This video is to share with you the differences between
solo singing and singing in a choir. Hopefully in this video
I can break down the differences between singing as a soloist and singing as a
choir member, so you can easily communicate to people
in your choir, or perhaps you need to know,
the differences in order to bring out the best musician you can be. In
each circumstance the biggest difference between singing in a chorus
or singing as a solo performer is that singing as a solo performer
it's all about your voice shining in that moment as an individual.
When you are singing in a choir it's all about the
one voice of the choir being heard all together and shining as a performance.
An easy way to remember is that solo singing your individual voice is shining
and as a chorus the chorus voice as one shines. This does disregard if there are
solos within the song, that's that moment for anyone in the
choir who's been chosen as a soloist to shine and let their voice be heard
individually. Singing is just like speaking where when you sing a sentence
like "I'm having a very good day". [SINGS] "I'm having a very good day"
I breathe at the end. So I sing the phrase by breathing at the beginning and
breathing at the end, however if I breathe in the middle of
the phrase [SINGS] "I'm having a ...... very good day" it doesn't quite have the
same flow. When you're a solo performing you're in
charge of your own phrasing, obviously there's places where you
should and shouldn't breathe, but it's really up to the individual performer.
When you're singing in a choir you have to be led by your conductor.
You all have to breathe at the same point. You may even be asked to do
scattered breathing where you breathe without even showing that you're
breathing. I can explain that in another video
but you're really at the discretion of the conductor
and as you go in rehearsals he or she will tell you
where you are to breathe. Performance is also very different
in a choir versus a solo performance. As a solo performer you have complete
control over what you would like to be doing
with your body with your facial expressions, but in a choir you typically
stand straight or you have choralography given to you by
your rehearsal master. As a choir member during rehearsals you
must pay attention to what is written on the page
for dynamics and expression. Your choir master will lead you during rehearsals
to pay attention to these. When are you singing soft? when are you
singing loud? when you decrescendoing?crescendoing? it's very
important to pay attention, because as one voice of the choir you want to be
all singing the same expressions at the same time.
When you're a solo performer dynamical contrast and
individual choice is really up to you. When you are a solo performer
you don't really have to worry about the word blending. Blending is very important
in a choir performance. It's to ensure that your voice matches
with the people around you, so you sound like one voice of the choir.
When you're a solo performer you can just sing and have your voice stand out.
However, during choir rehearsals you will be working to
blend your voices with the people around you, matching their volume, matching their
pitch, matching their expression. Another thing that you really need to
pay attention to in choir rehearsal is the differences between straight tone
and vibrato. Straight tone is singing the note
straight. So it sounds like this. [SINGS] No frills, no vibrato.
Vibrato in the voice comes naturally with a healthy voice, you can't force
yourself to sing vibrato, it just comes, but if I'm singing in a choir with
vibrato, here's a demonstration [SINGS]
you'll notice that the pictures go slightly back and forth between two
different notes
very slightly. If you are singing in choir, you really want to avoid singing
with vibrato. The changes in pitch slightly will clash
with the other singers, so always try to stick to straight tone
and save your vibrato for singing as an individual singer and
just to summarize, individual singing is the moment where
you can shine as an individual voice and when you're singing in a choir
that's your opportunity to shine with other voices as
one voice. That's it from me guys, have a great day and I'll see you later Happy
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