Hey Jeff, I'm watching this video for the first timein 2022. It's cool to see how your style has changed from here. Great warm-up. I'm very glad I found you.
Thank you so much Mr. Rolka. I love the way you teach, your the man. You have help me so much with my vocal range. I'm not quite there yet but thanks to you I have improved my voice so much I just keep getting better as I go, Thank you again & may God bless you
Thank you! I really appreciate your kind words! Thanks for watching and enjoy the channel. If you have questions, consider joining me for a live event where I do demonstrations and take questions from the chat window. Here's a link for this week's event: ruclips.net/video/ym8dTZdpdS0/видео.html Enjoy the channel! Jeff
Hi jeff .. can u tell us some vocal exercises to develop whistle voice..?? ..i have been searching for it on internet but its almost impossible to find one which is correct and does not harm your voice during the training process...
Varsha Tripathi Hello and thanks for writing in! Let me give this some thought and get something worked up on it. Thanks for watching and thanks for the suggestion! Best, Jeff
Love this. Using it at as a warm-up. For most of my singing life I was an alto. Then, I started transitioning (trans man). My voice was quite unstable a few months ago as I started leaving alto and progressing to tenor. My voice is still changing, but, it's been stable enough now to sing Tenor 2--but the bridge between chest voice and falsetto is...cringey, lol. This video is helpful. Thank you!
+Michael Totzke Thanks for watching and thanks for the kind response! Best of luck with developing your voice and keep in touch to keep us up to date on your progress! Best, Jeff
You're channel is awesome, I try to use your videos to warm up every day and it helps immensely. I thank you, AND my voice teacher thanks you! I don't know how to play the drills on piano so now I can warmup properly before I go in for lessons! I have used this one multiple times as well as others and I love the one for head voice/falsetto. Thank you very much!
You're very welcome! Thank you very much for taking the time to share your experience with the channel with me and your very kind words! I hope that you will continue to enjoy singing along with the videos and making progress with your singing teacher! All the best to you and yours! Keep up the great work! Best, Jeff
Excellent! RUclips screens a lot of comments that contain links in them, so if possible, send it via the contact form on my website: www.voicelessonssf.com I look forward to having a look at it! Best, Jeff
I'm so used to my voice sittinng at my head register this was actually easier for me than the vocal warm-up video for tenors where I use only my natural voice. So i'll be working on the latter more. Thanks!!
thanks.....that is so valuable...because i wanted to sing higher notes but I can't right now..but with your help i will be able to practice and put it into test....
You're welcome! Thanks for watching and getting in touch. If you have any questions or want more demonstrations consider coming to a live event. Here's a link for this Saturday: ruclips.net/video/ueLJ4Fxbd1o/видео.html Enjoy the channel! All the best! Jeff
You can always watch them the next day in your time zone. RUclips records them and publishes them once they're done. Sometimes a demonstration works so much better than words! Thanks again for watching and sending in a comment! I hope to hear from you in the future! All the best, Jeff
Awesome! You're welcome! Enjoy the videos and if you have questions, feel free to get in touch via the comments or join me at my weekly live event. They're Saturdays as 6pm London time. Here's a link for this week: ruclips.net/video/0I339eeevWU/видео.html Best! Jeff
Thank you for this. Just found out my passagios a few days ago through my tutor. The first being E#4 and the second A4 where my head voice starts. But this is a great workout for my mixed voice, since it's been underused due to alot of chest singing and not mixing. Thanks again!
Plus lots of baritones can hit tenor notes I personally find voice classification kind of redundant in non classical music which is the most popular music.
hi jeff. thank you for all that great stuff. i'm so lost. as a male singer, i sing from C1 to F5. it becomes hard to push chest voice after F4. it can go down to C sharp 4 when i'm tired or after smoking too much. i've been training to get mixed voice since 1 and half year now, and i met 3 different teachers. one classified me as a high baritone, other one told me that my low notes were not correctly done so called me tenor, a last one baritenor. but i love so much high notes, i always try to sing tenor. i remember when i was pretty much younger, like 16 (i'm now 25) singing georges brassens french varieties songs and trying to get lower and lower. one night listening to my walkman i tried to sing all night long trying to get the lower i could. after this i felt my voice broke. i've been practicing 10 years after this as a baritone. but when i began to work high notes something happened in my voice and a new timber that was totally unexpected came out. is it possible i was a tenor that cracked long ago his voice ? to classify my voice for teachers is an awful task, and i'm wondering if it has been damaged. is it possible to change voice type after disease, or hurt ?
I feel like I don't even have a head voice. I just go from full chest voice straight into falsetto. How do find my head voice (before working on the transition)?
Thank you for this question. Can you come by the live event tomorrow? The link is here: ruclips.net/video/g3OOA4Qkj4s/видео.html It is easier to explain and demonstrate the process I use to help vocalists with this live. If you can't make it in real time, just click the link after the event is over. I'll do the demonstration at the beginning and you can reference it afterwards at a convenient time. Best, Jeff
This is perfect because my passagios are around E4-A4. If i don't use nasal résonance and don't modify my voyels can't go over it. Thus I avoid singing too chesty I fear I might break. Tho I like the color of my chest. Perfect exercice wish you would do it for high tenor too. Cheers for the lesson
Hey I recently stumbled across your channel and one thing that’s really helping me with this exercise is nasality. Am I going to be able to open that sound and make it darker once I have more control over it?
Hey Jeff! I have found your videos incredibly helpful on my journey to enhancing and strengthening my voice, thank you so much for all the work you have put in! One question - concerning the "*zone* of the passagio".... is it called the "zone" because it varies between person to person, or is it called a zone because the phase of transition is more than one single note?? What I mean is, is the zone of the passagio one note, where I transition from chest voice to head voice (because then I would call it the "note of the passagio".... or is it a "zone" where i transition and is that zone always going to be the same notes for me as a i progress in my singing and get stronger? Kind of confusing to try and write out the specific question I have but any pointers as far as this goes would be great! Thank you again. ~~Danny
Hey Jeff! I've been watching your videos for some time and am so happy with how much my voice has improved. With these head voice exercises, what can I do to strengthen my voice? I can hit all the notes if I sing quietly lol, any tips?
