I did an internal happy dance when you said you’d give us a bonus round on the agility exercise because I was having so much fun doing it! I’m learning a coloratura operatic role right now, so this was SO helpful! I’ll be using this a lot more! Thanks again, Jeff!
ive been in 8 different musical classes throughout the last 5 years but the last excersize of this video has just become my favourite!! i havent been in choir in a few years but i do hope to stay in good vocal shape still so i appreciate your amazing warm ups so much. thank you jeff!
I always get excited when I see a new video by Mr.Jeff Rolka 👌🏻😍 I can’t believe the difference I’ve made in my voice this past year since using your videos! My voice teacher is a fan of you, as well! Thank you so much!
That's awesome! On both accounts! I'm glad that the videos are helping! Keep singing, enjoy the channel and say, 'thanks' to your teacher on my behalf! All the best! Jeff
Love your tutorials; my disabled daughter and I have been doing your warm up exercise video’s for fun, breath control and voice projection. You are blessing more than the soprano community. Sending huge thanks and seasonal wishes.
Thank you so much for these videos! I went back to vocal training and my vocal coach said my pitch, tone, reasonance, and full range has improved greatly! Thanks for all your help!
Thanks so much for these warmups. I like to use these because I don't have to be the one giving myself the notes and pitches and this allows me to concentrate on the specific vocal quality or function I am working on. I use this resonance especially in the car going to a gig to get my voice resonance correct, especially since I am a coloratura soprano.
Just wanted to make another comment on this excellent lesson. Around "7", the last hum, adding a, ah and o, I found I was making a bubble! The last section, following that, is a great coloratura type practice. Has to be another WOW from me!
and once again I am warming up with your videos. Today is Thanksgiving Day in the US. You are one of the reasons I have to be grateful. Thank you for your consistent generosity. I love the way you look at the camera while taking us through the exercises. When you smile, it's like you're really in the room with me. Practicing with your videos has greatly improved my voice. Blessings to you.
Thank you so very much for your kind words! I appreciate it, and am glad that I and the videos have been available to serve you so well. Enjoy them! Keep singing! Happy Thanksgiving! Jeff
I enjoy the ee aa ah o u ! Brilliant ❤ I saw Depeche Mode last and was looking for a milder warmer this repair my throat from screaming 🙀 😂. Dave Gahan the singer was just incredible in spite of the high decibel levels. Martin Gore was pitch perfect 🤩
HI Jeff , another brilliant video ! Now that Ive got my resonance in place with this video , can we have another video as a part B to focus on the fast coloratura runs . Perhaps an octave and a half range exercise going from bottom to top of range ? Starting with the run slowly to get the notes then gradually adding speed . Focus on intonation and agility over the fast runs throughout the soprano range . Thanks Jeff
Sure! I had it in mind to do a more comprehensive advanced warm up not this week but the following week. I'll keep your request in mind as I put it together! Best, Jeff
Hope you don't get tired of hearing from me Jeff, but things need to be said! Really enjoyed this lesson, so varied and covering some good aspects here. I love agility ex ercises, keeps that concentration going 100%. 153 likes, wish I could get 3 zeros on the end for you and change the 1 to a 9. No more than you deserve. Grateful thanks as ever.
Jeff, Love your videos man! Had a question for you though- I often hear you mention CT/TA dominant singing. I recently learned where the CT muscle is and it has dramatically helped me in regard to keeping my larynx neutral when hitting higher notes. I also understand that it is this muscle that teachers are attempting to have students engage when they ask the student to add a “oo” or “uh” or dopey sound to the vowel slightly. I realized it because my conscious engagement of what I now know to be the CT muscle yields the same result as those vowel mods. With that said all of the information I’m finding in regard to anatomy and physiology teaches that this is the only muscle that changes pitch. This doesn’t seem true to me though simply because it doesn’t seem necessary for me to knowingly engage the CT muscle until around d4 or later depending on the sound I’m going for.i often hear you mention TA dominant singing and was wondering if you could shed some light on this physiology/anatomy and maybe discuss these musculatures in a video with a model of some sort!? It helped me so much learning where the CT muscle is and how it works so I’m sure it would only help me more to know about the other musculature! If you can’t do a video maybe you could just fill me in a little by way of message or send me a link?? Anything would help haha. Thanks, Terrance Turner
Hello Terrance! I really need to get one of those models to use in videos. Some folks in a live event several weeks ago were talking about it and it would be very helpful. That being said-here's a link to a diagram: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larynx#/media/File:Larynx_external_en.svg You can see the cricothyroid muscles there, but what you can't see are the other set of cricothyroid muscles. They are two groups of two, posterior and anterior. When making a smooth transition from thyroarytenoid dominant singing (chest voice) to cricothyroid dominant singing (head voice) they contract and rotate the hyoid cartilage. This has the effect of elongating the vocal folds and enabling the singer to sing higher notes while still sounding as if they are using their 'chest voice.' The thyroartyenoid muscles are beneath the 'cover' or 'ligament' of the vocal folds. The 'oo' or 'uh' sounds, in my teaching, are used to insure that the student has adduction of the vocal fold, rather than having a falsetto tone production (where the vocal folds are abducted - separated.) Let me know if this helps at all, or if there are aspects that need clarification. I will see about getting a model! Thanks for a great question! Jeff
Hello sir. Pardon me for using my dads account. My name is Refat I am 18 year old from Bangladesh. I never have learned singing. What I sing now is all self taught. I can sing a little high and I think maybe I'm a tenor(maybe I'm not sure). I want to sing more high and I want to know what is my vocal type. My family dont support me much on singing so I don't have any music instruments. Is there any way you can listen to my audios or videos and give me tips? there are plenty of videos and I don't know where to start from. I hope you'll be kind enough to help me.
