Vocal Control: The Complete Guide to Gaining Vocal Control
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- čas přidán 20. 06. 2024
- Have you always wanted to improve your vocal control? Have you been singing flat, or flipping into falsetto, or even want to expand your vocal range but don't know how?
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Introduction: 0:00
Step 1: Sing in Tune: 2:37
5-tone scale: 3:22
Step 2: Sing in Chest Voice: 4:52
5-tone "GUG": 6:15
Step 3: Sing in Head Voice: 7:32
1.5 octave "WEE": 9:25
Step 4: Sing with Mixed Voice: 10:42
Octave repeat "NAY": 11:53
Step 5: Keep your Larynx Balanced: 13:35
1.5 octave "MUM": 14:25
Step 6: Sing with Vocal Effects: 15:34
Diaphragm Pulse: 17:00
Step 7: Sing Songs: 18:22
Use a "Friendly" Exercise on the Melody: 19:35
The truth is vocal control is something that every singer wants, but it's very hard to define. Vocal control is a catch-all term that refers to being able to sing with all of the singing fundamentals and even being able to apply them to songs.
In today's video, I'm going to show you my definition of vocal control, and give you seven different exercises to improve your vocal control and apply it to a song.
In my experience, vocal control is the ability to master the singing basics or fundamentals. But rather than being vague, the singing fundamentals I’m referring to are as follows:
In the first step, you will learn to improve your vocal control by singing in tune. Singing In Tune is the first step in gaining vocal control, because if you can't sing in tune, then you won't be able to sing any song well. So my first exercise for Singing In Tune is to sing the 5-tone count scale where you're singing a five tone major scale on the words one, two, three, four, five, four, three, two, one.
The next step to improve your vocal control is to sing in the different vocal registers. In this case, we'll start by singing in chest voice. Chest voice refers to the notes at the bottom part of your voice and it's the first place that you have to start if you're singing breathy. In the second exercise, I'm going to give you a five tone count scale where you replace each note of the scale with the word “gug”, as in gut.
The next step to improving your vocal control is to sing in your head voice. Head voice refers to the range of notes at the top part of your voice. In the third exercise, you're going to sing an octave and a half arpeggio on the word “wee”, like week. This is going to help you release into your head voice.
The next step to improving your vocal control is to blend these different vocal registers together into a mixed voice. Mixed voice means being able to sing from the bottom to the top of your voice and back down without any breaks or strain. In other words, every note has some chest voice and every note has some head voice. In the 4th exercise, I'm going to have you sing an octave repeat arpeggio with a bratty “Nay”.
The next step in improving your vocal control is to begin singing with a resting larynx. The bottom line is that when you're first learning how to sing, it's very common to start singing with a very high larynx. This takes some time to improve since the larynx is just moving in a nervous system reaction to what you're singing. However, one of my favorite exercises to start relaxing your larynx is to sing with an “uh” vowel as in “other”. In this exercise, you're going to sing an octave and a half arpeggio on the word “mum”, like “mummy”.
The next step to improving your vocal control is to sing with vocal effects like vibrato and legato. In this case, I'm going to teach you to sing with vibrato because vibrato is a vocal effect that will really help you balance your voice and gets used all the time and singing. In the sixth exercise, I'm going to give you an exercise to find vibrato by pulsating your diaphragm.
The final step to gaining vocal control over your voice is to sing songs. However, you'll notice that singing songs is much more difficult than just singing a vocal exercise. That's because things in songs are constantly changing, the melody, vowels, dynamics, are changing all the time. So in the final exercise, you're going to sing part of the song that's giving you a hard time on a friendly vocal exercise. Simply take one of the exercises that was working really well for you earlier, and then sing The Melody of the song on that exercise. Finally, go back to singing the lyrics but try to keep some of the same feeling you got on the exercise.
