Floor Jansen Vowel Tuning Techniques (For Nightwish Fans and Singing Geeks Only)

I dig into Floor Jansen's mastery of vowels and resonance. Warning: this video is for Nightwish fans and vocal geeks only!
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[@GabiBrooks]

This is hands down the most accurate explanation of her technique. Thanks so much!

[@JohnHennyVocalStudio]

Glad it was helpful!

[@contalecovith431]

hey you should listen nightwish - how's the heart ( accoustic ) to see how gifted and how she worked hard....

[@brennieb78]

or... Shallow at Beste Zangers :D

[@ThierryMedVet]

How's the heart (accoustic), please...

[@11MOD2]

"The Greatest Show on Earth" or why not "Yours is an empty hope" to see her rougher side with growling

[@AudriusZu]

She sure does know what She's doing :) She's a vocal coach :) 🙌🙏🎶 Would enjoy same content on Distrubed as well 👌

[@Thorgrim247]

You are totally correct John. Floor speaks English very well. She definitely chooses her vowel techniques just as you state in this video. Floor is a true master of vocal technique. Several years ago she developed and taught a master class in The Netherlands. I think she also does an incredible job using her mix voice even in her power singing. This helps her to be able to withstand the rigors of performing night after night on tour without fatiguing her voice or blowing it out. Some nights she will pull back a little on her extreme belting and sing with more mix voice. It can be extremely difficult to sing night after night in front of a metal band with all of the bombastic stage effects and blasting amplification. All it takes is for the monitors to be mixed poorly and then the vocalist starts to push too hard, due to not being able to clearly hear themselves over the music. I agree with many of the other commenters below, you are giving deep level insight into just exactly how Floor uses these vocal techniques in her performances. So refreshing to hear about the details and not just general comments. I think even Floor would approve of your analysis style and deep explanations. She has watched many vocal coaches react to her performances and is usually not very impressed with the level of knowledge they have to share. You on the other hand seem to know what you are talking about my friend. Loved it all and I look forward to more details on future reactions. All the best with your book. Be well. Peace.

[@chilly2go]

It's uncommon to find a vocal coach who really takes the time to explain what Floor is choosing to do when she is singing. It would be great if you could go back into Floor's past performance to see how she may have evolved in regards to her technique. An excellent option could be her first band, After Forever. There is a song called Dreamflight live from Powerprog 2007 where she sings in many different styles. It would be really interesting to have you visit that performance sometime. Either way, I appreciate you taking the time to explain some of the choices she makes in this amazing Nightwish song and I hope you continue to explore more music from Floor and of course Nightwish.

[@mdudley52]

every song she sings is a vocal clinic.

[@tomasbilos]

excellent!

[@sean_b_drummer]

Well explained, Sensei!

[@oldascii]

I agree she’s choosing the vowels, it’s not because it’s not her primary language. To really understand Floor’s technique’s watch her Beste Zangers performances. She sings in German, Dutch (native), Spanish and English. Now the vowels you discuss change in different languages. She also speaks Swedish and a little Finnish. I’m sure you’ve also heard that she growls in some songs. There are early videos of her singing straight up opera and a string quartet. She just did a song to help raise money for children in war zones in both Dutch and English while keeping the emotions in both. It’s called “A Song For A War Child”

[@pasatore]

Love this, thx mister!

[@kimfabritiusdetengnagel2038]

Excellent explanation of Floor's techniques used in Poet and the Pendulum. Floor is actually developing her own voice techniques including breath techniques and especially the difficulty in changing tones like she does in the acoustic version of "How is the Heart" from Planet Rock Radio. She oftens talks about the necessity of getting the muscles to remember = practice practice and practice. Tuomas says about her performance on the new album, that Floor makes this look so easy - but actually it is nearly impossible what Floor is doing. And she loved the challenge

[@ArtMateurMusic]

Incredible, my respects! The Nightwish army has Thousands of people, with people like you who explain and educate the ear, and people like Floor to inspire them ... we could be talking about many future singers with a lot of potential, who use this love they have for Floor. as an inspiration to follow in his footsteps ... a way forward.

