I’ve taken voice lessons with 2 teachers and quit both of them due to a sore throat. I literally walked into their studios and started singing with no warmup or anything. I just started Ken’s course a week ago, and while I’m completely overwhelmed by the first few videos, I’ve started the instruction and immediately noticed no issues with my throat. Wow, posture and support…what a difference it makes!
As a voice teacher myself, I'm sorry you had those experiences. Unfortunately anyone can call themselves a voice coach. Some people think because they can sing, they can teach. Not True.
Oh my I loved this videothis video really helped me to anchor down and legitimize what I already know since I have no formal training.. I just know that when I enter a karaoke contest I usually win.. and I led singing in church.. this was a confidence-builder for me because I was afraid I could no longer learn, being an older person in a rural area
I already know how to sing on pitch Ken I've always had that gift of being on pitch love to sing I also know how to stay on key but anyways love how you explain it to people it's helpful to people and us singers thanks man👍👍👍👍👍👍👍
I appreciate that man you wanting to hear me sing but I don't know how to post videos on RUclips I've never done that so I'm not sure how to do that man
Hey Greg my dad has a RUclips channel it has two songs on it their both gospel songs the channel is called Dale Evans music the songs are called hero and grace and Lord i need your love check them out man
I tried for years to find a singing teacher for years. The teachers assumed I meant sing better. They got angry because I couldn't find the note they demanded of me. They all gave up on me. I never found one like you. That's sad. Now I can finally sing. Thank you Ken.
As a voice teacher myself, I'm sorry you had those experiences. Unfortunately anyone can call themselves a voice coach. Some people think because they can sing, they can teach. Not True.
I've started to fill in vocals and do some lead in my husband's band and they use that trick where they drop everything by 1/2 step so that they aren't destroyed by the end of the night. I will tell you thpugh,though, of the things that I have sang for decades sounded horrible. Some of them really did lose their luster by dropping a half step but also, years of singing them in one key ...
I often sing slightly sharp when I belt and slightly flat when singing lower. It's really frustrating because it's only just off so it's hard for me to detect. I only know because I sing into a tuner sometimes. Will this stop if I just keep practicing or could my ears not be good enough to detect my very slightly off notes. I wish I had someone with a great ear just to practice with me and correct me when I'm just off pitch. It's hard to improve when I can't clearly tell I'm off pitch.
The KTVA forum is a great community of singers, currently doing the KTVA method, chatting about all things related to voice. This is the best place to post your question. You can join the discussion by enrolling, it's free. Check it out!: forum.kentamplinvocalacademy.com/
I love these videos Ken, i definitely feel like my voice has grown not just in strength but in my confidence in my voice over the last coming months since i've gotten into singing, definitely love your videos and guides please keep it up!
really great tips & tricks....and it really makes so much fun....and I´m getting better & better....thank U so much Ken! Hendrik (singer/guitarist@MOTHER OF LOUDNESS)
I am 52 and really want to improve my singing I'm not a rock star but would love to at least sound like one....lol I just don't have the volume I really struggle with getting loud but I am a beginner so I really want to improve and I am wondering if its to late to learn due to me being to old. I really love your videos and do all your exercises to help but I just cant seem to get the volume to belt anything. Any suggestions to get some volume?
I am learning so much from your videos your course. You make learning so interesting , fun, and super cool! Ken you are so understanding of beginners like myself, and you give me the confidence to keep going and learning. Never enjoyed listening to and watching a teacher so much!so grateful!
I'm that person you can't teach pitch. Because when you were viewing who did it better and said see they were not in pitch. It all sounded the same to me. When you were doing Aaaa aaaa aaa with the guitar, I'm thinking yeah no, it just sounds loader or softer. When I hear sound I only hear higher or lower, softer or louder. Music is just noise to me. So I listen to talk radio. I hate my hearing, But I love your channel.
Hi Ken! Love your channel! I have a question, I’m pretty sick right now with the flu, and I can barely talk let alone sing, what should I do to keep from losing what I’ve gained vocally while sick? I’ve heard drink tea with lemon and honey, and other stuff. Should I try to do scales? Thanks bro, Brian Peace
I'm a member when I was 14 years old I listened to a song called This Ain't a Love Song by Bon jovi. It was a pretty good song I didn't listen to it a whole lot but I did like it. Years later over a decade later, I heard it one time from a friend of mine who was singing it but he forgot the lyrics. I was able to remember all of the lyrics inside of 10 minutes. I hadn't heard the song in over a decade, so yes Ken it is possible to retain Melody through memory!
