Bel Canto Singing Tutorial Part 1 - Caroline Jones

[@LyndseyMacPherson]

It's not everyday we've access to voice lessons from an angel.💝

[@janellesadler]

Much criticism here, but my voice feels more relaxed after this exercise. I've been a pro singer for 30 years. Onstage, belting, breathy background vocals, swing, rock..you name it. It's all about relaxation. Caroline, you have something positive to offer and thank you.

[@lheslie5424]

Actually ❤

[@angelvox1603]

Thank you Caroline. This was incredibly helpful. Your voice is awesome.

[@marylamadura2293]

Love these exercises and they do wonders for my voice. Thank you, Caroline Jones!

[@darksidessj25]

Humming is placement. You figure this out after a few years of consistent studying. This is why every teacher begins with this exercise. No matter what you do you never leave this spot even when you go to sing. You keep this throughout the entire song.

[@tusheyy6033]

wow!

[@somerando690]

This helped my singing so much! Thanks Caroline

[@lisaanselmo326]

Hey girl! I found this totally by accident. I love that you did this. I have watched you come up from that 9 year-old girl to the superstar you are.

[@TonioFerritto]

I think these are the best exercises i ever saw whatsoever. One can feel right from the beginning that you have to use the diaphragm or you won't be able to do all open throated with that clean tone. Also the encouragement and statement that it takes time is very soothing! This is bel canto in regards of total diaphragmatic support (and intercostals), open throat, no placement crap, no bubble lips crap. I do agree with the others about the movement of lips/jaw. It shouldn't move. But you are for sure much further developed as many one commenting here for sure!

[@nomandla2092]

Oh I just love you Caroline, watching at you alone, heals my soul. Thank you so much

[@Warlowisnumberone]

Such a fabulously produced video! Bravo

[@piano2451]

You are amazing in every way! Please make more lessons, especially for beginners. This is way too hard for me. Maybe one day! Haha. Keep shining, you are so magical! 🇺🇸💕💕💕💕💕🇺🇸

[@jubalschoolofmusic3676]

I was looking for this. So good. Reminds me my conservatory teacher. I will start doing these excercises right away. Thanks a lot

[@codeblueize]

Wow thank you so much, I’ve been singing my whole life without any kind of training and this helped me so much.

[@MrTPF1]

I just love your voice Caroline! ;-)

[@hotsatin7775]

❤Hot Satin these exercises are damn amazing and have increased my vocal range for doing Rock, metal and Blues!! Thanks my first vocal coach was Shania Twain's Ian Garrett these are the same scales you taught me and techniques

[@yehezkielrealme9678]

Wooow,,tonight part 1 learn singing,,okay,,,thank you much😄🔥🔥🔥🌿🌿🌿🌲🌲🌲

[@christiannumme2000]

This is a great exercise performed by a great and professional singer...

[@sujeysaavedra780]

Thank you very much for taking the time to teach this amazing techniques...

[@dianaamati9936]

WARNING TO CLASSICAL SINGERS: As a professional opera singer who specializes in bel canto and who lived in Italy to study it with the greatest master teachers and coaches in the world, I can tell you this is definitely NOT bel canto technique. It seems like anyone with a youtube channel can call themselves a voice teacher and people will believe them. It is incredibly bad technique to tip your chin forward., shake your jaw, and have a wobble in your vibrato. These all have solutions with proper bel canto technique, ironically, what she claims to teach. For example, to not have a wobble, she needs to first have proper breath support, lower her larynx (it is way too high), and provide more air pressure so that the air spins faster and with it the vibrato. The reason her vibrato gets too fast towards the tail end of her phrases is because she lacks this type of support. The vibrato should be consistent and as close to the middle of the pitch as possible. And that is just one aspect of technique as an example. If this "teacher" wants to truly understand bel canto technique, she first needs to study with a master teacher of bel canto (not Andy Anselmo) for several years because she is not ready to teach singers yet.

