Easy Way to Get Rid of Vocal Breaks for Smooth Singing Transitions

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  • čas přidán 5. 08. 2020
  • Hi guys I'm Madeline Harvey and thank you so much for hanging out with me today. Today in our play together I'm going to show you a very effective extremely simple exercise that you can do at home to smooth your transitions and reduce that pesky break. So if you like these video please be sure to give it a thumbs up or click that Subscribe button below. I would love to see you here more often so we can pretty much pinpoint that the voice changes for one major reason and that is a reluctance to change. Now there are two components that we have to manage as we work with blending registration. One is airflow and the other one is Cord strength or cord tension. Now when we speak of airflow we're talking specifically about the relationship between the mouth and the nose how we blend or manage the air pressure between the two is going to give us a nice consistent sound. So we've got to be able to concentrate our airflow from one into the other and then back down and then the second one core tension is we want to be able to manage a heavyweight blending ever so lightly into a lighter weight. Now let's experience that together. Go ahead and place your hands right here on your neck. Now I just want you to demonstrate a very lazy very lazy low energy chest voice sound like this uh can you hear how there's a little weight in that. Now you try. Mr. together. Good. Now what's happening is the courts are contracting becoming thicker and as they do it naturally includes a little bit more muscle fiber. So that's why it sounds the way that it does. So if we were to go to a higher note we'd hear that it's it's a little thin there because the courts stretch and as they do it naturally includes a little bit of a more refined muscle fiber. So everything just thins out a little bit. So what we want to do is we want to be able to address both the airflow and the core tension in one exercise and we want to have a simple way that we can apply it every day. So we're going to do what's called a physical cue now a physical cue. We've all seen them because we've all seen artists going to like using their hands to sort of pinpoint the accuracy of like a run trill or riff or any other rhythmic style with their voice and the voice does respond to this a lot sort of follows along with sort of where they're pointing as they're coming down. So we're gonna use a very similar physical cue. We're going to put our hand out in front of us like we're accepting change. This is going to demonstrate that lazy chest voice coordination that it feels stable. And then as we go higher we're going to slowly turn our hand over to really gauge the subtleties of what that feels like as we go from one to the other. So we're going to turn the hand over and that will be our higher note that we will land on and then we'll come back down. So we're just gonna do a siren and we're gonna use this. We're gonna use our hand to gauge the subtleties of that sensation as we manage that change. So together we'll go. Now I want you to concentrate on feeling just that it changes and that it's OK to change. So if you spot any wobbles or breaks right now just isolate them and use your hand to sort of stay with that sensation. So let's put this in an exercise shall we. OK. Oh that should everything a little bit. OK. So I'm going to start us off right here on a flap. So we're going to feel that sensation. Now can you hear how it's changing the entire time the entire time. And I'm letting my my hand demonstrate that change right away. So let's see if you can hear. You hear that the good. Very good. Now let's try it together. Same one. Can you feel how you're managing that air flow and you're feeling that subtle changing happening here. Go go let's take it back down. Go go. Now I observed a tiny little wobble in my voice. So as you're working you want to just do that again. So I'm going to just do that again. Go. In a way wind. Go. Go go. FC Is not that noble. Go go. Uh. Excellent excellent now you want to move slow with this because it is important. It's more important now that you feel that everything is allowed to change before you worry about strengthening and before you worry about straightening out those transitions. You first want to do that work of making that allowance that every kid everything can make an adjustment. It's how you manage the movement that makes it accessible adaptable flexible multiple shape of all changeable all that you want to almost imagine that your tone is a circle it's equal in all size and it can move in any direction. Right. Very flexible in that way. So the more that you just use little circles of sounds little mini sirens and you use that physical cue the more you can manage that change and the entire mechanism your entire voice is strengthened as a result.

Komentáře • 120

  • @mickeymichelle9067
    @mickeymichelle9067 Před 3 lety +132

    She’s a music Doctor!