Hello and thanks for watching! I'm doing 'Questions from Comments 4' really soon. I'm going to address this in that. The short answer is that nearly everything in your question is relative, but I'll be able to explain that better in video format. Perhaps the one objective aspect is that the vocal folds need to be adducted - but that in and of itself is only half the story. Thank you for a great question! Jeff
Sure. There is a lot of overlap in the vocal fachs. Take the note, middle 'c' for example. Nearly all fachs can sing that note, though it is in a different part of a baritone vocalist's range than a sopranos. Being more specific, baritones and tenors have a great deal of overlap in their respective ranges, though the primo and secondo passaggi will be located at different points for each respective fach. Best, Jeff
Jean Fortier hi I'm not a expert or anything on classifying vocals but it all depends on the tone and how you make the notes I'm still lost on my true range but I know that I am a tenor because of the tone of my voice
Baritones can get away using pressed phonation, for adequate harmonic production tenors must use flow phonation. The need to exercise the stretching of the folds is best done using light falsetto, no need for anything more than a soft sound, as you exercise the cric0-thyroid stretching and contracting you will find that when you revert to flow phonation rather than breathy falsetto, you are on the way to easily floating a full rich tone. Reg.
I'm a confused contralto who frequently sings tenor in choirs. I am looking for a passagio improvement, and I think this went very well. I found myself singing in a weak chest voice, sort of, at the high point of the last few exercises. Generally I just break into the sound normally associated with Alto 2, which I suspect is falsetto in tenor terms. Thus the confusion.
Sneaky dude! Those last few exercises start entirely in the passaggio G, F#, F! I will keep after them. Maybe my chest voice will get a little stronger.
I would slow down a little bit if you're experiencing pain. Stick to exercises that are in your chest voice range, thyroarytenoid dominant singing and while doing so evaluate your airflow and vocal fold engagement. If the pain persists, see your GP or an ENT. Best, Jeff
hi.hope you're well I have a question and i really appreciate that if you answer my question if I do passaggio exercise everyday , how long does it take to sing high notes like F or G or higher ?
I'm an amateur singing troglodyte. All I want in the universe is to hit a G in "crossfire" (which sometimes is bearable to a listener) or "stardom" (why is tis one harder?!? I suspected the 'd') of a transposed "shine on your crazy diamond" and your video is *just* where I want it :) Thank you!
The process of upper register development is covered in a series I did that begins with this video: ruclips.net/video/erFjTGWia5U/видео.html If you have questions you can always join me at my live events here's next week: ruclips.net/video/N40sd7ht13A/видео.html Best! Jeff
Thanks! hehe now I have a life plan :D Well, I plan to do these for a while, because I REALLY like my G better now, then we must meet, when it's time to make them have 'body' :) Could you point me to where I can read on online lesson details? One other thing: How many times should I repeat these in one session, and how many sessions per day would be optimal? I got lots of time :) Again, many thanks.
Excellent. Once a day in addition to your other singing should be fine, but the best thing about online instruction is that you can go at your own pace! Just stay healthy! There will be opportunities for evaluations by me coming up during my RUclips guidebook launch in another month. If you sign up on the email list here: www.jeffrolka.com you'll get all the info. You can also join me at my weekly live event if you have questions: ruclips.net/video/N40sd7ht13A/видео.html Best, Jeff
Hey just found ur videos and channel great stuff !! i have problems with this Mae thingy, my voice get's raspy or what to call it ^^ any advice to share on this ?
Thank you! I'll address this in this week's live event, here's a link: ruclips.net/video/swWjCwgvfCM/видео.html It's hard to know exactly what you're doing without hearing you, but there is clearly an imbalance if you're getting raspy. You may want to try widening the vowel somewhat (think meh instead of may) and seeing if that eliminates the rasp. If so, you will need to evaluate your vowel alignment in the zona di passaggio. As I mentioned though, I will elaborate more at the live event. Best, Jeff
Hi Jeff. Thanks again so much for doing this. I checked out the live stream link you provided to someone else and it seems like the top notes in this video are supposed to be falsetto, right? I have a similar issue to lhdc1, i flip right from chest to falsetto and i'm trying to develop the mix.
The term falsetto is used alternately to refer to both head voice and falsetto tone production amongst the various schools of voice. In this video, you're meant to start in cricothyroid dominant singing voice (head voice). One way to identify the difference is to listen to whether or not the sound of your voice is airy. If it is airy, that is not the correct usage. The top notes should sound hollow initially. Matching tone is another matter. All the best! Jeff
Hi Jeff, just want to say thank you for your RUclips series - I use the warmup's all the time! I have a quick question - I have very thick vocal folds and thus a very low speaking voice - dunno if perhaps I'm just a lazy speaker or not, however I can belt to a D5, albeit on good days, and have a falsetto/belt to C6 which I was rather surprised about - however it is impossible for me to have the light airy quality that some tenors have. Bearing in mind my range covers from C2-D5 (C6) and my break is F sharp 4, would I still classify myself as a tenor even though my voice quality is a lot more rich and thick?
I think you're still tenor, just a bit lower than the common tenors nowadays. Remember there are more divisions for every main classification of voice types.
I am loving what you have to say to tenors regarding their vocial break, or secondo passaggio. I would appreciate some help in this area for the mezzo/soprano range. It's understandable that these detailed lessons would be where you sing most comfortably. Specifically, where I'm having the difficulty is getting "stuck" in my head voice when singing in a group casually, or in a campfire like setting. Then going to stretch up for rehearsal, and finding that it's very hard to get into my head voice area. Does that make any sense, or is it just me?
Makes perfect sense! From the way you're describing it, you're really close to starting to make your transition smoother. It is very common for us to get stuck in one register or another, as balancing the effort level between thyro arytenoid muscles (chest voice) and crico thyroid muscles (head voice) can be tricky. This video that we're commenting on is that process for tenor range vocalists, here's a link for soprano range vocalists: ruclips.net/video/vPkub6XeF68/видео.html and here's a video for mezzos on singing over the secondo passaggio: ruclips.net/video/8wQrFu228Y4/видео.html Let me know how it works out. If you have questions, consider coming to a live event. They're every Saturday at 6pm London time. Here's a link to this week's event: ruclips.net/video/JNvjKA0edZE/видео.html Best, Jeff
I am hitting all the notes right, but I can't understand, is it right if I start singing in hv and when going down the scale transitioning back to chest (without breaking), even in the 'lowest' part of the exercise? Cause I always find trouble when singing in chest past an Eb4 and I don't know what I should do.
