Teach 1 Tuesday
Teach 1 Tuesday
Crafting Vocal Mastery: A Journey Beyond Basic Chords
Unlock the secrets of singing confidently over any chord change with our latest Teach One Tuesday podcast episode. We delve into the essence of vocal range and musicianship, focusing on chord recognition—a skill that is vital for any singer looking to harmonize and adapt seamlessly to musical variations. From the foundational C major chord to the complex two-five-one progression, I provide a roadmap for understanding the theoretical aspects that will transform the way you approach music. This isn't about mimicking the greats; it's about applying their techniques to your own voice and enhancing your musical journey.
Let your ears guide you through the layers of vocal prowess, as I emphasize the necessity of not just listening to music, but truly hearing it. We dissect chord progressions and their impact on vocal choices, equipping you with practical insights to improve your musicianship. By the end of our session, you'll be armed with the tools to sing with authority over any chord progression thrown at you. So tune in and elevate your musical comprehension to sing with confidence and mastery.
The Toolkit for musicianship mastery: http://bit.ly/3k5v9Vi
Youtube Channel: https://youtube.com/@thetonikingexperience7645
Rare Keys Production- https://rarekeysproduction.com
Toni King link: http://www.linktr.ee/toni.king
The Toni King Experience
Welcome back to another great episode of Teach One Tuesday podcast. We're going to continue on with a great subject of vocal and range and before we do that, let's get into that great theme music fam. All right, all right, let's get into this great subject for today. Before I do that, let me run down a few links for you guys to continue to serve you and give you great, great information. And first one is my class, the Toolkit for Musicianship Mastery. There is a link there for you. I can also find my class on Udemy, calling all my musicians I am laying out the tools, the things that you need to continue to rise as a great musician and to acquire the skills that you need. Next, my YouTube channel, the Tony King Experience. Please go like and subscribe. Learn something new that will change your life. Some great information.
Speaker 1:I'm still talking about music, different aspects. Please go check it out. You're hearing the podcast, but do me a great great favor, go and tell others about this great podcast and how we are serving people and helping musicians go to the next level. And to mention also my business rare keys production and music school. If you are in a place of not knowing how this thing is supposed to go writing music production. We are here. We have a consultation part of the business ready for you, so please click on there and let come speak to us, send us a message. Rather, and we are here to serve you. If you want to learn more about me, there's a link tree link for you. If you want to know more about me, hear my music and what I'm up to, please go and check that out. All right, right, quick.
Speaker 1:I don't want this episode to be too long, so I'm going to dive right in. So I'm still talking about vocal and ranging, but what I want to do is go deeper as to what that means. So you know what I mean by that is. So you really have to have an understanding of, at least by ear, about what's happening in the music. What chord are they playing at that moment? You know this thing could go very deep, but I'm going to talk about it on a very basic level. You know, are they playing the one? If you're in a major key, let's just let's do C major, that's. I think everyone can understand that C major if we're on the one, it's a major chord, you know, and it would. That dictates what you, what you will sing over that, all right. So you want to, on a basic level, the basic tone, c, e and G, and if you add, you want to add the major seventh there, and if you want to add the extensions, the ninth, the eleventh, all right. And the thirteenth, all those things are there, but you have to have an ear to hear this and have to have some level of understanding as to what's happening with the chords, because this will allow you to be able to sing over those changes in a certain way.
Speaker 1:Last episode, I gave you several artists to listen to, but I didn't want to just stop there, because there's more to it than that. There's more to it than that, and so they, these people, have some level of understanding as to what chords are being played, whether it's to one, whether it's to five, whether it's to six, all right. And then there are corporate. There are chord progressions. The basic one, or the one that's very prominent, is the two, five, one progression and any song. You're going to come back to some form of one, four or five, the song at the beginning and at the end. You're going to come back to some form of that and, without going too much into theory. I want you to understand the work that needs to be done because, yeah, you have people who listen to these, listen to artists, and they take what they have done, but they don't really know where to put it right, because that comes down to more understanding of music, and so what I want to suggest to you is that you should listen to the music that you're If you want, first of all, continue to listen, because you get the information right off hand. But if you want to get some basic level, if you're serious about this, you want to get some basic level of what's happening in the music, go, take a basic theory, music theory class, something very basic, not nothing too hard, something that you can understand. Please don't be afraid of that. And while you're doing that, continue to listen to these artists.
Speaker 1:And the next step, as you begin to get more understanding, it's good to know what chord is being played, because that will influence or give you at least the key to what you need to be able to sing certain things over certain chords. Now there's a such thing as singing the tones in a chord. Going back to C major. You can sing, let's say, c major 7, there's a, c, e, g and B. So those chords are available to you. There's so much more. There's a lot more notes that are available to you, but, again, you have to know how to use that Chromaticism. You have the blues, you have passing tones. You have all these things available to you, but what I think, what I want to do, is caution you and so that you can understand that there is some level of understanding.
Speaker 1:I don't want you to think that this is magic. It's not magic, it's just understanding, hard work and repetition, and so when you're going back to that, when you're going back to the music, you can begin to ask yourself, even before you get to class, ask yourself what chord is this? If you're around, if you are around musicians, if you go to church or anywhere else, have a snippet of a song ready for them. Take them exactly to what part of the song. You want to know what chord is this, what notes are being played? Ask questions, because this will allow you to become even more free, right as you sing over these tones.
Speaker 1:Now again, some people, just by hearing it for so long, they haven't done any theory, they just have a great ear, and you have people that are like this they don't know what chord it is. They may know it's a major, but they don't have much information. But their ear tells them what they need to know. You have great people, you have people who are amazing at that, and if you're not one of those people, that's okay. It's something that can be developed over time. So be patient with yourself. You continue to listen. If you want to go further, take a simple basic theory class where you can learn these things, because the more that you know, the better and the more liberating your process will be, and the more you're able to, the more that you are able to express yourself freely.
Speaker 1:So I wanted to do a vocal arranging too, because I wanted to give more foundation as it pertains to this subject, because I don't want you to be under the impression that any great musician and that includes vocalists any great musician is a magician. They just like as Abba Kadabba, and they just able to do stuff. No, no, no. It took study, it took repetition, it took understanding, it took practice Right and, and so just think of when you take your car to a deal, to to the shop, to take it for maintenance. You know those men and women have understand me reason why they can do what they do so quickly and and diagnosis was happening with the cars because they have experience. They've been doing it for a long time, they've studied, they've studied with someone, they've asked, they have asked questions, and so I want you to take the same approach with music ask questions, take classes, read.
Speaker 1:At a basic level, you can go on YouTube I should say this before and on basic level, you can go on YouTube and and type in some very basic theory questions. You can get answers, just like that. So you can go to free route YouTube, you know, and you can type in whatever you need to know and you'll and begin to learn that way. If you're not ready for the class thing, go straight to YouTube. They have so many answers for you, and so I wanted to give you this information so that you can really know how this is really done, and so I'm not tricking you into thinking that just because you're listening to artists, that is just going to follow you. No, it's going to take work. That takes understanding, and this is what's very, very important for you to understand. All right, so thank you so much for checking this out.
Speaker 1:Once again, I'm giving these links to Toolkit from Musicianship Mastery, my class. Please go check it out my YouTube channel, the Tony King Experience, like and subscribe my business. We are here to serve you, family, rare keys production and music school. All right, and if you want to learn more about me, the Linkery link is there for you to learn more about me and to hear my music. I want to thank you so much for being here with me. I hope you're having a wonderful day. If you're not having a wonderful day, you can change that by my side. Thanks so much.