@@Betterschooloflanguages No, the video is not clear. Especially for beginners, because she goes right on step 3, and misses step 2 and 1. By that, I mean that it is true we modify some vowel sounds to make the timbre color consistent GIVEN that we are singing the overtones correctly to start off. That is to say, we sing the normal vowels in relation to a specific vowel sound, every single vowel ( a e i o u) needs to be in relation or "inside" this bigger vowel. She doesn't explain this, and its extremely important. Thats why are a lot of beginners are strugglers and never make progress. There's also more important details that I dont have time to get into which she didn't even bring up. This video should be more targeted to medium level singers.
@@ICT_Midnight I agree, however you cannot possibly incorporate everything into a video and keep it short enough to where the "masses" will watch the whole thing. It also doesn't explicitly say this is for beginners, although I am one. Bouncing around the 12 million "how to sing" videos on youtube really has to be the worst way to learn how to sing. I feel like I'm going in circles, and while some of this made sense to me, I have more questions then I did before.
@@aly9402 Hi, I agree with most of what you said. And yea, watching the popular "how to sing" or ",watch this video and you'll sound great" are the worst sort of videos. Its about training the correct muscles to engage when signing. If I were you, I'd avoid the videos who encourage you to "yawn" , or who overfocus on breathing or bringing too much nasal resonance. Also, do NOT work narrow vowels first, or the feeling of a narrow throat. Get a sense of what an open throat feels like, but don't exaggerate (yea there's such a thing as too open of a throat) you need to learn to not get caught on bad habits as a part of your principles. Also, remember this; It takes a LONG time to master this or even make a significant progress. Singing is the hardest skill to master. So, if it doesn't go your way, just keep trying. In Italy, they spend 4 years working vowels before singing any song. That should give you a hint how difficult this stuff can be. If you have questions about something related to singing , I can answer them for you.
For months, I've been floundering around on UA-cam, looking for practical ways to improve as a new singer, and this is one of the best videos I've come across. Thanks for putting so much thought into this!
No, the video is not clear. Especially for beginners, because she goes right on step 3, and misses step 2 and 1. By that, I mean that it is true we modify some vowel sounds to make the timbre color consistent GIVEN that we are singing the overtones correctly to start off. That is to say, we sing the normal vowels in relation to a specific vowel sound, every single vowel ( a e i o u) needs to be in relation or "inside" this bigger vowel. She doesn't explain this, and its extremely important. Thats why are a lot of beginners are strugglers and never make progress. There's also more important details that I dont have time to get into which she didn't even bring up. This video should be more targeted to medium level singers.
@@bhoomika6505 Well, what I'm basically saying is that you really want get the tone of your voice in the right configuration FIRST, before you start working on modifying certain vowels or even intonation. You have to find a way to find this right vocal track which is able to create the right overtones for a right voice to sing (one that is not squeaky, or too dark, depressed, over bright etc) . That depends on many factors, including the position of your pharynx, larynx, tongue, a relaxation response , and more importantly your vocal chords and its relation to subglottic pressure of the air. When we sing, we try to make the vowels go mainly to the "OH" vowel, (the OH vowel creates balance in the vocal track basically) thats what I mean when say that we make each vowel to a specific vowel sound. Every singer uses the OH vowel overtone sound. Make sure that you don't overdo or exaggerate this, you don't want sound operatic (unless you're doing opera) and make sure you don't use the root of your tongue to create the position. If you're just starting, I'd recommend that you get a good vocal coach to guide you, cause you really don't want muscle memory to mess you up if you're doing it incorrectly for longs periods of time You should first work on that, and along the way, youre gonna other overtones like those find in belting... or rock.
This is just what I've been looking for - I come from Yorkshire in the UK and we tend to flatten our vowels quite a lot and I dislike singing with a Yorkshire accent! Your video has helped me and I loved the example from Les Mis as I sang that exact piece at our choir concert last summer - wish I'd known then what I know now! Thanks again!
You are the best. No one like you Jenny. I am not native to English as I am from India. From my childhood I have been listening to rock songs like Scorpions, Iron Maiden, Steelheart, Van Halen etc and always wanted to be a rock vocalist. Today I am 52 years old and I haven't given up. I want to be singer. I find your teaching exceptional. GOD bless you.
