Singing Guide: Vikki Carr

Singing Guide: Vikki Carr

Vocal technique, exercises, tips and relevant resources

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Learning to Sing Like Vikki Carr

Vikki Carr is an American vocalist known for her exceptional vocal range, powerful voice, and superb interpretation of emotional songs. She has earned fame and recognition in multiple genres including pop, jazz, and Latin music. If you want to sing like Vikki Carr, you should have a good understanding of singing basics, warm-up routines, maintaining good posture while singing, control over breath, and practice routine. Keep in mind that the distinctive vocal style and excellent vocal range of Vikki Carr have taken years of consistent training and hard work.

Basic Singing Techniques

Before you start practicing Vikki Carr's songs, learn the basics of singing, such as understanding the voice type and breathing exercises.

To Train your voice type, take the vocal range test provided by Singing Carrots.

For Breathing exercises, follow the Breath support article by Singing Scrolls to manage and support breath flow.

Warm-Up Routines

Follow the warm-up routines specific for chest voice, voice registers and voice break, nasality, and posture by utilizing the tools provided by Singing Carrots including:

Singing Techniques

Vikki Carr is known for emotional singing with vibrato that will make anyone feel sentimental. Follow the below techniques to improve your singing and control your voice like Vikki Carr:

  • Singing with Vibrato article: Sing vibrato in natural voice, vibrato while pronouncing and controlling it based on the lyrics.
  • Voice Registers and Mixed Voice video: Understand how to switch to mixed voice in raising pitch and use chest voice to create power and take notes at a high register.
  • Voice Types article: Figure out the correct type of singing according to your voice type to match Vikki Carr's height and power in voice.

Practice Singing Vikki Carr's Songs

After developing basic singing techniques, warm-up routine and better understanding of emotional singing, learn some of Vikki Carr's songs to gain better insights into her vocal techniques. Below are some of her most popular songs:

  • "It Must Be Him"
  • "Can't Take My Eyes Off You"
  • "With Pen in Hand"
  • "Somos Novios"
  • "The Way of Today"

Follow and practice along with Vikki Carr's songs using the tools provided by Singing Carrots including:

Remember that it is crucial to sing along with the correct pitch while vocalizing to maintain a good hold on notes.

Learn more about this artist vocal range, voice type and repertoire.