Jeff, love the change i'm realizing by following you. However i need to develop more support to sing softly but firmly. in higher registers. What can you advise? Gunia
Awesome! Thank you for watching! I would start with the theory video: Appoggio: ruclips.net/video/wBpta5StxHA/видео.html This is an integrated warm up: ruclips.net/video/pxT1Dwv2QZw/видео.html Try that and let me know how things go! Best, Jeff
Thomas Boyer Thomas, This one should work, though you may find that the exercises start above your secondo passaggio which would be fine if you're sufficiently warmed up. If you haven't done a warm up and want to use this video, the two I've linked to below should be appropriate for your range and are reasonably fast paced without leaving anything out: ruclips.net/video/9EVyi4S2KxE/видео.html ruclips.net/video/QLQCXXlPvP0/видео.html Thanks for watching and getting in touch! Jeff
um, hello (: Im kinda nervous about asking a question because I have no real experience in singing, but my mother was an ex vocalist and a really good one, but she wont teach me. she did tell me that I was between Tenor-Alto/Tenor-Baritone. I'm going to be practicing and continuing yo learn how to sing on my own (Everyone says I would have the perfect voice to sing if I learned how to use it) using this video because it was really easy to follow, but I was wondering, how would I find my vocal range without really knowing what that sounds like. I doubt you'll be able to answer it completely but any little help would be greatly appreciated. I really do want to learn to sing and be a good singer (: thanks for your time if you read this. Dage
+frostだげ Hello and thanks for your message! In order to find your voice type (called 'fache') there are lots of things to consider. Overall range is one, but location of your secondo passaggio (commonly thought of as one's 'break' but that is deceiving) is another aspect that we have to look at in determining fache. Then there is the overall character of your voice that needs to be considered. I hope that helps! Thanks for watching and keep in touch! Jeff
+Jeff Rolka wow thank you so much for replying, it means so much that you did and so fast too! I spend along time looking and testing where my range is (Ive always been put down because I never sound good and I used to just give up for a month and try again) and I found that I can sing around C3 (thats really low I perfer anything above E3) and can get too A4 (thats really high comfortably I perfer C4) my voice breaks at times if I do D4, but Ive learned to hold strong notes and I also know falsetto, why? because I always worked on sounding that beautifully (as in falsetto) and love to do them. used Michael Bublé's songs to help practice falsetto. Does this make me like a mixture of Tenor and alto .-. thanks again for taking time to read and reply (: Dage
+frostだげ sorry correction, my range, I think anyway is like third octave? (though its not very far in range as mentioned I can do E3 and get to about C4 and comfortably sing) Im still not sure but I know that thats where I can sing when I used videos to help find my vocal range, Im just kinda lost on if thats tenor or...what that makes me
Hi! Thank you for the video! I am a tenor and I have a lot of trouble going from my chest to head voice, sometimes I can't even use my head voice. I do have asthma which I don't know if that would contribute to the problem but I appreciate your help:)
You're welcome! I hope it helps! A lot of us struggle to master that transition but it is well worth the effort. Thanks for taking the time to comment. I hope to hear from you in the future! Do let me know how your practice goes. Best, Jeff
hi sir , i am a tennor and i really struggle with the higher range i am able to sing it but have to put a lot of stress on the notes . your help would really matter thanks.
I went to see a vocal coach last week and upon arrival I told her that I was a baritone. She said "lets do some scales". I went all the way up to A4 before having to switch to my head voice. She called me a Tenor 1... So. Am I a tenor or a Baritone or a Baritenor? My full range (chest) is F#2-A#4 and my Falsetto range is B4-G5. Be aware that my voice has a darker color. I can make it brighter and more "clear", but naturally its pretty raspy. Naturally, I would say I'm a baritone, but in choral music maybe a tenor 1?
Range designation is mostly dependent on the location of the secondo passaggio in addition to your overall range and vocal characteristics. The secondo passaggio is the point where thyroarytenoid dominant singing changes over to cricothyroid dominant singing. This is commonly thought of as the difference between chest voice (thyroarytenoid) and head voice (cricothyroid) When you indicate that A4 is where you *have* to switch to head voice, that does not indicate whether or not that is your voice's natural transition point. For reference, no tenor nor baritone voice has a natural transition from chest to head voice at that point. Unfortunately there is a lot of confusion around these terms, as singing instructors over the years have used them interchangeably to mean different things. While I cannot determine your fach without more information, you can hear some demonstrations of the various ranges and registration events in this video: ruclips.net/video/1WetqFLkcuk/видео.html I hope that helps. If you have further questions feel free to join me at a live event, held every saturday at 6pm London time! ruclips.net/video/Cj9dnCuiaKs/видео.html Best, Jeff
Hi I’ve been singing for 2 years but I know I tend to pull chest for high notes. Is it natural if my head voice was a little bit airier starting out on these exercises?
Hello and thanks for watching! If your voice is airy you don't have as complete an adduction of the vocal fold as would be ideal. It would be better if your voice were imbalanced to the hollow or hooty side of things when getting started, working towards more balanced consistent tone as your registration event technique develops. I demonstrate it in this video: ruclips.net/video/erFjTGWia5U/видео.html Best! Jeff
We'd have to work on it together. It's about 'how' you sing the notes, not whether or not you can do it, necessarily, and the location of your registration events.
@@JeffRolka Thanks Jeff. How so? I'm genuinely confused - my range approx A to A in scales but sing to around B. I can get higher in the scales even to C but that's at the top of my actual natural physical ability & notice the tug at A#. As a songwriter I generally choose to sing at the higher range of my voice & have a fairly light tone although I can sing in thicker voice & try to remind myself to pitch lower sometimes to give my voice a rest. Is there such a thing as these categories & would I be classed a low tenor or a high baritone or a tenor who hasn't learned properly & is there any defining way I can use in the meantime to get some idea?
Hi Jeff! I have a problem about my head voice. When i try to sing with my head voice most of the time accidently i am doing falsetto. I can't properly change between my chest and head voice without touching any falsetto notes. Do you have something in your mind to fix this?
+Don Carlson It is quite likely that you're using more vocal fold engagement than is entirely necessary to produce the pitches. In that case you may or may not be making a register shift from thyro arytnoid dominant singing to crico thyroid dominant singing. If you are doing the transition, then try backing off of the twang to see if you can balance the resonance a bit more. If you find that you are not doing the transition I would not recommend that you practice this video that way. It is uncertain as to whether or not you would be harming your voice, but that way of singing is not consistent with what this video is trying to help you learn how to do with your voice.
I'm doing it with a low larynx and twang. Not sure which should be strengthened more- head voice or chest... I have tried both approaches over a period of months and ended up with either a wimpy head voice that I can not sustain for several seconds or a strong low voice with a limited range. No matter what I do, I can't get them to balance so that they are both equally strong. The way the voice works makes no sense!
