Voice Training: "Riffs, Runs, & Control - Part 2"

[MissTwixxer]

i sound like a sheep.

[hotboyme]

Eee aaaa Eee

[PoopedMacroon]

lol my head voice is amazing, but chest is like wtf?

[jmichael1holmes]

@PoopedMacroon mines is oposite.. :(

[dignature123]

I dont have a mix voice for me to have a cross...i have a head voice and my chest voice but thats it.

[AKASLOVERBOY]

Your Exercise Does not SUCKS IT REALLY WORKS

And you are a serious Comedian too

[luv3100]

i got it now!! thanks

[jaw3p]

thanks man

[stonesolo]

God bless you eric! after doing your vocal exercises for 5 months now i auditioned for my university's singers class and i was one of the best to audition!!! :) Very helpful. :D

[STONEMAKERCANADA]

:)

[TheLinxTV]

thank man you hepl was very well needed

[jaiwhi]

wooooow this  is amazing thank u Eric absolutly love uuuuuu!!!

[Feather8285]

Yay i'm doing it right[: but my voice is slurring -___- i want it to have the little accents on it :/

[Kennethchankanger]

I keep singing flat. D: what should I do

[philnoll]

great videos thanks man!

[projectloki]

This is legit. thank you.

[Kylan0728]

About the time when people are supposed to go into head voice I'd already been in for a scale. ._.

[WeGleeSC]

I have a really big audition in about 3 hours!! Thank you so much for this- while - this was an amazing help!! sitting in my hotel room with no keyboard and nerves running wild ...Bless you....I want to hear you blow!! Where can I get your CD???

[eRda1L]

Start here 01:51 Skip explanation 3:41 Ladies join in 4:01 Skip explanation 4:59 Skip explanation 6:40 (Thumps up for daily warm up)

[BekkiDoll]

I love that song he is singing in the beginning <3

[sAbZii21]

its been like 30 min i started doin this exercise bt my throat doesnt hurt and all ... am i doin it wrong ?

[EpikDrew]

Like if you got juked at 4:14.

[onerom316]

Nice exercise, this will help me alot.

[Glamerous111]

but im not yelling or squeezing im perfectly relaxed but my throat is still sore

[myjackass1234561]

dude your awesome man

[TiiZzLeFTW]

decent stuff here

[mashimashi2546]

Doesn't mean you're doing it right. And if by singing you screaming and bitching, i could see that being true.

[TheNeisha17]

This is sooooooooo easy. Singing since my eyes were first open.

[APPELHOUSE01]

I HATE MY MIX REGISTER! :@

[danielgmulhern]

Thanks so much for this. Wonderful exercises and great coaching! Felt like you were right with me, helping me (as a guy) to not strain or yell as you took us up. Great gift. Bless you.

[ledesma001]

i cant do the indivdual notes >.<

[MegaSchoolGirl1]

its working! thank u jesus!

[johnson213me]

just let your voice cross up, cross up, cross up, and CROSS UPPPPP!

[omickiyousofine010]

@johnson213me lmao

[CaroJesusFreak]

Thank you so much

God bless you

[jj13jet]

boys ends at 5:40

[Songbird4GodProdt]

0:12 multibeneficial.... "I don't think that is a word, but I am going to go with it anyway." I LOVE THAT!! So nonchalant too. Great videos so far. You are very laid back,.. good stuff!

[jj13jet]

lol xD "so its not e. its *drops jaw* eya lololo my favorite part 0:45

[jerseyboi217]

I like that song in the beginning. What's it called?

[Throatxwhores]

I was doing a similiar excercise with my teacher. we were doing me ma mo moo we'd start at middle C and work are way up going faster and faster as we got higher...and then go back down all the way to B2 or however low my voice will go that day lol but yeah. I cant play piano and do that at the same time so this is a great alternative...just dont tell on me!

[analuvsjaej4evar]

Again....best teach ever....

[LozerClub]

Lol I wanna play that now that's catchy lmao

[narayanmimi]

These exercises are great, and make them greater.