[@auroramadariaga4081]

She masterfully applies classical singing technique into the territories of rock, metal and even pop. All this that you said I've also learned it from my voice teacher. I take lessons with a tenor for a few years now, I'm an amateur and I simply do it because I love to sing and we do classical repertoire (I'm an alto) and this is exactly how we break the text of a score. The higher we go, the more open and "yawny" we pronounce the words, that if we'd speak them instead of singing them, it would sound like I'm very sleepy and in a constant yawn lol. And what you mentioned later about connecting the words "me" and "in" it's the good old _legato_ technique. So linking the words in one flow of air not only to convey the emotion as a torrent of feeling, but also to be economical and smart with the air. As far as I know, Floor has a classical training in singing and even gives vocal lessons and masterclasses in the Netherlands when her agenda allows her to.

[@rockstarshem]

Love the nerdy stuff With looovely acoustic explanationssssss~

[@pekkakarppinen1608]

Very interesting analysis, though I already knew that she is very technical singer. That's why she is so versatile and looks often so ease when singing hard notes. She is so well trained and experienced performer. And the best thing is that she uses her capabilities mainly to conveying emotions that the song contains and not to showing off her talents. Thank you!

[@niksur1201]

You are correct. Floor was also a vocal coach so she knows exactly what she is doing. There is many clips of her referring to her training and her coach. Check out some of her performances from Beste Zangers or her acoustic version of hows the heart please.

[@stasmarine1638]

Diana Ankudinova is a young performer who shocks us with her pleasant voice and takes us into the abyss of events!!! Diana Ankudinova is unique and inimitable, goosebumps from her voice!=)))) Diana sings as if she lives in the song! The soul freezes or opens with Diana's voice.=))))))) I am a musician who has been with music for years, and believe me, I have not heard such a tone in all these past years. 1000000%!!!🔥🔥🔥🎤🎤🎤🎵🎶🎵🎶🎵🎶🎵🎶......Amazing Amazing Amazing---Beauty in every minute!!!

[@sergeykot8753]

Diana Ankudinova 😊👍👍🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥💥💥💥💫💫💫💯

[@lautiyro54]

I guess it's the first time someone really digs in Floor 's vocal techniques! Thanks! Grettings from Argentina.. and keep on digging in Nightwish, all eras, ...it's an amazing journey.!

[@mireilleb2845]

Floor would appriciate that you go in to the vocaltechniecs. She had seen a couple of vocal teachers reacting to her vocals but she feels that they all miss the point of what she can do with her voice. She would love that someone could go into that much deeper then that. A real reaction of a vocalcoach/teacher that knows what they are talking about.

[@fixxa6455]

We have to make floor aware of this vocal coach trainer

[@Garbox80]

Well I don't think that she's that upset about them missing the point of "what she can do with her voice", but more because they say they are vocal coaches and yet they don't explain anything to their viewers. So someone wanting to know what actually happened doesn't get the information even though they are watching the vocal coache's reaction. I'm sure you meant something like that, but wanted to point this out in case someone who doesn't know Floor reads your comment 😊

[@fixxa6455]

Yeah she explains in some nice interviews with eva jinek that she likes the term Floorgasm.

[@mireilleb2845]

@@Garbox80 yep thats what i was trying to say😅 english is not my first language

[@HellcatM]

I'm not a singer but I find music theory very interesting. I love understanding how my favorite bands and singers work, it brings me closer to their music and you did this very well. I love your analogy with the balls, that was a great explanation. Floor is such an amazing singer. She's at such a higher level than a lot of the big pop artists out there. Listening to her play with her different bands, then sing more classical songs, it just blows my mind at her range.

[@nespith]

I've watched a lot of vocal couch reacts before but your the first one I've ever seen talk about this. You know your shit.

[@timothyfritz5772]

Wow, this was just awesome - great job! I don’t think I have seen such an in-depth and illuminating discussion of the choices great vocalists make that help them sound so damn good. Keeping up the theme, and to agree with some of the other commenters, would be amazing to see you react to her live acoustic performance of “How’s the Heart” from a recent Planet Rock session. She again uses multiple vocal techniques, singing styles, and some sheer mind-blowing power belting. Following that up with another analysis video would just be fantastic. Thank you for this!!

[@RandallMorris222]

I knew that Floor had many colors in her voice, but I didn't know how she got there. This was excellent! Thank you.

