3:28 WOW, can we just talk about how effortlessly he sang through 3 OCTAVES right there?? The proof is in the singing indeed! And Ken is one hell of a singer!
Ken is an awesome singer and teacher, and a true gentleman and scholar - if every singing student had a teacher half as good as Ken the world would truly sing in perfect harmony.
This guy deserves the internet's top award. Its not just that he teaches, speaks well, is clearly respectful and eloquently open-minded, and knows music and how to explain it - its that there's a heart behind his demeanor and presence... Many blessings
Thanks a lot Ken. My neighbor knocked on my door and asked if I was okay. (I was singing along with you) So I explained that I’m okay, I’m doing a voice exercise with my vocal instructor. That changed her attitude right away. She saw my guitar hanging on the wall and said, “Wow, so you’re a musician then?” (She’s new our building) Everyone else knows I try to keep my singing at a low volume and my guitar through an amp and headphones. I said, “Yes, I’ve been a musician for over forty years and now I’m learning to sing from the best teacher I know. Sorry to bother you.” She nodded, “That’s so cool. Keep doing your thing. My name is Wendy.” (I told her my real name) “I know vocal exercises sound like a crazy person sometimes, and this apartment building is full of crazy people, so I understand your concern. I’m fine. Really.” Anyway, you got me in trouble again with the voice exercise thing, but it’s all good. I made a new friend who thought I might need an ambulance. I think I’ll plug in my guitar and headphones for a couple hours of silent practice and do my singing on the barges where I can go full volume and not disturb my neighbors, who are mostly fish. Hope you had a great Thanksgiving Day and thanks again for your incredible voice lessons. You’re the best, man. Aloha from Seattle.🤙🏼
I have a really funny story for you about that. A few years back I was Recording Bon Jovi's "Living on a prayer". In order to make the chorus sound right you have to stack a lot of vocals. And I mean a lot of vocals, like 40 tracks. As I sang the chorus over and over "Woah oh living on a prayer" my sweet elderly neighbor named Ron came banging on my door saying "Ken are you OK Ken are you OK" . He thought I was screaming "hey Ron I need help!" Gotta love your neighbors ha ha
True story: I bought Ken's course a couple years ago. I now play in a "working" band. We play range of music including Foreigner (Feels Like The First Time, Hot Blooded), Boston (Foreplay Longtime), U2 (Vertigo) and The Darkness (I believe in a Thing Called Love). I've had 3 random people come up to me (all at different gigs) and ask me how I sing so well! One person said "you play until 1am... how does your voice get better as the night goes on?" I tell them the same thing: Ken Tamplin Vocal Academy!
Recorded a new song this weekend and my friend who I mix with said “yo your voice is a lot more confident. It was before, but now it sounds a lot clearer and effortless.” Thanks Ken🤙🏽
I am a self taught singer and have been singing seriously for the last 8 years. I admit i am not a great singer, but folks seem to like what i do and i get paid for it. I have always felt that i could do better and since i have come across your UA-cam lessons i feel i have started to improve, and this lesson could be a big help as i tune down my guitar a whole tone so i can cover a wider range of songs. My plan is by this time next year is to be able to cover the same set but in standard tuning. I think this lesson will go a long way to helping me achieve that. Thank You.
You're right about other coaches on high notes. I was taught so much about head register, and dealt with the embarrassing passaggio hiccup. Broke free from that, and now following your lead, and sounding much better for it.
I don't want to sound cheesy but i freaking prayed to find a channel like this. Music is my whole thing and im a vocalist as a personal passion. I dont do much with it but ive been taking my singing seriously for a few years, for no real reason other than that its what i want to do, just for sake of doing it. I am a 30 year old woman and my range is not of the typical feminine but I thrive in the 80s glam rock. No other channel has truly provided what I have needed, by teaching, examples, and most importantly, my type of voice and range. I cant believe I stumbled upon this.
I started performing when I was 10 or so. I could sing ANY high note..... I stopped performing about age 40. I stopped performing totally. AMAZING, in about 3 months, something happened to me which usually happens to boys at about age 12; my voice dropped. Considerably. As time has went by, my throat muscles had atrophied to where my range was severely restricted. I now have a great, deep voice.....but no range. Finding this video in my late 60's (as I once again re-enter the performing world) has been a Godsend to me. It brought back all those excercises I had in college as a music major and reminded me that everything is about musclature and of course, that old saying: "If you don't USE it, you LOSE it.". I'm taking these exercises to heart and even after a short period of time and finding an amazing recapture of some of my range.......with expectations of building back a good performing range. Thanks so much for sharing this. I'm now a subscriber and will check out all your other videos. I owe you a big one for this.
I'm so glad to have found your videos. I'm 68 and recently started singing in a rock band again (23 years and a thyroid surgery later). Trying to get my chops back again. My upper chest voice seems tight and not as high as it used to be. I was thinking my voice would never be the same after my surgery but after watching your videos I have hope I can get my range back. God bless you Ken!
Ken cracks me up. He basically does 15 minute video without and edits except when he needs his guitar. Nothing says amateur like edits every 30 seconds. The BEST vocal coach period.
I have always been amazed at the range and tone you have been able to sing with. You have this ability to be both singing very high notes while also maintaining a vocal tone that sounds deep. It's like you're using your chest voice and your head voice at the same time. You and David Coverdale were the only rock singers I have ever heard that could pull this off.
Ken, I just love you. Part of singing is feeling good about yourself and allowing that positivity to vibrate through you. Even through the video I just feel the love you have for your craft, the belief that anyone can sing and like I am allowed to sing and should be singing. Thanks. I've struggled with high notes since forever, this is the first time I've allowed myself to singing high notes without fear
I have been watching your videos for about a month now and been practicing to the best of my ability and I noticed my voice steadily improving to the point of accidentally yawning a clear and oddly beautiful note at work, I can't wait for your next set of videos and hope to join your singing course by Christmas time as a present for myself.
Dude! You add the science to the art! Years ago, I was told by a pro singer to never sing beyond my range. This lesson debunked that myth. I'm gonna work at this.
