Singing Guide: The Secret Sisters
Vocal technique, exercises, tips and relevant resources
If you want to learn singing like The Secret Sisters, you need to get back to the basics, their roots lie in traditional gospel and American old-time music. Their sound is characterized by harmonized singing, twangy old-school country delivery, and rootsy finger-picking.
Vocal Technique
The Secret Sisters are excellent at harmonizing their singing so that they sound like one voice and complement each other's voice well. To achieve that, always practice with someone and have a good ear for pitch. It requires patience and practice. Vocal warm-ups like Farinelli Breathing and 3 Minute Warm Up sets the tone, improves your breath control, warms up your voice, and develops your vocal range.
Breath support and control are vital to attaining a steady, relaxed, and efficient singing voice. The breathing basics article on Singing Carrots explains the active and passive behaviors of breathing and gives you an idea of breathing via the diaphragm. Breath support is a must to avoid constrictions that hinder easy note transitions while emphasizing low and high notes. Combined with good posture - Good Singing Posture it will significantly impact your singing.
Their Songs
The Secret Sisters' unique sound reflects on their choice of tracks. Their rich, rootsy, and melancholic soulful tunes have a minimalist instrumental backing featuring acoustic guitar, mandolin, fiddle, and bass. 'Carry Me' showcases their harmonized singing. 'Iuka' highlights the diverse Americana sounds with finger-picked guitar and a busy string section. 'Bad Habit' demonstrates their strong country and blues influence. 'All About You' is a sentimental show of their perfect synchronization with each other.
Singing Carrots Resources
The Singing Carrots platform provides a plethora of tools that can help you learn to sing like The Secret Sisters. The Vocal range test will determine your vocal range, and you can compare the results with the vocal ranges of famous singers, explore here. For pitch accuracy, the Pitch accuracy test is available here. For monitor your sung notes, the Vocal Pitch Monitor is available here. Additionally, Pitch Training tool provides Interactive vocal warm-ups, pitch visualizer, and exercises for range and agility, access it here. The Singing Carrots platform's suite of the song-book provides sheet music, chords, karaoke links, lyrics, and audio of YouTube videos. Start creating your own performance set here. You can track your progress via the progress statistics on the Singing Carrots website. The platform also provides an educational singing course that covers singing theory and practical tips singing course.
Conclusion
The Secret Sisters' harmony singing style is a perfect blend of country-folk and gospel traditions. Improving your breath control, developing good posture, and harmonization skills through harmonizing with someone can do it. Their country-folk style requires a delicate and sparse acoustic guitar accompaniment. The Singing Carrots platform offers an array of tools to help you develop your singing skills and improve your capacity.