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There are so many things I could say about singing. I could give you the history, the science or the statistics. But that doesn't interest me and I don't think that would interest any of you guys either.
I'm not going to go too much into the heavy stuff because learning to sing takes years and years of practise and it takes weeks and weeks to explain. I'm going to talk about the Geography of Classical Singing and The first continent I will be profiling will be Oceania, then Europe, then Africa, then North America, then South America, then Asia and then I will be exploring the unknown area of Antarctic singing.
The way my vocal coach teaches me is through imagery and I think that works the best.
There are three things you need to be able to sing; perseverance, patience and A LOT of determination.
As William Vennard once said;
"Learning to sing is a slow and patient undertaking, in which a good ear is the prerequisite, the imagery is an aid supplied by the teacher, and the experience is gradually accumulated until it is so powerful that merely calling up the memory will reproduce it"
So in modern language, what saying is if you work hard at it, eventually it will just come naturally to you. Now, I'm not saying I have all the answers, nor am I saying I am an expert on the topic, after all I have only had two years of vocal training myself and so I am nowhere near the standard that I am aiming for. All I want is for you, my blog reader, to learn about singing and the different historical and cultural meanings it has for different people and for singing to feel more accessible to you.
So bear with me and keep reading!