Just an introduction to modifying vowels or not and a quick hello from www.danielformicavocalstudio.com.
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@SHA8UTIE11 жыл бұрын
He is using that lighter and brighter sound for a reason. He could sing this with too much breath pressure and squeezed vocal cords if he wanted to, but that is not what he is demonstrating or what he teaches. Trust me, his support is very, very good.
@hiyabuddy693 жыл бұрын
Incredible, been watching your videos for years, it all seems to making so much more sense to me v recently
@banjoneely8 жыл бұрын
Dan,I always enjoy your videos. They always have a good quality vocal sound and good instruction.
@danielformica-yourvocalteacher8 жыл бұрын
thank you I just saw this thats a very nice comment..
@chickenpie50799 жыл бұрын
Hi Dan. I love your videos. They have helped me so much. Thankyou! I was just wondering if you could do a video similar to this one but with more power on the vowels? The great thing about you is that you can sing songs that are above E4 with a relaxed, light, headier voice and also belt them out with more power whilst still looking relaxed. I'd love to hear the thicker, 'chesty' sound up above the F#. Thanks again man!
@stucak8811 жыл бұрын
Nice E5! Amazing voice.
@danielformica-yourvocalteacher12 жыл бұрын
Thanks Rob. And thanks Kevin I will!
@lukestreeter46037 жыл бұрын
LOL!
@into.the.wood.chipper.7 жыл бұрын
My AH vowel does not seem to need to modify as much as it used to. The reason is probably that AH is not a chest voice or head voice vowel... It's both. As I've strengthened both head voice and chest voice musculature separately, it's become possible to sing AH all the way to A#4 before it has to modify a little bit towards UH, OH, or AA (depending on what vocal mode I'm in). That said, this does not automatically translate to being able to sing songs up there! What is helping with that is trying to sing songs I'm not familiar with. It breaks the habit of trying to sound like the original singer and forces you to use your own interpretation of it (via vowel mods that work best for your voice).
@into.the.wood.chipper.7 жыл бұрын
I think just knowing what the vowels are would help a lot. If it requires the studying of formants, so be it! For me, a twanged OH does not want to go to oe/ER until around A4. Before that, it sounds like more of an UH/OE (cup). Wikipedia has a nice article about all of the vowels we use in singing along with their F1 and F2 frequencies. So once you understand how to interpret the chart (a high F1 means that the vowel can be belted and a low F1 means that it can be sobbed or cried; a high F2 means that the vowel can be screamed or whined), it becomes easier to see what vowels you need to modify to and why. In other words, the higher the F1 number, the higher the native frequency of a "chest voice" vowel, and therefore the higher the pitch a "chest voice" vowel can be sung/yelled/whined on. The higher the F2 number, the higher the native frequency of a "head voice" vowel, and therefore the higher the pitch a "head voice" vowel can be sung/whined/screamed on (as a yell can only go so high before vocal strain and a scream can go much higher). If the F1 value is too low, the vowel can only be sobbed at a medium volume and will exist in a limited pitch spectrum in "chest voice". If the F2 vowel is too low, the vowel does not even exist in the high range and must be modified to one that does. Because the OH vowel has one of the lowest F2 numbers, it can not be shouted past C5 and has to be twanged instead, morphing it into an ER or UU (rounded AH that does not exist in English). OO and EE can be hooted or whooped loudly because while EE has the highest F2 vowel allowing for this, OO doesn't- but it does have a cousin (W) which can go higher than the pure form of OO. Part of the confusion about what vowels can be sung high has a lot to do with the fact that many of the highest first and second formant singing vowels do not have an English equivalent, so they are not generally present in English speakers and have to be learned in the context of singing.
