so i did the exercise where you hold your tongue several times and sing, and I did it and sung a high note WITH EASE. keep in mind I used to barely belt that note.
Heard someone say to be sure to enunciate each individual word in order to make them more clear. It makes my voice more relaxed and flow more naturally. Changed everything. This video just took it to another level. Just under a year before my first live show. Definitely following.
I love your teaching styles. So clear! Thank you so much. I am 56 years old and singing was my newfound passion. 2 years ago when daughter quit vocal lesson after 2 sessions and had to pick up the lessons left coz they’ve been paid. From there have been watching videos for techniques. Thank you so much. You are an amazing teacher.
I've been struggling with my larynx going down and going up for 10 months now. It makes me uncomfortable. Now I know why and it's because of tounge tension. I've been watching several videos, several vocal coach teachers but you're the one that makes my mind enlightened. Thank you for this wonderful video. You're the best❤
YOU'RE A LIFE SAVER!! My voice teacher was describing where to put my tongue and how it should be going out but I couldn't figure out the right position! This helped so much and now when I sing the high note in my song it bounces off the walls!!
This is an excellent and informative lesson, with GREAT practical exercises! I want to mention here that tongue position is a VERY hard diagnostic for a singer to make for themselves. Doing these exercises will cause no harm to anyone... but it would be good to have a live voice lesson (once the planet is able to do those again) and have a teacher diagnose what issues might be happening. Then use this video and these exercises to address the issues. As the young lady says, it's a fine line between too far out and too far in, and relaxation of the tongue works in conjunction with a whole apparatus of other muscles (larnyx, diaphragm, jaw, neck, soft palatte). I love your videos and have added you to the list I give to students for further self-guided vocal progress...
Love your presentation style! I'm just an old geezer who loves to sing for myself and I've noticed through watching this video of Tony Bennett and Diana Krall singing 'Love is here to stay.' How relaxation allows for timing variation and creative delivery. I find this relaxation really helps. This pair delivery a wonderful version of the song. Do you agree?
I love this and all of your videos and especially the fact that you said that maybe we are also doing it right ! sometimes we are so stressed on getting better, and limiting tension, that its hard to know what is actually causing it in the first place
This is my favorite video to share with my students when talking about open space, tongue placement, and relaxed throat. You have the very best explanation and demonstration of this that I have ever seen. Thank you for sharing your knowledge and gifts with us!!
If you have trouble with the tongue on the soft palate, study Mandarin. It has four different sounds in which the tongue goes up to the soft palate. In fact, one of the problems of learning Mandarin to English or English to Mandarin is that each language uses the tongue differently. It's fun teaching either language because you are confronted with changing so many ingrained habits of our languages. There is really no word "word" in Chinese and the underlying difference hear causes a great deal of confusion for speakers of either language.
I loveeeee your video’s! I have been watching singing lessons for several years, but yours are the best! They are so clear and easy to understand! Thank you so so much!!! ❤️
This was a GREAT lesson I have to see what else you have posted. I've been teaching music for 35 years and I think my students will love hanging out on your site and learning things. Sometimes they listen to others better than the teacher! hahah I am a huge fan of RELAX and sing.
There's another kind of exercises I found useful: raspberry sounds, tongue trills, stretching the mouth and tongue, tongue twisters (the 'red leather yellow leather' kind). Perhaps the fact that they look so silly stops us from doing them more often, but they do help.
Excellent video. I was most certainly not doing it right all along, and this is what sorted me out. I was getting exhausted when talking, but could sing fine, this made me understand why.
😨 Wow! You don’t know how much this helped me, thank you x100 🙏🏽 I could never figure out how to stop sounding so nasally, keeping my tongue flat and raising my soft pallet is a little difficult for my brain to remember right now , but I know it’ll get easier over time
Amaziiing! The roof of my mouth is always painful when I try to sing a lot of songs with high notes. I just need to relax my tongue behind my lower teeth and I think it helped! 🤩
Hello Mam! I'm so dissapointed that only today, did I discover your channel. I did try your excersice and just found out one of my major problems why I cant sing properly. (2 years of watching other video tutorial never did this topic came out.) Thankz a lot! Accidentaly licked the eraser though.... Whaha.
have fun pose like a rockstar be 'someone else' when you perform/practice, but work at it serious and study what you are doing and you'll notice the results within months. Awkwardness fades when you start sounding better.
