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Miguel de Maria
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Joined: Oct. 20 2003
From: Phoenix, AZ
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 RE: I want to sing (in reply to Tenshu)
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Tenshu,
I took singing lessons from an opera singer for a year on and off. And I got the Roger Love CD with exercises to sing and increase your range. As to your question, you most certainly can learn how to sing. There are different ways to sing,but you can learn intonation, range, tone, timing, and volume.
It's an instrument like any other. One thing, for example my voice is a tenor and somewhat thin. I don't think it will ever sound like those gritty flamenco guys. Most Spanish people I heard have a little gruff or hoarse voice anyway, it seems to be natural. And then smoking and drinking I hear will make your voice that way too. Nat King Cole smoked a lot of cigarrettes.
And maybe it's even harder than guitar for foreigners, because you have to really get the accent down. Like singing blues I would think. So many inflections and mannerisms and even a way of thinking. But I think you can do it Tenshu, if you really want it. Maybe start with Columbianas or rumbas and then go down (ma jondo) from there. I'm studying singing too...maybe someday we can do some Fandangos together. :)
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Date Jan. 5 2006 16:46:45
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zata
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RE: I want to sing (in reply to Tenshu)
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Tenshu, the rough or foggy voices many of us associate with cante and which were mostly popularized by Mairena are no longer fashionable. I still love them and can’t get no satisfaction from the dulcet tones of Mayte Martín, Estrella Morente or Arcángel, but young singers are going for clean voices, and some of them even manage to sound very flamenco using a clean delivery. But make no mistake, vocal placement is a learned trait.
A rough voice can be cultivated and acquired and the quickest way for a foreigner is to catch a cold in Spain. I don’t know if it’s different germs than foreigners have in their own countries or what, but a Spanish cold can last for months and leave your voice with a nice edge. If you’re singing all the time something gets established in your vocal chords and voila!, flamenco voice. Speaking in loud tones, a Spanish custom, also gives a permanent frost over the years. And of course smoking and drinking help a lot. (If anyone’s interested, Spain’s new “no smoking in public places” law that went into effect on January 1st has had little more effect in Jerez than prompting bars and cafeterias to put up large signs saying “Smoking permitted here”).
While it gives a great feeling of confidence to have a flamenco-sounding voice, it’s by no means a prerequisite.
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