Be A Good Vocal Mentor By Giving The Apt Vocal Lessons

By Author: Ken Tamplin
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If you are a professional singer or you have a formal training in music, you may think to be a vocal coach . It is not an easy task to be a vocal coach as you need to have a lot of endurance and temperament for the job. But at the end of the day you will find that the job is highly rewarding and lucrative.
The job of a vocal coach mainly includes giving vocal lessons to the students. Your students can be kids, teens or adults. You can teach at your own place or go to your student's place. Here's how to give vocal lessons to your student in simple steps:
Make a lesson plan. In lesson one take vocal test of the student. Take a pitch pipe and blow the middle note(C) and sing a simple scale. Then ask your student to do the same. If he/she does it well, ask him/her to sing the main scales D, E, F and so on till you achieve the upper limits of his/her range. Now overturn the process and go down the scale till you find the lower limits of his/her range.
In lesson two, teach your ...
... student how to warm up in a proper way by starting with buzzing. After the warm up session ask him/her to sing his/her favorite song and point out his/her weak points like whether he/she is breathy, muttering consonants and his/her pitch is uneven etc. Note down the points in a diary so that you can remember them and suggest him/her how to improve it.
In lesson three, breathing techniques should be taught to the student. Being a vocal coach , you should be aware of all the kinds of breathing techniques. Some vocal tutors give importance to singing from mask and others give emphasis to sing from diaphragm. You can also teach both the methods to your student.
In fourth lesson, the student is asked to execute scales using perfect pitch. Lesson five gives importance to consonants. Concentrate on the pronunciation of T, B, P and Ds of your student and teach him how to shun the disturbing breath popping sounds, plosives etc. Teach your student to sing the consonants articulately otherwise it will be very difficult for the audience to comprehend the words of any song.
In the sixth lesson, help your student to choose his favorite song. The song chosen by him should be within his vocal range. Even if the song he chooses is simple let him sing it, because a simple song if conveyed well creates a good impression on the audience rather than a tough song which the student might spoil.