Contemporary vocal training has received increasing attention from voice students. For many years, people were under the impression that classical training is sufficient for singing modern repertoire, such as pop, rock, jazz, R&B, gospel, etc. However, recent scholarship has indicated that modern vocal techniques involve a whole set of skills overlooked in classical training.
To begin with, the foundation for vocal production in contemporary singing is built on a solid chest voice, unlike the emphasis given to the development of the head voice in classical singing. Chest voice enables singers to deliver the lyrics with a speech quality, making it more personal and intelligible to the modern audience.
As a result, an important part of contemporary vocal training falls on bridging vocal registers between the chest voice and head voice for a pleasant mix voice. The key to a balanced mix voice dwells on a solid chest voice quality that will ring throughout the range of the singer.
Other than tone production differences, contemporary singers also invest in building a repertoire in genres such as pop and jazz, which requires the guidance of an accomplished and experienced contemporary voice teacher.
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