I agree that having good breath support and being relaxed is key. My vibrato is starting to come out more and more, but it takes time and practice and patience! It also helps to be warmed up.
i watched ONE of your videos last year, now i am a helluva singer. we really gotta ramp up those donations for ken, he deserves it for all the giving he's done in his life
I was struggling to do vibrato for years then one day while trying to sing an Iron Maiden song (the last note of No Prayer for the Dying - best vibrato ever!) it just clicked for some reason and I've been able to do it easily ever since. So if you have trouble with vibrato don't give up!
Fantastic lesson! Decades ago I had zero vibrato. I slowly learned to work into a decent controlled vibrato but your lessons are helping me fully understand how to execute it properly. I truly appreciate your help!!
Vibrato that goes “above the line” as you said is actually something that most singers who can do incredibly quick riffs and runs do. It’s weird, because it’s easier to learn the vibrato going below the line, and that’s how it’s taught, but when vibrato is natural and freed, it actually does go above the line. Even if you slow down your vibrato in this video where you do your natural vibrato, it’s oscillating upwards. What I’ve found is that downwards vibrato is taught because it’s easier to do, but it’s kind of fake because you have to force it. If you have upwards moving vibrato, then your voice truly is free.
I'm a beginner but I found whats was missing to get vibrato is compression.. the muscle around the throat must be engaged in some way. It might be a lot of other peoples problem so just try to engage in a light belting or compression to get a really clean sound then relax and it should start to produce vibrato.
I've always ben fascinated by vibrato and full of awe for those who can do it so effortlessly (which I now realise is the whole point). For me it's mainly the old time singers who have impressed me most. Edith Piaf is probably the best known exponent of that very fast and tight French style but also Dean Martin has an amazing control of his fast vibrato, managing it even in short phrases. Another amazing exponent is the British wartime singer, Vera Lynn, who not only had an amazing power and consistency to her quick vibrato but was also spot on pitch-wise. Anyway thanks for the video - your insight and way of explaining things is wonderful and I'm learning so much!
I spent a long time looing at this as I simply couldn't do vibrato! My mother used to sing quietly, hunched over knitting with amazing vibrato - no diaphram support! Also, the muscles we use to do vibrato are not the one we use to pitch. In summary: Diaphram - Oscillates volume Throat - Oscillates pitch How did I learn? I listened to old people singing as they over emphasise vibrato haveing lost muscle control, which makes it obvious.
Very interesting! As a singer I have been working on my vibrato for several years. I sing Blues mostly and love Sarah Vaughn who has a beautiful vibrato. Watch her sing Misty from the early 60’s. You can see her neck and throat muscles working so it is coming from her throat
another great video. BTW if you struggle with fast/fine vibrato: hum. all the time. work at it while you hum. if you can hum it, you can sing it. that advice came from one of the greatest Elvis singers ive ever heard, i was working on some Sinatra. Also in the book Why Sinatra Matters, the writer talks about how Frank studied all aspects of enunciation of every letter and took advantage of the vowels and the consanents that can be used for vibrato. insanely fascinating. check out Frank singing My Funny Valentine for example. listen for every spot he uses vibrato, how he seemlessly commanded it to blend in and out and different dynamics of it too. you walk away like, no wonder....all that was right there, but i didnt hear it before. this is another reason why most people love Frank even if they dont know why.
Sometimes you have to start something you're not comfortable at initially, and then it comes in and becomes natural on its own. If you had never started, you would never have attained it.
I have always had to work on my vibrato. It definitely has not come naturally. I don't ever think it'll be as great as Luis Miguel's vibrato but it's already better than Barry Manilow's and Toby Keith's. Thanks for this one Ken!
Wow, so much information! I recognized all those vibratos but never realized they were fundamentally different in how they were performed. I’m no singer but my voice would fall in the vocal trill category.
