Thank you, Jeff, so much. I've been using your exercises to help my voice during the lock down. I live alone and I miss my choir so much. I found my motivation to keep singing was slipping away. You have been a tonic.
Jeff, I have so much fun practicing your exercises....I am getting better at singing songs that I write and now look for to Karaoke...so much fun..I love to sing!!!
Thank you 14 times your coaching and videos have changed the world, I wish you well and I plan to join a live event when I am able the best always. Mr. Tony.
I always warm up my voice after I exercise, I feel it's better. Your videos are awesome. I am a tenore leggiero and I struggle to find warmups that cover my range. Thanks
Thank you so much Jeff I am very grateful for your videos, I've seen amazing transformation in my voice since I began practicing with your video. Thank you
Can you make a video on the Giaochino Rossini one and a half octave scale? It is an incredible exercise that helps with mixed voice and bridging the passaggios. (for example on a C Major: (up) C, E, G, C(), E, G, F(down), D, B, G, F, D, C)
I haven't thought about that pattern in such a long time! Thank you for reminding me of it! I will happily include that in my next warm up. I have been doing more lyric based stuff lately, but I was thinking of doing a general warm up for next week. Thanks! Great suggestion! Jeff
Jeff thank you so Much we love you!! I’m an aspiring musician in Orlando and I really enjoy practicing with your videos!! They really help, they are clear concise and fun😄
An otherwise mild dose of covid some three months ago has complerely wrecked my singing voice and your exercises are very useful in trying to get it back. Thanks!
Hey Jeff, Thanks for all the free resources. I am new to singing well at least semi-seriously. I have a lot of trouble with anything staccato like the ee's in this ex. My voice is very airy, and there is extra noise. I can do legato vowels like ah's pretty easily. I was wondering if I may have damaged my chords from years of smoking and they are not closing properly or if I just need to practice more? Any tips would be greatly appreciated.
You're welcome! Thank you for watching! Hard to say. It sounds as if you've stopped smoking though, so congratulations! Staccato notes are more about engagement and coordination of the vocal fold. Keep listening to your voice and working towards a more focused vowel sound that walks the line between airy and a glottal attack. In there you'll find the balance that will help you get the most out of your voice! Jeff
Can I ask if will I sing in the way I do the exercise? For example when I do the exercises in this video I feel a sensation in the back of my throat, should I sing a song in the same way or sensation I felt during practicing this? Please answer thanks
I'm sorry to have to say that it depends on the sensation and whether or not it is consistent with good tone production/sustainable singing. Not possible for me to say without working with you, but you can always record yourself and evaluate it after you're done singing. Additionally, if anything ever hurts, stop, and reevaluate. Jeff
There are going to be some opportunities to work with me to find your transition points. The transition points, particularly the secondo passaggio (also called the break) tell us quite a bit about what your fach (range: tenor, baritone, etc.) is. You can sign up to get info about that, my upcoming guidebook to my TH-cam channel and other free tidbits at www.jeffrolka.com Best! Jeff
Hey Jeff, In college (4-5 years ago), I was a tenor and sang in my school’s choir. I was never particularly interested in perfecting my voice and was kind of just naturally decent at singing. Grew up singing along with the high harmonies on 60’a pop tunes like songs by the every brothers, etc. Anyway, lately I’ve been getting into early Paul McCartney stuff and thus I’ve been getting into working on my voice. I’ve realized that my range has slipped down quite a bit, so I’ve been using your videos to practice often. I’ve brought my range back up quite a bit, but I’ve noticed that my voice is now horse even when I don’t feel like I’m straining. There is just a constant air sound and slight weakness on pretty much any note that’s not in my head voice. Have I damaged my voice? Should I discontinue practicing for a little? Is it possible I’m not a tenor anymore, or can I take back my upper register slowly?
Hello and thanks for your note. It depends on the hoarseness. If you feel soreness and it hurts - stop. Your technique and how you're applying it needs reevaluation. If it's just air that's slipping over, you're losing adduction of your vocal fold most likely and it's preventing you from having a balanced tone produced. That balanced tone is also quite helpful in learning to sing effectively back and forth across the secondo passaggio. I hope that helps! Jeff
LOVE your videos Jeff! I've come across an exercise where I warm DOWN from falsetto into my mixed range etc but not switching voice, thus building cricothyroid muscles, thoughts on that? :)
I know that there are those who recommend that practice, but I discourage it in all but the most specialized of cases. Obscuring the location of the secondo passaggio in that way is a practice that I think is counter productive. The best case scenario for that practice, in all but special cases, is that it takes you much longer to achieve voce piena in testa. Most other cases result in not establishing it at all. Sorry to not be more positive about your practice. I hope that this at least provides a different perspective on your practice to this point. Best, Jeff
@@JeffRolka Thank you very much for you extensive response; a most positive one I might add which only encourages me to dive deeper into the subject and also keep recommending your channel to my peers. I can't seem to remember the literature on bel canto etc. that you've talked about, any starting out-recommendations?