Autotune, the equipment of the lazy and untalented. Wish no one had ever created stuff like that. I've been told to quit trying to improve my singing for a long time, but then, I have professional singers in my family, so they think I'm hopeless.
This is fantastic!! Many years ago I did some vocal training with Mark Baxter out of Boston (who is phenomenal) You remind me of him with your talent, insight and how incredibly you teach. Ordering your vocal repair series this weekend.. and so looking forward to the healing!! Bless😊 and Thank you!!
Ken, the covid comments are fantastic… I subscribed the second I heard them (I live in Seattle WA for context, people round here are wild😅) , BUT… first and foremost you have excellent videos about singing and technique and really appreciate you sharing this information.
Killer video ! This helped me tremendously because I felt like i could only sing with my favorite song playing in the background and i think this is exactly what i needed, all about confidence. thanks ken!
Great information and very helpful! I recently discovered the reason I dislike the sound of my voice, which i always considered my tone or just my instrument. Then i got Melodyne on my DAW I'm learning to record on, and discovered many notes, especially lower chest notes were 15 cents flat! To me I just didn't have the tone i want in reality i was flat and probably because, as i learned here, i tend to cover or use a darker tone in lower register. At least I know what to work on, and this really helped me understand! Btw, I am a new Ken tamplin vocal academy student and love it. Thanks Ken, for doing what you do!
I love that you said the mind can not go out of pitch that is so true. cause there's some really high notes in my head voice that i can do perfectly in my head and when i try to actually emulate that it doesn't happen. At least not every time. I've been trying to figure the connection between doing it in my head and actually singing it to where it becomes second nature
God bless you Ken for the efforts you put making these videos. I have three months practising singing and the voice is bulilding like crazy and the pitch and intonation is getting better and better. Keep doing the fine work. Greetings from Albania
Ok I have a question. I use a karaoke system a good one but not great the play back record is broke But I still us karaoke with all it’s awesome effects and I adjust to where I want my voice that awesome But use my phone I have an AP. That will allow your voice recording So all the songs I recorded using karaoke voice help doesn’t match up into my phone It’s just like I wasn’t using a Karaoke system at all. Can anyone help me why this is??? Ty
@@kentamplin Brother my absolute pleasure! I just added/edited the post with more info you might enjoy if you've not been aware of it Ken. Take care my brother. Jack ~'()'~
I've always loved your videos..I just wanted to let you know that my friend Pamela Atwood passed away. She loved you and always talked about your training...how much it helped her..and what an awesome talent you are. I am going to miss her beyond words
What'd you describe happened to me at the try-outs for the singing of Star Spangeled Banner for a baseball game opener. I could cover the range only if I began with the right pitch. I had to listen to someone else just before my turn and he sang the required song 3 half-steps lower than my ideal. I started out where he had sung and I couldn't cover the range. I had practiced at least 20 times over the previous week--didn't matter. What I heard just before my try-out controlled my mind.
4:00" Left your monitor on the sideline". My guess is they had a good radio wireless microphone they knew worked well with no interference between the receiver and the center of field, but the monitor was a wired and powered speaker amp. They didn't bother to pull those wires or plan enough slack in the wires to place the monitor mid field. In ear monitors would be the solution for any difficult monitor placement situation. Haven't use them myself. Even if their range isn't really stated to go as far as mid field, with the transmitter near perpendicular on the sideline and no interference they would likely work to mid field or farther. If there is a not product sold that does this a stereo transmitter with portable receiver and ear buds might be used with football field length of range. Somebody might break into the frequently, but for a private monitor that would be an irritant rather than somebody being able to commandeer the stadium PA system as with a wireless microphone. The sound people might not be comfortable with a radio system that is not protected from outside interference, but if it is clear that it is not TO the main system, but a private monitor they should be OK with it.
All instruments 440, not true. Many instruments are set to a 432 frequency. There was no A 440 standard before the machine age. All instruments in mainstream professional settings are pitched to the common standard. That's not all instruments, even if it's a current majority.
Hi Ken, nice greetings from Italy! I play bass guitar and your advices are helping me to play better bass lines and really feel in my ears and in my mind the notes I play; also, your tutorials are very useful to improve my English!