Thank you SOOO MUCH 🔥🔥🔥 Im not native speaker, I bought several courses to improve my English pronunciation, but nobody, nobody could tell how it works when we sing !. Thank you from the bottom if my heart 😃❤️🔥
This is extremely practical, immediately useful, remarkably clear, and all done with an extraordinarily beautiful voice. Bravo, all around! I really love your speaking and singing voice. It’s so so pretty.
😲OMG, u teach very amazing.👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼💖💖💖 Ur voice when u normally talk is very pretty real unique n enjoyable to listen to its very soothing n special.💖💖💖 This video u made deserves millions of views n likes.💝💝💝 ☺️🙏🏼Tnx, plz make more like this. Good luck🤞🏼🍀🍀🍀🌻🐞
you point out exactly my problems. I've been trying for a long time to figure out why i sound so harsh while singing. Hmm.. Thanks for making this video. It sure will take time to remember them while singing but i'm gonna put it into practice
If I learn this song and say him and me than people might start to wonder if I'm gay but i'm totally learning how to sing for my cat which is tough so ya
Many many many great belters are from the U.K. because the way they pronunciation their vowels translates very well into singing. It’s a struggle for me unfortunately
What helps me is sustain a note on AH and slowly turn it into an EE while keeping the same open shape at the back of the throat/soft pallet. It may take some time to get used to it but it gives you an idea.
Additionally, as you go up, do not widen the Ee sideways. It causes your larynx to unnecessarily hike up and jam the sound, causing you to eventually have to strain to sing the higher note.
because EE”N” and AYE”N” don’t sound as natural as EH”N”. But if you are speaking english with an accent then of course there is going to be a difference.
does that mean Anyone like me who do not have a wide mouth like them and have very small width mouth and thin lips cannot sing?? I mean like them ofcourse clear loud and angelic voice ?? Serious Question
TL:DR Example sentence didn't follow your vowel to sound rules. Full explanation follows: I'm desperately trying to learn how to convert words into their singing form by applying a text to singing sound formulae but your rules and example don't align or am I missing something? eg in the example sentence "In the rain, the pavement shines..." you say the vowels in rain and shine are to sound like: rain = ah shine = ah But the rules you gave on the previous slide said: A = AH or AY I = EE or AYE E = EH or EE So according these rules: rain = r (AH or AY) (EE or AYE) n shine = sh (EE or AYE) n (EH or EE) rain is missing the "i" sound - either an EE or AYE according to the rules. and i and e in shine doesn't have ANY of the vowel sounds instead your example sentence said "ah" which is the vowel sound for an A?! Shine as spelt doesn't contain an a. What am I missing here? Please help me understand as this is exactly the approach - but an internally consistent one I'm looking for! Update: Hilarious I shouldn't have stopped at 5:10 because running it for a few seconds longer I would have noticed the only 2 singing sound used either AH or EH even though there are 3 vowels a, e, i in the sentence. Oh plus PAH which isn't in your given rules at all. As I say hilarious if dark comedy is your thing. 😅
Ash Waddington I know it’s not a vowel but there’s techniques like singing the “oo” sound sound to emphasize the “w” sound. Example the word why would be sung sometimes “oo-ah-I” Hope that makes sense
basically modifying your voice to make it easier for a studio engineer to fix it in the studio. Looks like we're still pretty primitive capturing the human voice on a recording.
I know this video is almost 3 years old, but as a beginner singer, this video explains SO MUCH. Thank you!
❤I know this video is 6 years old but as a beginner it explains so much😁
@@Betterschooloflanguages No, the video is not clear. Especially for beginners, because she goes right on step 3, and misses step 2 and 1. By that, I mean that it is true we modify some vowel sounds to make the timbre color consistent GIVEN that we are singing the overtones correctly to start off. That is to say, we sing the normal vowels in relation to a specific vowel sound, every single vowel ( a e i o u) needs to be in relation or "inside" this bigger vowel. She doesn't explain this, and its extremely important. Thats why are a lot of beginners are strugglers and never make progress. There's also more important details that I dont have time to get into which she didn't even bring up. This video should be more targeted to medium level singers.
