Vocal Education plus: A Secret every Vocalist should Know by Franco Tenelli

Systemic problems of Today's Education. How do we learn things today?
Memorisation without realisation.

Phyllis Curtin Reflects On the Art of Singing:

[dido]

Never stop making videos franco.

You will always be remembered for your will to help people that want to learn singing so bad, but never find the right teacher to guide them.

Thank you very much.

P.s:hopefully one day we shall meet

[TenelliVoiceGuru]

3. Placement technique in fact comes from mistakenly mixing vocal sensations with real action.
Strangely enough the idea comes from Lily Lehmann who never supported separate registers.
Before the end of 19 century appoggio technique was dominant, in 19 century it was slowly replaced by placement which provided fast but ugly high registrar tone

[TenelliVoiceGuru]

1.
“mask” as resonance place obviously located in the head regardless to technique one uses.
“Mask” resonance works for head voice or high falsetto.
Those who sing with registers(non appoggio, placement approach) often use expression :”Put it in the mask”, which is wrong from appoggio standpoint because it dissects or even trisects voice in to 3 separated zones.

[TheSacredroots]

Franco great to hear your  wisdom and voice, your a great communicator and it is very helpful bless you. . I've heard it said that iits best to place awareness on the feeling of appoggio rather than listening to the voice singing, at times I follow the words in my head reaching after them if you will .Ive had a lot of issues with my voice having blown it out a few years back due to bad technique pushing and no support . Proper support and appoggio is now helping me deliver smoother  melodies as the air is more consistent and carries the voice with more trust to where its meant to go unknowingly.Ive only begun engaging appoggio recently but feeling great effect back muscles aching, very physical but becoming easier .Ive experienced the  swallowing of voice effect somewhat as if no breath is used and the voice is happening itself inside the body, effortless and rich resonance .Ive been a pusher of the voice so this is a remarkable feeling Theres so much to learn and one never knows its become more about unlearning for me not just in singing but all ways.Thank you for the videos they help greatly godbless 

[TenelliVoiceGuru]

2.Head, passagio and chest resonances are inseparable in appoggio technique not only physically(as a stable larynx provides this unity) but in sensations. One feels chiaro scuro (In classical appoggio) as a sound. Chiaro scuro is a sound we can call a trinity sound that contains both registers.

[TenelliVoiceGuru]

4. The fact that even in 19 century some singers were already using non appoggio technique is obvious with Lily Lehman herself. She states in her book that at the beginning she did not use appoggio only later she understood advantages of it. So that confusions in her book mixed up teachers minds

[NotreDameMusicMin]

Absolument! Bien présente! Merci pour ceci.

[marcosumada]

I know I’m singing great when I began to hear every instrument. I study the song until I know i know where each word lies in the chords then I practice my breathing then I find the right sensation. That is when I’m reading

[Joschajan]

It was my combination to bring together Vennard`s "imaginary h" and appoggio, You are right that Vennard doesn`t make reference to appoggio. As far as I understood Vennard advises a moderate, even only "thought" aspiration with "h" at the beginning of the phonation to sing "sul fiato". I tried this in singing some of your warming up exercises and had the feeling that it works quite good in activating appoggio in your sense with the beginning of the phrase, just like with laughing or panting.

[PippaHayes]

Thanks for uploading this video maestro. Regards physical sensation etc I found this application particularly works very well in singing classical music.I call this (Self monitor - guide) .Very empowering.

[Joschajan]

Dear Mr. Tenelli, I would be interested in what do you think about Vennards "imaginary h" as an instrument to activate appoggio in beginning the phrase or combining vowels? Greetings, J.Z., Cologne

[Americanstu]

I understand the appoggio standpoint on passagio but still have problems feeling how the diaphragm should feel when exhaling during note creation. Should I try to restrict its quick return to normal pre inhaled position and use as little air as possible while singing? I am so frustrated with not being able to reduce the pressure and soreness on the 'voice box'...

[TenelliVoiceGuru]

TenelliVoiceGuru 1 second ago


I know William Vennard but I'm not familiar with his method, sorry and I'm not sure Maestro Vennard meant appoggio in a sense I'm using, because that sense came later, after then he passed away with Maestro J.Hines. Before appoggio was used as a simple translation from Italian:Appoggio=Support

[AlainArvelo]

I have a confusion.

Where does the "mask" lie in the appoggio technique?

[ReeseBilby]

Maestro Tenelli I have been a student of voice for 5yrs and am trying to learn appaggio technique. i have a problem though when i have been told to sing from the belly, it seems that when i do that my stomach seems to just tighten up i guess giving me the false pretense of diaphragmatic breathing. is this a common problem? if so, how should i go about fixing it!

[TenelliVoiceGuru]

check out my "appoggio step by step" step one and two.
" giving me the false pretense of diaphragmatic breathing"
Tight belly is not appoggio. Tight belly coulos be a result of appoggio, but how do you tighten it up it's more important

[artlovkar]

I listened to this video twice because it is quite a thought provoking subject, not just for education in singing but education in general. By the way, there are a few spelling mistakes in your video :-) Estonishing = Astonishing. Independant = Independent. In terms of the two types of students in education - conformist and trouble maker, i think it depends on at what stage a student is in. A young student has to be a conformist in his early stage of education because he need to build that foundation of knowledge before he can start asking intelligent questions which gets him to the next stage of a trouble maker (constant questioning). I would also rather think a student should have a constant inquisitive mind (curious exploratory, investigatory), rather than constant questioning of authority because that implies an attitude of arrogance. An attitude of arrogance in a student never helps him learn anything.