Great lesson man! I love how you break it down! I recall when I was very young & my singing voice was maturing, how my vibrato came into play! Great moment for sure! You're cracking me up, Sir Ken! You make singing lessons fun!👍🤟😎
@@kentamplin I so appreciate you! My life is kind of on the downslope in many ways, but your channel is a bright spot for me! Thanks for that, my friend!👍🤟😎
Fascinating! Vibrato has been something I haven't found a satisfactory answer for until now. I do occasionally notice slight natural vibrato in my own voice but I think my stylistic habit has been a more open goat vibrato. Not tight like how you did with your Stevie Nicks example but perhaps I should go hear what hers sounds like. It feels open for me and the oscillation isn't super tight like an actual goat but it does have a near similar feel. Now I gotta practice relaxing into a natural vibrato as well! Thanks!
Hi Ken, I enjoyed your takes on cheap trick, great stuff. I don't know if you have done "The Flame" but I would love to hear your break down the vocals in that song.
@@kentamplin Yep that's me too... And my problem is getting anxious and tense, instead of relaxing into it... The few times I've relaxed, I didn't have any problem, it was just weaker then in my chest voice. Thanks Ken!!
Hey Ken! Im Brazilian, so im sorry for gramatic mistakes. When im singin whithout thinkin, vibrato just came out, but when im thinkin, trying to do vibrato, i just cant. I'll keep praticing, working on your videos. Thanks for the help
Would you believe that I always had a vibrato that my voice teacher worked very hard to work out of my singing because he said that it would interfere with my competition and performance in musicals. Before that I had never been told that there was anything wrong with my voice. I was just told by the teacher that no vibrato was acceptable. It was a natural vibrato, not pronounced. Now it comes out sometimes and sometimes I just hold on to a solid note.
great stuff. The one you illustrated with the guitar seems to be the easier (or at least the most straight forward to start from - if that makes any sense) and perhaps the only one I can conceive of duplicating
Ken, can you please make a video commenting on Rolling Stone’s top 200 greatest singers of all time list? I’m outraged that they omitted the legendary Celine Dion!
Shouldn't it rather be in equal amounts above and below the note? Like synths, violin players and Melodyne does it. If you vibrate a guitar string you can only vibrate up unless you bend up and then vibrate down. A wammy bar also bends down unless you push and pull.
I always thought vibrato is something you naturally have - or not. 😲 But this sounds like it's possible to learn it! So cool, I'm really excited now, I would love to be able to sing with vibrato! 😍 I mean, I had singing lessons for years, but vibrato was never a thing we talked about 😐😱
I've accidentally fallen into vibrato in the past. I'm always surprised when I do it because I don't think to do it. Regarding that debate on whether the vibrato should go high or low. Have you considered that it may not be one or the other and may be totally dependent upon the individual's natural vocal movement?
2:08 It's just tremolo, right? The volume changes up /down like a Guitar tremolo... ( the only one I can do. If not too excessive it works for me! ) I find it's quite hard to learn the real vibrato...
I can do vibrato but when I sing low but when I wanna belt I can't belt high with Vibrato. I wanna learn how to belt with vibrato like many famous singers do like for example Whitney. what should I do? ❤
Wait does vibrato supposed to happen in the back of the throat without a muffled sound or is it a forward position?…when i do it in the back of the throat it looks like the vibrato everyone does
I wasn't born with a vibrato but im training for it, i do sing with it sometimes it seems as if i'm inducing it in my singing...Does this vibrato happens on it own during singing?
My vibrato was non-existant until today, thanks Ken! But I'm still not sure I'm doing it right since it only comes out when I don't have much air left in my lungs. Is that normal or is it supposed to work even with lots of air in my lungs?
Hey, Ken, have you checked out metal singer Dan Vasc's version of Amazing Grace here on TH-cam? I think it's one of the most amazing vocals ever. Though, I think he does the jaw thing for his vibrato. I hope you get a chance to react to it here on your channel.
