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Decribing how to sing great tenor is a bit like demonstrating
how to dry one's back without using one's hands. You
pretty much learn by doing and not by reading. Does
reading an article in a golf magazine help your game?
There are, however, some tips that are translatable
to your tenor-singing techniques.
Sometimes, in our attempt to conserve enough air to
maintain support through a phrase, we don't achieve
preparatory breath well in the first place. Make the
breath part of the release while forming the next intended
target.
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Barbershop performers are always behind the focus
of the ensemble sounds we create. Listen carefully.
Shift body weight at appropriately frequent intervals.
Maintain shoulder posture, and keep chin and Adam's
apple in a comfortably low position.
There is no such thing in justly-tuned barbershop
tenor singing as a half step. Tenors need to work
diligently to sing in tune with the lead. Be alert
to the need for lifting or settling certain intervals
as you rehearse and perform.
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Smokie
Mountain Melodies' Tenor Singers
BARBER,
JANICE
CHAPIN, DEE
DEIBERT, RENEE'
KING, KENDRA
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The chord that the audience perceives as ringing is
because of instantaneous adjustments. A tenor and her
lead can never duet too much.
Imagineering or looping one's performance is excellent
for creating a consistent and positive frame of mind.
Run through your entire performance in your mind. The
more you prepare yourself the more confident you'll
be. Rehearse not just enough to get it right, but enough
to never get it wrong.
Top eight tips for better tenor singing:
- Breathe to consume air, not to conserve air
- Finish phrases with a breath
- Listen harder
- Move feet to stay fresh
- There are no half-step intervals
- Duet the melody
- Rehearse until error-free -- then do it again
- Loop your performance
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