The Black Church Choir & Singers! It is true Karen Clark- Sheard is known for all those vocal scales and runs! And she can sing!But, vocally it can be way too much on the vocal chords as the years pass! And it can be quite boring and redundant to listen to after awhile! Especially, for professional musicians like me, who are also professional singers! A rare combination, even by todays standards! I coach people to sing in other languages, also! German, Italian, French, Spanish and English!Several Music Genres! Jazz, Classical, Blues, Pop, Musixal Theater etc! I suspect all the Clark Sisters have had some vocal professional training over the years! Hopefully, since they have been singing for such a long. long time they will continue to preserve their voices, even in the midst of all the excitement they create for the crowds of black church people and the world! I am a well known professional vocal coach who understands the physiology of the voice and how to use the best healthy singing techniques into old age! All professional singers and want to be pro-singers must have a once a year exam from a throat doctor! Those doctors check for nodules on the vocal chords! A lot of singers get them from over singing and not giving the vocal chords enough time to rest! I believe gospel singers, in particular, need the best vocal education they can get! Although professional coaches of my calibre are very, very expensive! Choir musicians in the black church usually teach the choirs the songs by the out dated method of pounding vocal melody parts out on the piano! This method does a lot of vocal damage and unecessary wear and tear on the vocal chords over the years! People spend their lives dedicated to church and its music, and yet, the church and choir directors don't think enough of the choir members loyalty and dedication to at least spend a few minutes during choir rehearsal on music education for the entire choir! At least teaching all choir members how to read their own vocal parts and how to take care of their voices! Choir members can eventually learn to read their own notes! And not overuse their voices unnecessarily! Thereby, preserving their voices for years to come!:But, I suspect the old and outdated practice of pounding out the notes on the piano will continue, particularly in the black church, as long as choir directors want to stay in control and remain the center of attraction! They seem to want to keep choir members musically uneducated and depending on them for every note! Especially, if the choir directors are gay! They love showing off, flitting around and being the center of attraction! And the down -low, under-cover men (many are married) just love watching those gay choir directors sashaying around every Sunday! So, I am not suprised that the black church has never, mever denounced the gay agenda that has seeped into every crevice of our modern day society! When will the Real Church Stand Up?
shirley mckinney ...I rarely comment on RU-vid videos, but I am completely flummoxed at the amount of pride and self-righteousness in your comment. LOL. I pray you examine what in your heart would allow you to feel fine with commenting on the video of another singer, listing your accolades. Fascinating how people can't see their own faults sometimes. Also...hasn't this singer been singing like this for decades. Her voice sounds remarkably intact and healthy, considering the dangers you mentioned.
@@vocalphile K. Mack, I appreciate your comments, where you are criticizing and taking offense to my comments on Karen Clark- Sheard and her vocal technique! And while I did make mention of my Vocal Coaching and Musician Experience, It is unfortunate that you felt "flummoxed" at what "you" misinterpreted as "accolades!" K. Mack, this is a public format! My comments about what I do were only there to support the knowledge I expounded purely for the education on my readers! My comments were quite exorbitant, so it is quite understandable that you may have taken a lot out of context! Normally, I would never take the time to respond to negative comments, seemingly laced with jealousy and condescension! And, after your rant with absolutely no basis, you totally mischaracterized my comments as self-righteous? I don't expect you will respond to this reply, as you seem clueless about what I was expounding on, regarding Vocal Coaching or Musicianship! My comments, in thier entirety were based purely on my foundation of knowledge and experience! In closing, it would be literally impossible for me to share any more with an, evidently, non-Musician! However, I appreciate your provocative and timely response!
Yes. But if she does It I want her to be disciplined. Because in her older her runs are a bit ill-placed and sometimes messy. If she goes on tour I want her to be TIGHTTTTTTT like we know Karen to be when she wants to be
if you look at 2:34 she wasn’t even about to do the echo but her ear caught it just in time for the timing to still be spot on. That’s why i put above all the other singers She just can’t fail or do any wrong. Its crazy how she caught that note just in time🔥🔥🔥🔥🙌🏽👸🏽💯‼️ In my hometown Columbus, Ohio (614)
Love the entire outfit her hair and accessories. And of course her voice is so Powerful. Sing Karen you can see she,s feeling the fire shut up in her bone. Hallelujah.
Between Karen Clark Sheard and Leontyne Price, God threw in something extra with their voices. They can hit high notes in so many ways no other singers can.
This is what I mean when I be tryna tell folk (and Im not a superfan)..but that Karen Clark lady is vocally innovative. I always hear traces of her riffs in all of the greats that came after her.
Karen kill it from 2:34 - 3:19 but the echos from (2:34) and 2:40, then 2:46-2:50, and my favorite is the growl echo at 2:50. Then she did a Twinkie growl at 3:07
The only thing I can say is that some of y'all might remember a young Karen with her Sisters. She was so shy that she would never speak up or cry out and talk to an audience. When her sisters would get mad at her she'd respond, "I don't know what to say..." Well...look at God! She sure knows what to say now! She's a beauty and I'm not even talking about outer (although she clearly as that too). I'm talking about a woman, who lives what she sings about and is honestly quite quiet as a church mouse offstage. Oh but onstage, when Karen sings, the earth shakes! May God continue to bless her...
The best of the best!!! A true interpretation of her love and ministry of God, the ability to make her voice do exactly what she wants not out of anything selfish or proud but to truly praise and worship unto God, and that’s why she is the best vocalist of our lifetime!!! Love her and appreciate the example she is to the world with the emphasis on the world of music!
“Put your hands in the hands of the man” was one of Aretha’s favorite lines and we all know hoe much Karen looked up to her. Was good to hear her say this in her sermonette.
G.O.A.T. This is why she's my fave. Not only because she's the best vocalist on earth but her ministry is so authentic. None of that planned and practiced stuff. She lets the holy spirit lead her. A concert will turn into a whole deliverance and testimony service when Karen is on the stage.
I enjoy the singing, I miss mothers praying, i miss having shut ins, I miss mother’s praying our love one through collectively! This is good but I’m want to see more people crying out for mercy
Prayer from south Fulton ga for the sheard family and anybody who name is Clark in your family thank you for being a inspiration to me and the people I am affiliated with named Clark in ga
LOVE a THE medley. christian connections are and will free the soul. KAREN you surely know how to run through a song . 2020 we need restoration Continue to praise GOD.
I just Enjoy Listening to First Lady Karen Clark Shears an her Sister's Dr.Corinna Clark Cole,Evangelist Elbernita Twinkie Clark &Evangeline Jacky Clark chism
Hi, good for you! What a blessing! I'm glad for you. I wasn't there, but I'm so grateful to be blessed watching this video. The anointing came right through out of the video and out of my laptop screen! :)