6:00 I'm struggling to get rid of laryngeal vibrato, I feel like at the beginning my laryngeal vibrato is really even then it becomes rushed, too fast, sometimes it makes me crack and sounds unstable, now I know thats not a healthy vibrato but I still struggle to get rid of this because I have a long time of shaking my larynx to produce vibrato when singing
is this a reupload ? i feel like i watched this before but the mechanic is still kinda confusing for me . i can fake vibrato but it doesnt sound to on point its kinda shakey especially on ey or e or a vowels .
Freddy Mercury had no vibrato at all, he was forcing a tremolo (amplitude modulation rather than frequency modulation). Was he a good singer? I think, no
A couple of popular singers' vibrato go SHARP (relative to the accompaniment), not 'straddling' the note. Whitney Houston, Mariah Carey, Ray Davies of The Kinks and John Lodge of the Moody Blues. I find the first two TOTALLY un-listenable.
I didn't have any, until I had enough support, and could start to relax into it... Now I have okay vibrato, just weak sometimes. Mostly from getting nervous.
Been singing for years and I’ve never figured it out tbh. I continue to fake it but I’ve gotten pretty good at it.
Same here Travis... this video from Ken has been quite interesting specially the way he easily explane the different types of technique!
I agree that having good breath support and being relaxed is key. My vibrato is starting to come out more and more, but it takes time and practice and patience! It also helps to be warmed up.
i watched ONE of your videos last year, now i am a helluva singer. we really gotta ramp up those donations for ken, he deserves it for all the giving he's done in his life
Just keep watching the videos, and those of you who want to give it a go, come see me at KenTamplinVocalAcademy.com/ and KEEP ROCKIN'!
I was struggling to do vibrato for years then one day while trying to sing an Iron Maiden song (the last note of No Prayer for the Dying - best vibrato ever!) it just clicked for some reason and I've been able to do it easily ever since. So if you have trouble with vibrato don't give up!
That's right!
Fantastic lesson! Decades ago I had zero vibrato. I slowly learned to work into a decent controlled vibrato but your lessons are helping me fully understand how to execute it properly. I truly appreciate your help!!
Finally!!!
Been searching all over for a proper answer,everyone says something different.
Great explanation!!
Thanks!
Much Appreciated!!!! 😊
Vibrato that goes “above the line” as you said is actually something that most singers who can do incredibly quick riffs and runs do. It’s weird, because it’s easier to learn the vibrato going below the line, and that’s how it’s taught, but when vibrato is natural and freed, it actually does go above the line. Even if you slow down your vibrato in this video where you do your natural vibrato, it’s oscillating upwards. What I’ve found is that downwards vibrato is taught because it’s easier to do, but it’s kind of fake because you have to force it. If you have upwards moving vibrato, then your voice truly is free.
I'm a beginner but I found whats was missing to get vibrato is compression.. the muscle around the throat must be engaged in some way. It might be a lot of other peoples problem so just try to engage in a light belting or compression to get a really clean sound then relax and it should start to produce vibrato.
I've always ben fascinated by vibrato and full of awe for those who can do it so effortlessly (which I now realise is the whole point). For me it's mainly the old time singers who have impressed me most. Edith Piaf is probably the best known exponent of that very fast and tight French style but also Dean Martin has an amazing control of his fast vibrato, managing it even in short phrases. Another amazing exponent is the British wartime singer, Vera Lynn, who not only had an amazing power and consistency to her quick vibrato but was also spot on pitch-wise. Anyway thanks for the video - your insight and way of explaining things is wonderful and I'm learning so much!
I spent a long time looing at this as I simply couldn't do vibrato! My mother used to sing quietly, hunched over knitting with amazing vibrato - no diaphram support! Also, the muscles we use to do vibrato are not the one we use to pitch. In summary:
Diaphram - Oscillates volume
Throat - Oscillates pitch
How did I learn? I listened to old people singing as they over emphasise vibrato haveing lost muscle control, which makes it obvious.
The best vibrato I've ever heard is Robin Gibb. Wow. And no one taught him to sing like that, he always just did.