OverDrive depends on what you mean when you say vibration. do you mean shakiness (as in your voice shakes) or more of a vibrato like sound (consistent and controlled).
the back of my tongue feels like it's clogging my throat whenever i sing (but especially in my head voice) ive practced raising my soft pallette but my tongue goes up too. I just feel like my tone quality and volume would increase if my tongue could just MOVE OUT OF THE WAY but i can't control it.
Wow, this did it for me! Well I'm not a great singer by any stretch, but I definitely notice a big improvement when I listen to myself with proper tongue position (no more kermit voice), and singing notes in my range is a whole bunch easier (actually it just feels easier to sing now, cool!).
This was really helpful. I've tried it and I could hear a difference. Also I watched some TH-cam clips of other singers, examples Beyoncé star spangled banner, was watching her tongue and it was relaxed and forward all the time. Thanks for the tip! You're amazing
As pianist who wants to sing, your videos are so useful. I realized that youre danish. Here in Argentina i have played with a danish bandoneonist. Stine is here name. Greetings from argentina!
You definatley are a geek. Great topics you hit in the last two videos i watched. No one else talks about those things. I wonder how youtube chose teachers of all this random crap. Although, You made a great delivery in this topic. Lol.
thank you a lot for this ...I have many problems with this and you just gave me a lot to work . this is very effectivet! thanks:) i just add 4 halftones to my range during practice! omg!!!
I do a little tongue retraction on certain parts of songs on purpose. I love to add different styles into one song. It brings interest. Love the yawn excercise.
Hi!!! This video and all of the videos you made about singing , It helped me a lot . Thank you so much for sharing this with us . I was trying to find how to improve my singing voice and everything and all of them wasnt helping me but this video helped me a lot . Thank you :)
Singgeek Yes, I do! You see, I’m learning to sing on my own and I watch tons of videos and read a lot of theories. Sometimes, people say different stuff about all of it (tongue, breath, jaw...) you helped me to hold on to a certain theory now. I’ll be practicing my breathing and tongue relaxation and see where I get to after some time. Thanks for that! :)
Singgeek And I’ve been struggling about my voice a lot. I’ve had some vocal lessons actually, back when I was a teenager and I still don’t feel comfortable about my voice. Do you think the reason is that I sing when I play my guitar and sing at the same time (sitting position)? Or it’s because I sing tenor songs being a baritone? P.s.: @iamzokheed - my Instagram. I have some covers there, would really appreciate if you could check them out and give me feedback. If not, then it’s okay, I’ll just work on my voice doing the exercises! Thanks a BUNCH! :)
I always noticed that little dip in the tongue whenever I watch live performances. Now I know to let it come over time. Thanks, Ranja.
That's so great to hear! Thanks for letting me know :)
Omg me 2 was thinking the same thimg
I’m practicing English as a second language... this practice really helps pronouncing lot of difficult vowels... thanks!!!!
Hi
so i did the exercise where you hold your tongue several times and sing, and I did it and sung a high note WITH EASE. keep in mind I used to barely belt that note.
What part of the video does that exercise come?
@@radical25 7:38
that really hit me when she said to sing your favourite song and then started singing "Wake me up"....oh we miss you AVICII....😑
Even the coffin boys got emotional there
Heard someone say to be sure to enunciate each individual word in order to make them more clear. It makes my voice more relaxed and flow more naturally. Changed everything. This video just took it to another level. Just under a year before my first live show. Definitely following.
I love your teaching styles. So clear! Thank you so much. I am 56 years old and singing was my newfound passion. 2 years ago when daughter quit vocal lesson after 2 sessions and had to pick up the lessons left coz they’ve been paid. From there have been watching videos for techniques. Thank you so much. You are an amazing teacher.
I've been struggling with my larynx going down and going up for 10 months now. It makes me uncomfortable. Now I know why and it's because of tounge tension. I've been watching several videos, several vocal coach teachers but you're the one that makes my mind enlightened. Thank you for this wonderful video. You're the best❤
Hi Dale Harvey Wania, not sure how I missed this sweet comment. Sorry for my late reply. I'm so happy to hear that the video helped you :)
Tongue
Maybe it's your tongue posture look up Mewing th-cam.com/video/MR9k1CjFzyY/w-d-xo.html
@@Sariine436 Isn't mewing bad for singers?
