Gesturing While Singing
When an audience comes to hear you sing, they want to do more than see you, they want to hear you connect with the story behind the songs you sing. All the movements you make on stage should relate back to and enhance the story telling of your song. Gesturing during your song adds interest and can also help your audience to better understand the song lyrics – just don’t make the mistake of overdoing your movements. Here are some tips on coordinating movement with music:
At home, practice moving around and singing, doing simple tasks as you sing just to practice doing two things at once. Once you can move around easily while singing, try speaking the words to your song and take note of what gestures you use. Being aware of what gestures you use when speaking lyrics will help you identify fitting gestures for when you sing the song.
Moving too much may detract from some songs. When you first start practicing a song, allow yourself to move freely and then slowly begin to get rid of the movements that don’t add to the interpretation of the song. Moving around just for the sake of it when you’re singing doesn’t really enhance your song. Classical songs don’t require much movement and usually not many gestures. Limit your movement to only those that are absolutely necessary when singing classical music.
If singing is new to you, adding some sort of movement may just be too much for you right now. When you first begin singing before an audience, don’t try to tackle to many things at once. Just developing your vocal technique will most likely be enough to keep you busy. When you’re ready to go from just good technique to coordinating that technique while telling a story you need to know how to move. You will need to know how to move and to engage your audience with your song.
Inexperienced singers have a tendency to overuse gestures when singing because they feel that arm movements make their song more appealing – and they can, when done correctly. Just make sure that you don’t only move your hands, but also move your elbows away from your body and your palms are up and open.
If your hands normally move when you speak, then you may feel stiff if they remain frozen at your side during your song. Read the songs lyrics aloud like it is a part in a play so that know what is going on in the story and how the character feels and would react to what is happening. By reading the text aloud you will find that gestures are part of your natural reaction to what is happening and you can use those gestures when you sing to help add interest to your performance. However, you should never gesture simply for the sake of movement.
I hope this information will help you to improve your singing performances. If you’re determined to learn how to sing like a star but can’t afford the cost of private singing lessons don’t worry. It’s possible to teach yourself to sing with affordable video singing training like Sing With Freedom from Per Bristow. All the best with it!
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