Singing Lessons - Metal Bite Resonance - Rob Halford - Rock the Stage NYC
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Head Voice Resonance with some teeth - Part 2 takes us into pharyngeal contractions to help achieve a more Rock & Metal "bite" (or twang for you Pop singers out there) to your upper notes. Oddly enough John Denver helps me demonstrate the technique...yup John Denver folks.
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Hi!!! Let me try to add some light into this. I just entered a Judas Priest tribute band, and the guys are pleased by how I do it, how I try to do that sound: For that kind of register, since probably the ScreamingForVengeance days, halford uses a different approach to head voice, like coltt218 says, with more distortion and rasp. What I do is taking the usual high head voice and add some kind of screech into your voice, like imitating an old woman (sounds ridiculous, I know). It actually works!
Also, it doesn't hurt my throat at all, but only if I take a glass of water in between 1 or 2 songs. If you want I can cover the song Resurrection to show you kinda how it sounds :)
Also sorry for my sucky english, I'm from spain and just 18 :P cheers!!
And I was wondering for a loooong time how I'd learn to do that ... and it was so easy to get this out of my throat with this video.
thank you !
Thank you. Glad to know people are understanding and using what I'm teaching here.
Thanks for the compliment. Glad you enjoyed the video exercise.
only Halford could tell you that - and even then he may not be able to describe how he does it. Its natural in his voice - no specific technique one can learn. The techniques of rasp/distortion/scream come close to that sound but never quite sound exactly like natural rasp or scream in a singers voice because they are probably using a couple of things at once to produce the distortion and a "technique" can only focus on one thing at a time.
Yup it starts right in that spot. JD had a beautiful light, tenor voice which was very under appreciated in his time. And he sounded almost exactly the same live as he did on record - even as he got older. Shame the way he died though but he lived life to the fullest.
@Sarrgas - its part of the resonance and part of the vocal cord phonation I'm doing here. I'm using the fine edges of the cords to do the example because I didn't want to overload the camera mic. In doing so I created some additional little overtones that are almost whistle in nature.
this video is perfect for that - this will give you more power in your falsetto.
Steve Grimm is an incredible vocalist - a rare heldentenor.
I swear I'll repay for each word you wrote to me on youtube, I mean - thank you so much, I REALLY DO appreciate your time and I'm really grateful for all of this. I'll try to fight with it but believe me - I just hope that one day singing will no longer be a fight or set of complexes anymore... I forgot how it is to love to sing because of lovin' my idols if you know what I mean. Thank you once again and I'll probably try to bother you again and again soon ;-)
Yes you can do without damage. This exercise can actually be applied to that style. Pharyngeal just adds an edgy resonance to your voice without stress on the cords. I go into this technique more fully in my upcoming CD series.
Some quick tips: imitate these sounds: a cat's meow, saying "nyet" (no in Russian), a WWII fighter plane buzzing the ground.
These are all pharyngeal sounds and put the sound into a more nasally resonance.
it depends on what you mean by "soft". Soft in tone or soft in volume/intensity? If your tone is soft, then this exercise will help; if your volume is soft them breath support training is needed.
@jmdodge - its important to do it without a high larynx anyway. A lower larynx will give you a more open, throaty sound. It depends on how low you put the larynx. Too low and your voice becomes to muddy.
You really don't have to twang low notes as they generally have an "edge" to them naturally. Its the higher, lighter notes that need the twang to keep them clear and not too "hooty" or hollow sounding.
@Scorpionee - sure you can. I'm a low baritone and I can sing Kai Hansen stuff. It just takes the right training to learn how to connect chest to head registers and stay in full voice.
@stickittoya1981 - The "back of the roof of the mouth" is where the soft palate resides and where your mouth opens up into the back of your nasal cavity. This "sweet spot" is essential to discover the proper way to "mix" your sound as you go from chest to head resonances. Make a hard "K" sound like in "kite". That's the spot.
You need to get the middle voice solid before attempting to train the high notes as the middle/mix notes will set up the support for the high notes.
it doesn't hurt or sound choked if you do it with pharyngeal contractions. Its a very small muscles movement so it shouldn't feel strained.
that depends on HOW you do it. It can be VERY loud or at speaking volume. There a different ways to scream in head voice - vibrating the soft palate or vibrating the false cords. Each gives a different sound and volume.