Myles Kennedy (AlterBridge) often speaks about using Bel Canto and using his muscles used to ‘pee’ to support his 4 octave vocal range. He is in his 50’s and maintains near perfect pitch and vocal control both on record and live in all his crazy high notes! Great singer. Great band!
Ken speaks the truth 🙏🏻. Took me many years of singing to figure all this stuff out on my own. I still learn things from these videos and get reinforcement of things that I already discovered on my own. I took some lessons from an opera singer in the early 80’s and no one spoke about head voice. I was stuck on high C for decades lol. Fear of the note is your worse enemy 😉.
This is one great effortless singer and a great coach. He is truly a dedicated master of the art of singing. Hell of a demonstration coach, this coarse is awesome and full of content for everything to do with your voice and keeping your voice healthy. I can’t recommend it highly enough and glad I purchased it helps me every week I perform.
This is exactly what my wife wants to be subjected to on a Friday evening over here in the UK..... She's watching Love Island, I'm watching Ken Tamplin... #winning
Thanks, Ken! You just solved a mystery for me as to why I could hit a high note in one place of certain songs, but miss the same high note at the end. Much appreciated!
I have always been a fan of you Ken. This is a wonderful demonstration. I studied voice for four years doing all classical singing and as you say the proof is in the singing. Good technique is good technique no matter what style of music. My first teacher took time to show me the anatomy of the muscles and moving parts in our bodies that are used with the voice. There are no short cuts and I love the point you make about giving the voice a foundation for high note (not hit, but place). Now, I am a songwriter/performer in Americana/folk-rock and use these techniques all of the time in my own music with a foundation in studying voice for four years. You know you anatomy of the voice and I continue to learn and grow from you, Ken. Thank-you for the great lesson.
I have a long way to go. I am a baritone with a top G, occasionally an A, but the other day I was doing some scale exercises and what do you know, G came up, and A was no effort, and B and C shortly thereafter with hardly an effort, and it was chest voice. Just like that - a fourth above my supposed highest note. But when I sing for real, I tense up and then blow even a G. So thanks for the info, I have joined the academy and I'm keen to improve. Instinctively, I know what it's supposed to feel like, I get it sometimes, but very often I blow chunks especially when I have to jump to the top note, and psychological apprehension sets in. Thanks for the video, your videos are really useful, positive and motivating.... and I'm looking forward to improving.
Hey there Ken don’t know if you’ll ever see this, but I’ve been singing for a little over a year now and I’m having thoughts on quitting, I’m considering trying your singing course before I completely give up, I’m hoping it’ll be everything I need to get better, either way thanks Ken you’re awesome.
Ken, THANK YOU VERY MUCH !!! I knew that my voice can do a lot, since I joined the choir as a tenor (typical, average pitch from A - C) but in the choir I had to sing barrito because it was missing below and, to my surprise, it worked very well . Then the range became ever stronger downwards, down to the deep D. Now, just now, I sang a whole tone more than 4 octaves for the first time in my life, completely relaxed, without squeezing, with shine and a beautiful sound and almost seamlessly to the very high register - THANK YOU, you are really great and you helped a lot! The most important thing about you is that you always have the fire of enthusiasm in you. Please don't ever lose it.
Thanks Ken. I think a lot of success with high notes is mindset and plenty of experimentation, feeling your way to the notes and moving away from the perception of them being "high."
These lessons that you brought to youtube made a great difference on my singing even If I’m still working with my diaphragmatic support, relaxation and singing with no tension. But I greatly improved because of what you do. Thank you! I hope someday I’ll be able to afford your whole course.
After doing this for a couple of days, I got to E5 without a break in my voice, but the most comfortable note is a D5 for me. Still having a bit of an issue on singing actual songs in lower notes and the tone, but it's coming along. Thank you Ken!
I love to hear you teach. You're one of the best teachers on UA-cam of ANYTHING. You could probably make videos on putting up fences, software development, and oil painting. They'd get as many views and followers because your presentation is so good. :)
I love that you spent the last five minutes or so explaining vowel placement, timbre, and the passagio relative to bel canto; but not actual mention you were describing the bel canto foundation. Your approach is excellent. It's not nebulous or impractical. It's easy to conceptualize and visualize. Similarly, Luciano Pavarotti conducted a master class years ago and had the student--a young tenor--imagine his voice was a trumpet producing a bright, forward sounding note with the same quality. When it comes to singing, there's so much more to teaching than just spewing out a bunch of technical jargon. 👍👍
I met my student on Instagram and after watch my videos with singing tips and demonstrations, he has determined that I teach him to sing. The 80s was my decade and I’ve been singing ever since then.and 80s rock and metal is my style of singing. He’s just as obsessed with the 80s as I am and just as obsessed with singing as I am. With his voice type has the killer potential to blow me out of the sky in no time easily. I am so pumped to help this young man to get to the stage. He’s asking all the right questions, his efforts reflect his passion and he’s making fine progress
I'm recording a cover today and there's one dang note that's loud and difficult to reach..after doing these techniques while watching this video, I could hit it with more ease. MAJOR IMPROVEMENT!! Thank you soooo much...
Another excellent video mate. I spent a long time throttling myself to hit high notes, burning myself out, getting sore throats about once a week which really put a hamper on regular practice. When I finally worked out what over-singing was and learned to back off I realised how much range I actually had.
Thanks for the tips Ken sometimes it's hard to hit those high notes especially in the mornings you got to let your vocals get loose and loosen up as the day goes on your voice needs to wake up gets easier to hit high notes later on in the day for me it does anyways but placement head voice chest voice up in your make all these techniques help make it easier thanks for explaining the tips Ken it helps all ways buddy👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍
Agreed Cade, if I'm doing singing in the morning I'll usually just do an early transition in to falsetto to more work on my pitch whilst I warm up my voice.
