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Where do you start?
Before you start looking for a singing teacher, you need to decide want you want from your singing lessons.
Do you want to develop your voice to its fullest potential or just learn songs?
Do you want to be classically trained or learn in a pop style?
Knowing what you want will help you decide who's right for you and how much you're willing to spend, so sit down and write a list of want you want and what you don't want.
WHY SING? By Sally Garozzo
Everyone can gain from the benefits of singing, whether they think they can sing or not. Just open your mouth and let it out…. There should be no judgement about it!
Physical benefits of Singing
Singing increases the oxygen uptake into your body, which creates a feeling of well-being as more oxygen flows to the brain.
Singing improves tone in the muscles of the neck, jaw and face thereby promoting a youthful appearance. It also improves the muscle tone of your rib cage, some back muscles and abdominal muscles.
Singing stimulates the thyroid gland to release thyroxin thereby helping to balance metabolism.
Singing helps you to want to improve your health by enhancing your awareness of your body.
Singing gives all of your internal organs a vibratory massage, especially the spinal column, thereby promoting detoxification and a feeling of well-being.
Mental Benefits of Singing
Singing improves your motor skills by developing the co-ordination between mind and body.
Singing improves your ability to listen and hear…..eg. your aural awareness.
Singing helps to develop eye co-ordination and reading skills.
Singing will develop your ability to multi-task.
Singing gives you a better understanding and appreciation of poetry and the English language.
Emotional Benefits of Singing
Singing lessons create a feeling of achievement and elation.
Singing helps you to connect with feelings that require healing or simply acknowledging.
Singing helps you to ‘feel’ more – it opens the heart and releases emotional blockages. Needless to say it is a good stress buster.
Singing releases endorphins which are natural opiates.
Singing gives you respite from other activities…. It’s like a meditation.
Singing can help ease pain by helping you to express it.
Singing helps you to build confidence and self awareness.
Spiritual Benefits of Singing
Singing can help you ‘feel the love’. It can help to connect you with your higher source.
Singing creates positive energy and a happy mood, and, as like attracts like, gives you more of the same. This is known as the Law of Attraction.
So where do you start looking for singing lessons?
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Which teacher should I chose?
A good singing teacher doesn't make bold claims about what he can do for your voice. He knows that improvement takes consistent hard work and dedication on the part of his pupil.
Beware of a singing teacher who claims to have a brand new, never previously discovered technique. You don't want to be his guinea pig, only to find that you haven't made progress or worse still your voice has been damaged further down the line.
Even if everybody raves about a singing teacher, he may not be right for you. . A singing teacher whose methods have stood the test of time is a much safer bet.
When you find a singing teacher you're interested in, ask to sit in on a few singing lessons (with different students). If all the lessons are exactly the same and the teacher doesn't tailor the singing lessons to suit the student, then look elsewhere. You need someone who teaches what is right for you and your voice.
If you decide a singing teacher seems right for you, go ahead and book a consultation lesson. You might need a few singing lessons before you really know if it's going to work, but don't be afraid to move on if you decide the teacher isn't what you are looking for.
Then what?
So, you've found some great singing lessons and you're beginning your journey to your goal.
Remember that it's going to take commitment and work on your part to get there. Practising for at least an hour everyday. Your teacher can advise you on the best exercises for your voice. A good singing teacher can guide you in the right direction, but the rest is up to you!
Written by Georgina Hill-Brown except for Why sing written by Sally Garozzo.
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