[@LoaiGebarin]

Diana Amati .. do you have other suggestions on well trained teachers in Bel Canto here at KZbin? I would love to train my self into different styles of singing especially Operas. Can you please answer 🤗

[@artdanks]

Diana Amati - you are sure right! I am also a classically trained singer (not profesional), and right from the start, it was quite apparent this lady (although I'm sure she's very sincere), knows nothing of the "Old School" Bel Canto method of singing. Besides the bad technique she's "teaching", you can hear in or voice the damage this teaching has already caused. So young, yet has a wobble of a 70 year old soprano! Even on a hum! So sad!!

[@LoaiGebarin]

@@artdanks Can you please tell me as I try to strengthen my support , where should I look for good techniques to begin with?

[@artdanks]

@@LoaiGebarin The best is to find a good voice teacher, who truly understand the Bel Canto techniques. They are getting harder to find though. Depends on where you live.

[@KC-kp4wc]

I agree with you wholeheartedly Diana. I studied the bel canto technique and it has kept my voice fresh sounding even as I age. Additional note - if you're singing correctly, your speaking voice should never EVER sound hoarse like it does here. There is some serious damage going on.

[@petlover196052]

Very helpful Sis! My efforts will pay off, one day, with your instructive lessons. Thank you! ❤️

[@trishlaine7196]

Thank u for sharing this..i improved a lot with this exercises..

[@dennissharma7344]

A PERFECT BEL CONTO singing technique 👌👌👌❤❤❤👌👌👌🙏🙏🙏

[@jm2389]

So happy this video is still here! Watched the Bel Canto Singing vids 2 years ago and it helped me a lot :D

[@mariacasemyr]

Beautiful voice!

[@marilynlong7727]

thank you so much for your videos as starting to learn classical singing. am a chronic asthmatic. please continue to make videos. they are so helpful and you are beautiful.

[@user-ic5xu4jh6z]

Be careful if you have asthma. Please ask a speeche therapist, singing with asthma is unfavourable If you want to do study professionally. The muscels are overstrained by the apnea. But training for the breathing is surely not dangerous for your voice and your asthma. Best regards:-)

[@MrWhiteamin]

Your expressdion is priceless ! Been smoking unfiltered , spray paintitng Sandbalsiting , a bottle of bourbon to be able to talk. And after 5 min, I just listening, I am humbled , and you are , Just that ! ☺

[@somerando690]

Dem

[@lanettecezair1304]

These exercises have really helped me. Thanks for posting them! Do you have any updates?

[@prayasgoswami5218]

It was an immense insight in helping to extend my vocal range ,though I had zero experiences earlier .Thank you so much ☺️♥️ ....

[@lillianjohnson5041]

Beautiful training. Thank you very much for your time. I love it.

[@robioptic]

Thanks for sharing!!! :) These excersises are abfab lol

[@jorge.L.Sanchez7909]

Hi. I am from Argentina and I greatly add your tutorial. I hope to understand it; especially in explanations in the English language. I do not know if there is a possibility that you can translate what you explain or if you could write it. so I could translate it. It is that my spoken English is not very good and it is difficult for me to understand some concepts. Of course very grateful; a cordial greeting.

[@sampeacock9878]

Awesome video beautiful

[@zeusbeheld5365]

Oh my, you're amazing... I was all ready to shrug you off after the intro, but wow - you're great!

[@byrdiewilde7539]

Shameful there is a hater in this thread with an inflated ego. These voice lessons are excellent. Caroline has a patient, peaceful teaching technique and a voice that is pleasant to accompany while practising. Bel Canto is an operatic vocal theory which trains one to come into the fullest beauty of voice. Even if Caroline is not singing Opera, she has attained her personal state of Bel Canto, her voice is beautiful. Personally, I love Carolines coaching videos and have come back many times to warm up with her voice.

[@mehurar]

OMG, she`s lovely!

[@Marine1x1]

Muchísimas gracias Carolina por este fantástico tutorial! Desde Barcelona España:-) Hoy comienza mi aventura con el "Bell Canto" Hermosa voz. Estoy feliz!

[@garyrichards9539]

In Bel Canto, ah, e, as in Vedo, and o, are open vowels in the mid and low range of a voice, and i and u, are closed in this part of a voice. You have a lovely tone.

[@martineyeo7491]

Beautiful voice.

[@edgarmanzano2549]

Very good, muy bien Carolina me ayudo mucho tus ejercicios, eres lo maximo.