Getting more vocal control is something that every singer wants. However it takes a little bit of time to develop. Continue working with these exercises every day and you'll be amazed how much your vocal technique improves. - Hudba
Control is actually probably the hardest element of singing ... it’s control that knits everything together
it sure can be
I was on the "Nay" part, then my sister told me to shutup then walked out of the room. She's so nice.😂💀😳
😂😂😂
@Sheena, keep at it!!
When I was a kid, my mom told mr. To stop that screeching. To this day I'm working on feeling "safe" singing in front of people. I've been told by many people that I have s beautiful voice. But guess who's voice over rides those compliments? You guessed it! You're a big girl now.
Don't give your sister thr power to determine your value in any area.
@@donnebonne oh my gosh. I got this so much too. I'm still getting over it tho. I still freeze up when someone finds me singing. Like I'm waiting for them to yell at me. But we trust the process 😂😂
She’s just jealous. 😉
This is awesome. I just practiced the entirety of Perfect using “WE” and I can see improvement right away. I’m surprised my neighbors still haven’t called a mental health institution.
Good for you Julien!
@Zayne Pierce we do not!
😂😂
Lmfaooo! This made me lol😂😂. You must be so fun to be around. Thank you for the laugh.
Notes for me lol
Pitch (5-tone scale 12345) - 3:30
Chest Voice (5-tone scale “Gug”) - 6:15
Head Voice (1.5 octave “Wee”) - 8:50
Mixed Voice (octave repeat scale “Nay”) - 11:55
Balance Larynx (1.5 octave “Mum” - 14:25
Vocal Effects (Diaphragm Pulse) - 17:00
Songs (explanation 19:10) -19:35
Great work, Anita, glad you're learning
8:50 for the “Wee”
oh sweet you edited the wee
yeah I gotchu guys haha
@@anitadaniel4587 thanks
Goodness this is the best vocal teacher ever
thanks so much
@@ramseyvoicestudio thank you. I sound so much better because of you
I think he’s absolutely right. We can only go so far with these. Actually having a coach or someone in front of you helps so much. These are great but your learning curve will definitely slow at some point.
true, Mike
Hmm wonder what people did before vocal coaches were a thing?? You really think Bobby Hatfield had a vocal coach when he sang unchained melody? I highly doubt it.
You can actually learn a lot stepping outside a genre that you normally sing and then try that, I sing things from Adel, Lady Gaga, Muse, Megan Trainor, etc etc. I listen mostly to heavy metal and hard rock but I wanted to sing with correct technique and I know most metal and rock singers do not use proper technique when distorting the sound.
I still love the way Matt Bellamy from Muse does some of his distortion, he literally swallows the mic and uses the breakup that happens when singing loudly into a mic that close to his advantage.
If we settled for we always have to have a teacher then electricity wouldn't exist with a ton of other inventors who thought outside the box and discovered new things. Did Nikola Tesla have an electrical engineer when he made his inventions? Nope.
@@evilcowboy you're so right
I've been a musician for 20 years and I taught myself just like everything else. Im literally here for the literature. Want to know what separates life long musician who are confident and self taught vs people who feel they need (enter numerous different things people think they need) to learn?
1. Practice 2. Dedication 3. Dedication to practice
@@evilcowboyyeah but someone taught Mr. Tesla about electricity. Go ahead and pretend like you know more than everyone else in comment sections on the internet.
everyone here is doing the exercises meanwhile I am eating a sandwich thinking ill do it later.
Update: I did do it later 😁
enjoy
lol I instantly like people who think out loud. lmfao.
Vocal Control: The Complete Guide to Gaining Vocal Control
2:37 - Step 1: Sing in Tune
3:22 - Improving your Pitch (5-tone scale 12345)
4:52 - Step 2: Sing in Chest Voice
6:15 - Chest Voice (5-tone scale "GUG")
7:32 - Step 3: Sing in Head Voice
9:25 - Head Voice (1.5 octave "WEE")
10:42 - Step 4: Sing with Mixed Voice
11:53 - Mixed Voice (octave repeat scale "NAY")
13:35 - Step 5: Keep your Larynx Balanced
14:25 - Balance Larynx (1.5 octave "MUM")
15:34 - Step 6: Sing with Vocal Effects
17:00 - Vocal Effects (Diaphragm Pulse)
18:22 - Step 7: Sing Songs
19:35 - Use a "Friendly" Exercise on the Melody
thanks
Don't take this guy seriously, my vocal coach told me to never trust people that use archaic terms like "head" voice and "chest" voice.
