HEY! You... made my life... way Better. Big impact. Thank you. After I wrote that, I scrolled down the comments... yeah. A lot of people thinking the same thing. Who knew? I think all here agree. Mr. Rolka, you made your mark on the world, and you used your ticket to this life, really, really, well. We all thank you. And many more will appreciate, the product of all of us, who, because of you, became useful for being able to sing. Human song, or singing, has a profound neurological effect not only on the singer, but the listener. Good singing, actually makes brains better. It makes lives better. We wouldn't have a music industry, if that were not the case. In concert with those of us, who can now make brains better... and consequently, lives around us better, through this art, this skill, this mechanism to shape thought, and feeling, in tangible and intangible ways... We thank you, Jeff Rolka. We thank you. ~ Pete Meister, and everyone here.
Hey Pete! What can I say? Thank you so much for your kind words. I do my best to serve and help in the way that I am able, and I am very glad that it comes through. May the videos here serve you well for as long as you choose to use them, and thank you again for your kind words! All the best, Jeff
Thanks Jeff. This was great. I thought I was a bass baritone. But I might be a bass baritone baritenor. It was all in my range without any strain. Thanks again.
I love this Jeff, thank you. I am high baritone with a 2 1/2 octave range so although difficult I like these baritenor warm ups. My voice and range has come on tremendously. My voice now has many colours. 😊😊🙏🙏🥰
Amazing! Your best video, yet! I was actually gonna email you with a request for a video with slow, but more complex progressions. So important to work on details... Thanks Jeff, you're the best!
Even though the lowest notes are difficult for me, I still like the Baritenor warmups because they help me strengthen my chest voice and I think they are good for relaxing my larynx down at the bottom. Regardless, I have a question which might fit into a Questions from Comments video. Movable "DO." I recall you once said you used the movable DO system. So, does that mean you have two scales in your mind? Major scale interval order and minor scale interval order are not the same so you need at least two interval patterns which are then applied to the 12 major and then 12 minor keys. Yes? Ignoring the other modes for now. So, since the tonic varies by key, how do you know where you are? Do you just find the key, hit the tonic and then you know the scale? Or if you know the key, do you look at any note on the page and know what it is ( G3 is SO in C Major but RE in F Major) and thus you know where the tonic is and what the scale should sound like? You can do all this on the fly?
Movable Do typically refers to the western (American) philosophy of teaching music wherein Do is determined by the key you’re singing in. If we are in D major, D would be our Do. Fixed Do implies C is Do no matter what. So if we were in the Key of D major, someone trained in fixed Do would describe us as being in the Key of Re. The prodigy of my school when I was in college had already trained music at the conservatory of Colombia and was raised with fixed Do and attributed his other worldly ear to that philosophy. I’ve been trying to retrain my brain ever since I met Juan. Now he plays Jazz piano professionally in Miami. Best part of going to music school was bring around him, and the humility I gained from being around a talent like him.
I am baritone singer but,my problem is that,one minute my voice will be great in other minutes my voice will be going up and down, is unstable,i have 4 professional songs already but what break my heart is that i am a song writer,i want to be able to sing my song more better the way it should be,it is making lose confident on myself
Thank you so much, and sorry about the piano. The weather changed quite dramatically here and it was already getting close to needing a tuning. It's going to be a few weeks before my tech can do it I'm afraid. Thank you! Jeff
HEY! You... made my life... way Better. Big impact. Thank you.
After I wrote that, I scrolled down the comments... yeah. A lot of people thinking the same thing.
Who knew?
I think all here agree. Mr. Rolka, you made your mark on the world, and you used your ticket to this life, really, really, well.
We all thank you.
And many more will appreciate, the product of all of us, who, because of you, became useful for being able to sing.
Human song, or singing, has a profound neurological effect not only on the singer, but the listener. Good singing, actually makes brains better.
It makes lives better. We wouldn't have a music industry, if that were not the case.
In concert with those of us, who can now make brains better... and consequently, lives around us better, through this art, this skill, this mechanism to shape thought, and feeling, in tangible and intangible ways...
We thank you, Jeff Rolka. We thank you.
~ Pete Meister, and everyone here.
Hey Pete!
