Please; Could you consider placing subtitles in Spanish? In addition, I have always had the question of how many vocal techniques or singing methods exist and how they differ (example: Italian bel singing; singing voice; etc) Very grateful. Thank you
When I speak my larynx does not stay in resting position it rises rise some. So, if I start to sing and my larynx rises to the same level as when I sing am I singing in speech level singing?
Wouldn't it be nice if it was that simple? The level of your larynx when you are having a comfortable one to one conversation with a friend is a good measure of what you want when you sing. That is your speech level. The complete singer will also have great pitch, be able to sustain notes with vibrato on any note. You will also have good command of dynamics...able to sing loud and soft. And when you speak, your larynx may bob up and down slightly. You will feel the same thing when you sing.
It's different for everyone. Going airy as you go higher is not a problem as long as your tone remains connected...as you indicate...not going into falsetto. Focus on doing the exercises as demonstrated. How high you go will be determined by how correctly the exercise is done. If you get tight or pinched on the 1 1/2 scale, it's usually because the larynx is coming up. So add the dopy or hooty sound by imposing the larynx down as you do bubble lips or tongue trills or gee's. This will help you not squeeze.
Speech Level Singing is keeping your larynx in the same position that you speak in?Bring the power from abdomen, keeping you head leveled no matter what note you sing. That is my understanding of SLS...Am I correct? If so that sounds hard...
I‘ve got a question because nobody could answered it directly: If you have the best speech level singing technique will it sound like belting if you’re singing? Or will you hear the difference?
What do you mean by "belting"? Some people yell when they belt. If you do that you are not singing with a speech level technique. If you have great speech level technique, you can do what ever you want to with your singing voice. But you can sing with a very powerful mix of chest and head voice, or a powerful head voice...any many people will think you are singing in chest voice because it is so easy, natural, strong, consistent without any limitations to your voice. Depending on how you sang before, you will hear the difference.
Speech Level Singing will teach you how to sing in a balanced voice which will give you a mix of chest and head resonances. You can feel and hear when you or others are singing with a balanced voice and in a mix. This is the results of speech level singing.
Thanks very informative. I hope there’s an easy way to hear or reference from popular singers or particular part in songs which employs such technique.
Good singers who studied with Seth Riggs and learned how to mix and/or maintain their mix voice include, Josh Grobin, (Albums 1&2), Barbara Streisand (Broadway Albums) Natalie Cole, Stevie Wonder, Michael Jackson. Although Lady GaGa did not study with Seth, listen to her song, Always Remember Us This Way, from "A Star is Born" . It's is a pretty good example of Mix Voice.
@@onzkicg No...I doubt that. But it is used by Burnadette Peters who had a great career on Broadway. Also Doug Sills, Peter Gallagher, Derin Altay, Leila Florentino and others.
Hi Chuck. Natural mixing is a fantastic technique. I realize this with each passing day; however it is not as simple as when we speak. For example, the vowel "I" is difficult for me in very high notes, (for example. the high do). Could you make an explanatory video of how to position the "I" without lifting the larynx? I don't know if I can explain myself ... thank you very much.
When saying 'I" as in "eye"...say it as if you were singing "uh" and attach the "ie" sound at the very last instant. So if I sing "my" in the bridge or head voice, i'd sing it like "muh...........ie". It will sound like "my" to everyone. But it's easier to sing.
Hi, Chuck, I didn't explain myself well, but I realize that there is some misunderstanding if I translate from Italian to English. I have some difficulty to sing the vowel i which corresponds to the pronunciation "ee" as if you were to sing the word "see". Here, if you were to take a high note, like C5 how do you sing the word "see"? Could you give an example with a video? Thanks so much!
So I understood SLS causes mix where chest and head are blended in EFF#. But what's a difference between SLS and Mix singing? I'm confused because of the name of the video. It tells that SLS and Mix are not the same!
