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  • Hey Rae! Or anyone else, When we're talking about breathing low and using your stomach/abs...would it be good to tense the abs at any point or would that be bad and restrict your voice?

  • Hey Rae! I love your videos, but I have two questions for you:

    I'm finding it very difficult to get rid of this nasally breathy tone I have. Any suggestions?

    Also, I would love to learn how to sing vibrato; my voice is very sharp and just can't. If you could help me with that I'd be forever in your debt.

    Thank you!

  • I've been in choir since elementary and I've learned more in this video than all those 6 years.... just saying

  • OMG AMAZING! Thank you :)

  • Omg it worked :)

  • really good information thank you :)

    i would love if you could check out my 'on my own song i sang' for any quick tips please.

    caitlin

  • Thank u for ur valued info. wow its nice to see someone helping people

  • Can you help me? Recently, i recorded and listened to my voice to see how good I was at singing.when I heard myself, it sounded like I was breathing while talking normally.... I don't know how you could help me with that but I would like some warm-ups or something to help me with that because i want to audition for something but i don't think i can sing good enough to audition....on the long notes it sounded like I was whispering it instead of singing. PLEASE HELP ME IF YOU CAN

  • @sunnsangesprincess07 keeley what are you trying out for? the sm thing?

  • @snsdmegafan102 and another thing ;D

  • @sunnsangesprincess07 what else?!? please tell me!! r u going to try out for the sm thing yourself?

  • @snsdmegafan102 yes, if i can learn to sing good, and the talent show duh. as well as a ny job....

  • Thanks for sharing your wealth of knowledge. I had forgotten so many of these techniques. Great stuff

  • i've been singing since i was a little girl, i went to a performing arts school as a vocal major and i think im quite good. the only thing i have trouble w/ is supporting my sound and belting. so could you make a video solely on support, that'd be a real help. thanks(: <3

  • I'm a man but I have a whistle register and one day I was practicing and I strained it. And now I can't go extremely high like I used to. How can I get it back without straining it a lot again?

  • hi, i was wondering if jogging and doing vocal warmups help with breath control and improving singing tone? I was also wondering something, when i sing, i have this unwanted raspy sound to my vocals sometimes (which i believe is strain, i think) and i want to get rid of the rasp becuz it doesnt sound good, what warmups could i do to get rid of the rasp and get an overall better tone/sound to my voice?

  • hi, i was wondering if jogging and doing vocal warmups help with breath control and improving singing tone?

  • Hiya ! :D I wanna ask u, whenever I sing high pitch, I have this underlaying low tone that makes a "sssssss" sound.. Any tips to get rid of it?? N oh another thing, does long-term cough affects your voice???

  • I need help.. When I sing it just sounds like me talking but with more power. I was singing, then I made it with less power and I was talking. When I get at a higher pitch it just sounds horrible and too much power. PLEASE HELP ME

  • @FoopLoopBoop Hi there! It sounds like you might be forcing the tone a bit up in the higher registers of your voice...It's common and fixable, so that's good news :) If you want to take a look at a free video series I have on my website at the moment, you can do that by visiting the link in the video description. As I said, it's free but it will help you enormously. All the very best with your singing! xx

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  • Hahaha, love it at 5:18, you create two notes with your voice!

    You're singing a c#, but then somehow your voice creates a c# at an octave below!

    That is awesome lol. If you could somehow control this and sing other frequencies, you could harmonise with yourself ^_^

  • I'm still having trouble with keeping breath back... not sure how to keep it from coming how it does.

  • great tips thanks! :)

  • do i have to sing this in falsetto or with my normal voice?

  • I want u for my teacher! :D

  • the way she says "i love to eat garlic" sounds naughty for some reason.

    its all in the inflections

  • lol the fly

  • My jaw drops when I start to get louder. Is that okay?

  • Lol all of us are paranoids. HAHAHA ghosts. :>

  • i asked my self omg what is that thing flying O.O got scareddd then shes lyke ooooh it a flyy and im like phew no gostss ^-^ XD

  • your voice in that intro thing always scares me... like when the iron giant wakes up in that one movie im scared of...

