEN WHEN I MY ABS CAN'T GO ANY HARDER HE SAYS I NEED TO SUPPORT MORE! He says he can hear when I'm not supporting, so that confuses me because most of the time I think that I am supporting but apparently I'm not. My question is: Is support the same thing as flexing your abs? It's irritating and exhausting finishing a singing lesson and feeling like I just did abs at the gym... I always see singers so relaxed and sounding great while I'm here doing an ab workout every time I sing a phrase.
2. How does controlling the amount of air that comes out give you more power and resonance and let you sing higher notes? Shouldn't it just make you last longer?
3. Whenever I go towards the lowest part of my range I feel like I have to tuck my chin in and readjust my neck so I can make the lower notes come out, and even then I can barely get them out. My teacher says to sing forward and not to readjust anything but I don't really understand how if I can barely get the lowest notes out without hurting my throat. My question is: Why do I feel like I have to readjust my neck for low notes and how can I get them to sound as good as my comfortable range?
4. My teacher says I'm not allowed to breathe through my mouth for now. It really angers me whenever I need to take in air in like half a second while I'm singing a tune and I have to close my mouth then inhale A LOT through my nose then open my mouth and then find that I wasn't able to get enough air in to sing the next phrase because I'm being forced to breathe through my nose... Is it bad to breathe through your mouth? Why won't my teacher allow me to do it?
5. I find that I get super tired while singing a song, specially if it has a lot of lyrics. I feel like I just went out for a light jog and did some abs every time I finish singing and sometimes even just halfway through a song. I also run out of air really fast even when I'm squeezing my abs trying to support. Am I doing something wrong?
6. I have more but this will be the last one: Why is it so hard to sing properly while sitting down?
Thanks a lot for this video and I would be so grateful if you actually read and answer all my questions. I have been looking for someone to ask singing questions my teacher hasn't been able to answer for me.
Hi Andres,
Thank you for your wonderful comment. Okay, in order to keep this brief and not an entire textbook chapter, (1) I don't use the term "flex" because that means something different to different people. I prefer "engage", just like the simple example I gave in the video of blowing a baloon. The abs should never be rigid, steel-like, etc. They should be "spongy firm" while singing. (2) Well, we make sound by the air coming up and causing the vocal folds to vibrate. (See my explanation in a previous comment about the Bernoulli principle). So, with that being true, and with the abdominal muscles fueling and regulating the outflow of air, assisted by the muscles of the torso and chest, of course it effects so much more than just making you last longer. It determines how much pressure there is, how efficiently the vocal folds vibrate, how well they open and close, so in short, support affects EVERYTHING in singing. (3) I cannot answer that because I would have to hear and see you. (4) I only advocate nose breathing when you have a long introduction or interlude. Nose breathing alone takes too long. I do like breathing through the nose and mouth SIMULTANEOUSLY for classical singing. See my video on Breathing for Singing th-cam.com/video/qzrHSAFV-EM/w-d-xo.html. (5) It sounds like you are overbreathing, which will make you tired and will cause to expel the air even more quickly. My Breathing video covers all of this. (6) Some people like to sing while sitting. I prefer to stand because it makes me feel more grounded and connected. Perhaps it is the same for you. I post technique videos every week. Let me know if you have any topic requests, and do subscribe!.
@@Victoria-Victorious thank you for answering my questions! I asked you another one in your breathing video :)
I love this tutorial. I learned a lot!
Glad it was helpful!
@@Victoria-Victorious our voice teacher once said that the lips should be round and dropped.
I can't even begin to tell you how much you have helped me! Now I can sing effortlessly without straining my throat and with proper support. I have been to a professional singing coach before but she couldn't teach this to me. This was always my main problem. But as soon as I heard the balloon analogy I could do it!!
Thanks you so much for this. I have been singing less and less in the past years because I could not support consistently but I always missed singing. Now I can start again:)
Ah and also, I have ADHD too (as another commenter said too) but I could stay focused throughout❤
Awww, I'm so happy that I can help you! Thank you for posting!
