How to Sing Better! - Evynne Hollens

All the tips you need to become a better singer!
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[@PeterHollens]

I hope people really use these to learn how to sing better!

[@sophiesergent4218]

+Peter Hollens I have no idea of singing ´cause I just sing in the car ( my mum drives the car:) ) when we listen to the Radio or old Songs on CD ... but this was pretty good and helpful. Maybe now I do sound like a humanand not like a disabled bird ;)

[@hdd6754]

Just started watching this so we'll see if I improve....hopefully...I've got a long long way to go before I can even get the confidence that I sound decent.😓

[@mattsipe4370]

Hope you aren't against too into the rivalry, but I am currently attending OSU, just a few miles away from U of O, where you apparently graduated from college. Just saying Hi, and Go Oregonians!

[@noahpennington9861]

This sounds exactly what my choir director says pretty much every day in school! You definitely know what you're doing when you give these tips!

[@kreiger]

Is it possible for anyone to become good at singing? I can't sing well, doesn't stop me while in the car though.

[@taranwarner6822]

Absolutely!! My singing used to be terrible earlier and people begged me to shut up. Now people are fine with my voice and some people even like it. You just have to keep singing everyday. Videos like these will also help. Good luck please don't give up.

[@JoyMarie201]

I used to be really tone deaf in certain tones. But if you practice and practice like she says you will become a better singer. Since i started singing more and using her lessons my voice has become stronger. I'm hitting notes that i used to not be able to hit. lots of practice. Try singing along with a song that is in your voice range and leave one head phone off to listen to yourself. Try to match the tone as best as you can.

[@yukinoyurina3279]

@@taranwarner6822 So, you can get better at singing? How much do you have to practice to get better? Lol, I'm so late.

[@peacelovedolls1672]

Yukino Yurina well, I’m not her lol, but maybe like a half hour-ish every day? It honestly depends on how quickly you want to improve. I would always go to a 45 minute choir class at school, and through that I got really good within about a year or two. I think a half hour would work too, though, or 15 minutes; it just depends on the amount of time you have and how quickly you want to improve, and how many songs you do. But the more time you spend, the better you’ll get, and the faster, too. That either really helped or just confused you, sorry about that 😂

[@boblob3509]

gonna have to stop you there

[@peacelovedolls1672]

You should make more of these videos, you are such a queen at music!! I watched these videos a few years ago to get into a special singing group in my school, and the tips have stayed with me ever since. Because of these tips, I made it into the second highest choir in my school; which is huge for me because I live in a town with so much vocal talent! So thank you again, Mrs. Hollens; these videos have truly helped me on my musical journey! ❤️

[@SharieFernandez]

Hi! I recently got "rejected" in being a soloist at my school like twice or more and I am determined to get better and be CONFIDENT about it! It's so easy to compare yourself to others but i really HOPE that things can get better and that I will drastically improve 🙏🏻

[@henryhortswigl9013]

Yes! Evynne has finally given me a real reason to stare at her and her husband as they sing! Now people can't tell me I'm weird, I can tell them that they asked me to. In all seriousness though, I'm glad to see you coming out into the new year with your enthusiasm and I look forward to this new year.

[@EvynneHollens]

+Henry Hortswigl Haha Thanks so much Henry!

[@nechialee4624]

Thanks so much Evynne, really really helpful.

[@DFPSprite]

Thanks, Evynne, all of these help so much! The head voice has always been the hardest. Most women are mezzo soprano, I'm Dramatic Alto. All of these have helped to get my head voice and mixed voice stronger. Awesome lessons and great tips!

[@iagolopesneves2701]

I learn so much watching your and Peter´s videos! You are awesome singers and teachers...

[@EdelweissM_TheJourney]

Thank you for sharing your great talents!

[@carowelt]

Thank you so much for all your videos, they are so helping.... I can sing higher that ever since I started watching them and got into the berliner philhamonic choir ! Can't thank you enough, I love your music videos with Peter, your voices are so beautiful together :)

[@Treasure3167]

Can you please do one on lower registers? Low notes are a real weak spot for me. I mean I'm pretty sure I fall in the soprano range, but I would still like to be able to sing a more robust low note.

