Vocal Techniques

Vocal Techniques, systematic approaches to different styles of singing.

For information on:

• varieties of vocal techniques, see Singing: Stylistic Variation
• vocal techniques used in folk music, see Folk Music: Musical Structure
• imitation within choral singing, see Western Music: The Renaissance
• singing in unison (many voices singing the same part), see Choral Music: Introduction; Chorus (theater); Native Americans: Plains and Pueblo Music; Unison
• a cappella (singing without instrumental accompaniment), listen to the recordings, Bobby McFerrin, in McFerrin, Bobby; Popular Vocal Music of South Africa, in see Choral Music: Introduction
• chanting (a musical style in which a number of words are sung on the same note, often in a monotonous rhythm), see Chant; Rap
• falsetto (artificially produced high notes), see Falsetto
• vocal technique featuring abrupt shifts between lower tones and falsetto tones, see Yodel