I spent a long time looing at this as I simply couldn't do vibrato! My mother used to sing quietly, hunched over knitting with amazing vibrato - no diaphram support! Also, the muscles we use to do vibrato are not the one we use to pitch. In summary: Diaphram - Oscillates volume Throat - Oscillates pitch How did I learn? I listened to old people singing as they over emphasise vibrato haveing lost muscle control, which makes it obvious.

Been singing for years and I’ve never figured it out tbh. I continue to fake it but I’ve gotten pretty good at it.

@carlonatali2886

Жыл бұрын

Same here Travis... this video from Ken has been quite interesting specially the way he easily explane the different types of technique!

i watched ONE of your videos last year, now i am a helluva singer. we really gotta ramp up those donations for ken, he deserves it for all the giving he's done in his life

@kentamplin

Жыл бұрын

Just keep watching the videos, and those of you who want to give it a go, come see me at KenTamplinVocalAcademy.com/ and KEEP ROCKIN'!

I agree that having good breath support and being relaxed is key. My vibrato is starting to come out more and more, but it takes time and practice and patience! It also helps to be warmed up.

Fantastic lesson! Decades ago I had zero vibrato. I slowly learned to work into a decent controlled vibrato but your lessons are helping me fully understand how to execute it properly. I truly appreciate your help!!

The best vibrato I've ever heard is Robin Gibb. Wow. And no one taught him to sing like that, he always just did.

Ken, in the ocean of crap, on the Internet, you are one of the rare real things. You stand for quality. Thank you.

I was struggling to do vibrato for years then one day while trying to sing an Iron Maiden song (the last note of No Prayer for the Dying - best vibrato ever!) it just clicked for some reason and I've been able to do it easily ever since. So if you have trouble with vibrato don't give up!

@kentamplin

Жыл бұрын

That's right!

Vibrato that goes “above the line” as you said is actually something that most singers who can do incredibly quick riffs and runs do. It’s weird, because it’s easier to learn the vibrato going below the line, and that’s how it’s taught, but when vibrato is natural and freed, it actually does go above the line. Even if you slow down your vibrato in this video where you do your natural vibrato, it’s oscillating upwards. What I’ve found is that downwards vibrato is taught because it’s easier to do, but it’s kind of fake because you have to force it. If you have upwards moving vibrato, then your voice truly is free.

Finally!!! Been searching all over for a proper answer,everyone says something different. Great explanation!! Thanks! Much Appreciated!!!! 😊

Very interesting! As a singer I have been working on my vibrato for several years. I sing Blues mostly and love Sarah Vaughn who has a beautiful vibrato. Watch her sing Misty from the early 60’s. You can see her neck and throat muscles working so it is coming from her throat

I was always under the impression that one were to allow vibrato to happen naturally and not to fake or force it. Great video particularly the ending

@kentamplin

Жыл бұрын

Sometimes you have to start something you're not comfortable at initially, and then it comes in and becomes natural on its own. If you had never started, you would never have attained it.

I really like how polite he is. His explanation on response is spot on. LIVING FOR MY LORD!

@kentamplin

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the kind words, Wayne!

Perfect analysis. I loved the video.

Wow, so much information! I recognized all those vibratos but never realized they were fundamentally different in how they were performed. I’m no singer but my voice would fall in the vocal trill category.

Thank you ken❤ You really gave it all unselfishly 🤗

Thank you. Started singing on KZread/Facebook and your videos really help 😁

love the new edits, funnny. hed be cool to have a playlist on your channel that has your work from the past and current work

What an amazing teacher, I started 3 days ago with the exercises from "Learn how to sing for guys" (started as 33yo and doing it every day, testing for 7 days at first to draw conclusion!) my purpose was, to change my boring monotone speaking voice, but I'd also love to sing when I want to. Guess what? The next day my voice was already more open and I felt so much more confident talking to people, I can feel there are multiple tones present in my voice now that weren't there before the exercise, and this is just the beginning! There is so much more to that, I am a firm believer this all boosts one's confidence to act goofy or do funny sounds, or tell jokes, or speak - all of it and much more, I feel it teaches you to express yourself freely and naturally and I'd love to get there :) I really do! In my opinion this is some serious "enlightenment level" stuff, which will open up chakras of heart and throat - say what you want but I feel that I'm about to unlock the power if I keep practicing! :D

@kentamplin

Жыл бұрын

You're on a good track, Lizard Wizard! Using Open Throat when you sing will do a lot to improve your voice, and your levels of enlightenment will no doubt come along for the ride! I have a ton of tutorials, and each one of them will pull you along in this direction. If 3 days will give you good results, think what an actual solid focus on the full spectrum of vocal knowledge can do for your wellbeing.

