The majority of exercises that voice teachers give to their students consist of part of a major scale or arpeggio. Each repetition of the pattern is changed to a new key with the same relationships between the notes. A typical pattern is illustrated below: In the vocalises from the 19th century, however, this was rarely […]
Tag: pitch
Are Male and Female Voices Really That Different?
The short answer is “no”. There are cultural differences, and differences of size of the larynx and vocal folds, but functionally all voices have the same scientific registers available to them – fry/Mode 0, chest/Mode 1, head/Mode 2, and whistle/mode 3. All voices need to be trained to use their full pitch potential in chest […]
How to teach someone to match pitch
This topic comes up a few times a year on the various forums that I belong to. It’s time for me to write a fairly “permanent” piece on it that I can point people to. I have had good success with teaching people to match pitch, and the principles are not difficult. The problem seems […]