Vocal quality
- Sing with a clear tone throughout their range, maintaining an even tone across different registers
- Use different vocal qualities over a wide range, using the appropriate quality for the genre or style of music
Ensure that learners sing freely throughout their range with an even tone.
If a learner has difficulty with ‘gear changes’, always work from the top of the voice downwards through the different vocal resonances.
Ask learners to sing scales and exercises over a wider range, trying to match up the different vocal registers, i.e. minimising any ‘gear changes’ between different parts of the voice.
Taking into account the mood and character of a song, ask learners to explore a variety of tone colours, e.g. by varying the vocal quality, ‘word colouring’.
Always aim for the voice to move freely and evenly throughout the whole range without any weak areas.
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