Singing Guide: Rose-Marie
Vocal technique, exercises, tips and relevant resources
Learning to sing like Rose-Marie involves highlighting the unique vocal technique she has honed in her decades-long career as a musical virtuoso. Her distinctive sound is built on the traditional operatic vocal foundation and often incorporates different genres like jazz and pop.
Rose-Marie's vocal technique is characterized by a strong voice, wide range, florid coloratura passages, and a very prominent vibrato. Her songs require techniques for arpeggios, scales, rests and ornaments. If you want to learn to sing like Rose-Marie, you should begin by analyzing your voice according to the guidelines laid out in How to Analyze Your Voice. This will help you understand your natural tone and pitch and help you devise a plan that targets areas you need to work on.
To learn the rudiments of breath support required for singing Rose-Marie songs, begin by taking the Farinelli breathing exercise. Next, to fully understand your voice type, check out Voice Types. The course on Singing for Beginners covers specific techniques needed to learn how to control your voice with exercises that help you master techniques like breathing basics, voice registers, warm-ups, and pitch control.
Rose-Marie's classic song, "Indian Love Call," calls for specific techniques such as effective mouth and throat opening. This is essential to reach the high notes and handle the gliding from note to note in the melody. For this, the Open Mouth and Throat article will come in handy.
Another vocal technique worth learning for learning to sing like Rose-Marie is vibrato, which is employed frequently in her songs. You can use the Singing with Vibrato article to learn exactly how to nail it.
For articulation techniques like those used for rapid runs in Rose-Marie's songs, I recommend the Finger Bite exercise. When you have mastered those techniques and are ready to learn a song, try using How to Learn a Song Effectively.
No article about singing like Rose-Marie would be complete without mentioning the importance of posture. Poor posture can cause tension and adversely affect your singing ability. Check out How Posture Affects Your Singing to learn tips to correct your posture.
Some songs that showcase Rose-Marie's unique vocal techniques include “The Rose of Tralee”, “Danny Boy”, and “The Boys in Blue”. With these resources from Singing Carrots, you will be able to learn breath control, vibrato, posture, arpeggios, scales, rests, and ornaments necessary to learn the art of singing like Rose-Marie.