How to find a good voice teacher.
Hello all:
Many people would love to develop the beautiful art of singing. Everybody has the capacity to improve their vocal ability and get better in their singing. But the question is: How to start? What to do or where to to to find the perfect voice teacher for me? Where do I find a good teacher that understands my voice and will help me to get the best of it? There are many choices... so many, it can be an overwhelming experience. I decided to help you out with this decision and giving you some tips that you can use to find the Voice teacher that works best for your voice and your goals in singing.
1. It is very important that your voice teacher knows what he/she is teaching.
Do not hesitate in asking your potential teacher about his/her background in Music. What studies and training does he/she have? for how many years has he/she been teaching voice technique? It is crucial to find someone that really knows about voice technique and vocal pedagogy. Someone that can helps you to work with whatever voice technique issues you may have and helps you to develop a healthy sound avoiding vocal damage in the future. Usually the best teachers are those who have been trained their voices with classical singers because they have really studied the voice technique and know pretty well the singing process and can help you to create a solid voice technique.
2. Keep in mind what are your goals in singing and find a teacher that can walk that path with you. For example, if you want to sing Opera, you certainly need someone that can guide you with voice technique, style, repertoire, languages, etc. You certainly need a teacher that can train you and helps you to develop all of that and even more. But if you want to sing rock you need someone that knows how to work with the falsetto (head voice) to help you develop the high range for those "rock style screaming" in a healthiest way possible.
3. The best letter of recommendation of any voice teacher are his/her students.
Listen to them. Do you like how they sing? Do you think they sing well, pretty, healthy, etc? If listening to the students inspires you and makes you want to start singing you will probably enjoy taking voice lessons with this teacher.
4. Online voice lessons, video lessons or person to person voice lessons?
The best way to learn to sing is ALWAYS on a person to person setting. This is the best way to learn because your teacher and you can find out what your needs are and create a routine of vocal exercises to work with your specific needs. Videos may be too general and not going to the root of your vocal issues and at certain point you'll feel that you stop learning; this may discourages and frustrates you and you will stop your practice. Between video conferences lessons (live lessons) and person to person lessons I would prefer again a person to person setting. But in this modern world, where you can access the information from the comfort of your home, you can find good and experienced teachers that offer lessons in an online - one on one settings. Just do a good research before you go with any teacher for an online or person to person lesson.
5. Try more than one teacher.
It is very important for you to feel confident and free of negative energies. A good teacher will encourage you to give your best. But will also point your weaknesses and will help you to address those vocal issues in order to build a healthy voice and a proper technique helping you to get the best of your vocal ability. Keeping this in mind, write down a list of qualities you would like to find in your voice teacher. Then start your search in your closest community college, music academies, private instructors etc. I would suggest you to find at least 3 teachers and talk to them personally, online, on the phone or by e mail. Ask them all the questions you want and check if they match your list. Then find the time to meet them personally or online if it's the case and try one voice lesson. You can ask the teacher to give you a 30 minutes voice lesson to see if you are a good match. But be ready to pay for the class; most teachers charge for their time.
6. Finally, ask your self: How do I feel?
How do you feel before, during and after the voice lesson? This is VERY IMPORTANT!!! How do you feel physically, mentally and psychologically before, during and after each voice lesson is very important. You should feel comfortable, confident, secure, appreciated, and you need to feel that you are learning something. Physically, you need to feel that what you are doing is not painful on your throat, and very important, that you don't end your voice lesson with stress on your vocal chords or hoarse voice. A good voice technique leads to a beautiful, healthy and powerful sound. It gives you confidence, it makes you feel good about your self. So, look for all these feelings while taking your voice lessons.
Good luck and happy singing everyone!
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