[@clediamicallefsoprano]

Amazing lesson

[@camera5946]

wow I found this video very helpful and quite similar to warmups used when I was taking Bel Canto from another singing coach, my voice never felt used in a way that was damaging. Today I found this video and I quite enjoyed how my voice feels worked out in a good way. I also incorporated other breathing techniques learned in voice and movement classes. I think the video is beautifully done and informative! I would like to hear the voices of the naysayers and some personal advice on warming up the voice.

[@graceouabo9817]

These lessons really work. Thank God I found you. Thank you, Caroline, for making this video.

[@pantokrator4ever]

Thanks Caroline!

[@alluringbliss4165]

thank you for this video, I 'll be using it for my warm ups

[@loniousmonk]

This is more music theater than bel canto ... restarting the resonance between notes and so on. And bel canto absolutely does not use jaw or lip manipulations to produce vibrato, like she clearly doing in the video.

[@st14]

Ha ha, tilting your chin and lifting your chest is called “the cover” LOL

[@danielraushenberger1068]

WOW! YOUR A GREAT TEACHER AS WELL! THE DIAPHRAGMATIC BREATHING IS REALLY COOL; I PRACTICE QI-GONG ( PRONOUNCED ' CHEE KUNG ' ) BREATHING EXERCISES IN CONJUNCTION WITH TAI CHI AND ACUPRESSURE, FOR NEURO-MUSCULAR AND MARTIAL SPIRITUAL ENHANCEMENT. SILLY ME, I DIDN'T KNOW LEARNING TO SING WAS SO TECHNICAL; I THOUGHT IT WAS SOMETHING YOU WERE JUST BORN WITH playing the bumpkin guitar simpleton here. YOU REALLY DEMONSTRATE THAT NATURAL TALENT AND CLASSICAL TRAINING ARE QUITE THE MAGNIFICENT COMBO. DOESN'T JUST ADD--- IT MULTIPLIES

[@delilahharris3834]

How many singing educators teach this Bel Canto across the world?

[@psdelport8893]

Many of them claim to teach it, and precious few of them can agree as to what exactly it is and how to achieve it. 😅

[@lalamusicgirl1]

AWESOME!!!! Thank you:)

[@Sc2TheWarrior]

you are really pretty, keep the fucking amazing work. you have a fan somewhere :)

[@greatsongz1211]

This was very helpful, thank you!

[@argon805]

a beautiful presentation! wish I could see you in concert...

[@t_caribe]

Question: When trying to follow the exercises in the higher notes, i have the feeling i'm getting into falsetto, and it kinda sounds like u, obviously a lot messier but, kinda sounds right, so, am i doing it wrong? When the Falsetto enters these exercises, should i try something different? I know ur a busy person, but i would really appreciate if u could answer me this! Btw, with, or without answer, thanks a lot for that content, u have an amaing voice!

[@partituravid]

Is wobbling jaw part of the secret?

[@RitikaPant-gu2fv]

Yup

[@tatjanalehnhardt-niederste9987]

Голос рассшатоный,старый.как у бабушки без опоры.

[@newyouketo]

Helps with the vibrato

[@jacobdavis911]

Beautiful voice ur videos are really

[@guyzoun]

Thank You !!! Rock On ❤

[@אוריהשוהט]

Hello Caroline, Im looking for good Bel Canto breathing exercises. can you recommend me. Thanks, your singing is an inspiration

[@davidpresler3095]

Well made video with a few good vocal exercizes. Aiming for pure vowels is one of the keys of Bel Canto. For future videos I suggest demonstrating repertoire with a pianist.

[@AliyaOfficial4life]

Love you Caroline!!!!!!!!! Big Fan!!!!!!

[@kerrylamb1007]

thank you-your video is helpful-if you have more \iI will give them a try

[@Fairy-door-78-86]

Great !!

[@xfh3544]

👍thank u for this video

[@LoaiGebarin]

Charming Lady 😘 you sing from your heart you smile and laugh from your heart. That is the secret 😘

[@GemmaLouiseDoyle]

Thank you Caroline. Beautiful video, the best wishes for happiness and success in your career. Love Gemma Louise Doyle

[@aloquevas01]

Buena o mala técnica me gusta como suena su voz, muy diferente a como canta sus canciones.

