Hose analogy was great, best explanation I've ever heard to explain how to sing from the diaphram.

This is the BEST explanation I've ever heard with respect to singing! This is the most accurate educational lesson on breathing. It's so much easier to understand than, "Don't sing from your throat. Sing from your stomach."

I went from being told I'm not singing in the key to being told I'm a sharp and flat to being told my songs are very cool and what I changed was I imagined my vocal cords in my diaphragm instead of my throat

This 100%! I spend a lot of time with students explaining this very thing. Our vocal folds are like strings on a guitar - but instead of a finger vibrating them, the air does. And each frequencey (note) of vibration needs a certain amount of pressure to vibrate freely. The diaphragm is the nozzle, if it doesn't do its job, the throat will be the emergency dam and mess with our sound and be uncomfortable.

Excellent explanation. Thanks. You just got another subscriber.

Brilliant. Thank you.

Very helpful. Thank you :)

Thank you! 🌷

Best explanation ive seen ❤

Just discovered you, as a Guitar instructor myself I must say I love your approach and presentation.

Thank You!!!

Thanks for the video!

thanks so much for this!

Great lesson!

Good an clearly explained. Thank you

Thanks a million

I would guess this is part of my problem. I also think of this analogy for ergonomic lifting. They say don't just lift something with your arms and back. Use your legs to take pressure off your back. I know when I sing I am only using about 40% of what I am supposed to. Meaning I am not using nasal passages, throat, diaphragm, etc to their fullest ability. Karen, I am still trying to absorb all your wonderful information. Thanks!

Good advice. Thank you🙂

this is really helpful thank you❤

Great advice. 👏👏🎶🎵 🎤

Great explanation ❤😮

Thank youuu

I often have tension headaches from neck and shoulders so know these stretches well but never thought it might help my singing. Thanks.

Thankyou, such an inspired combination of explanation and demonstration. I've been singing for ages and generally use my diaphram well but your explanation helped me understand why it works and be more aware of when i lose it, especially when i tire. You're a great teacher. 😊

Thanks 👍😎❤️

Damn good explanation

Cheers

Thank you so much... Helpful. Im new here following your new your new video ma'am 😉

cool thanks.

Nice job

Thank you! My wife and I are a duet. We've been lucky to perform a ton this Christmas season. My vocal cords are sore and my range has become limited. I'll use your suggestions and hopefully my vocal cords stop hurting and I regain high and low vocals. I'm also sipping and gargling with a ginger, turmeric and honey mixture. We're not performing for a few weeks so I'm hoping by then it's better. I'll also work on my breathing and relaxing when performing.

the moment I stopped singing from my throat, my singing improve imenesly, Thanks for sharing

Basically everyone possess their own tone. So just know and sing your own key. :-)

Appoggio most important it eliminates so many problems

Thank you for the video. It was really helpful. Do you think that the ability to produce pretty sounding vocals is largely muscular?

Ahh, so that's what they meant! Thanks. :) I hope I get used to this, this sounds like it takes practice.

Ah, glad you explained the title. On reading it I was thinking, "But I have to arrange to have the sound appear to be coming from that depth in order to get those really low notes." Turns out that wasn't what was meant.

Core is impacted by hernia and one lung is atrophed 80© due to involuntarily ingesting second hand smoke growing up. Sure wish i didnt have these issues and could sing "normally." 😮😊❤

This video just came up when I was literally thinking about what's wrong with me singing my new song...

Hi Karen, very helpful, but how can I sing higher notes, or is my baser voice limited? ❤

Wow, a constriction in a pipe will reduce the pressure energy of the fluid going through it, and increase the kinetic energy, it will flow faster with less pressure, the gas having to go though a narrowing at the same litres per min will speed up , increasing kinetic energy but decreasing pressure energy. Any ways that what they taught me but I am sure you are right about singing. If you dont believe me hold 2 A4 pieces of paper by the short side with the long sides dangling down and very close together. Blow in between them to blow them apart. You won't do it, theyll move close together. Venturi effect. I still liked and subscribed.

