How To Sing 'Waving Through A Window' - Dear Evan Hansen
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- Опубликовано: 17 окт 2018
- Today in the 'How To Sing Series' I'm looking at 'Waving Through A Window' from the Broadway musical Dear Evan Hansen.
Originally sung by Ben Platt
Written by Benj Pasek and Justin Paul. Book by Steven Levenson 
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I'm learning this song with my vocal coach and Jesus Christ, i can sing this song easily until i get to "Is anybody waving?..." in the end, this part is soooooo hard!
Luan Victor yeah man.. it’s tricky cos it’s sits up there. Hopefully these tips can help you with it! Stick at it!
It’s a 4-syllable phrase on a B flat. It’s supposed to be difficult.
Me to
Luan Victor ugh same like who gave ben platt the right to be so amazing
Me just so damn confused! I can sing it perfectly, but it’s the only song I can sing!
I feel bad for anyone who has to sing this 8 shows a week. This song is a slap to anyone whose technique is flawed.
bm631 yeah, it is a tricky one! But can be mastered! 😀
Ben Platt was the only Evan who performed all 8 shows a week, and after the Tonys he dropped down to 6 shows a week and Evans who've succeeded him have done 5-6 shows a week, with an Alternate performing the remaining shows.
bm631 I’m in a lot of musicals. When I sing for long stretches of time, it’s not that difficult to sing once you know the muscle memory
I think it's great your voice would be in great shape after
@@eliasjohnson9206 I do musical theatre professionally, so I know what you mean. But my point wasn't about muscle memory. If someone's technique is flawed, it can lead to vocal damage overtime. Ben Platt, the original Evan has a beautiful voice but he has some issues in technique which led to him getting TWO VOCAL HEMORRHAGES during DEH.
Wow! I literally just came across your channel because I’ve been struggling to hit that last ‘WAVING WAVING OH OH’ part. And the nasality as well as not changing the vowel sound (especially) helped me hit it first try 🙌🏽!
Thank you so much
Joshua Lawrence glad it helped Joshua. 😀
I’ve learned to sing this song by simply listening to it in one ear over and over and correcting where I can, and when I can’t find something, then I ask my friends, who love this song, for advice. Worked pretty good for me. But you’re also a good help. Thank you
Please do an episode on how to purposely crack/yodel like Ben Platt does!!
Zach H be 15 and emotional
It's more of a vocal cry than anything
I can hit those vocal cracks intentionally, it kinda just takes practice. There's no one way to accomplish it other than try to make your voice purposely crack from chest to falsetto voice
It happened naturally to me when I kept singing with technique consistently (always warming up) and singing along to his songs. It’s a really naturally occurring thing so if you’ve tired your voice out with a lot of belting and shouty singing with not necessarily great technique then it isn’t gonna happen. I add that because I speak from experience and it took ages to make a breakthrough after coming out of training where I was forcing my voice to do things it wasn’t ready to yet for assessments.
@@Spikey100000 Yes exactly! Two years later and I can actually do it pretty easily now but not from specifically training it or focusing on it. It just naturally started happening as I focused on general technique
The maintaining mouth position thing was really helpful I'd never heard that before! Thank you!
Dead girl walking and the reprise, please. It's so difficult with the belting.
I have been learning this song for months now and Really struggle with the last part, Now our Coach given me this song for understudy and Now I came across this video and it really helps bro. Thank You! I have been having problems with support, I tend to lose my support everytime. Hahaha
Lyle Mcfadden glad it helped Lyle
@@ChristopherDavidMitchell it did helped me a lot actually, what I was only have in mind was that I needed it to be kinda nasal so it wouldnt be that much of straining, The vowel thing helped me be more comfortable.
hi my name is wayne remington and i just have to put it into the universe that i will play evan one day. i’ve been stretching my range and can finally hit the “waving” and oh oh” at the end without fail because of this video! thank you :)
Wayne Remington that’s awesome man. Great goal too
This was extremely helpful and especially because I’m a female singer! Thank you so much for posting this ❤️
Gymnast Abbie that’s awesome it’s helping ladies as well 😀
I want to see you sing this all the way through!
YOUR CHANNEL IS SOOOOOOOO GOOD!
Emmanuel Marian Mathew aww thanks
this deserves more viws
I adore you!
Very helpful
Imagine trying to sing that, but you’re French. I’m crying right now
I'm french
You need way more subscribers than you have you’re a really good coach
Mason Fisher thanks for the kind words 😀
I agree
I sung this at my school’s talent show and I sung it ‘perfectly’(friends and family’s opinion)
could you do some rock/punk songs? it would be cool to learn how to the screams!