Hello! Thank you for watching and thank you for getting in touch. If you want to work more on your upper register, have a look at this video series, the link below is for the first one: ua-cam.com/video/erFjTGWia5U/v-deo.html Best! Jeff
Hello Md. Mosla, I have just seen your comment and Jeff's reply to you. I think it is really good that you are so interested in learning to sing. I know it is a year ago since you wrote so I do not know how far you have been able to go with your singing. Take a look through Jeff's videos - they are truly excellent an Jeff is an amazing teacher. For my part, I would say breathing properly is the first step to set you on the road to singing, and also controlling your breathing. You have probably come a long way since you wrote, but I wish you lots of luck and hope you are being to achieve your goals. Kind regards.
I did an internal happy dance when you said you’d give us a bonus round on the agility exercise because I was having so much fun doing it! I’m learning a coloratura operatic role right now, so this was SO helpful! I’ll be using this a lot more! Thanks again, Jeff!
Wonderful! Love the internal happy dance! Enjoy and best wishes as you prepare for your role! Best, Jeff
Thanks, Jeff! I appreciate it!
ive been in 8 different musical classes throughout the last 5 years but the last excersize of this video has just become my favourite!! i havent been in choir in a few years but i do hope to stay in good vocal shape still so i appreciate your amazing warm ups so much. thank you jeff!
You're welcome! Glad that the exercise served you well! Keep singing!
Without any further ado at 0:59 ;-) Thanks Jeff!
I always get excited when I see a new video by Mr.Jeff Rolka 👌🏻😍 I can’t believe the difference I’ve made in my voice this past year since using your videos! My voice teacher is a fan of you, as well! Thank you so much!
That's awesome! On both accounts! I'm glad that the videos are helping! Keep singing, enjoy the channel and say, 'thanks' to your teacher on my behalf!
All the best!
Jeff
Bonus round for the win!
Love your tutorials; my disabled daughter and I have been doing your warm up exercise video’s for fun, breath control and voice projection. You are blessing more than the soprano community. Sending huge thanks and seasonal wishes.
Thank you so much! I really appreciate it!
Jeff
Thanks for your videos. The best warm ups i found on UA-cam ever. 👍
Thank you!!!
Jeff
I just have two days making these exercises, and my voice has change a lot, thank you so much for the videos!!!
❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️🎼💫 I know I have not been a major contributor but ur vocal warmup videos have kept me going. Thanks.
You’re welcome! One can always contribute by subscribing, giving a video a thumbs up, and sharing on social media! Thank you!
Jeff
Thank you so much for these videos! I went back to vocal training and my vocal coach said my pitch, tone, reasonance, and full range has improved greatly! Thanks for all your help!
Nice!!! Keep it up!
Jeff
Fantastic video, as always!!! I especially enjoyed the last exercise where you reminded us to keep the engagement up, even through the pauses!
Awesome, thank you Madie! Always appreciate your feedback!
Jeff
Thanks so much for these warmups. I like to use these because I don't have to be the one giving myself the notes and pitches and this allows me to concentrate on the specific vocal quality or function I am working on. I use this resonance especially in the car going to a gig to get my voice resonance correct, especially since I am a coloratura soprano.
Excellent exercises and warm ups. As a classically trained singer, your techniques work wonderfully.
Wonderful!
Just wanted to make another comment on this excellent lesson. Around "7", the last hum, adding a, ah and o, I found I was making a bubble! The last section, following that, is a great coloratura type practice. Has to be another WOW from me!
and once again I am warming up with your videos. Today is Thanksgiving Day in the US. You are one of the reasons I have to be grateful. Thank you for your consistent generosity. I love the way you look at the camera while taking us through the exercises. When you smile, it's like you're really in the room with me. Practicing with your videos has greatly improved my voice. Blessings to you.
Thank you so very much for your kind words! I appreciate it, and am glad that I and the videos have been available to serve you so well. Enjoy them! Keep singing! Happy Thanksgiving!