I found you by accident trying to learn how I can hit Tony Lewis "Your Love" better... actually was looking to see what others did that have issue with the pitch... I can "almost" hit it. But then I accidently found you.. and instead of learning to sing it lower I think I may be able to get it. splendid vids
Thank you, thank you, thank you! I was always able to hit higher registers and scream like Ian Gillian when I was younger, but I lost it over time (56 now, smoking for 30+ years didn't help either). I accepted this as inevitable, especially when I saw Geddy Lee and Ian lose their range over time. Watching your video and paying attention to how it feels made me realize that the problem is losing my core strength over time. I may never get my full range back, but I now know if I rebuild core strength to support the notes with my diaphragm will give me more of my range back.
Ken, do you have like a vocal "grading sheet" where you can assess a performance and grade the singer on everything voice related so then you have a starting point for things to work on? Tone, timber, width, breadth, vibrato, chest voice, head voice, on pitch or off pitch, range, pleasantness, dip-thongs, over-singing, control, power, low and high.... and a thousand other ways to judge the voice/performance.. and in conjunction is there like a standard piece that you would use as a barometer/test starting point to test a vocalist to see where they are at, and what they need to work on.
You can teach anything you understand and can communicate articulately to a student. Fact. A great teacher is mindful that is NOT about them or their ego.
This video is life changing,it's like a magic,how he explain stuff and how it makes sense without saying complicated things,i just increase my range by 2 note and that is something i can only dream about till now,seriously no joke this video is a lifesaver ,really appreciate that❤❤❤
I am a baritone, and I want to hit a clear C#5 note, so I can sing O Holy Night in the same key as David Phelps. David has vocal cords that are the same as a baritone, yet he can sing the way he does and is considered a tenor. So, it has to be possible to do this and sing as clear as David does! I watched an interview he did, and he said that the key is relaxing to hit the notes without really forcing it.
i'm from Brazil, and discover this channel two days ago, and those exercises and exemples give me so much cleary road to my studies , and my mission for my new cover band is so much harder, i put the song "i remember you" on a playlist of my band, and its gave me some kind of trouble, but i'm on a trail with Kenton's lessons....thank u so much man
Amazing video as always! I've always been thought of as a baritone, because I hardly could get pass F#4. But there was something I couldn't get - I had even more problems singing low notes, that a baritone should be able to sing with ease. It wasn't until I had gone to music school, when I was told I'm actually a tenor. I didn't believe it, so my teacher kind of suprised me - even at the top of my range, he insisted I keep going up with the proper support and... We went up to B4 easily. Practice and technique are really the only relevant way, and despite having a break in music... Thanks to your vid I might consider going back at it 🤠 Cheers and keep up the great work, you're an amazing teacher!
Build Chest > Head > Passagio > Mixed. Even tho I don’t really understand singing it makes so much sense to me to build the foundation first. Ty for this lesson my dude
I've studied classical voice for six years with three outstanding teachers/singers and Ken's course, (which I subscribe to), is FANTASTIC! If you want to learn how to sing, don't hesitate, sign up and practice what he teaches. You'll be astounded by how good you'll get.
I want to thank you so much for your program. You've done a lot for me. you've gave me my backbone. I've always wanted to be a singer. and not just that singer. but the singer. I'm from Eugene Oregon. and I bought your program. and I work with it. the days that I can work with it. I want to work with it. every and I do. since that day. I was 12 I can remember that I've always wanted to be a (singer) and be with your program regardless of what genre you're working with. I'm a Country Tanner . and it's absolutely made my achievements so easy. every day I practice because. (I love to sing). and it makes my day even better so I want to say for me it's not only the price but it's also the program that you put out I used it in 6 months it has made me a 10 times better singer and I'm still working with it thank you so much for your time and effort from the person Aaron Eugene Oregon country singer tinner thank you so much for this I am sure singing My Country Tunes thank you for your time
So happy to have found this channel. Aside from just seeming like a genuinely kind and caring person, you have that aire of experience that only comes with so many years of hard work. But more importantly, it is obvious that, aside from your musical talent--you have a unique gift for teaching . A lot of crazy-talented musicians suppliment their income in-between gigs with teaching. Only a small number of them teach well....likely because they do not love teaching. Thank you for this great content.
The way you articulate things is exactly how I’ve naturally come to feel them when I sign ken. I have a ways to go strengthening my head voice and passagionbut have gotten decent and transitioning between chest and head voice
Always a big thumbs up to your content. My singing teacher always says, you should sing songs that fit you, but i still love songs like the slow version of Take on me that isnt naturally for me, but i still force my self to be able to and despite him not liking me to do it, he supports me and today iam able to reach those high notes quite easily. Singing is so much practice and ppl tend to be unpatient ^^ i was too. Much love to all those good ppl out there.
Just came over from the Steve Perry video. I'm totally new to you. I can smell a vocal coach BS-er from a mile away. There are so many terrible vocal coaches out there...frauds, really, though they don't know it themselves. I am completely unfamiliar with your teaching style, but I can tell immediately that this is the real deal. I was professionally trained in a past life, and some terminology is shared, but your method on the whole is unfamiliar to me. Still, everything you are saying is clicking with me just from my experience with my own voice. How refreshing to find someone who really knows what they're talking about. Subscribed!
I have always found that high notes tend to be counter intuitive in how to get to them. Most when they start singing will do the tense up and strain harder to hit the note. But that is backwards. you (at least as my brain understands it) , relax into the note. Open mouth, relaxed neck muscles, etc. Yes you support more but it should not be a strain on the diaphragm. As you say its not about the note at all, its about everything that gets you to the note :)
Great video. I'm currently rehearsing the song 'Bridge of Love' by Joy Fleming (greatest German voice ever). I'm actually working my way through the song like an athlete and Ken's video helps me a lot to stay cool and relaxed.
Watching this video you mentioned giving yourself "permission" to sing high notes. You also have mentioned a physiological aspect. I never thought of it that way, but you are so correct. If I may add to that (if you haven't already), a person shouldn't "overthink" it. I am a hi-berry like you. I use to work for a rent a car company as a shuttle driver. I picked up a woman who looks exactly like Lou Gramm now. I told her who she looked like. She didn't know who Lou Gramm is. I mentioned to her the song "I've Been Waiting for a Girl Like You." I sang a short stint of the chorus. And I was hitting Lou Gramm's notes. I didn't sound like a baritone whatsoever. I sounded like a tenor. She said I have a great voice. All along, I was thinking, how da hell did I do that????
