Singing Guide: Cheri Keaggy
Vocal technique, exercises, tips and relevant resources
Cheri Keaggy is an American contemporary Christian singer, songwriter, author, and speaker. In the early years of her career, Cheri's voice would often be compared to Karen Carpenter because of its warm and pure tone. Cheri's unique vocal technique includes a focus on mostly chest voice with smooth transitions to the high notes, and a natural use of vibrato. For this tutorial, we will focus on Cheri's voice and her song "In Remembrance of Me," which perfectly showcases her vocal style, control, and emotions.
First of all, it's essential to know your voice type. Take our vocal range test to determine your vocal range, as well as your comfortable and powerful notes. Then read our article on what's a voice type, and why classify mine? to understand how to use this information when singing.
To achieve the same vocal style as Cheri Keaggy, it's essential to focus on voice registers. Check our voice registers & vocal break article to learn how to mix chest voice, middle voice, and head voice. In Cheri Keaggy's "In Remembrance of Me," it's vital to open up the chest voice and ensure smooth transitions between it and the head voice. Check out our chest voice explained video to learn more about this vocal technique.
Once you have mastered the vocal registers, work on breath support, as this will help you hit high notes more easily while emphasizing your chest voice. Moreover, check out our active and passive breathing article to learn how to increase breath capacity while singing.
Next, work on pitch accuracy to develop natural vibrato and give your voice a beautiful, full sound with no nasality. Practice with our pitch accuracy singing game and use our vocal pitch monitor to see how you sound.
Now you are ready to tackle Cheri Keaggy's brilliant song, "In Remembrance of Me." Start by learning the song's melody and lyrics and how to learn a song effectively using our article. Use our song search tool to find songs with the same vocal range and difficulty as "In Remembrance of Me." Also, build your performance set and get linked lyrics, sheet music, chords, karaoke, and YouTube audio with our song-book tool.
To add emotion to your song, learn how to control your voice's articulation and dynamics better. However, be careful to avoid constrictions as they may affect the quality of the voice.
Finally, once you perfect Cheri Keaggy's unique vocal style and are comfortable singing the song, work on your performance. Learn tips on performing on stage and how to overcome stage fright.
Congratulations! By following these tips, you have discovered how to learn singing like Cheri Keaggy using Singing Carrots resources. Now you can enhance your voice with our singing course - a 21-lesson program covering singing theory and practical tips. Start your music journey today.