VOICE + Instrument LESSONS
This is for people who want to sing along while they play. Sitting at the piano with a song you love, or playing chords on the guitar and singing over the top.
It's a coordination problem more than a singing problem. Your hands are doing one rhythm and your voice is doing another, and at first the two fight each other. It sorts itself out with the right approach, and then it starts to feel like one thing instead of two.
We work on:
- chords, so you can accompany yourself without reading every note
- holding a steady strumming or comping pattern while you sing over it
- finding a key that suits your voice, and moving a song into it
- using a capo to put a song where you want it
- phrasing, so the words and the chords line up
- reading lead sheets and chord charts
- enough breathing and pitch work to sing comfortably
I don't take students for classical voice or audition preparation. This is about being able to sit down, play something you like, and sing along with it.
The one thing I know for sure after decades of teaching is that most people sing better than they believe they do.