How To Sing A High Note With Ease - Ken Tamplin Vocal Academy

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In this video, I show you what you need to know about high notes. Really high notes...
How To Sing A High Note With Ease - Ken Tamplin Vocal Academy
When learning how to sing a high note there are 5 Major Dynamics that come into play:
1. Before attempting any note, making certain you have the abdominal strength to sustain the note
2. The mechanics of knowing how to get the note
3. The mechanics of correct vowel placement
4. Giving yourself "permission" to hit the note (psychology of singing)
5. The consistency of knowing how to get the first four elements by building muscle-memory, with unconscious competence.
Let's break each one of these down:
1. Before attempting any note, making certain you have the abdominal strength to sustain the note.
You need to know how to utilize the diaphragm and your entire abdominal cavity as the Engine that drives your car for strength to get to the note you are looking to achieve. I have a huge section on this in my singing course and several great tutorials for free on KZfaq.
2. The mechanics of knowing how to get the note.
Once diaphragmatic strength has been established, you need to understand how not to "over-sing" the bottom or the low portion of a scale/passage in a song, and save that strength with "equal resistance" as you rise to hit the note you are looking to achieve (equal resistance, meaning that the higher up you go, the more strength in the abdomen you need to sustain the note).
3. The mechanics of correct vowel placement.
Once the correct amount of strength required is understood, there are correct vowel shapes that need to take place in the throat, which is called vocal tract shaping. A vowel will start very large on the bottom and will need to pare down as it ascends, so as not to pull too much "weight" up in the sound (or too much muscle mass in the throat) when ascending a scale/passage.
4. Giving yourself "permission" to hit the note (psychology of singing).
Believe it or not, people "freaking out" over not hitting a certain note causes the body to lock down into a fight or flight response and inhibits their ability to give themselves permission to hit that note consistently. So we train ourselves psychologically not to think about the high note, but think about the correct amount of strength in the abdomen, the correct vowel placement, and then repetition for consistent reduplication (this includes point 5 as well).
In this video, I touch these elements on how to sing a high note with ease and I hope you find this video informative and useful on your singing journey.
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@VIDEOHEREBOB Жыл бұрын

Over the years I have learned the mindset is critical to nailing high notes. They can easily intimidate you, if you let them.

@jorgeandrescoppiano.5715 Жыл бұрын

Uff on point!

@JeremiahB444 Жыл бұрын

Just gotta believe and go for it!!

@michelelaraia7358 Жыл бұрын

It is

@michelelaraia7358 Жыл бұрын

They do/are

@michelelaraia7358 Жыл бұрын

Soccer box? Lacrosse?

@lilcicero77 Жыл бұрын

he's gotten even more articulate and even more useful over the years - so glad to see him with so many subscribers now

@AndySaenz Жыл бұрын

Wow, all of his vocal students are great singers too! He previously said you have to give yourself permission to hit high notes. So I think that’s the key right there he gave us. Thanks, Ken!

@neilsnow7973 Жыл бұрын

And don't listen to the negative crap that other people say to you, like, "You can't do it" or "You can't sing that" or "Your voice isn't good" because if you do then you start to doubt yourself and you create a mental block and become what they are actually saying! Do it for you, that's what matters most!

@user-ux6fv8wt2o 12 күн бұрын

Thank you Ken! Your share of valuable knowledge to all who love music and wish to better themselves, you're an angel to us all.

@rustywhite2174 Жыл бұрын

Ken has helped me with my singing beyond measure over the years. As equally important his training has made singing a very enjoyable experience.

@andreascover Жыл бұрын

Dear Ken, I really want to thank you! December 2022 I have started your course. Then I could not sing a note, now I challenge myself with difficult songs. I think I am not able to sing properly yet but since then I improved a lot and I also started a youtube channel. Thank you 100000000! Hope I won t make negative marketing 😂

@azhmontenegro3778 Жыл бұрын

Stumbled upon this video coincidentally. I must say, you really know how to explain things. I am a professional musician etc and frequently go back and look at instructional videos to learn new things or new ways of doing things (and easier ways too 😂). I must say this video checks all the boxes.. Great content!

