Singing Techniques - Your Singing Voice, Use it Or Lose It

Singing Techniques - Your Singing Voice, Use it Or Lose It. To pursue a singing career, aspiring singers should know and understand the basic components in singing before anything else. It is essential to have a solid foundation and knowledge of these things before jump-starting your career, to lessen your mistakes and failures in the process.

There are 5 basic components in singing. These are pitch, rhythm, breathing, voice and diction. Below is an overview of these components.

1. Pitch relates to the notes and sounds of a person when singing. How the pitch is emitted determines if the song (or the singer) sounds excellent or not. So it's essential that you study the pitch of every song you choose very well. You have to hit the pitch of a song as accurate as possible and sing in tune, as expected from any singer, whether professional or amateur. To achieve this, singers have to undergo trainings under a singing coach, to recognize intervals and pitches, to be able to correct off-key notes, and to be able to vocalize different notes. In other cases, you can train all by yourself by recording how you sing and playing it over and over again to point out your mistakes.

2. Rhythm is pretty much the beat or groove of a song, which you have to keep up with all throughout the duration of the song. If you're constantly trying to catch up with the beat of a song, it is an indication of bad singing. To be able to have a fantastic sense of rhythm, again you have to learn some singing basics, such as how to recognize diverse beat durations, to vocalize your notes with various beats, and to be able to hold onto the basic tempo of a song.