Ep: 36 - The Laryngeal Tilt - Jeff Alani Stanfill - vocal coach

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Hello ladies and gentlemen. I am thrilled to share this episode 36, all about the laryngeal tilt. In this tutorial you will learn what the laryngeal tilt is, how it applies to singing and how to apply it to your own voice.
I have to tell that this concept, taught to me by my vocal coach Maestro David L. Jones, in conjunction with the late Leona Mathews' breathing techniques, changed my voice for the better. I have been teaching this amazing vocal technique for over 20 years anow, and have seen it quickly free up singer's high notes in moments.
In this 15 minute video, you will learn the fundamentals of the laryngeal tilt with some fun and easy to apply vocal exercises.
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[@tinamangus3773]

I really appreciated that this coach sang the whole exercise unlike some tutorials where you're only given the example in the lower part of your voice, and then the tutor just plays the piano, so you never hear where the difficult part comes

[@RyanofRose]

Amazing! Don't sleep on this video and these exercises singers! I consider the laryngeal tilt to be the secret sauce of the Swedish Italian technique that Jeff teaches,it really is a game changer

[@JeffAlaniStanfill]

Thanks so much Ryan! Yes, your voice is soaring with these concepts!

[@RyanofRose]

@@JeffAlaniStanfill thank you ❤️

[@kristinpurdy]

the laryngeal tilt has done wonders for my voice, such an awesome video. so blessed to be apart of voice soaring studios!!

[@JeffAlaniStanfill]

Thank you rock star ⭐️

[@jonathonmoonmusic]

Terrific Jeff! Such an important lesson. Imperative for any singer wishing to sing high notes or coordinate their whole voice. So grateful to you

[@JeffAlaniStanfill]

Thank you Jonathon!!! 😊🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶

[@Awesome25ification]

This has helped me enormously, thank you!

[@LoveinBraille4L]

Great Video! I want to see this technique applied, like a before and after. It would help me understand the technique and what it is suppose to sound like.

[@JeffAlaniStanfill]

That’s a great idea and thanks so much for watching! I hope you are subscribed. More to come. Happy New Year 🎈

[@lobo2032]

Thanks a Lot!!!! Life changing. finally I understand that tilt stuff

[@JeffAlaniStanfill]

Yay!!! I’m happy the information helped you. Thanks for watching!

[@beachbarlouie]

It looks like I am the first student watcher. I set a reminder.

[@JeffAlaniStanfill]

Yay Louie!!!👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

[@lukekent9687]

Having benefited from your teaching on this concept I know this is going to be a great video! I look forward to watching it later when it's premiered!

[@JeffAlaniStanfill]

Thank you so much Luke! I look forward to coaching you again soon! Peace and blessings to you!!

[@maryannmurao3388]

Terrific exercise. Will be doing daily. Looking forward to our next session.

[@JeffAlaniStanfill]

Yay!!! Glad you like the exercise!!!

[@jasonlapierre]

Another great video, thanks Jeff!! Looking forward to our next lesson :)

[@JeffAlaniStanfill]

Thanks so much Jason!! And me too!!

[@LornaKellyZim]

It would have been helpful to see the action of the tilt with a visual diagram/ animation. ( love David Jones!)

[@VIDEOHEREBOB]

Always appreciated Jeff

[@onzkicg]

Thanks for the free tutorial. But how to know if larynx is really tilting and not just the pitch simply changing? Any hint or sensation from throat? Becuase I’m familiar with this exercise, I did similar in the past, it sounds close to your example as well so does it mean my larynx is already tilting naturally though I was totally unaware of it?

[@JeffAlaniStanfill]

That is a wonderful question! First off, the tilt happens primarily in the lower middle voice. That is where the larynx needs to stabilize and tilt for the transition to head voice which happens much sooner than many singers realize. For a tenor like me, my head voice comes in around D4. Before I learned the laryngeal tilt concept, I would carry my chest voice all the way to F4 and then thee would be an obvious break to F#. And that would always feel uncomfortable and unstable. By allowing head voice to come in where it naturally resides, depending on the voice type, the transition to pure head voice is so much easier and will allow the singer to develop a stronger mix voice. I will do another tutorial on this soon as there are lots of questions about this concept. Thank you for watching and hope you’re subscribed! 🕺🎵🎶🎶🎶

[@lukekent9687]

I love the use of the hand! I remember a few other such hand gestures you have used over the years to encourage the voice to more easily accomplish concepts! Brilliant work! Thankyou again for sharing such wonderful practical wisdom that all singers can benefit from!