Ken, I absolutely love your lessons, which I find really helpful in practical ways. You are the best! Just one thing to check: regarding the undoubted pitch differential between headphones on and off, I first experienced this phenomenon when I was a teenager (I'm now 59 and I've been a professional guitarist and singer for 41 years and guitar teacher at London's Institute of Contemporary Music Performance for 31 years) and when I discussed it with a student recently, he suggested it was Doppler shift, but I believe it is not. I myself observed the pitch drop as I took my (loud) headphones off and laid them on my bed (there was no other ambient sound to be heard, only the sound of the headphones themselves). The only difference was the sound pressure level (SPL) hitting my ears. Many years ago I read a massive book on the subject of psychoacoustics and I learnt so much! To my surprise, pitch is measured in Mels, which is a product of frequency vs. loudness. (Frequency is measured in Hz or CPS and it's only the cyclical change rate over time.) The amplitude is, simply put, the loudness, and we humans perceive pitch differently according to a loudness curve. Doppler shift is, if I'm not mistaken, all to do with motion and, more to the point, relativity (varying distance) between object and observer: as a moving object (that produces a sound) approaches, we perceive a pitch...and as the moving object approaches further still, the sound waves are effectively being compressed (thereby having shorter wavelengths = increasing frequency hence perceived rising pitch); and the moment it passes in front of us we perceive the pitch, albeit briefly, as direct sound as we are momentarily aligned with the object in a lateral plane. Then, as the object moves away from us the sound waves are stretched, thereby being perceived by us as a falling in pitch. To reiterate, Doppler Shift is a motion and changing distance thing (stretching of waves independent of their amplitude), which physicists and even astrophysicists (with regard to light waves and other parts of the electromagnetic spectrum) derive calculations from (evidence of the universe expanding). By the way, my favourite astrophysicist is Dr Brian May! Consider if you will: if the object producing sound were constantly aligned in front of our ears and it moved directly away from us and its motion halted, there would be negligible Doppler Shift (no ongoing motion, hence, no sound wave compression/rarefaction, only amplitude drop), so it would merely sound ever quieter with no change in perceived pitch. To reiterate, concerning to the undoubted phenomenon of there being a perceived pitch difference with headphones on vs headphones off, I believe it's about the loudness (loud music heard in the 'phones means we tend to sing a certain way, which might not be "true pitch" - you know exactly what I'm talking about, right? Experiment by turning the headphone feed down to a relatively quiet setting and listen to some music, then take them off and hold the headphones at arms length or maybe place them a few metres away on a surface and listen again: there should be little or no perceived difference in pitch. Crank the cans once again (please avoid damaging your hearing!) and repeat the experiment and the pitch differential will return: it's about loudness affecting pitch perception (remember, pitch is, in psychoacoustic terms, measured in Mels). Anyway, that's just me being pedantic. Yours is the best and most practical advice advice out there; it actually helps us to sing better. The proof is in the singing!
Also the key is avoid singing song that are not in standard keys. Some songs have their instrument tuned off standard tuning and even an auto tune cant tune those. Lol. When you practice singing in key choose song that are tuned standard. Luckily off key songs are rare.
once again revives my singing. OK so we have a singer joining - but I still want to contribute useful harmonies and maybe the odd song. Weird, cos in studio am ok pitchwise. Live...oh god sack the guy
Thanks for the insight as always Ken! Say, I was wondering if you might cover "Mississippi Queen" by Mountain. I think that might be a good one to do? I could definitely see you rocking that one Ken!! 😀
The part where you were talking about if we can sing along when somebody else is carrying our load so to speak, for example if we're listening to a song and we can match pitch... But as soon as you take the song away it all goes flat... THAT'S ME!
Dear Ken, please react to Dimash's song Across Endless Dimensions (his channel, a film soundtrek). I believe your rock soul will be happy at it and we will enjoy your professional reaction.
Left brain that operates the same amount as the right brain. Rare, but the only way I can understand long term. Thank you! First set of videos I have ever watched that make it make sense. ❤
Absolutely LOVE how you are teaching some music theory along with vocal training. Amateur guitar player here, never knew how to get to the 7th on my guitar, now I can just sing it and find the chord. Will be searching for all your videos like this, thank you!
I love watching Ken's more than a feeling great guy great singer I try to practice every day but I guess I have to quit smoking cos I feel it's destroying my voice I feel the phlegm in my throat
@@kentamplin Ken I love watching you perform more than a feeling I try to practice every day I guess I would have to quit smoking cos it's destroying my voice & I can feel the phlegm in my throat you're a great guy & a great singer
Hi Ken, Just watched this video. 95% of this went straight over my head, but the info I did understand is really useful. So everything that you spoke about here, is it individually covered per lesson in your course?
hey ken im 17 years old and trying to get better at singing but i feel like im not getting any better... i have a nasally sound and have alot of tention when reaching mid to high notes. do u have any advice and or videos that can help me become more open and clearer... a song that i have been working on for about a week now is put my head on my shoulders.