[@srdjandebic]

Awesome lesson! Now that I reflect on some things while I listened to you or Peter this will really help! Sadly I have trouble due to my nasal speech, but sometimes when I sing it disappears and it really does help me with my confidence and speech in general! Thank you so much, both of you! :)

[@lynsey6766]

This is such a lovely series! :)

[@calensmith9754]

Hallah!!!!!!! So excited for that collab!!!! :) and thank you so much for these tips Evynne! (I know I don't always get to watching them so I was gla when I got to this one ^^) and about practicing (and everything else) I totally agree with you! Two years ago when I started choir I had a voice but was shy and nervous but now with practicing more (it's our homeschool choir so it's not to many people, 6-11 is about how many people we usually have) I definitely notice that I can sing much better and have better range and more confidence (even though I'm still working on singing by myself XD) thanks again for the tips! Always helpful :)

[@jordanbrown6178]

this was amazing it helped so much

[@leighbuckland6834]

love the tips

[@elmssarah]

Really enjoying these lessons. Even though I mostly sing in my car I'm noticing your tips are helping me sound better. My children thank you lol!

[@rachaelw5655]

Super great these videos thank you. Xx

[@mathildemarkhusevensen9686]

Love you!

[@thedurbanite]

these videos are so great, I'm just getting back to doing my music again.

[@losetuinei9273]

This is awesome!! Thanks so much. I was wondering, could you do a video on how to do riffs/runs? Thanks!

[@felipress]

I loved your class. I'm craving about it, here from Brazil.

[@videogameheat]

Thanks for the lessen Evynne. As a voice actor I have been looking to improve my singing and this helped out a ton. Keep up the great work. ^_^

[@melissamelissa7127]

I just found an awesome singing learning course which I know you are going to love. The course teaches you how to sing professionally Here is the link >>> HowToBeASinger23.blogspot.com

[@indigomoon5904]

I've always loved to sing and I've been singing for a long time. I have a really deep bass voice and Peters cover of misty mountains was always my go to song to sing along with because I can hit those notes so easily and I can hit even lower notes than he can. But I've also had the struggle of people saying I can't sing well. It's really bashed my confidence and I never really had gotten into practicing vocal exercises or techniques to sing better. I've always been a long time fan of you and peter. Watching his videos I have noticed that he doesn't really just sing straight out he always moves his face and lips and jaw in a lot of different ways. This video really helps explain why he does that. I'm hoping one day I can be as great as you guys are!

[@joellenmotleyreeves8557]

I love all of your videos! I paid a lot of money to learn all of this!

[@christinnelima8548]

Love it

[@Treasure3167]

BTW these are really great. I love all the information. :-)

[@TikTokVideos-xl9cv]

Oh thank you so much.

[@lindseysteel5534]

YES! I cannot wait for the collab with you husband! You two are so amazing together. :-)

[@BlackLotusC108]

Thank You SOOOO much Evynne Hollens i really needed to understand what i needed to get better :D

[@EvynneHollens]

+iFritzzz Boy Awesome! So glad this was helpful!

[@MultifandomMashup]

as soon as I stopped singing from my throat and started singing more from my abdomen, instant improvement! wonderful lesson:)

[@Musicmansladiesband]

Such great tips. They actually make sense. Some of the online lessons get confusing. But not you :) Thank you. p.s. I want your workspace! I'm jealous. lol -Ericka

[@Jocimererocha]

Amo suas dicas. Pena que você não tem mais feito vídeos com dicas de canto

[@laurenhoffmann1316]

Could you do a video about how-to vibrato? Thanks!!

[@Arwen94]

thanks u for ur precious advices ! we need more lessons (I do need more lessons lol)

[@lindseysteel5534]

YES! I cannot wait for the collab. song with your husband! You two are amazing together. :-)

[@theparmeesiantwins4360]

I don't know why but our school: Hogwarts, shared this video to the whole school

[@TechGirl84]

Small detail: it's enunciation. Annunciation is a different word and concept altogether. Still love Evynne and Peter. Just thought everyone should know. I'm kinda a stickler for spelling. Love the tips though!

[@RobinPierceWildMoonSister]

LOL, at the end where you mention you have a special collaboration coming up with your husband and I start shrieking 'YES YES YES YES' at the screen, I'm so funny...but the BEST COLLABORATIONS are always the Hollens/Hollens collaborations, every time! I remember the time we did a poll of what sort of songs to see Peter do more of and the Peter/Evynne a cappella duets choice was the top, most-chosen vote in that poll, we know what we love! Yes, please, more of those! :)

[@EvynneHollens]

+Robin Pierce YAY! I knew you'd be excited Robin!

