GREATEST SINGERS SERIES: PART 4 'OUR POSTURE AND BODY MOVEMENT'

‎Now you might have been to a concert or a music gathering or even your place of worship and noticed some movements from the person singing.‎‎The posture and body movements are another key to success for most singers. You might've seen the singer standing still, jumping on a spot, waving their hands, placing their hands on their stomach, bending backward or forward, frantically waving their hands, rolling their shoulders, stomping their feet, shaking their heads or bobbing their heads, sitting down, or twisting their necks a little bit to the left or right when singing.‎‎They are not doing such movements for doing sake but know that behind every body movements, language or posture on the stage, there's a message or a meaning to it. ‎‎I for one I'm more of a bend backwards or forward, lifting my hands, shaking my head and placing my hands on my stomach type of singer. You're probably wondering what is the essence of all this? I'll explain each of them to you so pay close attention. ‎‎When I'm about to hit a pitch while singing and I feel tensed, I bend backwards or forward to release the tension before I sing. That way the air I'm releasing or about to release flows freely making me produce a clear high pitch. (meaning I don't sound like I'm about to die or I'm being strangled). This particular posture makes the sound flow freely (for me) without any struggle.‎‎Lifting my hands while singing normally occurs when I'm in the spirit realm (it occurs mainly with gospel singers) you know... deeply soaked in God's presence or in most cases I do that when I MODULATE. It helps me keep track of how high I should go.‎‎You've come across a word again (hehehe) MODULATE. Modulation or to modulate is the act of changing from one key to another. Modulation shifts the tonal center to a new key and the new key could be closely related or distance. ‎There are different types of modulation and I'll explain them briefly.‎‎The diatonic/closely related modulation: it's the process of moving to a key that shares many notes with the original. Example: you have the 'C major and G major ' (I sing comfortably on both keys hehehe) ‎‎The chromatic/far modulation: from the name you've already guessed what it's all about. It when the key is moved to another key that is less related, thereby creating a new note. (it was at this point I knew I was tone deaf) Example: 'C major and F major '. ‎There are two other types of modulation but that would be a topic for another day. Moving on.‎‎‎I mentioned placing my hands on my stomach when singing. You've probably seen a whole lot of singers do this and you might think it's just for doing sake but here's why we actually do it. When singing , air is very much needed and being able to control it is a plus (singers are air benders just so you know).‎‎Sometimes, while singing and we don't want to waste the air we take in when necessary, we place our hands on our stomach to push out the air gently so we don't run out of breath quickly. Breathe control is very necessary for all singers. ‎‎Most singers like Patti LaBelle (Queen of Glissando) swing their arms when singing especially when she's about to reach her seventh heaven. (it's also a musical term) .‎While other people like Kimberly Boyce walks around the stage or bends backwards or forward to sing. Meanwhile there are people who feel more expressive when standing still.‎‎Facial expressions. A good example to use would be our beloved opera singers (95% of opera singers hardly smile) now it's not because they don't want to but because that's the expression an opera singer needs to deliver. The facial expressions of singers helps project sounds better and opera singers are a good example. ( they sing on the last keys of the piano/keyboard). There's an emotion behind every song and our faces projects those emotions in other to sound good.‎‎So far I've been able to talk about few postures and body movements on this insight and I hope you learnt a few things. ‎‎I'm really grateful to God for everyone who has been following the series. Can't wait to see you in the next series ' Vocal warm-ups, Dictions and vocal techniques ' I will use an audio so I can explain better and get a 10/10 from Mr Cyrus (hehehe).‎‎See y'all in the next series. ‎‎

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