Using Twang in Your Singing

Adding a vocal “edge” to your voice can be exciting - and taking this into your higher range can be dramatic - says David Combes.
When Janice in the TV show Friends says “Oh My Gawd...” - that is twang at its limit. Singers like Anastacia, use this same effect to add drama and a laser-beam focus to their vocals.
So, what is it? It’s a natural effect - just think of a baby crying or children taunting each other in a playground (nah-nah, n-nah-nah!).
Singers like Chaka Kahn, Stevie Wonder and many others use it without turning it up to “10” - to give some “cut” or “edge” to higher notes. - see the full article here: www.voicecounci...
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David Combes is a singer and educator who has worked in almost every area of the music industry. As a session singer he has backed Beyoncé Knowles, Chaka Khan, Westlife, Elton John, Annie Lennox, Lionel Richie, Kylie and Bring Me The Horizon. He can also been heard on numerous prime time TV shows having sung on several series of ‘The X Factor’ and ‘Britain’s Got Talent’. He has contributed vocals to the scores of films including 'The Corpse Bride', 'Transformers', 'Pirates of the Caribbean', 'Nine', and 'Pan' - which is due for release towards the end of 2015. His solo performances range from the Royal Albert Hall and Ronnie Scott's to venues in Dubai and Mauritius. David is also a tutor on the vocal faculty for The University of West London and for The Institute of Contemporary Music Performance. See www.davidcombes...

[@corystajduhar]

Stevie Wonder has a very bright and focused voice, so I've always noticed the twang. Great video.

[@benalogy6711]

i think, stevie had a different technique. he sounds lil bit nassal.. but in his style so god

[@mylafouad3575]

You look like Channing Tatum ! Very nice voice !

[@deegee4041]

Great examples of "dialed up" and "dialed down" twang. Thank you!

[@theguyfromberlin]

best video about twang i've found so far. thank you very much!

[@spotimpelampela8197]

Oh,i at least you convinced me ,,I have been looking for this,, thanks so much sir,be blessed

[@Rosannasfriend]

I have my own ideas, but you never said how the "slight twang " done by Stevie Wonder is achieved.

[@carolpower5523]

Really great explanation. Thanks so much

[@felipedourado]

Jarle bernhoft, AL green, Mick hucknal...

[@leatieri8461]

ha ha. Been working on this one and just today I was going to search for "how to sing Alone" but was checking out some videos on twang first, as I was thinking I just need to add twang!!!

[@XxQueenChristinaxX]

Thanks.

[@veronicadavanzo2064]

Calling you...you send me :) Immediately what I though of. Also "Alison" by Elvis Costello.

[@yandreisamson7012]

Wow! this really helped

[@vawncorrigan7330]

thanks, very helpful for me

[@stebolian]

How does Axel get the very full folds up so high . It's not open folds. His voice is naturally bassy

[@RottenbergZhenya]

Literally, in every video about twang Janice is mentioned, lol

[@benalogy6711]

thanks coach

[@jharon11]

My car is my practice studio... makes drive-time tolerable

[@BarryHawk]

Great

[@Rosannasfriend]

Urkel saying "did I do that?" Is more effective for me. That's ingrained permanently in my brain, lol. Janice is good too, I'm just letting you know if another option.

[@Lulu-vi4wb]

Stevie still sings the same key as in his younger days. Not the same case for Tom Jones and Englebert Humperdinck.

[@bigpiglove]

Thanks! Shoud we us nasality to do twang?

[@markyj8832]

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[@bigpiglove]

pidor

[@michaelsabiu8155]

But when I'm getting higher it's gonna be so nasal

[@breadfan9]

Dude looks like John Cena

[@soulhealingmusic1117]

breadfan9 and Channing Tatum

[@Nerdifull]

Who

[@naielmusic]

Who

[@chrisw9121]

Thats not twang. Twang is country accent in singing.

[@Ignasimp]

Chris W lol no. A lot of country singers use twang, but is not a matter of accent.

[@chrisw9121]

whatever

[@lucianmykel781]

Twang is what MAKES the country accent in the first place, Einstein.