The Vocal Art:Singing

Is singing a gift for previledge few or a skill everyone can learn? I remember that year I live with one of the sisters of a great Filipino composer and conductor. The woman that gives me the inspiration to love and cultivate my singing skill and the singing skill of many other.

How much trust could do? Not everyone in our group has the good singing voice but she trusted our learning skill and she believe that we will learn,it is just matter of time. And true enough at the end of the year when we have to separate ways we bring with us one gift,the skill to sing well.

Do not be afraid if you think you dont have a singing voice. Singing us not just about sopranos and high pitch voices. You just have to discover what is your voice be it soprano,alto,tenor, and base. Then cultivate it. Now a days acapella singing is very in time. Many acapella group singing has been making thier way to fame like the PENTATONIX for example. Lower voices are important in acapella singing,it gives gives the life so never worry if you dont have the soprano voice.

The secret of singing is the same with the other art forms. Its the passion that you have. Let your felling flow down to your throat. Of course learn the proper skills. I remember one Irish friend telling me,"Here in the Philippines you sing like angels,your voices are from the diaphragm but in Ireland and in other European country we sing with our vocal chords". If course this is Aldo another cultural diferrences but to we are taught to sing using the diaphragm to reach the higher notes. And if the notes is too high we have what we call the head tone its almost like imagining the note.

My instructor use to tell us " You've seen that wall in font of you,pointing the wall of the room, imagine yourself throwing your voice on that wall  making it bounce back around the room. That's how to have a powerful voice. You must see your voice bouncing the walls. Singing is not just a matter of your voice,your imagination, effort, passions and emotions too are needed in it. You must feel the song before you are able to sing it perfectly. If you can't out yourself in that sing for sure you will not be able to sing it.