Italy has a rich tradition of singing. Many great singers are Italian, like Luciano Pavarotti. Andrea Bocelli, Enrico Caruso, and many others. One of the great Italian singers is Franco Corelli, a tenor. He had a very specific way of supporting high notes. When you sing, you need to use breath support. Especially the higher notes
Lady Gaga is famous for her unconventional outfits, concerts and music. She scored hits like ‘Born This Way’, ‘Bad Romance’, ‘Poker Face’ and others. Not all successfull pop artists are great singers. They don’t need to because a good voice is only a part of what you need as pop star. However, the better the voice, the
What is the purpose of a vocal warming up? If you ask singers and conductors this question they will give you more than one reason. There is more to it than only a warming up of the muscles. What you want to achieve with the warming up determines what exercises you do. For example, a singer would
There are some things you need to know if you want to improve the upper range of your voice: You can sing higher if you sing with thin vocal folds. A tilted larynx will help as well and be aware that your larynx needs to lift a little when you sing super high notes. If
While improving your vocal technique, you will encounter an unexpected problem; your ears do not tell the truth! The majority of sound you produce enters your ear from the inside. That is to say, the sound of your voice reaches your ear by traveling through your throat, your mouth, your nose, muscles, bones, etc. It
I’ve been singing since I was 7 years old. At that age I started to sing in a children’s choir and I started having piano lessons. I wanted to study music at a conservatory but my parents thought it would be better to choose another profession and enjoy music as a hobby. I thought their opinion made
Although using abdominal breathing during singing is best, many people do not breathe like that in everyday life. There are different ways of breathing; abdominal (belly), chest, or a combination of the two. In everyday life it doesn’t matter very much how you breathe as long as you allow your lungs to fill themselves with