Jeff
I always practices with your video, thank you Jeff, you are really help me❤️
I enjoy the ee aa ah o u ! Brilliant ❤ I saw Depeche Mode last and was looking for a milder warmer this repair my throat from screaming 🙀 😂. Dave Gahan the singer was just incredible in spite of the high decibel levels. Martin Gore was pitch perfect 🤩
HI Jeff , another brilliant video ! Now that Ive got my resonance in place with this video , can we have another video as a part B to focus on the fast coloratura runs . Perhaps an octave and a half range exercise going from bottom to top of range ? Starting with the run slowly to get the notes then gradually adding speed . Focus on intonation and agility over the fast runs throughout the soprano range . Thanks Jeff
Sure! I had it in mind to do a more comprehensive advanced warm up not this week but the following week. I'll keep your request in mind as I put it together!
Best,
Jeff
Love this video. Thank you, Jeff.
Love your videos
Love this one! Very good work out!
Hope you don't get tired of hearing from me Jeff, but things need to be said! Really enjoyed this lesson, so varied and covering some good aspects here. I love agility ex ercises, keeps that concentration going 100%. 153 likes, wish I could get 3 zeros on the end for you and change the 1 to a 9. No more than you deserve. Grateful thanks as ever.
Not at all, always nice to hear from you! Thank you for your kind words!
Love it love it love it.. I laughed at the beginning of that bounce agility round 😅😆🙌it was fun
Jeff,
Love your videos man! Had a question for you though- I often hear you mention CT/TA dominant singing. I recently learned where the CT muscle is and it has dramatically helped me in regard to keeping my larynx neutral when hitting higher notes. I also understand that it is this muscle that teachers are attempting to have students engage when they ask the student to add a “oo” or “uh” or dopey sound to the vowel slightly. I realized it because my conscious engagement of what I now know to be the CT muscle yields the same result as those vowel mods. With that said all of the information I’m finding in regard to anatomy and physiology teaches that this is the only muscle that changes pitch. This doesn’t seem true to me though simply because it doesn’t seem necessary for me to knowingly engage the CT muscle until around d4 or later depending on the sound I’m going for.i often hear you mention TA dominant singing and was wondering if you could shed some light on this physiology/anatomy and maybe discuss these musculatures in a video with a model of some sort!? It helped me so much learning where the CT muscle is and how it works so I’m sure it would only help me more to know about the other musculature! If you can’t do a video maybe you could just fill me in a little by way of message or send me a link?? Anything would help haha.
Thanks,
Terrance Turner
Hello Terrance!
I really need to get one of those models to use in videos. Some folks in a live event several weeks ago were talking about it and it would be very helpful. That being said-here's a link to a diagram:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larynx#/media/File:Larynx_external_en.svg
You can see the cricothyroid muscles there, but what you can't see are the other set of cricothyroid muscles. They are two groups of two, posterior and anterior.
When making a smooth transition from thyroarytenoid dominant singing (chest voice) to cricothyroid dominant singing (head voice) they contract and rotate the hyoid cartilage. This has the effect of elongating the vocal folds and enabling the singer to sing higher notes while still sounding as if they are using their 'chest voice.'
The thyroartyenoid muscles are beneath the 'cover' or 'ligament' of the vocal folds.
The 'oo' or 'uh' sounds, in my teaching, are used to insure that the student has adduction of the vocal fold, rather than having a falsetto tone production (where the vocal folds are abducted - separated.)
Let me know if this helps at all, or if there are aspects that need clarification. I will see about getting a model!
Thanks for a great question!
Jeff
Jeff Rolka
Thanks Jeff! I will look over the diagram and be studying over this for the next little bit. I’m sure I’ll have more questions to come!
In what country staying??blessings
I can be found in California and frequently in England, though with the travel situation, not lately, sadly.
Best!
Jeff
Hello sir. Pardon me for using my dads account. My name is Refat I am 18 year old from Bangladesh. I never have learned singing. What I sing now is all self taught. I can sing a little high and I think maybe I'm a tenor(maybe I'm not sure). I want to sing more high and I want to know what is my vocal type. My family dont support me much on singing so I don't have any music instruments. Is there any way you can listen to my audios or videos and give me tips? there are plenty of videos and I don't know where to start from. I hope you'll be kind enough to help me.
Hello!
Thank you for watching and thank you for getting in touch. If you want to work more on your upper register, have a look at this video series, the link below is for the first one:
ua-cam.com/video/erFjTGWia5U/v-deo.html
Best!
Jeff
Hello Md. Mosla, I have just seen your comment and Jeff's reply to you. I think it is really good that you are so interested in learning to sing. I know it is a year ago since you wrote so I do not know how far you have been able to go with your singing. Take a look through Jeff's videos - they are truly excellent an Jeff is an amazing teacher. For my part, I would say breathing properly is the first step to set you on the road to singing, and also controlling your breathing. You have probably come a long way since you wrote, but I wish you lots of luck and hope you are being to achieve your goals. Kind regards.