F.A.Q.s

This is an excellent first basic guide. You can sing into your computer. Click on the link below:
https://www.tonegym.co/tool/item?id=vocal-range-test-tool

Have you heard these questions before?
1) What Voice type are you.... ?
2) What harmony section do you want to sing...?
3) What is is your vocal range....?

Ever stood there and had a blank look on your face? Maybe you're new to singing or it's been a while since you sang?

Well first of all the most important message to know is your voice changes. Just because you speak low, this does not mean you are a low singer and vice versa. Every voice has a low - med - high frequency. It's just about knowing how to use it correctly.

When you come for your first session you may find that the 90 minutes goes so fast you didn't really get a chance to sing much. This is like taking on anything new, you have to go at your own pace. If you are new into singing, I recommend trying any voice section first and let me know how you got on.

Within Sing for Happiness, these are the harmony sections: 

• High Voice  (Soprano)
• Middle - High voice (Alto)
• Middle - low voice (Baritone / Tenor / Bass)

The things is each harmony section has a low range and a high range within, it all depends on the song and your voice. We can all sing a low to high range, but its about the good quality on the those notes.

Listed below are a few examples of pop artists' voice ranges:

• High Voice :  Bee-gee's / Michael Jackson / Freddie Mercury  / Mariah Carey / Leona Louise

• Middle - High : Amy Winehouse, Cher, Tina Turner / Adele / Michael Bublé

• Middle - low: Barry Manilow / Barry White / Elvis Presley /  Frank Sinatra / Annie Lennox / Karen Carpenter / Toni Braxton

There is so much on the internet with regards to vocal coaches helping you with voice range. It's all about finding what feels comfortable for you when it comes to singing. During our choir sessions I will be able to help you with this. 

Feel free to contact me before session and I will listen to you on a one-on-one basis and help you find what is comfortable for you.

During my thirty years of teaching music, I have heard this phrase numerous times. It's one of those million-pound statements.

Let us change the scenario. Suppose you walk into a guitar lesson and say "I don't know how to play the guitar" and the teacher says "At the moment you can't but I'm here to assist & teach you, and you'll be playing songs in no time." You cannot walk into a guitar lesson and expect to be the next Eric Clapton. However, he had to begin somewhere....

Joining a choir is a little easier because there are other people to listen to and blend your voice to. But if you've never sung before, it can be very intimidating.
If you can talk you can sing! Heard that before? Well the truth of the answer is Yes this is correct. Singing is related to your voice, thats how the instrument is used, but is used differently to when we speak. When we speak we shorten words & vowels, whereas when we sing, we hold onto the vowels.
It would sound odd if you suddenly held onto a vowel in the middle of a spoken conversation. But when you put music to the sentence, it becomes a song.
This is where singing originates from. The vibrations are held on for longer. In my sessions, I will show you how to master your voice.

Having lyrics or a music score does not matter. What matters is what you prefer. However, you should be aware that a full score can contain 8 or more pages, so if you plan on printing it, keep this in mind.
It is also possible to have your musicla part on a single A4 sheet of paper, if you prefer.

Lyrics can sometimes be confusing as they cannot provide a complete picture of the musical score. However, everything is explained within sessions and recap tutorials.

Music resources include:

• A Separate mp3 harmony part for you to practise along to
• A Full harmony mp3 of the song 
• A full PDF music score
• Lyrics 
• Your musical score part
• Video tutorial