@@-ABC- then use what term?it use that term because it is what its name lol
@@phewphew1720 modal voice, I think? I know there's a word for it and not ambiguous references like "head" and "chest". I rescind my older reply, but still it's not sound to use those terms considering the complexities involved in this part of vocal control.
@@-ABC- the only other terms are actually different languages that translate to the same word, but i do see what your point. however this doesn’t mean trust everyone out there either. y’all be careful on youtube. this guy seems fine but there are some that might go a little deeper into explanations of you’re confused.
I've gotta be candid: I had never really given much thought to start singing, or even maximizing my natural voice until I had tumbled discovered a plethora of indisputably inspiring videos from a fairly popular CZcams channel called "Ramsey Voice Studio". I'm probably not the first guy to admit this, but Ramsey, your voice is absolutely incredible!!! I really am amazed at the quality of your voice through all of those training tutorials you've given us. They motivate me to be honest with myself that I am a total beginner and that if I've got to start somewhere on my journey to singing, then it should be something nice and effective. I suppose that's why I've found you. And fine, I'll say it lol... I had given a lot of thought to being exceptional at singing, but by virtue of my very poor self esteem at the time, psychological development, and reliance on everyone else's validation (this was a long time ago, I've made up for my mistakes) I was discouraged to do so... But not anymore. Through gaining new insights about myself, new perceptions, training, and a total awareness of my abilities, I realized that I can sing, better yet maybe become a great singer, and I don't care about what others may think. I've come all of this way, why quit it for past idea, why not give it my best to be the best that I can become at something. So thanks again man... I will continue to delve into more of videos on finding your vocal range, learning how to sing certain notes, singing tones and more. I'm definitely look into buying that new program of yours. This channel is great.
Since you're just starting, (and I'm extremely pleased you're learning from me), this video is a great place to start before you learn bad habits:
ramseyvoice.com/vocal-style/
Thank you.
Learning how to incorporate all is my challenge and I choose to take it.
Chest voice,head voice, Ad-lib all in one 😊
Singing using We is improving my vocal control.
Thanks
This is awesome! For all the viewers: Don't skip anything. Even if its not in your scale just listen to it. I personally loved it and shared it!
I got so happy over the solar plexus excersice, now I finally can master that! Also great with the words to keep that good mixture through the song!
Hey sir.. your the only vocal coach who didnt confuse me on youtube... thankyou so much
Till now you are the best vocal coach I've ever had.
thanks so much!
Thank you for the vocal lessons.Clear presentation and engaging.
Thank you I've been struggling with keeping a mixed sound on higher notes and tend to switch into falsetto way to early in my range as I'm a bass and this has helped so much already
You're so welcome!
Brilliant sir..thank you..
Most welcome
Like truly great.
Don't take this guy seriously, my vocal coach told me to never trust people that use archaic terms like "head" voice and "chest" voice.