All those "death metal" growlers aren't loud at all. Its probably a lot quieter than you'd imagine. It just looks louder.
ifd you can do vibrato in the lower ranges you can do them in the upper ranges. Go to my website and sign up for my newsletter. You get access to my blog where I have posted a video on vibrato.
@arataki1 - nope. Falsetto is still falsetto no matter what you add to it. You have to get the compression or adduction/connected sound going first then add resonance, edge, & volume.
What you're describing would be a twangy, reinforced falsetto. But falsetto nonetheless.
Hey,Just wanted to say that I'm actually a rapper,and wish other rappers would learn things that you teach because this applies so well to rap.
@MrDasuber - short questions? well the answers are not short but the best answer is to watch my other videos on falsetto, head voice, why your voice breaks etc.
B5 is below E5 so I'm not sure where you're trying to sing from.
One doesn't "belt" falsetto. You can make it sound stronger by using some chest resonance but you physically can't belt it because of the lack of cord closure.
Increasing the volume of any note takes strength and thickening in the vocal cords and more air pressure.
Watch some clips of Rob Halford singing "Painkiller" live. Rob always pulls his chin close his chest and stares at the floor for that voice. If you do that it automatically pulls the voicebox into the fixed position where it needs to be for that type of voice. You don't have to stare at the floor to get the voicebox into the right position. It does help though and that's what the metal masters Halford and the previously mentioned Scheepers do for that sound.
Look at my other videos in mixed voice and head voice. There are tips in those to keep your larynx low.
BUT your larynx should be allowed to move a little. You just don't want it shooting up so high under your chin that it chokes you off or restricts range.
@TorturedXeno - contracting or squeezing of the pharynx (throat) has nothing to do with the larynx as the pharynx sits above the larynx and extends into the nasal cavity. You can make the inside of your pharynx smooth or rough edged. The rougher the edge the more "cut" or "bite" your tone has. You are effecting the sound AFTER its produced by the vocal cords.
The often used whiny "Nah" sound is a pharyngeal contraction. Its a very subtle movement. The difference between a nudge and a push.
It's really good that your falsetto sounds like your adducted head voice. That's called "reinforced falsetto" and is a great sound. Ian Gillan is Deep Purple has a great reinforced falsetto that sounds like tightly adducted head voice - less " church choir" sounding. I have a "reinforced falsetto" video tutorial coming up soon. I keep hoping and wishing that American Idol will someday put an actual voice teacher on the show as a judge. It is a 'SINGING" competition after all.
It takes time and hours upon hours of practice to have any vocal technique "stick" where you can "turn it on" every day. Your voice is tied into your body so if you're tired, dehydrated, moody etc. it will affect your voice in some way. With training you can lesson how many days it won't work for you.
Some days my voice just works like it should with almost no warm up, but other days I have to warm up a good 30min before its in that state. Its your body, not a machine so it has its moods too.
Sebastian Bach uses full voice, reinforced falsetto and a lot of raspy resonance to make his voicde sound that way. Some of that is just natural to his voice, some of it he was taught. He has a very unique voice.
Ronnie is a classic tenor who can perfectly darken his head voice to make it sound powerful.
@RocktheStageNYC The 1973 version is what I had in mind. I love how his voice has changed through the years, but in 1973, he was just sublime.
same as before - some falsetto, some head voice. The really high stuff was head voice. Its quite rare for a guy to go as high as he can with no strain.
@krtbossman - do you know how to sing cleanly and at a low volume in the higher ranges? If not, stay away from doing the high, loud stuff. It all starts with clean, light sounds, then you learn how to "press" to get louder, fuller and edgier sounds.
if you're voice is "squeaking out", there's too much tension.
@darklightraven - that was me at one time - I could sing F5 to A5 notes but could sing between Bb4 and F5. It takes basically starting over in your mix area and slowly working your range up from F#4.
I put up a video here on RUclips all about the vocal course
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every singer uses resonance - you have to - its how the voice works. but there are different ways you can manipulate that resonance once you make the sound. you can make it bright and gritty like Halford or keep it more neutral like Tony Martin. Its all in how you manipulate your instrument through twang, placement and throat shaping.
This is what has happened to Zakk Wyldes voice, he started doing this after the Sonic Brew album, now his whole voice is like that pretty much.