  • @cestmoi4881
    @cestmoi4881 Před 3 lety +61

    Today I watched your videos about accepting our voices and who we are and what our voice says about us. You are truly an inspiration! It is so true! Being an exercise that uses not only the whole body, but our hearts and souls , singing opens us for great vulnerability; which is daunting, but SO REWARDING when we break past that fear. On one point specifically, it is so true that we don’t have to sing the highest notes (or the lowest or have the widest range) to sing well. Singers of all types have made places in our hearts without being/having the “-est” of anything. Karen Carpenter, Sarah Brightman, Josh Groban, and SO MANY MORE all have the same thing in common, where they didn’t/don’t have the “-est” of anything, because that is not what it’s about, it is that they made the most of the voices they did/do have and with HEART.
    Another point, I agree that we should not try to sound like anyone; that would be derivative. We need variety and the world is more beautiful with our own unique contributions.
    Thank you for the sumptuous food for thought, as well as these wonderful lessons! You’re simply lovely!

    • @debranelson1987
      @debranelson1987 Před 3 lety +3

      i agree with you completely....it's a matter of bringing out your own unique voice so that you don't sound like some other person...only you.

    • @elizabethayala8377
      @elizabethayala8377 Před 4 měsíci

      What video is this? I would love to see it

  • @cosmiclove3866
    @cosmiclove3866 Před 2 lety +13

    i've been doing this warm up multiple times a week for like a year and GIRL u changed my voice I LOVE U!!! helped me with my mixed voice soo much!!!

  • @rohansahare3719
    @rohansahare3719 Před 3 lety +12

    You must be holding a WORLD RECORD cause' you have the ability of 100 different types og singers😍😍😍😍😍🔥🔥🔥🔥

  • @vox8md
    @vox8md Před rokem +4

    Exercise Starts at 4:30

  • @stasmarine1638
    @stasmarine1638 Před 3 lety +25

    Songs performed by DIANA ANKUDINOVA are all live! She lives every story of the song by herself and through her feelings shakes our hearts!!! We rejoice in the light as children or our soul is squeezed by sadness! Diana left no one indifferent...no one!!!=))) Diana's tone gives the audience goosebumps!!! It's like a diamond with its own hue!!!=))))))))))

    • @LeoGer94
      @LeoGer94 Před 3 lety +13

      Обожаю творчество Дианы Анкудиновой.

    • @7Taric
      @7Taric Před 3 lety +10

      Diana is beyond competition for me - I love it! Диана для меня вне конкуренции - обожаю! 💎💎💎💕💓

    • @natalieo-s8908
      @natalieo-s8908 Před 3 lety +9

      DIANA ANKUDINOVA super singer🌷🌷🌷

  • @mickeymichelle9067
    @mickeymichelle9067 Před 3 lety +6

    She’s just so good!!!! Love her!!

  • @pratimakhatri2363
    @pratimakhatri2363 Před 3 lety +4

    Great! Thanks for all your lovely lessons!

  • @sophiematzke5732
    @sophiematzke5732 Před 3 lety +1

    Best video about vocal break and how to overcome it that I have seen so far! Thank you very much!!!

  • @zisanirem
    @zisanirem Před 3 lety +9

    I really love your videos Madeleine, the exercises are really fun to to, and I am observing the positive change in my voice - especially the higher notes - in time! Thank you so much !

  • @jfpsuperstar
    @jfpsuperstar Před rokem +2

    Absolute genius, seen lots of videos on voice, but madelaine explains things in an easy to understand manner, being beautiful is a bonus

  • @chely3458
    @chely3458 Před 3 lety +10

    4:26 I like it how she pulled the piano out 🤣

  • @richardwollyce
    @richardwollyce Před 3 lety +9

    I love your lessons, you're amazing Madeleine! Thank you!!!

  • @ritodanger
    @ritodanger Před 3 lety +12

    4:23 gets me every time !

