Comments on: Learning Vocal Style – What You Must Master

By: Judy Rodman

Judy Rodman — Sun, 21 Feb 2021 18:52:49 +0000

Hi there Unknown… I'd love to work with you on this style change! Just email me judy@judyrodman.com so I can send you some info about my lessons. I look forward to hearing from you!

By: Mikaela Kraus

Mikaela Kraus — Sun, 21 Feb 2021 18:51:10 +0000

I am a classi ally trained singer. I am looking for some coaching on singing a little more allison Kraus style. How do I go about this?

By: Judy Rodman

Judy Rodman — Sat, 23 Mar 2019 04:57:59 +0000

Keln, yes, Krauss uses a fast shimmer of vibrato. She also uses lots of straight tone. They way she combines the two is quite lovely. If you are influenced by her, I imagine yours is lovely, too! Thanks for the comment.

By: Keln

Keln — Sat, 23 Mar 2019 04:50:55 +0000

Not sure how anyone can claim that Bluegrass singing uses no vibrato and then points to Alison Krauss as being the queen of that, when she constantly uses vibrato. I mean it is her signature. She is well familiar with vibrato on the violin and she actually sings like how she plays her violin. Lots of vibrato. I use it myself when I sing as well, having used her as a model voice from the time I was about 13 in the early 90s or late 80s. It is absolutely chock full of vibrato the way she sings, and there is a lot of it in bluegrass now, mimicking Krauss. I'd say most female singers in bluegrass try to mimic her.

By: Judy Rodman

Judy Rodman — Sat, 02 Aug 2014 08:40:12 +0000

Thank you Molly… I appreciate your comment! You're right… techniques must be learned which are specific to particular vocal styles. Which is a great reason to have a significant conversation with each new student at the first lesson about what they want to sing!

By: Molly Webb

Molly Webb — Sat, 02 Aug 2014 08:36:46 +0000

Just came across this blog–great post! So many voice teachers want to make vocal technique and style two completely separate things, but there are so many ways (like your points about vibrato) that they're integrated. I can't tell you how many times I've heard teachers say that if you learn vocal technique and then put the right emotion into it that style will just happen, as if there's nothing learned about it.

By: Judy

Judy — Sat, 09 Jun 2012 16:08:51 +0000

Agreed, Gary! It takes time and dedication to the vocal training.

By: Gary Catona Voice Builder

Gary Catona Voice Builder — Fri, 08 Jun 2012 17:58:51 +0000

Phrasing is one of the hardest and most important things to master when becoming a complete singer.

By: Diane Hurst

Diane Hurst — Tue, 05 Jun 2012 19:06:56 +0000

I didn't know there are so many ways to sing! Thanks, this is good info.