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by HungryGuy on August 14th, 2004

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Can an average person learn, with practice/training, to sing like a pro? Or must they be born with talent?

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  • by EdMuse on January 11th, 2006

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    There is something I call "the architecture of your skull." If you look into high quality equipment, or musical instrument construction, you can learn that the amount and dimensions of space inside of a speaker cabinet or musical instrument is extremely important to obtaining the optimum sound from the speaker or instrument. The same is true of the voice. The size and shape of the various cavities of the head (pharyngeal, oral, nasal, sinus) and the shape and contour of the vocal mask (the facial bones, which act like the soundboard of a musical instrument) are a big determiner in the usability of the vocal instrument.

    So, is this talent? Okay.

    Does this mean that someone who doesn't have a "well-built" vocal instrument can't be a professional singer? Well, no. Pavarotti, for instance, has a wonderful instrument. In fact, he seems to have inherited it from his father, who had perhaps a better voice than his. Domingo, on the other hand, doesn't have such a perfect instrument. To get to his level of success demanded more good hard work. Now, while Pavarotti is known for a fairly narrow variety of 19th century Italian operatic works, Domingo can go from singing Mozart one night to Puccini the next to Wagner the next. He plays the piano and is a skilled conductor.

    Note, also, that if you can get someone to pay you to sing, then you're a pro. There's no hard and fast line of what it means to "sing like a pro." But I will say this: I consider myself an average person. I also consider myself a pro. I'm not rich, I'm not famous, but I make a living teaching and performing. I will say that if I practiced more, I'd probably be doing more performing and less teaching. But there it is. First hand example: average person, practice and training, sings like a pro.

    -EdM.

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