3 Exercises I WISH I Had Learned as a Beginner Singer — Transcript

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1. 0:00If you're an untrained singer, this
2. 0:02video is going to save you years of
3. 0:05frustration. These three vocal exercises
4. 0:07completely changed the game for me, and
5. 0:10I really wished I'd learned them
6. 0:12earlier. Now, whether you want to sing
7. 0:14higher with better tone, or just feel
8. 0:17more in control of your voice, this is
9. 0:19where you start. I remember the early
10. 0:20days of singing before I had any formal
11. 0:23training. I'd push for high notes, go
12. 0:26breathy on the low ones, and I I
13. 0:28couldn't figure out why I kept hitting a
14. 0:30ceiling with my voice. Now, looking
15. 0:32back, I wasn't singing bad songs. I was
16. 0:35using bad habits, and no one, including
17. 0:38my first singing teacher, had shown me
18. 0:40the right tools to build a solid vocal
19. 0:43foundation. Now, these three exercises
20. 0:46would have made all the difference. So,
21. 0:48I want to pass them on to you now so
22. 0:50that you don't waste time like I did.
23. 0:52Let's start with the one exercise that
24. 0:54fixed my biggest problem. Trying to belt
25. 0:57everything in chest voice. The lip trill
26. 1:00glide teaches you to move through your
27. 1:02range without straining or cracking.
28. 1:06[Music]
29. 1:12Now place your fingers on the sides of
30. 1:14your cheeks and trill or bubble your
31. 1:16lips like this.
32. 1:20Now slide your voice up and down like a
33. 1:23siren. Now start mid-range and go
34. 1:25higher.
35. 1:26[Music]
36. 1:27[Laughter]
37. 1:31Notice how smooth that feels. That's
38. 1:34because you're keeping the airflow
39. 1:36steady, your vocal cords balanced, and
40. 1:39tension out of the throat. Now, if the
41. 1:42trill keeps cutting out, you're either
42. 1:44pushing too hard or not supporting
43. 1:46enough from your diaphragm. Now, think
44. 1:48gentle but energized airflow. This is
45. 1:52the safest and most effective way to
46. 1:55stretch your range and connect your
47. 1:57chest and head voice without forcing it.
48. 2:00If you struggle with the lip trill, like
49. 2:02a lot of you do, you can substitute it
50. 2:05for another svt exercise like the tongue
51. 2:07trill, sirening on a vv sound, or using
52. 2:10straw phonation. I'll cover those
53. 2:13techniques in another video. Okay, let's
54. 2:15do some exercise together on the piano.
55. 2:17Uh doing some octave leaps using the lip
56. 2:20trill.
57. 2:25[Music]
58. 2:42[Laughter]
59. 2:45[Music]
60. 2:51B
61. 2:54[Music]
62. 3:06[Laughter]
63. 3:09[Music]
64. 3:12Next is something I totally missed as an
65. 3:15untrained singer. Resonance. Now, most
66. 3:18untrained singers sing from the throat
67. 3:21or the back of the mouth. This hum to
68. 3:24vow exercise brings your sound forward
69. 3:27and helps you sing with clarity and
70. 3:29warmth. Start with a gentle hum on M and
71. 3:33feel it buzz in your nose and lips.
72. 3:39Now open that into a vowel like e or r,
73. 3:42but keep the buzz forward.
74. 3:47M.
75. 3:49Okay, let's do some exercises together
76. 3:51on the piano using the vowels E and R
77. 3:54with the hum
78. 3:57m
79. 3:59[Music]
80. 4:14me.
81. 4:16M
82. 4:20[Music]
83. 4:22me
84. 4:24[Music]
85. 4:43m M.
86. 4:48[Music]
87. 4:58If your tone becomes dull or heavy,
88. 5:01you've probably lost forward focus.
89. 5:04You've got to bring back the hum and try
90. 5:06it again. This exercise trains your
91. 5:08voice to resonate where it sounds best.
92. 5:12bright, clear, efficient, and
93. 5:14controlled. Finally, the exercise that
94. 5:17taught me how to control my voice rather
95. 5:19than letting it control me. Most singers
96. 5:22either sing too breathy or forceful when
97. 5:25they're starting out. This stato or
98. 5:27drill builds chord closure and teaches
99. 5:30real vocal support. We are going to sing
100. 5:33a five note scale. On each note, sing h
101. 5:36or g, short and punchy. The H is great
102. 5:40for singers who sing with too much
103. 5:43force. H-
104. 5:45[Music]
105. 5:48The G is great if you suffer from a
106. 5:51breathy tone. GG-G-G-G-G-G.
107. 5:57Now, while you are doing this exercise,
108. 5:59try to maintain expansion in your lower
109. 6:02ribs. This will help you support your
110. 6:05voice from your diaphragm and not your
111. 6:07throat. Now, don't make the notes too
112. 6:10loud. Make them clean. Breath control,
113. 6:12it isn't about volume. It's about
114. 6:15precision. Okay, let's do the exercise
115. 6:17together. I'm going to alternate between
116. 6:19H and G, so we get the best of both
117. 6:22worlds.
118. 6:23First, the H. H- h- h- h- h- h- h- h- h-
119. 6:26h- h- h- h- h- h- h- h- h- h- h- h- h-
120. 6:27h- h- h- h- h- h- h- h- h- h-
121. 6:31d-
122. 6:34d
123. 6:37h
124. 6:40[Music]
125. 6:43g-g-g
126. 6:44[Music]
127. 6:48haw-
128. 6:49[Music]
129. 6:54g- Go G-G.
130. 6:58And head back down. H- h- h- h- h- h- h-
131. 7:01h- h- h- h- h- h- h- h- h- h- h-
132. 7:06g-g-g
133. 7:12h
134. 7:16[Music]
135. 7:18g-g-g-
136. 7:23h- h-
137. 7:29g-g- HG-G-G-G-G-
138. 7:35ha.
139. 7:40This trains vocal strength and breath
140. 7:42efficiency, giving you power without the
141. 7:44pushing. Okay, let's recap the three
142. 7:47exercises I wished I'd known as an
143. 7:50untrained singer. Number one, the lip
144. 7:52trill glide to stretch your range and
145. 7:54smooth your break. Number two, humming
146. 7:57into a vow to develop clear forward
147. 8:00resonance. And number three, staccato
148. 8:02stairs to control your airflow and build
149. 8:05strength. Now, if you practice these
150. 8:07every day for the next week, I promise
151. 8:10you your voice is going to start
152. 8:11unlocking. Now, if you want a full
153. 8:14untrained singer friendly routine that
154. 8:17builds on these, sign up for my free
155. 8:19master class that I'm currently working
156. 8:21on called Sing Smarter, Not Harder. the
157. 8:24links below. It's designed to give you
158. 8:27fast results, even if you've never had a
159. 8:30lesson in your life. Now, these three
160. 8:32exercises will definitely improve your
161. 8:35singing, but if the engine for your
162. 8:38voice, your vocal support isn't
163. 8:40activated, you are leaving a lot of
164. 8:43power untapped. Now, watch this video
165. 8:45next to power up your vocal engine.