The very best video out there to describe open throat singing technique. She doesn't hold back and is very thorough. No frills, no junk, no bias...this is straight-ahead fact. Thanks a million, Freya!!!
It took me literally 3 hours to gain somewhat of a control over my throat, but it's finally clicking and I'm pumped to keep practicing. Already makes a huge difference in my sound and breath support. Thanks so much Freya, you are a Queen and a half
Freya: Your teaching is so sensational wonderful. I am amateur singer for many years and I am volunteer zoom teaching seniors singing English songs for over four years now. It is that your great inspirational , professional teaching set a marvelous example for me to share the music passion to people and bring the smile to senior's faces! Huge thank you to you-the best music teacher I have met in my life! And I recommended you to many my old students to watch your lovely clips.
As a gigging singer, this video is simply outstanding. Watching this is like saving $200 (or more) on voice lessons. I consider this particular lesson a gift. I had to learn this skill is counterintuitive. Thank You Freya for such an excellent refresher and explanation.
It’s all about resonance. My teacher was very big on this. It was a game changer for me. Modifying vowels on specific pitches all of a sudden results in a volume increase. You hear it. You feel it. All of a sudden, it just clicks and makes sense.
Open throat, AH vowel and apoggio together are the key. My teacher learned this method in Germany 50 years ago from Gene Rabine (an American). I have not found any other teacher who teaches this. For me, never having been a singer, it was not quick and easy to learn a pure AH vowel. Now, when I get warmed up, it is the foundation for all singing. My teacher always repeated, and repeated, "listen to the AH" - it gives the flowing stream of sound on an uninterrupted column of air as the tongue forms the vowels without closing the "throat." The consonants are spit out quickly, and the flow continues. It is also very helpful for intonation.
I'm so happy to read this comment. I also studied the Rabine Method created by Eugene Rabine for 7+ years in Argentina where it has spread incredibly among popular music singers, not so much with classical singers tho. This method is science based vocal training and I've found it extremely useful for teaching as well. Unfortunately I could not finish my training due to the pandemic, I had to come back to my country and there's no Rabine Method here 😅. I'm studying again and looking for material to recover muscle tone for singing opera and chamber music I miss it so much. ❤
@melaniecascante6177 I am happy to read this. It has been hard to understand how this idea is not generally adopted. Apparently the idea is known in opera circles. In a RUclips master class, a soprano from the Met said she was not focused on the AH vowel. My teacher said AH was natural in the Italian tongue, but it took me, an old American, years to understand it. I think of it as the very energy channel, the kundalini, of the entire voice. All good singers open the throat and a big smooth voice pours out.
This Really helps. I'm in a blind choir and really appreciate it when you use words to describe where i.e. front throat and not say "here," which can't be seen, thanks.
If you record yourself doing these exercises try to use an app that gives a graphic real-time display of the vocal signal on a timeline - you will notice where there are lighter grey area's these are the resonance and overtones you are creating when using the voice correctly.
@@anjad8622 The one I have found to be the best and easy to use is EZ Voice by IK Mulitmedia US - It should be found on the Google play store app. In free mode you get a real-time display of your vocal in black and white with the mentioned 'grey' overtones - really useful - also, on my Samsung phone I can set the EZ to record and then start a backing track on youtube and it keeps recording even though you switch to RUclips. Then you can do your singing and maybe save the song and send it via multimedia to another device - hope this helps. ?
Beautiful! I’ve struggled with tightness in my throat coming from a Jazz background with my vocal folds more closed…go figure. My coach said I flutter the back of my tongue to try to control a wobbly vibrato that’s not natural. In actuality I just need to open the back my throat to get a smooth natural vibrato. I struggle with this the most as I’m preparing for a recital to sing a duet of Panis Angelicus. Thank you! I’ve seen many of your videos lately.