  • @dionnesiava7129
    @dionnesiava7129 Před 3 lety +5

    Awesome lesson! Thank you so much Madeline. I appreciate you!🎶🙏🏽

  • @eleanormattice3598
    @eleanormattice3598 Před 3 lety +6

    You explain suble concepts so I can understand them. I am enjoying singing alot more since I started using your instrutional videos. Thank you.

  • @theapearman1407
    @theapearman1407 Před 3 lety +3

    Soon to be my next favorite Madeline video! Oh no .. I can’t choose! I was waiting on this gem -my favorite music instructor on the web ❤️

  • @sankarsanadas3026
    @sankarsanadas3026 Před 3 lety +15

    Thank you for your video lessons Madeline. I practice some of the exercises daily, and they have improved my tone and range. I’m a Hare Krishna singer and we do a lot of singing. I think you’re wonderful.

  • @MichaelAntus
    @MichaelAntus Před 3 lety +2

    You are the best vocal instructor. I love your videos...

  • @therealhappybunny6972
    @therealhappybunny6972 Před 3 lety +4

    Love this, you make it such a visual exercise for a voice. Thank you. I am sharing with my choral group.

  • @tonyairoldi1
    @tonyairoldi1 Před 3 lety

    That was brilliant! You are a very special person. Thanks.

  • @Viola11_
    @Viola11_ Před 3 lety +4

    Your videos really help me a lot!!!! Thank you Ms Harvey~❣️

  • @tomaridance
    @tomaridance Před 3 lety +1

    Thank you Madeline the explanations they create a visual image of your instruction

  • @HannahIm
    @HannahIm Před 3 lety +1

    Thank you! I love your videos with your enthusiasm and spiritual orientation, and I love your opening. It reminds me of some of my favorite JTBC Korean dramas.

  • @gonzalo4348
    @gonzalo4348 Před 2 lety

    Great concept for the main break.

  • @diegoburlandotheinformal1217

    Very impressive and useful. I was only partially aware of the fact that gestures are connected to the voice. This is a very important thing to sediment in the singing knowledge. Also the exercise is confortably in my range. appreciate it!

  • @angalmeida29
    @angalmeida29 Před 3 lety

    Lovely ! thx Madeleine

  • @CoolDaysEnd
    @CoolDaysEnd Před 4 měsíci

    Awesome exercise! Thanks so much!

  • @EmilioSabinero
    @EmilioSabinero Před 3 lety +2

    Thank you Madeleine! Btw loved the new palm tree!

  • @justinpiper8756
    @justinpiper8756 Před 3 lety

    Madeleine is amazing & a godsend 🌟 I suffer muscle tension disphonia and laryngeal damage, she is the Greatest therapy 💕 Tq !! M

  • @vestibulitis
    @vestibulitis Před 3 lety

    Really helpful to have the hand as a cue. I also watched your Irish accent video (which is how I got here) 5 min. before I had to read an Irish role and it helped me fake my way through and lowered the stress I would have felt. Thanks!

  • @agabrook
    @agabrook Před 3 lety

    Big up to the world's best voice teacher

  • @bportermusic
    @bportermusic Před 3 lety +14

    Thanks for this video, I've been able to blend my nose and mouth tones using your previous tutorials, but was still getting a few breaks.
    And I just isolated such a break when trying this exercise when trying to sing back down between the A flats, and was still struggling with descends - I was previously doing most of the exercises ascending only which is likely why.

  • @kearstiann93
    @kearstiann93 Před 2 lety

    This helped a lot. Thank you!

  • @melotika
    @melotika Před 3 lety

    shes the best!

  • @elizabethmcgovern5817
    @elizabethmcgovern5817 Před 3 lety +2

    She’s a genius

  • @juancarlospalacios1984

    Very good Madeleine!!!!

