Singing Guide: Hugel
Vocal technique, exercises, tips and relevant resources
If you want to learn how to sing like Hugel, you need to focus on two things:
- his unique vocal technique and
- the songs that showcase his singing style.
Hugel's vocal technique is characterized by a smooth tone with a touch of soulful vibrato and a subtle French accent. He's also known for his use of falsetto, which adds a nice contrast to his deeper voice. To learn Hugel's technique, start by analyzing your own voice using Singing Carrots' Vocal Range Test, which will help you discover your vocal range and compare it to famous singers. Once you know your range, you can work on matching Hugel's tone and style using Singing Carrots' Pitch Accuracy Test, which assesses your pitch accuracy. Additionally, the Vocal Pitch Monitor allows you to see your sung notes on a virtual piano and compare them to Hugel's songs.
Hugel's songs are a great way to learn his unique vocal style. His most popular songs showcase his smooth tone and use of falsetto, with subtle electronic elements added in. Singing Carrots' Song Search feature is particularly helpful for finding songs that match your vocal range, difficulty, and genre preference. Once you've found songs you like, Singing Carrots' Song-book feature offers lyrics, sheet music, chords, karaoke, and YouTube audio to help you practice.
In addition to focusing on Hugel's vocal technique and songs, there are several other practical tips for learning to sing like him. Singing Carrots offers several articles and resources that can help you develop key skills, such as analyzing your voice, understanding voice types, breathing effectively, supporting your voice, opening your mouth and throat while singing, learning songs effectively, avoiding constriction, and singing with intuition, skills, emotion, and thinking. In addition, Singing Carrots offers a 21-lesson singing course that covers singing theory and practical tips.
To get the most out of your practice, be sure to take advantage of Singing Carrots' skill-related videos, such as:
- Twang: How to Twang Exercise
- Growling: How to Growl Exercise
- Vibrato: Beggars Bounce, Diaphragm Bounce
- Breath/Warm-up/Practice-starter: Farinelli Breathing
- Articulation: Finger Bite
- Chest Voice/Voice Registers: Singing Comfort Zone
- Voice Registers/Mixed Voice/Voice Break: Voice Break, Mixed Voice
- Warm-up/Practice-starter: Humming
- Posture: Good Singing Posture
- Emotion-control/Performing: Relaxing Breath
- Breath/Sustain: Sustain Vocal
- Nasality: Soft Palate, Stop Sounding Nasal
- Chest Voice/Voice Registers: Chest Voice Explained
- Onsets-offsets: Glottal Onset
- Performing: Stage Tips
- Warm-up/Practice-starter: 3 Minute Warm Up
These videos will help you develop specific skills and techniques that are essential for singing like Hugel.
Overall, learning to sing like Hugel requires a combination of vocal technique, song selection, and practice. By taking advantage of Singing Carrots' resources and incorporating practical tips and advice, you can develop the skills needed to sing like a pro.