@@-ABC- I take this guy seriously because the reason I'm able to sing in my mix is due to him
I couldn't afford a vocal coach some years back and I saw his videos to improve my singing and the best thing is that he always replies to comments
Seriously dude he's giving alot of that stuff for free and you just judge him by the terms he use 🙄 😒
I gotta tell you... I'm almost in tears. You have no idea how bad a singer I am. I have extreme voice cracks, bad sound in general, etc. To be fair, I have no knowledge of music/singing, as I've never been introduced to these things - aside from when you're little in school - and I definitely wasn't fortunate enough to be given the natural gift of singing either, lol. After the mandatory classes as a kid, you often lose what knowledge you had because it isn't further incorporated. Not to mention, you most certainly weren't taught all these key things to know with using your voice either - but of course, at that young of an age it's only meant to be an early introduction. I'm sure technique isn't really the concern for little ones at that point. After watching about three hours of your videos, ending on this one.... the improvement is drastic. I can hear marks of a singer's voice when I try this song, thanks to you breaking it down with the techniques. I am astonished. I obviously have a lot more practicing to do, but I kid you not, when I did my first recorded attempt (in order to give myself feedback) I was stunned. It did not sound like the usual me at all. No one could guess that was my voice, I assure you! haha. It's crazy, I was actually belting out clear notes without my voice breaking and cracking like usual. I am beyond grateful. I'm a passionate person in all that I do and so when I try to sing along with the radio or give worship to God, the sound isn't always the best. I can do it well enough to be hidden with the music and vocals from the track sometimes, but not always. This has instantly made me more confident and just extremely happy.
I haven't reviewed all your videos yet, but a suggestion would be to take an entire song and break it down like you did here for this part, with suggestions to work through it so that we could learn to complete an entire song. I think that would be fun, especially from you. You are brilliant and make it fun to learn. You have a gift to teach and thank you for sharing that with the rest of us. God bless!
I've watched a lot of vocal exercises and practised it all the time but this video is really for good vocal range & sounding techniques which I've been struggling. So thank you very much for this amazing video tips sir.😊
You're welcome Decase!
Your videos are wonderful! Thanks for all of these. I’m a fan
You’re a great teacher! Thank you so much! Gonna practice...❤️
You got this!
Great video, learning how to sing now, so I've been wondering about this a lot more , thank you
I love this, it is the reason I have enough motivation to become a singer in a couple years after I master everything I'm only 13 right know but I'm learning so much from this
Thank you so much🥺😋😅
You can do it! Thanks
This video is AMAZING. Great variety/coverage of topics, simple explanations, excellent exercises. SO much value in this! ❤️❤️
Thanks! You explained it perfectly 🫶🏼
Been watching your videos for 2 days now and this is amazing💙 you helping me so much
Happy to help!
I'm just starting out and I'm feeling confident. Thankyou so much for this
that's great
Hey man thx because of these exercises now I have increased my vocal range to D2 to G5 and also increased my vocal control.
so great to hear
Thank you very much for the very clear and contemporary info video, great job!!!
You're very welcome!
I don’t watch these to learn to sing. I have a very monotone voice and when I try and change my voice to show excitement or something my voice cracks and it literally sounds bad lol. So thank you for this video, it’s helping me a lot in social situations.
Dude you’re so inspiring❤
Hey Ramsey you are amazing And i hope you could make a end about the mixed voice confusion And give tips How to Find it And how to stop pulling chest i hope you could do that i’m begging man
Done Jair: czcams.com/video/ePJImWCk1Tg/video.html
Think neutral larynx position, stop raising it and lowering it just leave it neutral, if you feel it raise start over. It will get you to feel it faster and know what to do. I sing mostly in a mixed voice because I am currently on a MUSE kick and Matt Bellamy uses a neutral larynx position to get a mixed voice in some of his songs. A neutral position is where larynx sits at rest, it makes a mixed voice easier to do.
Listen to the song "Uprising" in the chorus Matt is using solely a mixed voice, how you can tell is the notes are pretty high and you have to enter head voice to get to those notes, but when done only in a head voice it does not have the same power as the song. So you know there is some chest voice in there too, so it makes it more powerful despite being higher notes.
If you can get that chorus to sound the same when you do it then you got it. Also listen to his vibrato and falsetto they are simply beautiful.
Dynamite video man, God bless.
Thank you for making these videos!
You're welcome Delysa!
I just started listening to your coaching classes and they are helping 😙
I'm glad!
