Voice Teacher Reacts to Mariza - Chuva (Concerto em Lisboa) 

Wow, I'm so suprised you reacted to Mariza! She's a really famous singer here in Portugal and she's also kinda well known abroad. The style of music she's singing is fado. If I could recomend some other singers I would say Amália Rodrigues. She was the one who gave fado an international status. Another great fado singer is Gisela João. Would really like to see your reaction to these singers!

To sing Fado is to "cry a story", usually a sad story made out of hardship, broken heart, loneliness and the feeling of emptiness by missing someone (in portuguese we have a word for it: "Saudade"). That's what she is doing. That harshness in the voice, that strain is what you get when crying.

if u wanna hear her reach higher notes listen to gente da minha terra the live performance it's such a beautiful one

omg I can't believe it! I've been following your channel recently and I'm Portuguese. I was not expecting this. Marisa is singing fado. It is a Portuguese style and was considered immaterial heritage of humanity. It's something unique. Fado is very emotional, it aims to convey feelings, usually strong and sad. The reason she sings with her mouth like that is because of the language, we don't open our mouths that much Thanks for this reaction. Fado is very beautiful and I'm not saying this because I'm portuguese. Check out more about fado, I know you won't regret it

I need to say: even for those who can't understand the lyrics, the sentiment and emotions are so clear and so throughout that one can almost cry while listening to it. She's just got a new fan.

You should react to her singing "Gente da minha terra"!

Really happy you reacted to my suggestion! I think the style that she sings in is very natural in Fado, it's all part of the de genre of music. Great video xx

2:16 Omg I thought the same thing about her and Amalia Rodrigues. Stylistic jaw tension might just be a thing in fado. I like the emotional intensity that it sets the mood for.

Thank you so much for reacting to our Marisa! I suggest « Ó Gente Da Minha Terra »: it’s a beautiful song amazingly sung by her! Her live performances of this song are great! She’s even performed it on David Letterman’s show!

She's the only singer that can sing me into tears. It's unbelievable

That's actually the most popular kind of music in Portugal! It's called Fado and I'm complitely in love with what you did, cause most of reactors only react to popular voices! I really advice everybody in the commenta to listen to some Fado. It's part of my culture, something I'm really prouf of! Thanks a lot Sam, cause you're not like everyone else, I appreciate it and that's why I love your videos

The hoarseness is a stylistic choice that relates to the way Fado is sung in Lisbon. It's not supposed to sound completely clear, it's supposed to have some grit to it, because the people who started singing it were not professionals, it was a song of the People, especially the lower classes, sung it in taverns and brothels. It's an early form of blues, you could say, it has to sound like your heart is about to jump out of your mouth, and because they were all live performances the singers had to throw their voice across the room effectively. Watch this video of an acapela performance she did on a Brazilian talk show, singing in a completely different style and mimicking the Brazilian singer Elis Regina, _plus_ using a Brazilian accent, which isn't naturally hers (ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-HQCAFVmK5mk.html) Skip to 12:00

She is not "singing", she is talking with the audience. It's Fado.

I'm so pleased her way of singing is some how new to you! I grew up in Spain and love this Portuguese music, Fado is very emotional, and Mariza is incredibly gifted.

The CH sound in Portuguese is exactly the same as the SH sound in English. ;)

Can't believe you react to this music I'm portuguese I really like this music

Fado! Portuguese style of “crying” / haunting storytelling music. Dulce Pontes 1993 “Cancao do Mar” went worldwide when it was featured on the movie Primal Fear with Richard Gear. Then 1999, big one with Dulce Pontes and Andrea Bocelli, “O mare e tu”!

A free, non-literal English translation: Rain The ordinary things in life Don’t leave a sense of longing Only the memories that hurt Or make us smile There are people who stay with us For they are a part of our story And there are those whose names We can’t even remember There are emotions that give life To this longing of mine Those I had with you And just ended up losing There are days that mark the soul And this life of ours And that day when you left me I cannot forget The rain was soaking my face Frozen and tired The streets of the town On which I had wandered My cry of lost girl Shouted out to the town That the fire of love Had just died in the rain And the rain heard it and kept quiet My secret to the town And then it hit he glass window Bringing back that sense of longing

Mariza is actually one of the most articulate fado singers, you can understand every word correctly, so her face shape is in order to speak the words as clear as possible for our language is perfect. About the singing, that's how Fado singers sound, if you want to hear other 2 singers with a full sound I recommend Ana Moura and Carminho, they will show you what fado singing is like, even more traditionally than Mariza.