[FakeGothChick]

HEY ERICCC U NEVER ANSWERED MY QUESTION =[

HOPE U ARE WELL!

[Meowth450]

@Ryuu2009 oh yeah!!

[MrViolero]

I have a question: do I have to warm up muy voice before trying this exercise? ....or this IS a warmming up exercice?

Do I have to stand -sitting is not good for singing right?...

[Ryuu2009]

Thumbs up if you're a girl and started with the boys (without causing tension) =D

[B5girl2342]

@Ryuu2009 yeah xD just the last note i went off tone

[katepau1]

THX FOR THIS gOD BLESS YOU

[cukorrist]

is that you in the beginning sining

[xx420guitarbro420xx]

@cukorrist yeah its him.

[alexsalva04]

I have the same Yamaha P-85 keyboard as Sir Eric's by coincidence. Does that mean that I have a great voice too? I wish! :))

[Sased88]

nice, very helpfull, i do think that i dont do the ey ey ah on note...

[TatiannaMonae]

"but you do not....START TO YELL AND YELL....you do not do that." LOL

[DrHollywoodEnt]

Vox Runs 1:48

When he starts talking 4:01 (Ladies begin)

When he starts talking 4:58 (Mens Cross to top voice)

When he starts talking 6:39

Thanks AA, check out our music at watch?v=_PLmZABW5hA

[kumikoangeloflight]

O_o is it possible, when singing, that part of the tongue that's near the back, to raise and cause tension in the throat?

[FakeGothChick]

still havent worked havent worked my way up to #3 on this excersise

[FakeGothChick]

my fav excersize ever! i even found a new karaoke website [[=

[FakeGothChick]

i ready to work!!! Eric please sub meeee! i ? uuuu!

[FakeGothChick]

MY VOICE IS SO MUCH BETTER

[FakeGothChick]

this has helped me so muchhhhh! i cant thank you enough i so gratefullll!

[juliegirl1994]

is there anywhere to get these scales?

[GreayStatia]

Niceeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!

[FakeGothChick]

late at night i doiing this because i was technical difficulties lol

[rachael14548]

Whenever I try to do runs, it sounds all slurred ):

I need helppp!

[KeeHartProductions]

THAT'S SO AWESOME. I felt like you were right here teaching ME, talking to ME. haha. Thanks! I had no trouble doing your piano excercise, that should be some good news right? It's 2 a.m. here and everyones sleeping, so I couldn't go louder than my talking voice if I wanted to so that hleped. Onto part 3!

[MusicalWonderChild]

This really helped. Keep it up! Thank you so much.

[mongs94]

can you fix monotoned voices?

[KumbiaQueen5511]

Soo if we can reach the note with strength even though there is tension, if we do exercises, is it possible to get it w/o the tension so we don't cause damage?

[MrArthurACarvalho]

thank you ...thank you ...you just changed my life ...i'm singing much bether after taking your advices god bless you

[r0ck99videos]

When you said actuall....

I heard sexual.

[redporus]

E-E-E-AH  AH-AH-AH-E

[CarteBlancheKevinKAM]

E E,E AH? 

[simmonmanalo]

Hey Eric ! :) Just wanna let you know that you're a gift from heaven. I like what you are doing. You're helping us learn singing for free. And that's a very big help for people that doesn't have enough money to enroll in a vocal school or lessons. So I'm so happy that I found you here. Even just for hours of watching your vids today, I felt my voice change already. I never had any vocal trainings until now, so maybe that's why I felt something changed already. You're great ! Keep doing this. :)

[BrittanySimoneee]

This was perfect. Do yu know I been watching yur videos everyday now for like a month and I'm seein a great change in my voice now.

[FakeGothChick]

@BrittanySimoneee me too and i only been on for about a week ((;

[pr0b0y1]

helped (i think) , thanks , my voice was kinda broken

[metakirby007]

hi

[ray394]

i was so proud with u.... by the way, u hv nice smile.... thanks 4 your teaching

[electrickunderground]

@StormBringer44 drink warm peppermint tea 30 min before singing.