  • I love your videos!!! make more!!!

  • I wish you were in Brisbane, I would sign up to your classes so fast :( You explain things so well and have a very kind nature about you. We have hardly any teachers up here, and those that are here are a little too into themselves...sad but true.

  • wtf went over the camera at 2:01?! it kinda scared me. lolol.

  • you looked like Adele a lil bit :)

    

  • That fly , lol I wondered wat it was , iv improved slightly since watching this I realy wanna be able to sing , I'd luv to sound like Amy winehouse ;)Xx

  • I soo wish I could sing , I'm realy trying tho :)

  • Amazing voice Rae ! Thank you for posting these videos .I love to sing but never took singing lessons ,I really want to work on my pitch and try to develop a more powerful singing voice . Could you please listen to one of my videos and tell me if I have any potential or honestly should I just quit trying ,I sure would appreciate feedback ,Aloha

  • Miss Rae could you really have free singing lessons??

    I'm on a very tight budget myself but I'd like more help wit my singing

  • Hi Rae, I really enjoy your videos! They're very helpful. I went to your website, but I couldn't fine the audio files you talked about in "episode 2". Could you please tell me where I can find them?

  • Oh my gosh.. it works!! YAY! :)

  • thankyou for these videos it helps me alot but i have a question because i can sing high songs like listen from beyonce but some how it won't come out my body but i know its there so what should i do ?

  • I was actually thinking... Waht is that think going trough the camera?

  • i was doing the really long hi note and i had this GIANT hiccup at the end. I gotta do this another time :/

  • are you around alot of silly americans lol your very funny and i love the hair changes in the vids........ now back to my singing laaaaaaaaa :) thank you for making the vids

  • are you australian?

  • this is a great tip.... thank you :D

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  • You have the sexiest voice ever

  • i mastered it woooO!

  • hey i love your videos so far. i been wanting to learn how to sing for a long time. not high high notes jus in between maybe an alto. is the way your voice sound for example squeaky and annoying reflect on how your voice sound when you sing? P.S. i have a horrible singing voice..

  • How do you control air AND push for volume? Like in a stage performance. I have that control but no volume. If I add volume, I crack or loose control of breath. DO you go over this at some point or am I being impatient? BTW, Thanks so much for these lessons. I'm delving more and more into you as time allows

  • what if my voice just sucks and sounds horrible?

  • as a teenage boy (wich i am) my voces changeing alot is it a good time to lern how to sing or wait a bit

  • @rickswar Thumbs up 100000000000000000000000000000­0000000000000000000000 times lol

  • It's very entertaining and joyful to learn something from you. You are not like other tutors who teaches with seriousness like signing a million dollar contract with a company. Even I don't find myself talented at singing but I've tried to sing those notes in front of my laptop. Thank you so much for these videos.

  • lol at the fly

  • When im singing i find my self becoming really tense when im trying to do voice gymnastics and stuff. I no my voice is capeable of doing them it just doesnt seem to flow when i do it. I find myself pushing really hard and sometimes my throat is really aching where i push too much. Is there any way of learning to relax?

  • you should do a video about vibrato

  • your gorgeous,i know that was off topic but good vid,im tryna get better at my opera,i can mimic almost anything,and thats the last piece of music i want to conquer

  • a good coach thanks

  • excellent video and very educational

  • I have to congratulate you for your beautiful presentation, for the charisma you transmit when teaching this difficult skill and most of all for the free advice. Your voice is absolutely beautiful. I would like to sign up for your course but found a little difficulty signing on to your main website, could you send my the details on how to do it, my email address is farmaciadiaz@hotmail.com, thanks in advance.

  • is that your voice rae at the start of the vid lesson???...if yes then... phew...u r good .....if not then tell me wHAT is that music?

  • @guitarguru2k1 lol You wouldn't believe how many times I've been asked that question!...Yes, it IS me singing at the start. I bought the rights to a loop and Kali played a bit of lekky guitar work in and I put a bit of an Operatic 'spin' on the whole thing...pretty epic eh?! Glad you like it! Rae xx

  • @raehenry21 Wow Rae! That is awesome, I didn't think that was you! Wow your good! xoxo Destiny

  • @raehenry21 hi when i want to sing (i only do it alone) my voice gets stuck and nothing comes out :S like it gets stuck on the back of my throught ..how can i solve this???