I’ve heard it said you can’t do vocal fry with any tension in your throat, so it’s seems like a good exercise for relaxing before singing.

I do a vigorous ab work out so my “engagement” may be different. How do you know what is too much engagement? Also some people say to “lean out & down” I’m thoroughly confused….

I had to stop taking voice lessons because my throat would get so tight (a problem I would also have speaking sometimes). I'm surprised my teacher never suggested this

Can I learn to sing better? Like carry notes that sound better in my vocal range?

I used to be able to sing smoothly, til I started to belt high notes. Now, I am more pitchy, some notes get choppy, especially last note in a line. It feels as if not enough air and throat feels tight. I try to relax and sing but still can't. On a good day, the condition is better but mostly not. Is this a throat problem? Great explanation though, hope it'll help!

what about breathing for after concert to calm down?

KClay in my opinion it would be awesome going to a library and chatting with a librarian to know about their opinion to compare a book 📕 📖 📚 to a studio album 💿 example the outsiders I would use it as a example for a book 📕 📖 📚 or any book 📕 📖 I would use for example like Harry Potter and the scorcher’s stone. And compare it with a studio album 💿 example Vertical Horizon Everything You Want it has 11 chapters and the total 🟰 duration is about 45:45 my opinion is In my opinion the number is a chapter which means a main division of a book, typically with a number or title while the song title is a song title more of chapter 1 leaning towards book 📕 📖 📚. For me as a listener studio album 💿 and book 📖 📕 are the same. Because both books and studio albums have a song title and a number right next to it which is book 📕 📖 📚 and chapter. It dosen’t matter how you say it if an album total 🟰 duration is about 29:25 and it has about 10 chapters it would considered a mini book 📕 📖 📚 but an album that has 8 chapters and the total 🟰 duration is about 49:37 it would consider as a full book 📖 📕 📚 to me it dosen’t matter how long or short the albums are but in my preference albums are books 📖 📚 📕. It is a cohesive collection of songs used to tell a bigger theme or project an overall vibe. Think of an album as a book. And your songs as chapters. Every book has chapters. Every album has songs. Each chapter is different. Each song is different. But the collection of chapters (the collection of songs) is what tells the full story of the book (of the album) 💿. Usually the songs on an album are the result of an artist's creations during a season of life. This means the songs can all speak to a similar set of themes, ideas and topics. So the aim of an album name is to try and sum up the big story/concept that all the songs pull from when they were written. It's not always like these, especially today. But traditionally, an album is like a "book" with the songs inside being like "chapters." chapters in a book yes taking taking the different song sections and compiling them building out a story is like a mini book with different chapters and uh adding in those details to make the song really shine . Chapters of the book are very detailed and some people say instead of track one they say chapter one yeah 👍. so with the different uh uh the analogy to storytelling is is maybe not even an analogy it might even be like exactly the same because the song lyrics are in essence telling a story um other people who said the music of the words uh or the music of the words then the Rhythm then the bass then the basic Baseline Melody then tweak the words then detail of the melody harmonies then transitions then tweak the harmonies then recycle ♻. And ask the librarian her own opinion about it and ask the librarian is it a big cd case or small cd case. And I hope you would do a KZfaq video on it and spread the word that would be awesome 😎.

How can I send my voice record to you mam

Can you help me because I cannot sing cause my my veins keep popping out and it hurts

I'm doing this but still feel tension in my throat 😕. Im just confused. It's like I'm doing both. Throat and breathing. Does that makes sense?

Hi, when I have to sing in front of people, I feel tight in the neck and shoulders what is a better way to get rid of tension . Thanks, Lisa.

The vocal coach lingo can be so confusing!

I think a lot ppl end up tightening their neck when they try to "tighten" their core.

and what about throat singing? 🤔

I love my throat than my nasal area😂

Does Rod Stewart know about this?

Thanks😃, I have stoped singing from my throat and my farts sound much better😄

That's awesome 😎 thanks 🙏🌹