I went to school with your son. It’s so crazy that I never knew you did this. Great stuff

Thank you for the explanation ❤.

Thanks for the amazing free informations!

@kentamplin

Жыл бұрын

You're welcome, Alessandro!

Thanks All these informative videos they help so much

@kentamplin

Жыл бұрын

Glad you like them, Timothy!

wow! this was a very well-illustrated video.

Skvělé, a moc ti to sluší!!!!👍

@kentamplin

Жыл бұрын

Thanks, Vladka!

love it... all I can say is the Irish and Welsh seem to be very good at it.

I have always had to work on my vibrato. It definitely has not come naturally. I don't ever think it'll be as great as Luis Miguel's vibrato but it's already better than Barry Manilow's and Toby Keith's. Thanks for this one Ken!

I've always ben fascinated by vibrato and full of awe for those who can do it so effortlessly (which I now realise is the whole point). For me it's mainly the old time singers who have impressed me most. Edith Piaf is probably the best known exponent of that very fast and tight French style but also Dean Martin has an amazing control of his fast vibrato, managing it even in short phrases. Another amazing exponent is the British wartime singer, Vera Lynn, who not only had an amazing power and consistency to her quick vibrato but was also spot on pitch-wise. Anyway thanks for the video - your insight and way of explaining things is wonderful and I'm learning so much!

Hi Ken, I enjoyed your takes on cheap trick, great stuff. I don't know if you have done "The Flame" but I would love to hear your break down the vocals in that song.

Thank you

Ken breaks the walls down... Thank you.

@kentamplin

Жыл бұрын

And the walls.... came tumblin', tumblin'...

@sexyeur

Жыл бұрын

@@kentamplin 🤍🕊️ haha 🎙️ "when the wahlls... Come tumblin' down... When thuh wahalls come CrRUHmbelin TUHmbelinnnnn uhh.... Dooo~~~wwwwnnnnn! Yeah yeah yeah yeah.." haha 😁 You bless me. Much love and joy to you and yours, Ken. 🙏✨ All the best...

Great lesson man! I love how you break it down! I recall when I was very young & my singing voice was maturing, how my vibrato came into play! Great moment for sure! You're cracking me up, Sir Ken! You make singing lessons fun!👍🤟😎

@kentamplin

Жыл бұрын

That's awesome, Sarah!

@sarahhurst701

Жыл бұрын

@@kentamplin I so appreciate you! My life is kind of on the downslope in many ways, but your channel is a bright spot for me! Thanks for that, my friend!👍🤟😎

Fascinating! Vibrato has been something I haven't found a satisfactory answer for until now. I do occasionally notice slight natural vibrato in my own voice but I think my stylistic habit has been a more open goat vibrato. Not tight like how you did with your Stevie Nicks example but perhaps I should go hear what hers sounds like. It feels open for me and the oscillation isn't super tight like an actual goat but it does have a near similar feel. Now I gotta practice relaxing into a natural vibrato as well! Thanks!

another great video. BTW if you struggle with fast/fine vibrato: hum. all the time. work at it while you hum. if you can hum it, you can sing it. that advice came from one of the greatest Elvis singers ive ever heard, i was working on some Sinatra. Also in the book Why Sinatra Matters, the writer talks about how Frank studied all aspects of enunciation of every letter and took advantage of the vowels and the consanents that can be used for vibrato. insanely fascinating. check out Frank singing My Funny Valentine for example. listen for every spot he uses vibrato, how he seemlessly commanded it to blend in and out and different dynamics of it too. you walk away like, no wonder....all that was right there, but i didnt hear it before. this is another reason why most people love Frank even if they dont know why.

Thanks for these tips

@kentamplin

Жыл бұрын

No problem, Tyler!

I noticed that your videos have auto-translation into different languages! It's so cool! 😁👍 Now the language barrier is almost destroyed! 🥳

Great vid. Informative👍🏻

@kentamplin

Жыл бұрын

Glad it helped, maong!