  • @mariajones1540
    @mariajones1540 Před 4 měsíci

    Excellent!! I so enjoy these drills,
    Thanks so much Madeleine.
    I’ve also learned to sing from my heart,
    Not just my head….
    Makes a difference 🙏🎶

  • @shAiDawn
    @shAiDawn Před 2 lety

    u are a blessing thank u

  • @Limelightartworks
    @Limelightartworks Před 3 lety

    Excellent thank you

  • @anecitaestavilla-maullin3364

    you are the best!

  • @kathrynclass2915
    @kathrynclass2915 Před 3 lety

    Thank you!

  • @ednaa
    @ednaa Před 3 lety +1

    it worked thank you so much 😁😁😁😁😁

  • @amgm1996
    @amgm1996 Před 3 lety +5

    because i came here early, i just want to thank you so much for everything you say! youre not only a teacher, youre a master too, i love how you link voice with untouchable energy, i really am so much more relaxed with my voice now without pressure to soound pitch perfect and really explloring my voice. its a pleasura. thanks!

  • @lindseynorberg1935
    @lindseynorberg1935 Před 3 lety +4

    She’s fantastic!!! I have very little training and really only have sang in college and in church but she makes it so easy to perform and understand!!! Thank you!!!

  • @cadrat1962
    @cadrat1962 Před 2 lety +1

    Excellent lesson..... Sirens are my homework for the week. Harder than it seems. 😃

  • @Bellfast111
    @Bellfast111 Před rokem +2

    Appreciate you so very much

  • @lunet4
    @lunet4 Před 3 lety

    Thanks!

  • @jackie5046
    @jackie5046 Před 3 lety

    She is really good...!

  • @T_Nath
    @T_Nath Před 3 lety

    Excellent

  • @FishingwithSteveD
    @FishingwithSteveD Před rokem

    Awesome thank you so much xxoo

  • @user-zy4lu2dx5l
    @user-zy4lu2dx5l Před 3 lety

    Amazing

  • @PatriceDEvans
    @PatriceDEvans Před 3 lety

    I can relate. I e noticed when I relax and overcome past abuse as it relates to my voice I sung better.

  • @ms.chlsmrz_
    @ms.chlsmrz_ Před 3 lety

    whoa! ❤️

  • @JusticeConstantine
    @JusticeConstantine Před 3 lety +1

    Another great video Madeleine and adorable outfit. Thank you. - Justice Constantine

  • @Kathleentaylormusic1
    @Kathleentaylormusic1 Před 11 měsíci

    Thank you so much for this video! I am writing a song right now which is forcing me to deal with my break (Argh!!) Anyways, I was searching for ways to help me work through it and I found this video...Your technique is the most helpful by far! Thank you! Thank you! Subscribed :)

  • @yazmingarcia5056
    @yazmingarcia5056 Před 3 lety +124

    The one that disliked is mad because they can’t sing 😂

  • @EastOfGreenwich
    @EastOfGreenwich Před 8 měsíci +1

    Hi. I'm very grateful for this exercise and others you have presented too... Stay awesome.
    Miguel Capelo

  • @thatswhatisaidCA
    @thatswhatisaidCA Před 3 lety +10

    Thank you, this is very helpful. I have a very low "break" and have a hard time finding music to sing that works with my voice. If I adjust my voice to the song, i feel i'm doing it wrong or not well. Most men who sing Pop have a higher range in their chest voice that I have, so i tend to sing those but the "money notes" (usually near the end) are all in my head voice and sound "wrong" to me. I'm thinking this exercise will help a bit, but i know i have to be okay with MY sound and just make the song sound good, not try to copy... (Do i have this right? Doubt keeps rearing its head!) Thanks!

  • @andymasterpiece9441
    @andymasterpiece9441 Před rokem

    Very helpful :)

  • @askalice7222
    @askalice7222 Před 3 lety

    Cute jumper!

  • @ernestorodriguez5720
    @ernestorodriguez5720 Před 3 lety +2

    4:40 exrcise

  • @CherylBerryl
    @CherylBerryl Před 3 lety

    Great lesson Madeline! I LOVE that "SING" sign in the background.