Very interesting! As a singer I have been working on my vibrato for several years. I sing Blues mostly and love Sarah Vaughn who has a beautiful vibrato. Watch her sing Misty from the early 60’s. You can see her neck and throat muscles working so it is coming from her throat
another great video. BTW if you struggle with fast/fine vibrato: hum. all the time. work at it while you hum. if you can hum it, you can sing it. that advice came from one of the greatest Elvis singers ive ever heard, i was working on some Sinatra. Also in the book Why Sinatra Matters, the writer talks about how Frank studied all aspects of enunciation of every letter and took advantage of the vowels and the consanents that can be used for vibrato. insanely fascinating. check out Frank singing My Funny Valentine for example. listen for every spot he uses vibrato, how he seemlessly commanded it to blend in and out and different dynamics of it too. you walk away like, no wonder....all that was right there, but i didnt hear it before. this is another reason why most people love Frank even if they dont know why.
I was always under the impression that one were to allow vibrato to happen naturally and not to fake or force it. Great video particularly the ending
Sometimes you have to start something you're not comfortable at initially, and then it comes in and becomes natural on its own. If you had never started, you would never have attained it.
I really like how polite he is. His explanation on response is spot on. LIVING FOR MY LORD!
Thanks for the kind words, Wayne!
I have always had to work on my vibrato. It definitely has not come naturally. I don't ever think it'll be as great as Luis Miguel's vibrato but it's already better than Barry Manilow's and Toby Keith's. Thanks for this one Ken!
love it... all I can say is the Irish and Welsh seem to be very good at it.
I went to school with your son. It’s so crazy that I never knew you did this. Great stuff
Terrific stuff. Very informative as well. Thank you
Wow, so much information! I recognized all those vibratos but never realized they were fundamentally different in how they were performed. I’m no singer but my voice would fall in the vocal trill category.
Very detailed and fun to watch.
Fantastic! Thanks a lot, dear Ken❤
Great lesson man! I love how you break it down! I recall when I was very young & my singing voice was maturing, how my vibrato came into play! Great moment for sure! You're cracking me up, Sir Ken! You make singing lessons fun!👍🤟😎
That's awesome, Sarah!
@@kentamplin I so appreciate you! My life is kind of on the downslope in many ways, but your channel is a bright spot for me! Thanks for that, my friend!👍🤟😎
Fascinating! Vibrato has been something I haven't found a satisfactory answer for until now. I do occasionally notice slight natural vibrato in my own voice but I think my stylistic habit has been a more open goat vibrato. Not tight like how you did with your Stevie Nicks example but perhaps I should go hear what hers sounds like. It feels open for me and the oscillation isn't super tight like an actual goat but it does have a near similar feel. Now I gotta practice relaxing into a natural vibrato as well! Thanks!
I noticed that your videos have auto-translation into different languages! It's so cool! 😁👍
Now the language barrier is almost destroyed! 🥳
Hi Ken, I enjoyed your takes on cheap trick, great stuff. I don't know if you have done "The Flame" but I would love to hear your break down the vocals in that song.
Ken, in the ocean of crap, on the Internet, you are one of the rare real things. You stand for quality. Thank you.
wow! this was a very well-illustrated video.
My vibrato through my low and middle register is solid. When I mix and go up to C5 and higher is where I struggle.
Most likely needing to relax more up top.
@@kentamplin Yep that's me too... And my problem is getting anxious and tense, instead of relaxing into it... The few times I've relaxed, I didn't have any problem, it was just weaker then in my chest voice. Thanks Ken!!
Great music teacher
Vibrato is easy for me Ken I do pretty well with vibrato thanks ken
Awesome, Cade!
Thanks Ken I try
I had to, and still work on vibrato, especially on high notes.
Thank you for the explanation ❤.
Thank you. Started singing on TH-cam/Facebook and your videos really help 😁
Hey Ken!
Im Brazilian, so im sorry for gramatic mistakes.