"giving yourself permission" is the same thing as "having confidence"; fear or anxiety can get in the way of a lot of things, including kicking a field goal or hitting the bleacher notes
Thanks for these. Just kept singing higher and higher with your encouragement! Must have just gained an octave in 10 minutes and not going to stop now!
Your "give yourself permission" point reminds me of the 4-minute mile. Nobody ever ran one, until someone did. Everyone thought it was remarkable at first, but then people started doing it daily. As Col. Potter once said on M*A*S*H*, "the body can do amazing things if the mind will let it". Thanks for all you do!
Thank you so much🙏🙏😂 I’m 60 years old and as a “younger” man could sing my lips off (3+ octaves to E2-G5. Fast forward 30 years and I was hard pressed to get an octave and a half😳 D4 was the highest not I could sing comfortably. I’ve been working in range for a few months and have managed to choke out and A5 doing a warmup of trills, sirens and 1,4,5’s. Then I found this video! Very intelligent approach Kenny, After 4 days I’m up to a D5 and have usable range up to B4 already. I feel confident I’ll get my E5 which will be 3 octaves from the E3!!!! Again, thank you so much, from one grampa to another:)👍👍👍
Ken, I think you are the greatest instructor in all the land. I am so glad to have these lessons to help me sing well. I always wished - wished I could sing well. Because of you I am on my way - slowly lol !!
I couldn’t find any good tips from other sources and since I’m singing in spanish there wasn’t many useful videos. But this was very helpful, all I had to do was convert some sounds and tones but it’s pretty much the same. Thanks a bunch 👍
And I agree with you completely about demonstration, where some people might talk about doing something, but never demonstrate what they’re talking about which is something that I have always tried to emphasize with my student and for whenever I post a video about singing tips, I always try to explain what I’m talking about And then demonstrate how it works so that way people can see that I’m not just talking to hear myself talk but that I actually know what I’m talking about and I can demonstrate how it works even showing them in song form how the methods I teach can be applied
Again, as i commented in the warmup video, these are a great complement to the singing course!! Im trying to build the mixed voice currently (started in a a4 2 years ago now hitting g5) but have had trouble with overpowering chest... just that little detail of not hitting that bottom note so hard has made a difference right now doing the sliders + my hour of free singing has been much easier and getting the parts i found difficult on past weeks! thanks ken!
I'm a bari who had to sing bass in college. And watching this 16 minute video had me singing past A5 for the first time since I was that castrati you mentioned. (or about 6th grade with all my equipment...) Thanks Ken!
Thanks for sharing this video, and I hope that you had a good Thanksgiving. I get a lot of compliments on the way I hit high notes at my open mic nights by people who tell me that my singing reminds them of singers like Neil Young and Smokey Robinson.
I never psych myself out by thinking about high notes and I relax into it which I think makes it very simple. I think some people strain to reach high notes because they think about it coming up. I totally agree with you. Go Bri.👊
Thankyou, I am in a small group that sings together in Australia because it just feels good, but i have found so many songs dont seem to be in my range. Now I know they can be
Thank you brother - that came at just the right time. Seriously, I'm mixing a song, and the only thing missing is the note I can't hit without nearly passing out! ha ha This is perfect! I've been singing my entire life, and I have found the psychological aspects to be incredibly interesting. I realised something was strange at the beginning when I could sing great on my own, but was hopeless in front of anyone. SInging is good for the soul no matter how you sing.
I’m listening to everything he said. Keeping my vocal cords relaxed, and focusing on the diaphragm. I tried this again and I can hit an E5! I still sound a little weak and flute-ish, but at least my range is expanding. Thanks, Ken! I’m excited to keep improving my voice!
This video helped me alot but do you have any tips on how to engage more in your chest voice because I'm a female suprano and every time I sing I immediately go to head voice. I'm really good at head voice but I would also like to use my lower range aswell and I have a lower range but I don't know how to use it as good as my high range.
I like these tips. But I also realized that for myself and some others. We realize we do not have the right voice to sing high notes. I am more of a country singer although I would have loved to sing rock .
3:28 WOW, can we just talk about how effortlessly he sang through 3 OCTAVES right there?? The proof is in the singing indeed! And Ken is one hell of a singer!
Thanks, Andy!
Gracias Ken! btw what is the range here?
As a beginner, what were those notes?
Easy
@@jkorhonen8222 F#2 to F#5
Ken is an awesome singer and teacher, and a true gentleman and scholar - if every singing student had a teacher half as good as Ken the world would truly sing in perfect harmony.
That's kind of youo!
This guy deserves the internet's top award.
Its not just that he teaches, speaks well, is clearly respectful and eloquently open-minded, and knows music and how to explain it - its that there's a heart behind his demeanor and presence...
Many blessings
Thanks a lot Ken. My neighbor knocked on my door and asked if I was okay. (I was singing along with you) So I explained that I’m okay, I’m doing a voice exercise with my vocal instructor. That changed her attitude right away. She saw my guitar hanging on the wall and said, “Wow, so you’re a musician then?” (She’s new our building) Everyone else knows I try to keep my singing at a low volume and my guitar through an amp and headphones. I said, “Yes, I’ve been a musician for over forty years and now I’m learning to sing from the best teacher I know. Sorry to bother you.”
She nodded, “That’s so cool. Keep doing your thing. My name is Wendy.” (I told her my real name) “I know vocal exercises sound like a crazy person sometimes, and this apartment building is full of crazy people, so I understand your concern. I’m fine. Really.”
Anyway, you got me in trouble again with the voice exercise thing, but it’s all good. I made a new friend who thought I might need an ambulance.
I think I’ll plug in my guitar and headphones for a couple hours of silent practice and do my singing on the barges where I can go full volume and not disturb my neighbors, who are mostly fish.
Hope you had a great Thanksgiving Day and thanks again for your incredible voice lessons. You’re the best, man.