[@deaf00]

You are simply the best, loved your deep analisis on floor’s voice. If you want to hear her into something different pls do her Shallow cover it’s totally worth it

[@p.g.mcfinnigan4009]

Thanks for the extra info! If you do more like this I'll definitely be watching! Edit: you're also the bravest person on KZbin, saying balls so many times in a single video. You got balls, my good sir!

[@Flickerboy]

Wow, really enjoy this video, to take a closer look to her technique, I'm not a singer but just love to learn about music or vocals performances, as another comment said, please check "how's the heart" acoustic planet rock. You will find it amazing and it's easier for us to heard floor vocals, maybe you can explain por technical stuff based on that. Thx and greetings from Argentina!!

[@MikkoRantalainen]

This is the version everybody keeps talking about: Nightwish - How's The Heart Acoustic (Planet Rock acoustic session) kzbin.info/www/bejne/r4rXnIOme76thdE

[@papaverweg]

This is really fantastic. I did experience Floor’s different approach of the songs than Tarja did but I was not aware of the reason for this. I was simply thinking they were just different types of singers but now I do respect Floor even more. So this clarifies why we experience so instantly a Floorgasm as soon as we hear her sing. So if she is capable to manage her vocal cords into whatever the song needs, she will surprise us with another different magnificent Floor experience every single time again and again and again. Really great.

[@danieldemko7834]

Next up is The Greatest Show on Earth make sure you do the Tampere version all the way to the end love your reactions sir well done.

[@ToddPro]

I cannot explain how much I enjoy your analysis and reactions, this is seriously amazing

[@amax1229]

Interesting instruction and dissection. Thank you.

[@Amaranthos2]

That moment when the Nightwish Army is so rabidly fanatic that a guy who's only seen a couple of their songs has to explain to them that Floor does in fact do what she does purposefully xD

[@fixxa6455]

Almost! this guy goes a tiny little bit deeper then just confirming that she knows what she does. He goes geeky mode all way

[@billattercliffe8655]

Since you have already done the Phantom, I'd suggest you go back and listen to the last segment where she climbs to that last note. She is using explosive onsets on the last few notes. Another vocal coach suggested that this is a small problem she's having. However, a fan who has seen her perform the Phantom on her solo tour with Henk just before COVID shut things down, commented that she does the same thing in every performance of the song. She is using these explosive onsets to inject a little "crazy" into her Christine character. She starts the "crazy" part of the performance with an exaggerated pronunciation of "the Phantom of the Opera", drawing out "Opera" like a slightly off balance diva. She has modified the character of "Christine" away from the sweet and innocent into one that is manipulative and slightly menacing toward the end. It's interesting how she is deliberately using a slight technical flaw to inject some personality into the character she is portraying.

[@libbygwinn3937]

Yes! I am always fascinated and moved by how she maneuvers through the vocal gymnastics. It is so refreshing to have this broken down. Thank you. I purchased your book earlier today. Hoping to delve into it this weekend. Hey, take a look at Floor and Hank Port performing Phantom of the Opera, from Beste Zangers. You get a wonderful view of her technical skills with that. Up close and personal. I would love to hear what. You could illuminate with that. Again, thank you! Very enjoyable.

[@JohnHennyVocalStudio]

Thank you, Libby! I did react to Phantom.

[@libbygwinn3937]

@@JohnHennyVocalStudio (wakes up a bit more and goes searching.). 😆 it's been a long day. That will be a good way to end things for the night. (Thumbs up & skitters off)

[@TheStefan6969]

I love hearing your breakdown and analysis. It's fascinating to get a bit of "behind the scenes " technique points.

[@saturngamer1997]

WOW. The explanation was amazing. I'm not a singer, but I was trying to move my mouth to try yo understand how all that works.

[@aigleincomments9532]

wanna follow but i already did on Ghost Love Score. knew you're sth special. non of the other vocal coaches i watched so far, n i did a lot. ever went that deep.^^ for the others it always was "she uses head belt mix by choice to fit the emotions of the lyrics", which feels a bit clunky to someone who isnt into singing at all. with your analyses it feels more like "she has to do it like that. she moves on a thin path n has to follow it. in order to not only hit that beauty but also not mess up entirly." I appreciate this very much. :D

[@TedinCalgary1952]

