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How do you know your singing range?

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Jennifer Rutherford
Voice Instructor and Performer, Private and International School of Music, Bethesda
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Jennifer has sung all styles from opera to jazz.  She has a Master's in performance from the University of Alberta, and has performed opera, oratorio, and her own solo show, in Canada, the US and abroad.  She now specializes in one-woman floor shows for banquets and special occasions, performing mostly show tunes, jazz, and ballads, and incorporating her own written dialog specific to the client's occasion. She recently took her act to Central Europe, where it was very well received, and is now finishing up her next CD.

How do you know your singing range?

In this video, professional voice instructor Jennifer Rutherford of International School of Music, and private teacher in Bethesda Maryland, describes how to prepare for a competition like American Idol, or any other audition. Some tips on preparation, vocal health, song choice, and audition etiquette are covered. Warm ups are also suggested and demonstrated with student and model, Mair. The video assumes that candidates will have some level of training or natural ability, but would also be useful for the amateur interested in pursuing training for a career in singing.

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Host: How do you know your singing range?

Jennifer Rutherford: There are four main voice categories, everybody is probably familiar with them, Soprano, Alto, Tenor, Bass. Within those broad ranges are more finely tuned categories. For instance, there is Coloratura Soprano, Mezoo Soprano, Lyric Tenor. Those categories are more often used to categorize the Operatic voice or the Choral voice, but for the purposes of pop singing, we use what's called the Belt voice. It is more or like a speaking quality voice with some pitch added in it. It really comes from a very open throated quality and singing from the belt, which is really your waistline. You just bring up all that energy through a nice open throat. You will have to take a few more breathe, that's why you might hear pop singers take a few more take some breath in places that I normally wouldn't not recommend. But that's why, it just takes a lot more of air to sing that belt quality voice.

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