Aloha from Seattle.🤙🏼
I have a really funny story for you about that. A few years back I was Recording Bon Jovi's "Living on a prayer". In order to make the chorus sound right you have to stack a lot of vocals. And I mean a lot of vocals, like 40 tracks. As I sang the chorus over and over "Woah oh living on a prayer" my sweet elderly neighbor named Ron came banging on my door saying "Ken are you OK Ken are you OK" . He thought I was screaming "hey Ron I need help!" Gotta love your neighbors ha ha
😂😂 I feel you. My neighbor checked on me too.
My neighbors probably hear me singing a lot. But they never say anything!
I don't usually read comments but yours got me haha
True story: I bought Ken's course a couple years ago.
I now play in a "working" band. We play range of music including Foreigner (Feels Like The First Time, Hot Blooded), Boston (Foreplay Longtime), U2 (Vertigo) and The Darkness (I believe in a Thing Called Love).
I've had 3 random people come up to me (all at different gigs) and ask me how I sing so well!
One person said "you play until 1am... how does your voice get better as the night goes on?"
I tell them the same thing: Ken Tamplin Vocal Academy!
Awesome!
Awesome
Recorded a new song this weekend and my friend who I mix with said “yo your voice is a lot more confident. It was before, but now it sounds a lot clearer and effortless.”
Thanks Ken🤙🏽
That's awesome!
I am a self taught singer and have been singing seriously for the last 8 years. I admit i am not a great singer, but folks seem to like what i do and i get paid for it. I have always felt that i could do better and since i have come across your UA-cam lessons i feel i have started to improve, and this lesson could be a big help as i tune down my guitar a whole tone so i can cover a wider range of songs. My plan is by this time next year is to be able to cover the same set but in standard tuning. I think this lesson will go a long way to helping me achieve that. Thank You.
No matter how good you are, you will still feel that you're not the best even though you are better than you think. Please don't let yourself down!
You're right about other coaches on high notes. I was taught so much about head register, and dealt with the embarrassing passaggio hiccup. Broke free from that, and now following your lead, and sounding much better for it.
I don't want to sound cheesy but i freaking prayed to find a channel like this. Music is my whole thing and im a vocalist as a personal passion. I dont do much with it but ive been taking my singing seriously for a few years, for no real reason other than that its what i want to do, just for sake of doing it. I am a 30 year old woman and my range is not of the typical feminine but I thrive in the 80s glam rock. No other channel has truly provided what I have needed, by teaching, examples, and most importantly, my type of voice and range. I cant believe I stumbled upon this.
I started performing when I was 10 or so. I could sing ANY high note..... I stopped performing about age 40. I stopped performing totally. AMAZING, in about 3 months, something happened to me which usually happens to boys at about age 12; my voice dropped. Considerably. As time has went by, my throat muscles had atrophied to where my range was severely restricted. I now have a great, deep voice.....but no range. Finding this video in my late 60's (as I once again re-enter the performing world) has been a Godsend to me. It brought back all those excercises I had in college as a music major and reminded me that everything is about musclature and of course, that old saying: "If you don't USE it, you LOSE it.". I'm taking these exercises to heart and even after a short period of time and finding an amazing recapture of some of my range.......with expectations of building back a good performing range. Thanks so much for sharing this. I'm now a subscriber and will check out all your other videos. I owe you a big one for this.
Does anyone give out an award for the best faces made while singing scales? If so, Ken wins hands down.
I'm so glad to have found your videos. I'm 68 and recently started singing in a rock band again (23 years and a thyroid surgery later). Trying to get my chops back again. My upper chest voice seems tight and not as high as it used to be. I was thinking my voice would never be the same after my surgery but after watching your videos I have hope I can get my range back. God bless you Ken!
That’s really impressive. Keep it going🤟🤟
Ken cracks me up. He basically does 15 minute video without and edits except when he needs his guitar. Nothing says amateur like edits every 30 seconds. The BEST vocal coach period.
8:06 - 11:30 Once again Ken, you've done it again. Thank you for your help. I've grown as a singer by taking your video lessons.
I have always been amazed at the range and tone you have been able to sing with. You have this ability to be both singing very high notes while also maintaining a vocal tone that sounds deep. It's like you're using your chest voice and your head voice at the same time. You and David Coverdale were the only rock singers I have ever heard that could pull this off.
Ken, I just love you. Part of singing is feeling good about yourself and allowing that positivity to vibrate through you. Even through the video I just feel the love you have for your craft, the belief that anyone can sing and like I am allowed to sing and should be singing. Thanks. I've struggled with high notes since forever, this is the first time I've allowed myself to singing high notes without fear
The only vocal coach who can do what he preaches! Thank you ken! You're amazing !
I have been watching your videos for about a month now and been practicing to the best of my ability and I noticed my voice steadily improving to the point of accidentally yawning a clear and oddly beautiful note at work, I can't wait for your next set of videos and hope to join your singing course by Christmas time as a present for myself.
Wonderful!
Dude! You add the science to the art! Years ago, I was told by a pro singer to never sing beyond my range. This lesson debunked that myth. I'm gonna work at this.
Myles Kennedy (AlterBridge) often speaks about using Bel Canto and using his muscles used to ‘pee’ to support his 4 octave vocal range. He is in his 50’s and maintains near perfect pitch and vocal control both on record and live in all his crazy high notes!
Great singer. Great band!
Myles is an awesome singer I’m a big fan
Ken speaks the truth 🙏🏻. Took me many years of singing to figure all this stuff out on my own. I still learn things from these videos and get reinforcement of things that I already discovered on my own. I took some lessons from an opera singer in the early 80’s and no one spoke about head voice. I was stuck on high C for decades lol. Fear of the note is your worse enemy 😉.
Am i the only one who loves this teacher!?? Wow. This is awesome great content ! Stay blessed 😇
Thank you! 😃
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This is one great effortless singer and a great coach. He is truly a dedicated master of the art of singing. Hell of a demonstration coach, this coarse is awesome and full of content for everything to do with your voice and keeping your voice healthy. I can’t recommend it highly enough and glad I purchased it helps me every week I perform.
This is exactly what my wife wants to be subjected to on a Friday evening over here in the UK..... She's watching Love Island, I'm watching Ken Tamplin... #winning
That's awesome!