Are you in an elevator, perhaps?
YOU'RE A LIFE SAVER!! My voice teacher was describing where to put my tongue and how it should be going out but I couldn't figure out the right position! This helped so much and now when I sing the high note in my song it bounces off the walls!!
I felt like my throat was straining, had no idea that my tongue placement was the cause of it thank you soo much for making these videos
This is an excellent and informative lesson, with GREAT practical exercises! I want to mention here that tongue position is a VERY hard diagnostic for a singer to make for themselves. Doing these exercises will cause no harm to anyone... but it would be good to have a live voice lesson (once the planet is able to do those again) and have a teacher diagnose what issues might be happening. Then use this video and these exercises to address the issues. As the young lady says, it's a fine line between too far out and too far in, and relaxation of the tongue works in conjunction with a whole apparatus of other muscles (larnyx, diaphragm, jaw, neck, soft palatte). I love your videos and have added you to the list I give to students for further self-guided vocal progress...
Ma'am you are just awesome! Very detailed teaching! I'm your new student from India😁
Love your presentation style! I'm just an old geezer who loves to sing for myself and I've noticed through watching this video of Tony Bennett and Diana Krall singing 'Love is here to stay.' How relaxation allows for timing variation and creative delivery. I find this relaxation really helps. This pair delivery a wonderful version of the song. Do you agree?
6:56 Tongue Retraction Exercises
its INSANE how big of a difference there is!! this video was incredibly helpful and has changed my voice for the better!! thank you so much
1:26 who was watching this part in lockdown from the corona virus and is like NUH UH
me
😂😂
lol
you stole my commment brooooooo noooo LMAOOO
Right here mehhn
why do her character makes me feel relaaaaax ? cuz she`s honest and spontaneous .
I love this and all of your videos and especially the fact that you said that maybe we are also doing it right ! sometimes we are so stressed on getting better, and limiting tension, that its hard to know what is actually causing it in the first place
This is my favorite video to share with my students when talking about open space, tongue placement, and relaxed throat. You have the very best explanation and demonstration of this that I have ever seen. Thank you for sharing your knowledge and gifts with us!!
If you have trouble with the tongue on the soft palate, study Mandarin. It has four different sounds in which the tongue goes up to the soft palate. In fact, one of the problems of learning Mandarin to English or English to Mandarin is that each language uses the tongue differently. It's fun teaching either language because you are confronted with changing so many ingrained habits of our languages. There is really no word "word" in Chinese and the underlying difference hear causes a great deal of confusion for speakers of either language.
I loveeeee your video’s! I have been watching singing lessons for several years, but yours are the best! They are so clear and easy to understand! Thank you so so much!!! ❤️
Same here 👊👊
My daughter is trying to learn breathing positions how to breath when singing
How is her singing doing?
This was a GREAT lesson I have to see what else you have posted. I've been teaching music for 35 years and I think my students will love hanging out on your site and learning things. Sometimes they listen to others better than the teacher! hahah I am a huge fan of RELAX and sing.
There's another kind of exercises I found useful: raspberry sounds, tongue trills, stretching the mouth and tongue, tongue twisters (the 'red leather yellow leather' kind). Perhaps the fact that they look so silly stops us from doing them more often, but they do help.
Thank you so much!!! You're a great teacher😊
Excellent video. I was most certainly not doing it right all along, and this is what sorted me out. I was getting exhausted when talking, but could sing fine, this made me understand why.
I’m really loving your teaching style,you’re charming with a professional approach
Very informative,thanks for sharing
You are so welcome Joey. Thanks for watching 😊
This video has hands down changed my life thank you so much!!!!!
Wow. You are the only one that helped me with my singing.. That retracted tounge was my issue and you helped me a llot
😨 Wow! You don’t know how much this helped me, thank you x100 🙏🏽 I could never figure out how to stop sounding so nasally, keeping my tongue flat and raising my soft pallet is a little difficult for my brain to remember right now , but I know it’ll get easier over time
I was the exact same
Thanks! The examples of how it sounds (inside your own head) and how it feels were very useful!
I don't know who you are, but i already love you! You are teaching me the things i wanted to learn all my life but i had no opportunities. THANK YOU!