One of the best videos out there! great to see some excersizes based on Seth Riggs excercises.
thanks!
You're a good teacher.
I will follow your videos + a vocal coach that I will get will help me a lot.
I sure need all the practice. Thanks 👍👍
you're welcome
This video definitely made my day ❌️🧢💪🏿
This is awesome 👏🏾
I have difficulties switching from my chest voice to head voice and vice-versa.
Glad it was helpful!
Great tips!!! Worth the watch
great to hear
I would love a video about many different exercises for people that really want to improve fast
Okay. I've basically never worked on my voice besides just singing in general. I've been singing since I could speak. Never had a vocal coach, never used vocal exercise yet somehow, I am amazed that I could do everything in this video without hurting my voice.
This is so helpful thank you alot
Yes..thats a best exercise sir and i'm following your all singing techniques and i'm practicing need more lessons from u sir..Thanks a lot and its a pleasure for me too
You got it Dhananjaya!
@@ramseyvoicestudio yes sir i got it..and i have a request for a lesson about what is falsetto and the related exercises and how to improve breathing daily
a high quality video
For me learning how to incorporate each of these techniques along with proper breath control and annunciation would make me a VERY happy man! Thanks Matt!😁
I'll try all of these immediately! 😀
excellent
Thanks
good stuff, thanks!
This I love
I'm kenny from rwanda in east Africa👏👏 thank you
You're welcome!
Perfect guide. 🥳
thanks so much!
Dude, in the start of the video i could not even get the male part, at de end i can do male and female, amazing
I'm glad it helped
Thanks dawg.
That helped a lot Thankyou
you're welcome
how do you only have 49k subs and 2k views on this! you're great!
Aw thanks Darren. Don't worry, the channel will grow with your help. Tell your friends!
This was helpful
Watching this in 2023😊...I'm impressed ❤
thank you!
The way you speak/explain things kinda reminds me of the way Veritasium talks, in a good way of course
I'll have to check that out
Thank you so much😍
I could tell a difference
Happy to help!
@@ramseyvoicestudio I am so sorry I just checked my email after how many months and I saw your reply...I didn't even think you were going to reply🤭...
I am working hard on my vocals🎶
I would love some tip/exercises etc that helps you with musicals songs since they need something extra to not only sing but also deliver the story to the audience. :)
are you still in school? joining some theater productions would help, also there is community theater
Thank youuuuuuu!
first time listening to this guy. 🥰🥰🥰
Amazing vedio
This Guy is Excellent 😉
thanks, Acer
I love your videos... Literally every single video
that is so incredibly nice to say
@@ramseyvoicestudio I learned to freely sing without straining in just 1 day on your tutorial videos thank you so much
wonderful!
This is really helpful
great to hear
I loved this video and later I’m going to park with my scooter thanks for this now I know how to control my voice in you are the reason
Hello Ramsey i hope you could make a video about the mixed voice And i don’t know how to sing pass the break And what’s the Good balance in general And how you can Find out what balance is Good for ya i hope you could make a video about this you can man
You got it Hoela: czcams.com/video/ePJImWCk1Tg/video.html
Awesome video
glad you liked it!
Mixed voice 12:31
Balanced larynx 14:49
Vibrato 17:59
Wow! Thank you x
You’re welcome 😊
hii i wanna learn how to sing! i can do really good falsetto notes, my voice is naturally squeaky and i tend to stay in my head voice when i sing. but when it comes to runs, vibratos, and singing with my chest. i struggle a lot! i think my voice has potential and i really hope your videos can help me out. i subbed! ❤️
hows it going
Lol What is vocal control?? Easy answer is Mathew Bellamy. Thats vocal control, perfect pitch and volume control (often missed and not talked about), falsetto, vibrato and closing off vowels for better tone all in 1 guy. Study him and you get vocal control. Listen to Muse and tell me that isn't perfection vocally.