  • I can sing my own guitar songs better than when I try to sing a another bands songs ( ex : Green Day 21 Guns )

    Could you tell me why's that?

    Thank you

    Hugs =))

  • OMG thx so much for adding me it's an honor even though I don't know you! Do you think I sing good?

  • i wanna sing like the singer of dance gavin dance, its like high and powerful and like loud and shouting but without shouting, still singing thats my goal but its hard to do :$ its almost like i get scared of the note and then fail at it, or theres tooo much strain and it doesnt come out smoothly and sounds bad or it just turns into yelling DDD=

  • I started laughing so hard at myself, whoops....

    But it helped so so so so so much!!! <3 thank you

  • i think im tone def lol

  • um i love to sing and my voice isnt bad however at times it gets out of tune

    and breaks or it feels like am pushing out on it

    also my vocal range wont go far and i cant get to my head voice

    can u help me??

  • Oh my goodness! This has helped me a whole lot! Thank you sooo much <3

  • "so here's your excersice,ill just do a couple with you, there he goes again!"

    lmao that cracked me up!

  • hey how do you connect your head and chest voice

  • @pigmouth1234 yeah, the same question

  • You don't have too much control...You need more training before you try become an internet sensation

  • @psycho969 bull crap shes way good ur probly terrible.

  • OMG THANKS SO MUCH!! i was planning on singing "firework" by katy perry and i had trouble with singing with power and i watched this video and i think i got it down!!! :DD THANKS SO MUCHH!!

  • your hair looks pretty :)

  • lol ur funny

  • thanks ^_^

  • helpful! Thank you!

    

  • I'm trying to breath through my diaphram and ikeep breathing through my nose on accident.And iwas like "Oh shit" And iheld my nose&My friends thought ismelt something bad

    ..Anyways Icant sing notes and sometimes when ising my voice sounds weird..it sounds like im sick.

  • 5:29 - 5:31 how can u make that shakin' sound? Make a video tutorial with that, please! :)

  • @Trachilify its called vibroto

  • My voice starts to hurt after I sing like maybe a 3rd of a song, like it takes a lot for me to be able to sing with even low notes and high ones i die XP why?

  • OMG i can sing high now lol

  • crazy fly

  • I wish I had Pavarotti's power...

    He was amazing.

  • i love you videos i just need to focus on tone how to make it not forced but fully controled and clearer how do i practice those tone strengthening

  • Hello Rae. Thank you so much for creating these videos. I find them so incredibly helpful and I love the amount of detail that you put into them. It helps explain why things are done the way they are. You're the best!

  • My friend, who has been singing far longer than I, continues to tell me that my "Support" dies half way through my sentences in my songs. I have been told this by other friends who I see as more experienced than I. The problem is I can't hear the difference between my unsupported and supported singing. They both sound the same and my muscles are all engaged when I sing. Is there a way I can "support" more? Or an exercise?

  • Whenever I sing, my throat becomes very dry. I find myself swallowing to make my throat moist. Is that common?

  • @teelee98 Noo, that pretty much means you Dihydrated you hgave to drink half a gallon a day to keep your throat moist

  • That's exactly what I needed, it's always a bit difficult for me to hit the high notes correctly. Thanks! ♥ I like how you present the information and you also look a bit like the wonderful Kirsty Alley :)

  • Wow, I love your videos. It's unbelievable how this helps. I have never thought of singing in this way. I wasnt about to go out get a vocal coach to help me sing... But, now i feel like i have one. Thanks for making singing lesson videos. :)

  • hmm, i have a natural singing voice similar to James Hetfield, rather low/mid range, trying to sing high is very difficult, i'm really struggling, if i sing high, my voice breaks, or my chest tightens =S

  • haha ur awsome!

  • ill attack

  • Congratulations good coaching, I plan using your tricks for good speaking, too. I give private English classes this way, thus your classes are very helpful. Me too I'm also very shy, some day we may chat, would like you'd present your kids possible? sorry don't have too.

