To anyone reading this. I studied "Operatic singing" at the Royal Academy of Music. All I can say is Ken is the REAL DEAL. Thank you for this look into your teaching methods, not only does it perfectly align but it's the missing link at least for me to turn my classical training to the more popular style nowadays. 🙏🏼

As a 2yr KTVA student I can tell you Ken gave a thorough yet dense and powerful overview of vowel modifications in this video. Really well done.

Ken, I almost cried at certain points on this video. You really gave today. I received. You gave details that I have been struggling with, but didn’t understand I was struggling with ‘exactly’ that, until you explain the different levels of competence. Thank you, sir. You spoken You have faith in Christ. I pray God blesses you and yours with even more wisdom and more capacity and capability to share effectively. This has been my favorite video. Thank you. 🙏🏼🙌🏽🎶🙂✨🌿

This is great for me who is a late bloomer, i mean i learned how to sing well when i was 36 yrs old, aged 38 when i first had my gig ,now i'm still learning how to sing but have improved that much by watching all these singing lessons on youtube...

32:55 faster scale exercise is to train muscle memory of vowel modications in and out so you dont have to think about it anymore 33:33 another even faster ver

Ken you’re the best! The care for your students is amazing. For sure I’ll get your course shortly. Thanks for putting all of these data out

Thanks for keeping making up more and more teaching material, and presenting it in new ways. From the very first time I saw and heard your videos I could tell that what you were presenting was classic bel canto technique like I used to hear from old-time voice teachers here in Lincoln Center forty years ago. And you've applied that old-time methodology with more precision to the demands of contemporary singers in the huge varieties of styles of world music today than anyone I've ever heard. And you integrate that old-time method with what has become known since in the most knowledgeable and classic way with an emphasis upon the basics that singers need to know, even though I'm certain that you could trade technical terms with the best of the acousticians and "talking heads" in the academies today. And it's clear that you really love music and what you do to keep wanting to present it in new ways and from different angles. For a lot of us who don't really want our training to be much more than a sideline, because we have too much else we love doing, because music is only part of our work in education or in the ministry, because we're spending time with instruments, or arranging on our computers in GarageBand or Finale, it can be tough to find the time, or the will, to keep practicing and working on our singing technique. And then there's always professional and artistic burnout. But besides helping to continue to sell your product, the production of these new videos from new angles helps renew ourinterest and enthusiasm to keep going at it, and for that I thank you.

My local coach is a professional opera singer, mezzo-soprano, and when she start showing her singing is overwhelming for her vocal power and projection.

I like your site. You give a lot of practical tips on singing based on your personal experience. To me it's the real thing, not something too academic. Very grateful to have found your site.

I would like to one day take an in person one on one with Ken when I get better at my singing just to hang out with him. Such a cool knowledgeable dude. 🤘🏾

Ken tamplin my number one vocal coach my voice has really changed no more struggles from Zambia

Vowel mods for Baritone will be roughly: at E4 (Pure "Ah" modifies to "Aw" as in "loft"). G4 (modifies to "Uh"). A4 (modifies to "Ooo"). And then at C5 the "Ooo" modifies back to Pure "Ah" for those super high notes... Is that the idea? Amazing!!

This lesson is sooooo helpful! I’ve improved so much just by trying a long first time watching the video. Thanks a lot Master Ken

Hi Ken you are truly a wealth of musical knowledge the best vocal / voice training I have ever had a pleasure of listening to may God bless you please keep up the great work

Ken, if I had any doubts about whether or not I was going to take your singing course this video alone would've removed them. Wow! I love how you articulate these techniques. I can really visualize and understand what you're explaining. Thanks so much. I really look forward to learning how to sing better than anyone else! ;P

Sir Ken!..you are the vocal Jedi master grandpa indeed!! I LOVE your work and you’ve helped me tremendously even beyond singing, but through singing. Out of the slew of teachers from schooling to private tutorship, I’ve had 2 in my 43 years that were so very cherished because of their mastery of their respective subjects, but it was their Devine mastery of teaching that separated them from very good teachers, to the next level rarity of a teacher we find a few times in life if we’re lucky.