+Don Carlson If you like, record yourself and upload it to RUclips or Soundcloud and send a link to me. I'd be happy to have a listen and see what's going on. Best, Jeff
Hello and thanks for your questions. Yes, but you may find that you have to adapt to slightly different vowel formations in your thyro arytenoid dominant range in order to smoothly sing through the secondo passaggio. If you have a lower vocal type, you may also benefit from the baritone videos, here's a link for the one in this series: ruclips.net/video/nwuLljXkdfQ/видео.html Best! Jeff
Luke Warren Luke, In order to determine your 'fache' or vocal designation there are several qualities that a voice teacher will listen to: Primo and Secondo passaggio registration events. Where these are located tells us a lot about what your fache may be. Characteristics of your voice throughout your range are considered. This not only takes into account what your overall range is but the way that your voice sounds as you go from your lowest note to your highest. The human voice is not so easily pigeon holed that the differences between tenor and baritone are easily determined. There is in fact one type of fache that is often mistaken for baritone but is considered to be a form of tenor vocalist. Baritone vocalists, on the other hand, can often masquerade as tenors once their secondo passaggio transition is smooth enough. I hope that helps! Jeff
I honestly don't know if I doing it right.. It's sounds right but my throat feels like it's being pulled on.. And I'm feeling the vibration in my chest and not my head
+Hater123 This video is a little shorter than one of the previous series I did. Give the videos in this series a try and see if it helps: ruclips.net/video/erFjTGWia5U/видео.html There's a bit more explanation and demonstration. Best, Jeff
Jeff, I am a tenor and when I do the "How to Sin in Head Voice - Tenor Range" exercise I feel tension in my throat. Am I doing something wrong? I am not really confident in switching from chest voice to head voice. I want to spend this summer working on various exercises so I will be in better condition for choir next September. Thanks for all your help and dynamic videos.
+Ray Stevens Hello and thanks for your question! If you're not confident making your register shift then some tension in your throat is not surprising. If it hurts, stop. The tension and your register transition go together. This video is pretty fast paced. I did a three video series on smoothing out the transition from chest voice (thyro arytenoid dominant singing) to head voice (crico thyroid dominant singing) the first of which is here: ruclips.net/video/erFjTGWia5U/видео.html Try the exercises in this video for a week or so and see if the transition gets smoother. If it does, move on to video number two. Keep us up to date on your progress! All the best, Jeff
That's very normal. I questioned including the 'may' syllable, but it's part of the progression of syllables. I may (pun intended) suggest that the pacing of this video is really fast. If 'you' and 'we' are coming along, leave out the 'may' syllables for a week or two. Just substitute 'you' or 'we' into those exercises. Practice vowel modifications below the secondo passaggio, particularly emphasizing the 'we' syllables 'i' vowel to the 'may' syllables 'e' vowel and then come back to the exercises that transit the secondo passaggio. I hope that helps! Jeff
Hii please Help!! ... i Can sing from B2 to A4 pretty easily i dont really push ... i'm a 17 years old Boy i believe that i have a deep voice that can go lighter at Higher ranges but i dont really know if i'm a tenor or a Baritone my Timbre is kinda Heavy and Dark ... but on High ranges i feel it stretching without pulling these notes... in your video the Notes were really Easy ...
I'm glad to hear that! Regardless of how you define 'falsetto,' which differs depending on your teaching style, this video is meant to stay below the secondo passaggio. It is primarily focused on endurance and vowel alignment in the zona di passaggio; the transition area prior to singing in crico thyroid dominant voice (head voice). Thanks for leaving a comment! I hope that helps! If any clarification is needed feel free to leave another comment or join me at my weekly live event. Here's a link: ruclips.net/video/ym8dTZdpdS0/видео.html All the best, Jeff
@@dannythomasboyle-actormusi5727 you're giving false info to others, Bass is very rare while baritone is the most common voice in a male and tenors are slightly less common than baritones
Yes. That one can be tricky. Getting the balance right is challenging, but when you figure it out, it will really help your technique through that area! Keep it up! Jeff
Hii please Help!! ... i Can sing from B2 to A4 pretty easily i dont really push ... i'm a 17 years old Boy i believe that i have a deep voice that can go lighter at Higher ranges but i dont really know if i'm a tenor or a Baritone my Timbre is kinda Heavy and Dark ... but on High ranges i feel it stretching without pulling these notes... in your video the Notes were really Easy ...
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Your videos are the best. I do your exercises every day and oh my! That G4 A4 C5 notes are now effortless :) thank you so much !
Hey Jeff, I'm watching this video for the first timein 2022. It's cool to see how your style has changed from here. Great warm-up. I'm very glad I found you.
Thank you so much for joining us! Enjoy the channel! There's lots to go through!
Jeff
Thanks again for helping this tenor prepare for my audition into classical choral music. My audition is September 12, 2016.
Best of luck! Break a leg!
Jeff
Thank you so much Mr. Rolka. I love the way you teach, your the man. You have
help me so much with my vocal range. I'm not quite there yet but thanks to you I have improved my voice so much I just keep getting better as I go, Thank you again & may God bless you
Thank you! I really appreciate your kind words! Thanks for watching and enjoy the channel. If you have questions, consider joining me for a live event where I do demonstrations and take questions from the chat window. Here's a link for this week's event:
ruclips.net/video/ym8dTZdpdS0/видео.html
Enjoy the channel!
Jeff
Hi jeff .. can u tell us some vocal exercises to develop whistle voice..?? ..i have been searching for it on internet but its almost impossible to find one which is correct and does not harm your voice during the training process...
Varsha Tripathi Hello and thanks for writing in! Let me give this some thought and get something worked up on it. Thanks for watching and thanks for the suggestion!
Best,
Jeff
Thank you Jeff ...eagerly waiting fr u vdo ...ur doin an amazing job..all the best.
I know this sounds a little silly but I really like the piano sound you are using. It is gentle enough to keep me from over singing
Thank you! Nord, though not necessarily focusing on piano sounds while making that keyboard, still sound pretty good!
Jeff
Love this. Using it at as a warm-up. For most of my singing life I was an alto. Then, I started transitioning (trans man). My voice was quite unstable a few months ago as I started leaving alto and progressing to tenor. My voice is still changing, but, it's been stable enough now to sing Tenor 2--but the bridge between chest voice and falsetto is...cringey, lol. This video is helpful. Thank you!
08-26-24. I'm here cause we just lost an acapella competition due to we were judged that we were singing in chest voice.. I wish I knew you beforehand
In my second year of singing lessons. Learning to be a tenor. This is really helpful!
+Michael Totzke Thanks for watching and thanks for the kind response! Best of luck with developing your voice and keep in touch to keep us up to date on your progress!
Best,
Jeff
The last two exercises helps with the vibrato =) That's a very nice bonus. Thank you.
Unique 🙌
You're channel is awesome, I try to use your videos to warm up every day and it helps immensely. I thank you, AND my voice teacher thanks you! I don't know how to play the drills on piano so now I can warmup properly before I go in for lessons! I have used this one multiple times as well as others and I love the one for head voice/falsetto. Thank you very much!
You're very welcome! Thank you very much for taking the time to share your experience with the channel with me and your very kind words! I hope that you will continue to enjoy singing along with the videos and making progress with your singing teacher! All the best to you and yours! Keep up the great work!
Best,
Jeff
Using them every day! I'll be putting up a video after my next show, you helped me hit those high notes! I'll share with you when time comes.
