Singing Guide: Cuban Love Song
Vocal technique, exercises, tips and relevant resources
Cuban Love Song is a romantic ballad that was composed by Herbert Stothart with lyrics by Dorothy Fields and made famous by Deanna Durbin's rendition in the 1939 movie First Love.
To learn the vocal technique used by Deanna Durbin in this song, start with the singing course offered at Singing Carrots. Throughout the course, you'll learn the basics of singing that you can apply to any song, including proper breath support and vocal warm-ups.
To specifically train for Cuban Love Song, you need to focus on vocal expression. As you sing the song, pay attention to its movements from high to low levels, the pitch, staccato singing, and the gradual tempo changes that make the song an expressive piece.
To master this vocal technique, we recommend Singing Carrots' warm-up exercises that focus on the chest voice. It lays strong emphasis on sostenuto singing, where the singing gets longer and sustained within a breath. With this technique, you can maintain control even when the tempo changes along the way.
Singing Carrots offers a Pitch accuracy test, where you can assess your pitch accuracy by singing along with simple melodies. This is the best tool to hone your pitch accuracy skills while singing Cuban Love Song.
In addition, Singing Carrots also offers a Vocal Pitch Monitor that can help you see the sung notes on a virtual piano and monitor your progress over time. You can use this tool to work on pitch accuracy and strengthen your vocal range.
Overall, the Cuban Love Song requires a combination of skills that include breath support, vocal expression, and pitch accuracy. The Singing Carrots vocal training courses, pitch accuracy test, and Vocal Pitch Monitor are ideal resources to help you develop these skills and learn to sing just like Deanna Durbin did.