[@adityashiv6015]

It was really helpful and I'll be looking forward to see and learn more from you btw it'll be really helpful for me if you could tell us about vocal damage and how can we rectify and identify those stuffs cause most if the time we blame the weather or etc for not being able to sing or having a sour throat whereas the truth is we develop those damages when we warm up ( unintentionally ) and we never observe it carefully Ive been experiencing a raspiness in my voice especially as I sing in my high mix voice ( I hope I haven't developed any vocal damage or defect ) . Maybe it's cause I do my warm ups wrong or I strain ( I just hope its not nodules ) . Nevertheless that'll be really helpful Thank you so much for taking the time out to make such videos for us .Tbh you and your family are really very charming . God bless !

[@actuallyscarlet]

There's an artist I really like and I love his songs. It's Alec Benjamin and I believe he is a tenor? What female vocal range would suit that the best? Not sure if this makes any sense at all aha

[@nyla-amarasmit8117]

yeuh peter and you! such big fan of that. i hope you can help a video over singing without hearing taking deep breath to get the long sentence out and then gasp for new air. can you help ?

[@TuhinBepariMusic]

Agreed 100%

[@aidencordon7884]

I'm watching all of your lessons at once because I have to preform in Les Mis next week

[@MrLeonthebestest]

Hey Evynne, have you ever sung operatic songs? Could you possibly make a video on that?

[@makurgak5599]

i like it

[@drevildruid]

I recently joined the choir in my Ward and had a breakthrough. Often I couldn't sing in front of others due to a lack of confidence. However since our last performance that lack of confidence has disappeared. It can be difficult for me to stay in my register. I naturally sound like Bing Crosby, Dean Martin or Frank Sinatra but no one listens to that type of music anymore as far as I know. I am untrained but singing makes me happy and I have a dream of collaborating with my idol, Lindsey Stirling.

[@Silverwing28]

Thanks so much for these voice lessons! Now, a question for anyone. I'm a beginning singer and had one personal voice lesson (can't afford more). The teacher said I'm a soprano and my voice would be good for legit or classical singing. Is there anyone here who knows good songs for beginners in that style? Unfortunately my classical and legit music knowledge is very low.

[@goochfart]

Thank you so much for these singing lessons! they have made me a better singer! :) You are amazing! Also, I have a choir competition next week! wish me luck!

[@kerrin6981]

GOOD LUCK! Do NOT stress! ;)

[@kerrin6981]

GOOD LUCK! Do NOT stress! ;)

[@goochfart]

+Kerrin Mountcastle thank you!!

[@kerrin6981]

Xiola Steele No problemo!

[@goosegaming9720]

@evynnehollens I just started watching your singing lesson playlist on KZbin. I've been a fan of both you and your husband for years now. I want to get better at singing. I'm terrible at it. When you say pick a song in your vocal range.. how do you know what your range is?

[@trishazeigler92]

sang "blessings" by Laura Story last sunday at church. I wanted to sing it because it is about growing closer to God thru the hard times. I have a 28 year old friend from school that is going thru end stage cancer so the family and friends in our church are kinda grappling with not understanding why some things happen. The song is about trusting God when life doesn't go our way. Have you ever gotten tingly and shaky while singing (not hyperventalating) I've been nervous before, but this was different.

[@jacmanders]

hey this was my first lesson and i think it helped but while i was watching this my throat was hurting so i'm gonna do later thank you bye

[@mariascarpino7332]

How do I become less shy when I sing in front of people? I've never sang in front of other people, bexcept my sister, how do I get confident enough to do Thayer?

[@Trusteft]

Any chance you will do a cover of either Breathe or Too Far by Kylie Minogue? Please? :)

[@vanessabarnes8006]

Can you recommend a playlist of your singing lesson videos that I can follow in the best order to watch? Also are you willing to watch me sing in my vids and give pointers on how I can improve?

[@amandawalen3488]

hey I have one question that's been like in my head thus week. for my career I want to become a music therapist. In my choir we are taught to have open rounded tone. It sounds nice but just me singing like that sounds weird. So lately I have been self conscious about my voice. So I guess my question is How can I feel confident in my voice and how I can find my true voice. Hope I hear back. thanks

[@alexisissorandom671]

Hey do you have a how to breath while singing vidieo

[@hitcher1779]

I wish some stars would watch this 1 video - they would learn so much

[@miriamcq]

Hi Eveynne!! I'm a huge fan of yours!! I'm a beginner in singing (well...I've actually been singing in the shower for 12 years but that's all) and my problem is that for some reason I can only sing with my throat, I know we are supposed to sing from our belly but I can't do it. Any tips? Thank you fror all your work!