[StormBringer44]

I just figured out what my problem is: my throat is drying!!! I'm blowing too much air around mixed voice, I sound wimpy and it dries my throat, what should i do? :(

It doesn't hurt at all though.

[drahcirdewayne]

LOL me to @TheAnni12

These vids are Great! ive been singing a long time, Chorus, Show Choirs, Ensemble's, Church Choirs, and ACapella Quartet , and I finally have learned how to access my high range without my throat hurting. Keep the vids coming!!!

[TheAnni12]

hahaa i cant stop laugthing when i singing the eeeaaaiiiieee haha

[HdemiaMessin4]

5:20 i've problems whit high tones :(

[nixonomollo]

I've benefited a lot from your lessons. Thanks for your generosity and Jah bless!

[AKMproductions13]

thnx for these videos ur really helping me sound better

[Whaffel]

I'm 'good' up until 7:00, and i'm done >< Please god give me a wider range!

[betsxx3]

i love this guy!! and his personality! he's awesome!!! i never want his videos to end!!

[367erika]

Thanks for the videos!

[t24karrot]

so this helps with singing runs??? if so wat are other exercise...any anyone can Fwd the video thanks!!1

[MsSmurf2010]

: ) thanks!!!!!!

[jaggtmolina]

how do you play that scale?

[vicked914]

thanks so much i can really hear myself improving.

[DaisyKiller247]

Great video very helpful.

[mariekemeijer1]

love love love it realy works :))) i am a proffesional singer and my voice is perfect thanks Eric and good luck to you.

[hippyfizz63]

Girls starts at 4:01

[RaheemdaplayaO3]

Wow im stuffed, I mean, when you get to point where u say 'guys, if you cant go this high, then you're not doing it correctly' and you say it's because 'you're proper pushing'. I'm not pushing like how you demonstrate, but It comes out sounding very airy and my jaw (at the back) starts to ache. :\ what do i need to do? I think I am hitting the correct notes though. Thanks nevertheless!

[LittleMusicfreack]

Thank so much for your vid, i Love it and feel that it really helps:D.

Just one question though, when i sing most of the time my throat doesn't hurt but i still always have a hoarse voice, is there annything i can do about it?

Thanks in advance:D

[Meli5172]

I have the same problem as @gerbils1994 :/ I can do it seperately at all. Please help?

[krisgirl990]

is it normal that my larynx goes up and down when I do this? My voice feels heavy although I wouldnt say my voice is thick.

[ElderPinkerton]

Where do you teach at? I would love to take training sessions with you. These videos are incredible. I can tell the difference in my voice from just doing the exercises in the clips you have posted. These are GREAT! Do you sell the full videos?

[joyariffic]

i cant help but to tighten my stomach when im singing, how can i fix this?

[gerbils1994]

my voice doenst do each individual note it goes like " e eeeeya aaaaayee" not like "ey ey ey ey ey ah, ah ah ah ah ey" is this a problem? but thanks this video real helps! x

[kiraqify]

@gerbils1994 lol me to

[mongs94]

@gerbils1994 in the video he said you dont have to pronounce each vowels just relax and continue, i cant even pronounce each vowels

[StyxRock]

@gerbils1994 haha i have the smae problem! I think it depends onthe type of voice you have. I hit straight notes with barely any vibrato

[rebeldude1865]

@gerbils1994 at around 3 minutes he says that its fine if you do that, cause the accenting like he does will come naturally as you practicie more! like he said in his voice warmup, "think of it as ironing the kinks out of your voice, so it may take a while." hope this helped. :)

[seansocheap]

@gerbils1994 he says in the middle of the vid that its ok to slur for now, ur voice will use muscle memory to eventually individualize each syllable

[girlswithgunsxox]

@gerbils1994 I imagine it's a problem..the whole act of riffing is BLENDING notes, not separating them

[peace43115]

@gerbils1994 Dont worry as he said at 2:51-3-09 :)

[explode28]

thank you for uploading. it helps me a lot before singing. thank you!

[SOULPLAYA1]

what if my jaw is getting soar but not my voice what does that mean?

