How to sing really low - Vocal Fry & Glottal Stop singing exercises to sing lower
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- čas přidán 21. 08. 2024
- Today, we’re going to talk about singing really low. So if you’ve ever felt like you’ve wanted to sing really low, but couldn’t quite get there, it’s my hope that by the end of today’s video, you’ll be singing those low notes with ease. Just like it’s twin video, “How to sing really high” the trick to singing really low is vocal chord position. If you’re interested in learning about singing really high, I will include the link for that video below.
But back to vocal chord position. If we were to peek inside your larynx, we would see that it is diamond in shape and that your vocal chords are stretched across it in a V shaped position. When you sing low, the entire larynx changes shape so that the chords can contract and thicken. When you sing high, the larynx lengthens and stretches the chords to thin out. Kind of like a rubber band. This is why I am always emphasizing the importance of staying relaxed when you sing. So that the larynx can change it shape, and the chords can freely vibrate without any influence from the exterior muscles.
There are 3 sounds that you can play with that will keep your chords connecting for some really awesome low notes.
1. The glottal stop.
This is a very small unit of sound that brings the chords together quickly. Take your time to register the feeling of space or complete relaxation before you being playing with this sound. This will ensure that your compensating muscles stay out of the way, and you are isolating only the chords on the inside.
2. Drinking water sound.
This sound is considered extreme…. so only use it in moderation. But it’s a quirky little sound as if you are pretending to drink water. So close your mouth, and all the space inside your mouth. Isolate your feeling to the larynx, and see if you can vocalize that sound of drinking water. This crazy little sound releases the larynx if it has lifted, as well as allows the chords to connect in a very deep way. So that the resulting tone has more depth to it. But remember, it’s not necessary to do this sound all the time. It is considered extreme as far as vocal chord connections go, so play in moderation.
3. The vocal fry.
This whacky sound sounds like a creaky door opening or closing. It’s the smallest unit of sound that our chords can make. It sounds so crazy to use, because we slow the airflow down so much that we can hear each oscillation of the chord. This is our champion sound for being able to learn really low notes. For our exercise with the vocal fry, we are going to slide from a comfortable low note to an unfamiliar low note. (See video for demonstration.) The instance you feel the tiniest bit of pressure applied to your chords, that’s when you slip into the vocal fry. Keep sliding into new depths of lower notes using the vocal fry to explore and develop that note. The vocal fry will take all that pressure off the larynx, and allow the chords to have the opportunity to explore that new vocal chord position.
There you have it! 3 easy sounds that will show you how to sing really low. I hoped you liked this video! Please feel free to give it a thumbs up, or click the subscribe button below for more singing tips and vocal tricks. If you have any questions, please be sure to leave them in the comments portion of today’s video. I can’t wait to hear from you! Thanks for watching! I’ll see you next time!
This is why when I wake up I can sing one whole octave lower for about twenty minutes and after that I literally lose that octave.
Bro doesn't everyone?.
subharmonics. Youll realize how to keep it.
MobleyRo. Its not subharmonics, just fry
Oof same here
@@Kenny...... Support your fry and you'll do strohbass, which is subharmonics, similar in sound to kargyraa, but with a different way to produce the sound. You have your note and a perfect fifth below that, which, both combined, produce half the frequency of your initial note, so the note one octave below. Strohbass can expand one's range from a fourth to a sixth depending on the mastery of the technique. Bass2Yang is a channel where you can see what it sounds like when done well, and how it sounds really different from chest register.
But neither vocal fry or strohbass are morning voice. My personal morning voice is fully modal, and can grant me from 2 semitones to 6 semitones depending on how well I slept (so not an octave at all, although if I compare normal modal range to morning strohbass range, I guess that's close to a full bonus octave, but that doesn't count). In morning voice, my strobass/fry range also expands by that much.
Another episode of "Mom, im having voice lesson here, dont call the priest"
"You don't wanna live off cheesecake and always eat cheesecake"
YOU DON'T KNOW ME.
LOLOLOLOL!!!! Hilarious! I commend your dedication to cheesecake!
😂😂😂
Meeeeeeee!!!
HAHA what a mood
But my name’s Sy
Like if you get the reference
Vocal Exercise starts at 9:52. For those who watched the video already and just want to do the exercise.
CateDoge thanks!
Thanks
Ok thanks
Thank you so much XD
thanks broo
Me:oh oh oh
Boyfriend:wtf why are you moaning 😑
My parents probably think im insane!
Nat Clo same 😂😂
Nat Clo I think my dad heard me and is wondering if I need to go to the hospital.
Again. ;)
Same lol
My nephew and niece thinks I'm insane. I'm 38 years old. My parents had gave up a long time ago.