I can do it on short notes but I can't hold the vibrato steadily on long notes

Very useful advices, Ken......thanks....😎.....✌

@kentamplin

Жыл бұрын

Any time, KT!

I will apply this info to singing. I can do vibrato but not 100 percent consinsent with it. Thanks for the video brother. Godbless.

Just found you, your awesome 👊🏽

*That's what i'm talking bout👍👍*

@kentamplin

Жыл бұрын

Yeah!

Vibrato is easy for me Ken I do pretty well with vibrato thanks ken

@kentamplin

Жыл бұрын

Awesome, Cade!

@cadeevans4623

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Ken I try

thank you

@kentamplin

Жыл бұрын

You're welcome, Richer!

Let's don't forget that the late Robin Gibb of the Bee Gees was known for his vibrato, especially on his group's earliest recordings.

The local Springfield creek taught me vibrato, sitting neck deep in it.

Hey Ken would love to hear you sing rhythm of the night by debarge

I learned vibrato doing your KTVA course.

@kentamplin

Жыл бұрын

Awesome, Pascal!

Hey Ken! Im Brazilian, so im sorry for gramatic mistakes. When im singin whithout thinkin, vibrato just came out, but when im thinkin, trying to do vibrato, i just cant. I'll keep praticing, working on your videos. Thanks for the help

My lower key voice .i always cover with vibrato ..😍

Im getting an acoustic vibe..vi a a a a a a a a a a a a a bh...:)

My vibrato through my low and middle register is solid. When I mix and go up to C5 and higher is where I struggle.

@kentamplin

Жыл бұрын

Most likely needing to relax more up top.

@BryanScott21

Жыл бұрын

@@kentamplin Yep that's me too... And my problem is getting anxious and tense, instead of relaxing into it... The few times I've relaxed, I didn't have any problem, it was just weaker then in my chest voice. Thanks Ken!!

A vibrato can be a beautiful tool with vocal if used properly

I had to, and still work on vibrato, especially on high notes.

@dustygatrell-ru7tg

Жыл бұрын

That's weird cause I have trouble with vibrato on lower notes.

great stuff. The one you illustrated with the guitar seems to be the easier (or at least the most straight forward to start from - if that makes any sense) and perhaps the only one I can conceive of duplicating

@kentamplin

Жыл бұрын

I'm glad you like the video, LTO!

Thanks bro

@kentamplin

Жыл бұрын

Any time, Daisy!

I was trying the sls way but I couldn’t lol

Thank you Ken for the great lesson. What type do think John Denver used?

@kentamplin

Жыл бұрын

He used just a little bit of a mild caprino.

Mine came naturally.

Ken, can you please make a video commenting on Rolling Stone’s top 200 greatest singers of all time list? I’m outraged that they omitted the legendary Celine Dion!

I always thought vibrato is something you naturally have - or not. 😲 But this sounds like it's possible to learn it! So cool, I'm really excited now, I would love to be able to sing with vibrato! 😍 I mean, I had singing lessons for years, but vibrato was never a thing we talked about 😐😱

@kentamplin

Жыл бұрын

It is a thing, so you have to talk about it!

Marc Bolan of T.Rex had that caprino vibrato as well.

@kentamplin

Жыл бұрын

Lotsa caprinos out there, onsese!

I've accidentally fallen into vibrato in the past. I'm always surprised when I do it because I don't think to do it. Regarding that debate on whether the vibrato should go high or low. Have you considered that it may not be one or the other and may be totally dependent upon the individual's natural vocal movement?

What do you think of Tommy Johansson?

6:00 I'm struggling to get rid of laryngeal vibrato, I feel like at the beginning my laryngeal vibrato is really even then it becomes rushed, too fast, sometimes it makes me crack and sounds unstable, now I know thats not a healthy vibrato but I still struggle to get rid of this because I have a long time of shaking my larynx to produce vibrato when singing

Wait does vibrato supposed to happen in the back of the throat without a muffled sound or is it a forward position?…when i do it in the back of the throat it looks like the vibrato everyone does

😂 🐐 goat vibrato lol. I can’t stop laughing at that one lol.