Teaches us how to sing FOR FOREVER from DEAR EVAN HANSEN!!! Congrats for the job!!!
Bruno Alcântara that’s a beautiful song! Will try in the future
I really liked what you did on this video... I’d love to see a video of yours on how to sing 'defying gravity' by wicked. :)
Félix Maidana that’s high. Ha. But yes, a good suggestion 😀
I think anyone can sing it really anyway they want but as long as you sound good and aren’t damaging your vocal chords
can you do seventeen from heathers the female parts
For forever please
I need help from the part " is anybody waving" to the end
You sound it so easyy while im dying here
Hey so.. I really want to hit that ‘Waving’ part of the song.. I want to belt it but I’m really finding it difficult to sing that high.. to give you some background info, I’m kinda going through puberty so my voice is going through some changes... Any tips you might offer?
Unstable Energy hey... well if you are going through puberty then your voice is going through so many changes. And you may have to just be patient until it settles a bit more.
I would get with a coach you trust to help you hit those high notes especially through these times where your voice is changing a lot. Best of luck
Thanks Chris
Unstable Energy pleasure 😀
Yeah, puberty is a difficult time. It’ll probably take about 3 or four years till you can get up there again consistently.
Bro, I feel you😂
I'm a bari and can hit most of the notes in the song with ease, however, when the final chorus comes after the modulation, I struggle with the last few "waving's" at the end, any advice?
Could you look at Live in Living Color from Catch Me If You Can? It’s a very difficult song.
Adeleke Goring it’s a cool song for sure
How do you project while maintaining the same pitch to make it sound louder like the second run of the chorus
Espinoza Christian more volume is going to come from a few things.. including more air and more cord closure
This is so good. What can you say about Owl City's rendition of this song?
Ralph Jade will Chevy it out
I’ve been singing this song for a while but I feel trapped in the falsetto aspect of “Waving”. I can’t seem to get the belt. For background, I am a Tenor but suffer with a relatively unimpressive chest range and an extensive head voice range. It could just be that my voice can’t belt that high but I was curious if you had any tips that I could try. Just to clarify, I can sing the song, but large parts of it can only really be sung in falsetto, it’s a supported falsetto so it’s not an issue but I’ve always wanted to get the belt lol
I’m an upcoming musical theatre student, and I’ve been a baritone for the larger part of the last 4 years. I can belt A4s, but I have trouble belting the A#s with the last verse. I have a vocal coach but he hasn’t really tapped into my high belts yet. I love this song and would love to sing it, any tips on how to strengthen my belt in that range?
Evan Waggoner you want to go in belt ‘light and right’ and slowly add weight over time. Check out my ‘how to belt’ video 😀
What I've learned about this: "you can spread if you know what you're doing"
Hey! I would LOVE a 'how to sing' any billie eilish song, panic at the disco
Alexander Amden cool. I will try to look at her stuff for a future video! Thanks Alexander 😀
Do you have a skincare routine I could follow? 😃
Words Fail from DEH! Please!
Paul Johnson that’s a tune!
Can you do Javert from Les Mis?
SumeXz of course. It’s noted!
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Hunter Jordan what a suggestion! Cool one
Hunter Jordan yes please !!
Is it possible to mix the chorus instead of belting or do people not like that
I’m hoping you respond to this cause I need help here
I’m mid teenage years singing this song. I’m meant to be performing this in a DeH medley in like 2 months and I’ve got most of it down (I think) (I hope) but I literally can’t reach the high note for some reason. Before training to reach it it was somewhat in my grasp but now I just can’t hit the note. People don’t seem to understand when I’m complaining about it and say I should use my head voice for the high note, even my singing teacher, but doing that backtracks on the progression of the chorus and also doesn’t carry the power that note hits in chest voice. It’s really frustrating and I need a bit of help here please?
Also if I could be able to send you a bit of my rendition that would be great, thanks Chris
Archie Beach just pulling chest voice isn’t right. But head voice - you’re correct will be too light. You just need to train all those middle gears in between chest and falsetto/head voice. It can be done. Just with correct training and time 😀
Christopher David Mitchell THAT’S WHAT THAT FEELING IS
Sorry, I’m used to singing there but I didn’t know how to call it. My Aspergers required for a much more informal education in singing so I’m just inept with terms honestly. I counted it as part of my chest voice honestly. It’s so unusual, the feeling. I’ve been singing for 8 years at the moment and I don’t feel like I’m making much progress honestly except randomly extending my range back upwards
Are the 'Waving's in chest voice or mixed voice?
