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Fundamentals of Great Vocal Technique:
The Teachings of Michael Trimble
Internationally renowned Tenor and Master Voice Teacher, Michael Trimble. 59 years of expertise/performing, teaching and Artist training/acclaimed vocal pedagogue. Career building, vocal literature for aspiring students and experienced professionals.
When you hit the spot, you know it, and then singing gets fun!
I just discovered I was using my resonance wrong yesterday. I started using his "D or B" exercise and I felt this intense vibration right behind the eyes and between the eyebrows. As long as you keep your notes sitting in that area, you find that you can go up and down your entire range with intense volume, free vibrato and what he calls the "invisible throat, jaw and tongue"! Finally I am having fun! haha
@@GunAssassinx29 sound like you are finding the magic pocket!
Still haven't found mine :(
@@miyuki2206any luck?
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Hello. This video changed my life. If only every singer could watch this. Thank you sir, God bless you.
Mind blowing. The first teacher I found who really explanes the secrets. In such a comprehensive way. Thank you so much
This is the absolute best video I have ever seen on the Human voice. I'm a Voice Actor and this video completely changed my life! Zero exaggeration. I applied the technique of not letting my breath leak and my performances leveled-up overnight. My Creature/Monster voices sound massive now and my ability to tap into any resonance I need is now as second nature as blinking. My singing has grown leaps and bounds as well. For the first time in my life I can sing with power and not strain myself at all. Thank you so much for these amazing videos!
Voice acting was extremely tiring for my voice so I gave it up. I'm glad you found this if it helps
Can I just say that demonstration of air leakage in falsetto with the tissue was just so perfect and simplistic yet effective at portraying what I hardly believed in/understood before? This is easy to follow and he runs through everything that does and doesn't work and the reasons why they do and don't.
Thank you for sharing Michael! Every opera-student should see your videos. This is the truth explained in a very simple way. Greetings from Norway!
Thank you, I will! I have sung since 1997, and I think that if I had seen your videos then, I would have found my voice much earlier... Now, after nearly 20 years, I sing quite well, so I can very esily recognise the topics you speak about. Espesially "slender singing" and explenation of the appogio, and of course this video about singing in the true mask. It is just like I want to do, and what I should have done from the very begining, but I didnt. I established no Appoggio, and I was pressing air through, like you demonstranter with a thin paper. I did not "hold the breath" (this "before coffing"-feeling. It works! All the best! Øystein
like you said, too many people want to teach without sufficient knowledge and experience.. ive been learning on my own for a year or two now and im so happy i came across your channel. thank you for these excelent videos
Sir, you are a true Master. Thank you and looking forward for more valuable knoledge to come.
Sir what Caruso say about breathing "do contrary emotion" is that right sir?
Wow! Great video! Thank you for posting.
I wish I had found your videos 20 years ago. I got the breathing going by bouncing off various KZhead teachers n religiously doing the exercises until one day it came together n then it dropped back then I found it again! So I still have to find the coordination some days......now the mask....Michael really now is my guru as I find how to move forward n at 54 finally crack the code n put it all together! a big thanks to !!
You should also visit IMSLP and get the singing texts of both Lampertis (Francesco and Giovanni Battista), Luigi LaBlache, and Manuel Garcia II. Garcia’s text has been very instructional for me but if I hadn’t studied Lamperti and LaBlache first some of Garcia’s book wouldn’t have been as clear to me.
Thank you for your posts! :D
I am so happy I found your channel, thank you Maestro.
This stuff is amazing! Thank you so much Michael❤️
Your videos are tremendously helpful. Thanks so much.
Good teacher!
Thank you Michael.
Incredibly insightful, thank you!
THANK YOU, MR. TRIMBLE
Just discovering your great teaching on videos with such real, straightforward and generous knowledge. You remind me much of my only teacher and mentor who thought me in about the same way. Not that I mastered his teaching all the time. Richard Dorr in NYC in the 1990’s. Such a generous, kind and no bull….t teaching who knew the solid technique of old singers and teachers. I haven’t had a lesson in more then ten years but this is helping me . Am 58 and still singing. As a singer we forget the healthy ways of singing opera but as a teacher, I have that much fun with my students to show all the ways to sing; Broadway, pop, jazz, open and closed sounds. Anyway I’ve had lessons with all kinds of teachers in NYC for 11 years and there are so many gimmick teachers and those who just destroy voices. I have some savoury anecdotes for sure. Thanks for your wonderful teaching.