Excellent! RUclips screens a lot of comments that contain links in them, so if possible, send it via the contact form on my website: www.voicelessonssf.com
I look forward to having a look at it!
Best,
Jeff
Will do! Thanks Jeff!
Thank you so much❤
I'm so used to my voice sittinng at my head register this was actually easier for me than the vocal warm-up video for tenors where I use only my natural voice. So i'll be working on the latter more. Thanks!!
thanks.....that is so valuable...because i wanted to sing higher notes but I can't right now..but with your help i will be able to practice and put it into test....
You're welcome! Thanks for watching and getting in touch. If you have any questions or want more demonstrations consider coming to a live event. Here's a link for this Saturday:
ruclips.net/video/ueLJ4Fxbd1o/видео.html
Enjoy the channel! All the best!
Jeff
i would love to but I'm here in the Philippines....but your demo videos are so helpful
You can always watch them the next day in your time zone. RUclips records them and publishes them once they're done. Sometimes a demonstration works so much better than words!
Thanks again for watching and sending in a comment! I hope to hear from you in the future!
All the best,
Jeff
I'm watching singing lessons singing highnotes for male vocalists part 1
Thanks so much!! These videos are awesome. just started yesterday and I already feel a difference in my technique.
Awesome! You're welcome! Enjoy the videos and if you have questions, feel free to get in touch via the comments or join me at my weekly live event. They're Saturdays as 6pm London time. Here's a link for this week:
ruclips.net/video/0I339eeevWU/видео.html
Best!
Jeff
Thank you for this. Just found out my passagios a few days ago through my tutor. The first being E#4 and the second A4 where my head voice starts. But this is a great workout for my mixed voice, since it's been underused due to alot of chest singing and not mixing. Thanks again!
Excellent! That's great!!!
Jeff
@@JeffRolka thanks again for all your work
What am I doing here while I am just a baritone.😂I am so jealous of tenor.
Lol baritones sound more manlier no need to be jealous
Plus lots of baritones can hit tenor notes I personally find voice classification kind of redundant in non classical music which is the most popular music.
Dude Idk my voice is below bass 😅 your lucky
@@connorbetancourt5605 embrace your voice man
Baritones are way more versatile
hi jeff. thank you for all that great stuff.
i'm so lost. as a male singer, i sing from C1 to F5. it becomes hard to push chest voice after F4. it can go down to C sharp 4 when i'm tired or after smoking too much. i've been training to get mixed voice since 1 and half year now, and i met 3 different teachers. one classified me as a high baritone, other one told me that my low notes were not correctly done so called me tenor, a last one baritenor. but i love so much high notes, i always try to sing tenor. i remember when i was pretty much younger, like 16 (i'm now 25) singing georges brassens french varieties songs and trying to get lower and lower. one night listening to my walkman i tried to sing all night long trying to get the lower i could. after this i felt my voice broke. i've been practicing 10 years after this as a baritone. but when i began to work high notes something happened in my voice and a new timber that was totally unexpected came out. is it possible i was a tenor that cracked long ago his voice ? to classify my voice for teachers is an awful task, and i'm wondering if it has been damaged. is it possible to change voice type after disease, or hurt ?
So, let me get this straight. You are trying to develop your voice, but you are smoking? Uh...stupid.
I feel like I don't even have a head voice. I just go from full chest voice straight into falsetto. How do find my head voice (before working on the transition)?
Thank you for this question. Can you come by the live event tomorrow? The link is here:
ruclips.net/video/g3OOA4Qkj4s/видео.html
It is easier to explain and demonstrate the process I use to help vocalists with this live.
If you can't make it in real time, just click the link after the event is over. I'll do the demonstration at the beginning and you can reference it afterwards at a convenient time.
Best,
Jeff
great exercises. always
Thank you!
Jeff
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This is perfect because my passagios are around E4-A4. If i don't use nasal résonance and don't modify my voyels can't go over it. Thus I avoid singing too chesty I fear I might break. Tho I like the color of my chest. Perfect exercice wish you would do it for high tenor too. Cheers for the lesson
Great
Excellent lesson. Just what I needed to work on D#4-F#4 problematic area where my voice becomes weak and airy or belty.
Are you a baritone?
@@christianmcesar Yes I am but seem to have expanded my range and sing tenor now.
nice synth sound :)
Nord Electro will always treat you right!
Jeff
Cool! Thank you! 😊
great ! 😎
Great!
Thank you! Enjoy!
Jeff
Hey I recently stumbled across your channel and one thing that’s really helping me with this exercise is nasality. Am I going to be able to open that sound and make it darker once I have more control over it?
Yes! Check out a new take on the concept of it here:
ruclips.net/video/y01SHa-RERs/видео.html
Thanks for being here!!!
Jeff
Hey Jeff!
I have found your videos incredibly helpful on my journey to enhancing and strengthening my voice, thank you so much for all the work you have put in!
One question - concerning the "*zone* of the passagio".... is it called the "zone" because it varies between person to person, or is it called a zone because the phase of transition is more than one single note?? What I mean is, is the zone of the passagio one note, where I transition from chest voice to head voice (because then I would call it the "note of the passagio".... or is it a "zone" where i transition and is that zone always going to be the same notes for me as a i progress in my singing and get stronger?
Kind of confusing to try and write out the specific question I have but any pointers as far as this goes would be great! Thank you again.
~~Danny
Hey Jeff! I've been watching your videos for some time and am so happy with how much my voice has improved. With these head voice exercises, what can I do to strengthen my voice? I can hit all the notes if I sing quietly lol, any tips?
Hello and thanks for watching! I'm doing 'Questions from Comments 4' really soon. I'm going to address this in that. The short answer is that nearly everything in your question is relative, but I'll be able to explain that better in video format. Perhaps the one objective aspect is that the vocal folds need to be adducted - but that in and of itself is only half the story.
Thank you for a great question!
Jeff
@@JeffRolka So I would want to watch the vocal cord closure for help with that?
I watched your video and got perplexed when you said because you can sing these notes doesn't mean you re a tenor. Could you please expand on it?
Sure. There is a lot of overlap in the vocal fachs. Take the note, middle 'c' for example. Nearly all fachs can sing that note, though it is in a different part of a baritone vocalist's range than a sopranos.
Being more specific, baritones and tenors have a great deal of overlap in their respective ranges, though the primo and secondo passaggi will be located at different points for each respective fach.
Best,
Jeff
Jean Fortier hi I'm not a expert or anything on classifying vocals but it all depends on the tone and how you make the notes I'm still lost on my true range but I know that I am a tenor because of the tone of my voice
Baritones can get away using pressed phonation, for adequate harmonic production tenors must use flow phonation. The need to exercise the stretching of the folds is best done using light falsetto, no need for anything more than a soft sound, as you exercise the cric0-thyroid stretching and contracting you will find that when you revert to flow phonation rather than breathy falsetto, you are on the way to easily floating a full rich tone. Reg.
