Singing Tips

Vocal coach Charmaine Brown shares tips and strategies to get the most out of your voice.

How to Make Your Vibrato Sound Contemporary

How to Make Your Vibrato Sound Contemporary

This lesson is especially for you if you know you need to learn to minimize your vibrato (or maybe you suspect that you need to!). Vibrato is a beautiful thing—but a lot of worship team singers tend to use so much vibrato in their songs that their voice ends up sounding more classical than contemporary. It’s really important for singing in the context of contemporary worship that we learn to control our vibrato and learn how to use it in a subtle, tasteful way—and that’s what this lesson is all about!

BEFORE & AFTER // Singer finds her mix voice for the first time

BEFORE & AFTER // Singer finds her mix voice for the first time in “King of Kings”

Watch as this Worship Vocalist subscriber discovers her mix voice for the first time—you’re gonna LOVE how excited she is about it… and she has good reason to be! Usually she sings in all head voice, which lacks power in her lower range—but through strategic mix voice exercises (and by grabbing ahold of the same resonance she already uses in her speaking voice!), her singing voice is transformed! So much more power and boldness!

BEFORE & AFTER // Angry cat sound helps singer hit the high notes in “Goodness of God”

Watch as this Worship Vocalist subscriber finds incredible freedom in her high range! She already had a lot of natural talent and has been working on her mix voice—but still tended to push up her chest voice and reach for the high notes a bit too much. So we tried **wait for it** an ANGRY CAT EXERCISE… and it totally did the trick to help her hit those high notes in the bridge of “Goodness of God”! Check it out—and make sure to try out these same techniques in your own voice!

BEFORE & AFTER // Singer unlocks power in her low range in “Living Hope”

Watch as this Worship Vocalist subscriber totally UNLOCKS her low range for the first time! Usually she sings all in head voice—which sounds great up in the higher range, but lacks power on the low notes. But… through strategic exercises designed to engage chest voice in her lower range—her voice is TRANSFORMED!

A simple trick for better notes by thinking down as you sing high

A Simple Trick for Better High Notes

If you’re struggling with a high note in a song, try this simple trick—THINK DOWN as you SING HIGH… do the OPPOSITE movement with your body to counteract your brain’s tendency to reach and strain for the high notes! Watch as vocal coach Charmaine Brown demonstrates three variations on this trick… and get ready to experience freedom in your voice!

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