Timecodes: 0:42 - CVT Overview 1:52 - Vocal Effects Demo 3:11 - Research on Effects 3:55 - Effect study 5:42 - Levels of the vocal tract 6:29 - Keywords on the practical work with rough effects 8:10 - Distortion 13:28 - Arytenoid Rattle 17:09 - Growl 21:20 - Grunt 24:55 - Conclusion 26:26 - Fundamentally, we can say ... =)) (watch till the end)
@Contrah777 you're welcome. There's another way to achieve distortion than to just increase twang that he doesn't mention in this video. If you have the necessary twang for overdrive or edge, you can add the hold from curbing, which means that you're basically applying compression by using a valsalva maneuver. It works just as well because it also narrows the throat, thus making the false fold approach each other.
Hello, I am a little confused about the breath support part of CVT. CVT divides breath support into resistance and movement, but does not say what resistance is and how to practice it. So I want to ask should the abdomen be moving inward all the time? What is the difference between the abdominal state of high and low voices? How to practice resistance?😢😢
There are other videos. My understanding is the “resistance” is resisting the air from all going out. The support in should be low from under your navel and your tailbone coming under while your diaphragm pushes out sideways under your ribs and forward under your sternum. Check out this short from a cvt coach jk7T4Krh8Ms
Another point is that the background of this video and the teacher's clothes are black, and I feel that I can't see them clearly. I hope to improve it.
When learning to do distortion is it a more fatiguing exercise than regular singing? When I used to do my normal scales and open singing (neutral) is then work on some rasp, it never hurt and I felt the rasp came from higher up yet I did notice I’d lose some top end notes somewhat quick after trying rasp out after my normal exercises. I wonder if it is just more fatiguing and that’s why I lost top end a little Periodically, and I mean above middle c ish. Or should it not be more fatiguing than regular neutral singing? I always wondered how to build stamina for that vocally . At that point I was doing like an hour and a half of vocal exercises lol
I'm not a CVT coach but from my understanding, it should NEVER hurt your throat. It is more physically demanding from your support though and requires more energy. So your body will be more physically tired after. That could affect your ability to support your highest notes as now you're too tired. If you're losing your voice on your higher notes, and your voice is becoming hoarse then this could mean that you're doing distortion incorrectly and causing uncontrolled constriction and damage to your vocal cords. Be sure you're not pushing too hard while trying to distort! You wont be supporting correctly if you are. Warming up for 1.5hrs sounds incredibly long and that in itself would tire out your body and support.. you wanna make sure you have enough energy left to sing. Warming up is not essential according to CVT, but definitely important to recalibrate your technique and refresh your memory on the good habits. I dont think that needs to be anymore than like 20 mins??
Thank you for your question and send you the best from us Complete Vocal Institute in Copenhagen. This is a good question and as Dan below also points out should it never hurt your voice or make you feel tired or uncomfortable when singing in Distortion. If you feel you get tired when using distortion I would go a couple of steps back to the basic work and find the distortion sound adding a good amount of TWANG and a good balance off support(active support with movement but not locked support). Also be very aware which mode you are in when adding the effect as when using effect you might get out of setting in relation to what mode you are in and also maybe do combined effects ex. Distortion & Creaking etc.. Should you feel a little insecure I would highly recommend you to maybe find an Authorised CVT Teacher to help you on your way. Hope that answers your question Best Wishes Michelle, Aut. CVT Teacher
@@michellesanders6927 Hello, I am a little confused about the breath support part of CVT. CVT divides breath support into resistance and movement, but does not say what resistance is and how to practice it. So I want to ask should the abdomen be moving inward all the time? What is the difference between the abdominal state of high and low voices? How to practice resistance?😫
@@GGbond763 Yes, I can understand that it might be confusing about the support but in the CVT App it is described under "Feeling Support". During inhalation the diaphragm is contracted and lowered and will naturally stay there for a short time where you would not feel out of breath and need to exhale and breathe. This is called the "free support "Here you do not need more muscles strength to support the voice( more actively use the abdominal, back muscles and loin muscles to hold the air back(controlling the airflow). As soon as you ex. have to sing a longer phrase or higher notes you add gradually more muscle support to control the airflow(holding back the breath). Here you could example feel the active support (when you sing and hold the air back) by placing one hand at the solar plexus and the other hand on your abdomen around the navel and while holding the air back gradually bring out the solar plexus while at the same time bringing in the abdominal. This should give you a sensation that you are working against a resistance but still maintaining the movement while holding the air back. You can also imagine that you are about "to sprint" , blow up a ballon/ but holding the air in - carrying a heavy bag (but not to heavy). The sensation of resistance should never be locked ( the feeling when you add way to much muscles tension)- ex making "heavy sit ups". I hope this covers some of your questions. If you are more interested in CVT you can download the free app in App Store or get it at Google Play. Should you find the free app interesting you can bye the CVT App which covers the whole CVT Technique. Best Wishes Michelle/ Authorised CVT Teacher from Complete Vocal Institute
Maddy is great ! I met her and the band in Denver in 1976 and had a drink or four with them after the show. What a great band !! I kept in touch by mail and got a Christmas card from Maddy !
What is the name of the song that Sascha Wienhausen sings in the live excerpt? I was able to experience Sascha Wienhausen as a singing teacher. An absolute expert who amazed and inspired me. 🙂
Finally a scientific explanation on the difference between CVT modes. In the book it only says "hold" and "bite", which helps getting the mode but are very abstract compared to "the false folds almost completely covers the vocal folds in edge", which justifies the need of defining a "mode".
This is so interesting. I think it shows the rigour and discipline associated with CVT. I will make inquiries about the CVI course. I hope I can make an appointment with this specialist.
This is very interesting. I'd really like to hear the samples this is based on. Are those available somewhere? I wonder if the singers had a good technique and these configurations actually correspond to good technique and useable sounds. For example, how high is the larynx actually with edge? According to my experience, while it's not possible to sing edge with a lowered larynx, it's neither necessary nor useful to raise the larynx for edge, unless desired to obtain a specific extreme sound color. Also I wonder if or how overdrive is related to ring. I see the epiglottis is pulled back here, so there is probably ring present in the example shown. Finally, I wonder, how a phonation with both a lot of ring and twang present would be classified in CVT.
And just for the record, I went to several vocal coaches that couldn't teach me to sing the way I wanted. I didn't succeed until I found a vocal coach with a CVT certificate. This method is sooooo good - based on science, not on experience or opinions. It's just brilliant! :-)
I have some hearing impairment as I age and as much as I love singing plus have a decent voice my pitch has been an issue lately. This issue has caused me to retire as a singer which I did for over 40years. So this is very encouraging. thank you
If you are willing to use CTV you will find out that your voice is a lot more flexible! Many singers think they´re supposed to do one specific thing with their voice but no.
Only problem is, you can always tell it is a technique. Listen to Mariah Carey, Mary J Blige or black gospel artists, when they growl and squall it sounds natural, like part of their voice. It doesn’t sound like they put an effect on their voice, it sounds organic
I can make a distortion that is pretty uncomfortable and painful, and that seems to be the default way I use my voice like the location. Cuz I can feel the difference when I do the throat clear in certain ways, and I can feel it go back to the unhealthy spot when I try to actually use it open mouth. Idk, I'll keep at it. This is cool.
You can try doing it a tiny bit painfully with a lot of energy just to get the sound right and to feel where the vibration comes from, then back off, have a cough drop, and try to get that part vibrating again with less work and less tension so that it doesn't hurt anymore.