@@ICT_Midnight I agree, however you cannot possibly incorporate everything into a video and keep it short enough to where the "masses" will watch the whole thing. It also doesn't explicitly say this is for beginners, although I am one. Bouncing around the 12 million "how to sing" videos on youtube really has to be the worst way to learn how to sing. I feel like I'm going in circles, and while some of this made sense to me, I have more questions then I did before.
@@aly9402 Hi, I agree with most of what you said. And yea, watching the popular "how to sing" or ",watch this video and you'll sound great" are the worst sort of videos. Its about training the correct muscles to engage when signing. If I were you, I'd avoid the videos who encourage you to "yawn" , or who overfocus on breathing or bringing too much nasal resonance. Also, do NOT work narrow vowels first, or the feeling of a narrow throat. Get a sense of what an open throat feels like, but don't exaggerate (yea there's such a thing as too open of a throat) you need to learn to not get caught on bad habits as a part of your principles. Also, remember this; It takes a LONG time to master this or even make a significant progress. Singing is the hardest skill to master. So, if it doesn't go your way, just keep trying. In Italy, they spend 4 years working vowels before singing any song. That should give you a hint how difficult this stuff can be. If you have questions about something related to singing , I can answer them for you.
@@ICT_Midnight please how can i get in touch with you please i have questions.. your DM or anything?
For months, I've been floundering around on UA-cam, looking for practical ways to improve as a new singer, and this is one of the best videos I've come across. Thanks for putting so much thought into this!
No, the video is not clear. Especially for beginners, because she goes right on step 3, and misses step 2 and 1. By that, I mean that it is true we modify some vowel sounds to make the timbre color consistent GIVEN that we are singing the overtones correctly to start off. That is to say, we sing the normal vowels in relation to a specific vowel sound, every single vowel ( a e i o u) needs to be in relation or "inside" this bigger vowel. She doesn't explain this, and its extremely important. Thats why are a lot of beginners are strugglers and never make progress. There's also more important details that I dont have time to get into which she didn't even bring up. This video should be more targeted to medium level singers.
@@ICT_Midnight I'd love to learn more. Can you explain more if you don't mind?
@@bhoomika6505 Well, what I'm basically saying is that you really want get the tone of your voice in the right configuration FIRST, before you start working on modifying certain vowels or even intonation. You have to find a way to find this right vocal track which is able to create the right overtones for a right voice to sing (one that is not squeaky, or too dark, depressed, over bright etc) . That depends on many factors, including the position of your pharynx, larynx, tongue, a relaxation response , and more importantly your vocal chords and its relation to subglottic pressure of the air. When we sing, we try to make the vowels go mainly to the "OH" vowel, (the OH vowel creates balance in the vocal track basically) thats what I mean when say that we make each vowel to a specific vowel sound. Every singer uses the OH vowel overtone sound. Make sure that you don't overdo or exaggerate this, you don't want sound operatic (unless you're doing opera) and make sure you don't use the root of your tongue to create the position. If you're just starting, I'd recommend that you get a good vocal coach to guide you, cause you really don't want muscle memory to mess you up if you're doing it incorrectly for longs periods of time You should first work on that, and along the way, youre gonna other overtones like those find in belting... or rock.
Why are we whispering? Is it a secret?
actually i think it is. For one will commit it all to memory now before it disappears!
Darin Gigliotti shhhhh
Shut up dude. Do you want the commoners to find out?
@@CaptainCocaine lol
XD
That was probably one of the most informative videos I've seen on YT!
This is just what I've been looking for - I come from Yorkshire in the UK and we tend to flatten our vowels quite a lot and I dislike singing with a Yorkshire accent! Your video has helped me and I loved the example from Les Mis as I sang that exact piece at our choir concert last summer - wish I'd known then what I know now! Thanks again!
Jenny, your video is the most professional and detailed explanation I've found here on youtube, thank you so much!
Thanks so much. You are so detailed. This has helped me a lot. God bless you.
This is an amazing method for studying. Thanks to share this for free, hope everybody will get HOW IMPORTANT this video is
Really beautiful lessons for improving pronunciation. Thank you so much.