I find this video super helpful to improve my spoken English, more specifically, the accent. I'm a non-native English speaker and I want my accent, which is quite narrow and thin, to sound native. I watched several English-learning videos and was told that AE accent tends to have a lower placement. Finally I realized it means it resonates more in the throat and chest. But except for going on a lower pitch, none of them showed a practical way to achieve it. I'm so glad I saw the step at 4:48. Use the muscles do produce a more resonant vowel sound and my pronunciation now sounds thicker. I think it's because my native language never needs to resonate a lot, I wasn't even aware of the muscles at that position. Thank you for making such a detailed video.
Thank you for finally explaining the concept of “open throat” in a clear idiot proof way that I could understand and grasp. Doing the exercise with you clicked instantly
After so many years of being a basic beginner learner, who didn't practice well at all, this explanation really made me to understand well how to make sound, in theory, Now I must learn to do it. Thank you, Freya of these videos I must have seen before, but I was not even the level to understand to differentiate the move. The problem is to have self discipline and keep motivation to practice everyday to learn well. These voice warm up series are wonderful. Thank you!
Freya, I keep coming back to this video because it is so clear and you can really see what is happening with your throat muscles which makes it easier to copy. At first my muscles just weren't strong enough, but now I can really do this and feel it and see it in the mirror. Thanks for being so open.
2:10 yawn 3:43 yawn, yah 5:34 middle chest voice yah/yehn, open v nasal 8:20 ah to uh 8:58 Ah to ooh 10:20 closed v nasal 12:03 yah to A to E 14:01 natural tone
I feel like you have a super bright light right in your face which must be uncomfortable but it is easy to see the open throat! Thank you for your service!
Thank you very much for taking the time to explain all of this, Ms. Casey. I plan to revisit your video later to work on internalizing the concepts. Thank you again 😊
This is great 👍 thank you 🙏 , I ‘m a singer , I used to perform in the West End and now singing teacher . I drop my jaw when singing but hadn’t tapped into dropping the double chin space lol 😊 it’s a game changer ❤ 👏 👏 👏
Always thought something must be wrong if I look like a frog while singing, but now I'm relieved that it actually indicates a somewhat good resonance. :D Thanks for all your great tips and explanations! :)
Whatever you teach is straight up diamond every people like me who loves singing needs a teacher like you not only singing but every subject thank you so much for making these videos thanks again 💓 💖 💗 💕
Wow, that was so cool to learn that I can see and feel (under my chin) the difference between an open throat and a closed, nasal tone. I first learned to sing an open-throat sound in combination with a lowered larynx, so I habitually do both together. I honestly didn't know those were two independent things! I'm now practicing to find my open-throat sound with a more natural position of the larynx.
There is no issue with having a lowered larynx, it just shouldn't ne lowered too much. Male voices tend to sing with more lowered larynxes. But the larynx should not be forced down with the back of the tongue, it should not be done with force but with breath.
Ty so much for this video Freya! I was looking for a video exactly about this topic to share with my fellow singer friend to show how to decrease excess nasality. I did the exercises and it was a great refresher to remind myself whenever I'm recording and not achieving the sound quality. It's probably me not paying attention to my placement and supporting enough.
You are a very good teacher! Ive studied with a few popular voice coaches..Great info here! Thanks! Always great to get reminders (proper)from a different source!
My jaw, and back of throat, often aches when singing. I think this is why - I sing with a tense, closed throat. This is helpful.
The very best video out there to describe open throat singing technique. She doesn't hold back and is very thorough. No frills, no junk, no bias...this is straight-ahead fact. Thanks a million, Freya!!!
This is pure and solid gold if you want to improve your sound.
Very true I’ve watched it 5-6 times
It took me literally 3 hours to gain somewhat of a control over my throat, but it's finally clicking and I'm pumped to keep practicing. Already makes a huge difference in my sound and breath support. Thanks so much Freya, you are a Queen and a half
Lol the snoring joke made me crack up! Lol
Three hours? Congrats. Some never get it.
Freya: Your teaching is so sensational wonderful. I am amateur singer for many years and I am volunteer zoom teaching seniors singing English songs for over four years now. It is that your great inspirational , professional teaching set a marvelous example for me to share the music passion to people and bring the smile to senior's faces! Huge thank you to you-the best music teacher I have met in my life! And I recommended you to many my old students to watch your lovely clips.
