subject: How to Change a Song, Add to a Song - Use Stylistic Aspects to Make a Song your Own - Learning Technical Elements of a Song [print this page] How to Change a Song, Add to a Song - Use Stylistic Aspects to Make a Song your Own - Learning Technical Elements of a Song
Making a song your own
In this lesson, we will show you how to change a song, add to a song, and use stylistic aspects to turn the song into something that you can be remembered for.
The goals for this lesson are:
Use what you will learn in this lesson so you can personalize a song
Understand the importance of having your own interpretation of a song
Learn how to let your personality come through when you are singing
Think of American Idol - the judges always tell the contestants about how they want to "see their personalities come through when they are singing." They don't want them to just stand and recite a great song. They want the WOW factor. They want to see something that elicits emotion and makes people remember their performance.
For this lesson, we really want you to get excited about what you as a performer can do with a song. Coming up, you're going to learn the technical aspects of how to learn a song. While the technical aspects are essential, they certainly aren't as much fun as putting your stamp on a piece of music. So this is the precursor to the critical technical foundation.
Learning a full song - Part 1
Singing a song isn't as easy as following the notes. In addition to all the vocal training needed to get one's voice to produce the best possible sounds,a singer must also study a piece of music like an actor does with a script! Not only must you figure out the key that the music is written in, you must figure out the tempo, dynamics and style. You must figure out the meaning of the lyrics, where to emphasize certain words or sounds, and where to take a breath.
You may think, "Why bother with all this when I can just listen to a recording of the song and copy it?" That's perfectly fine -- if you don't what to become areal singer. Could you imagine someone playingHamlet by mechanically replicating other actors' performances, rather than reading and understanding the play?
You need to understand what makes a song tick, where its heart lies, and where it offers untapped opportunities for your unique vocal qualities to shine.By breaking down a song yourself,you'llbecome the expert -- rather than passing the buck on to another singer. As a result, your vocal interpretation will be creative, unique, and entirely your own.
In this vital lesson, we'll be teaching you the first four steps for learning a song. These first four steps cover the technical elements of a song. These are important to grasp first before you add your style and make the song your own. When you have mastered these steps, you'll be able to put everything you have learned from Lesson 17 into practice.
The goals for this lesson are to:
Understand the different elements of a song
Learn the first things to look for when seeing a song for the first time
Learn the first four steps for learning a song: the technical side
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