I’m such a fan of your work, and it inspires me a lot.

The grandmaster at the modification of the vowel is Kevin Cronin. He mastered pronunciation and used this technique to form his originality. "I Will be here when you are ready... to roll with changes" Thank you Mr. Tamplin Another great live stream.

I love this content Ken! Watching it back but will hopefully be able to join live next time. I’ve been training classically and am always looking for ways to transition to contemporary music, and this is super helpful

Great! This covered a whole lot of stuff and was extremely helpful! Thank you for you time, energy, and sharing your immense knowledge.

22:00 23:00 LAR OR.......27:00 ASCENDING ; AH --> OR, OR --> UH.....UH -->> OOOH ..... 30:00 Open throat vowel-modification stretching exercises.

Sir Ken thank you much ❤️. You're so excellent.I really need your singing techniques ❤❤❤❤

Hi Ken as a newbie to learning how to sing I was absolutely fascinated by your teaching and has watched quite a few of your KZfaq videos. Thank you so much. Looking forward to the singing course soon 😊

I've been learning with you lately..from some videos. I hope someday i can sing my own songs maximally. Thank you for teaching me sir. Your teaching method is so lucid to me and i am trying to do the daily exercises.

I practiced vowel modifications alot and it really made poeple like my singing 😊😁 My inspiration for singing and what really made me motivated to practice it was Sia ! Because she is known as the queen of vowel modifications and she really helped me a lot in this technique

This is GOLDEN INFORMATION!!!!! :) WE LOVE HOW YOU HELP US!!!!!!

Greetings! I am certainly not the only one to suggest this but IMHO vocal harmonies are a must for any vocal academy. Many of us heard "California dreaming", "Bohemian Rhapsody" or even Fleetwood Mac's "Go your own way" as good examples. BTW, I found an example myself. The INXS discography has two "This time" songs. One is a studio version from "Listen like thieves" and it sounds average. The second one is live version from "Live, baby live". Not only vocal and instrumentation sound better than in studio version but vocal harmonies in chorus sections make it truly "shine like it does".

The is straight GOLD! Thank you so much, Ken!

thanks for more videos. I'll watch this later when I got time, but thanks for going over the vowels.

U are awesome 💯 percent the best I have ever took advice from haven’t heard anyone better than u that explains everything very well❤️

SO enlightening and soooo accessible.Thank you

I think you have mastered vocal coaching! I enjoy learning from you.

Now I am here for vowel modification thanks Ken ,,you are helping me to achieving my dreans

Thanks for such detailed info. Your explanations are tight on So helpful

Ok Chris Cornell, Did you really think we wouldn’t recognize your sweet self in this fine teacher? I knew you didn’t leave us, I’m going to learn to sing from Ken , in hopes that we may all harmonize in “Heaven” ..... Again 💜👱🏼‍♀️💜

Another indispensable live stream. That opening song reminded me of Cris Angel "Mindfreak" song for some reason. It would be awesome to see you singing it.

Thank you so much for the excellent Live Stream on this very interesting subject, Ken...I am watching it all over again now...PS - LOVE the pic!!!! 💗💗💗

Once again thank you for existing sensei! I was doing them in the wrong order! No wonder i was having such a slow result! Thx Sensei

Lol, I followed the diaphragmatic support call and my lab started barking. I love your vids...and that staircase! Thank you for sharing and teaching😃

Hellow from Bulgaria! Keep on doing this! Yo are really inspiring people!

I'm 38 years old I have been doing your You tube videos for beginners, since September I have played guitar for years, but I always wanted to learn to sing and although I've got a long way to go, I can tell huge difference

I think you are one of the Best voice trainer i would like to join your class

I will practice these exercises every day, I have difficulty singing high notes using vowels I and U ...

