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jaybird

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  1. Its only when you sing songs that you confront all the fascinating issues of diction and articulation, and believe me, even more than warbling sirens and scales, its here that you really want to have a teacher, because these nuances differentiate an amateur from a pro. Singing an Ab5 in an exercise is like having a 25ft run and jumping over a hurdle, singing in a song you might have to jump that hurdle with NO run up, its quite a different kettle of fish :)
  2. For actual songs having a scalar resolution is important of course, hence the use of solfege in traditional teaching. For myself, I use chromatic scales because developing a 12 tone resolution is important for jazz. How often do you hear singers siren, well, other than teachers trying to impress you with their range ? Legato is VERY important, yes, but doing a legato run on a specific series of tones and having the intonation correct is also crucial, and you wont get that via some uncontrolled siren.
  3. OH, is that ever the truth. I would vocalize and get up to a Bb5 or so, but then go to a lesson and start singing a real song and suddenly I'm choking on an F#4 or a G, it was VERY frustrating for a while until I started understanding the difference. Now I try and keep a balance between worrying about range and important things like articulation and breathing, I know the range will come with time.
  4. It's so simple, find a vocal teacher, they are almost always happy to give you a free evaluation lesson. Yes, you can do it with Skype over your computer, but there are almost always local teachers and being in a room with someone is SO much nicer. You say you want to sing, so challenge your fears, and do this, all your questions will be answered :)
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