Jeff, i've been singing for the past few years, and i never used to warm up, but when i do these warm ups using my chest voice, my adams apple or larynx moves upwards towards my throat and it always makes if feel like my jaw and throat are getting sore, is there a way to fix this?
Ideally the larynx will remain neutral. This habit developed based upon the way you've sung in the past. Quite possibly derived from an imbalance in airflow and vocal fold engagement. Focus on your airflow, then work on stabilizing your larynx in your thyroarytenoid dominant singing voice. Expand your range from there. Lots of videos on this on the channel. My free method at www.jeffrolka.com goes through this process sequentially. Best! Jeff
Hi Jeff ! I have a question regarding after vocal practices.. I usually gargle warm salt water after and sometimes RIGHT after vocal practices.. is this bad ?
Greeting’s Jeff, I like your videos, but i have more range when it come’s for your tenor warmups. I feel obligated to warmup with your alto warmup videos. Can you make a warmup video for tenor’s with a bigger range? Or what do you suggest?
The 'extended range' videos are what you're looking for; like this: th-cam.com/video/LRwkwCgjSco/w-d-xo.html th-cam.com/video/sMVLdNOsiZw/w-d-xo.html I thought I had more of these. I'll do another soon! Best, Jeff
Jeff, Can you point me to a mp3 for patrons on the Patreon page of similar exercises or by any chance (large favor) post this for mp3 download? Sometimes I am singing on the go without good service and those really help!
Hello Chris, the MP3 for this video pre-dates the existence of my Patreon page, but I can probably do another video like this, and then the MP3s will go out on Patreon so you'll have them! Might take a week or two but I'll get that in the production cue. Thanks!! Jeff
Try moving around a bit while you're singing. Ideally your motion should be asynchronous, in other words, completely unrelated to the beat of what you're singing or your breath pattern. Best, Jeff
Not really. Try to maintain a neutral but open position with your jaw. Use a mirror and watch it carefully. You might also place a finger or two on your chin to make yourself aware of the motion. Best, Jeff
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Opening the piano helps a ton with visualization that I️ never have seen. Thanks.
You're welcome! I don't always open it, but I'm going to make it happen from here on out.
Best!
Jeff
Thank you, Jeff, so much. I've been using your exercises to help my voice during the lock down. I live alone and I miss my choir so much. I found my motivation to keep singing was slipping away. You have been a tonic.
Thank you Martin! Hang in there! Be safe too.
Thank you for watching!
Jeff
Absolute 🐐 I always say hello back out loud when starting the videos
Jeff,
I have so much fun practicing your exercises....I am getting better at singing songs that I write and now look for to Karaoke...so much fun..I love to sing!!!
Awesome! Keep it up! Thanks for watching and thanks for leaving a comment!
All the best,
Jeff
Would be great a video like that get to upper register. My voice lose quality and brightness as reaching the high notes.
Greetings from Portugal.. And thanks for helping us sing.
Thank you for uploading these! Perfect warm up and practice. I have been using your videos very often lately.
Thank you for watching and thanks for your kind words!
Best,
Jeff
You really Jeff have the best tenor exercises, do observed instant improvements
Brilliant! Thank you for watching and enjoy the channel!!!
Best,
Jeff
All your exercises are excellent and so helpful
Thank you 14 times your coaching and videos have changed the world, I wish you well and I plan to join a live event when I am able the best always. Mr. Tony.
Thank you! You're welcome! I am very happy that you've found the videos useful! I wish you all the best!!
Best,
Jeff
God bless you brother.....
This is a great vocal workout! Goood job on this!
Jeff you are truly one heck of a badass for putting these things together for us!!! We love you!! Thank you!!!
You're welcome! My pleasure!
Jeff
Amazing videos. They are such a pleasure to have at my whim.
Love your explination and guidance. Thank you so much.
You changed my life, Thanks so much!
I always warm up my voice after I exercise, I feel it's better. Your videos are awesome. I am a tenore leggiero and I struggle to find warmups that cover my range. Thanks
You're very welcome! Thank you for taking the time to post and watch! Enjoy!
Jeff
Thank you so much Jeff I am very grateful for your videos, I've seen amazing transformation in my voice since I began practicing with your video. Thank you
Wonderful!
Can you make a video on the Giaochino Rossini one and a half octave scale? It is an incredible exercise that helps with mixed voice and bridging the passaggios. (for example on a C Major: (up) C, E, G, C(), E, G, F(down), D, B, G, F, D, C)
I haven't thought about that pattern in such a long time! Thank you for reminding me of it! I will happily include that in my next warm up. I have been doing more lyric based stuff lately, but I was thinking of doing a general warm up for next week.
