Discovering natural voice (placement) classical approach by Franco Tenelli

[iTzJimBoi]

Thank you for slapping me across the face with the literal truth about singing. It's not who I want to sound like. It's how I want to improve on what I already sound like. THAT'S real singing.

[jjtheslayer69]

wow the acoustics in there are great



[kharlitoz]

Mr Tenelli, you're colombian follower again! hehe. What can i do with my high range? above de A flat i can't sustain the note and my cords don't close properly. Can you post some breathing exercises, or fiatto. Hugs from Colombia.

[primohomme]

I speak in a soft high young tenor voice, but my voice is a dark dramatic tenor...almost baritone

[rovingdesertfox]

@primohomme Congratulations.

[aryankhah]

dear maestro and friends

I have some questions and need help from you I am a tenor and all time try to mainain yawning position but when i approach the note A above middle C 1) my voice gets muffled 2)I lose brightnss and focuse 3) the sensation of buzzing moves back on palate and gets lost 4)my voice is pretty big but it lacks the ability of piercing through the distance... what is wrong with me?

[sleepyhead1933]

Dear Franco,

Your generosity in sharing your scientific approach is inspiring and will help make more people interested in singing again- like old times. There's no substitute for having a real live teacher in the room, but for online viewing, your master classes are excellent because if there are enough of them, each of us can find another singer who makes the same mistakes. Thanks!

[bajobaritonoAH]

like a "wild animal yawning"...like a lion...

[bajobaritonoAH]

Thanks for sharing all your vocal wisdom:

what is the next step from this "natural or yawing sound"..

here is what I do:

* I yawn using my arms to expand my chest keeping my abdominals out and low

*I can feel the space inside...back on my throat

*then i produce the sound....it is like "expanding or flowing the sound"

*I keep my chest and abdominals expanded as I produce the sound......

should I have to switch from "ah...to "oh..and .to oo" as I go high.....

thanks....

Alberto

[EmilyGreene1984]

Do you recommend any voice teachers that will teach this natural techinque for singing, Mr. Tenelli?

[JarekJitka]

I appreciate it also

[hardhead04]

very constructive. i like it.

[aryankhah]

Dear Franco

I appriciate strongly not just for your valuable free lessons but also the intellectual and rational way you deliver them. I just have a serious question about the status of opera and generally classical singing in today's world.as you know the classical singing is far more difficult than other kinds but at the same time as I heard its financial outcome and social status is not good compared to its difficulties.Any clarification from you will be my pleasure.

[orlando098]

@aryankhah

It depends, if you are singing leading roles at the Met or something you will be rich and admired by any reasonable standards, and if you become a household name like Pavarotti then you will be similar to a famous rock star. Are you saying that everyone who sings rock or jazz etc, automatically becomes rich and famous?? You don't generally start learning an art form because you've planned out it will make you rich, but because it appeals to you and you have some basic talent for it

[aryankhah]

@orlando098

thnks very much for reply. the source of my question is that i am not resident in europ or us. and unfortunately i live in middle east and you may know that if i want to continue my singing careere I have to move to west because theres no opportunity for classical music especialy for singers.so I like to know soes it deserves or not?

[orlando098]

@aryankhah

I don't know. It seems to me quite hard to find good teachers in the west too... but good luck. The best thing is probably if you audtion and can get a place at a famous music college

[montrubio]

I'm on a chorus but the teacher doesn't kwon what my register I been singing as a baritone but some times she tells I'm a dramatical-tenor and on my last warm up she told I'm a bass-baritone, Im really confuse

[orlando098]

@montrubio

I'm not surprised. You should try and take some lessons with a good private teacher who can spend more time exploring your voice with you

[jhvorotin]

THANKS SO MUCH FOR THIS!!!

THIS IS OUTSTANDING!

Actually, when I was 10, I had a teacher (my first one) who taught me the exercise of yawning. My memory of this is still vivid. 12 years have passed and I have been "contaminated" by other ineffective techniques, in the end. I feel more and more the need to go back to this yawning technique. But somehow I always forget about using it when I'm singing.

Thanks for reminding me. I'll work on this.

[vigalexandra]

That's very happy to meet you again in the youtube. I was quite upset for not able to watch your video some days ago. Actually you are a very good singer, musician and teacher.Thank you very much!