[Brokenx3Dreams]

@SOULPLAYA1 Relax your jaw. There's too much tension in your jaw.

[RYGonnaRockYou]

what's the difference between practicing in faster/slow tempo?

[TheBrockjk]

thanks your vids r awesome however i just formed a band and i sing 4 hours on end however once i do i need 2 recover 4 like 3 days ne advice????

[ygygyg7]

Do you have any advice on extending my range higher? Because I have tried a few things, but i hav lost my lower range in the process, any advice?

[arab3515]

can anybody help me out

how do you transition from your low voice to your high voice without cracking??

[stanleyehayesjr]

You are a blessing to all of us bruh! Keep doing what you are doing...I have improved so much since finding and using your vids...continue to let Jesus have His way in your life. Thanks again!

[KellyArlette]

That was very beneficial. I didn't think I got it. But you were right my voice naturally worked it out. THANKS!

[mihirjagger]

I regret that I wasted both time and money on Brett Manning's Singing Success CD.

To all people out here on youtube i advise you to buy eric's lessons which are more effective and will save you whole lot of money.

Thanks Eric and god bless you !!!

[shelvymarie]

you're amazing!!

[toomasmoore]

it's weird i can do this in key when you sing along with it but then when you come back in later i am out of key, whats that all about?

[majesticglaze]

@toomasmoore You need to practice your range..

[WhitneyAndCaitlin]

Your videos are amazing :)

[aleathia83]

Wow!! you're helping me sooo much! God Bless You!

[wonderboy4sho]

this is so helpful GOD Bless you thanks

[Schokosexy]

Eric, my dearest! Thank you very much for this and the so other helpful videos you posted here. They turned to my daily warming up exercises. They help me to improve my voice range and discover others that I didn´t know I had. GOD BLESS YOU!

[itszNahna]

your are AMAZING

i noticed the change instantly

thank you :)

[aZianLOLeepop]

you reallly need to coach me......ever come to texas???

get at me

or email ---(zinagmpmodel@yahoo.com)

I am currently voicecoaching with someone but always looking for better teachers.

[nemesisjq]

I loved this. I learned somethin new and i been singin since i was like 9

[crissO1989]

I have a question. What if you are doing it right, still your throat is hurting?

[longitudeofharmony]

as always - thank you

[KALISKEMUSIC]

tnx i love u eric, u are a great HELP for me, greetings from germany , peace

[finalsojourn]

Hi, Eric. Please make vocal flexibility CD for purchase. Thx!

[lunaeclipse2]

really good, have you worked with any stars and if so who?

[ldahfdshfjkdsh]

Hey, i just started doing these exercises, for anyone who has done these or the warmup exercises: about how long did it take you to get these to sound right?

[Deathlord104]

thanksssssssssssssssssssssssss­s

[TheJaz333]

i can't do this to save my life;/ help?

[lucyzombiex]

oh my god! the results from this one exercise are ridiculous! i'm so happy, i've NEVER been able to do this but always wanted to, and now i know how. amazing, seriously.

[KimberlyDopson]

hey can I hold my jaw LOL, because it keeps moving.

[Juiicyeszt]

Hey! Hope all is well ;) I've been following from time to time and UR amazing!!! Please, tell me what are you playing (keys), so I can learn and practice? Thank you soososos much Ox

[saucll]

gracias por enseñarnos y compartir tus conocimientos un saludo desde Bolivia = )

[Antisaint46]

Not only is this effective but it sounds cool too :)

[tracegnet]

you r a legend!

[realonejust359]

i like it and i like you, the way you teach...

[ftfrfg]

WOW it really works though i sounded kind of stupid but its a small prise to pay...when no one is there.lol. but hey it really works!

[theholygurl]

what happens if your not in sync ? does anyone else have this problem or is it just me

[pointypencil1]

@theholygurl its just you, try restarting your computer/laptop

[mcage222]

this was great! you said that if your throat hurts youre doing it wrong. I think im doing it write my throat just feels sore or tired like every since i did the one from the throat warm up saying 'la ga'.

