contemporary music

Am I a Good Candidate for Voice Lessons?

Everyone is a singer naturally. Most people have shown a desire to sing at some point in their life, some at an early age, some as they grow older. But not everyone had the courage to enroll in voice lessons or trusted their ability to follow through. As a result, most people stop at the doorstep and refrained from knocking on the door of voice training. Well, don’t!

Singing is as natural as speaking. If you are able to speak, it means your vocal cords are able to create sounds high and low. Your body naturally does that. Although vocal training regimens may sound distant to you right now, the mechanism of singing is accessible to everyone. 

Some people are worried that they are tone deaf, and will never be able to learn to sing. Well, first of all, tone deaf isn’t some sort of permanent condition. Some people have trouble recreating sounds they hear and matching the pitch, but this comes from a lack of experience and coordination. All it takes is some time and practice.

Some people ask if they can increase their singing range. Well, definitely! Singing exercises can expand your upper and lower ranges by modifying your technique and the flexibility of your vocal cords. Granted, your range is limited by your physiology. Our top-tier instructors can help you to increase your vocal range and develop your personal sound guaranteed.

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What’s Special About Contemporary Voice Training?

Contemporary vocal training has received increasing attention from voice students. For many years, people were under the impression that classical training is sufficient for singing modern repertoire, such as pop, rock, jazz, R&B, gospel, etc. However, recent scholarship has indicated that modern vocal techniques involve a whole set of skills overlooked in classical training. 

To begin with, the foundation for vocal production in contemporary singing is built on a solid chest voice, unlike the emphasis given to the development of the head voice in classical singing. Chest voice enables singers to deliver the lyrics with a speech quality, making it more personal and intelligible to the modern audience. 

As a result, an important part of contemporary vocal training falls on bridging vocal registers between the chest voice and head voice for a pleasant mix voice. The key to a balanced mix voice dwells on a solid chest voice quality that will ring throughout the range of the singer. 

Other than tone production differences, contemporary singers also invest in building a repertoire in genres such as pop and jazz, which requires the guidance of an accomplished and experienced contemporary voice teacher. 

If you are captivated by the sound of contemporary singing, and are interested to learn more about applying the techniques on yourself, please let us know. We’d like to help you reach your musical dreams!

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