Wirayuda Gunawan the nasal resonance and twang will make it a strong mix
Yo dude, can u do ben platt's new song, grow as we go
Kinesis Senpai good suggestion. We do love ben
Is there any hope for a baritone like me with this song
Check M8 you could still sing the note. But it would be a different
‘Tone’ than a Tenor
@@ChristopherDavidMitchell a bariTONE... I'll walk myself out. I think I should be able to do this well I just have to sing it slightly lower and my falsetto transitions aren't as smooth because it's going from a low range to a high range as compared to a high range to a higher range
dude we have the same problem lol
Me trying to do this while I'm sick
Hi I’m trying to learn this song and I’ve been going through your video to see how I can improve my technique for this song. I’m currently able to hit the A4 waving part, but at the very end of the song the Bb4 waving part I’m not able to sustain. I can definitely reach that note since I’m able to sing is anybody waving (however not very easily). My voice tends to break/crack a lot when I’m doing the final wavings and the whoa bit at the end. I was wondering how I can prevent my voice from breaking at these areas and hopefully make these parts easier to sing. My guess is that because I know the high notes are coming, I end up getting really loud all of a sudden/gasping for air and so the notes aren’t as pronounced.
It’s a Bb, which is really high, do not be surprised if your voice cracks because that is very frickin high, also breathe from your diaphragm, try replacing the syllables “wa-ven” with “wa-ving”, warm up before you sing the song, also get a voice teacher they help a lot and can point out what you’re doing wrong
don’t take my word for these but these are just some suggestions you can try
@@dylanrhyno8271 thank you! I’ll try this out
@@observeranimationstudios1040 no problem, warming up before you sing helps alot, I try to warm up atleast twice, once in the morning then another in the afternoon or the evening then I sing, also make sure to drink water before and after you sing
I'd like you to explain the technique behind Barbra Streisand's Memory - thanks a lot
Mamy Mimma great idea! Will keep it in mind for the future! 😀
Christopher David Mitchell 😘
I'm watching this at nearly 1am, so I'm gonna try it when I'm alone in the middle of the day tomorrow instead of when people are tryna sleep. My range is super inconsistent though. I'm almost 19, but my voice sounds like a teenager's rather than a man's still. Some days, I can hit lower bass notes really well and some days I can hit higher tenor notes really well. So, we'll see 😳
I'm a bass-baritone, and I'm really struggling hitting all of these notes
Darrell Button well it’s not really a bass baritone song. It’s a tenor song for sure (or high baritone) so you could sing the notes.. but it would sound different. If you’re a true bass/baritone I would focus mainly on songs particular for your voice type
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Aaron Judd that’s coming up a bit in my next singing episode 😀
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bruh my falsetto cant go that high in the chorus while doing the breathiness but my range isnt low enough to sing it at all lol
As a female mezzo soprano with a wider range than anyone gives me credit for trying to learn this song really well, thank you.
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I end up on a heady mix. Comfortable enough, but not so chesty as I'd like it to be.
Do you perform yourself, or only coach?
TravelSnaps at the moment I’m dedicating my time to coaching and loving it
I guess in a way, you're also on the outside looking in then :D
This song is lovely First time I heard it, I thought, there's no way I'm gonna chest that second "waviiing", but shockingly, I tried, and I did.
You kind of have the look of a performer, that's why I asked. But best of luck with your coaching endeavours :)
TravelSnaps great to hear you’re nailing this song now. Awesome
i can't sing the "waving" part with falsetto lmao
Osbert Ethan better get some practice in :-)
@@ChristopherDavidMitchell omg u replied! anyways i kinda have an alto register lol it's a bit too low for my falsetto BUT this video is really educative and amazing
Osbert Ethan glad it helped 😀
I want to play Evan Hansen SO badly, but my belting range is an a4 at max. I'm not very good at mixing, and I want to hit those higher notes like in this song, do you have any tips?? It would very well be appreciated
Mark Haddad well practice some of the concepts here like nasal resonance or twang, they can help move into mix. If you get stuck there’s my online course or Skype
I cant really sing the second verse "Waving"
For forever maybe?
Yeah! I just can’t hit the high notes😅
This was my first song I ever learned in voice lessons (I got to pick don't hate my teacher, she's amazing) and Jesus Christ is was bad. I can't even watch the video of it when I performed without dying.
Why am I here I can’t even sing
Same
Are you for real? Lol