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Thread #144054 Message #3328839
Posted By: GUEST
25-Mar-12 - 06:53 PM
Thread Name: Singing unaccompanied-Maintaining Pitch
Subject: RE: Singing unaccompanied-Maintaining Pitch
I am a singing teacher and endorse the remarks made by Andrew e and others some other points
1 Going down a tone - this may be a result of running out of breath, You may need to breathe more often and take more breath than you think. I would write down the lyrics and try making notes where to take the next breath You may be surprised how much you actually need A keyboard is good idea
2 Try recording yourself on a song a bit at a time and note where the downward slide in pitch occurs and see what your breathing pattern is. Its not your ears its probably the support mechanism that causes the problem. Also being a little bit over 21 and possibly slack in the stomach muscles may have weakened your support
I am sorry but the remarks about opera singers are just ignorant bollocks. Opera covers a huge range of music and singers of all vocal types sing opera some with and without vibrato, I have worked as a professional singer - if you did not sing in tune the coaches and conductor would soon tell you that you were wrong and could you leave please