@c.julien8266 Жыл бұрын

Thanks Ken. I actually surprised myself one time while singing along with Toto. I was in my car by myself and I surprised myself when I actually hit the high note. When I thought about it later, the key was that I had relaxed my throat - I wasn't all tensed up "trying" to hit the note...it just naturally went there. It was by no means perfect, but I found that relaxing my voice was critical.

@Rongez Жыл бұрын

So true! The more I "tried," the more difficult it gets because I'm straining too much. When I relax into the note, give myself permission, it flows much easier.

@SJR_Media_Group Жыл бұрын

*_Ken.... always informative and educational... practical knowledge we all can use..._* I sang A cappella for years as a Baritone. On a good day I could do 1/2 scale down into Base and 1/2 scale up into Tenor. We were trained to move between Chest and Head voice as transparently as possible. We were trained to avoid Falsetto. Ken, with all your experience, it is exciting to see you slide effortlessly between different scales and different registers. There is hope for me after all. My biggest problem is I am rusty from lack of using my voice. *_Thanks again for video... proof truly is in the singing...._*

@vickigonya9432 Жыл бұрын

I've always wanted to be able to sing. My babies, horse and dogs like my singing, but adults, not so much

@metot1 Ай бұрын

By doing these exercises, my vocal range is increasing gradually.

@KadinWhitney Жыл бұрын

I just wrote and posted my own song called "Meant The World" and this is very encouraging for me to continue singing:) Thank you Ken❤

@chrispatriot Жыл бұрын

Now I know why I keep coming back to watch Ken... Not only is he the best coach out there, he lives in Hawaii! My Spirit Animal is there somewhere I know it is, which is why I've visited Kauai over 27 times! LOL In truth, I find it to be the most amazing spot for spiritual energy I've ever visited. I'm a copier dealer and if I could get the revenues I need from Hawaii, I'd move there in a second!

@timhampton9652 Жыл бұрын

Woah, what a great way to help those who strive to sing but were born to nurture what nature gave them. Especially with the analogies you gave it was much easier, content, relaxed, and more confident results. Vovalizing phrases in the falsetto/head voice as low as you can possibly go-------made such an incredible difference. Like, literally night and day with the ease and even brought on a natural fullness to timbre, resonance, as you play around with the vowels realizing you can stretch them into any word you see fit to help with ease, which sort of even produces a personal style in singing, in and of itself. Dude, knows his stuff. Am really excited about singing again.

@victorizannasmr9411 Жыл бұрын

I love your videos. They're so helpful and techniques are described in a way I can understand easily. Thank you!

@jessepeachey3704 Жыл бұрын

Wow, great advice Ken! Thanks! I've been realizing lately ( as a low baritone who can barely hit an E4 in chest ) I had so neglected my falsetto for the past several years, and it's very weak. Have been working on it mainly and can now take my falsetto up to a C5 fairly consistently and comfortably on an OO vowel. Much better than before. And in the process I've noticed my chest loosening up and thinning a bit so I can hit an E4 almost effortlessly and sometimes up to a G#4 in more of a mix. I think I'm gonna have to mainly working my falsetto as well as maintain and gently grow the comfortable chest notes as my voice continues to loosen up.

