Is there a difference between vocal lessons and vocal coaching? What about between a vocal teacher and vocal coach? Does it really matter? At Perfect Pitch Studio, we think there IS a difference, and that each are important to a singer’s career.

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VOCAL LESSONS & teachers

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The first difference between a vocal lesson and a vocal coaching session is the focus of the lesson. Vocal teachers work on vocal technique. You may do vocal function exercises, note patterns and single notes, designed to achieve a particular sound or to refine your ability in a particular part of your range. Typically, the majority of the lesson will be given to these technical exercises, although there may well be some time given to song troubleshooting – putting the technique into context. Sometimes you do not get to sing a song all the way through in a technique lesson, as the purpose is to discover the things that are not working for you, and to fix them.

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The second difference concerns the structure of the lesson. A good vocal teacher will be helping you build your vocal technique and stamina. At Perfect Pitch Studio, we include a structured program and will give you homework, vocal exercise routines to practice, and plan technical instructions over an extended timespan.

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BEWARE OF BAD TEACHERS

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Be aware that there are unskilled singing teachers out there, who give the same exercises to every student regardless of the technical difficulty or the individual vocal makeup of the student. And if it doesn’t work the first (second, fifth, twentieth…) week it’s clearly because you just aren’t working hard enough at it.

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At Perfect Pitch Studio, we design and develop a program to work for each individual student which will produce a strong vocal instrument.

 

VOCAL CoACHING & COACHes

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The vocal coach will expect you to already know how to sing and will help you put your technique into a context, find the best version of your voice and style for each song, and help you create, understand and polish your performing persona. It is likely that you will sing songs all the way through, as the purpose of the session is to discover how you perform, what you do with the song material and whether your view/concept works for you.

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At Perfect Pitch Studio we cover many things including musical style, phrasing, memorising, acting or atmosphere intent, finding your version of the song, choosing music for a set, audition technique and even go as far as advice on your “look”.

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Still not sure?

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If you are still not sure which service you may need? Feel free to give us a call.  760.446.9177

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