Thank you very much for going into more depth on Floor's singing. I had posted a comment after your "Phantom of the Opera" review, asking about belting technique, and I'm glad you addressed some of that here. I'm still going to second some of the other commentators here (e.g. Brian Dutkiewicz, below), and refer the comment I made on "Phantom", that I think Floor's Beste Zangers "Mama" and "Que Se Siente" (especially the latter) are her best examples of belting per se. I remember one other commentator (that I did really appreciate) in her review on Floor's belting, said: "Watch her belly button to see how she manages her breath. There - there -- did you see it? Her belly button moved! See it! See!" --- I thought that was really cute. Also, remember, that to be fair to Floor, the quality of the RECORDING is important if we are going to be looking at those subtle inflections, such as you discuss here with "...days...". The Beste Zangers studio was better equipped to pick up those small nuances.

[@sandy1653]

Personally, I can't carry a tune in a bucket. That said, the technical nature of music has always fascinated me and videos like this are really interesting to me. Thank you for taking the time to do them.

[@redaahriman]

Your explanation is totally correct and reminds me what James did preforming the song Nothing Else Matters with the San Francisco symphonic by choosing ending some words with an open "A" we can clearly hear him singing MatteAAAAArs for instance or when he sings "from different _iew" without pronouncing the letter "V" for View. It's obviously a choice rather than being a native English speaker or not. Hope this is a good example to compare with. Remarquable job thank you!

[@SuperMoofie]

She is so masterful at it, she integrates all these highly detailed and carefully thoughtful changes to bring out and express every bit of emotion that Tuomas has so beautifully woven layered into everything he writes like the invisible threads of a tapestry. It's so seamless and subtle most people wouldn't ever notice them, they just know that the song resonates inside them so powerfully. These are techniques that can be taught, but to this level, I feel it is naturally in them too. The understanding between all of them is phenomenal, it's incredible :) Thankyou for explaining this so very well :)

[@DrMV1]

Completely agree to you. Floor mentioned in an interview that she is pretty geeky about singing techniques herself. In one if her last Corona live streams she said when asked that she could imagine doing kind of a vocal masterclass explaining her techniques in more detail in the future.

[@agustinmanyari]

I’m agree with you John! Keep going my friend. I like your reactions, please more Nightwish, Epica, Floor Jansen solo, Anneke van Giersbergen, Within Temptation!! 🙌🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[@helenevans8300]

It would be great to see your reaction to Floor singing How's the Heart acoustic version. 😁👍

[@BamaGrammy]

I understood every word!!! Wow I'm glad you came back and went in more details!! I'm going to check out your pod cast and website 😀😁

[@ilkkak3065]

Thanks for this information 🙂

[@bigraider1430]

There are female singers.... Then there is FLOOR THE VALKYRIE GODDESS JANSEN Its not just the vowels and stuff. I think she sings with great emotion and can really tell the story of the song with her vocal skills. Her stage presence is absolutely off the charts too

[@tucsonastro7763]

I agree with you John. Floor speaks fluent English, very very little accent , even though Dutch is her native languish. So her adjustment to the words is not due to language difficulties. Please keep doing your Nightwish reactions. Thanks, Nightwish Army, Tucson Chapter

[@ralfmeyer9086]

Hallo friend, in my opion,this is the same when you english speaker. For Exempel you are Liverpolean or Texian. Both speak english,..but totally different. I am northern german,but for me the south german has a hard accent. 🤗 stay safe

[@wimg.2377]

Thank you very much, John, I loved your analysis! And you are completely right, Floor is a self-professed vocal geek, who will practice until her styles are perfect, and actually make them into the emotions she wants to express. She knows exactly what to do, when, for how long, etc. for best effect indeed, and she does it with great mastery, amd afaiac, to perfection :). Thanks again! Kindest regards, Wim

[@eljuanchosf]

So much good information here! ❤️❤️❤️

[@ferMusic7878]

Great video

[@LeoGer94]

Please, make a reaction to the songs of the singer Diana Ankudinova.

[@7Taric]

Hello! I ask you to react to the unusually talented young singer from Russia - *DIANA* *ANKUDINOVA* ! She has a very rare low voice for a girl and a catchy timbre! Having heard it, you will not remain indifferent and will recognize among thousands of other voices - this is a fact! Let me recommend covers: "Derniere Danse", "It's Man's Man's Man's World", "Rechenka" (Rechenka, River), "Tomorrow Is A Lie" ( *Diana* is *14* years old); "Wicked Game", "Human", "Blizzard" ( *Diana* is *15* years old). All songs were performed on the project "You are Super!" (Russia) and got *millions* of views on KZbin!

