False Cord Basics For Growling & Screaming TUTORIAL
Learn extreme phonation for metal vocals m/
What you’ll learn:
- Learn about extreme vocal phonation called False Cord technique
- Access the noise in your voice for metal vocalization
- Apply the learned knowledge to lyrics in a song context
- Voice care tips to keep the voice healthy
Requirements
- Basic singing experience is beneficial but not needed
- Good vocal health
- Passion, patience, practice time and dedication 🙂
Description
Extreme metal vocals can be frustrating and confusing. Growling and screaming are often associated with a lot of force and strain; it seems painful and damaging to the voice. It doesn’t have to be that way! In this course, I will show you a straightforward, step-by-step approach to get you started with one of the most extreme sounds the human voice can make! You will learn the False Cord technique, a unique vocal sound used in the heaviest metal subgenres and works the best for low growling. Although this mini-course is only roughly one hour long, it will keep you busy for weeks! It comprises theory, exercise explanations, demonstrations, and separate audio tracks for easier home practice. We will start by discovering the sound in your voice, then master the sound, and finally, by the end of this course, you will be able to apply your new vocal sound to the lyrics. Whether you are a total beginner or an experienced clean vocalist, wanting to broaden the arsenal of your vocal sounds or an advanced extreme vocalist hitting obstacles and being stuck or wanting to freshen your basics, a clean vocal coach wanting to know what to do with metalhead students, voice enthusiast or voice actor, this course is for you!Sign up now, and let’s discover the world of metal vocals together! m/m/
Overview
Section 1: Introduction
- Lecture 1 Introduction
- Lecture 2 What is False Cord technique?
- Lecture 3 About this course
- Lecture 4 How to practice
Section 2: Discovery Sounds
- Lecture 5 Discover The Sound
- Lecture 6 Heavy Sigh
- Lecture 7 Heavy Sigh Falling In Sofa
- Lecture 8 Metal ABC’s
- Lecture 9 Metal ABC’s Sustained
- Lecture 10 11 Coughing
- Lecture 11 Coughing Sustained
Section 3: Most Common Mistakes / MCM’s
- Lecture 12 About MCM’s
- Lecture 13 MCM #1 – Losing Too Much Air
- Lecture 14 Exercise: Clean – Rattle Transition
- Lecture 15 Why Breathiness Is A Problem
- Lecture 16 MCM #2 – It Hurts, Tickles
Section 4: Sustained Tones
- Lecture 17 Sustained Tones Vowels
- Lecture 18 MMM Sustained
- Lecture 19 Intro To Vowels
- Lecture 20 Gliding Into Vowels
- Lecture 21 MM EE MM
- Lecture 22 MM EH MM
- Lecture 23 MM OO MM
- Lecture 24 MM OH MM
- Lecture 25 Vowel Gradient MM EE EH AH
- Lecture 26 Vowel Gradient MM OO OH AH
- Lecture 27 You Got This
Section 5: Sustained Vowels
- Lecture 28 AH
- Lecture 29 EH
- Lecture 30 EE
- Lecture 31 OH
- Lecture 32 OO
Section 6: Most Common Mistakes/ MCM’s #2
- Lecture 33 MCM #1 – Glottal Onsets (Exercise “Breathy Onsets”)
- Lecture 34 MCM #2 – Too Much Air On Vowels
- Lecture 35 MCM #3 – Straining Running Out Of Breath
Section 7: False Cord Talking
- Lecture 36 False Cord Talking
- Lecture 37 Apply False Cord To Lyrics: Speech Scream
- Lecture 38 Learn The Song: Don’t Look Back In Grief
Section 8: Most Common Mistakes/ MCM’s #3
- Lecture 39 MCM: Mushy Consonants
Section 9: Ending
- Lecture 40 Last Tips
- Lecture 41 Ending And Beginning
Beginner metal vocalists,Experienced melodic/extreme vocalists,Metal musicians,Voice actors,Vocal coaches,Voice enthusiasts