The weird parts makes sense though I don’t even understand but go back and hear him again Ken I been following off and on many years This man! Is a perfect example of a Genius ! A very very intelligence man that took many years of what he learned I believe Ken had so many years of experience knowledge anything Music from guitar He is totally awesome
Thanks a lot for this Ken. I can kinda sing, very strange singing voice, it's neither fish or fowl, so you have your work, cut out with me. But cheers for your confidence, will keep trying.
Hey Ken, what would be a few easy song suggestions that you would recommend? I'm a very amateur singer(more of a guitarist), but I have been listening to you for years and my singing has improved in a huge way. I always love your instructional videos. Thanks again man!
joe h- That's a great question for my free singing forum. It is a great community of singers, currently doing the KTVA method, chatting about all things related to voice. You can join the discussion by enrolling, it's free. Check it out!: forum.kentamplinvocalacademy.com/
Man. I never new there where so many exercises and training we could do for pitch. I just sung and put my heart in to it. Idk if that makes since. Its cool to no i can training my voice like my body. Going from low to high and back i tend to crack a little. I notice the music you do is mostly classic rock. Will these exercises help for R&B. Examples- boys 2 men, new edition, maxwell or even older singers such as smokey Robinson and stylelistics?
Singing on pitch: I’ ve seen karaoke with the words and marker following the words helping preform correct timing (beat), be nice to see the note displayed above the words to help develop, correct or guide pitch.
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I’ve taken voice lessons with 2 teachers and quit both of them due to a sore throat. I literally walked into their studios and started singing with no warmup or anything. I just started Ken’s course a week ago, and while I’m completely overwhelmed by the first few videos, I’ve started the instruction and immediately noticed no issues with my throat. Wow, posture and support…what a difference it makes!
As a voice teacher myself, I'm sorry you had those experiences. Unfortunately anyone can call themselves a voice coach. Some people think because they can sing, they can teach. Not True.
Oh my I loved this videothis video really helped me to anchor down and legitimize what I already know since I have no formal training.. I just know that when I enter a karaoke contest I usually win.. and I led singing in church.. this was a confidence-builder for me because I was afraid I could no longer learn, being an older person in a rural area
That's great, Jett 1974!
I already know how to sing on pitch Ken I've always had that gift of being on pitch love to sing I also know how to stay on key but anyways love how you explain it to people it's helpful to people and us singers thanks man👍👍👍👍👍👍👍
That is awesome!
Thanks man it's a gift from God I appreciate it man
I appreciate that man you wanting to hear me sing but I don't know how to post videos on RUclips I've never done that so I'm not sure how to do that man
Hey Greg my dad has a RUclips channel it has two songs on it their both gospel songs the channel is called Dale Evans music the songs are called hero and grace and Lord i need your love check them out man
Thanks man glad you like him hope you liked the songs
I tried for years to find a singing teacher for years. The teachers assumed I meant sing better. They got angry because I couldn't find the note they demanded of me. They all gave up on me. I never found one like you. That's sad. Now I can finally sing. Thank you Ken.
Don't worry about what people say.I can't sing. Not worried about it.I don't have the money to do lessons either
As a voice teacher myself, I'm sorry you had those experiences. Unfortunately anyone can call themselves a voice coach. Some people think because they can sing, they can teach. Not True.
I've started to fill in vocals and do some lead in my husband's band and they use that trick where they drop everything by 1/2 step so that they aren't destroyed by the end of the night. I will tell you thpugh,though, of the things that I have sang for decades sounded horrible. Some of them really did lose their luster by dropping a half step but also, years of singing them in one key ...
i love singing bon jovi can sing bed of roses & liv'n on a prayer accapella but not live with a mike when doing karaoke why?
I wish the perfect how a good singing ,thanks 👍
I laughed when you said you warmed up into a pillow. I always do that too. Hotels should have isolation rooms for bands!
They should!
Yes use karaoke-version for my karaoke gigs.
Awesome tracks.
Think they are in France,not sure though!