  • @nuratherepens862
    @nuratherepens862 Před 3 lety

    Hi, Madeleine. I am a loyal subscriber of your channel. I am glad to see you share tips on vocal technique. Thank you for the learning you provide. On my channel, I made a short video recommending this channel...

  • @margarethale4980
    @margarethale4980 Před 3 lety +2

    Haha, at first I was like whaat, but then I felt my soft palate moving along with my hand. That's amazing! 😲 Thank you.

  • @dwatpotato4952
    @dwatpotato4952 Před 2 lety

    For practice 4:20

  • @leo4339
    @leo4339 Před 3 lety

    thats like managing , time laps of sound or controlls using hands, neck, Shoulder, Its common of using vibratos or timing technique adjustment etc some Manerism Gestures Must Hide

  • @user-lm9bn7qc9x
    @user-lm9bn7qc9x Před 3 lety

    😍

  • @cmstafs
    @cmstafs Před 2 lety +1

    Will this drill take me from chest to head voice with out the break?

  • @wendyshah6212
    @wendyshah6212 Před 6 měsíci

    Thank you for your videos, I have a question. When I am doing the siren exercises, when my chest voice flips to my head voice, the head voice does not go to the next note on the siren, it actually jumps one octave higher. So I am actually singing through two octaves with a gap in between instead of a one octave siren. What can I do?

  • @fragmanialains
    @fragmanialains Před 2 lety +1

    You’re a wonderful woman that will gain credit where it’s due once I’m famous as shit

  • @firstname4208
    @firstname4208 Před 3 lety +1

    Self note: 5:14

  • @eunchiisan202
    @eunchiisan202 Před 2 lety

    Timestamp for practice ¬ 4:20

  • @chelseadaley9770
    @chelseadaley9770 Před 3 lety

    I just want to say that I love your beautiful shirt

  • @viridiansexperimentchannel711

    Can this be applied to talking in general too? I haven’t watched the video yet, I’m just asking based on the title, lol

  • @jbig7250
    @jbig7250 Před 2 lety +1

    4:33

  • @Z3nHolEminD
    @Z3nHolEminD Před 3 lety

    '' Yoou're all i need to get by ''

  • @rley493
    @rley493 Před rokem +1

    Watching this because I have a solo in our choir and there’s a high g sharp😅

  • @Cuteculter
    @Cuteculter Před 3 lety +5

    Every time i sing high my voice breaks but when i sing low it doesn't lol. But my old choir teacher was convided im a soprano. How do you know if your soprano or alto tho???

    • @thatswhatisaidCA
      @thatswhatisaidCA Před 3 lety +2

      I sing very low (alto) in chest voice, have a low 'break' and get very very high in my head voice. (Most people don't sing soprano in chest voice.) I think these are just categories, and I think they might limit what we think we can sing. Alternatively, I suspect they apply to the natural "easy" part of our voice - but don't let them confine you to a few notes! Good luck!

    • @Cuteculter
      @Cuteculter Před 3 lety +1

      @@thatswhatisaidCA thank you!😊

  • @natalieo-s8908
    @natalieo-s8908 Před 3 lety +36

    Hello, Madeline! 🌞🌞🌞Thank you for the lesson. Please make a reachion Wicked Game. DIANA ANKUDINOVA - talented, fantastic singer from RUSSIA🌹🌹🌹Shock and surprise is guaranteed.

    • @cepreu_notanob
      @cepreu_notanob Před 3 lety +18

      This is certainly a phenomenon in the vocal firmament. In addition to her unique voice, which is rare in its content and beauty and which is fascinating, she also has considerable performing talent and passion.