You're an amazing teacher! Thank u
Thank you Ranja for teaching patiently and clearly without yelling. 😊
I had a minor stroke last year. I used to be in an a Capella group and in a chamber singer group. Eventually a soloist. Thank you for helping me
You are the best singing Teacher!
Amaziiing! The roof of my mouth is always painful when I try to sing a lot of songs with high notes. I just need to relax my tongue behind my lower teeth and I think it helped! 🤩
Hi Danilyn Alcones, I'm so happy to hear that it helped! Thanks for sharing :)
Hello Mam! I'm so dissapointed that only today, did I discover your channel. I did try your excersice and just found out one of my major problems why I cant sing properly. (2 years of watching other video tutorial never did this topic came out.) Thankz a lot!
Accidentaly licked the eraser though.... Whaha.
Wow, this Video is really helpful for me!!! I could feel the difference in my singing immediately!
Helped me alot. I tried to find my problem because i strain my voice everytime and never found a solution. But with the exercises it is alot better.
great video! i feel a lot more prepared to be a super successful and impactful singer who travels the world and performs in huge stadiums. thanks!
how to ignore the feeling of awkwardness when we sing?
Start by recording yourself and forcing yourself to listen to your singing. Be comfortable with what you sound like
this is more like a personality thing to work on
Just think you are alone
have fun pose like a rockstar be 'someone else' when you perform/practice, but work at it serious and study what you are doing and you'll notice the results within months. Awkwardness fades when you start sounding better.
@@brendanoneil3489 right 🤍
Amazing video. Thank you so much. May I ask, where should the tongue be when humming ?
Hey this helped me get rid of the bumps in my voice when singing
Hi OverDrive, I'm so happy to hear. Thank you for sharing your success :)
@@singgeek hey I'm noticing vibration in my voice is that a good thing
OverDrive depends on what you mean when you say vibration. do you mean shakiness (as in your voice shakes) or more of a vibrato like sound (consistent and controlled).
@@alaa.mp3 it felt shaky and raspy at the same time I don't have that problem anymore
OverDrive glad you dont have that anymore but just incase what helped me is strengthening my voice it makes it less shaky
Thank u so much ! Love ur all Breathing Tricks. Cause My Breathing very short when practice to sing
Love this and love you sung Avici’s song wake me up.. one of my favorites 💕💕💕💕
2:10 looks like that one randomized sim.
🥵😭💙
Facts
Splendid! benefitted at once. Thanks a lot.🥰🥰🥰🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏
cute Explanation 😍... Love❤️ From India🇮🇳
I love how you explain things!! Thank you
Great idea I will always confused to use of tounge but you clear some my doubt...Thank you soooooo much🙏🏼👍🏻💐🌹😊🎼🎙🎵🎶🎶🎤
Thank you! You are an amazing teacher! :)
Hi Henry Chung, Thank you so much :)
Holy sht i thought I was losing my low chest voice it was just because of the tongue tension Thank You Singgeek!!!!
Fantastic vid and so much helpful information, thank you so much
Now you gonna be my music teacher. Nice one ... thankyou🥰🥰🥰🥰
the back of my tongue feels like it's clogging my throat whenever i sing (but especially in my head voice) ive practced raising my soft pallette but my tongue goes up too. I just feel like my tone quality and volume would increase if my tongue could just MOVE OUT OF THE WAY but i can't control it.
i can relate
I was trying it until she said this..
4:34
Man i got goosebumps😶
You're amazing seriously you deserve a lot more subs💖
Wow, this did it for me! Well I'm not a great singer by any stretch, but I definitely notice a big improvement when I listen to myself with proper tongue position (no more kermit voice), and singing notes in my range is a whole bunch easier (actually it just feels easier to sing now, cool!).
She explains everything so well. Thank you!
Wonderful teaching madam 👍🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏💖❤️
After this I feel more confident about my singing
I'm so happy to hear. Keep up the good work on your voice :)
This was really helpful. I've tried it and I could hear a difference. Also I watched some TH-cam clips of other singers, examples Beyoncé star spangled banner, was watching her tongue and it was relaxed and forward all the time. Thanks for the tip! You're amazing
So happy to hear you found it helpful. Thanks for sharing 😊
since i was a little girl everytime I would sing i would naturally yawn..
