VOCAL CORD CLOSURE: EXPLAINED (For Opera Singing)

[@Dynamofoe]

What happens in the body to go from “reinforced falsetto” to “full voice”? It would be cool to hear an A-B example if the two on the same note 😊👍🏼 thanks for the great video!

[@ajish4377]

Thanks! Such wonderful knowledge you are imparting!!

[@Tenor_Simerilla]

@@ajish4377 🙏❤️

[@tomaszdziwisz8736]

Dziękuję za tutorial 🙂 Każdy początkujący powinienem tego posłuchać. Brawo 👍

[@RiyazLearnSinging]

Wow! This explanation of vocal cord closure was incredibly detailed and easy to understand. Thank you for breaking it down so clearly!

[@davydelafuente]

So glad to see this topic on your channel. As a learner, I practice cord closure by expelling a steady stream of air with a slightly breathy cord closure tone and gradually close the cords until a "clean" tone is produced. It helped me understand the muscle coordination required for cord closure that produces a clean tone and what a clean tone feels like in my body. Would much appreciate your opinion on this technique if you have time. Thank you!

[@utilitydisk]

wouldn’t do this because with time there’s the risk you sing with air pressure…

[@moisesosio1]

There should be more videos like this. Totally grateful

[@RunJohnyRun]

This video is a total gem ❤❤❤ thanks a lot!

[@josesolayao5019]

excellent analogy Joe thank you.

[@efekincal]

Great video Jose thank you 🙏

[@bigdadeins]

Danke!

[@Tenor_Simerilla]

@@bigdadeins 🙏❤️

[@nellyd9280]

Love youe channel. It's the bomb. You are a good communicator talking about the voice You help my understanding of the voice although I am a female, non operatic singer.....who's been hesitant about training in opera for some time....any advice?

[@juancarlosmorales4290]

Excelente explicacion! Muchas gracias por tus enseñanzas. Saludos desde Argentina!

[@moorfan1]

What a wonderful and lucid explanation. Not only are you an excellent singer, you also understand extremely well the mechanics of what you are doing! Bravo! If you want to hear a popular singer who sometimes is using too much cord tension, listen to the noises that Adele often makes.

[@frangiew9076]

Great video….now, show us how use this information in a lesson (beginner)

[@KN-CoverKN-Cover-lg5to]

Thank You🎼🙏

[@science_and_art_2022]

Excellent video Jose that clearly explains the concept.. Thanks!

[@simaoandrade1121]

“so that it creates a pressurized stream of air, and it would sound like this:” *TWO ADS IN A ROWWWWW! 15 SECONDS WITHOUT SKIP ALLOWANCE, ADDS ABOUT FOOD DELIVERY AND PIZZA HUT’S NEW PIZZA AND I AM SO HUNGRY AT THE AIRPORT WHERE EVERYTHING COSTS A KIDNEY* Nice video, Jose!! Good singing finally being taught ❤ Keep it up!!

[@hmehr345]

Fantastico

[@harshakotuwegedara]

Thank you so much❤️❤️

[@rebeccamarie5839]

Hiya, hope your having a great day. Thank you for the explanation video 😊 I'm just wondering if anone could learn to sing Opera? I love singing and have videos on here but not sure if I have the ability or correct voice for being able to sing Opera, but I would love to learn.

[@jeffwang3584]

Singers are half physicists, musicians are half philosophers😉

[@hodgrix]

Do you think the more falsetto like examples you provided are also good for soft singing dynamics?

[@holophrazeinikos2046]

well done- another thing you do well (IMO) is make a slight noise when you breathe in- . the so called 'happy surprise' (Joan Sutherland) or impulse to sing (Janet Baker) or 'breath-jerk'( bad translation from German in Lilli Lehmann's book-) or many more from past great singers and teachers. Is yours from training or natural or...? Another good point you make: Del Monaco, Caruso, Kaufmann, etc.were trained initially as more falsetto based tenors before singing with more strength. Caruso was called "the Breathy baritone" after training --before finding what you're calling cord closure. Do you think there's a psycho-physical part to this? Risk and trust and other personal qualities seem to be involved as well. Might make a good video. Thanks

[@Tenor_Simerilla]

