Karen Gallinger

I can’t tell you how often I have seen singers sabotage themselves with bad choices.

 The success of any performance or audition is determined by the Three A’s.

1.)    Appropriate Material Selection (Make sure the song serves you)

Vocal Range: Is the tessitura easily and comfortably within your range?

Character Choices: Are you singing a sad song? Happy? Angry? To whom are you singing?

Shows Your Strengths: Do you have a big dynamic, or emotional range? If so…  Let us see them!!

2.)    Adequate…

This is a short  rumination on vocal improvisation. Not a lesson, just some thoughts and tips. If you have questions, feel free to comment or email me. Cheers!

kg

Improvisational Singing     What is it?

 Improvisational singing is spontaneous invention, creation in the moment, either based upon a given set of parameters, or wholly free-form.  The one thing it is not is “pre-planned”. It is the opposite of memorizing and restating verbatim.

Improvisation is a way of breathing life into a musical phrase by…