From the course: Singing Lessons: 3 Essential Techniques

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Texture: Part 1

Texture: Part 1

- A very potentially powerful tool in a singer's tool belt is the use of texture. Some singers really don't use a very wide range or spectrum of texture. Astrud Gilberto as I mentioned before, she uses a very pure, beautiful straight tone with a little bit of air. Air is actually a form of texture but she doesn't really introduce many other textural sounds into her tone and it's a beautiful sound. Texture, the various forms of texture, can just be a little bag of tools that you can throw in at the ends of phrases or the beginnings of phrases or to color a note or if you were approaching a certain style of music such as R&B or soul music. It seems that there's a more common use of texture in certain forms of music, certain genres and styles of music and of course, we all know voices that are inherently textural. Janis Joplin. On your listening list, I'd like you to check out Louis Armstrong and has a classic song that he does What a Wonderful World and his voice is just rich with…

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