OMG,, i love your voice 😍 even when speaking or singing.. your voice sounds beautiful, thank you for share this video.. it's helps me so much
I was randomly tumbling upon a page on reddit about singing in American, then I saw this and I honestly found a gem
AH-MAHZEHN teaching, truly. God bless you!
You are the best. No one like you Jenny. I am not native to English as I am from India. From my childhood I have been listening to rock songs like Scorpions, Iron Maiden, Steelheart, Van Halen etc and always wanted to be a rock vocalist. Today I am 52 years old and I haven't given up. I want to be singer. I find your teaching exceptional. GOD bless you.
A million times thank you so much for this it’s a game changer for me😌
This was an eye opener, no wonder I sounded like “ Happy feet” , gr8full ⭐️
I found this video very grateful for singing in diction. Thank you!
Thank you for sharing your knowledge. It helps me so much in my singing.
Wow, I have spent months trying to learn this but with this video, i have finally gotten it. You have made it so easy. thank you.
Any improvement after 4 years?
This is very clever stuff. I love it
Who else is watching this in 2023?❤️❤️❤️
Thank you so much!! This was amazingly helpful!
Just perfect! Thank you :)
@jennifer Ayers you can't out such amazing content and not post your website!!!! I need more of your awesomeness! :D
Thank you SOOO MUCH 🔥🔥🔥 Im not native speaker, I bought several courses to improve my English pronunciation, but nobody, nobody could tell how it works when we sing !. Thank you from the bottom if my heart 😃❤️🔥
This is extremely practical, immediately useful, remarkably clear, and all done with an extraordinarily beautiful voice. Bravo, all around! I really love your speaking and singing voice. It’s so so pretty.
Very grateful for this tutorial!
Coming back to this for the 3rd time! :)
Still trying to get the hang of this but this has helped a lot even with the little bit that I am able to get it.
Thanks for this amazing guidance.
Good video, well explained
Really great video regarding vowels.
😲OMG, u teach very amazing.👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼💖💖💖
Ur voice when u normally talk is very pretty real unique n enjoyable to listen to its very soothing n special.💖💖💖
This video u made deserves millions of views n likes.💝💝💝
☺️🙏🏼Tnx, plz make more like this. Good luck🤞🏼🍀🍀🍀🌻🐞
Excellent explanation. Thank you. 😀
This helped me so much, thank youu❤
thanks, I just started singing and this helped me.
thank you! very practical tip!
SO USEFUL THANK YOU
whoa!!! awesome too bad i did not see any other lessons in your channel i definitely will subscribe if you do more of this tutorials
Thank you, good video!
This is great! ☺️
you point out exactly my problems. I've been trying for a long time to figure out why i sound so harsh while singing. Hmm.. Thanks for making this video. It sure will take time to remember them while singing but i'm gonna put it into practice
me too!
Nice to hear that
Very helpful content
Superb!!
It helps a lot, thank you.
How about the “I” in Im still standing, and the difference between the live versions and the studio version?
LMAOOO SHE TAUGHT USSS SZANESE
Nice tutorial ❤️
Outstanding
Ahn dye sahy, thaT ayhm en lave! Thanks!
What do they all have in common?
Me: uh they're by microphones?
They're mouths are wide open
Me: oh
Omg I thought the same thing 😂
@@ErrorLydia I'm glad I ain't the only one
LMFAOO
@@jasperrosa1369 yeah I had to watch this for the school chorus too 😂
Nice my Voice is memorizing how to sing Vowel in easy step. 😲💕NEW SUBSCRIBER.
Lol that's pretty much how I started speaking english 😂
Great technique
Thank you for this tutorial. I need your advise. How do I sing the word determination, conspire and some may? Please advise.
Jennifer ur my hero😘😘😘
Osm
Maam plz upload more video on diction plz maam
Fantastic.
Wow! Very informative. The audio could have been better but I appreciate this video
Thanks very informative
Sing the word cryen, high!
Brilliant
the rule for "thA" and "thE" is use the one that sounds better in context
Lovely : )
very helpful, thanks
How did you get AH from rain? You very clearly said rEHn, not rAHn.