@joephillips7612 Жыл бұрын

That's awesome! Never knew that about the highest notes in the National anthem. This sightly reminds me of playing fast stuff on guitar...to prevent thinking about the wrong stuff, you have to replace it with thinking about the right stuff. You can't just tell yourself 'don't think about that'. Like playing fast stuff on guitar.... you really only need to think about the notes that happen on the downbeat and the others fall into place (once you've 'programmed' them into muscle memory.. I start by over-accenting the downbeat and not the other three 16ths.... then its a simple La LA LA LA instead of LAlalala LAlalala LAlalala LAlalala. The brain can only handle7-8 concepts per second anyway. Then I back off the accent until they're even again butI still hear the accent and it's a piece of cake and can also swing a lot harder which is the whole point. I think of 'performing past the note or lick... like an airline pilot looks at the far end of the runway while landing- not at the spot they are going to touch down...or how when driving in a curve, you look ahead and not at the white lines on either side of you. The fast lick in Don't Stop Believing is a good example. Just think about the half-note triplets, not the 4 notes you play for within the space of each one. Sorry for the 'coffee' tangent- just pointing out that over-thinking can be prevented by replacing it with planned thinking.

@thoang101 Жыл бұрын

Thank you, Ken. Your teaching is awesome.

@sopamarucha2388 Жыл бұрын

You are awesome!! I been following you for the longest, such a learning channel, i would also like to add that you are the reason why I have been growing my hair for the past year and half lol .. keep rockin' 🫡👌

@gmfroma-2-z906 Ай бұрын

Hello Ken. I just want to start off by saying Thank you for your teachings. Second, you are one in a kind man. You got a great way of explaining and a super dynamic personally and voice. You got a new Sub here for sure. I honestly can watch you all day. I'm a baritenor so with me it's the Low notes where I need the work, but all you videos round me out. Good stuff, good stuff, thank you Sir.

@163apongrijamir5 Жыл бұрын

You always make helpful and productive video Ken 😊thank you so much..... Can really see improvement in myself by just following your videos especially warm ups ❤

@benjimartinnc Жыл бұрын

I'm a second tenor who has hit a high note or two as well, but I have had other singers, especially at open mic nights, tell me to "bring everything down" because I had a natural "booming" voice, and comments like that would upset me because I sang tenor in the choir at my former church, and I was the only tenor there who sang the men's high parts. I still hit a lot of high notes, especially in falsetto, with ease, and some friends of mine said things like, "Singing is a personal thing. It's how you express yourself, and if people don't like it, who cares?"

@jonathanakehurst4489 Жыл бұрын

I found that it took quite some time to internalize these singing techniques. First, I started to become more aware of how to approach the different registers of my voice. After considerable time and practice, I found that to sing through my full register became something that I just knew how to do without thinking about it at all...

@duanewells4223 Жыл бұрын

Largely my experience as well. Once the foundation was established, it was a whole lot of practice and observation to refine. Ken is great at identifying what's involved in process and expertly teaching to others.

@cabeloDoPardal2 Жыл бұрын

I had to save this video in my music playlist. You have shown many important things about singing.

@LAUptegrove Жыл бұрын

I saw your other video about singing high notes (see my comment on that one). Again, you have helped me to unlock the range I used to have in the old days. Thanks again. You have really helped and inspired me.

@Min.Graceken Жыл бұрын

Oh wow! Great teaching 👍. Be blessed always. Thank you 🙏

@G-Forex Жыл бұрын

Hello from Brazil! I love soccer and music!

@mr.lindsaymcdonald2065 Жыл бұрын

Great video thank you Ken Tamplin.

@TateCliff Жыл бұрын

Been singing for a long time this is really great and makes since will be watching Thank you

@Telecaster70 Жыл бұрын

Man how I love your tutorials…😊🙏

@cyborgsmurf6446 Жыл бұрын

Just realized how hard it is to sing "Something in the way" with Kurt Cobain. It is simple in the terms of high notes, but it is hard because of the ease he sings it in and when I try for myself I tend to strain the vocal chords. This gave me an idea that I should, just as you said KTVA, singing in a lower tone. Another thing I found out on how to sing without strain was to sing with a feeling more than a thought. Sometimes I just feel it in me to sing a part of a song and to me it sounds good and without strain. This has happend to me so many times that I asked myself "why is that?". It is in the feeling. Don't know if any of this was of ANY help to anyone, but now it is out there and this was just my realisation. Thanks for the video! Awesome content ♥

@karenm5681 7 ай бұрын

Wonderful instruction given here. Thank you!