Thanks for the vid, I just thought some people sounded like this and others not.
You're vids are great.
@TheKrulltott - you are not ready for Eric Adams screams if all you can manage is low volume falsetto. You're in over your head. You can't run before you can walk. Getting high, powerful screams takes a solid foundation of vocal technique first.
@theabgchannel - yes its called in my method "metallic edge". This mode adds a very sharp edge to the sound so it cuts through the music.
If you're loud that's a good thing, but you should be able to sing any note of your range at any volume - loud or soft. Especially falsetto. You should be able to sing that in a light, soft tone. If you can't than you're using too much air flow and pushing. Check out my video on "transcending tone" to learn about volume flow.
@EpikNinjuh22 - I have taught singers around your age and your problem is partially puberty and partially poor breath support. As you enter puberty your larynx grows and your vocal cords thicken (hence the lowering of the voice), that can't be helped until you grow out of it a bit, but the cracking can also just be bad breath support and not enough singing with the body.
nope = pharyngeal contractions can be applied to any vocal note to make it more resonant and bright.
yes it will. In the song "Monsoon" a line like "together we'll be riding somewhere new" has this exact "resonance bite" in it.
I'd never heard the band before - cool stuff. Thanks for turning me on to it
Because what he is doing to make that very aggressive scream is not what it sounds like. Its actually very light on his voice but it sounds like it's ripping his throat apart. That's the secret to screaming. It has to be light and above the vocal folds. Think of screaming as a very clean guitar sound put through a distortion box. The distortion comes after the clean sound. He's not making a distorted sound. Its a clean sound that is distorted after its made. That's why it hasn't damaged him.
Beautifully, simply explained and demonstrated. Bravo.
Thank you very much!
Thats why I'm on here dude! If sang correctly, Rock won't ruin your cords at all. I've been singing it for 20 years and my voice is stronger now than ever. Steven Tyler almost completely ruined his voice in the 80's until he went to one of my old teachers Katie Agresta here in NYC. Now he sounds better than ever. A little darker in timbre (thats just age) but he doesnt have the scratchy, throaty sound he used to. Much cleaner.
pharyngeal contractions are not pressing the vocal cords together in a hard manner. Its opening the pharynx and a lift of the epiglottis.
Excellent examples! Keep up the great work.
King Diamond uses falsetto but he does add some pharyngeal to it to make it more witchy sounding.
Bruce is mostly a belter.
But he does use a witchy resonance on his head voice to make it less "strainy".
Thanks DotsandMusic! - I'm glad what I'm trying to convey here on RUclips is crossing over into other styles of music. Everyone who wants to step behind a microphone and entertain people should learn some sort of vocal technique. Not only for themselves but simply because their audience deserves the best performance you can give. Glad you're diggin' what I'm teachin'. Word.
Nope. you're looking at eventual vocal damage. Proper Rasp/Grit/Distortion doesn't take volume it takes zeroing in the right vibrating area.
If you have to get loud to distort your voice its not correct technique. A lot of metal/hard rock singers from 15-20 years ago are now dealing with the damage from that kind of pushing. Chris Cornell comes to mind.
Thank you so much for all your videos! This one in particular helped me to find an edgy, slightly distorted head voice without damage. It was like the lightbulb lit up. After experimenting more (watching your vids and others) I was able to go from a natural Bono sound to Plant then Dio. Your teaching has given me inspiration to discover and do more.
Glad I could help! Keep up the awesome work
Look at my main channel page, its all arranged in playlists on various topics.
@gtrsoundz590 - you have practice singing from chest voice into head voice with octave or 1.5 octave legato exercises. That way you can learn how to apply just the right amount of resonance as you ascend to make it sound like one voice.
no - adding resonance to falsetto just gets you get a loud falsetto or what we call a "reinforced falsetto".
Witches cackle is a pharyngeal contraction that adds resonance to an adducted head tone.
watch my 'head voice vs falsetto" video to see the differences in both.
@MissClarinda - the "metal voice" here is exaggerated for effect. Its not a "finished" sound; just an example of an embellishment you can add to the voice.
I call it "metal bite" but it also goes by the names of "twang", "ping" and to a lesser degree in Opera "squillo"
I already have put videos on RUclips about how Freddie sang - if Freddie wasn't singing in falsetto he was singing in head voice for his high notes.