Thank-you. Your experience is invaluable.
outstanding...a big help thank you!
Thanks Michael. I was advised to check this out by my voice coach having just found my Opera Tenor and Countertenor voice. This has helped no end. Thank you.
Hi Michael, I found this very helpful. When I started learning to sing I knew the hung was going to be a great aid even though I never heard anyone else mention it until now. thanks!
God bless you,Maestro!
You are a blessing! I'm so happy I stumbled upon your channel. I intend to watch every single video you've done. Thank you for passing on such valuable knowledge. More people need to see this. Greetings from India!
You are an excellent teacher. Every video is full of wisdom. Thanks, Michael!
You are amazing! Thank you for share these precious teachings with us!
Fantastic!!! Thank you so much!!!
This video is so helpful, especially the examples you do. I'm not even a classical singer but your youtube-channel is a goldmine and it has helped my singing. Cheers!, Sierk
You're a genius. Thank you very much!
I've got goosebumps.. You are so freaking incredible.. Glad to find about this channel..
Very helpful Mike.
This man is great! Really teacher treasure!
So helpful, followed your guidance and the voice is working so much better. Thank you. 🙏
YOU ARE A BLESSING! THIS IS WONDERFULLY MADE
Absolutely love this, it's so applicable to other styles too, to keep the resonances out of the throat and get a really strong sound!!!!!!
Thank you for sharing your profound insights :)
So so helpful, thank you so much for sharing.
This is incredibly fascinating, and explained so well. Very grateful for this video. Thank you.
these videos are true treasures.
Thank you Sir for these very helpful insights in mask placement and also in breathing technics.
Michael, you are an amazing singer / teacher. Thank you for sharing your wisdom and that of those who influenced you in your early years. I really like how you can give an example of the wrong way and follow it up with the right way. That is priceless. We will all be singing better and bringing beautiful music to this planet because of your generous teaching. Thank you! Steven
This is incredible. I improved my voice significantly just by watching this one video. Thank you so much, Mr. Trimble!
This video answered so many of the questions in my head. I have tried to ask different vocal teachers but no one was able to explain so clearly and directly! I wish I had found this video a long time ago. Thank you for sharing!
Thanks very much for explaining singing in the mask so well. No one has explained it so clearly as you have.
such an amazing and direct teacher, the enthusiasm makes this so enjoyable to learn
These videos have really help me see something a bit clearer and helped me unlock some things I’ve been struggling with. I really appreciate your knowledge and time
This is the first time I understand this. Thank you, sir.
Thank you!!!! Best video on proper mask singing ever.
Thank you sir very very much for these lessons. You are a treasure trove of wisdom and information.
Thank you for this amazing video
Best opera teacher ever! GRAZIE from an italian tenor student!
Michele, sei un grande e molto bravo ad insegnare. Inoltre, tutto senza chiedere una lira!!! Grazie dell'aiuto
Thank you very much, Michael, for this great knowledge with us. God bless you.
Excellent explanation in differenciating the problems that can occur with a wrong approach to "singing focused, in the mask" Thank you for posting
Wow what a great video! My teacher always describes it as a plain above my nose which doesn’t really help me get to the place. But the ng exercise makes perfect sense!! Thanks so much.
Wonderfully explained
Liked and subscribed... Thank you for this
Holy crap, this mixed with another video has made it so much more clear to me. It use to be so easy for me to sing and I had a great range, but I learned from feel and was self taught. I wasn’t trained so multiple people tried to tell me some “tricks” and I had no idea what to with those cause I didn’t know anything about how singing worked haha. So I got horrible singing habits and got to the point where it felt like a rope was around my throat at all times. With a lot of work and research I feel I am slowly getting back to where I was. I’ve severely lacked confidence and am getting that back because of this video. Thank you!
Amazing clear explanation how to identify the True Mask. Thank you so much.
Excellent.
Great video! Thank you
Genius!
Wow you are Amazing 😍 that what i was finding for. You have Big spectrum of knowledge. Not many subscribers :O im glad that i found your Precious Channel.
Thank you Michael for your video on the mask, and as a classical opera/crossover singer this has always been a struggle for me so I will give it a try and see what happens from Lewis (baritone) Sedgley
Wow... Just wow. Thank you, Michael! This is really a wonderful video. I was getting a little frustrated while singing in the mask correctly, and I can truly say your advice had saved me! Now I'm getting a lot of fun singing and experiment with resonance through my own body. It feels good. For all that confused opera singers like me, listen to this man. He knows. Cheers!