What can I say? Thank you so much for your kind words. I do my best to serve and help in the way that I am able, and I am very glad that it comes through. May the videos here serve you well for as long as you choose to use them, and thank you again for your kind words!
All the best,
Jeff
The second to last exercise is my favorite because it reminds me of Princess Aurora singing in the forest. Thanks again Jeff!
Thanks Jeff. This was great. I thought I was a bass baritone. But I might be a bass baritone baritenor. It was all in my range without any strain. Thanks again.
As baritone I cannot go all the way...but, nice work once again Jeff..very energizing.
I love this Jeff, thank you. I am high baritone with a 2 1/2 octave range so although difficult I like these baritenor warm ups. My voice and range has come on tremendously. My voice now has many colours. 😊😊🙏🙏🥰
I am a tenner however I love this baritone exercise because it touched on the lower notes. Great exercise.
Amazing! Your best video, yet! I was actually gonna email you with a request for a video with slow, but more complex progressions. So important to work on details...
Thanks Jeff, you're the best!
Awesome! Thank you for that!
Jeff
Amazing!! Thank you so much for all your work Jeff. It’s really helping so many people, including myself 😅
All the best 👏
Jeff, you are the man. I’d like a Jeff Rolka t shirt I can wear and rep on stage 😂🤘🏼
That would be amazing! I'll see what I can do about that! Keep your eyes peeled for the merch below the vids in the coming weeks!
Jeff
Without any further ado at 0:45 😉 Thanks Jeff! 🐯
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Another great video,Jeff.
My voice is getting much stronger.
Thank you so much.
You're welcome! Thanks for your kind words! Keep singing! Keep it up!
Jeff
Such good stuff here. You are really taking me to the next place Jeff!
Love it! Keep me up to date on your singing!
Jeff
Thank you very much 👏
thank you Jeff!
Fantastic video!!
Wow, so nice!
Even though the lowest notes are difficult for me, I still like the Baritenor warmups because they help me strengthen my chest voice and I think they are good for relaxing my larynx down at the bottom. Regardless, I have a question which might fit into a Questions from Comments video. Movable "DO." I recall you once said you used the movable DO system. So, does that mean you have two scales in your mind? Major scale interval order and minor scale interval order are not the same so you need at least two interval patterns which are then applied to the 12 major and then 12 minor keys. Yes? Ignoring the other modes for now. So, since the tonic varies by key, how do you know where you are? Do you just find the key, hit the tonic and then you know the scale? Or if you know the key, do you look at any note on the page and know what it is ( G3 is SO in C Major but RE in F Major) and thus you know where the tonic is and what the scale should sound like? You can do all this on the fly?
Hello David! Thank you for your kind words! Excellent question! Yes! Happy to talk about this in Questions from Comments 35.
Best!
Jeff
Movable Do typically refers to the western (American) philosophy of teaching music wherein Do is determined by the key you’re singing in. If we are in D major, D would be our Do. Fixed Do implies C is Do no matter what. So if we were in the Key of D major, someone trained in fixed Do would describe us as being in the Key of Re. The prodigy of my school when I was in college had already trained music at the conservatory of Colombia and was raised with fixed Do and attributed his other worldly ear to that philosophy. I’ve been trying to retrain my brain ever since I met Juan. Now he plays Jazz piano professionally in Miami. Best part of going to music school was bring around him, and the humility I gained from being around a talent like him.
Cheers mate 👍🙏🏼🍀
Cheers!
I am baritone singer but,my problem is that,one minute my voice will be great in other minutes my voice will be going up and down, is unstable,i have 4 professional songs already but what break my heart is that i am a song writer,i want to be able to sing my song more better the way it should be,it is making lose confident on myself
Keep at it. A daily practice and attention to detail can help with that!
Wow.. you won’t believe that I was just thinking to myself that this is what I want to work on today! Thank you
Brilliant! I am glad that the video showed up right on time! Enjoy!
Jeff
Great! But your piano, has notes out of tunne,
Thank you so much, and sorry about the piano. The weather changed quite dramatically here and it was already getting close to needing a tuning. It's going to be a few weeks before my tech can do it I'm afraid. Thank you!
Jeff
Notes out of tune, not so serious
Dont worry Jeff
Thanks! I appreciate that! Thanks for subscribing!
Jeff