@jmdodge - Twanging a lower note will not help you keep your larynx from rising; it will just make a low note less muddy.
Keeping the larynx from shooting up under your chin is a process that takes time and concentration. I have some videos in this channel on straining that can help you start that process.
The first very good explication I have seen. Thank you very much!
@TorturedXeno - sure. The basics of classical technique/pedagogy in terms of consistent and solid breath support from the waist, a relaxed, open throat sound, and the covering of lower head tones can easily be adapted to Rock singing. "Speech Level Singing" (supposedly adapted from Bel Canto) teaches relatively nothing about solid breath support or an open throat, covered sound.
Rock singing is by nature a very intense sound just like Classical so they share a lot in common in intensity.
yes, a VERY slight squeezing sensation. That the pharynx reducing its width size.
Best way to get it is to imitate a cats "meeeooow" or The Bee Gees.
Adam used falsetto and head voice. His highest notes were head voice like when he sang "Whole Lotta Love" from Led Zeppelin.
watch my videos on head voice, connecting registers etc. Its all there to get you started.
@Thriller94 - not directly but if you filter it down some of this comes from the Estill methods of vocal modes like fry, sob, edge etc.
I've watched a couple of your videos and I really like your style of teaching: I learned to sing in high school chorus, but I like learning new styles (other than the basic boring) & have loved metal most of my life & always wondered how to apply that classic Bruce Dickinson sound to a female's voice. I'm so excited to try your exercises! Thanks for taking the time!
Tips - yeah, take a year to learn how to bridge from chest voice to head voice without strain and then keep the voice clean and resonant.
all of that can be learned in my vocal course.
@wildcataosw - Cry, sob, witches cackle, its all the same. Witches cackle or metal bite is a bit more intense than the sob or cry but they achieve the same result. I highly resonant sound with lots of presence and cut.
Good question!
Kevin
This is a point of contention on voice teaching circles. Are there 3 voice tones (chest, head & falsetto) or just two (chest and head tones). I subscribe to the latter point of view. Technically you are right that they are not the same, but they both reside in the head resonance.
the difference is singing with heart and soul and just singing bro that simple
In Rock singing you don't want to nice clean opera/hooty high notes, we want the overly resonated "witchy" sound. In Classical, Pop, Country etc. they like the clean notes - which is why I gave an example using John Denver.
your goal is to try to keep it down - the witches cackle is pharyngeal so it doesn't have anything to do with the larynx. You're just squeezing the pharynx to get that nasal resonance. Your larynx should already be somewhat stable. It can move a little - just not shoot up behind your chin.
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maybe you can sing in falsetto with a low larinx and a good breath support...some classical singer do this..
digging the video and the fact you actually answer questions e e
+Luhkova Payne it makes no sense to post videos as a teacher and then not answer questions - you know like how Ken Tamplin, Eric Arcenuex don't.
Awesome tip. Cheers
OMG! this video saved my gig!
Thanks man!
You help me a lot! Thank god I found your video... Hope god give you a gift for such a help from you...
@TimeLordGuitar - Halford bends forward for breath support not to get a vocal effect. Tucking the chin inward does NOTHING to affect the larynx position. Only the lifter muscles used in swallowing can pull the larynx upward. If you use the lifter or Degrastic muscles you are adding unneeded tension and constriction. If look at Halford closely he bent forward but his neck is relatively straight. He's just bending at the waist for breath support.
@TorturedXeno - All singing uses the same basics principles of technique in terms of production of sound. Its what you do with that sound that determines genre or style. My ideology is similar to Bruce Lee who was schooled in all areas of martial arts. He took what was useful for actual fighting and discarded the rest that was just "showy". I try to learn from every aspect of voice pedagogy, then use what I think works quickly and makes sense for the modern singer, and discard the rest.
This sounds alot like what I do when im singing King Diamond and Deep Purple songs, seems like I need to start using this exercise to improve.. thanks !
@uranium993 ...For me, I find it works if I drop my upper palette yet leave it relaxed, then add width to the natural way I would hold my mouth...then its a matter of adding enough pressure so it feels like the front of your face will detach....you might get it then....but be careful, if it hurts stop and change technique until you find it...You may never sound like your vocal idols...but you can find something with experimentation that will work for you...
