I like Jeff better than the rest bc he doesn't try too much... just straight vocal warm ups without the extra dramatic stuff! 😊

@JeffRolka

3 ай бұрын

Life can be so dramatic without adding to it, I always say! Enjoy!

I love your warm up videos and use them daily!!! It's so difficult to find good videos from people who understand the vocal mechanism, tone balance, the entire body's involvement in producing that sound, and appropriate warmups and warmup sequencing. I've recommended your channel to other vocalists I know and they've also found great use in them! Thank you Jeff!!! You're the best.

@JeffRolka

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much! I appreciate it! Jeff

VERY NICE JOB JEFF, thankyou my voice is getting better and better

I love his videos they are so gentle on my voice

@JeffRolka

2 ай бұрын

Thank you!

Finally an agility exercise! I’ve been searching for the right one. I’m learning a coloratura role, and this is so helpful!

Really enjoying the lava lamp - oh - and the warm up too, thank you!

This agility video has greatly improved my issues I had with agility. Thank you Jeff!

thank u for teaching

Not easy, exercise 5.00 I E A O OU

Amazing! I loved doing the last 2 exercises

Thank you, Jeff. These soprano agility exercises get a bit more challenging but I am confident that if I do them conscientiously, all the very high soprano notes I do posess will become more flexible, less foggy and more usable to sing a few soprano so gs I like but previously had to content myself with hearing others sing well, because I believed I simply could never get such vocal agility myself on very high notes. But I might try again now, even if just for my own private enjoyment, not to inflict badly sung soprano songs on others to endure listening to sticky, foggy sounding high notes.

Love all your lessons. This one is SUPER WOW. Some really different things in this one. I feel I am coming on leaps and bounds with your absolutely top class coaching.

@lyneythegreatmagician

2 жыл бұрын

Nice

Jeff: These exercises were really awesomel and the fact that I was able to see the keys was incredibly hepful to me, because I don't have a formal musical background, Thanks galore!!!!!

@JeffRolka

3 жыл бұрын

You're welcome! Glad that you enjoyed them! Jeff

On vacation this week, so being able to vocalize daily with these keeps my voice in shape despite not practicing as usual. Thanks Jeff.

I like to play this in 1.5 speed haha 😄

Excellent vocal warm up! I have been working on keep my larynx relaxed all through my range and vowel formations and this was a perfect way to combine the warm up with focus on the tone placement and larynx position! Thank you!!

Thank you SO much Jeff! My voice is expanding thanks to your videos!

Hi, Jeff! wow, I LOVE your warmups, your playing, and your coaching. thanks and I will send you some money asap. Sylvia

@JeffRolka

5 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much! I appreciate that! Enjoy the videos! Jeff

Thanks Jeff for another great warm up

Jeff you are killing it my brother! Thank you so much. I LOVE the last two sets. Reminds me of church choir. 😍

Me too Jeff ! Your Awesome and technically right on ! Learning as much or more than my recent voice coach. 🌟🎶x

Thank you. ❤

Lovely final melody. Love your videos!

@JeffRolka

6 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much! Enjoy the channel! Jeff

Amazing vocal warm up!!!!! Thank you Jeff for taking the time to record and share these great exercises. I really appreciate it ❤️

Thank you Jeff... Great exercises....

I’m so happy 😀 I found your KZread channel ! I’ve signed up on email now 😉 I look forward to your lessons now. I’m already showing improvement in my voice with watching and doing your scales ! ❤️🧚‍♂️🎶x

@JeffRolka

6 жыл бұрын

Fantastic! Thank you for finding me and singing along! Enjoy the channel! Best! Jeff

@alicesings1971

6 жыл бұрын

Oh Thanks Jeff. I really enjoy watching you when you play the scales on the piano. Your so calm and that makes me calm. I get so nervous and tense when I perform (sometimes). Do you have any video's about stage fright ? What happens to me is I get a bit nervous (even though I know the song) then my neck tenses which makes my breath support and phrasing mess up? I was just wondering. Also I would like to see your live lessons. Bless You Jeff x

My favorite go to!

Thank you so much! And such a lovely minor exercise too!

I enjoy your way of vocal warmup and like to practice with you. Thank you!

You are amazing!!!!!

Hi Jeff! Thank you so much for this vocal video... I enjoyed it SO much and look forward to using it regularly. You've created it to be challenging, yet manageable... which will allow me to grow in strengthening my vocals. God bless you!

Thanks Jeff ur the best

Loved this one! I also absolutely love it when you do any minor key melodies.. they're my fav :)

Hi Jeff! Great exercises! I’ve just started back up doing your voice exercises for the last couple of weeks, and I think you are the best that I’ve worked with. I can tell a difference in my voice that it’s getting stronger. Thank you so much for your expertise and your dedication. It is a big help! God bless you.