Thanks, Ken! You just solved a mystery for me as to why I could hit a high note in one place of certain songs, but miss the same high note at the end. Much appreciated!
Happy to help!
I have always been a fan of you Ken. This is a wonderful demonstration. I studied voice for four years doing all classical singing and as you say the proof is in the singing. Good technique is good technique no matter what style of music. My first teacher took time to show me the anatomy of the muscles and moving parts in our bodies that are used with the voice. There are no short cuts and I love the point you make about giving the voice a foundation for high note (not hit, but place). Now, I am a songwriter/performer in Americana/folk-rock and use these techniques all of the time in my own music with a foundation in studying voice for four years. You know you anatomy of the voice and I continue to learn and grow from you, Ken. Thank-you for the great lesson.
Very cool, Ryan!
I have a long way to go. I am a baritone with a top G, occasionally an A, but the other day I was doing some scale exercises and what do you know, G came up, and A was no effort, and B and C shortly thereafter with hardly an effort, and it was chest voice. Just like that - a fourth above my supposed highest note. But when I sing for real, I tense up and then blow even a G. So thanks for the info, I have joined the academy and I'm keen to improve. Instinctively, I know what it's supposed to feel like, I get it sometimes, but very often I blow chunks especially when I have to jump to the top note, and psychological apprehension sets in. Thanks for the video, your videos are really useful, positive and motivating.... and I'm looking forward to improving.
Hey there Ken don’t know if you’ll ever see this, but I’ve been singing for a little over a year now and I’m having thoughts on quitting, I’m considering trying your singing course before I completely give up, I’m hoping it’ll be everything I need to get better, either way thanks Ken you’re awesome.
Ken, THANK YOU VERY MUCH !!! I knew that my voice can do a lot, since I joined the choir as a tenor (typical, average pitch from A - C) but in the choir I had to sing barrito because it was missing below and, to my surprise, it worked very well . Then the range became ever stronger downwards, down to the deep D. Now, just now, I sang a whole tone more than 4 octaves for the first time in my life, completely relaxed, without squeezing, with shine and a beautiful sound and almost seamlessly to the very high register - THANK YOU, you are really great and you helped a lot! The most important thing about you is that you always have the fire of enthusiasm in you. Please don't ever lose it.
For the first time in my life I feel like I did vocals correctly. No dizziness, no chest discomfort, no lack of air.
This was great. 🤍
Thanks Ken. I think a lot of success with high notes is mindset and plenty of experimentation, feeling your way to the notes and moving away from the perception of them being "high."
These lessons that you brought to youtube made a great difference on my singing even If I’m still working with my diaphragmatic support, relaxation and singing with no tension. But I greatly improved because of what you do. Thank you! I hope someday I’ll be able to afford your whole course.
After doing this for a couple of days, I got to E5 without a break in my voice, but the most comfortable note is a D5 for me. Still having a bit of an issue on singing actual songs in lower notes and the tone, but it's coming along. Thank you Ken!
6 weeks into volume 1. Ken's course is AMAZING and he is an absolutely incredible coach!
Truly helpful for loosing the fear of sounding like a great singer. It takes a lot of skills to make this easier than we believe, goooooaaaaallll!!
I once dropped a 5kg dumbell on my foot, that was the day i discovered my true singing High notes voice.
Hahaha
Accident fruitful
Soorow turned to happiness
I love to hear you teach. You're one of the best teachers on UA-cam of ANYTHING. You could probably make videos on putting up fences, software development, and oil painting. They'd get as many views and followers because your presentation is so good. :)
I love that you spent the last five minutes or so explaining vowel placement, timbre, and the passagio relative to bel canto; but not actual mention you were describing the bel canto foundation. Your approach is excellent. It's not nebulous or impractical. It's easy to conceptualize and visualize. Similarly, Luciano Pavarotti conducted a master class years ago and had the student--a young tenor--imagine his voice was a trumpet producing a bright, forward sounding note with the same quality. When it comes to singing, there's so much more to teaching than just spewing out a bunch of technical jargon. 👍👍
The late John Miles also in a Pavarotti&Friends in Italy.
Amen
I met my student on Instagram and after watch my videos with singing tips and demonstrations, he has determined that I teach him to sing. The 80s was my decade and I’ve been singing ever since then.and 80s rock and metal is my style of singing. He’s just as obsessed with the 80s as I am and just as obsessed with singing as I am. With his voice type has the killer potential to blow me out of the sky in no time easily. I am so pumped to help this young man to get to the stage. He’s asking all the right questions, his efforts reflect his passion and he’s making fine progress
I'm recording a cover today and there's one dang note that's loud and difficult to reach..after doing these techniques while watching this video, I could hit it with more ease. MAJOR IMPROVEMENT!! Thank you soooo much...
Another excellent video mate. I spent a long time throttling myself to hit high notes, burning myself out, getting sore throats about once a week which really put a hamper on regular practice. When I finally worked out what over-singing was and learned to back off I realised how much range I actually had.
Some people are just really good instructors. Thank you for taking your time to make and post your videos. I` appreciate you. Rob
Thanks for the tips Ken sometimes it's hard to hit those high notes especially in the mornings you got to let your vocals get loose and loosen up as the day goes on your voice needs to wake up gets easier to hit high notes later on in the day for me it does anyways but placement head voice chest voice up in your make all these techniques help make it easier thanks for explaining the tips Ken it helps all ways buddy👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍
You bet!
Thanks
Hope you had a great thanksgiving Ken
Agreed Cade, if I'm doing singing in the morning I'll usually just do an early transition in to falsetto to more work on my pitch whilst I warm up my voice.
@@kentamplin I agree with you.
I found you by accident trying to learn how I can hit Tony Lewis "Your Love" better... actually was looking to see what others did that have issue with the pitch... I can "almost" hit it.
But then I accidently found you.. and instead of learning to sing it lower I think I may be able to get it.
splendid vids
I do it by practicing thousands of hours, I think that is the best method!!!