[spicyvik]

Mr.Eric if this is free, u must have a lot on the package. Hw can i get it? plz its urgent.Thanks

[jujutay]

Thanks for your honest no bs approach bro

[famousmermaid]

I shouldn't be singing because I'm sick. But can't help it. Thank you for this video!

[poorkinghaggard]

What's the difference between a "run" and glissando?

[jsanders1984]

it's true relax into this and the notes will come out full and clear. I've always struggled with riffing up the scale it's getting better tho. I think this exercise had increased and released my range substantially by isolating the vocal folds and not straining any other part of your neck. Singing is so free and easy now.

[NiceAppleJuice2012]

is it ok to go into my head voice with a classical sound.

[ena1rume]

@NiceAppleJuice2012 I was thinking the same thing??????/

[TheSubwaysurfer]

While practicing some of my songs for church this week I "accidently" did a few riffs easily and effortlessly without realizing it. It just seemed to "come" easily and with little effort! I dont know WHY this exercise works, but it does! thanks again.

[DeJon171]

You r sooo very helpful...thnx soooo much

[LuckyM1212]

Hello there!

I have some questions for you..I sing alot but not sure about my arrangement of my song. And if you can tell me something about stage freight would be helful.

[misstique08]

OMG (oh my God) I love youtube.

[TheSubwaysurfer]

Man you are soooo right about relaxing, not forcing and trusting that it will come in time. I LITERALLY could not DO these drills exactly a month ago, but kept trying, then SUDDENLY when I was just "googin"around I did them! LOL! I went back to that "goofin around attitude" and did therm again! NOW I can actually FOLLOW ALONG EASILY! It aint "PERFECT" but it's light years away from "never" thinking I would get this!

[Godistotalyawesome]

Good Stuff, We actually got a lesson from you, not just the talk. Thanks!

[1617christine]

Such great help...thank you so much x

[morethanlifetome]

Thank you so much I know that this technique has begun to save my voice

[sTookeyw]

you sound like jamie foxx in the first 5 seconds!! I just have trouble with the vibrato, singing through my nose and singing from the diaphramg (excuse me for the spelling). I have a low voice and I cant switch from head voice to a higher voice, without straining my throat.

but anyways youre a great teacher!!!

[msb0otylicious]

Your the best vocal coach on here your amazing

:)

Can you guys check out my videos of me me singing if u can

[lmichelletransformed]

OMGoodness! Eric u r the BEST!

[stephenblackmonmusic]

Hello Mr. Arceneaux

I was just wondering, do you have any exercises that can improve the tone quality? My voice is good it just sounds weird. People say my voice sounds weird, but I can still hit the notes right. That's the main problem that I am currently facing. Please respond to this comment Mr. Arceneaux. Thank you :)

[amazinero]

Man, you're a jem for uploading these lessons. I will do them all! Repeatedly!! Thank you!

[yannis5]

Hello,

is it right to try and isolate each note by releasing air in the way of, he he he he he, ha ha ha ha ha? or just a constant flow of air?

Thanks

[themichellehuang]

should i stop working on the riffs and runs for awhile and focus on the training?

[KidHuy]

riffs and runs are part of ur training ^^

[zafo995]

I'm not sure if this works for me. would my age effect my singing because I'm starting to doubt my singing ability

[BLOODCITY125]

ur the best on youtube

[achynadoll]

thank you for sharing

[deathrum99]

im show my chorus teacher at morrow middle she is going to like this

[Nlwindham]

I feel like I run out of air, bc as i go higher my sound goes lower, like a whisper. This used to never happen, but for like a year it has. does anyone know why?

[JudeCineas]

So we start slow and go faster? at the same speaking voice volume or do we move higher? The exercise works but i feel like it can do more

[timmeshab]

OMG...IT WORKS, IT WORKS!!!!hahaheheeeeeeeee

[DJxgabriel]

wow i just found out that i have way higher limits to my voice this is extremely help full....

[sjs7heaven]

I get so much tension in my jaw, and when I get high my throat feels tight how can I overcome this?