  • That's soo funning that you mentioned about the fly 'cause at the time you did, I was saying to myself,"What in the world is her cameraman doing"? Thank's for the vid.

  • Btw that fly was on American Idol last week.

  • çést bon. easy to understand and follow, Only the microphone you'd be using sounds a little cracky (this way,at least)

  • The garlic breath you talked about..

    Try eating fresh parsley or green apple after the garlic"meal". :-)

    Good luck.

    BTW, great videos, thanks!

  • I love the way you teach. Simple and straight forward

  • I love the way you teach. Simple and straight forwars

  • eating parsley helps with garlic breath. lol :)

  • This really helped me a lot, it's helped me. Because when i sang before my voice was a lot quieter and all mumbled. This helped it sound more clear.

  • you are a fantastic teacher

  • HOLY FUCK, that was the scariest thing ever. i did exactly what you told me to and my voice sounded SOOO STRONG and as if i was hooked up to a mic . that was insane lol, i never heard my voice soo strong.

  • Last time I had some singing lessons the breathing made me feel very dizzy and faint-does this wear off as you get used to it or was I doing something wrong (got told it was normal at time but noone else was having same problem) Was a bit annoyed at time cos my voice was doing stuff I'd never heard it do before! Love your vids tho-thanks for the garlic breath tip, one try and I realised what I do wrong..-time to practise!!!!

  • Last time I had some singing lessons the breathing made me feel very dizzy and faint-does this wear off as you get used to it or was I doing something wrong (got told it was normal at time but noone else was having same problem) Was a bit annoyed at time cos my voice was doing stuff I'd never heard it do before! Love your vids tho-thanks for the garlic breath tip one try and I realised whjat I do wrong -time to practise!!!!

  • I have a CD with only a piano playing scales that I sing to to practice. Though, I often want to practice in the car. Will sitting down while singing be detrimental to me?

  • i wanna sing like jared leto

  • lol fly... i cant ignor it now

  • hwne i sing my neck always goes back and forth like a chicken and my throat starts to hert M i doin something wrong can you help me?

  • can u tell me how to vocalize? [the vibrate at the end of our singing voice] thanks ^^

  • My problem is when I try and sing with you on that higher note toward the end, when I start getting more powerful there is almost like a jump in my voice, it sounds a bit like yodel. & also I catch myself doing it when I'm trying to sing a lower sounding song :/ any advice for fixing that problem?

  • II took classical voice right so when i sing GOSPEL and i had to get loud, I seem to have too much comprssion to where is sounds weird... what am i missing??? if you likk i can send you a audio to your email... but which ever... thanks... and im DAVID by the way...

  • I just want to say I am Officially A HUGE fan! I need detailed information...and your whole series so far is very detailed and I love it! Thanks so much! I have learned a great deal in the last couple of days!

    And you are beautiful too...!

  • i dont hav a good voice at all but i'd like to make the most of it!! so these vids are REALI helpful but i dont no if im doing the exercises right!! any tips???tnks!!

  • i totally understand why your husband made 5 babies with you.

    and the lessons are great

  • Hey rae I really find your videos useful. I am actually taking singing lessons and I find that my voice "grabs" transitioning registers. I didnt realize though that i was pushing too much air. My question though is there a way to increase air flow without raising in volume? Thanx

  • when i was singing those notes with you, i felt a little strain in my throat & i didnt feel myself singing from the diaphragm. and that strain was like a knot in my throat, the kind u get before u burst into tears.. im confused... ?

  • @TheYellowAnts OK, this is a really common thing...Try to focus mostly on feeling the buzzing or vibration in your lips, nose and cheeks instead of trying to 'push' the sound out with your throat. It takes some practice - especially in the areas where your vocal cords change 'position' when moving from your lower to middle register and from your middle to upper register. Sing gently. It's not a volume experiment as much as it is an exercise to get the sound vibrating in the right place...xx

  • @raehenry21 more great info! 

  • @raehenry21 Mr Wart thinks you're an excellent teacher. You possess in abundance all the qualities required of a pedagogue: you're patient, articulate and you have a pleasant voice.

