I've learned through your vids that singing is closer to skiing or skating as it's all about balance. I used to think it was like weightlifting. Boy was I wrong!
@VocalWisdomcom
6 жыл бұрын
That is actually a great way to describe things. We are being athletic but in a very flexible and balanced way. We don't want to stiffen.
@themusketeer9458
Жыл бұрын
Holy shit i can sing now! Been trying for years, but working hard the past few months. This video changed everythibg for me, because i have been trying to sing too much out of my mouth. Trying to push more air out to get more chestier sound, and i didnt want to feel anything in my nose because i thought there should only come sound from the mouth. Thansk so much, now i have a more stable tone, supporting is much easier and it feels soooo much easier to sing from low to high accuratly!❤
@anoopanoop8329
Жыл бұрын
Great video sir♥️.. Valuable information 💖💖🙏
@sarahyoo777
3 жыл бұрын
Thank You !! ^ ^
@adriannewman5881
6 жыл бұрын
very helpful
@ChatulajaeVampiros
8 ай бұрын
💯
@colinbell-NI
6 жыл бұрын
Thanks Michael I think this is your best video yet! Can I just ask, should I be able to hum the same range as my vocal range? Currently I can only hum lower notes. Thanks again, Colin.
@VocalWisdomcom
6 жыл бұрын
Thanks, Colin. In general we should be able to, but it is related to how developed our coordination is. So you will probably have to work up to the whole range. It is related to the energy I talked about. Being able to energize the body to stay flexible while the demands increase. Otherwise the throat will collapse at some point in the range.
@georgebernardshaw6893
6 жыл бұрын
This is truly fascinating, and somehow already paying dividends. Thank you! Michael, when i sing, i try to practice inhaling the tone- would you say that an 'inhaled hum' would fit in well with your teaching here? (I just mean it'd maybe seem to naturally place it in correct place, and facilitate a lack of tension?). And should we be worried about practicing this too much, ie longer than ten minutes a day? I've read (classical) stuff talking about the 'dangers of humming too much'. As crazy as that is. (Other disciplines see humming as a kind of healing practice).
@VocalWisdomcom
6 жыл бұрын
You;re welcome. There can be a feeling of inhaling when there is balance. But I feel even that can cause a problem. It is certainly better than feeling an exhale while doing it. But it really should be more of a static, non-moving feeling. Like the sound just appears without movement. Just shimmering in front of the face. It probably is a good idea not to do too much closed mouth vocalizing. I would say to go back and forth from closed to open to practice getting a similar feel on both.
@AMetalheadsJourney
4 жыл бұрын
Great but doesn't that type of humming put the voice in your nose?
@VocalWisdomcom
4 жыл бұрын
We each need to spend time with our own instrument to figure out the details. Did you watch the whole video? I explain very thoroughly what I am talking about. It's not about putting the sound in the nose, but the sound does feel like it is on the lips and the face. Ask yourself "where will the sound go if there is nothing to stop it."
@AMetalheadsJourney
4 жыл бұрын
@@VocalWisdomcom In pop singing they talk a lot about cord closure which just means not leaking air. What is the Opera term or method to achieve the best seal?
@VocalWisdomcom
4 жыл бұрын
Cord Closure is a term used by some. I even used to talk about it. But I realized that closure is only half of the vibratory cycle. The other half is open. So thinking about closure is not actually serving us. I now emphasize a pure vibration. This also means not leaking air, but actually in the right way. It means not leaking unvocalized air. A vibration does release air as a natural, or appropriate, part of of it. It releases in rapid puffs, not in a continuous stream. That is what happens on the open half of the cycle. I found that if the singer thinks of cord closure they will impede the release of the open part of the vibration and lose flexibility and ease in the vocalization. This impediment makes it more difficult in general and specifically in getting through the register shift. I also realized that when thinking of closure the singer is using larger muscles to achieve the closure than are responsible for the act in natural coordination. It is the smaller muscles responsible for tuning pitch that bring the edges of the folds close together for a pure vibration. And then because of the elasticity and the aerodynamics involved the close as part of the vibration and then reopen. The appropriate way of achieving a pure vibration is a skill of coordinating the breath and the voice so they work together as partners. There is a feeling that I describe as being like the soft tissue of the inside of the larynx is designed to catch the breath like a sail catches the wind. When it "catches" the breath it billows, or inflates, and causes the edges to come very close together making a pure vibration that is as easy as breathing. This is a mental image but it does feel like that too. The key is directing the breath into the larynx and not beyond into the upper throat or the mouth. The job of the breath is to feed the vibration. Period. Sending it beyond that, other than the natural feeling of following through like a good golf stroke, is just a waste of energy and throws things out of balance.
@AMetalheadsJourney
4 жыл бұрын
@@VocalWisdomcom Thanks. I had to re-read it a few times but it sort of makes sense. My biggest problem is sometimes I can't get the harmonics out like I want to. That is, when I wake up in the morning the voice is full and full of of harmonics and as the day progresses and after I eat, gas seems to get in the way and I feel the cords are not vibrating properly. I've spent years investigating this. I don't know why but after you eat or even drink water, I seem to loose the brilliance in the voice. Have you ever encountered this? I do have a slight gas issue where even drinking water seems to make me want to burp.
@VocalWisdomcom
4 жыл бұрын
You're welcome. A fundamental thing to understand is that harmonics come from the source vibration. That is why we want a pure vibration. Cord closure should be concerned about that. If the voice is being fatigued during the day it would lose the natural brilliance. Being related to eating might be some kind of reflux I suppose. I don't know for sure. It would be my guess that mastering a secure vocal response so the vibration is pure and brilliant would overcome any affect from eating or drinking. When our vocal response is not secure we are much more susceptible to other things like food and drink. Hope that helps.
@michaeld7319
6 жыл бұрын
hi Michael, I am a bit confused. The video says hum with the mouth open, yet you are humming with the mouth closed to start the tone, and then you open your lips to a vowel. This seems different from a form of open mouth hum that I am familiar with through the work of Berton Coffin (who references Lamperti as well), but he suggests keeping the mouth open, and sealing it with the palm of the hand. I guess the idea is similar, to maintain the resonance with minimal changes in the throat. Are you familiar with this form of open mouth hum? Do you find it more efficient to use the lips instead?
@VocalWisdomcom
6 жыл бұрын
The statement "Humming with the Mouth Open" refers to the feeling we have while functioning well. It isn't meant to be an exercise. So what I was doing was demonstrating what humming with the lips closed feels like and then using that experience as a reference when vocalizing with the mouth open. The goal is to feel much of the same experience while open that is felt while closed. I am familiar with Coffin and his open mouth hum using the palm of the hand. That is not what this is about. I don't really use that but it doesn't mean it couldn't be helpful. It's just not a part of what I'm talking about. This is about the experience while singing with normal open vowels feeling like humming even though the mouth is open. Hope that clears it up. Thanks for watching!
@michaeld7319
6 жыл бұрын
I understand. Thank you for clarification.
@karaoketaylorxsingsfan232
5 жыл бұрын
I thought when you hum with your mouth open you do a mmm or hmm sound
@VocalWisdomcom
5 жыл бұрын
Make sure you watch the video and listen to what I say. This is an explanation of a concept stated by the Historical teacher Lamperti. He said good singing is like humming with the mouth open. Normal humming happens when we vocalize with the lips closed like saying a prolonged 'm'. When you do that you feel sensations of tone on the lips and in the nasal passages. What this statement is saying is that we want those same sensations on the lips and in the nasal passages when we sing on open vowels. I hope that makes sense now.
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