Thanks! Great suggestion!
Jeff
Thanks,Jeff. Your lessons are helping me greatly :)
You're the greatest Jeff!!
Jeff thank you so
Much we love you!! I’m an aspiring musician in Orlando and I really enjoy practicing with your videos!! They really help, they are clear concise and fun😄
Fantastic! Enjoy the channel and best of luck to you!
Jeff
Thank Jeff, its motivational to watch your clips and teaching. Grateful !
Thank you so much! I appreciate that.
Soooo helpful, hello from Colombia !
I love your videos man!
Thanks
An otherwise mild dose of covid some three months ago has complerely wrecked my singing voice and your exercises are very useful in trying to get it back. Thanks!
Great to hear! Be patient, it can take some time to recover fully!
Thanks Jeff 🙂🙂
When I wass a bigg singing of rock I would like you will be my vocal coach 🤘🤟 Thanks master Jeff
Right on! Keep me in the loop!
Thanks!
Hey Jeff trying this exercise for the first time and oh boi it's kicking my butt 🤣 but I'll keep practicing it cause my tone imo isn't the best
You're exercises are incredible, thank you Jeff!
Glad you like them!
Thank you Jeff ❤️
Man you are a blessing!!
Somebody has already said how helpful the open piano is.Ide like to second that ,it helps with so many things.
Especially timing.
Excellent! I plan on keeping it open - and additionally, in the newer videos I have a camera over my hands too.
Best!
Jeff
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Thank you so much! How often should I do the exercises?
Vocalize every day! Use them as warm ups for your repertoire!
Jeff
Thanks you so much !!
Coool It’s great to be a tenor I’m a
Hey Jeff, Thanks for all the free resources. I am new to singing well at least semi-seriously. I have a lot of trouble with anything staccato like the ee's in this ex. My voice is very airy, and there is extra noise. I can do legato vowels like ah's pretty easily. I was wondering if I may have damaged my chords from years of smoking and they are not closing properly or if I just need to practice more? Any tips would be greatly appreciated.
You're welcome! Thank you for watching! Hard to say. It sounds as if you've stopped smoking though, so congratulations!
Staccato notes are more about engagement and coordination of the vocal fold. Keep listening to your voice and working towards a more focused vowel sound that walks the line between airy and a glottal attack. In there you'll find the balance that will help you get the most out of your voice!
Jeff
Cheers 🥂
Thanks bro. Should be millions of views if it went by merit.
I really appreciate that! It'd be fun to see those number!
thank you for uploading videos. your videos are really helping me
Excellent! That's the goal!
Jeff
Jeff can you teach how to read a music sheet note for singers
Sure, that sounds like a lot of fun!
Jeff
Wow this really good. Super interactive!
Thank you! Enjoy! Thanks for leaving a comment and watching!
Best,
Jeff
Cool!
Wow thank's
Thank you Jeff
You're welcome! Thank you for watching!
Jeff
Thanks so much Jeff
You're very welcome! Enjoy!
Jeff
Can I ask if will I sing in the way I do the exercise? For example when I do the exercises in this video I feel a sensation in the back of my throat, should I sing a song in the same way or sensation I felt during practicing this? Please answer thanks
I'm sorry to have to say that it depends on the sensation and whether or not it is consistent with good tone production/sustainable singing. Not possible for me to say without working with you, but you can always record yourself and evaluate it after you're done singing. Additionally, if anything ever hurts, stop, and reevaluate.
Jeff
What to do if my voice always breaks doing this when going up?
Just relax dont push go to where its comfortable even miss a note then pop back in.
Excellent! Thank You!! G :D
You're welcome! Thanks for watching and enjoy the channel!
Best,
Jeff
Hi Jeff great exercise. But how do I what is my range, like should I do the Tenor videos or the Baritone videos?
There are going to be some opportunities to work with me to find your transition points. The transition points, particularly the secondo passaggio (also called the break) tell us quite a bit about what your fach (range: tenor, baritone, etc.) is. You can sign up to get info about that, my upcoming guidebook to my TH-cam channel and other free tidbits at www.jeffrolka.com
Best!
Jeff
Jeff Rolka Thank You very much! :)
This is the best video I"'ve seen for improving tone. Not sure why it works but it's great!
Thank you! It's about the order of vowels.
Best!
Jeff
Hey Jeff,
In college (4-5 years ago), I was a tenor and sang in my school’s choir. I was never particularly interested in perfecting my voice and was kind of just naturally decent at singing. Grew up singing along with the high harmonies on 60’a pop tunes like songs by the every brothers, etc. Anyway, lately I’ve been getting into early Paul McCartney stuff and thus I’ve been getting into working on my voice. I’ve realized that my range has slipped down quite a bit, so I’ve been using your videos to practice often. I’ve brought my range back up quite a bit, but I’ve noticed that my voice is now horse even when I don’t feel like I’m straining. There is just a constant air sound and slight weakness on pretty much any note that’s not in my head voice. Have I damaged my voice? Should I discontinue practicing for a little? Is it possible I’m not a tenor anymore, or can I take back my upper register slowly?