SLS is a system of vocal exercises that causes Mix Singing. There are other techniques being taught that also cause mix singing. For example, some teachers of "Belt" get a type of mix in their students voices. SLS tends to do better, in my opinion, of balancing the voice. This gives students a mix that is different that the Belt mix....which tends to be characterized by a higher larynx than the SLS mix. If someone teaches belt they may also help their students mix. If someone is teaching a rock technique they may help their students get a type of mix. Maybe a classical teacher teaches their students to mix. The exercises in SLS cause a balanced voice, which in turn causes a mix. But the SLS technique is not mix singing. If someone is belting with a high larynx, but is mixing, that's not SLS just because they are mixing. I'm in a show right now where some of my cast members sing with a mix. But it's a high larynx mix. The SLS technique would first balance the voice, eliminate tension, etc. The results would be a different quality of mix. Mix Singing is one of several results caused by Speech Level Singing.
Thank you! So mix can be different, but SLS is not only a mix. Its freedom and balanced voice with normal larynx position. And want to say you look very alive in Hello Dolly video! Nice acting!
Hi Marcelo: I don't feel a big difference either. It's actually a bit easier for me once I'm over the bridge. But head voice feels like my mix in the bridge. It does get lighter and lighter as I go up...which makes sense that chest is reduced as the pitch ascends.
Power To Sing Thanks for the answer, my voice feels connected but I struggle a little with the concept of a mix. I'm going to watch your other videos on the subject.
Seth Riggs says in Singing for the Stars pp 78: "When you adjust your voice to accomplish certain tonal 'ideals,' you run the risk of interfering with you speech-level tone production, which is very dangerous to your vocal health. Your voice can, however, be 'colored by your mind'. If you are thinking about what you are singing, there will be slight differences in your delivery, not in your basic production." Then on pp 80: Imposing any kind of posture on a voice creates tension that can hinder the freedom of cord vibration, disrupt the balance of tone and make speaking words sound unnatural as well--..." I think it's important to always be working from a solid "home base".
Thanks, I appreciate that. It's getting harder all the time. But i appreciate your thoughtfulness and your obvious experience which is so beneficial to everyone.
Chuck - ALL singing is "mix singing". That's how the voice works. Whenever you sing, no matter what note, you are mixing resonances. Depending on the note, one resonance will be more dominant in that mix of throat, mouth and sinus resonances. You cannot avoid it. SLS is ALL about resonance - pharyngeal resonance mostly - combined with a neutral larynx and isolated fold movement. Even Riggs stresses the importance of resonance blends to achieve a voice devoid of extrinsic tension from the outer circle muscles.
Here's a more complete treatment of Mix. www.powertosing.com/ep-33-how-to-sing-mix-part-1/ Since I've covered mix in more detail before this video, I didn't go into as much detail again. Here I was more interested in the contrast between SLS and Mix. Hopefully the previous Episodes taken as a whole will represent a more complete picture.
+Power To Sing the voice works as a combination of breath, closure and resonance. You cannot sing without mixing - even on your lowest notes you are mixing throat, mouth and sinus resonances. All singing is a constant mixing of resonances. One of the basic tenets of speech level singing is "get the resonance right".
Not all the time - depending on the context, SLS can produce a bright mix, a neutral mix or a darker mix - just like any other pedagogy. Although SLS tends to side on the brighter side of tonality. You're also confusing the term "speech level singing". Its not about volume but of muscle involvement. Your description seems to lean towards "speech level" meaning one sings as the volume of speech or therabouts (i.e. no belting); that's not what Riggs is referring to. He is referring to the intrinsic muscle involvement of speech; that one does not involve any more muscles than speech requires. Mix IS speech level - it HAS to be purely based on how the voice works internally. You can't separate SLS from mix singing. That would be saying that SLS only produces ONE type of mix - and it clearly does not. I'm not arguing here Chuck - just a friendly debate. I appreciate the fact that you will discuss things like this in a civil manner. Too many coaches just delete the comments and ban you.