3:57
when she said "Find your ah" ... i was not expecting her to just go yaaaaaaaaaa 😂😂
As a gigging singer, this video is simply outstanding. Watching this is like saving $200 (or more) on voice lessons. I consider this particular lesson a gift. I had to learn this skill is counterintuitive. Thank You Freya for such an excellent refresher and explanation.
It’s all about resonance. My teacher was very big on this. It was a game changer for me. Modifying vowels on specific pitches all of a sudden results in a volume increase. You hear it. You feel it. All of a sudden, it just clicks and makes sense.
Can you recommend a video that talks about this exactly? @jvernice
Open throat, AH vowel and apoggio together are the key. My teacher learned this method in Germany 50 years ago from Gene Rabine (an American). I have not found any other teacher who teaches this. For me, never having been a singer, it was not quick and easy to learn a pure AH vowel. Now, when I get warmed up, it is the foundation for all singing. My teacher always repeated, and repeated, "listen to the AH" - it gives the flowing stream of sound on an uninterrupted column of air as the tongue forms the vowels without closing the "throat." The consonants are spit out quickly, and the flow continues. It is also very helpful for intonation.
I'm so happy to read this comment. I also studied the Rabine Method created by Eugene Rabine for 7+ years in Argentina where it has spread incredibly among popular music singers, not so much with classical singers tho. This method is science based vocal training and I've found it extremely useful for teaching as well. Unfortunately I could not finish my training due to the pandemic, I had to come back to my country and there's no Rabine Method here 😅. I'm studying again and looking for material to recover muscle tone for singing opera and chamber music I miss it so much. ❤
@melaniecascante6177 I am happy to read this. It has been hard to understand how this idea is not generally adopted. Apparently the idea is known in opera circles. In a RUclips master class, a soprano from the Met said she was not focused on the AH vowel. My teacher said AH was natural in the Italian tongue, but it took me, an old American, years to understand it. I think of it as the very energy channel, the kundalini, of the entire voice. All good singers open the throat and a big smooth voice pours out.
That Yawning was contagious like you said lol
Who else startet to yawn consistently after starting to watch that video? 😂
Yep! 🥱
3 times 😂😂😂😂😂
yawned just as i saw ur comment💀
Me too
Your comment triggered me to
When you said to yawn and it was contagious, i opened my mouth so wide and yawned so hard my eyes watered up
alternate title: making ppl yawn for 16 minutes
This Really helps. I'm in a blind choir and really appreciate it when you use words to describe where i.e. front throat and not say "here," which can't be seen, thanks.
If you record yourself doing these exercises try to use an app that gives a graphic real-time display of the vocal signal on a timeline - you will notice where there are lighter grey area's these are the resonance and overtones you are creating when using the voice correctly.
@@anjad8622 The one I have found to be the best and easy to use is EZ Voice by IK Mulitmedia US - It should be found on the Google play store app. In free mode you get a real-time display of your vocal in black and white with the mentioned 'grey' overtones - really useful - also, on my Samsung phone I can set the EZ to record and then start a backing track on youtube and it keeps recording even though you switch to RUclips. Then you can do your singing and maybe save the song and send it via multimedia to another device - hope this helps. ?
Name of the app please?
Whats the name???
@@faithbwire9164 EZ Voice by IK Multimedia US
@@Maree10800 EZ Voice by IK Multimedia US
Beautiful! I’ve struggled with tightness in my throat coming from a Jazz background with my vocal folds more closed…go figure. My coach said I flutter the back of my tongue to try to control a wobbly vibrato that’s not natural. In actuality I just need to open the back my throat to get a smooth natural vibrato. I struggle with this the most as I’m preparing for a recital to sing a duet of Panis Angelicus. Thank you! I’ve seen many of your videos lately.
The way am yawning forever
This video is gold. Thanks Freya. You're a great teacher.