😂😂
All the contraltos watching: *giggles in 40 octaves lower*
I am here because I want to be able to slide up to someone and "BABY LOCK THEM DOORS-"
I wanna sing Down in Mexico
I didn't want to do this, but now I definitely do.
you're a girl so you can't do that song
I’m just trying to learn how to sing lower because I love singing along to Billie Eilish’s songs, but she has a huge vocal range, and I can only sing the higher parts really well
Natalie Beck same, I’m trying to sing everything I wanted but I can’t when it goes “to anyone who might CARE”
Gosh I'm such a Soprano. Felt like my voice was disappearing 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭
Cleopatra Mokokoane same I'ma soprano toi
Me too !!
sAME
I actually was a soprano, but recently, I’ve found that my voice is starting to fit better into a mezzo soprano range.
I'm watching this so I can sing my favorite BMC songs
And I am one too
Relaxation is the key to low notes - that's absolutely right! :-)
Fritz Schneebauer I 100% agree I didn't even think my voice could go that deep I was amazed like wow I might actually be close to a bass and not even realize it lol it's crazy
I know this is a year old, but with your exercises I was able to sing deeper than I ever thought possible! A2! More importantly, I was able to sing the D and E above that with strength and clarity instead of getting breathy and weak. I thought it would take me months or years to expand my vocal range, but I guess I just needed to warm up properly. Thanks so much!!
Luca Michalak ..hiiii..nice to hear that u r a singer..can we b frnds?
How old r I'm 12 and can hit A2
been doing it for a few weeks, as a bass two I can now hit an Eb 1
DAMN
Ps: this is not singing , vocal fry can never be used in a song , it sounds bad, you never hit that note , you will never , but you sound amazing in your own range , stay up there
I just want to sing that part in Bellyache where Billie hits those hits those low notes
"In the driveWAY"
lol me tho
hollsht no way that's exactly why I'm here lmao I'm annoying my friend by sending voice records I want to sound nice 😏😂
I can hit that part😆😆
I think it’s an E3 note which is also the lowest note in ocean eyes
Oh my... Holy moly this is exactly why i came here, but tbh, I'm horrible at lower case and I don't think this vid helped tho
One of our tenors quit so my teacher wants me (a deep alto) to be a perma-tenor. Wish me luck gang
There is a a very important thing in thsi videos, and its how she emphasizes on relaxation. Seriously I couldnt recomend staying relaxed at al times, enough. No matter how experienced or unexperienced a singer you are, dont attempt ANYTHING until you are concious that relaxation is EVERYTHING.
UUUURRAAAHHH! Camilo! You are so right! Relaxation is the foundation!
Ok
It's amazing how my voice automatically went into vocal fry after doing the exercises beforehand.
+daffodilieee Awesome!
I will play with this a lot! I used to be so embarrassed about "sounding like a guy" that I chronically spoke and sang higher, but now as an adult I want to embrace it and I love it! I want to develop myself and I'm excited that I found you!
I sing low, but lack confidence, so I dont sing properly...the richness of my voice doesnt get expressed
Mary Shodeinde same
preach sista
Mary Shodeinde
Singing loud and singing freely can really bring out the richness of a voice, especially at the lower end. It does for me:)
Tip: sing in the shower 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 it helps tho
Well you don’t sound full of yourself at all 💀
I found your video very useful! As a male bass-baritone, with this technique, I could descend to F1! Great video!!
HOLY MOLY! That's amazing! Well done!
+Dillon Hartwig great man! I use my false cords to hut that Tim foust F#1
+christopher woods hit*
christopher woods it takes some practice, but it's worth the time :)
Also, on the subject of Tim Foust, he's certainly a better singer than I am, and he can growl (false cords) lower than I can (he can reach a growled B0, I can only reach a growled C1).
That guy is awesome :D
+Dillon Hartwig its not usual, but not uncommon either, i bottom out anywhere between G0 and C-4sih, even with perfect pitch, basicaly throw it out the window when you go into negative octaves, since you cant actualy hear the note and only the vibrations lol.
Wow I'm a woman (in my 30s) and I hit that lowest note without any vocal fry first time without any effort, and I've been able to hit that same note (and lower!) consistently after only a few minutes of doing these vocal exercises. My voice goes way lower than I thought it did wtf. Your videos are amazing!
After this video I can easily go back to hitting C#2's, D2's, with ease and even hit C2 and/or B1. Thanks so much.
2:50 when it is 11 pm and you remember you got math homeworks for tomorrow first lesson
Emil Brandwyne yoo I died at this comment
I turned the volume up when u were making those "tired sound."