I want to send you a record for a song i am obsessed with my voice singing it i tried so hard to foucs and it's considered as my prime after 2 weeks knowning your channel so i want to eliminate all my weekness and you're so profissional and i am not so i cant know all my weekness but i do know that my larynx tend to go higher as i sing i tried so hard to prevent it sometimes I can't but i can still sing without cracking thank god xD i didn't realize the gift i was born with that my i go through my first bridge so easily but sometimes i find it hard to recognize my bridge and my head voice so i want some solutions my range is F2 - A3 - A#4 but I can't go higher than A#4 sometimes i go C5 or C#5 P.S : my vocal type pulled chest high layrnx
Btw my range now can reach to F6 like a miracle but i am suffering from my high layrnx i am exercising the dopy gee sound and the bubble lips , i tired something that worked like a magic i bubbled the whole song and every note i can't reach and it worked it expanded my range and now i can make a whistle note but as i said i suffer from that larynx it's so hard to keep it neutral and i can't reach my dopy sound to those high notes and can't reach to them without high layrnx is there is a way to unlock my chest voice to make a blend mix that will keep my larynx neutral and will make me sing more powerful i watched your video about unlocking chest voice but i can't figure out the technic yet so i hope you tell what to do
Thanks very much 💙 you helped me to achieve what i wanted ages ago i am still young , most of people want money and they give bad technic , my vocal range is pretty high i could reach to F6 in head voice , F2 in heavy chest voice and E3 to A#4 in a great mix so when my adam apple is fully grown and I reach to my mature voice does my vocal range decreases?!
The examples of singing you gave were quite interesting to hear (and watch).
Great Content Chuck! I love it!
Hi! Thanks Tyler!
Please; Could you consider placing subtitles in Spanish? In addition, I have always had the question of how many vocal techniques or singing methods exist and how they differ (example: Italian bel singing; singing voice; etc) Very grateful. Thank you
The concern I have with spanish subtitles is I could not respond to any comments because I could not understand them. Then I could not really help.
Could you provide a link to a video of you singing a song? I'd really like to hear it! Thanks.
ruclips.net/p/PLc6YT-50Ji8HvpCg-kzRcIfgdWYUFkn5h
When I speak my larynx does not stay in resting position it rises rise some. So, if I start to sing and my larynx rises to the same level as when I sing am I singing in speech level singing?
Wouldn't it be nice if it was that simple? The level of your larynx when you are having a comfortable one to one conversation with a friend is a good measure of what you want when you sing. That is your speech level. The complete singer will also have great pitch, be able to sustain notes with vibrato on any note. You will also have good command of dynamics...able to sing loud and soft. And when you speak, your larynx may bob up and down slightly. You will feel the same thing when you sing.
How to practice singing? Or what i must to practice?
Watch this for answers about practicing. ruclips.net/video/pYMEIs-rdB0/видео.html
When doing exercises, is it normal to go airy and struggle to go higher? (not falsetto flipping)
Also in this video ruclips.net/video/D15K7_eLySE/видео.html at 3:58, does he go into head voice?
It's different for everyone. Going airy as you go higher is not a problem as long as your tone remains connected...as you indicate...not going into falsetto. Focus on doing the exercises as demonstrated. How high you go will be determined by how correctly the exercise is done. If you get tight or pinched on the 1 1/2 scale, it's usually because the larynx is coming up. So add the dopy or hooty sound by imposing the larynx down as you do bubble lips or tongue trills or gee's. This will help you not squeeze.
Speech Level Singing is keeping your larynx in the same position that you speak in?Bring the power from abdomen, keeping you head leveled no matter what note you sing. That is my understanding of SLS...Am I correct? If so that sounds hard...
Speech Level Singing is singing without reaching for the notes.
I‘ve got a question because nobody could answered it directly: If you have the best speech level singing technique will it sound like belting if you’re singing? Or will you hear the difference?
What do you mean by "belting"? Some people yell when they belt. If you do that you are not singing with a speech level technique. If you have great speech level technique, you can do what ever you want to with your singing voice. But you can sing with a very powerful mix of chest and head voice, or a powerful head voice...any many people will think you are singing in chest voice because it is so easy, natural, strong, consistent without any limitations to your voice. Depending on how you sang before, you will hear the difference.
Can I hear the difference in sound between those techniques? Or it's differense in feeling only and sound the same?
Speech Level Singing will teach you how to sing in a balanced voice which will give you a mix of chest and head resonances. You can feel and hear when you or others are singing with a balanced voice and in a mix. This is the results of speech level singing.
Thanks very informative. I hope there’s an easy way to hear or reference from popular singers or particular part in songs which employs such technique.
Good singers who studied with Seth Riggs and learned how to mix and/or maintain their mix voice include, Josh Grobin, (Albums 1&2), Barbara Streisand (Broadway Albums) Natalie Cole, Stevie Wonder, Michael Jackson. Although Lady GaGa did not study with Seth, listen to her song, Always Remember Us This Way, from "A Star is Born" . It's is a pretty good example of Mix Voice.