[@stasmarine1638]

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[@sergeykot8753]

Diana Ankudinova 😊👍👍🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥💥💥💥💫💫💫💯

[@carpediem5232]

Really great breakdown!

[@ascensionenergetics85]

Spot on again bud. Loving the reactions, analyses, & breakdowns. This is a great journey to witness! Enjoy! 🔥🤙

[@MKEbcl]

Awesome. We really appreciate you spending the time on breaking this down for us. It shows that you are truly in it for the appreciation of the vocals rather than some of the other “shocked face” reactors just looking for likes and views. You’re not a faker. There is seriously so much more to explore with this women and I hope you do all of it because I’ll be right here watching. Nothing make me happier to see people who enjoy it as much as I do.

[@BamaGrammy]

I always wondered how can I sing with my very southern accent. Now I am hopeful because you showed me how to with your videos!! Thank you!! 👍💓💃💓✨😊👍✨😏👍

[@inessantos6899]

Good job! I'm always looking forward to see someone deciphering Floor's amazing vocals and how she can do that so consistently in every concert and in the entire concert too. Thank you.

[@papaherf7349]

All my respect John!!! Breaking down the technical aspects of these techniques and abilities. Thanks for the wonderful insight.... it’s a welcomed take. Glad the”Army” has welcomed you into this journey! Your AWESOME.

[@johnekare8376]

Wow! Great video! You have a wonderful way of explaining. Though I understand the theory behind the frequencies of notes and how they space out I have never made the connection to why higher notes are harder to hit. Your "ball analogy" made it click. Thank you! On a side note: Floor Jansen is a self professed voice geek and I would love to listen to you and Floor geek out over vocal technique.

[@villainouschrisk]

a professional singer for 18 years at this moment (started at 17, couple of months before turning 35). classically trained, and a coach herself. she clearly puts a lot of thought and practice into her vocal arraignments. her performances continue to evolve throughout any one tour, and, from one tour to another. watch any of the performances from the Decades 2018 performance in Buenos Aires. she was ill to the point of being unable to talk. her technique and stamina are as strong as ever. can see it in "Dead Boy's Poem" in particular.

[@jondrenth1550]

Thanks John, loved this masterclass!

[@JohnHennyVocalStudio]

Great to hear!

[@marcleger7567]

Your good! Tanks!

[@marcleger7567]

* you're good I should say... French Canadien!

[@gillesdumontforcey3808]

Bravo et merci from a french

[@iamsuzanne73]

Very interesting! Thank you 🙏🏻

[@f.lopezjmz]

This was amazing, thank you so much for this wonderful video. It is really hard to find videos where a vocal coach actually reviews the singer and not just reacts to the performance. Floor Jansen is a wonderful singer and having this video where you were able to identify and explain the techniques she uses is Gold!!!!

[@pen7759]

Thank you John! I just recently found my way here. Your enlightening presentation on the use of sound gave me a wider look how to understand songs and singers, to dig deeper in the wonderful world of music. May I also suggest to you, that you´d do NW cover from High Hope, introducing Marko´s amazing vocals, you won´t regret. I´m a member of NW army, greetings from Finland.

[@mattphillips538]

Ever since I saw your outstanding analyses of Sohyang I've hoped (and requested) that you do the same for Floor Jansen. Mission accomplished. Thank you :D

[@paulusorosius]

Perfect job, thanks. You really know, what you talking about. Please continue, more these analyzes of Floor singing.

[@venemautube]

Floor used to be a vocal teacher at the Dutch Rock Academy in the Netherlands .

[@danieldemko7834]

Fascinating feedback as your journey down the Nightwish rabbit hole lol goes on love to hear what if anything you would change or coach Floor on also how many styles do you think she has been trained in. She is absolutely amazing.

[@Antoon55]

Great stuff, thanks! :)

[@liesjedegie1001]

What a great video!!! Can you explain is more off how she does things. Perhaps, About yours is an empty hope. How can she scream/growl and sings so beautifully?

[@fixxa6455]

Ive been listening to a lot of vocal coach reactions, but yours are the most special to me since you show off and explain so much about vocal techniques. Thank you SO much for your time. Ive been listening carefully Youre a Pro!