I love this warm up process!! But I think my most favorite part was at the end the palate cleanser in the minor gorgeous :-) :-) so glad I found these have been warming up on these for the past hour now I feel nice and warm now

@JeffRolka

5 жыл бұрын

You may really enjoy the 'Yuletide' Warm up that's coming out this week then. Primarily minor exercises! Out on the 22nd of Dec. Jeff

Wonderful, Splendid, Fabulous... Love this warm-up! Thank you for sharing your expertise with us and for all of your fantastic videos! 💚💜💙🎶🎶

@JeffRolka

5 жыл бұрын

It is a pleasure! Thank you for your kind words! Enjoy the channel and videos! Jeff

Just fabulous. Thank you

@JeffRolka

2 жыл бұрын

Awesome! Thank you! Best, Jeff

I love this one!

Thank you, Thank you, Thank you!

@JeffRolka

6 жыл бұрын

You're very welcome! Thank you for watching! I really appreciate it! Jeff

Wow! You’re amazing! I always warm up for auditions and shows with you. But this agility video is my favorite! Thank you so much!

@JeffRolka

Жыл бұрын

Fantastic! So glad that the videos are there for your warm ups! Break a leg!

thank you so much for your videos, it's been really helpful. my friend recommended your channel I week ago to me and I've been here every single day

@JeffRolka

2 жыл бұрын

Awesome! Thanks for watching and tell your friend I said 'thanks!' Best, Jeff

love this one, very fun

Thank you Jeff! I love all of your vocal warm-ups and exercises.. They are fantastic👍and you're awesome! ☺

@JeffRolka

5 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much! Thank you for watching and thank you for your kind words! Enjoy the channel! Jeff

@danisunseri5429

5 жыл бұрын

@@JeffRolka ☺👍🎶

Bravo! :)

Hello Jeff! Hope you are having a great summer. 🎵🎶🔥🥰

@JeffRolka

11 ай бұрын

Hey Denise! So far so good! I hope yours is going well too!

thank you, it was realy benefical for me.

Thank you angel

Might be the only operatic bass using these (two octaves down, of course), but WOW they are wonderful. Thanks, Jeff!

@JeffRolka

4 жыл бұрын

Awesome! Thank you for watching! Jeff

I am from Indonesia, Thank you for your subtitle Jeff..❤️

❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️ 🎶 awesome. Some v the lightning speed very challenging but i shall keep trying. Thank u!!! 🙏🙏🙏

I love your videos

Thank You So Much for the exercises 🙏. Could you please make a video on Whistle Register and exercises to work on it . 🙏

Jeff i,m a nervous wreck for my cantata on Christmas eve night Love and God bless you Susan morris from hyde park in Boston Massachusetts

@JeffRolka

5 жыл бұрын

Plenty of time to practice before then! Slow and steady wins the race! A little bit each day and you'll be awesome!! Jeff

Start: 1'. Thank you!

Please do a video about how to take care of your voice...that would be so helpful..thanks, Jeff

Thank you Jeff! You are really helping me strengthen my voice and increasing my confidence! New to your channel, do you have (I will search) lessons on breathing? (maybe I should look before I ask!)

@raeme107

5 жыл бұрын

Found them (breathing lessons) Thank you!!

@JeffRolka

5 жыл бұрын

Awesome! Always feel free to ask. In truth, probably get a faster response on Twitter (@jtrolka) Best! Jeff

Wonderful to make more later

lol just noticed the ending where you're trying to warm your hands, it's funny because I always thought that room somehow LOOKED cold, like I could tell just by LOOKING

@JeffRolka

3 жыл бұрын

Nice!!! I'm so glad someone finally found that! Yes, it can get really cold in here! Thank you for watching!!! Jeff

Hi Jeff! I am also a singer who use your videos regularily. One idéa for an excercise video is coloratura in different speeds. Some teachers teach that all voices can not do the exact same speed in colorstura but i think it might more be a matter of that we dont practise different speeds. (Like one singer can do one very fast speed and then one slower, but can not do another speed inbetween those). I myself have learnef to think less of the tones as very separated steps when practising coloratura in speeds that i am less used to in your exercises.

🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻

I am dicorvering my voice I didn’t know that I had a mouse voice like that

I can do this when I hold my tongue as far out as I can. Otherwise, some days I can go through my range and sometimes I cannot because I stop it with my tongue like I'm scared to do it. I worry about the neighbors being annoyed :D

I love your videos Jeff, but I swear this warm up is so hard to use because that clapping gives me a heart attack pretty much every time I put it, I still love it but need to prepare myself mentally for it hehe, love the agility workouts!