My mom thought I was watching inappropriate stuff.
I really appreciate you writing out your instructions from the video. I am a very visual person & I grasp your teaching much more solidly by reviewing these paragraphs as well as hearing the audio. Thank you. I also enjoy seeing your energy & smiling face when I start my practising!
Here I am, sitting in my room, making frog sounds in my throat, dreaming of one day having a good chest voice range
The vocal fry especially makes a lot of sense, and is very helpful. Thank you very much. I'm trying to sing really low bass songs, and as I practice over the next few weeks and months, I will try to remember to let you know how the excersizes have helped me over time
So my parents caught me doing these sounds in my room....
damn she's good
Thank you so much!!! I'm glad this video helped you!
Thank You. I’ve just gone through a dozen videos so I can get this low voice for a performance on Sunday. For some reason I can do it in the mornings so I know it’s doable. Your exercise has got me there, thank you
I just want to be able to sing Tae's part on the 4 o'clock why do i have to go through this
ARMY
Omg this is why I'm here 😂😂😂
Me to Army!! Omg!
SAMEEEEE
What note did he sing?
Thank you very much for this video, it helped me make the lowest sounds to ever escape my throat! Everything you said made total sense to me and I could complete the exercises that is put out. This will help me very much and already has! Thank you again!
I am just watching so I can sing bts taehyung song singularity.
Man... his voice is so deep it's so cool. I purple u
I love my Kookie and Tae litteraly what I’m doing rn I thought I was the only one
At 10:13 you didn't just go into fry, you went down an octave (to bass low F)... Sounds to me that some of your fry is like down in basso profundo notes.. which is an interesting demonstration of how low fry goes, as you don't have a naturally low-sounding voice (though obviously basso profundos sing those notes with chest voice...).
I’m only half way through this video but had to say you’re fantastic! I have a masters in music but always struggled with my low notes. This is very informative, thank you!
I can sing high but then my voice cracked when i sing low notes. What is my problem?? Can u pls tell me??
I'm your opposite 😶
Your a soprano
I’m a baritone that gets pushed to do bass notes in Choir so thank you for this
from 6:00 to 7:00 this video got itself a whole new perspective
i’m here because i wanna hit that “hot summer nights” like lana del ray
JADA MAE ; SAMEEEE.
it's so hard to concentrate i cant stop laughing! you are hilarious 😂
I never regret coming on this channel
Nice lesson. I discovered my vocal fry on my own some time ago but understanding how it works was less complete before I watched your video. Many people post videos who really don't know much of what they are talking about. It was refreshing to find yours since you obviously do. I'm a very low bass, I write my own songs for non commercial use and I'm trying to find a well trained vocal coach who appreciates the concept of a lead bass acapella singer instead of the traditional "3 tenors and a bass drone" old school ideaology.
a video about how to connect chest and head voice would be amazing! your really good in what your doing honestly and i feel like your voice is so much lower in this video than in your warm up video- interesting! :D
I can feel my vocal chords almost hurting when I go really low
gymnastics 4 ur larynx damn. my larynx bout 2 do the splits.
I was always told that vocal fry and glottal stops are hard on the voice and should be avoided. I sometimes still find myself glottal stopping during speech and I correct it Would you please tell me what you think about this? Thank you for these helpful videos. from Nina
I love how many asmr sounds this material has😍😱💕
yeah that "AAAGGH" was very relaxing
I had to slip into the vocal fry right at the first scale.... I hope with time I'll be able to sing lower as I really prefer it... kinda sexier lol I guess one always wants the opposite of what one's got...
I'm stuck at F3 and reached E3 only 2 times T.T even when i try vocal fry T.T
how do you put a video camera down your throat
Rahul Mawa by doctors guidance
Through the nose 👃
I was doing the “drinking” noise and my dog was very confused as to where the sound was coming from. 😂
You are so amazing! I didn't even have a middle C before and now can get much lower! I'm fine singing really high but often get so quiet and kind of whiskery (don't know how to explain it lol but sure you know what I mean 😆) when singing the lower notes in choir so this really helped! I was wondering if you could also do a lesson on improving pitch ? I'm teaching someone at the moment and want to help him with this. Thanks Madeleine !
This is the most useful video on the internet to beginners. Thank YOU!
I'm watching this so that I can sing 4 o'clock by RM and V
thank you so much omg ive been waiting to learn excercises to descend more vocally for a looong time ♡
I went from being stuck to high tenor notes. To singing low baritone notes. Thank you!