    • @LeoGer94
      @LeoGer94 Před 3 lety +13

      👍👍👍👍

    • @mirsadmehadzic
      @mirsadmehadzic Před 3 lety +9

      I support

    • @marianagunter2283
      @marianagunter2283 Před 3 lety +11

      Oh, I heard her sing. She is cool ) Yes )

    • @7Taric
      @7Taric Před 3 lety +7

      A unique young singer from Russia with millions of views around the world! 💎💎💎💕💓👏👍

  • @celia1914
    @celia1914 Před 3 lety +8

    is there someone else that feels this exercise works when you're going from chest voice to a higher pitch, but then when you go down again to chest voice, then the break reappears? Maybe it's just me, but i would love to know why it happens

  • @frangiew9076
    @frangiew9076 Před 3 lety

    Mrs. Harvey do you do online lessons ?

  • @marksgameoflife8446
    @marksgameoflife8446 Před 3 lety +6

    Nice lesson and explanation...As a beginner what lesson of yours should i practice first?

    • @deanwilsonmusic
      @deanwilsonmusic Před 3 lety +3

      I would suggest starting with breathing exercises first

    • @bportermusic
      @bportermusic Před 3 lety +1

      This is the one I started with and it begins with a few very easy exercises for breath, pitch and tone czcams.com/video/PQUo7eimhWA/video.html

  • @kirajeantv
    @kirajeantv Před 6 měsíci +1

    I can’t seem to get this without my voice cracking… 😢

  • @sabinejohn495
    @sabinejohn495 Před 11 měsíci +1

    it’s so frustrating cause I can do it on the way up but on the way down it just breaks super clean and sharp and it’s so annoying!

  • @Newyear2024-t6j
    @Newyear2024-t6j Před 3 lety

    Vocal teacher. Do you know k-pop boy group" exo "Baekhyun? How can get like his voice and singing skill?

  • @Tasha1284
    @Tasha1284 Před rokem

    Yodel ! Can you teach me how to yodel?

  • @adolforojas3591
    @adolforojas3591 Před 2 lety

    do you teach private lessons?

  • @tonyharmony1008
    @tonyharmony1008 Před 8 měsíci

    My voice still breaks when i try to transition 😪😫

  • @robertwarner9951
    @robertwarner9951 Před 3 lety

    Are their some artists that are naturally gifted that never think about voice It just happens?

    • @Mustafa-xd6jz
      @Mustafa-xd6jz Před 3 lety +2

      Doesn't really matter whether some ppl were given a head start or not. You can be a lot better than anyone "born with it" if you practice.

    • @Mustafa-xd6jz
      @Mustafa-xd6jz Před 3 lety +2

      But after a lot of practice, i think you wouldn't think about singing either. It will just come out

  • @joycezemba6062
    @joycezemba6062 Před 3 lety

    I think my breaks r gone🙊

  • @user-ts4iy1mp3h
    @user-ts4iy1mp3h Před 3 lety +1

    Hello, have you seen Diana Ankudinova's performance yet? I assure you that you will be pleasantly surprised by watching Diana's video - "Evil Games", "Havana". "Rechenka", Human "- millions of people in all countries are captivated by Diana's unique timbre and her penetration into every song!

  • @HeyItsCharlie
    @HeyItsCharlie Před 2 lety

    I feel like my voice doesn't even get that high 😅😂

  • @sankarsanadas3026
    @sankarsanadas3026 Před 3 lety

    Madeleine. Sorry I spelled your name wrong.

  • @7Taric
    @7Taric Před 3 lety +2

    Hello! I invite you to get acquainted with the work of an extraordinary young singer from Russia - DIANA ANKUDINOVA! What impression her singing will give you, I do not know, but I guarantee that you will not remain indifferent! For a start, I recommend the "Wicked Game" cover.

  • @Rosannasfriend
    @Rosannasfriend Před 3 lety +4

    Ha ha ha, all these videos about how to get rid of vocal breaks, when I spent months trying to learn how to get vocal breaks…

  • @Glomarie
    @Glomarie Před 3 lety

    Thank you!

  • @hadiluvsu2_
    @hadiluvsu2_ Před 3 lety +1

    4:48

  • @cherryboo65b56
    @cherryboo65b56 Před 3 lety

    Thank you!