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Singing Guide: Charles Aznavour
Vocal technique, exercises, tips and relevant resources
How to Learn Singing Like Charles Aznavour
Charles Aznavour is a world-renowned singer known for his emotional and intimate ballads. To learn singing like him, you need to study his unique vocal techniques, use his warm-up exercises, and find songs to showcase his style. Below are some tips to help you get started.
Study the Unique Vocal Techniques
- Analyzing your voice: This is the first step to understanding your voice and developing it. You'll learn to identify your vocal range, your voice type, and the areas you need to improve to sound like Aznavour.
- Learning about voice registers and the vocal break: Aznavour uses a combination of chest voice, head voice, and mixed voice to achieve emotional resonance. You need to train your vocal range to incorporate all registers to sing like Aznavour.
- Incorporating contemporary vocal techniques: Aznavour uses a variety of contemporary techniques, such as twang and belting. These techniques will help you add intensity and expression to your voice.
- Learning vocal distortion and growling: Aznavour's singing is known for its emotional power, which comes in part from his falsetto and growling techniques. These techniques take practice, but they'll help you sing with emotion and power.
Use Aznavour's Warm-up Exercises
- Breathing basics: You need to understand how breathing affects your vocal quality and how to use your breath to add power and expression to your voice. Farinelli breathing is a good exercise to practice.
- Articulation: Clear enunciation is key to a good performance. Aznavour's finger bite exercise is a good way to develop crisp articulation.
- Resonance: To develop a rich, full-bodied sound, you need to focus on resonance. Aznavour's humming exercise is a good way to exercise your resonators.
- Vibrato: Like most great singers, Aznavour uses a vibrato technique to add emotion and expression to his singing. We recommend singing the Beggar's Bounce exercise to practice this technique.