Moderators davie Posted March 26, 2012 Moderators Share Posted March 26, 2012 Hey guys! Just curious to know how you guys feel. Are there any particular vowels you have trouble singing? Hardest vowel for me in full voice would probably be 'oo' / u In pure head voice (falsetto/hedsetto) would be 'ah' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Masklin Posted March 26, 2012 Members Share Posted March 26, 2012 oo is indeed very hard to resonate properly with. I also find 'ah' difficult in my higher chest. Hardest hedsetto is probably 'ee', but then again I don't really know how to resonate properly with hedsetto at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members b_f_c_99 Posted March 26, 2012 Members Share Posted March 26, 2012 Can I answer all of them? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ido1957 Posted March 27, 2012 Members Share Posted March 27, 2012 I'll pick the ooo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members chamcham Posted March 27, 2012 Members Share Posted March 27, 2012 for some reason, "oo" is easy for me if I sing "ohhhhhh" right before it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members staticsound Posted March 27, 2012 Members Share Posted March 27, 2012 I'm gonna go with "oo" as well. I find I've got to really support that vowel if I want to stay in chest voice and the note is anywhere near my break! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators davie Posted March 27, 2012 Author Moderators Share Posted March 27, 2012 Very interesting, guys! Seems like the consensus is that 'oo' is a troublesome vowel. My teacher mentioned that 'oo' is a particularly tough vowel for male voices. (I even have trouble speaking a 'pure oo' ) In 'hedsetto', 'ee' is actually my best vowel. The vowel scale I've been using also has an 'oh' before the 'oo'. Even do it like this -> ah, ay, ee, [oh, oo] x 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members grace_slick Posted March 27, 2012 Members Share Posted March 27, 2012 I find ooh hard also...it closes off a lot of the space in the mouth I guess. Ahh opens the mouth so should be easier I suppose. I find eee is easy to get a loud ringing type of sound. Ay is ridiculous for me unless I do a very light, floaty voice (which I NEVER do of course, right!? lol) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members 1001gear Posted March 27, 2012 Members Share Posted March 27, 2012 Pavarotti says the AH sound takes many years to learn to produce. Something about gutteral, phlegmy tone. I find oo and oh, wo o wo etc. the easiest to make sound good and a full throated AHH the most difficult as per Pavarotti's assertion and also the most difficult to vibrato and therefore sound in tune. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members jvardon Posted March 27, 2012 Members Share Posted March 27, 2012 Ah in full voice and head voice. Eee is the easiest for me in head voice but is a lot harder in full voice. Ooo is another hard one in full voice and eu too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members EightString Posted March 29, 2012 Members Share Posted March 29, 2012 sometimes y Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members chamcham Posted March 29, 2012 Members Share Posted March 29, 2012 Really funny. But I was just watching NBC's "The Voice" and Robin Thicke happened to talk about the use of vowels (including "ee") in singing. Check it out.Skip to around 2:18. [video=youtube;ifvX-vpQumc]http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=ifvX-vpQumc#t=130s Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members EightString Posted March 29, 2012 Members Share Posted March 29, 2012 It took me a long time, but I've learned to love the ees and oos. Something about those vowels just places the resonance way up in my head where it needs to be. [video=youtube;eK8vStUfKb8] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members triq Posted March 29, 2012 Members Share Posted March 29, 2012 I *heart* vowels. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members staticsound Posted March 29, 2012 Members Share Posted March 29, 2012 I *heart* vowels. f thr wr n vwls, thngs wld jst b wrd.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Masklin Posted March 29, 2012 Members Share Posted March 29, 2012 Wrd. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members triq Posted March 29, 2012 Members Share Posted March 29, 2012 Th(sometimes)y wld b vr(sometimes)y wrd, fr sr! Hhhhhhh! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members staticsound Posted March 29, 2012 Members Share Posted March 29, 2012 sometimes y I just now got that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members triq Posted March 29, 2012 Members Share Posted March 29, 2012 I just now got that Nice =P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Flagg Audio Posted April 3, 2012 Members Share Posted April 3, 2012 "EE" at the end of a phrase as in "particularlyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy"It sounds a little Miss Piggy if you do it correctly. I think that's why everyone replaces it with "aaaaay" The hardest word to yell is "moths!" which is good because you hardly ever need to warn a large group of people about them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members grace_slick Posted April 5, 2012 Members Share Posted April 5, 2012 When you say "I" do you mean like in "igloo" or "I am a snowman"? lol I think "I" is a commonly difficult vowel to get good resonance and power with. I notice a lot of people tend to alter the natural sound of it when they sing so it's more of an "EEE" sound if they draw out the note / vowel. It starts off as "I" but becomes "EEE". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members chamcham Posted April 5, 2012 Members Share Posted April 5, 2012 "I" is a combination of 2 sounds: "ah" and "ee". So it's "ah-ee". Since "ah" is very brash, i can't imagine it resonating very easily. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members grace_slick Posted April 11, 2012 Members Share Posted April 11, 2012 I think to get any kind of strength or resonance or "bite" from that "I" vowel, you have to emphasise the beginning (the "AH" sound of the "I") or the end (the "EE" sound of the "I")...if that makes sense. The full properly pronounced "I" sound itself, focusing on the middle part that is, would be difficult. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members aymanbinmoshi Posted April 14, 2012 Members Share Posted April 14, 2012 I see "E" the hardest vowel. I can't recover my weakness with E. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members partlycloudy Posted April 17, 2012 Members Share Posted April 17, 2012 I have "e" problems too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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