Very helpful! I feel my midsection is a bit loose. You mentioned awareness again. I think years of sitting at computers gave that to me. Is it okay to squeeze my glutes when singing? I just tried it and it seems I get more power in low notes. My backside is not so firm from all that sitting…and my quadriceps feel tense from doing leg extensions haphazardly in my youth. I am being more aware as I type this. Any suggestions to work on these things would be helpful. I don’t have a personal voice coach at this time and I’ve been learning voice from different places. Thanks.
:)) Sometimes squeezing glutes can help some people with singing, because you get more tension in lower abdomen. Explore it and if it helps use it :) We need to be our own teachers too. So whatever helps, use it, whatever feels nod good to you, drop it :)) Have fun singing :)
@natasanahtigal24 I am going to work on glute exercises to firm everything up so I don't have to think about it. My big takeaway is be aware of what my body is doing and how it feels. Thank you!
@@natasanahtigal24 I did put the link it gets deleted automatically lol so there's a live performance by him,song titled "scared to live again" by weeknd
Another great video! I have a question that's plagued me for ever - and I have a feeling you'll put it in a way I could understand... When singing/belting higher notes, I've heard you increase glottal/breath pressure while reducing the amount of air you're using. - Huh?! - Doesn't the whole act of increasing pressure translate into increasing the amount of air? Otherwise, how do you have more pressure unless you're holding back some of that air with your throat? So VERY confused. If you could make a video that fully explains this - I think it would help SO many people! (and of course, myself haha)
Hi, this is a great question and I definitely will do a video about it. :)) It is not about glottal pressure as much as it is about optimal vocal cord closing. You can make big sound not only from air pressure from below (which can hurt your voice if it is to strong), but also from backward pressure from above. This one helps vocal cords to vibrate optimal and also opens the pharynx to better boost our voice. That is why straw exercises can really help with the feeling of more glottal pressure but not to much air flow. Have you ever tried those exercises? Check this video: ua-cam.com/video/utMGP8h75nM/v-deo.html Let me know if this answers at least some of your question. Though it is har to explain this in writing. I will do the video soon :)))
@@natasanahtigal24 Thank you for responding!!! I have a straw from another company, but will check this one out too. I also have Dr Vox. So I have a couple things that help with SOVT exercises. Though, I never understood how that translates to singing. I do the exercises. And then when I sing - I'm just singing in the same way I always do. None of them really explain how to use the straw and bring it into actual singing. Are we able to create that back pressure while singing normally? Once we open our mouths with an AH, Oh, etc - won't the open mouth let all the air escape quickly with no backpressure? So confusing Add to this - I have MTD :'( I've had speech therapists, plenty of vocal coaches, etc - and none have helped me. I've had to figure things out on my own. Since I've had it practically ALL my life, I haven't known what it's like to speak or sing like normal people. If I ever did sing/speak normally, I have no memory of it. I thought I WAS speaking/singing normally. And coaches/therapists just assume that I'm doing what they're doing - so it's only caused deeper issues. I can't even whistle without tension! I just thought that's the way it is. Again, I've come a long way on my own by watching videos like yours. But there are a couple of key factors missing like this subject - which has been alien to me. I've come to realize I use tension in my throat to make the airway smaller in order to use less breath (instinctually). The idea of taking a breath and just letting it come out and 'letting' (as opposed to 'making') the sound form is new to me as of the last couple years. I'm just trying to piece the vocalizing mechanisms from videos like yours - which have already been VERY, VERY helpful! Ironically, "Devil Inside" by INXS has helped me a lot. You can hear him take a breath, and instantly release it into a note. When I take a breath, I first tense my throat, THEN sing. Big difference. I look forward to watching your video on this. X'ing my fingers it clicks something in my head! haha I'm almost there!!!
Thank you keep let us learn from ur knowledge pls this is so helpful ❤ Pls can u help in this When i sing and arrive to the low level i really get out of breath and my voice disappeare maybe i sing with wrong level or wrong voice can u tell what is our real voice in singing ?(my English is bad sorry)
Hi there. Thank you for your message :)) Means a lot. And thank you for your question. I will record a video about this soon :) I will let you know. Otherwise to sing good low notes and not get out of breath, try not lo lower your larynx too much or try to sing with a little lifted cheeks - smiling. Let me know how that works. :)
This was incredibly helpful! My breath support has improved so much since following these tips. Thank you!
That is really great to hear!! Thank you for shearing :)))
Very helpful! I feel my midsection is a bit loose. You mentioned awareness again. I think years of sitting at computers gave that to me. Is it okay to squeeze my glutes when singing? I just tried it and it seems I get more power in low notes. My backside is not so firm from all that sitting…and my quadriceps feel tense from doing leg extensions haphazardly in my youth. I am being more aware as I type this. Any suggestions to work on these things would be helpful. I don’t have a personal voice coach at this time and I’ve been learning voice from different places. Thanks.