When im singin whithout thinkin, vibrato just came out, but when im thinkin, trying to do vibrato, i just cant.
I'll keep praticing, working on your videos. Thanks for the help
My goal is to get to that Chris Daughtry level. That will likely never happen, but it seems so natural for him.
Would you believe that I always had a vibrato that my voice teacher worked very hard to work out of my singing because he said that it would interfere with my competition and performance in musicals. Before that I had never been told that there was anything wrong with my voice. I was just told by the teacher that no vibrato was acceptable. It was a natural vibrato, not pronounced. Now it comes out sometimes and sometimes I just hold on to a solid note.
Thanks All these informative videos they help so much
Glad you like them, Timothy!
Thank you ken❤
You really gave it all unselfishly 🤗
great stuff. The one you illustrated with the guitar seems to be the easier (or at least the most straight forward to start from - if that makes any sense) and perhaps the only one I can conceive of duplicating
I'm glad you like the video, LTO!
Perfect analysis.
I loved the video.
My lower key voice .i always cover with vibrato ..😍
Thanks for the amazing free informations!
You're welcome, Alessandro!
I learned vibrato doing your KTVA course.
Awesome, Pascal!
Hey Ken would love to hear you sing rhythm of the night by debarge
Thank you Ken for the great lesson.
What type do think John Denver used?
He used just a little bit of a mild caprino.
Ken, can you please make a video commenting on Rolling Stone’s top 200 greatest singers of all time list? I’m outraged that they omitted the legendary Celine Dion!
A vibrato can be a beautiful tool with vocal if used properly
Just found you, your awesome 👊🏽
Thank you
I can do it on short notes but I can't hold the vibrato steadily on long notes
Shouldn't it rather be in equal amounts above and below the note? Like synths, violin players and Melodyne does it. If you vibrate a guitar string you can only vibrate up unless you bend up and then vibrate down. A wammy bar also bends down unless you push and pull.
Skvělé, a moc ti to sluší!!!!👍
Thanks, Vladka!
*That's what i'm talking bout👍👍*
Yeah!
Very useful advices, Ken......thanks....😎.....✌
Any time, KT!
Great vid. Informative👍🏻
Glad it helped, maong!
Thanks for these tips
No problem, Tyler!
I always thought vibrato is something you naturally have - or not. 😲 But this sounds like it's possible to learn it! So cool, I'm really excited now, I would love to be able to sing with vibrato! 😍
I mean, I had singing lessons for years, but vibrato was never a thing we talked about 😐😱
It is a thing, so you have to talk about it!
What’s the song your singing at the end? Sounds great!
The song is off my Shout/Back album and it's called "Dreams for sale"
As a natural vibrato develops and you are not moving your jaw, larynx etc, is it still something you can feel in your throat as well as hear?
I've accidentally fallen into vibrato in the past.
I'm always surprised when I do it because I don't think to do it.
Regarding that debate on whether the vibrato should go high or low.
Have you considered that it may not be one or the other and may be totally dependent upon the individual's natural vocal movement?
2:08 It's just tremolo, right? The volume changes up /down like a Guitar tremolo...
( the only one I can do. If not too excessive it works for me! )
I find it's quite hard to learn the real vibrato...
Let's don't forget that the late Robin Gibb of the Bee Gees was known for his vibrato, especially on his group's earliest recordings.
Marc Bolan of T.Rex had that caprino vibrato as well.
Lotsa caprinos out there, onsese!
I can do vibrato but when I sing low but when I wanna belt I can't belt high with Vibrato. I wanna learn how to belt with vibrato like many famous singers do like for example Whitney. what should I do? ❤
What did you think of Amanda Seyfred’s vibrato in Les Miserables?
Wait does vibrato supposed to happen in the back of the throat without a muffled sound or is it a forward position?…when i do it in the back of the throat it looks like the vibrato everyone does
I wasn't born with a vibrato but im training for it, i do sing with it sometimes it seems as if i'm inducing it in my singing...Does this vibrato happens on it own during singing?
