Administrator Robert Lunte Posted July 20, 2013 Administrator Share Posted July 20, 2013 TVS Master Certified Instructor, Sergio Calafiura from Italy demonstrates the TVS vocalize, "Onsets & Octave Sirens". To learn more about taking Skype lessons with Sergio Calafiura or The Vocalist Studio International, visit these web sites. ENJOY! www.voicepower.it www.sergiocalafiura.com www.TheVocalistStudio.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ronws Posted July 20, 2013 Share Posted July 20, 2013 I liked it and it inspired me to think about the value of technical exercise. Many have asked, how does this help singing? I think it is more about aligning and tuning the instrument. Later, when you learn a song, you have some technical tools to approach the song. And the flexibility to do it, flexibility you learned in the subtle shifts it takes to do a solid siren. Even if the melody line in a song doesn't do full voice all the way, the ability is there. Belissimo, Senore Calafiura. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D.Starr Posted July 20, 2013 Share Posted July 20, 2013 I like how light his voice is when doing these. I always thought you had to grind in and make them meaty in order to get that beefy sound. His voice does really sound nice and light. The type I'm leaning towards. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator Robert Lunte Posted July 20, 2013 Author Administrator Share Posted July 20, 2013 I liked it and it inspired me to think about the value of technical exercise. Many have asked, how does this help singing? I think it is more about aligning and tuning the instrument. Later, when you learn a song, you have some technical tools to approach the song. And the flexibility to do it, flexibility you learned in the subtle shifts it takes to do a solid siren. Even if the melody line in a song doesn't do full voice all the way, the ability is there. Belissimo, Senore Calafiura. Ron, The purpose of the sirens is precisely that, the calibrate the physiology and tune the acoustics. It is the ultimate muscle memory alignment of all the technical components (physical and acoustic), in a fluid movement. It is exactly the same as a slow Karate kata routine, that when sped up, builds deep muscle memory and "attractor states" for having a near perfect phonation all the time, on any note. This is why mastering the sirens is one of the critical achievements in the "Foundation Building Routine" I teach at TVS. All my students, dive head long into sirens early on to build a voice and muscle memory for singing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator Robert Lunte Posted July 20, 2013 Author Administrator Share Posted July 20, 2013 I like how light his voice is when doing these. I always thought you had to grind in and make them meaty in order to get that beefy sound. His voice does really sound nice and light. The type I'm leaning towards. Starr... No. Grinding? ... Look, singing high notes and sounding beefy is not just about engaging vocal distortion which is one way to get some "beefyness" in your sound, but what most people fail miserably to understand is, this is a lot about amplifying harmonics, not getting louder. These are two different things... "Getting Louder", is equal to pushing, belting too high, shouting and giving into more primitive "shout" instincts... amplifying harmonics is something you have to train to do well.. it involves balancing respiration against vocal fold compression, shaping the vocal tract properly, working the tongue, maintaining an embouchure thats good and of course, tuning the formant with the proper vowels for the desired effect. You see, apes get louder, dogs barking are getting louder... but for singing, you have to amplify frequencies, its a different thing. Now then, to amplify harmonics in singing, you can't push... you already know that. You have to, generally speaking, learn to sing with a medium or lighter mass. Maestro Calafiura is one of the biggest advocates of "light mass" singing on my team... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ronws Posted July 20, 2013 Share Posted July 20, 2013 Ron, The purpose of the sirens is precisely that, the calibrate the physiology and tune the acoustics. It is the ultimate muscle memory alignment of all the technical components (physical and acoustic), in a fluid movement. It is exactly the same as a slow Karate kata routine, that when sped up, builds deep muscle memory and "attractor states" for having a near perfect phonation all the time, on any note. This is why mastering the sirens is one of the critical achievements in the "Foundation Building Routine" I teach at TVS. All my students, dive head long into sirens early on to build a voice and muscle memory for singing. And I totally get that explanation. Always, there is an analogy, simile, or metaphor that presents a picture. If I can continue the analogy. When I was taking Tae Kwon Do, we had the exercises of forms and movement. Then we had sparring, regardless belt rank. The exercises were technique, sparring was singing, real time. Things learned in both. in the technique, we learned the right moves, to become a habit. in sparring, you learn to read the opponent and respond with the right move. In training, you learn technique, in song learning, you learn what to do with that technique. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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