:)) Sometimes squeezing glutes can help some people with singing, because you get more tension in lower abdomen. Explore it and if it helps use it :) We need to be our own teachers too. So whatever helps, use it, whatever feels nod good to you, drop it :)) Have fun singing :)
@natasanahtigal24 I am going to work on glute exercises to firm everything up so I don't have to think about it. My big takeaway is be aware of what my body is doing and how it feels. Thank you!
This was good I learned exactly what I needed 💯
Really happy to hear that!! Thank you :)
Thank you for the video,it helped a lot,could you do a tutorial video for vibrato? Especially The Weeknd's vibrato.
Very happy to hear that the video helped 😍😊 Can you send me a YT link of a part od Weeknd’s singing, where he uses the vibrato you are interested in 😊
@@natasanahtigal24 ua-cam.com/video/6Nm9RZqBaBM/v-deo.htmlsi=hNkPCtQJ9FRsQcmP
@@natasanahtigal24 ua-cam.com/video/6Nm9RZqBaBM/v-deo.htmlsi=hNkPCtQJ9FRsQcmP
@@natasanahtigal24 I did put the link it gets deleted automatically lol so there's a live performance by him,song titled "scared to live again" by weeknd
Another great video! I have a question that's plagued me for ever - and I have a feeling you'll put it in a way I could understand...
When singing/belting higher notes, I've heard you increase glottal/breath pressure while reducing the amount of air you're using.
- Huh?! -
Doesn't the whole act of increasing pressure translate into increasing the amount of air? Otherwise, how do you have more pressure unless you're holding back some of that air with your throat?
So VERY confused. If you could make a video that fully explains this - I think it would help SO many people! (and of course, myself haha)
Hi, this is a great question and I definitely will do a video about it. :)) It is not about glottal pressure as much as it is about optimal vocal cord closing. You can make big sound not only from air pressure from below (which can hurt your voice if it is to strong), but also from backward pressure from above. This one helps vocal cords to vibrate optimal and also opens the pharynx to better boost our voice. That is why straw exercises can really help with the feeling of more glottal pressure but not to much air flow. Have you ever tried those exercises? Check this video: ua-cam.com/video/utMGP8h75nM/v-deo.html
Let me know if this answers at least some of your question. Though it is har to explain this in writing. I will do the video soon :)))
@@natasanahtigal24 Thank you for responding!!!
I have a straw from another company, but will check this one out too. I also have Dr Vox. So I have a couple things that help with SOVT exercises. Though, I never understood how that translates to singing. I do the exercises. And then when I sing - I'm just singing in the same way I always do. None of them really explain how to use the straw and bring it into actual singing. Are we able to create that back pressure while singing normally? Once we open our mouths with an AH, Oh, etc - won't the open mouth let all the air escape quickly with no backpressure? So confusing
Add to this - I have MTD :'( I've had speech therapists, plenty of vocal coaches, etc - and none have helped me. I've had to figure things out on my own. Since I've had it practically ALL my life, I haven't known what it's like to speak or sing like normal people. If I ever did sing/speak normally, I have no memory of it. I thought I WAS speaking/singing normally. And coaches/therapists just assume that I'm doing what they're doing - so it's only caused deeper issues. I can't even whistle without tension! I just thought that's the way it is.
Again, I've come a long way on my own by watching videos like yours. But there are a couple of key factors missing like this subject - which has been alien to me. I've come to realize I use tension in my throat to make the airway smaller in order to use less breath (instinctually). The idea of taking a breath and just letting it come out and 'letting' (as opposed to 'making') the sound form is new to me as of the last couple years. I'm just trying to piece the vocalizing mechanisms from videos like yours - which have already been VERY, VERY helpful! Ironically, "Devil Inside" by INXS has helped me a lot. You can hear him take a breath, and instantly release it into a note. When I take a breath, I first tense my throat, THEN sing. Big difference.
I look forward to watching your video on this. X'ing my fingers it clicks something in my head! haha I'm almost there!!!
Thank you keep let us learn from ur knowledge pls this is so helpful ❤
Pls can u help in this
When i sing and arrive to the low level i really get out of breath and my voice disappeare maybe i sing with wrong level or wrong voice can u tell what is our real voice in singing ?(my English is bad sorry)
Hi there. Thank you for your message :)) Means a lot. And thank you for your question. I will record a video about this soon :) I will let you know.
Otherwise to sing good low notes and not get out of breath, try not lo lower your larynx too much or try to sing with a little lifted cheeks - smiling.
Let me know how that works. :)