I came across your videos today and have enjoyed them very much. I am glad you picked Mariza. I have seen her live twice in Vancouver Canada. She puts on an amazing concert. During her concert she does one song without a mic, and has no trouble filling the 1200 seat theatre with her voice. I would like you to critique one of her other songs. Ó Gente Da Minha Terra, as mentioned in other comments would be a good choice. Thank You for your Videos.

I'm portuguese, and if you wanna hear some higher notes you have to react to "Ó gente da minha terra". Mariza is one of the most prestigious singers in Portugal

Portugal está orgulhoso 🇵🇹

Thank you so much for reacting to fado music! It's not something people often react to since it isnt popular, so this is just so amazing to see😭😭😭

That Phrase, „I‘ve never seen anyone sing like this“ is what we portugueses call on a more current language „que puta de voz!“ Feel free to translate that 😂

You never heard it because it's a traditional Portuguese kind of music called "fado". It was already considered a Portuguese heritage. You may would like to ear other artists that sing this kind of music.

I really think that language could also be a reason for the closed-ness, along with stylistic choice. It's easy to pronounce her words this way. It's likely the same way she speaks, whereas some other languages may be harder to get away with singing like that. She opens a bit when she gets louder, though. I don't know, just a guess.

The Portuguese language (from Portugal) is a very hard languag to sing in since almost all the vowels are closed. Portuguese singers usually sing with their mouths very closed so that they can pronounce the words correctly. When you say she opens up its when the word itself has a open vowel. Also the style of music she is singing is linked to sadness and the feeling you get when you miss someone , so people sing it with this very characteristic deep sound you talk about

It is funny/"cute" to see you speaking portuguese (that is my first language, but I'm brazillian, not portuguese as she is), you almost got "chuva" right hahahahahaha

You reacting to one of the best fadistas in Portugal, I'm soft ;3; and don't worry, you had the pronounciation of "chuva" almost right! ^^ Just for context: Fado is the kind of style she was singing, and Fado is a kind of song that is more expressive of feelings. I suggest you to react to Amália Rodrigues "Lágrima" (since she already passed away a long time, and she's been an artist from old times, you will probabilly have some hard time to find old live performances, can only leave you the link for the studio version, here: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE--GEaa9QGOd4.html)

I'm so happy you reacted to Mariza *.* I learn a lot from you and I think you make great content ^^ Hugs from Portugal

Portuguese culture FTW!

I'm portuguese and so proud.. Amazing Mariza! Our Fado 🖤🇵🇹

I honestly just subscribed yesterday and I feel so so so happy to have found this. I'm portuguese so i feel really glad that you reacted to fado, our country's traditional music. I'm not a music expert, not even close to be one and I honestly have no type of knowledge about music or vocals, but fado is about soul and emotion. There is melancholic fado and happier sounding fado, and Chuva (which means Rain) is about nostalgia and melancholia and the feeling of missing someone after the love is gone. The portuguese language is (I might be wrong in what I am saying, so please do correct me) the only language that has a specific word for the feeling of longing or missing someone. That word is "saudade" and this song is about that. The way she sings with the shaking of her voice, the high ups and lows and the way like she sometimes seems as if whispering and others like she's screaming is all because she is converting those melancholic and nostalgic emotions into the crowd. It needs to be a raw sound so she uses a huskier voice. Once again, I have no idea about technique or the way the voice is trained or used while singing but this is just what it feels to me. I believe that usually in sadder fado they tend to use a lot of husky and pulled/strained voices, while in happier fado, its more light sounding and clear. Anyways, thank you so so so much for listening and reacting to fado! I'm really happy you enjoyed and I hope you can listen to some more!! I would like to recomend the spanish song "Perdóname" by Pablo Alborán and Carminho which is a portuguese fado singer. It's kind of like a mix of fado and spanish music and I absolutely love it! I'll be waiting for your next react video!!

This its an amazing singer Mariza one of the best singers in Portugal...thanks for this moment

She is singing in that style because its like you sing fado, If you want to hear her in other style you can try listen to "Tempo não pára" also hers but slighty on a differente style

I love her. I am not Portuguese and I do not know the language, I don’t think you have to know the language to feel this, just beautiful 💖

Wow, wasn't expecting to see a reaction to a Portuguese singer! She hits aaaaall the high notes on 'Gente da minha terra' in case you want to check it out. Love your channel!

This video makes me very happy. She is amazing and Portugal heritage 🇵🇹 😍

This song is so beautiful and I remember this concert very well... I think it's safe to say it was very emotional for everyone in the audience, she's just a brilliant singer and performer. She puts so much emotion in her songs, I remember a lot of us were crying :) Thank you so much for reacting to this song, it was a pleasure to hear your comments and a true surprise choice!

