Abbey Lincoln had a unique vocal technique with a deep-toned, smoky voice, capable of projecting her emotions in a heartfelt manner. The key to learning to sing like Abbey is to work on developing your own vocal style and technique while striving to bring your emotions to the fore when performing. This is where her strength lies. Here are some practical tips and Singing Carrots resources to start:

• Firstly, take Singing Carrots' Vocal range and Pitch accuracy tests to define your vocal range and pitch accuracy and track your progress statistically over time. You can then use this information to select songs in Abbey's range and build up to them, knowing that Singing Carrots offers suitable songs in your range with lyrics, sheet music, chords, karaoke, and YouTube audio.
• Secondly, check out the Singing Carrots Vocal range tool that compares your range to those of famous singers like Abbey. This will allow you to find a scale that Abbey uses and to experiment with it. You can then incorporate Abbey's vocal techniques into your singing by using Singing Carrots' Pitch Trainer, which includes interactive vocal warm-ups, pitch visualizers, and exercises for range and agility. Abbey was also known to use Twang vocal techniques in her delivery, and this can be learned through Singing Carrots' Twang exercise video or by reading the relevant Singing Carrots article, "Contemporary Vocal Techniques."
• Abbey's performances were known to be deeply emotional, and this is something you can learn to do with practice. Use Singing Carrots' Singing with Intuition, Skills, Emotion, and Thinking article, along with the Stage Fright and Performance articles to help you hone your emotional delivery and performance techniques. You can also use Singing Carrots' Song-Book tool to create your performance set with linked lyrics, sheet music, chords, karaoke, and YouTube audio.
• Last, try working on Abbey's resonant tone by focusing on breath support. Singing Carrots has plenty of resources that can help you develop proper breath support. Utilize our breathing basics and breath support articles to enhance your sound production.

These are just a few tips on how to learn to sing like Abbey Lincoln. Singing Carrots has plenty of articles, videos, and tools that can help you refine your technique and develop your unique style. Use the list above to guide you as you explore the wealth of singing resources that Singing Carrots has to offer.