Tenor Jack Livigni, explains four major components and foundational skills of singing a high notes

Tenor Jack Livigni explaining four foundational skills of singing high notes to one of his Curtis students. High notes or achieved by becoming masterful with the foundational skills that lie at their foundation. 
Jack Livigni is a renowned Tenor and voice teacher at Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia, Brooklyn college of New York, Jette Parker Artist at Covent Garden - Royal Opera House in London, and General Director of Mediterranean Opera Studio
and Festival in Sicily. 

[@Genetaylormusic]

Gosh this brings me such joy to see a CLEAR explanation and demonstration that isn't just metaphors

[@turbofreddy]

How many teachers can actually sing WELL the stuff they so precisely teach? Not many! Jack is a treasure!

[@DallasChamberChoir]

The best, most efficient tenor high note explanation and demonstration ever. Bravo 👏 and thank you! 🙏🏼

[@HawkEye40]

This is one of the BEST lessons I've ever seen in order to achieve high notes. Period...
Hundreds of videos, lots of teachers, but.. I've never found so much truth in such a short amount of time.
Brilliant

[@tejafromspain]

The best short for tenor voice ever 👏👏👏

[@HawkEye40]

Absolutely

[@absdyna]

The man is a treasure

[@TB-ky7de]

The person filming’s sigh at 2:47 was so resonant with me. I’m studying to become a professional singer and that sigh was an all encompassing: ‘Oh another thing I have to think about and fix’. I so felt that.

[@ilovedyouforsomanyreasons]

This video got me remembering a video from Angelo Lo Forese, explaining exactly that. Brilliant!

[@Forever.and.a.day.singing]

Jack, I took lessons from one of your students a few years back and I personally felt he was trying to get me to compress too much. I have since started studying with a different individual who has helped open up what I believe you are trying to get at in regards to keeping the muscles soft in the high notes. I cannot stress this enough. It comes from falsetto but there is such a fine line between the falsetto sustained squillo and the chesty compression that is heavy. It's literally like learning to whistle from the falsetto with lots of flow and then slowly lowering the larynx (tilt). The sound is literally placed above and back like Jack is saying and it will feel like there is a lot less presence than there actually is. Once trained by someone who knows what they are doing the sound will be a lot bigger when you hear the recording vs what you are feeling when you are singing.

[@takitube74]

We have a saying among ourselves, collegues, that it is not enough to love your profession, you have to master it. Well, this gentleman knows how to do it, for sure, and equally important, that he has talent for teaching, too. Bravo!

[@goodhomeplan]

Wow! Brillant teacher!

[@johnthetenor]

Excellent demonstration and insights here. 👑

[@jeffwang3584]

How clear the treasure is❤❤❤

[@SLAWAmusic]

Amazing Jack! Thanks! ❤

Great demonstration!

[@SiggeSvahn]

Wonderfully explained.

[@evertonamorim2163]

Never saw such a practical explanation! 🤌🤌

[@SANDSILV]

Excellent explanation ! Bravo !!!

[@rickiekoala6313]

❤ thank you so much

[@joannecuomo1312]

The best at explaining!

[@freddygodoy0772]

Genial!!! gracias Maestro

[@RicardoMarlowFlamenco]

1:35…pretty much no vocal coach online has ever made this sound that I have come across….and most likely cuz most don’t actually know how to do that.

[@Alex.M.T.S]

Great info!

[@edwynworld7096]

GRAZIE Maestro!

[@acasaization]

Beautiful 😊

[@spiritualityandscience]

Thanks, totally perfect !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@user-kt6vz5gm3s]

Thank you 👋

[@Christofellis88]

Is it the same for alto and soprano voices?

[@Dynamofoe]

This is awesome thank you! But as a long term rock singer I find it hard to get out of chest/throat into that head/nasal area… 50 years old and trying to change and get “lighter” - any thoughts/tips?

[@Fulleman]

When you sing - close nose with fingers- sound must not change, if its in nose - bad. Dont expect high notes to resonate in your body - they will be in front off you. Cords must touch very slightly... as butterfly wings. Air always go down when you sing, the more tone up - the more air down :)

[@ChrisVanLiew]

Crazy how few views this has

[@st14]

💥💥🔥

[@relaxingmusicbutterflycinema]

❤❤❤❤

[@user-op3ik2ns7u]

I have hard time to sing high note and also my breath do not last long.

[@danielkavanagh9982]

He's changing the vowel sound from ah to uh.... Most teachers never tell you about the modification of the vowel sound... Makes it easier to hit the higher notes lol

[@Celatra]

the modification comes naturally once you have developed a perfect transition past the passagio.

[@RicardoMarlowFlamenco]

It is more than that…at 2:35 he makes it clear “uh” can be wrong as well. It is the mechanism that is important, NOT the vowel.