6:07 , exercise
This was so clear and easy to understand as a beginner. Thank you !
I find this video super helpful to improve my spoken English, more specifically, the accent.
I'm a non-native English speaker and I want my accent, which is quite narrow and thin, to sound native. I watched several English-learning videos and was told that AE accent tends to have a lower placement. Finally I realized it means it resonates more in the throat and chest. But except for going on a lower pitch, none of them showed a practical way to achieve it.
I'm so glad I saw the step at 4:48. Use the muscles do produce a more resonant vowel sound and my pronunciation now sounds thicker.
I think it's because my native language never needs to resonate a lot, I wasn't even aware of the muscles at that position.
Thank you for making such a detailed video.
Truly it’s these little things that are game changers
You’re the best teacher!!! I sing in a choir and often feel unsure about being in tune.
Thank you for finally explaining the concept of “open throat” in a clear idiot proof way that I could understand and grasp. Doing the exercise with you clicked instantly
The most relevant video I have seen since 1 month ago. I started learning how to sing. Still no progress but maby this is a Good thing to work on.
How is it going?
This is what I was missing!!!! I sound so much better now with a round voice! Thank you
Open the throat is very important for singer!!! Thank you so much,it’s really helpful!!
I never had been taught the way your showing me right now but I just want to thank you for the advice
Freya, it took me ten minutes to stop yawning 😵. Also, these exercises produce similar sounds to throat singing, I thought that interesting.
She's an amazing teacher 👌✨☺️
After so many years of being a basic beginner learner, who didn't practice well at all, this explanation really made me to understand well how to make sound, in theory, Now I must learn to do it.
Thank you, Freya of these videos I must have seen before, but I was not even the level to understand to differentiate the move.
The problem is to have self discipline and keep motivation to practice everyday to learn well.
These voice warm up series are wonderful. Thank you!
Thank you, Freya. Your videos are very generous and packed with solid information x
yeah this lady is good knows what shes saying
Not only was this posted on my birthday, very helpful, and just nice in general it has 69 comments
Wonderful Freya!
I am a fan of your videos!You explain really wel. I love it.
Many thanks
Yawning is great, and I think to open throat, there is also the "say ahhh and open wide" when you try to feed a kid, or when you go to the doctor.
Thankyou so helpful I will practice this a lot I sing in my church choir and a local chorus group and I strive to hit that last note
This video is so great, so much detail, and so much insight, FREYA! Thank you so much, you opened up another dimension of understanding singing.
Freya, I keep coming back to this video because it is so clear and you can really see what is happening with your throat muscles which makes it easier to copy. At first my muscles just weren't strong enough, but now I can really do this and feel it and see it in the mirror. Thanks for being so open.
I am watching your videos from few years. You are very good teacher and i love to warm up my voice with your exercises.❤️🎵🎼
Thank you keeping an open throat is hard for me most of the time I'm going to keep on practising these exercises.
Thanks Freya.
Working on this
2:10 yawn
3:43 yawn, yah
5:34 middle chest voice yah/yehn, open v nasal
8:20 ah to uh
8:58 Ah to ooh
10:20 closed v nasal
12:03 yah to A to E
14:01 natural tone
NO WAY I ALREADY COULD SING A LIL BETTER AFTER TRYING IT ONCE
You are the best, Freya
Great video! So down to earth,simple and functional! Thanks, Freya!
thank you for this so much
You are an excellent teacher. Thank you for sharing your knowledge with us.
You amazing as a teacher! Kudos! 🌹
This is incredibly helpful, thank you so much for making this video!
I feel like you have a super bright light right in your face which must be uncomfortable but it is easy to see the open throat! Thank you for your service!
Thank u, just what I was looking for. u r a fine Teacher!!
My voice now is improve thanks ur a best teacher
Wunderbar Freya, danke ♥🤗
This video was really helpful and informative. Thanks!
Freya. Thank you so much
This is so thorough. Thank you, Freya!
Thank you very much for taking the time to explain all of this, Ms. Casey. I plan to revisit your video later to work on internalizing the concepts. Thank you again 😊
Danke!