Rock on! 👍
😀
Love the mask reference, Ken. IYKYK... ;-)
I often sing slightly sharp when I belt and slightly flat when singing lower. It's really frustrating because it's only just off so it's hard for me to detect. I only know because I sing into a tuner sometimes. Will this stop if I just keep practicing or could my ears not be good enough to detect my very slightly off notes. I wish I had someone with a great ear just to practice with me and correct me when I'm just off pitch. It's hard to improve when I can't clearly tell I'm off pitch.
The KTVA forum is a great community of singers, currently doing the KTVA method, chatting about all things related to voice. This is the best place to post your question. You can join the discussion by enrolling, it's free. Check it out!: forum.kentamplinvocalacademy.com/
@@kentamplin thank you!
It's rough to sing in pitch to songs you love when the songs you love are sung by Geoff Tate and Andre Matos
I know what you mean, Yargo Teixeira Gomes de Melo!
@Shaffarizan Mohamad I first have to learn the basics before learning that level of singing, everyone complains when I sing lmao
I have learned more about music in this one stream than in three years of piano lessons.
Wow!
I love these videos Ken, i definitely feel like my voice has grown not just in strength but in my confidence in my voice over the last coming months since i've gotten into singing, definitely love your videos and guides please keep it up!
That's great, Ruben!
Thanks for knowledge, very helpful. Now I know how to sing in pitch. I don't play guitar though. But in your singing course it covers that.
Rock on!
really great tips & tricks....and it really makes so much fun....and I´m getting better & better....thank U so much Ken! Hendrik (singer/guitarist@MOTHER OF LOUDNESS)
Can you do a livestream on the OPEN THROAT FEELING AND DIAPHRAGMATIC SUPPORT ?
Good suggestion.
I am 52 and really want to improve my singing I'm not a rock star but would love to at least sound like one....lol I just don't have the volume I really struggle with getting loud but I am a beginner so I really want to improve and I am wondering if its to late to learn due to me being to old. I really love your videos and do all your exercises to help but I just cant seem to get the volume to belt anything. Any suggestions to get some volume?
I am learning so much from your videos your course. You make learning so interesting , fun, and super cool! Ken you are so understanding of beginners like myself, and you give me the confidence to keep going and learning. Never enjoyed listening to and watching a teacher so much!so grateful!
Ken thank for you advice and for sharing your experiences, kindness and encouragement to our future Singer's
Central PA, 🇺🇸
Thanks for listening, Debra!
I love how much of this makes sense from what I've figured out in my singing in the car experiments. Thank you for the awesome teaching here!
You're so welcome!
I'm that person you can't teach pitch. Because when you were viewing who did it better and said see they were not in pitch. It all sounded the same to me. When you were doing Aaaa aaaa aaa with the guitar, I'm thinking yeah no, it just sounds loader or softer.
When I hear sound I only hear higher or lower, softer or louder. Music is just noise to me. So I listen to talk radio. I hate my hearing, But I love your channel.
Goŕd/Vancouver, Christian brother
Thanks so much for these awesome videos ❤
Ken I am 17 yr old baritone and I can't go above an E4 in chest .Is it normal?
Hi Ken!
Love your channel!
I have a question, I’m pretty sick right now with the flu, and I can barely talk let alone sing, what should I do to keep from losing what I’ve gained vocally while sick? I’ve heard drink tea with lemon and honey, and other stuff. Should I try to do scales?
Thanks bro,
Brian Peace
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I'm a member when I was 14 years old I listened to a song called This Ain't a Love Song by Bon jovi. It was a pretty good song I didn't listen to it a whole lot but I did like it. Years later over a decade later, I heard it one time from a friend of mine who was singing it but he forgot the lyrics. I was able to remember all of the lyrics inside of 10 minutes. I hadn't heard the song in over a decade, so yes Ken it is possible to retain Melody through memory!
Autotune, the equipment of the lazy and untalented. Wish no one had ever created stuff like that. I've been told to quit trying to improve my singing for a long time, but then, I have professional singers in my family, so they think I'm hopeless.
Never stop! Rock on!
Your a good guy and the real deal Ken. Thanks so much.
This is fantastic!! Many years ago I did some vocal training with Mark Baxter out of Boston (who is phenomenal) You remind me of him with your talent, insight and how incredibly you teach. Ordering your vocal repair series this weekend.. and so looking forward to the healing!! Bless😊 and Thank you!!
Looking forward to your healing, as well! Let me know how it goes.
how i wish i could sing like sebastian bach....