No no no, I'm 15 and am a bass 2, I love the tenor high notes, cherish them when you can. I can no longer hit any pop song notes
My voice sits at D2 at the moment but in the morning I can get as low as C2
At 7:25, after you, I said 'aaaaaa' and said 'AAAAAAA?!?!?' I couldn't believe it worked that fast. The best post on this issue. Thanks a lot.
What was that last pitch, anyway? I'm one of those women who can sing really low (I can easily sing baritone, as well as most bass parts), and managed to make it all the way down there.
+JewelBlueIbanez That's amazing!!! It's E flat #2. Super Super LOW. I would love to hear you sing!
JewelBlueIbanez omg!! Im an alto and i really want to be able to sing bass but it’s really hard and I don’t really know how to get there so i watch these kinds of videos all day long....still can’t quite get there....
Wow! And how high can you go?
I’m aiming for contralto after finding my love for bass just recently. Right now my lowest note is a C3 while I can ‘growl’ at an F1. Nothing special, but I’d love to be able to sing subharmonics. Finding it difficult as I’m only 13 years old, but I’m having a lot of fun with it :)
JewelBlueIbanez woah! That’s crazy! I can only make it down to a C3!
Welcome to the beatbox community 🔥🔥
I watched this and the higher range one and my range has already grown a lot thank you so much!!!
Very nice warm up exercises! thank you...
You're very welcome! So glad it was helpful for you!
This video really helped! I was able to fix my G1
I have a I have learned that I can go from a E2 all the way up to a G5 it would be G 6 but that it puts a little bit to much pressure on my voice
It's so funn y ! Thank you ! I enjoyed your video and your precious help !
Watched the whole video and it helped me alot D': thank you so much!!
me doing these warm ups : ( ͡⊙ ͜ʖ ͡⊙)
why is my vocal fry really really weak???....what can I do to make it sound louder? help please¡¡¡¡¡¡
Do vocal warm-up
But first do breathing exercises
SAME MY FRIENDS TOLD ME THAT MY VOICE IS SO GOOD BUT IT'S SO QUIET :(
I developed the low end last, but it was the same process I used to learn how to sing up to the tenor's high C (I'm just an "average baritone" type voice, but I prefer to sing more as a bass-baritone because it's a more unique sound and there's less stress on the vocal cords and less dryness issues). My approach was to learn the "pure" vowels, singing them up and down. Then you work certain sounds/words that develop the relevant muscles for higher or lower range singing. I can't say I know that this works for women too, especially soprano type voices, but it should be safe to do, so long as basic precautions are taken, such as stopping if there is any discomfort and getting enough water.
When I was little my cousins and I would have contests as to who could speak the longest sentence in focal fry....didnt know what it was then but just was fun 😂
amazing¡¡ didn´t know my voice turn deeper. pd: sorry if my english is not good :)
+Alex Basso Thanks so much! I'm so glad you were able to connect with that deeper part of your voice!
Please share a video teaching how to develop a chest voice . Also are there any exercises to develop the click in vocal chords ... thanks soooo much .
Hi Miss Madeleine, I'm Su Su San, 18 years old, and a Law student at university. I found your video on "How to sing really high" when I searched for "High notes and low notes in music" in CZcams. I watched that video to the end and I really, really find it very helpful. Now I have just finished watching this video "How to sing really low", too.
I'm looking for high notes and low notes videos in CZcams because I'm trying to improve my English intonation skill. I've heard from many English teachers that we speak English by gliding from high pitch to low pitch speech throughout a phrase and that speaking a language is like singing a song. So, that led me to find out more on this topic, high notes and low notes in music. And I found your video. But, I've got some questions to ask you.
Questions:
Q1: According to your video on "How to sing really high," at 6:24, you told us that changing from low to high pitch isn't like a yo-yo, you don't want to give us the visual thinking of up and down, and that we ENGAGE without putting pressure on our voice for low notes while we SIGH/RELEASE UPWARDS for high notes.
So, with that means, in contrary to it, do we ENGAGE without putting pressure on our voice for high notes while SIGH/RELEASING DOWNWARDS for low notes?
Q2: Did you swallow your saliva to make extreme cord closure at 6:38?
Q3: Does doing vocal fry make up the lowest note?
Thanks so much for your questions! Hopefully this helps answer them.
A1: Yes. Air pressure is essential to a consistent sound. What we are practicing here is the release of excess pressure.
A2. This is a temporary coordination of the vocal cords that allows you to feel the release into the lower part of the voice without excessive pressure.
A3: It can. The idea behind this is to teach the vocal cords how to coordinate the low pitch without pushing down. It allows for us to access the deepest notes without relying on any help from exterior muscles.
Baritone with a small chest voice (F2 - G3) here. Fry definitely helps, I can fry down to notes in the first octaves) and even hit a B0 according to my brother who was tuning his guitar next to me haha.