@into.the.wood.chipper.7 жыл бұрын
There is a practical reason for studying formants, and not just to use big words and seem knowledgeable- it's actually to decode what vowels work best for which part of the voice so that singing the right vowel for a given pitch or range of pitches is more intuitive for the average reader to understand-especially for English speakers, given that it's the hardest language to learn to sing in due to all the dipthongs in its vowels (as opposed to pure monothong vowels, like other languages). All of this is governed by acoustical physics which has limitations for all voices. For example, there are some pitches that a few vowels do not exist on due to the fact that they are incompatible with the particular vowels' harmonic frequencies. The world of singing has long needed a "De-Babelizer" or "skeleton key" for vowel modification WITHOUT unnecessary verbiage, and that's what Kristopharoah and I are working on- a chart with all the different modes you can sing in with terms that describe the type of sounds they make and the corresponding vowels you can use so you can see how they are related to each other. The whole process of understanding and applying the matching of pitches to their overtones is tedious, but we're going all-in on this in order to benefit anyone who is curious about it so that they can sing more difficult songs without thinking about it and-gasp- maybe even get emotionally involved in the words they're singing so that their performance sounds more sincere than just *technically* good in terms of competent technique.
@Timliu927 жыл бұрын
To whoever is watching and reading this comment, please check out Daniel's videos. All your doubts on supported sounds will be debunked - you do not need to tighten yourself so much to support, as illustrated in this video!
@danielformica-yourvocalteacher11 жыл бұрын
yeah what he said!! thanks i dont have the energy to argue or maybe support?;)
@danielformica-yourvocalteacher11 жыл бұрын
thanks Gasper its always a work in progress..
@tvz123sing12 жыл бұрын
Woodshed your technique and breath control?? Is that pointed at Dan, cause he is the vocal shredder, based on the video's I have seen from you Rock the Stage, If I were you I would consider maybe taking some lessons from Dan,you claim to be a baritone, and while that is a good excuse for sub par technique...continued
@MarioMancelli8 жыл бұрын
Hey Daniel!Great Videos!I tried to think of up and back as you said but it still doesnt get my sound where i want to!I have to push or sing the last note without any power...Any tips?
@danielformica-yourvocalteacher8 жыл бұрын
+Marios Mantselis yeah that is what worked for me at the time. you want to keep the movement of the breathe steady . And don't flail out ward and change the vowel you want to keep it uh.
@MarioMancelli8 жыл бұрын
daniel formica Tried and it works..What about power because bridge notes dont sound that full...Will it come over time or i have to do something specific?Thanks for the advice!!!
@danielformica-yourvocalteacher8 жыл бұрын
power comes with resonance and technique. lots of exercises out there
@banjoneely8 жыл бұрын
Checkout this link www.voiceteacher.com/You may find it useful.
@Sebastianodelarada11 жыл бұрын
are you a tenor or a hight baritone?
@tvz123sing12 жыл бұрын
technique most of the great singers such as Geoff Tate,Tony Harnell, Paul Shortino, Lou Gramm are all considered baritones with exceptional wide ranges. None of which got stuck thinking about the finite minutia that I have seen detailed in your lessons, subglottal pressure, compression, headvoice, TA/CT muscles...how is explaining that gonna make you a better singer??...continued
@TotalSinging12 жыл бұрын
dude if you're getting tired just doing one scale - its time to woodshed your technique and breath control.
@lukestreeter46037 жыл бұрын
GOLD!!!!!
@tobias.mueller11 ай бұрын
The way you deal with mistakes in yourself and others says a lot about your qualification as a teacher. Daniel is being transparent, you're being disrespectful.
@aionlover39817 ай бұрын
@@tobias.mueller Daniel actually sings songs showing a wide vocal range. The dude from total singing dojo doesn't have live covers only shitty low to middle notes recorded covers.
@Pilot78264 ай бұрын
@@aionlover3981 Yeah, Kevin can't sing for shit. He just likes to criticize other teachers. Haha.
@tvz123sing12 жыл бұрын
it's all bullshit unless you can back up what your saying and based on what I have seen from your videos... you can't. You talk a good game, like a few other jokers out there, but can't back it up. Go ahead post up a video of you singing Journey Open Arms original key,a Boston tune, sing TNT...impress me, I took from Tony Harnell for two years. Otherwise keep your pompous comments and jabs to yourself. Some people can't see the forest for the trees. I however can.