@sarahhurst701 Жыл бұрын

Appreciate it, Sir Ken 👍😎

@BennyValdesMusic 3 ай бұрын

Excellent video. Thank u for your time with us.

@voiceofunsanity Жыл бұрын

Much love from the u.k Ken. And many thanks for all your content, Passion to teach and insight.

@JamieLynnMorris Жыл бұрын

I always enjoy learning with you! 😁

@nobullziggster4070 Жыл бұрын

Thank you master Ken.

@veesoho93 Жыл бұрын

What an amazing way to explain it!

@jeffrywidjaja1333 Жыл бұрын

Thank you KEN ❤

@kathryneast6919 Жыл бұрын

You are awesome Ken

@johnmartindoylemusic1610 Жыл бұрын

Thank you Ken!

@MichaelCWBell Ай бұрын

So cool Ken keep up the awesome work man.

@deanallen9660 Жыл бұрын

Great video, thanks.

@svede12 Жыл бұрын

I've subscribed to your course and shame on me i haven't taken full advantage of it. I can say tho that just watching your videos has helped me greatly. In particular relaxing my throat has greatly improved my range and modifying vowels has helped as well. I host karaoke one night a week and at 73 I can say you can teach an old dog new tricks.

@brandoncasey7124 Жыл бұрын

Thank you 🙏🏼

@kentherapy7022 Жыл бұрын

Great advice Ken. For the song When We Were Young by Adele I use this method in high passages. I think about meaning of text, telling of story. And I don't care about tones. Achieving a high note is then much easier.

@ladukie69 Жыл бұрын

Thank you

@kevinmcnamara704 Жыл бұрын

Hello Ken hope your keeping great,greetings from limerick Ireland 🇮🇪

@tiotheberk Жыл бұрын

I have been singing metal for 20+ years. Alone I have always been pretty good at singing clean as well, but could never do it with a band because I would just tense up. As I am older now and care much less what anyone thinks of me, I am finding it way easier. Having the background in using my voice in many different ways as well as the muscle memory of diaphragmatic breathing helps a lot as well. Found this video helpful, need to check out his lesions for sure.

@karenm5681 7 ай бұрын

You mean check out his lessons, right? Not lesions.

@fpvpilot7713 Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the information. I can go up smoothly but it seems to be harder to come down smoothly without the break.

@coolbluesman Жыл бұрын

Oh my god I love this guy. I agree with all of this.

@mokuho Жыл бұрын

Thank you!🙏

@LastResortRecordingSessions Жыл бұрын

If I could hit the highs like Randy Meisner, I’ll be a happy camper! Great tips and framework, Ken!

@BlackSheepTruthMedia 7 ай бұрын

keep on rocking brother

@Shainzmusic Жыл бұрын

Thank you very much sir for the solid tips ok high notes

@SonnyGTA Жыл бұрын

Makes complete sense Ken!

@dannresurreccion5704 Жыл бұрын

Thank you.

@tysonshirey1 Жыл бұрын

Thanks bro I needed this! BTW love the shirt!💜✝️

@tracezachdaniels4264 Жыл бұрын

GREAT JOB BRO..!!!!!....GREAT VIDEO/INFO

@albertobigcal7650 Жыл бұрын

Awesome as usual amigo... 🎩 🤘

@Better_Call_Raul Жыл бұрын

07:25 "Practice the high notes (even lower "high" ones that you could do in chest) in falsetto first. I will try this out. As a baritone, Middle C (C4) is a "high" note for me. I can hit C4 with chest voice but I will practice C4 in falsetto. And then carry over that same feeling when hitting C4 in chest... Tried it a few times already and it feels easier in chest (less "pushed") after I practiced in falsetto first. 🤟🙏

@TheS4ndm4n Жыл бұрын

Hey Ken! Thanks a lot for posting all these videos, they have already helped me a lot. I have one general question though: How big a part of learning how to sing comes from practice and how much comes from training? Or at least what is your opinion on that?