@@holophrazeinikos2046 1.) trained in, before you make any sound you have to prepare the onset, take that “happy surprise” breath that open the throat. 2.) Before step 2, and 3, and so on , you have to do step 1. If you don’t allow the cords to stretch and thin as you ascend and allow this natural process to happen without muscular tension there is no point in continuing to the next steps where we add cord closure and resonance, and more so called “strength” and “power” because if the voice can’t ascend freely then it’s stuck and there’s no point adding more tension to an already tensed voice. Falsetto used as a development tool helps because subglottic pressure is much lower so we’re training the action of stretching and thinning the voice in a much more tense free environment. The problem is that nobody sees that process or knows of it from the greats, they just see the finished product (they KZbin an experienced del Monaco singing “Donna no vidi mai” or something like that) and they say “oh see they’re not doing that!” “The greats didn’t do that” etc etc… blah blah…but they did! In their early development they did, and the reason they’re so great is also because they’re allowing the process of thinning and stretching in the cords to happen freely while maintaining cord closure which that you CAN HEAR, it’s so ingrained automatically from all the training they’ve done. But they all at some point started with step 1. Remember when KZbin them you’re listening to a finish product, most then want the same result immediately without putting in the work the greats did. Start with step 1! 👍

[@holophrazeinikos2046]

@@Tenor_Simerilla What a great reply!! Thank you so much for taking the time to clarify and explain. I'll read and apply this info many times-Your point about what appears as the final result hiding the many steps to get there (like falsetto)is awesome-Thanks again!!!

[@phix8949]

Hi, I'm 16 years old and I've been singing classical music for a year, but I still don't have the basics. I clench, I try to take a good deep breath and on the notes c3 to g3 my larynx is in a good place, but as I go up I feel like something is changing, my larynx goes up and it makes me clench. Do you have any tips on how to be more relaxed while singing? Have you been through this too?

[@ilecier]

Nice to see that I gave the occasion for this in-depth explanatory video with my comments on chord closure under your last video. Keep up the good work!👍

[@spirefactsyt5559]

Hello Jose. Do you teach singing as well? I'd love to book a couple online sessions with you.

[@Tenor_Simerilla]

@@spirefactsyt5559 I do, you can email [e-mail]

[@alexeiderperezhernandez461]

11:10 tenor cliché moment 😂😂😂❤❤

[@Delectatio]

When we whisper, isn't it yet another mode of cord closure🤔? And there also is vocal fry...

[@aangenendt]

In both situations we are not allowing the vocal cords to close properly. So it’s why whisper is actually not healthy.

[@Delectatio]

@@aangenendt on the other hand, vocal fry is healthy and used to check if everything is OK with you vocal cords (you cannot do vocal fry if it's not) - so, the "improper closure" is not always harmful.

[@aangenendt]

@@Delectatio true

[@andrzejmichaowski8734]

How can I get to your lessons?

[@Tenor_Simerilla]

@@andrzejmichaowski8734 email me at [e-mail]

[@samuelm.5752]

Isn’t all this controlled by your diaphragm mostly? Are we to maintain as much air as possible in the diaphragm during the entire phrase of a song?

[@simong8527]

If your cords are loose and air leak, diaphragm won’t help. Besides diaphragm works when inhaling only and you can’t control it.

[@vocalishamburg]

The air is controlled by 1. ) the proper cord closure and 2.) by keeping the diaphragm more or less in the position of inhaling. It should rise up as slow as possible.

[@ChrisTechGuide]

Please make videos for non opera singers 😢

[@matthewcimino229]

What he is saying applies to the basic mechanics of any singing style, except maybe growling and heavy metal.

[@samuelm.5752]

There is a movie Angelina Jolie just made that she’ll be playing Maria Callas. Apparently, she’ll sing the part and has had vocal training for 7 months for the role. I did not know she was a singer. How can you develop Maria Callas’ voice in just 7 months? I’ve been listening to Maria Callas performances and do not know why all the hoopla in the opera community about her. To me she just sounded like a good opera singer, but nothing earth shattering or out of this world which people make her out to be.

[@nicochisha7927]

I do understand your opinion about Angelina playing Callas . However you trying to knock down Callas and her reputation musically is absolutely tasteless. Even though you are entitled to an opinion. But then again you could be out for attention 😢

[@tfwthewhen]

yippee

[@niklasdefries]

This is so wrong!! Air is not supposed to pass through the vocal cords! Big myth! Phonation happens through a hole in the back of the head. Every REAL opera singer knows this. (I hope the irony is obvious - can't believe you get comments like this all the time 😅)

[@samuelm.5752]

He must be doing something right. He sounds great to me. Whatever works for you.

[@simong8527]

A hole in the back of the head.. is this a horror movie?

[@bigdadeins]

Danke!

[@Tenor_Simerilla]

@@bigdadeins 🙏❤️