Expanding the Singer’s ‘Box’ of Sounds
Over time, many singers begin to play with a smaller set of sounds that can fit into a smaller “box” of technical and artistic options available to them – the “box” that holds the technically practical or stylistically “acceptable” sounds that they use on a regular basis in their singing. However, exploration may very well be the key to unlocking a whole new set of sounds and techniques that they can add to their collections – sounds that will enable them to sing with greater skill, emotion, and stylistic versatility.
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Functional Freedom of the Vocal Instrument
My favourite passage in vocal pedagogy texts - and the pedagogic idea that has become the most transformative for me, both as a voice teacher and singer - is what Cornelius read wrote in The Free Voice (p.18):
“The undeviating purpose of training is functional freedom, not, as is commonly believed, beauty of tone quality.”
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Why Being Mindful and Intentional Are Important In Voice Training
Very often, singers wonder why they aren’t progressing at the pace that they’re expecting or hoping to. They find themselves treading water, so to speak, stuck with the same technical limitations and problems that they’ve been stuck with for months or maybe even years. It’s frustrating and discouraging, to say the least.
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