subject: You Can Learn How To Sing Vibrato [print this page] You Can Learn How To Sing Vibrato You Can Learn How To Sing Vibrato
If you are disappointed that you are not a natural vibrato signer, do not give up. You are going to be surprised to discover it is really nowhere as hard to learn how to sing vibrato as you are assuming. What is really hard to do is to teach it using only the written word. In some ways it's like having a discussion about colors with someone who can not see. She very well may see color in the pictures of her mind, or in her dreams, but how in the world be you able to compare the potential differences and similarities?
Similarly, to have the ability to teach & to learn vibrato, the student and the teacher really need to hear each other. First the teacher will demonstrate. Then the student will emulate. This is followed by the teacher, who evaluates.
Even if the student could only hear the teacher, as in a recording, it would be a drastic improvement over the written word. The student would would try to replicate the recording, preferably recording her replication and then playing it back, and provide her own evaluation.
Like most anything, learning vibrato, if you do not have it naturally, takes practice and more practice. They say that practice makes perfect, however what about when the practice is being done wrong? Then, practice actually makes a mistake that is constantly being repeated.
Vibrato can be defined as a fluctuation in the pitch or in the tone of the voice of the singer. The lack of vibrato is simply holding, or sustaining the note without any kind of variation. Most individuals with the ability to sing are able to naturally sing vibrato. Most people are not even aware they are doing it. In fact, many singers can barely singing without using vibrato.
Do you know how people with straight hair wish they hold waves, shape or curls in their hair, while people with curly hair would die to have straight hair? Vibrato is kind of like that. The person who can barely hold a straight note would love to hold long notes without that wavering sound, while the person who couldn't sing vibrato to save her life is jealous of that person.
Ideally, you want to be able to sign with and without vibrato. A teacher and some practice can make that a reality for most people who are not downright tone deaf. If you still are not certain what vibrato is, recall some opera music and you will understand. Their vibrato in the opera is through the roof.
An example of a popular singer who naturally sang with a lot of vibrato is Elvis Presley. In fact, the Elvis hit, "It's Now Or Never", was a remake of the opera song, "O Solo Mio". It really showed off his vibrato. As you are learning how to sing vibrato, always remember that fluctuating your voice much too much turns into a yodel.
