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Beginner Singing Techniques: A Foundation for Your Voice
New to singing? This hub introduces the essential skills and mindset you need to start your vocal journey with beginner singing techniques. These articles will help you avoid common pitfalls, build confidence, and begin using your voice with clarity, control, and enjoyment.
1. Starting Your Vocal Journey
2. Building Early Technique
3. Confidence & Motivation for Beginners
4. Singing Volume
- How Loud Should I Be Singing? – Discover the ideal vocal volume zone for most singers and why singing louder isn’t always better.
- Sing louder without straining – three aspects that the pros understand.
- Shouting vs Singing – Learn the difference between healthy projection and shouting, and how to avoid vocal tension.
5. Basic Vocal Health and Stamina
- Why Do I Keep Losing My Voice? – Understand overuse, misuse, and how loud singing habits may be damaging your voice.
- Vocal Health Issues – Strategies for maintaining a healthy, strong voice when singing frequently or loudly.
- The Icarus Effect – A long-term view on building vocal stamina and volume safely over time.
6. Extending Range
- Changing an alto into a soprano – how we can transform a low voice into a higher voice.
- What is vocal tessitura? – Tessitura is MORE than just how high or low you can sing, but determines everything.
- What kind of singer am I? – the difficulty in trying to classify your voice and range too early.
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Mark JW Graham - Mark is a high-end vocal coach and singing teacher based in Nottingham, UK.
Certified in Speech Level Singing, and with over 20 years of musical experience, he is known as the "go-to vocal coach" for singers wanting dramatic improvements in their singing voice in a short space of time.
Trusted by singers worldwide, Mark’s expertise as a coach, singer and musician helps clients transform their voices and raise their musicianship to new levels.