Love it
+ Jeff Rolka don't mean to get of task, can you do a video about the difference between speaking voice and singing voice?
I'd be happy to! Thanks for asking!
All the best,
Jeff
I'm a confused contralto who frequently sings tenor in choirs. I am looking for a passagio improvement, and I think this went very well. I found myself singing in a weak chest voice, sort of, at the high point of the last few exercises. Generally I just break into the sound normally associated with Alto 2, which I suspect is falsetto in tenor terms. Thus the confusion.
Sneaky dude! Those last few exercises start entirely in the passaggio G, F#, F! I will keep after them. Maybe my chest voice will get a little stronger.
Awesome! Thx!
You're welcome! Enjoy!
Jeff
Jeff Rolka I used to sing a lot, but lately, my throat has been hurting. what exercises can I do?
I would slow down a little bit if you're experiencing pain. Stick to exercises that are in your chest voice range, thyroarytenoid dominant singing and while doing so evaluate your airflow and vocal fold engagement. If the pain persists, see your GP or an ENT.
Best,
Jeff
hi.hope you're well
I have a question and i really appreciate that if you answer my question
if I do passaggio exercise everyday , how long does it take to sing high notes like F or G or higher ?
I'm an amateur singing troglodyte. All I want in the universe is to hit a G in "crossfire" (which sometimes is bearable to a listener) or "stardom" (why is tis one harder?!? I suspected the 'd') of a transposed "shine on your crazy diamond" and your video is *just* where I want it :) Thank you!
The process of upper register development is covered in a series I did that begins with this video:
ruclips.net/video/erFjTGWia5U/видео.html
If you have questions you can always join me at my live events here's next week:
ruclips.net/video/N40sd7ht13A/видео.html
Best!
Jeff
Thanks! hehe now I have a life plan :D Well, I plan to do these for a while, because I REALLY like my G better now, then we must meet, when it's time to make them have 'body' :) Could you point me to where I can read on online lesson details? One other thing: How many times should I repeat these in one session, and how many sessions per day would be optimal? I got lots of time :) Again, many thanks.
Excellent. Once a day in addition to your other singing should be fine, but the best thing about online instruction is that you can go at your own pace! Just stay healthy!
There will be opportunities for evaluations by me coming up during my RUclips guidebook launch in another month. If you sign up on the email list here: www.jeffrolka.com you'll get all the info.
You can also join me at my weekly live event if you have questions:
ruclips.net/video/N40sd7ht13A/видео.html
Best,
Jeff
Hey just found ur videos and channel great stuff !! i have problems with this Mae thingy, my voice get's raspy or what to call it ^^ any advice to share on this ?
Thank you! I'll address this in this week's live event, here's a link:
ruclips.net/video/swWjCwgvfCM/видео.html
It's hard to know exactly what you're doing without hearing you, but there is clearly an imbalance if you're getting raspy. You may want to try widening the vowel somewhat (think meh instead of may) and seeing if that eliminates the rasp. If so, you will need to evaluate your vowel alignment in the zona di passaggio.
As I mentioned though, I will elaborate more at the live event.
Best,
Jeff
Hi Jeff. Thanks again so much for doing this. I checked out the live stream link you provided to someone else and it seems like the top notes in this video are supposed to be falsetto, right? I have a similar issue to lhdc1, i flip right from chest to falsetto and i'm trying to develop the mix.
On that descending "may" exercise are we supposed to be starting in falsetto and flipping into chest as we descend?
The term falsetto is used alternately to refer to both head voice and falsetto tone production amongst the various schools of voice.
In this video, you're meant to start in cricothyroid dominant singing voice (head voice). One way to identify the difference is to listen to whether or not the sound of your voice is airy. If it is airy, that is not the correct usage. The top notes should sound hollow initially. Matching tone is another matter.
All the best!
Jeff
Hi Jeff, just want to say thank you for your RUclips series - I use the warmup's all the time! I have a quick question - I have very thick vocal folds and thus a very low speaking voice - dunno if perhaps I'm just a lazy speaker or not, however I can belt to a D5, albeit on good days, and have a falsetto/belt to C6 which I was rather surprised about - however it is impossible for me to have the light airy quality that some tenors have. Bearing in mind my range covers from C2-D5 (C6) and my break is F sharp 4, would I still classify myself as a tenor even though my voice quality is a lot more rich and thick?
I think you're still tenor, just a bit lower than the common tenors nowadays. Remember there are more divisions for every main classification of voice types.
I am loving what you have to say to tenors regarding their vocial break, or secondo passaggio. I would appreciate some help in this area for the mezzo/soprano range.
It's understandable that these detailed lessons would be where you sing most comfortably.
Specifically, where I'm having the difficulty is getting "stuck" in my head voice when singing in a group casually, or in a campfire like setting. Then going to stretch up for rehearsal, and finding that it's very hard to get into my head voice area.
Does that make any sense, or is it just me?
Makes perfect sense! From the way you're describing it, you're really close to starting to make your transition smoother. It is very common for us to get stuck in one register or another, as balancing the effort level between thyro arytenoid muscles (chest voice) and crico thyroid muscles (head voice) can be tricky. This video that we're commenting on is that process for tenor range vocalists, here's a link for soprano range vocalists:
ruclips.net/video/vPkub6XeF68/видео.html
and here's a video for mezzos on singing over the secondo passaggio:
ruclips.net/video/8wQrFu228Y4/видео.html
Let me know how it works out. If you have questions, consider coming to a live event. They're every Saturday at 6pm London time. Here's a link to this week's event:
ruclips.net/video/JNvjKA0edZE/видео.html
Best,
Jeff
I am hitting all the notes right, but I can't understand, is it right if I start singing in hv and when going down the scale transitioning back to chest (without breaking), even in the 'lowest' part of the exercise? Cause I always find trouble when singing in chest past an Eb4 and I don't know what I should do.
Jeff, love the change i'm realizing by following you. However i need to develop more support to sing softly but firmly. in higher registers. What can you advise? Gunia
Awesome! Thank you for watching! I would start with the theory video:
Appoggio:
ruclips.net/video/wBpta5StxHA/видео.html
This is an integrated warm up:
ruclips.net/video/pxT1Dwv2QZw/видео.html
Try that and let me know how things go!
Best,
Jeff
That's a sweet guitar
Thank you!
Jeff
Where can I learn to sing second tenor ?
My secondo passaggio is at F4. Which video(Baritone/Tenor) should I use for this exercise? I normally use your Tenor videos.
