Crooners and Divas – Singing From the Heart – The Incredible Voice of Billie Holida

Where tenor is a term used for high-pitched male singing, singing soprano is a female dominated style and is considered the highest range in music. No wonder opera singers can break glass! Soprano can also be sung by young boys whose larynx has not completely developed though some male singers can sing soprano through a falsetto modulation but the pitch cannot match that of a trained female soprano singer. Before you decide that you want to learn soprano, it is important to determine if you can sing in this style of music. Typically, voice ranges fall into four categories called soprano, alto, tenor, and bass. It is important that you find which range your voice falls under. This is something a music teacher can help you with through basic voice exercises, where you will match different scales and notes on a piano or a keyboard.

When singing soprano, it is essential to learn musical notes and scales. It is a challenging singing technique and can be perfected only with continuous practice over a couple of years. The easiest way to learn soprano is by taking lessons from a skilled soprano music teacher or by joining your local church singing group. Choir singing is usually high-pitched, helping you acclimatize your voice to a higher scale. Joining a choir will also help you in understanding musical notes. Unlike the alto, tenor, or bass, a soprano singer gets to sing all the melodious parts in any sing. Because a human ear can hear high-pitched sounds better than lower pitches, singing soprano might just make you stand in the limelight of your singing group!

Always take advice from your choir leader and take their comments as constructive feedback. Make a conscious effort to correct the mistakes you are making, especially considering the difficulty level of singing soprano. Practice singing in front of a mirror at least two to three hours every day.

If you are taking lessons from a soprano teacher, it could cost you anywhere between $60 and $200 per hour for classes. This amount is a back-breaker for most people. Unless your parents are investing in your classes, you must take up a day job to sustain yourself and also pay for your lessons. The ideal job in such a case would be to take up a singing profile in a bar or a club – this will be the perfect platform to experiment with different styles of singing, enabling you to earn while you learn!

Soprano singers do not limit their skills to church singing only. Professional singers such as Gwen Stefani and even Britney Spears sing soprano in most of their music. Singing soprano can open multiple career options for you. You could become a professional pop singer, an opera singer, a professional Broadway singer, or you could also compete successfully in music shows such as American Idol.

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