Learning to Adapt my Voice

Another aspect of vocal training I have been working on is adapting my voice to suit other styles. The main one is musical theatre, in this genre I’ve had to allow myself to use my chest voice something which I haven’t been comfortable using before and been discouraged from using as it. But after gaining the confidence and a lead role in musical ( Guys and Dolls, playing the role of Sarah Brown)it has pushed me to perform this genre more. Singing the duet ‘I still believe’ not only forced me to sing in chest voice at the start when I got higher the classical training was still relevant. In this piece performing with another singer taught me to be aware of projection and dynamics, as our vocal lines overlapped it became more about the blend of our voices and not our individual sounds.
'Singing in duet, or in a duo requires acquiring the correct melodies and harmonies. This is because, without this, one singer could detract from the other’s singing. You have to maintain your individual melody and correct notes, whether singing soft in volume, or singing loud on a high note. Working with this in mind would lead to a nice blending of harmonies and make singing in duet sound good. Since there is another person singing with you, don’t let your performance go astra' (Wilson;2015)