There is a diverse array of instruments under the strings category, one of which is the most versatile and unique of all the stringed instruments. Read through and find out. (: In the 1500s and 1600s there were the six-stringed instrument called the viol, then the violin emerged which is a smaller instrument and makes [...]
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Backup Singing
Backup singers are also called second singers. They provide the second voice, fill-ins and supplementing voice. They enhance and highlight the main vocal. I like listening to songs, especially band songs with second voices, and how their melody completely harmonizes with the lead vocals. Backup singers have necessary skills present in them—listening and blending in. [...]
What’s your vocal technique?
There are a lot different styles of singing and vocal techniques we hear from various singers. So, if you are a singer, what’s yours? If you can produce musical effects by having a regularly pulsating change of pitch, where you can use this style to add articulation, then your technique is what we call vibrato. [...]
How to Fulfill Your Singing Dreams
Have you ever dreamed that you are the next Kelly Clarkson, rising high from being a simple lass to an über popular singer after winning a singing competition? Or that you are a pretty young girl with a pretty young voice, and you daydream of switching places with Jojo for a day? Wondered how being [...]
Vocal Chords as the First Instrument
One time my dad joined a contest in a local fm radio station asking their listeners what the first musical instrument is. Luckily, he was picked as the winner, and received a CD as the prize. His answer was vocal chords. My guess was the lyre, and it wasn’t even close. The lyre was invented [...]
Singing to Relax
Literally meant producing musical sounds by structuring words to form a medley, almost anyone who can speak can sing. Singing has been associated with music, like a baby when they hear that soft music when someone sings or a musical instrument radio is switched on, they often sleep deeply that is their means of relaxation. [...]
Expressive Singing
A widowed woman used to composed song about how broken hearted she is. A young man composed song about the sudden tragic death of his wife. A young international artist used to compose song about her liberation to life. These are just a few to mention about how singing impacts one’s life by way of [...]