Thank you!💕
Incredible! Brilliantly explained! I've paid for two online courses and only got so far in years.. This information set off a lightbulb in my head and I now know I was singing through my nose with my mask too low! I was also reshaping my vowels as taught and I couldn't pronounce any words in my higher range and certainly couldn't sing through consonants! Found your videos and immediately can sing everything better that I've been trying to sing for years! Don't change the shape of the throat. Don't modify vowels and the mask is above the nasal area! Absolutely mind-blown!!!
Sir, you are a blessing to all bel canto students!
Totally agree! Voice coach Patsy Rodenburg in her book "The Actor Speaks" says even for the spoken voice, aim slightly above the eye-line! Some go further to imagine a speech bubble outside forehead. I find doing this releases my voice from being trapped in my chest and it suddenly becomes more melodic, audible, and most importantly.. understandable! Love your work Mr Trimble!
You’re the best Experience teaches you everything That’s what you have. Thanks for sharing your knowledge.
THANK YOU SIR
Fascinating
Thank you ❤
I wish I knew how to thank you for this video.
Thanks for sharing your experience and wisdom. I'm really enjoying listening to your thoughts on singing...a great mix of practical yet historically informed advice.
Rachel Wheatley couldn't have worded it better
Good teacher. My bel canto teacher had my being so nasal and belty /shouty. I developed tinnitus and hyperacusis. I would naturally place it back in the throat and upward, I didn’t have a dark dopey voice, just a bit soft naturally and I feel like I developed a lot of bad habits with her . It also would reduce my range for some reason, and make my voice crack when I’d otherwise be fine, I felt less control and it totally took me out of a comfort zone. She taught me to push my way, belt my way and nasal my way into mix and head voice. It kinda boggles my mind her approach in retrospect. Not to mention the ear issues from the brash belts while practicing in my car. I don’t know what kind of tenor I am though I can easily sing a song called “your love” by the band outfield for example. But my voice is thicker than his voice , it is higher up in my range but it’s pretty comfortable and easygoing for me.
Omg I practice with these exercises just for a few minutes I already notice a big difference my volume does not feel so weighed eighed down.im adding this to my daily warmups
Muchas gracias!
Je vous adore!
Thanks so much
Wow this is an amazingly helpful video. Thanks so much! I've subscribed.
Hi Michael! Although it's flattering to read, I think you've confused me with someone else. We don't know each other in person. I'm a soprano.
this ONE THING has helped my singing more than anything, EVER!! brings ease, forward placement, and resonance. thank you Michael T love your work
Very useful information 🤗
Michael Trimble: The Master Guru of Opera" Grazie Mile!
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Thank you so much! I needed this so bad!! I’m using the true mask now above Middle C (C4) and it works great, but I have problems below Middle C, for example C3, E3, G3, it sounds very good, but I’m not in pitch, I’m like a semitone above most of the time. My question is, do I use the true mask in all my range? Because some people say that below Middle C we should use Chest resonance, and then gradually changing to Mix, and then Head Resonance. Thanks Maestro!
This is was very helpful. I start with a NGGG but with my mouth slighty up. I can darken it "sounds comical for me" or i can kinda break through the ng sound and i notice the sound is no longer trapped in my nose. Amazing.
It's amazing to hear the difference instantly. Before when i sing in my nose. Its lifeless. No tone. No...how do i say...it just does not sound all that remarkable. But once i start singing ABOVE it. Not necessarily higher but above the nose. It sounds more like me..
Very informative indeed. I could be wrong but it seems that besides air to drive the voice that the back of the tongue has to touch of rest around the uvula. Is that right. Also, while I am beginning to close off my nose and phonate, how do I know for sure that it is in the correct mask and not the throat? Will there be certain sensations? And also, it seems that those demonstrations are always in a lower register? Can this mask be done in very high notes? Thanks!
I find it interesting that many famous singers have a career without having a perfect technique. Till now I would have thought that this would be impossible.
I got sick of youtube teachers so i threw them out and worked much of this out myself trusting my breath and anatomy. Then i found you! You confirmed what i was doing. Back to the classical training. You're very wise in singing.