[@zoen219]

In the second exercise, her jaw was moving quite a bit especially when descending- not sure if this is a good thing? Seems to contradict what I have been taught. Someone help?

[@zuraiashvili8647]

definitely don't move a jaw. Jaw drops at hinge loosely without any force and does not need to move or shake for voice production.

[@tigerhotpants]

Great exercices! I can alredy feel the diference between the quality now and then. But, is it normal to lose my a bit of low frequencys?

[@user-ic5xu4jh6z]

No, its not normal! with controle from diaphragma and proper trained chest voice, you lose no power in lower registers! Today we can hear it anymore in a correct way even not the great opera stars in these days do it well! They sound often deeper as they should and colour their voices unnaturally dark!( Netrebko is a good example) Cestvoice is vital, but it seems frowned upon today ...but listen to Callas, Tebaldi, Caruso, and many others.- this was well done!

[@seppbarbetta5156]

thank you :-)

[@ShaneMcCrae]

Both Steven Tyler and Myles Kennedy use this technique and they are both as good now as they were at 20. Sold.

[@zynniaquaoar2439]

Sebastian Bach said he also uses this technique.

[@71avis]

Nice, thank you

[@RodrigoVillar]

Sinceramente... Estou apaixonado por essa senhorita!

[@thebreaks604]

Doesn't hurt that she's so beautiful.

[@philbertchow5425]

Stephen Fowler She hawt.

[@rjasontwenty1099]

this needs more attention...up to 1 million...

[@viralgio2813]

I already fucked up it’s nighttime

[@singinglessonexpert]

Her chest is moving, as soon as you have any movement in your chest all the muscles surrounding your vocal folds go into tension. She has a wow vibrato (like an old car trying to start) that is what happens from pushing. Her revolutions per second are way past 7. A proper vibrato is 4 /1/2 to 6 revolutions per second. She is sweet enough though.

[@thiscris_]

Talking trash will get you nowhere, toxic lady. No wonder why you only have 2 subscribers. Fuck off.

[@DmitryiBarsh]

why are there no subtitles?😢

[@blackwidow4759]

A lot of you are saying this ISNT bel canto bit is it STILL helpful for singing?

[@lasri2568]

Yes. But It caused Nasal resonance more.... In Bel Canto, Nasal resonance is such a Taboo things

[@theljthund9562]

@@lasri2568 ofcoure yes. This is completely out of bel canto

[@arzmtv7171]

1-Envías el aire a el paladar blando o al paladar duro atrás de los dientes? 2-cuando usas la inhalación del sonido?

[@jmemtz9918]

beautiful

[@afonsodias1303]

Oi Caroline adoro suas música são linda e vc é muito linda e canta muito são paulo capital brasil 🇧🇷🇧🇷❤❤❤🎋🎋🎋🎋🎋

[@wmcheong5783]

Would love to hear you sing opera.

[@user-ic5xu4jh6z]

Believe me, you would'nt hear a thing while Orchestra playing forte😂

[@nannerbenahs]

Very good teaching.

[@halimatu2455]

Поющая Принцесса нравитса, уроки классные, поработаю!.. от Ур.А.

[@LuckyqueenA]

Italian is the most talented for arts

[@Blaskyrkh]

But what if I can't even hum so high although I'm training for some time ?

[@trevorjefferson4840]

Adam Walerian for some people it takes longer (not in the since that you develop something you never had, but you just never realized, or it never clicked until all of a sudden). For some it’s just not there.

[@qhurbagha8474]

You sound magnificent wow

[@THSonGoogle]

wow, you are so beautyful!

[@peterlundgren8090]

Your the best !!!

[@togamamora]

i like it when u break the note. sounds cool

[@kingamitrowska]

This has nothing to do with bel canto.

[@dariusaurelianroman1982]

Hello Kinga Mitrowska! Please tell me more about your affirmation. Wish you a wonderful day!

[@Monnarchmonnarchy]

@@dariusaurelianroman1982 she singing in mask and wobble.