You build this over time so you can choose what color you want. Bel canto, beautiful singing. Two years in KTVA and private coaching. You set the vowel and forget it which was freaking hard to understand as a beginner. It needs time to build into muscle memory. Then when you go to sing your like OMG WTF?! It works. It's a pathway your body wants to take. I even feel the vowels move when I listen to singers sing. Ken I want your input on this. I don't know if I'm going completely crazy lol cause I literally feel where it's at in my voice.

I want the course, I'll even fly to you for lesson, if that's ok. You direct me the way to go. Thank you.

Thanks for this Ken. So love it!!!

Great tutorial!

Gods continued blessings Ken...thanks again

Thank you ..help this for me lots..many blessings to you.

good morning ,i study whit you in the youtube, i'm laotien from Canada. you are a good teacher. good job

God bless UUUU! I am about to give up singing! could you please tell me what should I search?U have lots of amazing videos!which one should I watch first?

Thanks for everything sir

Wow your house is so good and big!

Ken,you're doing great. .

lemme try : heykeniou :)) yep sounds good! Bird's eye view? I like looking at the birds... but I wonder what they hear when I sing ??? ;) I saw a few cuts of some of your students singing..... and wow! the improvement is amazing... lol ken is building little rocket ships !!!

I learned a lot of ur video how to develop my voice...

we can definitely consider , that this video is , the ken Tamplin singing courses LITE version.

Nice one sir

Hello from Chicago! ❤️

Ken please teach me to sing like Pavarotti. I have the potential but not enough knowledge, your "OH" vowel was beautiful

Hey Ken, great livestream, love these!!! I wanted to ask you about the course: I want to buy the course in the next couple of months,hopefully when a new sale comes again. But I wanted to ask about the course and the pro packs: the pro packs deal with head and mix voice, but what about that in the usual course without the pro packs? Dont you deal with head and mix in the usual course at all? I know theres the passagio and how to grow it so I can transcend between head and chest, but is there any exercise made for head or mix voice?

Dude this is GOLD! Haha I have to practice silently while watching your vids to get familiar with the feeling of the vowels, transitions and mods, diaphragmatic support, and I’m glad it’s dark and everyone is asleep🤣 Your lessons are my insomniac voice karate time😁 Who knows, maybe I’ll get brave enough to practice out loud while the kids are at school... but, Sensei... what will the neighbors think of me?😉

Love you Ken.

Hi Ken. I think the best explanation and example of muscle memory training is found in the original Karate Kid movie: "Daniel doesn't understand what he is being shown. Miyagi seems more interested in having Daniel paint fences and wax cars than teaching him Karate. -IMDB.com" The specific and only way Miyagi has Daniel painting the fences and waxing the cars is for the sole purpose of teaching his body the muscle memory necessary for him to learn the karate moves that he needs to learn in order to defend himself. For those who have not seen that version of the movie, watching it for the sole purpose of seeing Miyagi's instructions will expand your understand of what Ken means when he talks about muscle memory. Studies of people with memory retention issues in which they can not remember from day to day what they did the day before have shown that muscle memory once learned; becomes instinctive. Which Ken also alluded too. But, even after you've learned the open throat technique, I suggest you keep consciously practicing it as you would do with any muscle workout routine. [EDIT] Here's a link to the original Karate Kid on IMDB www.imdb.com/title/tt0087538/?ref_=nm_flmg_act_46

My compliment for the Ä. I had a German guitar in the 70s with exactly that sound :) Funny, today I have a keyboard without Ö Ä Ü for my computer.

26:40..Great stuff.

Sir,should I push down the larynx from the neutral position downwards while practicing ot should keep in the same position where I talk

Hi Ken, thanks for awesome content. I have an issue finding out what I should sound like, I often try to sound like the singer which is difficult when the song it too high which results in me sounding pitchy week, and not confident

great vid thank you!

Thank you for sharing.

Thank you so much i watching your all videos can you please tell me intro soundtrack.