I'd like to add I just read your book! The more I learn from you the better I get. The point of Appogio or lean seemed so mystical at first but it's REAL and it anchors the voice. For me messa de voce worked best to find that point rather than staccatos as i have heavy chords and i needed to be forced to lighten up. Finally i am beginning to feel freedom.
I how long have you been singing for?
Tnx sir..
You are absolutely incredible. Those videos are so so so helpful! I wish you all the best!
GREAT JOB
Immensely helpful
Could you do more on falsetto and singing high without strain video's if at all possible? I heard someone say that the higher you sing the less air you need,i find the complete opposite.thanks
You changed my whole singing game 💕 🍪
Hi, thank you for the lesson. Is the mask placement same as head voice (not falsetto .. but resonating above the chest)? How I can identify the difference? I'm not sure which sensation to look for.
Where did singers like Fedora Barbieri, Rosanna Carteri, Magda Olivero, Lina Bruna Rasa, Franco Corelli, Luisa Tetrazzini sing? Their speaking and singing diction was always pristine, not muddy or woofy, but very clear. Also their use of chest resonance that was so glorious and exciting? You didn't hear wobbles from them like we here in so many singers today especially when they apply a little pressure if that's what you'd call it or intensity?
Klasse. Danke. Beste Grüße aus Deutschland 👋
The "NG" , over and above, is the single most helpful tip I ever got years ago. I use NG instead of humming, to learn music and warm up. The jaw should be relaxed. I think of it as the "home " position, so I constantly return and check my "placement" unconsciously. I try to feel the ng buzz all the time, throughout the range.
It's been 3 months now , how's the experience? U got ur mask??
@@rohith3261 great! Vibrations everywhere
thanks for this fantastic explanation, Michael. I’be been searching for my mask for a while. Now I’m getting extreme nasal congestion when singing and it goes away a couple of minutes after I quit singing. I’m not a trained singer but am looking to improve my voice and stamina. so I’m sure I’m blocking something off but can’t figure out what. Do you have any idea why this might be happening? thank you
Hi Mister Trimble, I thank you for all those videos, I use them to have lots of wonderful and useful advices that are complementary to my teacher's (you can't do much only one hour per week...). I do have two questions if I may, The first one is: if you were to draw an arrow, what direction would it point in order to describe where you concentrate the 'effort' intended to reach beyond the bottom nose line? Also, would it be a straight arrow? Let me explain, if my question sounds nitpicky or absurd, because I'm genuinely wondering which "way" to go. Based upon the 'ng' sound, I've first tried to aim high in the soft palate with a feeling of an inspiration pointing backwards and upwards: it makes the sound dull and forced, although concentrated. Then, starting again from the sound 'ng', I tried to aim frontwards and upwards, mentally picturing my forehead, trying to open or loosen whatever I could up there. I could get a better result but it is still exhausting and weird. Is one of those "less wrong than the other"? My second question is: when you say we should avoid the nose and then demonstrate that by closing yours the sound doesn't change, what do you feel exactly? Some kind of big space behind it that allows your nostrils to vibrate, or literally nothing, as if you had a clogged nose? Does vibrating nostrils automatically mean I'm singing with the nose? Thanks in advance, although I fear this kind of questions are often impossible to answer because they are likely to make no sense...
Hi! I never took the time to thank you, because over the course of the last weeks, I experienced huge progresses thanks to your words and videos. You allowed me to discover the fact that you could for instance use your chest in order to produce sound (among other things you said), therefore freeing both of your abdominal area and throat. It's how I have discovered one way to empty my lungs (breathing out) without using the muscles intended to produce sound. I doubt this is the final form of what you call leaning and I'm pretty sure I'll discover new things and substantially correct my recent way of perceiving it, but for the first time of my life it granted me access to controlled singing. Actually, in one sentence rather than ten, from the explanations you give on your channel and that answer you gave me, I now know how to start a sound. To me that's huge! I've looked for that for so long. Short after, it felt so natural to sustain notes and then to sing arpeggios or songs with (an economy of) breath rather than force; my range has widen greatly. I now feel my body moving, I have new sensations of mellowness (diaphragm, larynx...) that are part of my overall singing and daily speaking routine! Thanks to you your very simple, precise and timely (!) words and approach, I could sort all of the knowledge my teacher gave me and make something out of it. I now have to tools to learn properly and consistently, whereas I had been randomly trying things that were meaningless to my body for too long. You unblocked so much! Thanks a billion times ! It's been a fantastic month singing-wise :)
thank you :)