Ken, the covid comments are fantastic… I subscribed the second I heard them (I live in Seattle WA for context, people round here are wild😅) , BUT… first and foremost you have excellent videos about singing and technique and really appreciate you sharing this information.
Killer video ! This helped me tremendously because I felt like i could only sing with my favorite song playing in the background and i think this is exactly what i needed, all about confidence. thanks ken!
My pleasure!
Gord,va couver,canada
Ken Thank you so so much for all your time that you help us. This this a lot of work for us. Ty ken
how is Ohio another planet unto its own?
Lewy from Oklahoma City
Great information and very helpful! I recently discovered the reason I dislike the sound of my voice, which i always considered my tone or just my instrument. Then i got Melodyne on my DAW I'm learning to record on, and discovered many notes, especially lower chest notes were 15 cents flat! To me I just didn't have the tone i want in reality i was flat and probably because, as i learned here, i tend to cover or use a darker tone in lower register. At least I know what to work on, and this really helped me understand! Btw, I am a new Ken tamplin vocal academy student and love it. Thanks Ken, for doing what you do!
Vocal remover ai can also remove vocals too
I love that you said the mind can not go out of pitch that is so true. cause there's some really high notes in my head voice that i can do perfectly in my head and when i try to actually emulate that it doesn't happen. At least not every time. I've been trying to figure the connection between doing it in my head and actually singing it to where it becomes second nature
Keep at it, Inferno!
@@kentamplin thanks the note i'm hitting and missing compared to in my head is a C6
Thanks so much Ken for the Karaoke_Version info - what a fantastic resource!
Glad it was helpful!
Thanks for your tips and knowledge as always Ken
You bet!
always something wicked somewhere with him ..
Sry,vancouver
God bless you Ken for the efforts you put making these videos. I have three months practising singing and the voice is bulilding like crazy and the pitch and intonation is getting better and better. Keep doing the fine work. Greetings from Albania
Keep it up! Rock on! 👍
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Ok I have a question. I use a karaoke system a good one but not great the play back record is broke But I still us karaoke with all it’s awesome effects and I adjust to where I want my voice that awesome But use my phone I have an AP. That will allow your voice recording So all the songs I recorded using karaoke voice help doesn’t match up into my phone It’s just like I wasn’t using a Karaoke system at all. Can anyone help me why this is??? Ty
Yo Ken u have answer to my ?????
Very important
Guess no answers 😏😏😏😏😏😏😏😏😏
Your vocal academy with all due respect. Can someone answer my question but someone replied they like my comment rather just reading it. Ty
Incredibly motivational Tamplin, great teacher!
Jack ~'()'~
Canada
Thanks, Jack!
@@kentamplin Brother my absolute pleasure! I just added/edited the post with more info you might enjoy if you've not been aware of it Ken.
Take care my brother.
Jack ~'()'~
Love your enthusiasm 💖, you're brilliant ‼️
You're the best!
Thank you...this has helped me so very much .. absolutely genius of you to help so many of us singers❤️
thanks a million ken you're really helping me with my vocals i watch your videos everyday
Amazing Champ👊
Hi mate. Great lesson . Im just learning to play guitar and would love to be able to sing a song . Thank you Kevin North Wales
I've always loved your videos..I just wanted to let you know that my friend Pamela Atwood passed away. She loved you and always talked about your training...how much it helped her..and what an awesome talent you are. I am going to miss her beyond words
I had heard that. I am very sorry.
What'd you describe happened to me at the try-outs for the singing of Star Spangeled Banner for a baseball game opener. I could cover the range only if I began with the right pitch. I had to listen to someone else just before my turn and he sang the required song 3 half-steps lower than my ideal. I started out where he had sung and I couldn't cover the range. I had practiced at least 20 times over the previous week--didn't matter. What I heard just before my try-out controlled my mind.
Wyo
4:00" Left your monitor on the sideline". My guess is they had a good radio wireless microphone they knew worked well with no interference between the receiver and the center of field, but the monitor was a wired and powered speaker amp. They didn't bother to pull those wires or plan enough slack in the wires to place the monitor mid field.
In ear monitors would be the solution for any difficult monitor placement situation. Haven't use them myself. Even if their range isn't really stated to go as far as mid field, with the transmitter near perpendicular on the sideline and no interference they would likely work to mid field or farther. If there is a not product sold that does this a stereo transmitter with portable receiver and ear buds might be used with football field length of range. Somebody might break into the frequently, but for a private monitor that would be an irritant rather than somebody being able to commandeer the stadium PA system as with a wireless microphone. The sound people might not be comfortable with a radio system that is not protected from outside interference, but if it is clear that it is not TO the main system, but a private monitor they should be OK with it.