@JeffRolka

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for your kind words! The clapping is a missed edit. I'm sorry about that. Where is it in the video, I can probably get rid of it!! Leave a time marker in a comment or send it to me via my website www.jeffrolka.com/connect-2 Thank you! Jeff

@JeffRolka

3 жыл бұрын

Hello again! I caught the one at 10:58, so that shouldn't trouble you any longer! If there's another, let me know! Thank you for watching! All the best! Jeff

@MissVonDunajew

3 жыл бұрын

@@JeffRolka O Jeff! Excellent news! I love this workout and I swear I kept avoiding it because of the clapping, I always thought of asking about it and never did! I still wonder, is it to warm up the fingers or something like that? there is another one, yes, at 9:44 I had them memorised by now pretty much to prepare myself for them, so knew the exact exercise where they were hehe, the other does seem to have disappeared, thank you so much!!

Only discovered your channel recently, it's wonderful! Thank you so much for your exercises, they provide such a variety of opportunities to work on the voice. The i e a o u turned out to be especially hard... which is good))

Hi Jeff started doing your exercise 1week back. Really nice. Just wanted to know if you have exercises on vocal strength, holding long notes ( breathing). I struggle with the volume of my voice, I start to wobble a lil or I feel like straining when I try to sing louder with more strenght. Any advise.thanks

@JeffRolka

5 жыл бұрын

Strength and vowel is a function of vowel alignment and appropriate airflow! Focus on the relationships between your vowels and the consistency of engagement (airflow) and the strength and volume will come. Best, Jeff

@helenenanwani8302

5 жыл бұрын

@@JeffRolka thanks I will work on that

How can I increase the speed to do e to a( I tend to slow down in those ?) thanks Jeff for these wonderful practice along lessons , god bless u

@JeffRolka

6 жыл бұрын

Hello! Great question! You might just need to practice the transition a bit. Working it slowly and gently increasing the tempo can really help. You might try: kzread.info/head/PL2mQP7sE6PHjuVYyVgdo7VMtwSQvvCHC- Jeff

@angalmeida29

6 жыл бұрын

Jeff Rolka thank u so very much for this , will practice the fast and slow. You are the only one who provides an entire practice session for free online . Wishing you abundance in all aspects of your life . I’m extremely grateful to you ...

4:55 KZread speed setttings saved my life

@JeffRolka

5 жыл бұрын

I just discovered those the other day myself! Quite useful!! Best, Jeff

@joycebongcac9244

5 жыл бұрын

Jeff Rolka Thank you so much! God bless you...

Just wanted to make a comical comment as opposed to the more "serious" ones I make including the one several months ago on this particular lesson/warm up. I know you say you like to use the lava lamp to make us feel relaxed. Well relaxed I certainly AM! So much so that I have to kind of hit myself back into gear, because I feel myself almost nodding off! Don't get me wrong, I do fully concentrate - just thought this might make you laugh! But please don't throw the lava lamps away- they're great!

@JeffRolka

4 жыл бұрын

Excellent! I have been looking for another one to switch them up a bit, but it'll still be a lava lamp back there! Thanks, Diane! Jeff

Hi Jeff....What chords are you playing in the last exercise?

@JeffRolka

5 жыл бұрын

Great question! Do you know what a cadential six four chord is? It's basically when you have the fifth scale degree in the bass with the (in this case) i (minor I chord / minor one chord.) That makes the progression: In Roman numerals - i V/6 i i/6 4 v i Kind of hard to notate that without being able to use exponents for the arabic numerals! Jeff

00:58

1:10

Why the clapping? And true not easy! Should I do a warm up, thats my question when my voice does not respond for some reason? But I do it anyway because it seems the right thing to do. Thanks for your videos

@JeffRolka

4 жыл бұрын

You're welcome! The clap was probably a missed edit on my part. Sorry about that. I know that these videos say they're warm ups, but they're also technical exercises. If your voice isn't responding, you may want to record yourself doing the exercises and listen back a day later. Listen for inconsistencies in vowels, volume, or tone. See what you find, if anything, and leave another comment! Jeff

Why does the voice fades/craks at some places on the palate? I didn't have that before practicing. What may I do wrong to occure that?

@JeffRolka

2 жыл бұрын

It's hard to say without hearing you, but it sounds as if you're not using airflow consistently enough! Best, Jeff

@marie_delaere

2 жыл бұрын

@@JeffRolka I Guess you cannot exactly tell. Thank you for you kind presence and listening. I'll focus on resonnators and support, to release my palates and my larynx. Love Jeff!

9:46 poor mosquito it just wanted to practice it’s coloratura 🦟 🎶

@JeffRolka

2 жыл бұрын

Yes, but they can be so annoying when they're flying around in front of me and I"m trying to play scales! Jeff