Thomas Boyer Thomas,
This one should work, though you may find that the exercises start above your secondo passaggio which would be fine if you're sufficiently warmed up. If you haven't done a warm up and want to use this video, the two I've linked to below should be appropriate for your range and are reasonably fast paced without leaving anything out:
ruclips.net/video/9EVyi4S2KxE/видео.html
ruclips.net/video/QLQCXXlPvP0/видео.html
Thanks for watching and getting in touch!
Jeff
Jeff Rolka Okay, thanks! I'll try it again using those two videos first.
um, hello (: Im kinda nervous about asking a question because I have no real experience in singing, but my mother was an ex vocalist and a really good one, but she wont teach me. she did tell me that I was between Tenor-Alto/Tenor-Baritone. I'm going to be practicing and continuing yo learn how to sing on my own (Everyone says I would have the perfect voice to sing if I learned how to use it) using this video because it was really easy to follow, but I was wondering, how would I find my vocal range without really knowing what that sounds like. I doubt you'll be able to answer it completely but any little help would be greatly appreciated. I really do want to learn to sing and be a good singer (: thanks for your time if you read this. Dage
+frostだげ Hello and thanks for your message! In order to find your voice type (called 'fache') there are lots of things to consider. Overall range is one, but location of your secondo passaggio (commonly thought of as one's 'break' but that is deceiving) is another aspect that we have to look at in determining fache. Then there is the overall character of your voice that needs to be considered.
I hope that helps! Thanks for watching and keep in touch!
Jeff
+Jeff Rolka wow thank you so much for replying, it means so much that you did and so fast too! I spend along time looking and testing where my range is (Ive always been put down because I never sound good and I used to just give up for a month and try again) and I found that I can sing around C3 (thats really low I perfer anything above E3) and can get too A4 (thats really high comfortably I perfer C4) my voice breaks at times if I do D4, but Ive learned to hold strong notes and I also know falsetto, why? because I always worked on sounding that beautifully (as in falsetto) and love to do them. used Michael Bublé's songs to help practice falsetto. Does this make me like a mixture of Tenor and alto .-. thanks again for taking time to read and reply (:
Dage
+frostだげ sorry correction, my range, I think anyway is like third octave? (though its not very far in range as mentioned I can do E3 and get to about C4 and comfortably sing) Im still not sure but I know that thats where I can sing when I used videos to help find my vocal range, Im just kinda lost on if thats tenor or...what that makes me
Hi! Thank you for the video! I am a tenor and I have a lot of trouble going from my chest to head voice, sometimes I can't even use my head voice. I do have asthma which I don't know if that would contribute to the problem but I appreciate your help:)
You're welcome! I hope it helps! A lot of us struggle to master that transition but it is well worth the effort. Thanks for taking the time to comment. I hope to hear from you in the future! Do let me know how your practice goes.
Best,
Jeff
hi sir , i am a tennor and i really struggle with the higher range i am able to sing it but have to put a lot of stress on the notes . your help would really matter thanks.
Hello Jude! I believe you sent an email to me through my website. I'm happy to help. I'll respond there! Thanks for watching!
Best,
Jeff
So my passagio is right at C5 thats when I am better off using falsetto because it sounds strained.
Ronald Shepherd Same
I went to see a vocal coach last week and upon arrival I told her that I was a baritone. She said "lets do some scales". I went all the way up to A4 before having to switch to my head voice. She called me a Tenor 1... So. Am I a tenor or a Baritone or a Baritenor? My full range (chest) is F#2-A#4 and my Falsetto range is B4-G5.
Be aware that my voice has a darker color. I can make it brighter and more "clear", but naturally its pretty raspy. Naturally, I would say I'm a baritone, but in choral music maybe a tenor 1?
Range designation is mostly dependent on the location of the secondo passaggio in addition to your overall range and vocal characteristics. The secondo passaggio is the point where thyroarytenoid dominant singing changes over to cricothyroid dominant singing. This is commonly thought of as the difference between chest voice (thyroarytenoid) and head voice (cricothyroid) When you indicate that A4 is where you *have* to switch to head voice, that does not indicate whether or not that is your voice's natural transition point. For reference, no tenor nor baritone voice has a natural transition from chest to head voice at that point. Unfortunately there is a lot of confusion around these terms, as singing instructors over the years have used them interchangeably to mean different things.
While I cannot determine your fach without more information, you can hear some demonstrations of the various ranges and registration events in this video:
ruclips.net/video/1WetqFLkcuk/видео.html
I hope that helps. If you have further questions feel free to join me at a live event, held every saturday at 6pm London time!
ruclips.net/video/Cj9dnCuiaKs/видео.html
Best,
Jeff
Hi I’ve been singing for 2 years but I know I tend to pull chest for high notes. Is it natural if my head voice was a little bit airier starting out on these exercises?
Hello and thanks for watching!
If your voice is airy you don't have as complete an adduction of the vocal fold as would be ideal. It would be better if your voice were imbalanced to the hollow or hooty side of things when getting started, working towards more balanced consistent tone as your registration event technique develops. I demonstrate it in this video:
ruclips.net/video/erFjTGWia5U/видео.html
Best!
Jeff
I'm baritone can I do this?
My head voice Mays are wispy and sound a bit hoarse. Can’t figure out how to produce a clear tone, resulting in an obvious flip to chest voice.
Hi Jeff hit all of them easily am I a tenor ?
We'd have to work on it together. It's about 'how' you sing the notes, not whether or not you can do it, necessarily, and the location of your registration events.
@@JeffRolka Thanks Jeff. How so? I'm genuinely confused - my range approx A to A in scales but sing to around B. I can get higher in the scales even to C but that's at the top of my actual natural physical ability & notice the tug at A#.
As a songwriter I generally choose to sing at the higher range of my voice & have a fairly light tone although I can sing in thicker voice & try to remind myself to pitch lower sometimes to give my voice a rest. Is there such a thing as these categories & would I be classed a low tenor or a high baritone or a tenor who hasn't learned properly & is there any defining way I can use in the meantime to get some idea?
Hi Jeff! I have a problem about my head voice. When i try to sing with my head voice most of the time accidently i am doing falsetto. I can't properly change between my chest and head voice without touching any falsetto notes. Do you have something in your mind to fix this?
You might try this series of videos, starting with part 1:
ruclips.net/video/erFjTGWia5U/видео.html
Best,
Jeff
I have just warmed up now with you! What a beatiful time to reply. I am starting right now! Thanks, Jeff. You are the best in RUclips.
Why don’t you all voice teachers say that the key is using nasal airflow and head voice to do the tenor range??
An interesting question! I'll answer you in Questions from Comments 45! Thank you!
@@JeffRolka thank you Jeff!!
I can only do these with a lot of twang (sounds like Axl Rose or Layne Staley). Is it ok to practice this that way?