[@heavy77x]

Love this 🙌

[@fixxa6455]

Im listening it all again. This guy is A MA ZING

[@robdegast3612]

I can't sing a single note, but I really enjoyed this. Thank you so much!

[@ciflores0]

Thanks for the analysis. I'm not a singer, but I am a massive fan of Nightwish and someone that in general loves learning. I became curious of intentional vowel changes from their performance of 'Everdream' where there is a really obvious change she makes to get more sound out. I didn't even notice the ones that you talked about, I'm glad you pointed them out. The fact you released this so soon is such a testament to how committed you are to your channel. Bravo. I can only assume Greatest Show on Earth is it on its away ;) By the way, who would you say your book is appropriate for?

[@Rosannasfriend]

I just finished watching the video. This is a fabulous explanation, reminded me of things that I had learned before. Thank you!

[@ricksix3119]

You Are Great To Listen To...I'm a Metal Drummer, Can't Sing A Note, So I'm Learning From You . Thanks!

[@ricksix3119]

Super Cool Dude!

[@jalf0007]

Great video Sir! I am not a singer, but I am fascinated by the way Floor sings, and to find someone who can really explain to us how she captivates us song after song is just great!

[@magnesiumrose]

This was wonderful. I haven't really heard many delve into vowel work so that was super interesting to learn. Thank you.

[@nevarmaor]

This here is the type of reaction video I enjoy. I only recently became a Nightwish fan and i am not a singer (although I do play guitar / viola / limited keyboard). Expert analysis of songs I enjoy is excellent. Well done, sir.

[@bertbouwhuis]

Enjoyed every second of this explanation. Great stuff!! Thanks!!

[@natalieo-s8908]

Hello! Please react to Rechenka's songs, Human, Wicked Game🌞🌞🌞DIANA ANKUDINOVA is a talented young singer. I would like to know your opinion. I think you will be surprised. Diana has a very unusual voice and artistic presentation for her age.🌹🌹🌹 Thanks in advance!

[@7Taric]

*Diana* *Ankudinova* is an _amazing young singer with a low voice (contralto), which is the rarest for a young girl_ !

[@stasmarine1638]

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[@sergeykot8753]

Diana Ankudinova 😊👍👍🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥💥💥💥💫💫💫💯

[@chardonnay5767]

Great insight. If you do every Nightwish song with this level of detail I'll promise to watch every one of them, lol. If you're looking for more Nightwish songs to analyse I'd suggest Shoemaker from the 2020 album, and then of course The Greatest Show on Earth, live at Tampere 2015 version. Though honestly just about any song from their discography works, really.

[@Laura-ge2sp]

excellent teaching, I learned how to do that high-d belting right, thank you! John Henny! please, analyse and react NW at Tampere, The Greatest Show on Eart, research and texts are needed to be able to really appreciate what is presented :)

[@ralfmeyer9086]

Hallo friend, this was great from you!!🤗😊 one Tip, zwar Floor on the new Nightwish album Human:!!:Nature..it is awesome. Greetings from northern Germany and stay safe

[@calchristensen8562]

Floor speaks several languages, she also has a masterclass on her personal KZbin site.

[@Tomidlo1971]

John, please do Nightwish - How's The Heart Acoustic (Planet Rock acoustic session)

[@mihaapala]

As we are closing to Christmas I suggest ”Ave Maria” by Marko&Floor

[@Garbox80]

Thank you so much for this. It's so nice to hear these things explained open. And I have seen a couple of other coaches do that, and while they have given good information, I like to hear it from other coaches too. Sometimes the idea opens up just because the other person uses different words to say exactly the same thing and even more so as I'm not a native English speaker (rahter than from Nightwishland 😁). One thing that I started to think about when I heard you talking about that mixed register is that where should that sound resonation be felt? I heard you saying something that made me think that it should actually resonate in one's throat. My style of learning to sing requires that I find the right kind of feeling in the right place (although I also like to know the anatomy and tech sides too).