I yawned so many times for real 🙈🙈🙈
Thank you for your video, I was looking to improve on this topic 😄😄
THIS IS WORKING IM GONNA USE THIS AFTER SCHOOL THANKS
This is great 👍 thank you 🙏 , I ‘m a singer , I used to perform in the West End and now singing teacher . I drop my jaw when singing but hadn’t tapped into dropping the double chin space lol 😊 it’s a game changer ❤ 👏 👏 👏
This is a great demonstration of the difference between an open throat and being more closed.
This was really helpful at understanding the open throat concept.
This is just super! Thank You, Freya!
Thank you so much for your help on this video!
Always thought something must be wrong if I look like a frog while singing, but now I'm relieved that it actually indicates a somewhat good resonance. :D Thanks for all your great tips and explanations! :)
Hi,
Just saw this video...Great content and informative with awesome illustrations for the open throat!! Thanks, CJ II Seattle USA
I cant stop yawning lol 😂😜😋👍😹
To all the haters all are just jealous of her singing
Great practical video. You have a cute and caring style of teaching
Thank you for great teacher 👩🏫 👍❤️
This is brilliant and so helpful for improving my voice for choir. Thank you ❤
Gracias Profe.
Whatever you teach is straight up diamond every people like me who loves singing needs a teacher like you not only singing but every subject thank you so much for making these videos thanks again 💓 💖 💗 💕
Awesome
Strength exercises definitely felt more open after you do this . Thanks ❤❤
This was super fun, I laughed a lot trying to mimic you haha! I wonder what my neighbours think I do at 10 at night making weird sounds.
☝😀😀😀, me to😀😀
While me doing it at 3am 😌😌
Wow, that was so cool to learn that I can see and feel (under my chin) the difference between an open throat and a closed, nasal tone.
I first learned to sing an open-throat sound in combination with a lowered larynx, so I habitually do both together. I honestly didn't know those were two independent things! I'm now practicing to find my open-throat sound with a more natural position of the larynx.
There is no issue with having a lowered larynx, it just shouldn't ne lowered too much. Male voices tend to sing with more lowered larynxes. But the larynx should not be forced down with the back of the tongue, it should not be done with force but with breath.
one of the best open throat technique videos ever! Thank you Freya
I like learning new things like trying opera. I like this video
Very useful to a learner singer.
Ty so much for this video Freya! I was looking for a video exactly about this topic to share with my fellow singer friend to show how to decrease excess nasality.
I did the exercises and it was a great refresher to remind myself whenever I'm recording and not achieving the sound quality. It's probably me not paying attention to my placement and supporting enough.
OMG this video is all I need. I can already hear a difference in my voice. Thank you so much!
Always terrific!! !thanks!!!
Omg thanks for this video. I've been struggling to sing with an open throat but thanks again Freya for this video really helps me alot
I really love you and love how to teach me
Really excellent and thorough lesson. Thank you so much!
reminds me of the vine with the kid with his basketball YAA
😃
You are so awesome. Thank you for your teaching. Now, I just can’t stop yawning ☺️
You are a very good teacher! Ive studied with a few popular voice coaches..Great info here! Thanks! Always great to get reminders (proper)from a different source!
Thank you! Definitely needed this and once again you explain and demonstrate everything so it's easy to understand and then try for myself.
I have tears in my eyes when I yawned a multiple times
Had*
Same
Ohhh i so love this. My greatest struggle is this one. Thanks for making this videooo.
Great video. Thank you! It depends on the vowel I am trying. The a is more open, I would say it is a 7, but the e is (in German the I) is a 3. 😕
What a gift! Thank you
This is the best open throat singing technique video for beginners. 👍
Loved this. I have been stick lately with tension in my tongue and this really opened me up. I am a 4-6 depending on the day. ❤️
Amazing girl. Thanks n God bless 🙌
Thank you , awesome and love yr demo and teaching. God Bless you
So natural and cute :)!! Not to forget edifiying! Thank you!