@@PowerToSing Thanks! This SSL method is same if not the most common method used in broadway musical?
@@onzkicg No...I doubt that. But it is used by Burnadette Peters who had a great career on Broadway. Also Doug Sills, Peter Gallagher, Derin Altay, Leila Florentino and others.
God bless you
Hi Chuck. Natural mixing is a fantastic technique. I realize this with each passing day; however it is not as simple as when we speak. For example, the vowel "I" is difficult for me in very high notes, (for example. the high do). Could you make an explanatory video of how to position the "I" without lifting the larynx? I don't know if I can explain myself ... thank you very much.
When saying 'I" as in "eye"...say it as if you were singing "uh" and attach the "ie" sound at the very last instant. So if I sing "my" in the bridge or head voice, i'd sing it like "muh...........ie". It will sound like "my" to everyone. But it's easier to sing.
Hi, Chuck, I didn't explain myself well, but I realize that there is some misunderstanding if I translate from Italian to English. I have some difficulty to sing the vowel i which corresponds to the pronunciation "ee" as if you were to sing the word "see". Here, if you were to take a high note, like C5 how do you sing the word "see"? Could you give an example with a video? Thanks so much!
@@attore67 Add a little bit of [I] as in "it" to the "see". Almost like you were singing "sit" without the "t".
I did't get what is a mix singing?
Thanks!
Watch this again. 02:12-02:38
So I understood SLS causes mix where chest and head are blended in EFF#. But what's a difference between SLS and Mix singing? I'm confused because of the name of the video. It tells that SLS and Mix are not the same!
SLS is a system of vocal exercises that causes Mix Singing. There are other techniques being taught that also cause mix singing. For example, some teachers of "Belt" get a type of mix in their students voices. SLS tends to do better, in my opinion, of balancing the voice. This gives students a mix that is different that the Belt mix....which tends to be characterized by a higher larynx than the SLS mix. If someone teaches belt they may also help their students mix. If someone is teaching a rock technique they may help their students get a type of mix. Maybe a classical teacher teaches their students to mix. The exercises in SLS cause a balanced voice, which in turn causes a mix. But the SLS technique is not mix singing. If someone is belting with a high larynx, but is mixing, that's not SLS just because they are mixing. I'm in a show right now where some of my cast members sing with a mix. But it's a high larynx mix. The SLS technique would first balance the voice, eliminate tension, etc. The results would be a different quality of mix. Mix Singing is one of several results caused by Speech Level Singing.
Thank you! So mix can be different, but SLS is not only a mix. Its freedom and balanced voice with normal larynx position.
And want to say you look very alive in Hello Dolly video! Nice acting!
And can you do a video about BELT. BELT is everywhere. What is it? And does it relevant to SLS?
Didn't know that Trevor from GTA 5 has a part time job 😁
He looks NOTHING like Trevor.
Hi, not really understand. So Speech Level Singing and Mix Singing, which one is good?
Both! You will learn to sing mix by studying Speech Level Singing.
Power To Sing But why SLS sounds powerful and the chest voice seems higher?
I don't really see a big difference between my head voice (not falsetto) and the mix. I'm probably not putting enough chest but I don't know how.
Hi Marcelo: I don't feel a big difference either. It's actually a bit easier for me once I'm over the bridge. But head voice feels like my mix in the bridge. It does get lighter and lighter as I go up...which makes sense that chest is reduced as the pitch ascends.
Power To Sing Thanks for the answer, my voice feels connected but I struggle a little with the concept of a mix. I'm going to watch your other videos on the subject.
Seth Riggs says in Singing for the Stars pp 78: "When you adjust your voice to accomplish certain tonal 'ideals,' you run the risk of interfering with you speech-level tone production, which is very dangerous to your vocal health. Your voice can, however, be 'colored by your mind'. If you are thinking about what you are singing, there will be slight differences in your delivery, not in your basic production." Then on pp 80: Imposing any kind of posture on a voice creates tension that can hinder the freedom of cord vibration, disrupt the balance of tone and make speaking words sound unnatural as well--..." I think it's important to always be working from a solid "home base".