  • i wanna sound like alicia keys but tht aint gunna happen right idk u never kno

  • @pinkpapl3 Don't sell yourself short. If you have a goal and you keep your vision of it clear, the avenues through which you can achieve it will appear. All you have to do is take them and trust that you will succeed xx

  • @pinkpapl3 if you wanna be a good singer, you better practice your arse off.. there is no other way, unless you are realy talented

  • i really would like to learn how to sing because im interested in doing plays and for alot of plays you need to have a good singing voice! well anyway i just dont quite get it! my voice is really shaky and i just cant get what i do to sound right no madder how much i try!!

  • @wreedwilliams Unfortunately, doing a few exercises that focus on only a few areas of vocal development aren't going to transform you into a pro overnight. Singing takes time and is reliant on the strengtheneing and toning of muscles - and that's just the beginning. Give yourself time and be patient and kind to yourself. No singer ever got to pro level without these qualities...xx

  • I think I really really need this exercise!! Thank you so much. Now a question.

    How would you describe ending the sound? You said cut it off. What is the action for doing that properly so there is no funny stuff happening. Not sure how describe it, but not pretty.

  • I love your videos I've just started and I wanted to improve and I feel so comfortable with your videos and your gorgeous! :) I'm 16 so I want to thank you!!

  • i want a strong voice like Demi Lovato..

    Tips? :)

  • 12 :x

  • yes that happend to me the pushing air it is annoeying

  • On this lesson you look a sexy teacher, I like it :-)

  • THANK YOU!! because of you i have a chance to make my m play "the secret garden" i sooo happy!! you are truly an angel!! thank you!! o yea and how do you get your hair like that it is amazing

  • i love u! and ur accent! XD

  • what if the fly flew into her mouth.....

  • dude you really wacko but cool to haha

  • I thought it was a phantom LOL

  • lol go the fly :)

  • omg...i crap my pants......it was like a horror movie,the scene with the fly...but u r good,kiss

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  • I LOVE YOU- your an AMAZING TEACHER- you totally solved my high note issues! (don't worry I didn't shout that- don't want to mess up me throat. THANK YOU SO MUCH. You also have and Wonderful Personality and are Really Pretty. To bad I'm a GAY! Smooches and Blessings Sweets!

  • i have no voice but i want to be able to sing. should i look somewhere else to start or should i follow your episodes?

  • wow - ur a really good teacher! and i'm definately signing up to ur free beginners course!!

    I was wondering, were you one of those lucky people who was born with a great voice, or did u take lessons?? how old were u if you took the lessons, and how long did it take for you to learn to sing, say to the quality of having an audience?

  • thanks, that really helps, i was having my voice break a lot when i sang high notes.My voice sounds so much better now.

  • nx!!!!!!!!!!! very much

    i can learn many things from ur vid

    how i can say thanks to u ~

    luv !!

  • i hate my singing voice i hoipe this helps me ^_^

  • Thanks so much !

    you have helped me a lot with my singing voice !

    thanks again ..x

  • you're Hotttttttttt!!!!!!!

    can i be your student

  • You are awesome!!!

  • Watching from Ireland. Lovely video, you teach in a lovely easy to understand way. I sing through my throat and get lots of sore throats so i'm going to go through your videos and look for help. thanks X

  • you are a better teacher than my own singng teacher! Thanks loads!!! <3

  • Brilliant lesson....

    loved your comment on the fly "you know what, that thing that keeps flying across the camera there is a fly". haha. Yeah, Australia's good for flies. I'd love to go somewhere without flies...just for a bit.

  • Awesome!!! Learnt a lot from her!

  • Thanks heaps for this ! :)

  • you'd be so hot if you lost weight. you're still good lookin tho.

  • wow. amazing. this video improved my voice about 100 times. that was the main problem. THANK YOU SOOO MUCH! i mean, now i can SING! no problems (:

  • the girl up to the right at the beggining she looks like laila bagge :o

  • i think shes the most gorgeous singing instructor ive ever seen

  • HENRY RAE IS A HEAVY METAL GODDESS IN DISGUISE!!

    \m/