Thank you very much sir

Your such a great singer :) and an amazing vlogger :D! Annie :)

amazing knowledge

Vocal beast🙏

Thanks ken

Thanks for sharing 🙏🏼. Working on the open throat technique. Getting stuck on the upper part of my chest voice on the “A” sound as in “Hey hey hey hey” ala Simple Minds Back of my tongue pops up and makes me sound like Kermit the Frog 🐸 . I will try to hit the same note using a different vowel. And will post on forums... any suggestions? (i am going to buy your course)

so what vowel modication do you sing when your at a g4. i have a similar deep voice like yours and the g4 is somewhat given me problems. im assuming either ay(ate) or i thought you said uh like (under)

Could you make a video about how to protect the vocal cords when someone like me sings. I have a vocal cord disorder. John Hopkins diagnosed me as having vocal cords that work backwards. When I breath in my vocal cords close instead of open & when I breath out they open instead of close. I also, have had a paralyzed vocal cord, too. I grew up singing in choir at school for years and at church. Sang in a Choir at a influential church near D.C. I love singing but it is harder then it use to be. How do I heal the irritation possible damage from vocal cord spasms from the vocal cord disorder? Thanks for your time. all rights reserved

Brillant!

I love the runni I get through the ropes example 🤣❤️

Hi Ken! Just wondering what you think of Steve Perrys singing in his new song no erasin

Thank you Ken.

35:39 for reference and practice

Dear Ken, I wonder how that translates to other languages where you have additional vowels like "ö" or "ü" in German or even more distinct dialects. Do you have any information on that? I'd sincerely appreciate your opinion. Thanks, Herwig v/o Herodin

Hi Ken! Thank you so much for sharing this really golden information with us! That was really helpful! Before I watched this video my vowel mod. from D#4 to E4 was not "O" like "loft", but more like "uh". So it's not pure "AH", but not "O", either. Maybe it's because I'm russian, so there's some language barrier, like different accent and all that. But thanks to you, I finally understand what should I do to get that "O" modification! :) P.S: also, it would be so cool to hear from you Motley Crue "Live Wire" or Metallica "The Memory Remains"! :) With regards!

Sir I'm just curious.. Does Squeezing or if the same as thinning your vocal chords to achieve a high note is bad? Well if my throat will going to be hurt I know its bad but is there proper exercise that wears your throat every time you sing high or low notes?

Guys, who bought downloadable course (29GB)? Did you have any problems? Can it be downloaded in parts or only the whole thing? Thanks for the answers!

Can i have one question? When you do "Aa" vowel, do you feel it deep in the neck like when you do that famous "ng ng" or in front in the mouth? Keep this great work up! These are the most helpful singing videos out there.

how often do these live streams happen?

Having a lot of issues singing do you hear what I bycarrie under wood please help me out now with this issue

this is so crazy!!! I literary went from not being able to sing anything until last night man! I spent all night watching your videos and your techniques just seems to work so perfect! I just get it! But I still need a lot of coaching because I run out of breathe very fast at times when I need breathe to hold a note, can you help me with that..also my range!

Ken, I have been practicing guitar quite a lot in the past and I could do it for 5-6 hours per day. What about vocal practice? What’s a good time frame to build it up to? I have a datum that after 2-3 hours per day the voice can get very tired or something like that. Is this true?

hi ken , where are located? im in orlando, if u are in florida i will defenitly come for courses, i hope u are close

Tips for Improving Vocal tone?

I'm able to do the exercises correctly, and I definitely notice that I can hit higher notes without tension. My question is, once I start adding consonants to the beginning of these higher notes, I seem to get jammed up in my throat again and lose that open feeling I have when I just sing the vowels. How can I keep that open feeling while singing lyrics that often have consonant sounds to start the lyric? Thanks.

17:00 somethings to practice

How come long “I” is never mentioned with vocal coaches when discussing vowels?

Hello Ken, can u tell me how long the sale is for the course? I'm going to visit my sis for the holidays and want to start after the 1st jan, which is my b-day....🙂

Sir I want to thank you for all great information so far l learned from u thanks again and again and again One thing musics u add on your videos I dont like them .