[@JeffAlaniStanfill]

Thank you very much! Luke I know your students are benefitting from your excellent teaching and I am thrilled that I have had a part in your growth as a singer and a vocal coach!

[@lukekent9687]

@@JeffAlaniStanfill Thankyou! Your teaching has transformed my teaching and singing. Recordings of our lessons are among my most prized possessions!! Hopefully things workout and I can work more with you in the new year!

[@debravogel6455]

Great tutorial! It works! 😚🙂😚

[@JeffAlaniStanfill]

Thank you!! So happy you find it works!!

[@sheireland3737]

Great video. Solved a problem for me. Thank you.

[@JeffAlaniStanfill]

Thank you so much! Happy it helped you!!

[@Dynamofoe]

Wow - thank you for this - it is a great explanation, and the hand gesture really helped me! Where can I find more on Leona Mathews breathing technique?

[@JeffAlaniStanfill]

I’m so happy you found it helpful. The tilt is truly a game changer! Hope you’re subscribed as more informative content is on its way. Thanks for watching!

[@Dynamofoe]

@@JeffAlaniStanfill indeed I’ve subscribed but can you please answer about Leona Mathew’s breath technique that you mentioned in the video? Thanks!,🙏🏽😊

[@wandajames143]

Thank you so much for this!

[@wandajames143]

Looking strong too!

[@edinshealtiel3754]

Communication genius 😊

[@JeffAlaniStanfill]

Thank you!!!

[@philip7825]

Hi Jiff, I think you are playing B♭2 (117 Hz) for the guys and B♭3 (233) for the girls. Is that correct? I am not that good in hearing and recognizing notes. But I tried them on a virtual piano and then in Praat, and found out they're B♭2 & 3, not 3 & 4.😊

[@JeffAlaniStanfill]

Yes you are correct. That was my mistake. Enjoy the tutorials and happy singing!!🕺🎶🎶🎶🎶

[@philip7825]

Thank you!

[@dragosfgv]

Hey Jeff, thank you so much for the content, its really an eye opener to another part of my voice! Recently, I tried picking up subharmonic bass technique, and trained my larynx muscles to be in such a way that it naturally transitions from chest to subharmonic easily (I would take a guess that I trained my larynx to constantly keep my thyroarytenoid muscles activated 24/7). However, I have no lost my ability to do falsetto and whistle tone, which I used to be able to do, and now whenever I attempt to do falsetto I end up doing the laryngeal tilt instead. Despite all the exercises on youtube saying to "relax, and make the sound of a puppy/siren/etc", I always end up falling back to laryngeal tilt. Would you be able to advise me on any exercises to rehabitate my falsetto and whistle tone?

[@JeffAlaniStanfill]

The best way to access your falsetto is to say “hoo” with a completely released throat. Then take it slowly higher and then let it glide down. Watch the episode on Head Voice in my Mix Voice series. There’s a really great example and exercise for this. Falsetto requires very little adduction of the vocal folds. In fact, when it’s true falsetto it may sound a little breathy. Let that happen. Then try singing along to a song that had a lot of falsetto in it like Lay Me Down by Sam Smith. Although that song is high, if you release your throat muscles those high notes will be falsetto. Hope this helps and thanks for watching!!

[@MICHAJO27]

Sorry, but i don't understand the difference between singing WITH tilt and WITHOUT tilt. How do i KNOW if i am tilting or not? Maybe i sing the exercise, move my hand to help myself but the larynx does everything but tilt? And secondly: While singing "ee-ah-oh-ooh-oh-ah-ee" WHEN does the tilting take place? There was no demonstrating hand to virtually show the tilting. So i assume the tilting is on the ooh and decreases from there to the ending ee?

