Singing Guide: Guy Lombardo
Vocal technique, exercises, tips and relevant resources
Guy Lombardo was a Canadian-American bandleader and violinist who was popular in the first half of the 20th century. His band, The Royal Canadians, played a style of music known as the sweet band style, emphasizing melody and slow tempos.
To learn to sing like Guy Lombardo, it's important to study his vocal technique, such as his smooth and understated phrasing. One song that showcases his style is "Sweethearts on Parade," where his voice glides effortlessly over the melody. Other songs that showcase his vocal style include "Auld Lang Syne" and "Enjoy Yourself (It's Later Than You Think)."
In addition to studying Lombardo's vocal style, it's important to work on fundamentals such as breath support, articulation, and pitch accuracy. Singing Carrots offers many resources that can help with these techniques, such as the Breathing basics article to improve breath support and Articulation article for clarity. The Vocal range test can help determine your vocal range and find songs that are a good match for your voice, and the Pitch accuracy test can help with pitch accuracy training.
For Lombardo's genre of music, it's essential to pay attention to phrasing and rhythm. Singing Carrots' Singing with intuition, skills, emotion, and thinking article explains how to balance these aspects of singing to create a well-rounded performance. The Song search feature can help you find similar songs to what Lombardo performed, and the Song book option can provide linked lyrics, sheet music, chords, karaoke, and YouTube audio to help you learn songs effectively.
It's also worth exploring Singing Carrots' Singing course which covers singing theory and practical tips, including vocal techniques used by singers like Lombardo. Finally, to improve your overall performance, consider working on your stage presence and overcoming stage fright with the help of the Tips for performing on stage and How to overcome stage fright articles.