ONE TO ONE SINGING LESSONS
You can book a one to one singing lesson with Christabel, either in Hove or online. A one to one singing lesson will give you the opportunity to explore your voice, enabling you to improve technique, confidence and all round singing ability.
WARM UPS:
These are a vital part of any singing routine and every singing lesson starts with voice warm ups. Christabel will show you how to warm up away from lessons so that your voice is always prepared for practice and performance.
TECHNIQUE:
Much of the singing lesson will centre around technique. This can mean anything from working on posture to breathing to projection, tone, control, flexibility and much more. This part of the singing lesson is vital for improvement and Christabel will always make sure you go at your own pace and level. It is important that you are able to incorporate technique work into your practice at home and you will be given the tools to do this. This will enable you to explore and develop your voice, in a way becoming your own singing teacher.
SONGS:
The reason you have singing lessons is so that you can be confident singing the songs of your choice! This may be for performance, an audition, to sing original music, for study, just for fun or any other reason particular to you. So, the largest part of the lesson will focus on singing the songs you want to sing, and also on singing songs which help to expand your repertoire and increase your abilities. This is the fun part!
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VOCAL HEALTH:
Vocal health is of the utmost importance if singers are to avoid vocal disorders. Vocal health can include lifestyle, everyday use of voice, alignment/posture, and vocal technique. Posture/alignment, breath control, projection, tone, flexibility, pitch/intonation, and voice control are just some of the important areas and each singing lesson will be tailored specifically to you or your child, depending on what is required or desired.
FUN:
Singing is fun! It is something we do to bring us pleasure. Relax and enjoy it. Christabel is extremely passionate about singing and loves teaching singing. Hopefully you will find the singing lessons as fun as she does. If not, tell her what you want more or less of.
INSPIRATION:
Finding out about new genres, learning about different singers, developing your own sound, and finding out what inspires and excites you or your child musically is extremely important. Emotion in a performance is what draws in the audience and how much easier to develop feel and emotion when singing which inspires or excites you.
NATURAL:
Singing is natural to humans! Some music historians believe that singing predates the spoken word and that, as humans, we first communicated in sung sounds, rather than with words. People from all cultures include singing in noteworthy events, and use song to help them celebrate – just as we do at Christmas and on birthdays. So, if you feel nervous about singing, or you believe you are no good, let Christabel help you find your natural singing voice.
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