Singing Guide: Joy Enriquez

Singing Guide: Joy Enriquez

Vocal technique, exercises, tips and relevant resources

Are you a beginner or advanced singer?

Joy Enriquez has a vocal technique that stands out due to her powerful, soulful, yet controlled voice. She is capable of conveying emotions and subtleties of different registers with ease, and her songs are full of intricate melodies and harmonies. If you are interested in developing a similar style, here are some tips and Singing Carrots resources that can help:

Vocal Technique

  1. Breath support: To gain Joy's control and range, it's crucial to focus on building breath support. You can use Singing Carrots' resources like breath support article and Farinelli breathing exercise video.
  2. Voice registers: Being able to handle different voice registers is vital in achieving the diversity Joy Enriquez shows in her songs. Use voice registers article and Mix Voice and Voice Break Videos to understand the physiology of the different registers.
  3. Vibrato: Vibrato is an essential part of Joy's singing style. Vibrato exercises can also help you improve your vocal control and breathing, his vibrato article and vibrato video exercises can be useful for that purpose.
  4. Adding Soulful Expression Soulful expression can be improved with vocal exercises, exploring the tones and playing around with different styles. Refer to this singing with intuition, emotions, and thinking article for useful pointers.

Key Songs for Practicing

Joy's music heavily features a soulful R&B style, making it a good match for those aspiring to have a similar style. Check out these songs by Joy Enriquez, which can help you get the hang of her unique vocal technique:

  • "How Can I Not Love You" - A powerful soul ballad with a soaring melody, which will test your upper register and breath control.
  • "Tell Me How You Feel" - An upbeat R&B track with groovy rhythms and intricate singing, which will test your flexibility with melodies and rhythm.
  • "Shelter" - A ballad with a beautiful melody and lyrics, requiring control, nuances, and phrasing to convey emotions.

Singing Carrots Resources

Use Singing Carrots to practice on vocal exercises and track your progress, explore the following tools (all found on the official Singing Carrots website):

  1. Vocal range test - Understanding your vocal range is essential for singing practice. Take Singing Carrots vocal range test, and it will help you determine which scales and exercises will be beneficial.
  2. Pitch accuracy test - Test your absolute pitch and see how you can improve your pitch accuracy.
  3. Pitch Training - Interactive vocal warm-ups/pitch visualizer/exercises to help you improve your pitch range and agility
  4. Search songs by vocal range - Using your singing level and ability, Singing Carrots can recommend songs to get the most out of your practice.
  5. Vocal ranges of famous singers - Knowing famous singer's vocal range in addition to Joy Enriquez, will help understand and appreciate different vocal styles.
  6. Educational singing course - Singing Carrots provides singing training to cover technical skills and proper breathing, ideal for beginners.

Conclusion

With Joy Enriquez as inspiration, and the recommended Singing Carrots resources at your disposal, your quest to developing your singing style is one step closer. Use the resources and take practice seriously, and you'll find that you're making progress in no time.

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