There are tons of singers to study that can develop certain techniques, Matt Bellamy is the only person I can think of that tries to use every vocal technique ever used and therefore its a 1 stop lesson. I am not saying you will become a phenomenal singer just using him, I am saying you will simply learn more from him than most other singers because he isn't afraid to step outside of his own comfort zone to try a new sound.
You still have to listen and pay attention to lessons like this one, I sing a lot of Muse, I am still here for the video because I never accept I know everything about singing, I always assume I have more to learn even if I have heard it before because I always look for some small detail I may have missed. For instance it all clicked for me when Ken Tamplin said to get Matt Bellamy's style down well you have to understand he is leaving his larynx in a neutral position, details like that.
great feedback
Cool Matt
thanks for watching
okay but this actually helped thankyou
I'm so glad
That's really helped me
great to hear
Thank you
You're welcome
Thank you so much for this helpful video, I really want to improve my voice control/range and have been practicing with CZcams videos on the daily. Usually I’d have classes but they’re canceled due to COVID🙁
Glad it was helpful!
BTW, all my lessons are virtual and the first is 50% off:
ramseyvoice.com/book-singing-lessons/
You guys will see me on your tv soon, just watch!
looking forward to it, jas
It's great
tnx alot 🌸💕
Always welcome
nice video
this guys awesome lol
Hey. Great job. Please can you do a video on breathing?
Done David: ramseyvoice.com/breathing-for-singing/
Your videos are very good! I took lessons remotely and feel like I made progress. You explained in one of your videos that confidence has so much to do with being a good singer. I am still struggling with that somewhat but have made huge progress. I think what's holding me there is I got stuck (and am still stuck) with ear training and not knowing how to read music and sing as I read it. My confidence issues are throwing me into safe notes and I can't seem to hear myself playing it safe. Do you have any guidance or can you do a video on how to learn to read music and apply it to singing? Thank you so much!
I'm not the one to do that, Bob, I read music but not proficient enough to teach it
@@ramseyvoicestudio Thanks so much for the reply! I'll keep plugging and enjoying the journey!
Hey Ramsey i agree so much with these to i’m a baritone And my male passagio or break ( even i’m 14 ) is around a E4 so i heard about mixed voice but idk How to do it Maybe a turorial for male And female would be so amazing pls pls pls
It comes with time. Just practise excercises for mix (many Ramsey's videos cover that topic)
You got it Bum: czcams.com/video/ePJImWCk1Tg/video.html
my biggest problem is changing from head voice to chest voice. i will try the exercises. i hope i improve my singing
Could you maybe teach us styles of using our voice?
Hey Beer, you might find this helpful: ramseyvoice.com/vocal-style/
Oh my god the vibratto part was so good I swear for the LIFE OF ME i could NOT find it 😂
Somehow I was doing pretty well with the mum sound first try. My second best is gug. I wish I knew my true voice so I can figure out what this all means lmao
ok, here's another tutorial on just that topic: ramseyvoice.com/vocal-style/
@@ramseyvoicestudio hey thanks for the speedy reply! I just borrowed my friends piano so I'm hoping to learn scales too.
good move
I love you 🤟 Matthew
awww
Hey Ramsey i’m new to your video’s And i love them SM but i see people talking a lot about the mixed voice And i know what is is but i don’t know who to do it so i looked up for your mixed voice video’s but i didn’t understand them so Maybe you can make a video about this but then make it about mixed voice i really need it it’s so hard
Hey Dalia, sure can, check this out: czcams.com/video/ePJImWCk1Tg/video.html
18:12
I burst into laugh 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
funny
I did both the girl and boy parts without knowing it LOL
Upcoming singer 🙏🏾🤭🥰🥰🤗🔥🔥🇿🇲🇿🇲🇿🇲🇿🇲
yes!
Cool!
Bruh I can sound like a Shining Diamond God on a good day but never knew how to replicate it or pull it from the ether - This video helped me do just that 😄
YOOO I LOVE THE NAY OR NAE OR NEY OR WUT