@TheKevinKitchen Жыл бұрын

Fantastic Ken. And so well presented from a really nice fella.

@kentamplin Жыл бұрын

Thanks, Kevin!

@cadeevans4623 Жыл бұрын

Thanks master Ken you are the master and the professional thanks buddy

@kentamplin Жыл бұрын

You are very welcome!

@cadeevans4623 Жыл бұрын

Thanks very much man

@fejsfan8954 Жыл бұрын

Thank you for this, great as always. I have just realised that I have a pretty good pitch. I'm watching all your tutorials, hoping to learn something. In the meantime I'm a semidecent homesinger. 🙂

@jackiedaniel2502 Жыл бұрын

Light em up❤

@RandyFelts2121 Жыл бұрын

Congrats fot you and your son.

@contemplatingwithamaster Жыл бұрын

Nicely done 😀

@michaelgill2105 5 ай бұрын

I needed this I struggled after singing share the land by The Guess who

@martinvaughan5953 Жыл бұрын

The Keys left in ignition warming tone on my Vauxhall Vectra is F#4

@AlexElectricSound 9 ай бұрын

Hallo Mr. Tamplin your channel is so improtant for me thank you for sharing your knowledge with us musicians god bless you one day im gonna visit you with my guitar and take personal lessons :) 🎸😊

@jeffschielka7845 Жыл бұрын

Hey Ken! Thanks for another informative vid.😎

@kentamplin Жыл бұрын

You bet!

@renny1712 Жыл бұрын

They became my best friends!!! There is only one thing, that I wouldn’t be able to explain the steps to someone else’s, if asked… I would only demonstrate it… Isn’t that weird??? I really love the fact, that you use soccer as example… I’m a huge fan of the South American Teams 🇧🇷🇬🇹 I’m from Europe where Soccer is a huge deal… Also like the example of Celine Dion’s Power of Love…. It’s so incredible when her French comes through for example when she sings “ Sometimes I am frightened But I'm ready to learn” Pretty much every time she sings the O vowel… I love it… used to listen to Celine a lot as a teen… Thanks I definitely learned how to support the High notes better with KTVA…

@mokuho Жыл бұрын

The ability of have strong abdominal support and relaxed, chest,neck and throat 😮

@IgorNevzgliad Жыл бұрын

Very interesting...🤔

@SpiritsOfAnotherDay 11 ай бұрын

Hey Paisan, great video once again! Peace)))))

@spartacusjonesmusic Жыл бұрын

Cool.

@peterpulpitpounder Жыл бұрын

Nice looking guitar

@ledadea285 Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much, Ken, for another very informative and inspiring piece of your teaching. I'm grateful 😊

@libsrcrazy9634 Жыл бұрын

Love that shirt. 80s rock was the best era of music ever. Best singers, most talented musicians. Rap sucks, yo

@christianwilliamson9752 Жыл бұрын

Wow I heard your name and was confused momentarily. I just listened to my Magdallan cassette from 1992. End of ages I believe..wow. I'm glad you're still around brother

@christianwilliamson9752 Жыл бұрын

I have the shout cd also. I did a few eps of Christian rock with my buddy around 89 90

@creef33 Жыл бұрын

Hey Ken. I enjoyed your soccer story. We had such fun watching our boys play together.

@kentamplin Жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!

@danielmayrinck Жыл бұрын

Hey, it's cool to know that you've lived here in Brazil! Ei, legal saber que você morou no Brasil! 😀

@jcsk8 Жыл бұрын

Can you make a how to sing like Peter Steele?