All instruments 440, not true. Many instruments are set to a 432 frequency. There was no A 440 standard before the machine age. All instruments in mainstream professional settings are pitched to the common standard. That's not all instruments, even if it's a current majority.
Hi Ken, nice greetings from Italy!
I play bass guitar and your advices are helping me to play better bass lines and really feel in my ears and in my mind the notes I play; also, your tutorials are very useful to improve my English!
Ken, I absolutely love your lessons, which I find really helpful in practical ways. You are the best! Just one thing to check: regarding the undoubted pitch differential between headphones on and off, I first experienced this phenomenon when I was a teenager (I'm now 59 and I've been a professional guitarist and singer for 41 years and guitar teacher at London's Institute of Contemporary Music Performance for 31 years) and when I discussed it with a student recently, he suggested it was Doppler shift, but I believe it is not. I myself observed the pitch drop as I took my (loud) headphones off and laid them on my bed (there was no other ambient sound to be heard, only the sound of the headphones themselves). The only difference was the sound pressure level (SPL) hitting my ears.
Many years ago I read a massive book on the subject of psychoacoustics and I learnt so much! To my surprise, pitch is measured in Mels, which is a product of frequency vs. loudness. (Frequency is measured in Hz or CPS and it's only the cyclical change rate over time.) The amplitude is, simply put, the loudness, and we humans perceive pitch differently according to a loudness curve. Doppler shift is, if I'm not mistaken, all to do with motion and, more to the point, relativity (varying distance) between object and observer: as a moving object (that produces a sound) approaches, we perceive a pitch...and as the moving object approaches further still, the sound waves are effectively being compressed (thereby having shorter wavelengths = increasing frequency hence perceived rising pitch); and the moment it passes in front of us we perceive the pitch, albeit briefly, as direct sound as we are momentarily aligned with the object in a lateral plane. Then, as the object moves away from us the sound waves are stretched, thereby being perceived by us as a falling in pitch. To reiterate, Doppler Shift is a motion and changing distance thing (stretching of waves independent of their amplitude), which physicists and even astrophysicists (with regard to light waves and other parts of the electromagnetic spectrum) derive calculations from (evidence of the universe expanding). By the way, my favourite astrophysicist is Dr Brian May!
Consider if you will: if the object producing sound were constantly aligned in front of our ears and it moved directly away from us and its motion halted, there would be negligible Doppler Shift (no ongoing motion, hence, no sound wave compression/rarefaction, only amplitude drop), so it would merely sound ever quieter with no change in perceived pitch.
To reiterate, concerning to the undoubted phenomenon of there being a perceived pitch difference with headphones on vs headphones off, I believe it's about the loudness (loud music heard in the 'phones means we tend to sing a certain way, which might not be "true pitch" - you know exactly what I'm talking about, right? Experiment by turning the headphone feed down to a relatively quiet setting and listen to some music, then take them off and hold the headphones at arms length or maybe place them a few metres away on a surface and listen again: there should be little or no perceived difference in pitch. Crank the cans once again (please avoid damaging your hearing!) and repeat the experiment and the pitch differential will return: it's about loudness affecting pitch perception (remember, pitch is, in psychoacoustic terms, measured in Mels). Anyway, that's just me being pedantic. Yours is the best and most practical advice advice out there; it actually helps us to sing better. The proof is in the singing!
Very informative. Thanks for your time!
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Also the key is avoid singing song that are not in standard keys. Some songs have their instrument tuned off standard tuning and even an auto tune cant tune those. Lol. When you practice singing in key choose song that are tuned standard. Luckily off key songs are rare.
Hope to buy your course before the end of the yr..but went ahead a bought your repair your voice package.....while it was on sale.....
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27:25 🤣Good job with the cuckoo clock…you made me laugh.😂 Lots of valuable information here…thank you!
once again revives my singing. OK so we have a singer joining - but I still want to contribute useful harmonies and maybe the odd song. Weird, cos in studio am ok pitchwise. Live...oh god sack the guy
Thanks for the insight as always Ken! Say, I was wondering if you might cover "Mississippi Queen" by Mountain. I think that might be a good one to do? I could definitely see you rocking that one Ken!! 😀
Great suggestion!