[@JeffAlaniStanfill]

These are excellent questions. Ok so first off, the “tilt” is an actual physical action that happens but it is also a visual action. When you ascend imagine that you are sending the sound forward and your larynx is not rising as you ascend. In order for the larynx to remain stable you need to make sure you are staying connected to your abdominal support. This doesn’t mean contracting the abs as you ascend but rather keeping connected to them. We cannot physically “tilt” the larynx but we can think of a stable larynx which allows the tilt to happen. At some point, likely above the primo passaggio, we can no longer think tilt because all of this has to happen in the middle voice. I hope this helps you and thank you for watching and hope you’re subscribed to the channel!

[@MICHAJO27]

@@JeffAlaniStanfill Thanks a lot for your answers! I'll try to keep this in mind while exercising. And i have a feeling it really helps!

[@ghenevoejovi8964]

You said C4 will be in head voice for baritones..is it okay if a baritone switches like A3 or B3? Or is that just an indication he's not a baritone?

[@JeffAlaniStanfill]

Yes, the baritone turn to head voice will often happen at A3 or B3.

[@Rosannasfriend]

Are you saying you just use your Head VOICE/blend it in?

[@Rosannasfriend]

OK you answer my question about seven minutes in. Thank you.

[@jamesgaetano]

I understand the exercise but please explain what is happening to the larynx. I understand it tilts but what is this doing? Is this the same thing as vowels mods? Narrowing the vocal tract?

[@JeffAlaniStanfill]

The Laryngeal Tilt "It is a fundamental concept in William Vennard's Book, "Singing the Mechanism and the Technique", a rocking motion of the larynx when moving from middle register to head register. It is a 'small down and forward' motion of the thyroid cartilage when moving upward in pitch. It is drawn on pp. 54 and 55 of Vennard's book and it has a major influence on a clean approximation of the vocal folds. The laryngeal tilt is necessary in order for register balance to result, and it is fundamental to high level instruction in the field of vocal pedagogy. It cannot be accomplished if the singer is singing in the wrong vocal category. Singers who are low singers singing a high tessitura suffer from a high laryngeal position. Singers who are high singers singing in a lower tessitura suffer from the larynx being depressed with the tongue-root, and frequently this is accompanied by tongue retraction. THIS is why it is critically important to learn a comfortable tessitura early in one's vocal training. Singing in the wrong vocal category can result in years of attempting to release locked laryngeal muscles."

[@wandajames143]

3:32

[@MarkBennett007]

Thank you very much Does this apply to rock?

[@JeffAlaniStanfill]

Yes, this concept applies to all genres of music. 🙂

[@philip7825]

I have a couple of small questions if you wouldn't mind. 1. If I'm able to produce high notes with my larynx low (I can double-check it in Praat), does it mean that the tilt is happening? 2. In doing vocal exercises, do I need to lower my larynx even for low notes, or it's only required for high notes?

[@JeffAlaniStanfill]

Hi. If your larynx is relaxed and not depressed by the root of the tongue, and you are able to sing the high note, then yes, you have achieved the laryngeal tilt. For low notes, be careful not to push your larynx down. Low notes need a lifted soft palate just as the high notes do. I will be releasing a tutorial on low notes soon, so stay tuned! Thanks for watching and hope you’re subscribed.

[@philip7825]

Thanks! I am looking forwards for this tutorial.

[@hossein3990]

#استاد❤

[@Robrette74]

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[@torigoth7487]

I think it would be helpful to sample this with actual songs instead of eeeh ahhh oooh

[@marcelbureau2753]

The demonstration at the very beginning of the video is simply a switch to falsetto voice…. There is no tilt !?!

[@beachbarlouie]

Dang, your 2 sleeves away from being the Bad Boy Of Vocal Coaching. Cut those sleeves off and show the biceps!

[@beachbarlouie]

Honestly though, I wouldn't be here if your lessons weren't working so good. Until a singer takes it serious enough to get the breathing and vocal cords right, none of the other people's video's will do you any good.