Amazing lesson. Thank you!!! One question regarding lip trills. Do we use nasality (air through the nose), or do we try not to? And another question irrelevant with the lip trills... Do we use nasality with consonants and twang on vowels? I hope my questions make any sense... 😊
Such a great question!!! Nasality (air through the nose) can help “wake up” the forward resonance associated with twang, which is why putting an m on the front of your lip trill can help, but while the m will be nasal, your lip trill hopefully will not be. And there are no rights or wrongs as far as I’m concerned, but I would say generally we only use nasality on nasal consonants (m, n, ng) and otherwise do not use nasality. Does that answer your question?
@ljdstudios Thanks for the answer!!! For the past couple of weeks, I've been watching your videos and gained a much better understanding of things that used to confuse me. By combining all the elements you taught (breath support, relaxation, lifting the soft palate, and twang), I was able to sing with ease for the first time! I could tackle almost any song I tried without getting tired. I got so carried away that I sang for hours for 4-5 days straight! Unfortunately, now I can't sing at all. I guess my voice isn't like any other instrument; I need to learn how to take care of it properly. When my voice finally 'opened up,' I just got too excited and sang all day !!! I guess now I will have to wait for a few days and then to put a 30-45 minutes limit...
You just made my day! When I started this channel, that’s exactly what I set out to do. I have watched a lot of different singing videos and even I get confused sometimes. I felt like there was a need to put information out there for curious singers that actually explained things clearly and concisely. so thank you for saying that! And I’m so glad you felt so much freedom in your voice. I have definitely done the same thing… It’s hard to stop yourself when things feel so good. But that’s the one thing about being a human instrument… We do tire out unlike other instruments. Give yourself plenty of rest and hydration, and in the meantime, let me know if you have any other questions! I do have a membership coming out soon and it might be a great fit for a super self motivated person like you!
@ljdstudios I haven't watched all the videos yet. But what I feel I need now is how to practice, what to practice, how long to practice how to warm up, when to have a break, etc. If I can afford the subscription, I will definitely buy it!
If you haven’t already check out this video: Voice Teacher Secrets: How to Practice Singing like a Pro ruclips.net/video/NzZG2pzYolI/видео.html In general, I think the sweet spot for practicing is 45 minutes to an hour max. Everyone needs a different length of time for warming up, but usually 5 to 10 minutes will suffice. I like to differentiate between warming up and skill building. Warm-ups should be easy and really shouldn’t take that long, but then you can always do other exercises that might seem like warm-ups, but are more focused on building skills after those couple of easy first exercises. Those might take an additional 10 to 20 minutes after your first 5 to 10 minute warm-up depending on how focused you want to be. Or you could literally just do skill building exercises for your entire practice session. If there’s a song you’re working on, try to think about what’s difficult in that song and choose exercises that will help you tackle the difficult portions. And then you can spend the remainder of your time working on that song or even just certain sections of the song. Hope that helps!
For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. - John 3:16 ❤️ INTOUCH MINISTRY
Amazing lesson. Thank you!!! One question regarding lip trills. Do we use nasality (air through the nose), or do we try not to? And another question irrelevant with the lip trills... Do we use nasality with consonants and twang on vowels? I hope my questions make any sense... 😊
Such a great question!!! Nasality (air through the nose) can help “wake up” the forward resonance associated with twang, which is why putting an m on the front of your lip trill can help, but while the m will be nasal, your lip trill hopefully will not be.
And there are no rights or wrongs as far as I’m concerned, but I would say generally we only use nasality on nasal consonants (m, n, ng) and otherwise do not use nasality.
Does that answer your question?
@ljdstudios Thanks for the answer!!! For the past couple of weeks, I've been watching your videos and gained a much better understanding of things that used to confuse me. By combining all the elements you taught (breath support, relaxation, lifting the soft palate, and twang), I was able to sing with ease for the first time! I could tackle almost any song I tried without getting tired. I got so carried away that I sang for hours for 4-5 days straight! Unfortunately, now I can't sing at all. I guess my voice isn't like any other instrument; I need to learn how to take care of it properly. When my voice finally 'opened up,' I just got too excited and sang all day !!! I guess now I will have to wait for a few days and then to put a 30-45 minutes limit...
You just made my day! When I started this channel, that’s exactly what I set out to do. I have watched a lot of different singing videos and even I get confused sometimes. I felt like there was a need to put information out there for curious singers that actually explained things clearly and concisely. so thank you for saying that! And I’m so glad you felt so much freedom in your voice. I have definitely done the same thing… It’s hard to stop yourself when things feel so good. But that’s the one thing about being a human instrument… We do tire out unlike other instruments. Give yourself plenty of rest and hydration, and in the meantime, let me know if you have any other questions! I do have a membership coming out soon and it might be a great fit for a super self motivated person like you!
@ljdstudios I haven't watched all the videos yet. But what I feel I need now is how to practice, what to practice, how long to practice how to warm up, when to have a break, etc. If I can afford the subscription, I will definitely buy it!
If you haven’t already check out this video:
Voice Teacher Secrets: How to Practice Singing like a Pro
ruclips.net/video/NzZG2pzYolI/видео.html
In general, I think the sweet spot for practicing is 45 minutes to an hour max. Everyone needs a different length of time for warming up, but usually 5 to 10 minutes will suffice. I like to differentiate between warming up and skill building. Warm-ups should be easy and really shouldn’t take that long, but then you can always do other exercises that might seem like warm-ups, but are more focused on building skills after those couple of easy first exercises. Those might take an additional 10 to 20 minutes after your first 5 to 10 minute warm-up depending on how focused you want to be. Or you could literally just do skill building exercises for your entire practice session. If there’s a song you’re working on, try to think about what’s difficult in that song and choose exercises that will help you tackle the difficult portions. And then you can spend the remainder of your time working on that song or even just certain sections of the song.
Hope that helps!
For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. - John 3:16 ❤️ INTOUCH MINISTRY