Opera singer shows you how it's done - beginner's guide to Opera vocals — Transcript

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1. 0:13these are the elements of singing in a
2. 0:15more operatic style for singers who
3. 0:17aren't classically trained if you are
4. 0:19you already know this and it probably
5. 0:21comes very naturally to you make sure to
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9. 0:30it'll really help us out if you're not a
10. 0:32classically trained singer but you want
11. 0:34to sing an Arya for fun or just explore
12. 0:36this style these are the main elements
13. 0:39of operatic style that differ from
14. 0:41contemporary singing first and this is
15. 0:44specific to higher voices Sopranos mezos
16. 0:47and Altos you're almost always using
17. 0:50head voice and mix pure chest voice or
18. 0:53speaking voice is pretty rare and
19. 0:56reserved for very low pitches for
20. 0:58example an E flat 4 that's this
21. 1:01pitch is low enough that most higher
22. 1:04Voice singers would default to chest
23. 1:06voice for this without
24. 1:08[Music]
25. 1:10thinking but with a more operatic style
26. 1:13you'll probably mix
27. 1:15[Music]
28. 1:17this it's worth mentioning that even if
29. 1:20you're an alto you won't be singing Aras
30. 1:23in a Range as low as contemporary alos
31. 1:26once the melody goes down to middle C or
32. 1:28lower
33. 1:32chest voice is usually acceptable get
34. 1:34used to singing low in head voice with
35. 1:36slides on an ooh or an e
36. 1:43ooh taking it down into the range where
37. 1:46you would usually use chest voice I like
38. 1:49descending one half step at a time like
39. 1:51this so we're going to start on
40. 1:57G4 slide a half step down then restart
41. 2:01and do it again
42. 2:04o and so on
43. 2:08o so try this with me see if you can
44. 2:11stay in head Voice or mix without
45. 2:14dropping into your speaking voice okay
46. 2:16G4 to
47. 2:17start here we
48. 2:23go restart
49. 2:37[Music]
50. 2:42this is where a lot of people want to be
51. 2:44in chest voice but
52. 2:46don't so o or E whichever works better
53. 2:50for you
54. 2:52he ready
55. 2:57he he
56. 3:06can you keep
57. 3:08[Music]
58. 3:11going now we're below middle C here so
59. 3:14you could be in chest voice even if
60. 3:16you're singing a classical song but it's
61. 3:18a really good exercise to take that head
62. 3:20voice function as low as you possibly
63. 3:22can another element of operatic singing
64. 3:25is free vibr whereas vibr in
65. 3:28contemporary music is more of an effect
66. 3:31at the end of sustained notes or phrases
67. 3:33vibr is a crucial element of classical
68. 3:36technique listen to the difference and
69. 3:38tell me which sounds more operatic to
70. 3:44[Music]
71. 3:50you versus
72. 4:02obviously the one with more vibr sounds
73. 4:04a little more operatic than the one
74. 4:06without operatic singing also tends to
75. 4:09use a lifted soft pallet listen to that
76. 4:12same example first with a lifted
77. 4:18[Music]
78. 4:20pallette and now with a lowered
79. 4:25palette
80. 4:28your the s soft palette if you're not
81. 4:30familiar is at the back of the roof of
82. 4:33your mouth so the roof of your mouth
83. 4:35that's your hard palette and just behind
84. 4:37that is your soft palette if you look in
85. 4:39the mirror the uula or that little
86. 4:41dangly thing hangs down from your soft
87. 4:44palette you can experiment with a lifted
88. 4:47palette by making a k sound while
89. 4:50inhaling instead of exhaling so instead
90. 4:52of C
91. 4:56inhale and you're going to feel some
92. 4:59space cre created in the back of your
93. 5:01mouth above your
94. 5:04throat then try to maintain that lifted
95. 5:07space and sigh so we're going to go k
96. 5:09inhale and then
97. 5:16sigh listen to the tone quality that
98. 5:18results and you have a good idea of what
99. 5:20a lifted palette does for your tone it's
100. 5:23generally more spacious rounder and less
101. 5:26bright or nasal it can sound a little
102. 5:29bit yawny if we overdo
103. 5:32it if you're pairing that with a lowered
104. 5:36larynx but speaking of tone quality
105. 5:39operatic singing often does employ a
106. 5:41lower larynx than contemporary Styles so
107. 5:44your larynx or Adam's Apple that houses
108. 5:47your vocal folds and singing with a
109. 5:49lower larynx elongates the space in
110. 5:52which your Soundwave can vibrate a
111. 5:54bigger container results in a darker
112. 5:57tone quality your larynx is very low
113. 6:01when you yawn see if you can almost make
114. 6:03yourself yawn and then make noise at the
115. 6:06same time so almost
116. 6:11yawning slightly Dopey sounds can help
117. 6:13you get used to singing with a lower
118. 6:15Lings so for
119. 6:17[Music]
120. 6:20example Dopey
121. 6:25dark of course these are exaggerated
122. 6:27sounds so we don't live there forever
123. 6:29ever but if you're not used to that
124. 6:31lower larynx and more space this can
125. 6:34help you finally operatic style requires
126. 6:37lots of long Legato phrases Legato means
127. 6:42smooth and connected contemporary
128. 6:45singing tends to be much more
129. 6:46conversational phrases might be broken
130. 6:48up and you have more flexibility around
131. 6:51where to breathe with an Arya the
132. 6:53melodic line is very important and not
133. 6:55to be broken long exercise patterns that
134. 6:59challenge breath capacity and control
135. 7:01are a great way to train for this I also
136. 7:04recommend singing the melody on a vowel
137. 7:06rather than lyrics to connect to each
138. 7:08Legato phrase so for example with caroen
139. 7:12we might
140. 7:21sing and then try to keep that
141. 7:23connection when we add lyrics back
142. 7:31[Music]
143. 7:35thank you for watching and have fun
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