A couple of popular singers' vibrato go SHARP (relative to the accompaniment), not 'straddling' the note. Whitney Houston, Mariah Carey, Ray Davies of The Kinks and John Lodge of the Moody Blues. I find the first two TOTALLY un-listenable.

As a natural vibrato develops and you are not moving your jaw, larynx etc, is it still something you can feel in your throat as well as hear?

I can do vibrato but when I sing low but when I wanna belt I can't belt high with Vibrato. I wanna learn how to belt with vibrato like many famous singers do like for example Whitney. what should I do? ❤

What’s the song your singing at the end? Sounds great!

@kentamplin

Жыл бұрын

The song is off my Shout/Back album and it's called "Dreams for sale"

My vibrato was non-existant until today, thanks Ken! But I'm still not sure I'm doing it right since it only comes out when I don't have much air left in my lungs. Is that normal or is it supposed to work even with lots of air in my lungs?

Ken, sir, can you give us some tips or exercises on how to do a Hammer type vibrato? I can do the Laryngeal type but never the Hammer one. Please, sir?

@kentamplin

2 ай бұрын

Your question is a great conversation for the forum, please consider posting there, you'll get great feedback! forum.kentamplinvocalacademy.com/

I wasn't born with a vibrato but im training for it, i do sing with it sometimes it seems as if i'm inducing it in my singing...Does this vibrato happens on it own during singing?

Hey, Ken, have you checked out metal singer Dan Vasc's version of Amazing Grace here on KZread? I think it's one of the most amazing vocals ever. Though, I think he does the jaw thing for his vibrato. I hope you get a chance to react to it here on your channel.

How I wished I had Matt Monro's vibrato.😢

is this a reupload ? i feel like i watched this before but the mechanic is still kinda confusing for me . i can fake vibrato but it doesnt sound to on point its kinda shakey especially on ey or e or a vowels .

When I try to relax my throat, chest and neck, I lose sound. I still have breath support, but the sound doesn't like it there anymore.

@kentamplin

2 ай бұрын

Your question is a great conversation for the forum, please consider posting there, you'll get great feedback! forum.kentamplinvocalacademy.com/

I want to start as beginner..will there be a certificate issued for joiner(members)in this accademy?

@kentamplin

4 ай бұрын

kentamplinvocalacademy.com/

9:47

😍👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏🙂😘😘 KEN 😉♥️

@enadias7210

Жыл бұрын

😘😘

My voice can only do goats. What I call puff-n-chuffin.

I can't tell if I am doing the diaphramic vibrato or natural vibrato. Any suggestions?

@kentamplin

2 ай бұрын

Your question is a great conversation for the forum, please consider posting there, you'll get great feedback! forum.kentamplinvocalacademy.com/

excuse sir is a youtube lessons enough to develop my voice or must paid premium ?

@kentamplin

4 ай бұрын

My KZread channel is full of great tutorials, all free. Tutorial are "snapshots" of concepts, all of which are useful for voice development.

so…. are you moving your stomach in and out while singing or not? Because I dont see that.

Hey Ken! Older vid? Thought so. Wishing you a great and healthy 23!❤🌅😎

@kentamplin

Жыл бұрын

It has been remastered, using new technology. Still great information!

@jeffschielka7845

Жыл бұрын

@@kentamplin Absolutely!😎

And some singers have no vibrato at all (Ozzy Osbourne...)

@kentamplin

Жыл бұрын

That's true. Like Lemmy, for example.

@classicsound85

Жыл бұрын

@@kentamplin Yes ;) Lemmy, Ozzy... even Joe Elliott... unlike Ronnie James Dio who has a powerful and ample vibrato.

@BryanScott21

Жыл бұрын

I didn't have any, until I had enough support, and could start to relax into it... Now I have okay vibrato, just weak sometimes. Mostly from getting nervous.

I CAN'T DO A FAST VIBRATO😭😭

My voice just isn’t a singing voice. I can stay on pitch and everything but it just don’t sound like a singing voice.

@kentamplin

Жыл бұрын

Have you considered real vocal training? kentamplinvocalacademy.com/

So Layne Staley used to do these runs...and then! he would throw a vibrato at the end and kept the run going even more! Like what! Smh.

I HATE that vibrato you hear in todays pop music . Makes them sound like a goat and sounds phoney AF An irritating example is The Weekend