I’ve been singing my whole life and it’s one of my passions that feels good and that I am good at, but breathing has been an issue for me while singing. I often become short of breath and my lungs become clumsy, so much to the point where even in everyday life I find myself not breathing properly and having to deal with this clumsy and short respiration. I think this is very helpful, and I’m going to study this and watch your other videos. I also love your attitude and teaching methods. Thank you so much
Thank you! Make sure that you watch the videos in my Breathing & Breath Support playlist.
I thinks it’s wonderful synchronicities that I found you last night for my singing lesson today, thought “oh she is so much fun and holy moly she looks like Rita!”
And then today I’m assigned to practice “One Hand, One Heart” from West Side Story?! 😳
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Thank you so much! I truly appreciate it!
Great explanation! Unfortunately I wasn't ever really taught what support is and had to do research on my own to properly understand it. Your explanation was great! I would say that I like to think of my sound originating at a low point in my stomach though, in order to avoid the throat taking the strain, and in that sense I kind of think of pushing out, which works well for me - but I do understand your point of leaning against the breath.
Glad you like the video! I prefer the term "lean" as in the Italian term, _appoggiare_ . I find that when singers push, then over-support and lock.
I've had so much trouble understanding how to support. I always get the wrong idea from every explanation. My support worked better before I got all confused. This is the best explanation. Now everything clicked.
I studied many years with an accomplished vocal teacher. This lady is spot on
Here is my *PLAYLIST* for Breathing and Breath Support! More details and everything you need to know in 1 place! th-cam.com/play/PLaWjWxiTysDCQDneLVxvJRkJp_Omj_vbp.html
Hey! I watched your videos and my voice sure grew better(with a bit of pratice of course)! But then the same problem still haunts around - my throat pains, so perhaps you have a video/suggestions on it that will correct my bad habits/solve the problem? Thank you very much!
First you have to try and figure out what is causing this pain. Definitely stop singing if in pain. Have you watched my video, "Tight Throat? 3 Enemies of the Singer" th-cam.com/video/nhNNo6STgTE/w-d-xo.html ?
I posted a sequel to this video with exercises, "Tight Throat While Singing? Solutions now!" th-cam.com/video/Fy3nucC1GKU/w-d-xo.html.
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Carissima Victoria, ti scrivo in italiano perché ho scoperto in un video che sei stata in Italia e quindi parlerai sicuramente anche l'italiano.
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Wow! This lady is amazing. More please!
You are a fantastic vocal coach; I would give you millions of likes in this video if I could.
Oh, I appreciate your kind words!
thank you for you videos!i would like to ask you some quastions..so after we inhale(expansion of the stomach) when we are singing(exhale)we are trying to maintain that expansion by contracting our abs, and let the belly come in slowly as it wants?should we maintain the feeling of blowing a ballon during our singing phrase?also in high notes for me my abs contracts and push my belly a little bit like when i cough.is it right? also i ve told that i should never engage my abs when i sing but this happes to me all the time when i need to support a high note!what should i feel in my abdomen when singing?plz make a video demonstating what you do with your stomach in a song!thanks in advance
The answer to all of your questions is yes, AND how much of it depends on what you are singing. Your job as a singer is to slow down the contraction of the body (abs and rib cage) and that is what support is. The body must return to its original position or else you are locking (which will make you tight and create more problems). I recommend watching this support video again to clarify. I would also watch my lip trill video where I go from lip trill to singing in exercises. I demonstrate what to do. th-cam.com/video/JetrR3wthk0/w-d-xo.html. Also, I mention support and demonstrate it while I sing in my other videos, but I will add your request to my list! :)
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As a fellow vocal coach, your explanation is the clearest I've heard. My vocal students range from ages 9-26, and it's difficult to explain in a way that beginner singers of all ages can understand. I'm going to make this video required viewing for my students as we focus on a different vocal element each month and January is breathing month. Thank you. Even though I know all of this, I'm always looking for new and better ways to explain things. I really appreciate your channel--you've not let me down yet Victoria!
Oh, thank you so much, Larimer! I’m so happy that I can help. Truly appreciate your post!