How To Improve Your Singing Performance

Posted on 18. May, 2010 by amauto.

Every song tells a story, and when singing for an audience you want that story to shine through and connect the audience to the song and story. Every movement you make while on the stage should serve as punctuation to your song. Being able to move and sing is important, yet starting small is best. Try these tips for striking the right balance of movement while singing:

Practice singing at home while you do general household tasks like folding cloths or washing dishes, so that you get used to doing other things while you sing. When you’re comfortable moving and singing, speak through your song lyrics and notice what gestures come naturally to you. The way you move your hands when saying the words to the song will help you to identify the most natural gestures for when you sing the words.

There are some songs in which very little movement will be needed. When you first start practicing a song, allow yourself to move freely and then slowly begin to get rid of the movements that don’t add to the interpretation of the song. Too much meaningless movement will not help your audience to interpret the song’s story. For example, a classical song generally won’t need many gestures and requires little movement. Limit your movement to only those that are absolutely necessary when singing classical music.

If singing is new to you, adding some sort of movement may just be too much for you right now. When you first begin singing before an audience, don’t try to tackle to many things at once. Just developing your vocal technique will most likely be enough to keep you busy. When you’re ready to go from just good technique to coordinating that technique while telling a story you need to know how to move. Learning how to make eye contact with your audience and how to move will help you connect with your audience and help them connect with your songs.

Most beginner singers want to move their hands a lot when they sing because they assume that gesturing makes their song more interesting and exciting and it can when done properly. Just make sure that you don’t only move your hands, but also move your elbows away from your body and your palms are up and open.

Because you normally move your hands when you speak, you should do so when you sing as well or you will feel stiff and uncomfortable trying to force your arms to remain still during your song. Work the song as a monolog to discover what’s happening and how the character would react to the actions in the story. By becoming the character in the song, gestures will be part of your natural reaction to what is happening you can use those same gestures when you sing to help tell your story. However, you should never gesture simply for the sake of movement.

I hope this information will help you to improve your singing performances. If you want to do more to learn to sing or have ever wondered if it is possible to teach yourself how to sing then I strongly recommend you check out online singing lessons like Sing With Freedom from Per Bristow. All the best with it!

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