I love the way you explain everything. Thank you, really. Now I can understand more♡

This is this style of singing. I have seen people who can't speak a word of Portuguese and never heard fado cry, when they listen to it.

You need to understand the music that she is singing. Its Fado. All fado singers sing like this, with their mouth close. Fado is emotion. Portuguese soul. 🇵🇹🇵🇹🇵🇹

🇵🇹🇵🇹☩🇵🇹🇵🇹 React to other Portuguese Divas Dulce Pontes, Teresa Salgueiro (with the band Madredeus), Amalia Rodrigues

Chuva means rain. At the start of the song she introduces her story saying that common things leave no memories and some people you dont remember even if you hear their names, while others make up the story of the History of your life. She then sings about the rain that reminds her of when her lover left her and as she run through the streets the rain wet her face of a "lost girl". Now as she sees the rain hit the window, she is reminded of this. This feeling of a memory of a time that will never come back, the suffering you get in your chest when you recall these past moments, it is described in portuguese as "saudade". It is beautiful.

Gringo essa é a Deusa Mariza, tenho dó por vc não entender uma palavra do português para sentir a magia do fado e da nossa língua.

If you want to hear more of her higher belting range I'd recommend watching her "Gente da Minha Terra" at the David Letterman show. Fantastic performance. The teeth closed up type of thing is quite common when you're a Fado singer. Fado is a traditional type of music in Portugal with a very distinct unique way of singing so that's why she's doing it. But definately check out the performance I mentioned earlier...it's really really good and soulful.

Fado is the Portuguese soul, "Saudades" (missing) is an emotional skill present in every lusitanian, the strong consonants so "s" especially, sign in every cadence of the music's line, open and "largo" in the start and quickly closed in the end.

Fado it's not just singing it's expressing feelings trough the voice it's so much more complex than just singing that's why you see tears in every concert

Fado is undoubtedly, our biggest offering to mankind.

Omg just found your channel and binge watched, so awesome and informative ! Would love to see you react to some more singing competition show singers, I always wonder about the techniques they use. If you do, the guy who won the four James Graham would be really good , would love to know what technique gives him so much power in his head voice. Again you’re awesome

Wow! This song is beautiful!

That jaw closed sounds in to invoice us with suffering and emotion to the lyrics, to make you feel... Knowing the language would help, but that technic is purely for performance of the sound and meaning of the lyrics... It's true, I was crying...

What she's singing it's called Fado, it's Portugal's traditional music style

You should try to react to Mariza's "O Gente da Minha Terra". It's definitely a fans' favorite! Anyway, love the channel!!

As a portuguese and as viewer of your channel I'm proud to see this video here. 😍

Wow man, you have grown 100k subscribers since i found you just 3 weeks ago :O Well deserved! And as a Swede who has been learning brazilian portuguese for about 1,5 years now, exploring both brazilian and portuguese culture, this video brightened me up a bit extra, keep up the awesome work! ^^

"Never seen someone singing like this/ trying to figure out what she's doing", well, she's doing Fado eheh

Also that "closed" youre talking about gets used alot in fado music, bouncing back and forth between different acoustics of skull throat and torso.....and dont forget those melismas.

Been following you and was surprised to see this on my feed! Very nicee Açores, Portugal

thank you so much for this! i’m a portuguese subscriber, so it’s really awesome to see you reacting to a popular person here in portugal x

This is how you sing fado.. that's all!

01:31 “It’s very close” because she’s trying to smile as she says the verb _sorrir_ (to smile)

Our language has really closed sounds. We do not open our mouth a lot, and even for shouting, we tend to use a lot more force into projecting the sound, instead of creating a wider space in our mouth. Thank you for reacting and discovering our fado! It's actually a specific way of singing, that deviates from classical or "academic" singing. Love your content.

I love that you're listening to Mariza who is an amazing artist. Her music is wonderful ❤

Listen to Mariza - David Letterman's Show if you really want to be blown away by this unbelieavable singer! Portuguese pride :')

I am a Portuguese teacher from Brazil. I think this "closed place" that puzzled you could just be a characteristic of European Portuguese. If you compare natural speech (not singing), you can more clearly notice that. Compared to Brazilian Portuguese, the European is projected to the back of the mouth, muscles are more strained, mouth is less open, lips are less rounded, it's a stress-timed language, that is, syllables are swallowed, vowels are chopped. Brazilian Portuguese is more projected to the front of the mouth, it is a syllable-timed language, that is, syllables are spoken more clearly, vowels are more open and rounded, muscles are more relaxed. Brazilian Portuguese flows in elegant and sweet waves like Bossa Nova. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-TRaRzTt5U1o.html European Portuguese can be deep and strong as Fado. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-lh9YHtZzHfk.html

This video is soooo good and interesting!! It's very good to see someone that doesn't speak Portuguese reacting to this, makes you realize how important the language itself is so important in Fado. How she sings and tells a story at the same time, and how that shapes the way she sings. I'm very exited to see more videos from your channel!