[@AleGluck90]

@@dariusaurelianroman1982 WARNING TO CLASSICAL SINGERS: As a professional opera singer who specializes in bel canto and who lived in Italy to study it with the greatest master teachers and coaches in the world, I can tell you this is definitely NOT bel canto technique. It seems like anyone with a youtube channel can call themselves a voice teacher and people will believe them. It is incredibly bad technique to tip your chin forward., shake your jaw, and have a wobble in your vibrato. These all have solutions with proper bel canto technique, ironically, what she claims to teach. For example, to not have a wobble, she needs to first have proper breath support, lower her larynx (it is way too high), and provide more air pressure so that the air spins faster and with it the vibrato. The reason her vibrato gets too fast towards the tail end of her phrases is because she lacks this type of support. The vibrato should be consistent and as close to the middle of the pitch as possible. And that is just one aspect of technique as an example. If this "teacher" wants to truly understand bel canto technique, she first needs to study with a master teacher of bel canto (not Andy Anselmo) for several years because she is not ready to teach singers yet.

[@luomodelloggione6564]

beautiful girl + singing = beautiful singing!

[@clefnoteproductions6695]

However it coming out of hum you have to take it out of the nasal area. Hold your nose when singing vowels or consonants. This takes it where it should be. Pharyngeal. Well connected falsetto and chest. Like Luisa Tetrazzini, Fedora Barbieri, Ebe Stignani, Lina Bruna Rasa, Franco Corelli, Beniamino Gigli. Classical singers from the early 20th to mid 20th century

[@theljthund9562]

I don't get it. Can u tell spesifictly

[@clefnoteproductions6695]

@@theljthund9562 sometimes demonstration is better than trying to write or verbalize it. Jack li Vigni has some excellent videos explaining much of this. Plus if you read the treatise of Garcia,Marchesi, Lamperti and others you'll find answers. Then finding someone like Jack who can put all these together in lesson that are clear to us

[@pavelborsky7773]

Great exercises, great videos. Thank you very much! (so much vibrato, what a pity)

[@user-ic5xu4jh6z]

Correct vibrato comes from diaphragma- she fakes it!

[@elliotrose8836]

Do a video showing your vocal range. Very few singers on youtube I noticed actually don't demonstrate their own vocal range ability.

[@drumformation]

the link to the breathing exercises does not work...bummer

[@janeflannery8757]

at long last! a beautiful and classy American woman, without the fake eye-lashes and all the other stuff that make these gals look like plastic Barbie-clones, and especially, without the ugly spoken english pressing down on the vocal cords! Wow the states needs more women like you Caroline! nice to look at, nice to listen to, and thank-you, so very instructive, kind, clear, interesting, knowledgeable... bravo my friend! A breath of fresh air...

[@myaussiebabe1]

Jane, You are very judgemental. Do you like being told what you can and can't wear? Especially by another woman? No. Leave people to be themselves. And you be yourself. The world will be a happier place.

[@peterlundgren8090]

Caroline , please do videos!! Jealous are everywhere, most on YouT. Do not worry about it just make videos please ! Many WHO want it, not just me.

[@kennyclayton4811]

I'm glad I live alone , my kids and friends would think I've gone over the deep end, lol.

[@garygreen3845]

Even her speaking voice is raspy... a lot of bad information....

[@dianeshepherdlyricsoprano1394]

Definitely is, and not a good sign.

[@江皖-m2x]

How to find resonance？

[@jacobloper8571]

She is certainly clenching and manipulating her jaw way too much for bel canto. Vibrato seems forced as well. Vibrato should be a natural phenomenon/ byproduct of support while maintaining passivity from the throat, jaw, and mouth up.

[@dianeshepherdlyricsoprano1394]

Jacob Loper Very wise comment. Totally agree about the fact that vibrato should be a natural phenomenon etc. Mine came very early when I started to learn to sing properly 2 years ago, and I know some people never acquire it. It comes so easily for me, but even so I try to control and not overdo it.

[@lesthermiranda1794]

No offense but even her chest voice is breathy, that is not a good sign

[@yuliana703]

Lesther Miranda , I think that's because she has too small and high voice and doesn't train low register