I tend to switch pitch quite often and keys I don't know why, any tips very much appreciated. Great tips and superb vocals.
The part where you were talking about if we can sing along when somebody else is carrying our load so to speak, for example if we're listening to a song and we can match pitch... But as soon as you take the song away it all goes flat... THAT'S ME!
Dear Ken, please react to Dimash's song Across Endless Dimensions (his channel, a film soundtrek). I believe your rock soul will be happy at it and we will enjoy your professional reaction.
Thanks for the suggestion, Miroslava!
Left brain that operates the same amount as the right brain. Rare, but the only way I can understand long term. Thank you! First set of videos I have ever watched that make it make sense. ❤
My 6-month old granddaughter watches you. She loves you!
Absolutely LOVE how you are teaching some music theory along with vocal training. Amateur guitar player here, never knew how to get to the 7th on my guitar, now I can just sing it and find the chord. Will be searching for all your videos like this, thank you!
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I love watching Ken's more than a feeling great guy great singer I try to practice every day but I guess I have to quit smoking cos I feel it's destroying my voice I feel the phlegm in my throat
@@kentamplin Ken I love watching you perform more than a feeling I try to practice every day I guess I would have to quit smoking cos it's destroying my voice & I can feel the phlegm in my throat you're a great guy & a great singer
I'd like you to cover timing and when to come in sign-in time tips
Hi Ken,
Just watched this video. 95% of this went straight over my head, but the info I did understand is really useful. So everything that you spoke about here, is it individually covered per lesson in your course?
I especially liked the chapter on Anchor notes. Thanks Ken!
hey ken im 17 years old and trying to get better at singing but i feel like im not getting any better... i have a nasally sound and have alot of tention when reaching mid to high notes. do u have any advice and or videos that can help me become more open and clearer... a song that i have been working on for about a week now is put my head on my shoulders.
The answer is real vocal training. Check out my course: kentamplinvocalacademy.com/
Hi Ken, sorry was not live with you earlier.
No worries, Meljay!
Ken you are an excellent teacher! I’m learning from your videos, even the weird parts 🤣
The weird parts makes sense though I don’t even understand but go back and hear him again Ken I been following off and on many years This man! Is a perfect example of a Genius ! A very very intelligence man that took many years of what he learned I believe Ken had so many years of experience knowledge anything Music from guitar He is totally awesome
I need to know how to stop sounding like Liza manelle on crack when I'm in belting register????
Like a nasally, slow vibrato, don't like it
My course can help: kentamplinvocalacademy.com/
Thanks Ken I really learned a lot today I know I will be singing because of you
Happy to hear that, Richard!
I just started today doing the vocal exercises and it works, relaxing everything works thanks Ken,
@ken when are you doing another live session?
ear traing helps also...on pian and using half tones
Thank you.
Thanks a lot for this Ken. I can kinda sing, very strange singing voice, it's neither fish or fowl, so you have your work, cut out with me. But cheers for your confidence, will keep trying.
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Hey Ken, what would be a few easy song suggestions that you would recommend? I'm a very amateur singer(more of a guitarist), but I have been listening to you for years and my singing has improved in a huge way. I always love your instructional videos. Thanks again man!
joe h- That's a great question for my free singing forum. It is a great community of singers, currently doing the KTVA method, chatting about all things related to voice. You can join the discussion by enrolling, it's free. Check it out!: forum.kentamplinvocalacademy.com/
Thank you, with you I am better.
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Great live video !!! 👍😁👍 Very cool information ken !!! Thank You!!👍😁👍
Glad you enjoyed it!
I’m learning a lot, amazing you 🙏❤️
Awesome! Thank you!
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Man. I never new there where so many exercises and training we could do for pitch. I just sung and put my heart in to it. Idk if that makes since. Its cool to no i can training my voice like my body. Going from low to high and back i tend to crack a little. I notice the music you do is mostly classic rock. Will these exercises help for R&B. Examples- boys 2 men, new edition, maxwell or even older singers such as smokey Robinson and stylelistics?
Yes they will.
Singing on pitch: I’ ve seen karaoke with the words and marker following the words helping preform correct timing (beat), be nice to see the note displayed above the words to help develop, correct or guide pitch.
Rock on!
This is awesome most helpful ❤❤
Singing in Pitch is always big issue for me. Thank you for great lesson. I hope I can join live streaming next time! 👍👍
Rock on!
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Singing in pitch Mariah Carey's song "Bliss" lmao not gonna happen any time soon.
Rock on! 😀