That was the best explanation of vibrato I have ever heard. Thank you very much.
Im getting an acoustic vibe..vi a a a a a a a a a a a a a bh...:)
The local Springfield creek taught me vibrato, sitting neck deep in it.
excuse sir is a youtube lessons enough to develop my voice or must paid premium ?
My TH-cam channel is full of great tutorials, all free. Tutorial are "snapshots" of concepts, all of which are useful for voice development.
I want to start as beginner..will there be a certificate issued for joiner(members)in this accademy?
kentamplinvocalacademy.com/
What do you think of Tommy Johansson?
I was trying the sls way but I couldn’t lol
When I try to relax my throat, chest and neck, I lose sound. I still have breath support, but the sound doesn't like it there anymore.
Your question is a great conversation for the forum, please consider posting there, you'll get great feedback!
forum.kentamplinvocalacademy.com/
My vibrato was non-existant until today, thanks Ken! But I'm still not sure I'm doing it right since it only comes out when I don't have much air left in my lungs. Is that normal or is it supposed to work even with lots of air in my lungs?
Hey, Ken, have you checked out metal singer Dan Vasc's version of Amazing Grace here on TH-cam? I think it's one of the most amazing vocals ever. Though, I think he does the jaw thing for his vibrato. I hope you get a chance to react to it here on your channel.
6:00 I'm struggling to get rid of laryngeal vibrato, I feel like at the beginning my laryngeal vibrato is really even then it becomes rushed, too fast, sometimes it makes me crack and sounds unstable, now I know thats not a healthy vibrato but I still struggle to get rid of this because I have a long time of shaking my larynx to produce vibrato when singing
is this a reupload ? i feel like i watched this before but the mechanic is still kinda confusing for me . i can fake vibrato but it doesnt sound to on point its kinda shakey especially on ey or e or a vowels .
I can't tell if I am doing the diaphramic vibrato or natural vibrato. Any suggestions?
Your question is a great conversation for the forum, please consider posting there, you'll get great feedback!
forum.kentamplinvocalacademy.com/
😂 🐐 goat vibrato lol. I can’t stop laughing at that one lol.
Mine came naturally.
Freddy Mercury had no vibrato at all, he was forcing a tremolo (amplitude modulation rather than frequency modulation). Was he a good singer? I think, no
How I wished I had Matt Monro's vibrato.😢
Thanks bro
Any time, Daisy!
so…. are you moving your stomach in and out while singing or not? Because I dont see that.
Hey Ken! Older vid? Thought so. Wishing you a great and healthy 23!❤🌅😎
It has been remastered, using new technology. Still great information!
@@kentamplin Absolutely!😎
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😘😘
My voice just isn’t a singing voice. I can stay on pitch and everything but it just don’t sound like a singing voice.
Have you considered real vocal training? kentamplinvocalacademy.com/
A couple of popular singers' vibrato go SHARP (relative to the accompaniment), not 'straddling' the note. Whitney Houston, Mariah Carey, Ray Davies of The Kinks and John Lodge of the Moody Blues. I find the first two TOTALLY un-listenable.
9:47
I CAN'T DO A FAST VIBRATO😭😭
My voice can only do goats. What I call puff-n-chuffin.
I HATE that vibrato you hear in todays pop music . Makes them sound like a goat and sounds phoney AF
An irritating example is The Weekend
And some singers have no vibrato at all (Ozzy Osbourne...)
That's true. Like Lemmy, for example.
@@kentamplin Yes ;) Lemmy, Ozzy... even Joe Elliott... unlike Ronnie James Dio who has a powerful and ample vibrato.
I didn't have any, until I had enough support, and could start to relax into it... Now I have okay vibrato, just weak sometimes. Mostly from getting nervous.
So Layne Staley used to do these runs...and then! he would throw a vibrato at the end and kept the run going even more! Like what! Smh.