Can I get an audio sample of "dakrknehss," please? I always sound like I'm doing for some reason. 😆
Wts the name of the song u used for ur video as the example?💙
If I learn this song and say him and me than people might start to wonder if I'm gay but i'm totally learning how to sing for my cat which is tough so ya
how did it go bro
what about words that start with Vowels to which singers commonly add an "H" sound? Is this something that should not be done?
thanks so much !
If you see this message, Jennifer, could you tell me how to pronounce "Deep peace"? Two tt's or one?
LEA SALONGA the Miss Saigon is very good at it.
This is almost an ASMR video
Captions: A E I Owe you
thank you 🖤
Are you whispering?
This is was a looking for
Charm... Sounds very British... I'm British and full of charm. Been a singer, musician and pianist for 25 years. Just saying.
Many many many great belters are from the U.K. because the way they pronunciation their vowels translates very well into singing. It’s a struggle for me unfortunately
Yaaas
is it normal to develop a country accent when doing this?
I think you're noticing a drawl when you're enunciating? It may be normal for your voice.
i get a very julie andrews sound.
These exercises are very useful. Thanks for sharing. …by the way larynx is not pronounced “larNyx”. It is larYnx
This is awesome
6:14
How would you sing the word "material"?
Try one of the variants from Material Girl there are several .
Would cyhan substiute cryen?
Ee is very hard for me, i started straining nd my throat get stuck
What helps me is sustain a note on AH and slowly turn it into an EE while keeping the same open shape at the back of the throat/soft pallet. It may take some time to get used to it but it gives you an idea.
Additionally, as you go up, do not widen the Ee sideways. It causes your larynx to unnecessarily hike up and jam the sound, causing you to eventually have to strain to sing the higher note.
@@Timliu92 I've heard that too - and to almost sing it as eu with a rounder mouth rather than the wide ee sound
sounds like shes serious
Please send all programme
@stephaineowen
AH EH EE OH OO
U are very pretty
Why u used EH in IN word rather than EE or AYE pls help ?
because EE”N” and AYE”N” don’t sound as natural as EH”N”. But if you are speaking english with an accent then of course there is going to be a difference.
does that mean Anyone like me who do not have a wide mouth like them and have very small width mouth and thin lips cannot sing?? I mean like them ofcourse clear loud and angelic voice ?? Serious Question
I have a small mouth and I have been singing for 9 years and never had a problem because I have a small mouth 😂
Shouldn't it be "mehsty"?
damn thx, they should have tough us this at school
TL:DR
Example sentence didn't follow your vowel to sound rules.
Full explanation follows:
I'm desperately trying to learn how to convert words into their singing form by applying a text to singing sound formulae but your rules and example don't align or am I missing something?
eg in the example sentence "In the rain, the pavement shines..." you say the vowels in rain and shine are to sound like:
rain = ah
shine = ah
But the rules you gave on the previous slide said:
A = AH or AY
I = EE or AYE
E = EH or EE
So according these rules:
rain = r (AH or AY) (EE or AYE) n
shine = sh (EE or AYE) n (EH or EE)
rain is missing the "i" sound - either an EE or AYE according to the rules.
and i and e in shine doesn't have ANY of the vowel sounds instead your example sentence said "ah" which is the vowel sound for an A?! Shine as spelt doesn't contain an a.
What am I missing here? Please help me understand as this is exactly the approach - but an internally consistent one I'm looking for!
Update: Hilarious I shouldn't have stopped at 5:10 because running it for a few seconds longer I would have noticed the only 2 singing sound used either AH or EH even though there are 3 vowels a, e, i in the sentence. Oh plus PAH which isn't in your given rules at all. As I say hilarious if dark comedy is your thing. 😅
What about singing words that start with “W”
Rene Debaser what, w isn’t a vowel, you can’t rly open it, just the vowel that comes after
Ash Waddington I know it’s not a vowel but there’s techniques like singing the “oo” sound sound to emphasize the “w” sound. Example the word why would be sung sometimes “oo-ah-I” Hope that makes sense
basically modifying your voice to make it easier for a studio engineer to fix it in the studio. Looks like we're still pretty primitive capturing the human voice on a recording.
using IPA characters would help with reading the pronunciations
Larynx
Volume is all the way up on my bluetooth speaker and I can still barely hear you