I ❤️ her fados... saw her in concert ❤️❤️

That's "fado", intangible heritage of humanity. And yes, she has much more powerful songs!

If you liked Mariza you should watch this other song from the same concert. She goes way higher and it's a really emotional song that talks about the people of Portugal. Also, Fado is what she sings, it's a type of music that only exists in Portugal and is highly emotional and most times also sad. Please react to this song of hers, it's amazing. Like you said, it's something you don't see very often. In the middle of the video she stops but continues after, don't stop midway ^^ ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-S2Ip-uUhaoI.html

I saw Mariza live. It was one of the best concerts of my life! Magic!!!

I was literally already watching one of your vids while this notification came on 😂💕

:o portuguese singer... wasn't expecting this. Thanks you so much for reacting to a her :D

yeah, here in Lisbon we speak between the teeth and Fado was born in Mouraria district in Lisbon.

Eu vi este espectáculo ao vivo na Torre de Belém, Lisboa...... obrigado Mariza

It’s a very emotive song and she takes every word from the bottom of her heart.

isto é fado meu amigo.. É uma hestoria de amor romance simplesmente fado

It's kind of sad that I know nothing about portuguese music, even though I'm brazilian and we speak the same language. It would be cool if you could react to Elis Regina. She's considered one of the best brazilian singers of all time. My favorite song of hers is Como Nossos Pais.

She's doing what she does best...Singing amazingly and passionately.

Love from Portugal! :)

you look like you're not liking that "brake" in her voice and her closed mouth..but this is not a error,it's a tipical way of singing in Portugal.you should listening more ,it's beautiful.and they are like "tell a story" tipe of song

I am really enjoying your videos and your analysis. I'm learning a lot with them, especially as I really like to understand how voice works. I'm Portuguese it was pretty cool seeing a Mariza here in the channel. Can I suggest another one ? Check Salvador Sobral. He won Eurovision song contest in 2017 with "Amar pelos dois" but he has some stuff in English like "change", a new single called "Mano a mano", Spanish songs and covers as well and probably many others. He has a jazzy vibe that comes mostly from his past training. In my opinion he's very versatile with his voice but I'd like to see your analysis.

Beautiful beautiful song ❤️ Nosso orgulho! Orgulho Portuense 🇵🇹

I'm from Portugal! And the thing that I have to say is: Mariza is one of the best singers in our country! This is FADO! Our Music Style! It's completely normal that you never heard someone singing like this before because this style of music is unique! That's Portuguese Music! Thank you, and sorry for my English 😂 🇵🇹🇵🇹🇵🇹

The tone, the vocal technique, the Portuguese guitar, the feeling, the history, the language...makes "FADO". It´s so difficult to explain.

Hello sam, if you whant to hear more vocal from MARIZA-please write -gente da minha terra ao vivo em lisboa . ( people from the land live in lisbon). Thanks for time .

She's wonderful! Ela é maravilhosa!

it's such a beautiful thing to see a person reacting without malice and genuine interest. you my dear have a new subscriber. ps. mariza is such a pleasure to listen to btw

thanks for diversifying, that Mariza-video was musically really good. I guess in that type of music, fado, the low hoarse sound is what they aim at ,the only way to do it properly.

You need to react do Mariza oh gente da minha live at David letterman show

I love your videos and I felt very honoured to watch you reacting to fado

Bdw im learning a lot with your videos! Tks from Brazil!

You should react to Ana Moura - Desfado

can you react to broadway musical songs or covers to broadway musicals like Heathers, Be More Chill, or Waitress :))

Fado is amazing! Thanks for posting this video!

OMFG. I gotta find her on Spotify. I've never heard of her before. Her voice is so beautiful to me.

You should react to more portuguese artists... Here are some suggestions: Aurea, Amor Electro, Rui Veloso, Slow J, Richie Campbell, Ornatos Violeta, Miguel Araújo, António Zambujo...

Queen of (Fado) After Amalia Rodrigues! Not to mention( Dulce Pontes)

"Gente da Minha Terra" live from Mariza is another amazing vocal performance that you should check out.

Really glad to see our beloved Mariza getting reviewed by you :)