@stebolian - he is doing rasp. Some people can just do it and some can't. I am in the "can't category. I've yet to come across anyone who can do it that can tell me how they do it exactly. Its a quirk of their vocal cords not closing completely and it gets raspy.
that's a little too complicated to describe here but it involves a wide open throat and trilling the cords. Its a difficult concept to teach actually - its more a feel thing.
I suggest google "Melissa Cross" or "Zen of Screaming 2" and buy the program. Its a great method to learn how to put distortion to your voice like Pantera or Metallica and do the hardcore screaming like avenged sevenfold.
well that's what this video is about - getting a Rob Halford type of metallic edge sound.
Right (and thanks again for the answer) but like I said if it's starting to sound too high, thin and annoying instead of steady and powerful (and still I mean in stanza where's A LOT OF words and consonants) is it a problem with what? Breath support? Lack of focus? I just don't know what am I doing wrong and it's very stressful, the band is tellin me it's ok but I know and I hear it's not. And the crowd will can tell too because they're not naive or focused on anything else when they listen to u
Firstly there's no such things as a "connected chest voice" - you're either in chest register or you're in head register. Falsetto is not a "place" you can go - only a tone of head voice. Yes one can sing a resonant head voice where one can sing a chest tone. Its bridging early to get the head voice buzzing so when you do go into head voice it blends well from the chest voice.
Falsetto is the lazy way to get higher pitches. Head voice is the least damaging way to your voice.
Thanks Man - Rock On! Yeeaaahhhh!!!!!
its a vocal fry scream. There are a few dozen videos on YT that show how to do a vocal fry scream. Me doing one would just be redundant and probably not as good since its not something I really do very often - if at all.
I found this extremely helpful and halarious \m/ Thanks man.
Thanks for the info. I see what you mean. But note that lots of people teach all kind of stuff, singing, martial arts, etc. and then just put a disclaimer on their material, stating that they are not responsible for any kind of injury that might occur when practising these techniques.
@gal8pwsc
There are two things that help with the Halford's famed "Painkiller" voice. The first is volume. He is an extremely loud singer. (The amazing Ralf Scheepers,who many call a Halford clone,is also an extremely loud singer.) The second thing is a super high "hidden" and "fixed" voice box. Pull your voice box up under your neckline/behind your tongue. Use the muscles on the sides of your neck to do this- it will be tense. Sing loud and keep the voicebox cemented in position.
Its the way you are looking at your lyrics. You are looking at them as stumbling blocks instead of stepping stones.
Its too lengthy to write hear but you need to look at your lyrics as a way to help you support your voice. Consonants like L,M,N,R,W,D are all consonants that can help you support the melody. Treat every consonant like you would a D and B - on and off quickly an onto the vowel. The vowels are what carries the melody so emphasize those and get off the consonants quickly.
Yes, the Melissa Cross video's didn't help me at all and basically that's the same sentiment that most people have who have tried them.
Anyway, thanks for answering my questions, I'll be purchasing the instructional CD when it's up for sale.
@piercedthought - practice it. If its a new sound to your voice, it may take some time to get it down.
@AtariMaxiToriyama - by "rare" I mean by his voice type - a light, high male voice. The majority of males voice are baritones, then tenors. Lambert has a high tenor voice with almost no heavy bottom end. That's rare.
Thanks, hope it helps those high notes - YAAAHHHH!!!!
@gnrocker1 - it only takes a little but of expansion to get a full breath. Look at my videos on breathing exercises fr a more detailed explanation.
Not the "H" sound because the consonant "H" is an unvoiced consonant meaning the vocal folds are wide open - there is NO connection at all.
But yes the difference between falsetto & connected head resonance is a matter of vocal fold connection.
What you describe "screech" is exactly what I am showing here.
@TimeLordGuitar - yeah well that just speaks of inproper vocal technique. There should be NO tension in the neck whatsoever. There are safe ways to make those sounds without tension. I suck at them but I've seen plenty of guys do a "Painkiller" type sound without tension. Halford gets that sound by tensing because thats the ONLY way HE can make it happen. Its not easy for him.
I'm sure Owens did it for visual effect because I've seen clips of him pre-Priest doing it and he's NOT bent over.