Hello and thanks for your note. It depends on the hoarseness. If you feel soreness and it hurts - stop. Your technique and how you're applying it needs reevaluation. If it's just air that's slipping over, you're losing adduction of your vocal fold most likely and it's preventing you from having a balanced tone produced. That balanced tone is also quite helpful in learning to sing effectively back and forth across the secondo passaggio.
I hope that helps!
Jeff
Hey Jeff, how does one get their tenor voice in any song if they keep on forgetting it?
LOVE your videos Jeff! I've come across an exercise where I warm DOWN from falsetto into my mixed range etc but not switching voice, thus building cricothyroid muscles, thoughts on that? :)
I know that there are those who recommend that practice, but I discourage it in all but the most specialized of cases. Obscuring the location of the secondo passaggio in that way is a practice that I think is counter productive.
The best case scenario for that practice, in all but special cases, is that it takes you much longer to achieve voce piena in testa. Most other cases result in not establishing it at all.
Sorry to not be more positive about your practice. I hope that this at least provides a different perspective on your practice to this point.
Best,
Jeff
@@JeffRolka Thank you very much for you extensive response; a most positive one I might add which only encourages me to dive deeper into the subject and also keep recommending your channel to my peers. I can't seem to remember the literature on bel canto etc. that you've talked about, any starting out-recommendations?
Hi. Is this warm up good for a guy that sing like a Countertenor? Range around D2-F7.
Jeff, i've been singing for the past few years, and i never used to warm up, but when i do these warm ups using my chest voice, my adams apple or larynx moves upwards towards my throat and it always makes if feel like my jaw and throat are getting sore, is there a way to fix this?
Ideally the larynx will remain neutral. This habit developed based upon the way you've sung in the past. Quite possibly derived from an imbalance in airflow and vocal fold engagement. Focus on your airflow, then work on stabilizing your larynx in your thyroarytenoid dominant singing voice. Expand your range from there. Lots of videos on this on the channel. My free method at www.jeffrolka.com goes through this process sequentially.
Best!
Jeff
Hi Jeff ! I have a question regarding after vocal practices.. I usually gargle warm salt water after and sometimes RIGHT after vocal practices.. is this bad ?
Not at all, though I would check with my doctor if you're doing this for some specific reason aside form that you enjoy it after you sing!
Best!
Jeff
Jeff did you do a baritone range for this particular one?
Yup! Here you go:
th-cam.com/video/bcfs85dqbss/w-d-xo.html
Best,
Jeff
Greeting’s Jeff,
I like your videos, but i have more range when it come’s for your tenor warmups. I feel obligated to warmup with your alto warmup videos. Can you make a warmup video for tenor’s with a bigger range? Or what do you suggest?
It will be nice if you get us to c5 range (5 tone scale) it will be nice.
The 'extended range' videos are what you're looking for; like this:
th-cam.com/video/LRwkwCgjSco/w-d-xo.html
th-cam.com/video/sMVLdNOsiZw/w-d-xo.html
I thought I had more of these. I'll do another soon!
Best,
Jeff
Jeff Rolka thank you! I will try it and i will wait for a new one! 😁
When I'm trying to go to my lower register H, it's blocked?
Jeff,
Can you point me to a mp3 for patrons on the Patreon page of similar exercises or by any chance (large favor) post this for mp3 download? Sometimes I am singing on the go without good service and those really help!
Hello Chris, the MP3 for this video pre-dates the existence of my Patreon page, but I can probably do another video like this, and then the MP3s will go out on Patreon so you'll have them! Might take a week or two but I'll get that in the production cue.
Thanks!!
Jeff
@@JeffRolka,
Wow, that’s so generous. Thank you so much!
I’ll stay tuned in.
-Chris
Hey Jeff, I notice that I am getting sore/tense in my shoulders when I take breaths. Any suggestion how to relieve it and prevent it in the future?
Try moving around a bit while you're singing. Ideally your motion should be asynchronous, in other words, completely unrelated to the beat of what you're singing or your breath pattern.
Best,
Jeff
Is it normal to get a saw jaw while doing this exercise jeff?
Not really. Try to maintain a neutral but open position with your jaw. Use a mirror and watch it carefully. You might also place a finger or two on your chin to make yourself aware of the motion.
Best,
Jeff
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Is that sound he or ee ?
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My Eee warm ups sound like I'm deaf? What's up?
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hello jeff can you sent to may tablet account the new link to ur live event later? this is my laptop account the ader one gerald ryan niu is my tablet acount thank jeff
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Thank you Jeff
Thank you so much Jeff!
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