Thank you, thank you, thank you! I was always able to hit higher registers and scream like Ian Gillian when I was younger, but I lost it over time (56 now, smoking for 30+ years didn't help either). I accepted this as inevitable, especially when I saw Geddy Lee and Ian lose their range over time. Watching your video and paying attention to how it feels made me realize that the problem is losing my core strength over time. I may never get my full range back, but I now know if I rebuild core strength to support the notes with my diaphragm will give me more of my range back.
Ken, do you have like a vocal "grading sheet" where you can assess a performance and grade the singer on everything voice related so then you have a starting point for things to work on? Tone, timber, width, breadth, vibrato, chest voice, head voice, on pitch or off pitch, range, pleasantness, dip-thongs, over-singing, control, power, low and high.... and a thousand other ways to judge the voice/performance.. and in conjunction is there like a standard piece that you would use as a barometer/test starting point to test a vocalist to see where they are at, and what they need to work on.
You can teach anything you understand and can communicate articulately to a student. Fact.
A great teacher is mindful that is NOT about them or their ego.
This video is life changing,it's like a magic,how he explain stuff and how it makes sense without saying complicated things,i just increase my range by 2 note and that is something i can only dream about till now,seriously no joke this video is a lifesaver ,really appreciate that❤❤❤
I'm glad you found it helpful, Binh!
One from most important lesson during a last years....👍
Wonderful!
I am a baritone, and I want to hit a clear C#5 note, so I can sing O Holy Night in the same key as David Phelps. David has vocal cords that are the same as a baritone, yet he can sing the way he does and is considered a tenor. So, it has to be possible to do this and sing as clear as David does!
I watched an interview he did, and he said that the key is relaxing to hit the notes without really forcing it.
i'm from Brazil, and discover this channel two days ago, and those exercises and exemples give me so much cleary road to my studies , and my mission for my new cover band is so much harder, i put the song "i remember you" on a playlist of my band, and its gave me some kind of trouble, but i'm on a trail with Kenton's lessons....thank u so much man
Amazing video as always! I've always been thought of as a baritone, because I hardly could get pass F#4. But there was something I couldn't get - I had even more problems singing low notes, that a baritone should be able to sing with ease. It wasn't until I had gone to music school, when I was told I'm actually a tenor. I didn't believe it, so my teacher kind of suprised me - even at the top of my range, he insisted I keep going up with the proper support and... We went up to B4 easily. Practice and technique are really the only relevant way, and despite having a break in music... Thanks to your vid I might consider going back at it 🤠 Cheers and keep up the great work, you're an amazing teacher!
Build Chest > Head > Passagio > Mixed.
Even tho I don’t really understand singing it makes so much sense to me to build the foundation first. Ty for this lesson my dude
“This is where we start, we give ourselves permission.” My favourite, motivation for today.
Thank you Ken for all the great content :)
Wow Ken! That note BLEW MY MIND! You MUST be a vocal GOD!
Dude. Baritone here, F#4 is my highest note. I think your channel is about to become my favorite.
Awesome!
I've studied classical voice for six years with three outstanding teachers/singers and Ken's course, (which I subscribe to), is FANTASTIC! If you want to learn how to sing, don't hesitate, sign up and practice what he teaches. You'll be astounded by how good you'll get.
You have insane amounts of talent, Ken. My register feels so limited. This is inspiring,
I want to thank you so much for your program. You've done a lot for me. you've gave me my backbone. I've always wanted to be a singer. and not just that singer. but the singer. I'm from Eugene Oregon. and I bought your program. and I work with it. the days that I can work with it. I want to work with it. every and I do. since that day. I was 12 I can remember that I've always wanted to be a (singer) and be with your program regardless of what genre you're working with. I'm a Country Tanner . and it's absolutely made my achievements so easy. every day I practice because. (I love to sing). and it makes my day even better so I want to say for me it's not only the price but it's also the program that you put out I used it in 6 months it has made me a 10 times better singer and I'm still working with it thank you so much for your time and effort from the person Aaron Eugene Oregon country singer tinner thank you so much for this I am sure singing My Country Tunes thank you for your time
So happy to have found this channel. Aside from just seeming like a genuinely kind and caring person, you have that aire of experience that only comes with so many years of hard work. But more importantly, it is obvious that, aside from your musical talent--you have a unique gift for teaching . A lot of crazy-talented musicians suppliment their income in-between gigs with teaching. Only a small number of them teach well....likely because they do not love teaching. Thank you for this great content.
I could feel the resonance of truth in this video based upon my own experiences of learning how to sing. 👌🏾thank you for sharing this information.
The way you articulate things is exactly how I’ve naturally come to feel them when I sign ken. I have a ways to go strengthening my head voice and passagionbut have gotten decent and transitioning between chest and head voice
Excellent videos as always Ken. thank you very much. 10 years ago I wouldn't have thought that I would be able to sing over an E. Hard work pays off!
Merci beaucoup Ken! Du Canada français, Quebec ! Thank you very much Ken! From french Canada, Quebec.
Always a big thumbs up to your content. My singing teacher always says, you should sing songs that fit you, but i still love songs like the slow version of Take on me that isnt naturally for me, but i still force my self to be able to and despite him not liking me to do it, he supports me and today iam able to reach those high notes quite easily. Singing is so much practice and ppl tend to be unpatient ^^ i was too. Much love to all those good ppl out there.
The power of desire. Even after they told you, "You can't do it." You went and did it. Thanks for the inspiration.
Just came over from the Steve Perry video. I'm totally new to you. I can smell a vocal coach BS-er from a mile away. There are so many terrible vocal coaches out there...frauds, really, though they don't know it themselves. I am completely unfamiliar with your teaching style, but I can tell immediately that this is the real deal. I was professionally trained in a past life, and some terminology is shared, but your method on the whole is unfamiliar to me. Still, everything you are saying is clicking with me just from my experience with my own voice. How refreshing to find someone who really knows what they're talking about. Subscribed!
I have always found that high notes tend to be counter intuitive in how to get to them. Most when they start singing will do the tense up and strain harder to hit the note. But that is backwards. you (at least as my brain understands it) , relax into the note. Open mouth, relaxed neck muscles, etc. Yes you support more but it should not be a strain on the diaphragm. As you say its not about the note at all, its about everything that gets you to the note :)
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This lesson alone is worth the price of your singing course! :)
I never thought these types of videos could be entertaining and informative at the same time. Some times I forget he's giving out tips. 😂
Glad you like them!
