I think with both styles, it’s important to keep the principle of chiaroscuro in mind. Balancing bright and dark qualities all throughout the range. I would also caution your wording on “lowered soft palate” for CCM style. Some singers may force it down. I teach CCM as a more “quasi-musical theatre” approach, where the larynx isn’t lowered as much, you keep some of your head tone, airy phonation instead becomes focused, yet soft. Very similar to musical theatre, except it’s not that nasal. Again, that is my teaching method. I understand others will have their methods, too.
Hi Ethan! I totally hear you! I do teach bright/dark qualities, tonal variety, etc in my course lessons - but I didn't get into all of it in this particular video. Thanks for your comment!
If I'm a true alto, does this mean my break will be lower so I'll need to switch into head voice lower down? I experience strain trying to sing in a speaking chesty tone past an f or g low on the staff.
Yes, a true alto is very rare but if you are, then your voice may need to take on more head voice lower; however, I find that most females who feel this way at first, just haven't developed their chest voice enough-and once they strengthen their chest voice and learn to sing in a mix voice, they can carry that tone up a bit higher than that!
So classical is a bit nasalish head tone.? If i sing nasally i feel like the sounds comes out more polish, but i struggle in the higher notes. Like when the higher notes comes, i feel like there's no room enough and i ended up screaming. Idk how to describe. Also like you said, i tried to be a versatile singer by learning both styles at the same time without a proper vocal teacher, and i nearly got admitted to the hospital😂not making up..My head got so messy that even the little knowledges i had started questioning. And i think it was bcoz i watched too many ytube tutorials by diffrnt vocal teachers with diffrnt opinions.😁😂
Yes, head voice has some natural nasal resonance in it, so that’s a good way to describe it. I definitely recommend sticking with the style you are most passionate about-it’s too confusing to go between genres!
Hey Amy! Haha, great question-just habit on my part in my demos! You're right-classical can absolutely be fast. In my experience with worship team singers, the classical sound often comes out especially in the slower ballads, etc.
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@@worshipvocalist Indeed. Your " classical" voice still sounded lovely on those songs, not at all inappropriate, esp as you retained some contemporary elements like gliding up to notes. It's really jarring when someone goes full-on wobbley Wagnerian in a modern song. (Which you didn't.)
One vocal teacher on ytube said that classical singers sings more with lower larynx and chesty tone, whereas contemporary pop singers sings more with mix tone and higher larynx. I would appreciate much if you can clarify this😆 My confusion is more with the vocal usuage and not the styles
Many vocal teachers use different terminology, which can make it quite confusing. Yes, often classical singers sing with a lowered larynx, but not with a chesty tone, it’s more heady. Pop/contemporary singers sing with a mixed resonance and OFTEN a higher larynx, but sometimes a lowered larynx!
No don't agree with that one. I was classically trained and sing contemporary and its give me a great foundation. The main issue I have had is over singing and singing to loud. Apart from that , I transitioned to contemporary with no drama at all. Thanks to classical training my stamina and endurance and range is very good.
Hey Angelic! I totally agree that classical training is an amazing foundation for stamina, endurance and range! And for some people, like yourself, transitioning from classical to contemporary is easy - but for the majority of people, that's not their experience! Glad it's been smooth for you - that's awesome!
I think some worship teams are overly dependent on “contemporary” or pop styling. We have have different sounds. And not all contemporary sounds the way you present it.
This is rude and inaccurate. Sure people have different styles of singing, but you are staying contemporary is pop rock…. No! I think you mean WHITE contemporary music, not Black, Asian, etc worship music. Also you slowed the tempo down when singing “classical” obviously that’s going to make the sound different as well. Also all vocals styles emphasize the individual unique sounds, not just contemporary. This is only about white voices and singing styles, don’t you paint with such a broad brush. I know many singers who don’t sound like your describing who are amazing strong contemporary voices. Hillsong and Kari Jobe are not the standard of the contemporary worship sound. Do you thing Tasha Cobbs or Travis Green fit your discretion of contemporary? I think not.
Hi Elizabeth - sorry for the delay in replying, I'm just getting back to comments after many months now after having a baby. I'm sorry that you disliked the video content so much - please know that my intent is not to be rude or inaccurate, or to just paint with a broad brush.
