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BriVocals
STYLES
The singing of different styles is not necessarily a matter of voice production technique. In singing a particular style we tend to perform to please the listener rather than sing in a manner which suits our own natural voice. We will often try to sound like a recording we have heard in that style. As we know from impersonators, vocal chords have the ability to produce an enormous range of sounds, but if we try and project unnatural sounds without mastering correct vocal technique, whether singing or speaking loudly, damage may result. The problems arise when, through conditioning or tuition by a teacher who favours a particular style, we ask our vocal chords to produce sounds which they are not capable of or accustomed to producing naturally, because of our bodies' particular physical structures. Whether we attempt to sing like Pavarotti or Robert Plant, without the correct training, the chords will feel strained for some time afterwards (and we find our audience has drifted away).
If the correct voice production technique is learned, however, it is possible to extend the range and scope of the voice to encompass a variety of different sounds and styles. The singing of different styles is more a matter of mental conception than vocal technique; once the latter is perfected the singer is free to explore all the sounds and styles available.
Another
problem often unappreciated by the untrained singer is that we do not sound
like the voice we hear in our heads, and the first exploratory recording of a
favourite song is very often the last. Without regular monitoring by a trained
ear it is impossible for the singer to train himself and many promising voices
are buried as a result. To make a good singer you must be musical; given this,
in general, if you can speak you can be taught to sing.
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