[@shayleeoloughlin5135]

Place your hands on your abdomen when you sing and try to breathe deeply enough that it moves. Push the breathe out at a steady pace using your stomach muscles. If you can't get it right away, practice!

[@codsamanta]

Is it possible to become decent at singing if you have no talent? I have a good ear for music...If I hear a tune I can reproduce it and if I fail at it I can tell right away. But I'm not confident at all in my voice. I feel it sounds bad and the way I imagine it should sound is nothing like what it actually sounds. Is it possible to use what I have and improve it to the point where I can have a karaoke party and sing without making a fool of myself?

[@KunamaElgar]

Heehee oh Evynne it's enunciate, not annunciate! Made me smile though ;) I love all your vocal lessons - it's a great addition to what I'm learning in my church choir.

[@derrickchen5480]

I need help!! My voice always sounds really buzzy.

[@ajaxronanpatrick150]

wait wait wait wait are are you??? married to peter hollens???? how did i not make that connection what the heck

[@celyneelizabethoconnor7810]

Yeah she is lol

[@marcdaaboul3020]

Wait... Isnt that Alabama?

[@itsmeryyy2164]

WHAT!!!

[@edwardhope4750]

idk what sing without the throat means. I am literally incapable of making noise at all if I don't base it in my neck

[@bryce3754]

wow thanks ev my real name is Bryce biedenharn but I'm commenting on my dad's account but I am 11 years old well I am a big singer songwriter musician in the piano actor drawer and want to be soprano. I love ur covers

[@silverbellebejar34]

how to develop a natural vibrato?

[@izaiaz12]

Use your chest voice, that was my problem, now my vibrato is flawless

[@iamsherk2605]

Now I understood the purpose of those blinds😂

[@crybeary395]

Im trying to learn how to sing avril lavignes head above water but my voice just doesnt have that much depth

[@kalinanesbit339]

The shoop of shoop song is like and for Raya and the last dragon. Noew Lead the way music video

[@brookelee9745]

How do i even know what my vocal range is?

[@sylviagoodman7642]

Brooke Leigh what hurts too much and doesn't sound right like if you can sing Miley find like songs if you're more of Lana del Rey do like songs. Or if you're Sabrina Claudio find stuff like that

[@tshepisomodise1408]

thank you now i can song better

[@kalinanesbit339]

Even hollens Peter hollens Like and beauty and the last dragon like and for you and for

[@thegayraven9175]

It's hard for me because all the singers I like are female. So I can't really match the vocal range they have at all.

[@asstroeongdong-min1709]

The Gay Raven same here but the opposite

[@michelledamian5286]

My hole family say’s that I have a rilley bad voice and I take singing lessons but they don’t work.

[@karenheberling6689]

Annunciate means announce. I think the word you wanted was enunciate, which means pronounce clearly.

[@anonymousqueen6618]

Is there anyone here in the future I mean 2019 . Please give me the thumbs up to know

[@rattoes-png]

yas

[@sanjuanmaangelas6612]

2020

[@lynetteramoutar2174]

Did you mean ‘enunciate’? Because ‘annunciate’ means ‘announce’. Lol! Very helpful tips tho.

[@alinathewarrior]

Well, i wanna sing like Christina Aguilera but i have a voice like britney. :/

[@nyla-amarasmit8117]

cant react?

[@manicjames4430]

*Open your mouth wider* SO I DO A JIM CARRY!? LIKE THIS!? 😲😄

[@maximellow5745]

I want to be better at singing, but I have a horrible voice.

[@siivanatoivanamahalniya1926]

i wish she leaves forever

[@elmssarah]

Really enjoying these lessons. Even though I mostly sing in my car I'm noticing your tips are helping me sound better. My children thank you lol!

[@lindseysteel5534]

YES! I cannot wait for the collab with you husband! You two are so amazing together. :-)

[@lindseysteel5534]

YES! I cannot wait for the collab. song with your husband! You two are amazing together. :-)

[@nyla-amarasmit8117]

yeuh peter and you! such big fan of that. i hope you can help a video over singing without hearing taking deep breath to get the long sentence out and then gasp for new air. can you help ?