Just yawned then
Your comment made me yawn
As pianist who wants to sing, your videos are so useful. I realized that youre danish. Here in Argentina i have played with a danish bandoneonist. Stine is here name. Greetings from argentina!
You definatley are a geek. Great topics you hit in the last two videos i watched. No one else talks about those things. I wonder how youtube chose teachers of all this random crap. Although, You made a great delivery in this topic. Lol.
Thanks
sing geek you have saved my life from so much shame. you are a legend, looking forward to your next video?
"When you yawn....." Dang it, I did yawn!
Hahah That always happens to me too :)
I yawned reading that haha
When I was reading this comment I yawned 😨
@@simpery253 same..
I literally yawn while reading this lol
this is very helpful. pls continue making videos like this. God bless you
Oh. Du er dansk☺️ Jeg syntes nok jeg kunne høre det. Og der står så Danmark i kanal-oplysningerne☺️ Tusind tak for videoerne☺️🌸♥️🙏🏻
thank you a lot for this ...I have many problems with this and you just gave me a lot to work . this is very effectivet! thanks:) i just add 4 halftones to my range during practice! omg!!!
You saying “you might be doing it right all along” is maybe the most vital thing you said here
I came to this video expecting another short and easily understandable video, then I realized this is a really intricate concept to work on.
Your videos are very helpful.You such a great teacher
She makes some rather good points about tonque position and looks quite nice also
I like your tips in vocal exercises
Learning very much Singing Geek!
Found my favourite vocal coach ❤
You freaking rock! Thank you for making these!
Thank you, as an aspiring singer songwriter, this is a world of help.
Thank you very much for this. Will the tongue position remain the same whether you’re singing in your chest or head voice?
Thanks about all
thanks for this detailed description.
I must say you're really cute and adorable.
Wow! I really want to have a vocal coach like her!
Yeah... Alright... You've got a new subscriber. Really good video.
Thanks DezzyTee ;)
Can you please make a video on singing OO and EE vowel on high notes.
And your videos are awesome and gamechanging for me.
This please!!! The hard vowels. Lol. Thaaanks!
Aeou
I do a little tongue retraction on certain parts of songs on purpose. I love to add different styles into one song. It brings interest. Love the yawn excercise.
hello....i want talk something
Beautifully explained
Thanks abrilrivera for taking the time to write and letting me know. That makes me so happy to hear😊 I wish you happy singing!
You should have more viewers. You're very good at what you do! You seem to know a lot about singing etc.
Hi!!! This video and all of the videos you made about singing , It helped me a lot . Thank you so much for sharing this with us . I was trying to find how to improve my singing voice and everything and all of them wasnt helping me but this video helped me a lot . Thank you :)
Thank you so much for the tutorial I hope I would be able to implement this when I sing
Thank for your tips! I use to much NG too.
I can't focus on your tips and suggetions because of your sweet voice speech......
Holy crap, what an amazing video! Sooo glad you made this and that I found it :) So much gold.
Great video! Thank you!
your a great teacher, thanks!
THANK YOU VERY MUCH! this helps alot, GOD BLESS YOU!BE SAFE!
New student from South Carolina!💜❤💗
Thanks 😊 Great teacher.
You are so amazing!!! Thanks so much for your help!!! This really did help!
I’ve been trying to do it on purpose, lay it down. 😐
P.s.: I really like how natural you are! ;) Good on you!
Hi Zokhid Abdullaev, I'm sorry to hear. Do you feel a difference now that you let the middle of your tongue move freely?
Singgeek Yes, I do! You see, I’m learning to sing on my own and I watch tons of videos and read a lot of theories. Sometimes, people say different stuff about all of it (tongue, breath, jaw...) you helped me to hold on to a certain theory now. I’ll be practicing my breathing and tongue relaxation and see where I get to after some time. Thanks for that! :)
Singgeek And I’ve been struggling about my voice a lot. I’ve had some vocal lessons actually, back when I was a teenager and I still don’t feel comfortable about my voice. Do you think the reason is that I sing when I play my guitar and sing at the same time (sitting position)? Or it’s because I sing tenor songs being a baritone?
P.s.: @iamzokheed - my Instagram. I have some covers there, would really appreciate if you could check them out and give me feedback. If not, then it’s okay, I’ll just work on my voice doing the exercises! Thanks a BUNCH! :)