Great comments. Thanks.
Thanks, I appreciate that. It's getting harder all the time. But i appreciate your thoughtfulness and your obvious experience which is so beneficial to everyone.
dude i dont know what you just demonstrated here, but it sure as hell wasnt sls
Sir I would like to see you for my voice issues and take clases how can I call you. Do you have a number I can call. I am in New York
You can schedule lessons here: www.powertosing.com/schedulelesson
You can email me via this link: www.powertosing.com/contact-me/
Chuck - ALL singing is "mix singing". That's how the voice works. Whenever you sing, no matter what note, you are mixing resonances. Depending on the note, one resonance will be more dominant in that mix of throat, mouth and sinus resonances. You cannot avoid it.
SLS is ALL about resonance - pharyngeal resonance mostly - combined with a neutral larynx and isolated fold movement. Even Riggs stresses the importance of resonance blends to achieve a voice devoid of extrinsic tension from the outer circle muscles.
Here's a more complete treatment of Mix. www.powertosing.com/ep-33-how-to-sing-mix-part-1/ Since I've covered mix in more detail before this video, I didn't go into as much detail again. Here I was more interested in the contrast between SLS and Mix. Hopefully the previous Episodes taken as a whole will represent a more complete picture.
+Power To Sing
the voice works as a combination of breath, closure and resonance. You cannot sing without mixing - even on your lowest notes you are mixing throat, mouth and sinus resonances. All singing is a constant mixing of resonances.
One of the basic tenets of speech level singing is "get the resonance right".
Yes and mix, whether with good or improper technique, is not Speech Level Singing. SLS is a pedagogy which results in a certain quality of mix.
Not all the time - depending on the context, SLS can produce a bright mix, a neutral mix or a darker mix - just like any other pedagogy. Although SLS tends to side on the brighter side of tonality.
You're also confusing the term "speech level singing". Its not about volume but of muscle involvement. Your description seems to lean towards "speech level" meaning one sings as the volume of speech or therabouts (i.e. no belting); that's not what Riggs is referring to. He is referring to the intrinsic muscle involvement of speech; that one does not involve any more muscles than speech requires.
Mix IS speech level - it HAS to be purely based on how the voice works internally. You can't separate SLS from mix singing. That would be saying that SLS only produces ONE type of mix - and it clearly does not.
I'm not arguing here Chuck - just a friendly debate. I appreciate the fact that you will discuss things like this in a civil manner. Too many coaches just delete the comments and ban you.
I also have to say "awesome muttonchops" Must be a stage role you're doing.
I want to send you a record for a song i am obsessed with my voice singing it i tried so hard to foucs and it's considered as my prime after 2 weeks knowning your channel so i want to eliminate all my weekness and you're so profissional and i am not so i cant know all my weekness but i do know that my larynx tend to go higher as i sing i tried so hard to prevent it sometimes I can't but i can still sing without cracking thank god xD i didn't realize the gift i was born with that my i go through my first bridge so easily but sometimes i find it hard to recognize my bridge and my head voice so i want some solutions my range is F2 - A3 - A#4 but I can't go higher than A#4 sometimes i go C5 or C#5
P.S : my vocal type pulled chest high layrnx
Sure send me the recording.
How?!
Btw my range now can reach to F6 like a miracle but i am suffering from my high layrnx i am exercising the dopy gee sound and the bubble lips , i tired something that worked like a magic i bubbled the whole song and every note i can't reach and it worked it expanded my range and now i can make a whistle note but as i said i suffer from that larynx it's so hard to keep it neutral and i can't reach my dopy sound to those high notes and can't reach to them without high layrnx is there is a way to unlock my chest voice to make a blend mix that will keep my larynx neutral and will make me sing more powerful i watched your video about unlocking chest voice but i can't figure out the technic yet so i hope you tell what to do
Thanks very much 💙 you helped me to achieve what i wanted ages ago i am still young , most of people want money and they give bad technic , my vocal range is pretty high i could reach to F6 in head voice , F2 in heavy chest voice and E3 to A#4 in a great mix so when my adam apple is fully grown and I reach to my mature voice does my vocal range decreases?!
You will lose the little boy range. But you will be able to maintain an excellent adult male range.