I still suck tho
Man this finally helped me hit that E1! (Not in chest lol, chest fry)
Is this to train our lowest range--beyond our lowest pitches? I sing in award-winning Vocal Matrix Chorus, barbershop, and our Basses can go really low, but they are trained to not sit on the bottom, but to still place tone in the mask and to mix chest/head, achieve optimum resonance, all over the vocal body.
I think your idea of relaxation is so on point. I find I struggle to get low stuff out when I'm more tense. Hoping to nail the relaxation when going lower sooner, I totally get it with the higher register, but I find lower range a whole different beast.
Question? How about make your low notes high.
What I mean by that is making the low notes strong instead of being not almost completely silent.
I personally do it by placing them in my chest, not sure how else to describe it but it's like letting it reverberate in my chest which gives me a lot more resonance. That plus keeping your throat completely relaxed should give the note power. My A2 is very... how do I put this... Juicy because of it, and this is also how I get down to G2/F2 (though that's out of my comfort zone so doing it too much would strain my voice).
these are so helpful and so funny at the same time
My current range is Bb2-D4. I want to get down to that G2 so I can sing in G which is a key I can play well in on guitar
333 comments! love how you stress relaxation
Geezzz, that worked! I can't believe it! Thank you!!!!
these, and clicks, are what we used to play with as children.. Changing pitch, as when tuning a sting, smooth run, up or down.
i just wanna be able to sing untold truth by BTS. This was very useful! bless
In the middel of a song In front of a audiance: aAah AAAAH
I love your Video, i think my voice get more sound with your tutorial, so lucky to found you, cause in german I havent found what I looking for. My voice is really high and so I often miss the deep chords.
Have you heard of Kargyraa? If so, what are your thoughts about it? I've heard some really low notes using this effect, and I could reach B0 by doing so. It's often used in a singing style called Khoomei, from the region of Tuva (Russia/Mongolia)
is it normal that when I vocal fry i feel it all in my throat and my larynx actually goes into my neck (not down, but in) it feels very tense, not relaxing at all. i also lose all my low notes as the day goes on and my fry becomes much much weaker . i can actually sing low notes louder when i sing inward (inhale singing, rare ability, i know) and that ability doesn't weaken as the day goes on (I can sing/fry a really loud and resonant G1 this way (it's loud enough to annoy my family)
that tells me that there is something wrong with my breath support or exhale mechanism. if only I could do inhalare la voce, perhaps I could combine my inward singing with normal singing but I cannot get the sensation of inhaling while singing down so it's hopeless
Thanks Medeleine👍its really very effective👌
I have no singing, breathing,... any-sound-really technique BUT I've always been able to do a vocal fry! So me creeping out people with what I called my 'frog voice' as a kid actually wasn't that weird :p I hope I can learn how to sing with your channel! Now my throat just hurts when I sing, full of mucus too (tmi? Sorry, my bad xP) and it sounds like it too. Good times are ahead
Wait... I have a pretty deep voice as a girl and I'd always joke about it. But when we started the exercise I hit every note with no pressure or vocal fry and I'm confused now.
Th gulping one I can't do for very long because it just makes me laugh every time
So me slipping into a vocal fry and doing descending scales will improve my range into the subharmonic range?
No I think the subharmonics range you have to slowly descend in the scale I'm 15 and doing subharmonics, I already have a deep voice, b flat 1 and I only have to do an f sharp 2 and subharmonics allow me to hit a f sharp 1 really loudly it helps the deeper your voice is but for me, the easiest to do is g sharp 1 at anytime
im addicted to the water sound exercise its so cool but now your saying dont do it too much-nooooooooo ahahha i love it!
I'm doing these and my cat is looking at me like I'm a weirdo 😂
Came here because of "White room" by Cream. It’s hella hard for me to sing these notes
I might suggest that the longer the chord the lower the frequency of vibration and therefore the lower the tone.
I cam here because I want to sing Nikita by Sir Elton John perfectly. The lowest note is G2. My vocal range is A2-A5. It's like, only one note away, but boy I'm still struggling! I can only sing it in the morning or when I don't sleep for 2 days straight and smoke a lot... I hope I can reach the note someday soon with this exercise...I already gave up high notes...
A5 is already a high note imo, seeing as I can barely hit a C5 lmao. You're doing great
I should say that I had fun practicing with yaa . U are funny I like u I'm definitely will subscribe to see every new things including funny parts 👍🏻😻💖
Why didn’t u teach Subharmonic’s. That’s a really good way of singing bass but really hard
I just want to sing that "hold me now" in one last breathe
And it worked lol