Great video. I'm currently rehearsing the song 'Bridge of Love' by Joy Fleming (greatest German voice ever). I'm actually working my way through the song like an athlete and Ken's video helps me a lot to stay cool and relaxed.
Watching this video you mentioned giving yourself "permission" to sing high notes. You also have mentioned a physiological aspect. I never thought of it that way, but you are so correct. If I may add to that (if you haven't already), a person shouldn't "overthink" it. I am a hi-berry like you. I use to work for a rent a car company as a shuttle driver. I picked up a woman who looks exactly like Lou Gramm now. I told her who she looked like. She didn't know who Lou Gramm is. I mentioned to her the song "I've Been Waiting for a Girl Like You." I sang a short stint of the chorus. And I was hitting Lou Gramm's notes. I didn't sound like a baritone whatsoever. I sounded like a tenor. She said I have a great voice. All along, I was thinking, how da hell did I do that????
Thank you for doing this, you are the best. After weeks of doing what you taught, I can finally sing!
"giving yourself permission" is the same thing as "having confidence"; fear or anxiety can get in the way of a lot of things, including kicking a field goal or hitting the bleacher notes
What you saying is true cos that's how i have improved ma singing
Thanks for these. Just kept singing higher and higher with your encouragement! Must have just gained an octave in 10 minutes and not going to stop now!
Your "give yourself permission" point reminds me of the 4-minute mile. Nobody ever ran one, until someone did. Everyone thought it was remarkable at first, but then people started doing it daily. As Col. Potter once said on M*A*S*H*, "the body can do amazing things if the mind will let it".
Thanks for all you do!
Thank you so much🙏🙏😂 I’m 60 years old and as a “younger” man could sing my lips off (3+ octaves to E2-G5. Fast forward 30 years and I was hard pressed to get an octave and a half😳 D4 was the highest not I could sing comfortably. I’ve been working in range for a few months and have managed to choke out and A5 doing a warmup of trills, sirens and 1,4,5’s. Then I found this video! Very intelligent approach Kenny, After 4 days I’m up to a D5 and have usable range up to B4 already. I feel confident I’ll get my E5 which will be 3 octaves from the E3!!!! Again, thank you so much, from one grampa to another:)👍👍👍
FYI:I’ve probably messed the a5-e2 stuff up, but I’m old, and I’m sorry lol
Ken, I think you are the greatest instructor in all the land. I am so glad to have these lessons to help me sing well. I always wished - wished I could sing well. Because of you I am on my way - slowly lol !!
I couldn’t find any good tips from other sources and since I’m singing in spanish there wasn’t many useful videos. But this was very helpful, all I had to do was convert some sounds and tones but it’s pretty much the same. Thanks a bunch 👍
my dog and my cat...you should see their faces. Lmao
And I agree with you completely about demonstration, where some people might talk about doing something, but never demonstrate what they’re talking about which is something that I have always tried to emphasize with my student and for whenever I post a video about singing tips, I always try to explain what I’m talking about And then demonstrate how it works so that way people can see that I’m not just talking to hear myself talk but that I actually know what I’m talking about and I can demonstrate how it works even showing them in song form how the methods I teach can be applied
Again, as i commented in the warmup video, these are a great complement to the singing course!! Im trying to build the mixed voice currently (started in a a4 2 years ago now hitting g5) but have had trouble with overpowering chest... just that little detail of not hitting that bottom note so hard has made a difference right now doing the sliders + my hour of free singing has been much easier and getting the parts i found difficult on past weeks! thanks ken!
Great to hear!
12:21 cracked me up. You are a well rounded teacher. Funny, informative, genuine, entertaining, skilled and just cool in general.
I'm a bari who had to sing bass in college. And watching this 16 minute video had me singing past A5 for the first time since I was that castrati you mentioned. (or about 6th grade with all my equipment...) Thanks Ken!
Priceless info! Thanks a lot sir Ken for the psychology of singing. Demonstration is the best way of teaching.
Thanks for sharing this video, and I hope that you had a good Thanksgiving. I get a lot of compliments on the way I hit high notes at my open mic nights by people who tell me that my singing reminds them of singers like Neil Young and Smokey Robinson.
That's awesome, Benji!
I never psych myself out by thinking about high notes and I relax into it which I think makes it very simple. I think some people strain to reach high notes because they think about it coming up.
I totally agree with you. Go Bri.👊
This feels good. I thought I'd never reach that note. Until today. Need more practice.
Thankyou, I am in a small group that sings together in Australia because it just feels good, but i have found so many songs dont seem to be in my range. Now I know they can be
Thank you brother - that came at just the right time. Seriously, I'm mixing a song, and the only thing missing is the note I can't hit without nearly passing out! ha ha This is perfect! I've been singing my entire life, and I have found the psychological aspects to be incredibly interesting. I realised something was strange at the beginning when I could sing great on my own, but was hopeless in front of anyone. SInging is good for the soul no matter how you sing.
I’m listening to everything he said. Keeping my vocal cords relaxed, and focusing on the diaphragm. I tried this again and I can hit an E5! I still sound a little weak and flute-ish, but at least my range is expanding. Thanks, Ken! I’m excited to keep improving my voice!
Well done!
I watched many other videos and nothing but i could start mixing watching this video. thank you so much.
Phenomenal! This is the best lesson.
Happy to help!
Man your videos have helped me
My voice is really improving
In my opinion it was almost 3 and half octaves. A great lesson on singing and singing freely!
This video helped me alot but do you have any tips on how to engage more in your chest voice because I'm a female suprano and every time I sing I immediately go to head voice. I'm really good at head voice but I would also like to use my lower range aswell and I have a lower range but I don't know how to use it as good as my high range.
I like these tips. But I also realized that for myself and some others. We realize we do not have the right voice to sing high notes. I am more of a country singer although I would have loved to sing rock .
You are the best teacher ever. Thank u so much