How to Sing Like Amy Winehouse

With Amy Winehouse's natural gift and unique music style, she captivated audiences worldwide with her soulful voice and powerful lyrics. To learn how to sing like Amy, you need to understand her vocal technique and style.

Vocal Style

Amy Winehouse had a distinctive vocal style that was both soulful and energetic. Her voice had a mix of jazz, R&B, and pop that set her apart from other contemporary artists. To achieve her sound, here are a few things to keep in mind:

• Focus on clean, crisp vocals with a bit of grit and raspiness for added texture
• Use melisma to create a unique style and to express emotion through your voice
• Use dynamics to intensify certain parts of your vocal performance
• Learn to improvise and use your voice to create a unique sound that's authentic to you
• Understand the importance of storytelling through your vocals to convey emotion to your audience

Technique

Amy Winehouse's vocal technique emphasized her unique style, but it also highlighted her voice's range and power. To sing like her, you need to develop your vocal technique. Here are some tips:

• Breathing: Before singing, warm up with breathing exercises like Farinelli breathing to improve your airflow and add extra power to your notes.
• Pitch: As with any other musician, your pitch must be on point. Use the Singing Carrots pitch accuracy test to gauge your pitch accuracy and find out how much work is required.
• Diction and Pronunciation: Amy enunciated her lyrics well and with emotion. To do that, use an exercise like the Finger Bite, which focuses on proper tongue placement and articulation, to help your diction.
• Register: Amy utilized her full vocal range, ranging from deep and sultry to high and powerful. To develop a wide range and maintain vocal health, attend Singing Carrots educational programs like the singing course.

Songs

To understand how to sing like Amy Winehouse, you should learn some of her best songs, such as:

• Back to Black: This song is an excellent representation of Amy's powerful, soulful voice and is a great example of how to express emotion through your vocals.
• Rehab: This is another powerful song highlighting Amy's unique vocal style, full of high notes and melisma.
• Tears Dry on Their Own: Amy's sweet yet powerful sound is clear in this song, emphasizing her vocal range in the chorus.

Learning these songs, along with practicing the techniques and styles mentioned above, can help you hone your voice and sing like Amy Winehouse.

Resources

Whether you're a beginner or an experienced singer, Singing Carrots has everything you need to hone your musical craft. Here are some of our resources:

• Take the vocal range test to determine your musical range and compare it to Amy's
• Use the Vocal Pitch Monitor to see your sung notes on a virtual keyboard and refine your pitch.
• For pitch training, use the interactive Pitch Training - Educational Singing Game, perfect for beginners and experienced singers who want to develop their perfect pitch skills.
• To search songs by vocal range, try the Search songs by vocal range tool, perfect for finding new songs to learn and improve your vocal range.
• Find out the vocal ranges of famous singers through the Vocal ranges of famous singers tool, perfect for comparing your range to others, learning the techniques of great singers, and expanding your musical repertoire.