[@richardhall6034]

Hi from the uk 🇬🇧 something you might like to check out How's the hart acoustic Planet rock (it's just floor and troy and a guitar 🎸)

[@sabbilon4542]

Great format of a separate video for a deep dive on the technique. To see her explaining a bit about her school/training, here is a part from Beste Zangers kzbin.info/www/bejne/fGSQYZ-mp5WqprM

[@diablohellfire666]

Please how's the heart acoustic, it is the greatest showcase of her vocal technique I've heard so far.

[@johncodd8908]

I love how, in your Poet reaction, you frown wondering how she is going to tackle "lullaby". And then when Floor chooses to sing "lulla" you smile ....could you expand on this pls .... is it just as simple as the "by" just cannot fit / scan acceptably so this is the compromise to take.

[@moimeme8827]

yes she is a beast of technic and (smart) artistic choices but this great work is for one final goal: transmit emotions and hit you soul. It's always a pleasure to go with her in the world of Nightwish ;).

[@AnOldGreyDog]

Very interesting stuff, I learned a lot, thanks. Just wondering, though, which way round it is: learn how to change the vowel to cause the desired change in the vocal tract, or know what change is needed in the vocal tract and the vowel change comes along for the ride?

[@timlubbers2884]

Not to mention, she can sing songs in 8 different languages...

[@hansolo2121]

tim lubbers Floor kan zingen in het Nederlands, Engels, Duits, Spaans, Zweeds, Fins... Dat zijn er 6. Welke 2 talen mis ik nog dan?

[@Rosannasfriend]

Please react to Diana Navarro, singing “El Perdon”. It is one of the best showcases ever of breath control, emotive ability, register transitions, and dynamic control that I have ever seen.

[@Rosannasfriend]

Here is one of the links. This is the most emotional performance, but brilliant vocals as well. m.kzbin.info/www/bejne/o33caoh_pZmtqdl8ere is one of the links. This is the most emotional performance, but brilliant vocals as well. There is another one where she hold the last note for about 26 seconds! Hold on.

[@Rosannasfriend]

This is the one where she wants the note for 26 seconds. m.kzbin.info/www/bejne/rmqoepdrfZierLeIhis is the one where she wants the note for 26 seconds. I’ll let you find the official music video on your own which is just emotive and haunting.

[@Rosannasfriend]

Here is the music video m.kzbin.info/www/bejne/hpK8qIuErq6YhcU

[@Rosannasfriend]

Now you can take your pick!

[@garyballard179]

I've heard a "vocal coach" on KZbin criticize Floor for this very technique, claiming basically that it's evidence of poor technique. Some Tarjaholics (fans of Nightwish's original singer Tarja Turunen) swear by him, and cite him in their bashing of Floor and Nightwish. Don't remember his name off the top of my head.

[@eddiecreutzburg7375]

I remember Elvann saying Floor wasn't comfortable singing the high notes at the end of Shoemaker. Ridiculous. Another vocal coach the charismatic voice, and real Opera singer was very impressed by Floor's singing.

[@fixxa6455]

When a trainer of vocal coaches likes floor, i trust him MORE then just a vocal coach by him/herself!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@garyballard179]

@@eddiecreutzburg7375 Well, Floor *wasn't* comfortable with Shoemaker. It's a very difficult song, and it took a bit of work to get it how Floor and Tuomas wanted it. But obviously she did an amazing job anyway. And yes, Elizabeth is one of a great many vocalists and vocal coaches who are impressed by Floor. I'm specifically talking about the one or two alleged vocal coaches who take the Tarjaholics' side in their pity party.

[@eddiecreutzburg7375]

Agreed, it took time to do it right. The way She wants it .She always goes for the pure sound, not the opera sound. The Tarja trolls dislike her because she can do any songs belonging to Tarja better. Be safe bro.

[@ChrisPage68]

Geeky? Pour it on me! Music is a language I want to understand - I am fascinated by the musical mind, from the mechanics of singing to how a song is written. I have co-ordination problems due to a neurological condition I was born with, so I don't have the motor skills to enable me to play an instrument. But I want to know the How before I investigate the Why.

[@Andy_U]

@PageMonster - Hiya. You may have already done so, but check out Howard Goodall's Story of Music (6 parts - BBC) and Howard Goodall's How Music Works (4 parts - Channel 4). Both series were made a while back but both are on YT. All the best to you.

[@ChrisPage68]

@@Andy_U Thanks. 😉

[@carlometal]

Epica - Sancta Terra (feat Floor Jansen) Live Retrospect show