+Don Carlson It is quite likely that you're using more vocal fold engagement than is entirely necessary to produce the pitches. In that case you may or may not be making a register shift from thyro arytnoid dominant singing to crico thyroid dominant singing. If you are doing the transition, then try backing off of the twang to see if you can balance the resonance a bit more. If you find that you are not doing the transition I would not recommend that you practice this video that way. It is uncertain as to whether or not you would be harming your voice, but that way of singing is not consistent with what this video is trying to help you learn how to do with your voice.
I'm doing it with a low larynx and twang. Not sure which should be strengthened more- head voice or chest... I have tried both approaches over a period of months and ended up with either a wimpy head voice that I can not sustain for several seconds or a strong low voice with a limited range. No matter what I do, I can't get them to balance so that they are both equally strong. The way the voice works makes no sense!
+Don Carlson If you like, record yourself and upload it to RUclips or Soundcloud and send a link to me. I'd be happy to have a listen and see what's going on.
Best,
Jeff
Jeff Rolka Ok, will do. Thanks Jeff!
Sir, can a person who have deep voice (like me) can achieve this, and i will appreciate your reply😊
Hello and thanks for your questions. Yes, but you may find that you have to adapt to slightly different vowel formations in your thyro arytenoid dominant range in order to smoothly sing through the secondo passaggio. If you have a lower vocal type, you may also benefit from the baritone videos, here's a link for the one in this series:
ruclips.net/video/nwuLljXkdfQ/видео.html
Best!
Jeff
+Jeff Rolka thank you sir😊
How would you find out whether you're a true tenor or baritone?
Luke Warren Luke,
In order to determine your 'fache' or vocal designation there are several qualities that a voice teacher will listen to:
Primo and Secondo passaggio registration events. Where these are located tells us a lot about what your fache may be.
Characteristics of your voice throughout your range are considered. This not only takes into account what your overall range is but the way that your voice sounds as you go from your lowest note to your highest.
The human voice is not so easily pigeon holed that the differences between tenor and baritone are easily determined. There is in fact one type of fache that is often mistaken for baritone but is considered to be a form of tenor vocalist. Baritone vocalists, on the other hand, can often masquerade as tenors once their secondo passaggio transition is smooth enough.
I hope that helps!
Jeff
I honestly don't know if I doing it right.. It's sounds right but my throat feels like it's being pulled on.. And I'm feeling the vibration in my chest and not my head
+Hater123 This video is a little shorter than one of the previous series I did. Give the videos in this series a try and see if it helps:
ruclips.net/video/erFjTGWia5U/видео.html
There's a bit more explanation and demonstration.
Best,
Jeff
like it
Jeff, I am a tenor and when I do the "How to Sin in Head Voice - Tenor Range" exercise I feel tension in my throat. Am I doing something wrong? I am not really confident in switching from chest voice to head voice. I want to spend this summer working on various exercises so I will be in better condition for choir next September. Thanks for all your help and dynamic videos.
+Ray Stevens
Hello and thanks for your question! If you're not confident making your register shift then some tension in your throat is not surprising. If it hurts, stop.
The tension and your register transition go together. This video is pretty fast paced. I did a three video series on smoothing out the transition from chest voice (thyro arytenoid dominant singing) to head voice (crico thyroid dominant singing) the first of which is here:
ruclips.net/video/erFjTGWia5U/видео.html
Try the exercises in this video for a week or so and see if the transition gets smoother. If it does, move on to video number two.
Keep us up to date on your progress!
All the best,
Jeff
I can do the 'you' part. I can do the 'wee' part, but not as good as the 'you' part. The 'may' part gets worse; it gets very breathy.
That's very normal. I questioned including the 'may' syllable, but it's part of the progression of syllables. I may (pun intended) suggest that the pacing of this video is really fast. If 'you' and 'we' are coming along, leave out the 'may' syllables for a week or two. Just substitute 'you' or 'we' into those exercises. Practice vowel modifications below the secondo passaggio, particularly emphasizing the 'we' syllables 'i' vowel to the 'may' syllables 'e' vowel and then come back to the exercises that transit the secondo passaggio.
I hope that helps!
Jeff
@@JeffRolka // Thank you! I'll give it a try! :)
Thank you for the video 😁😁😁 And I did this on my whistle and it sounded great now. Thank you 💓💓
( BTW I can hit from A2 to B7.)
I lost my head voice because I constantly have colds lol
I did to it sucks but I got it back I can hit 6th G with falsetto now, Before I could only hit 5th E if I'm lucky with chest, It feels so restricting
Hii please Help!! ... i Can sing from B2 to A4 pretty easily i dont really push ... i'm a 17 years old Boy i believe that i have a deep voice that can go lighter at Higher ranges but i dont really know if i'm a tenor or a Baritone my Timbre is kinda Heavy and Dark ... but on High ranges i feel it stretching without pulling these notes... in your video the Notes were really Easy ...
I have the worse problem bruh ,my chest vocal range is about C2 to D#5 so i dont even know what type of my voice is ._.
I don't have to use falsetto on that.
I'm glad to hear that! Regardless of how you define 'falsetto,' which differs depending on your teaching style, this video is meant to stay below the secondo passaggio. It is primarily focused on endurance and vowel alignment in the zona di passaggio; the transition area prior to singing in crico thyroid dominant voice (head voice).
Thanks for leaving a comment! I hope that helps! If any clarification is needed feel free to leave another comment or join me at my weekly live event. Here's a link:
ruclips.net/video/ym8dTZdpdS0/видео.html
All the best,
Jeff
I can reach d2 but without consistance, I start at f2 and I break at f4 in head voice I can go to b5 what am I?
Matias Miranda lyric baritone
@@dannythomasboyle-actormusi5727 you're giving false info to others, Bass is very rare while baritone is the most common voice in a male and tenors are slightly less common than baritones
I sound like a baby, I think.. idk if im doing it right
1:00
Meh, meh, meh is so hard. I can't make a sound on that vowel in head voice while all the others work.
Yes. That one can be tricky. Getting the balance right is challenging, but when you figure it out, it will really help your technique through that area! Keep it up!
Jeff
@@JeffRolka I feel relieved this is not abnormal. Thank you very much for the helpful reply dear Jeff.
1:10
I barely understand the concept of head voice 😭
Im a bass but I like singing tenor lel
That moment when you have a range of A2-F6 but you physically dont know how to sing lower
I feel like i m not tenor though😂
you look like joaquin phoenix lol
Hii please Help!! ... i Can sing from B2 to A4 pretty easily i dont really push ... i'm a 17 years old Boy i believe that i have a deep voice that can go lighter at Higher ranges but i dont really know if i'm a tenor or a Baritone my Timbre is kinda Heavy and Dark ... but on High ranges i feel it stretching without pulling these notes... in your video the Notes were really Easy ...