@MICHAJO27 Жыл бұрын

I'm 68 and i'm singing since i was i a kid (lead voice in our school choir, sopran). Since my voice break i've been bass/bariton ( Lowest tone with ease E2).The highest tone i can reach (with ease) is a G4 (sometimes in the morning B4). No head voice above. All tones above that are only possible with strength (falsetto or chest). No volume control possible. Some guys who can't even sing are able to "sing" higher or to speak like Mickey Mouse. I'm not. So the last decades i've tried to sing higher notes (sang Coldplay-songs "42" or "fix you" e.g. ) without success really. I fail where others start. So shouldn't i assume that some people (as i am) just are not able to sing higher notes with ease?

@estebanrivera4786 Жыл бұрын

@ken tamplin, would u be willing to do a vocal reaction and analysis of both or one of these songs by Def Leppard: Excitable (especially his high note at the end) and Armageddon It. Great content as always! Oh! And a grest band from England called Keane. Any song by them would be great :)

@RealBillyGarcia Жыл бұрын

🔥🔥🔥

@lcruz2783 Жыл бұрын

Always inspirational

@litotulabing8217 Жыл бұрын

Easy high note singing while sitting is Marcelito Pomoy and effortless singing.

@David-kr6lx Жыл бұрын

I LOVE YOU BROTHER KEN I LOVE YOUR VOICE AND I LOVE YOUR VIDEOS AND I LOVE YOUR TESTIMONY OF JESUS I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU IN HEAVEN SION ❤❤❤❤

@margix1172 Жыл бұрын

Ken check the last Great Van Fleet song called meeting the master ....it has a vocal performance similar to those of the best singers that have made rock music legendary.

@chadcoronado973 Жыл бұрын

I am so appreciative of the way God is using your talents to edify us. These lessons are free (to us) and to think that as freely as God has Gifted to you, you freely gift to us, the Body of Christ is beyond Inspiring. Keep up the good work Mr. Tamplin, it is beyond obvious that the Spirit of the Lord is upon you. I will remember your ministry in my prayers.

@teddynkwabi4502 5 ай бұрын

I can only hit high notes in falsetto. I want to be able to sing high notes in a powerful mixed/chest voice. I still haven't quite figured out how to belt

@Popelyushenko_Elena Жыл бұрын

It always amuses me how, after Ken's performance example, KZfaq writes [applause] in subtitles 😂😂😂

@youtube.comArthurJames 7 ай бұрын

Ken, what do you think of Frankie Valli and how he rolls from Full Voice to Falsetto amazing vocals = "Bye Bye Baby"

@spearpig1034 Жыл бұрын

You're a really amazing dude. I hope you never get bored being a teacher dude! Keep rocking

@KainzMusic Жыл бұрын

On a good day I'll hit F5. I go all Michael Bolton, but I (sometimes) hit it

@stevend984 10 ай бұрын

I have a question that has haunted me for decades now. In my 20's & 30's I was singing regularly in groups & so forth and prided myself with having a 3-1/2 octave range with my falsetto. My falsetto was very strong and gave me a confidence that I could sing almost anything...and I pretty much did. Regrettably...Music and I had a falling out for over ten years and at that time never imagined going back. But passions being passions, I got back on my feet and began writing, recording, and trying to sing again. Once I knocked the dust off (literally) my vocal chords I tragically discovered my falsetto was GONE! For a while I thought I could just keep working the chords and get it back. I didn't. In the past few years I have written a few vocal tunes since that are basically within my now very limited range, and I keep working at it but as much as I try, the range is gone. At 71...now retired, with a newly finished dream custom home studio, music is now at my beckoned call for my remaining days. So the big question...is there any possibility of increasing my range at all? I have very few regrets in my life, but my biggest is losing the unbelievable vocal range I once sadly took for granted!

@kentamplin 10 ай бұрын

Have you considered real vocal training? Take a look at my course or consider scheduling some private lessons with me. Age is a factor but a person can keep learning, and attaining, regardless of age. It's only too late when you're dead. Check it out: kentamplinvocalacademy.com/ ktvahelp@gmail.com for more info

@stevend984 10 ай бұрын

Wow...thanks for the reply.