Singing Guide: Wang Chung
Vocal technique, exercises, tips and relevant resources
If you want to learn how to sing like Wang Chung, you are in luck! Wang Chung is an English new wave band that gained popularity in the 1980s.
With hits like “Dance Hall Days”, “Everybody Have Fun Tonight”, and “Let's Go!”, Wang Chung's music has a distinct style that can be emulated with practice and dedication.
One of the signature vocal techniques used by Wang Chung is their use of breathy, nasal, and occasionally falsetto vocal styles. To replicate this style, it's essential to learn breathing basics and breath support, as well as how to warm up your voice to avoid vocal strain. Singing with intuition, skills, emotion, and thinking is also key to developing your vocal style and delivery.
Wang Chung's use of nasality and chest voice also contributes to their unique sound. Singers looking to emulate Wang Chung's vocal style should practice soft-palate exercises to develop their nasality and understand chest voice in terms of voice registers.
To get started, take the vocal range test to determine your vocal range. Next, use the song search feature to find Wang Chung's music that falls within your vocal range. Once you have chosen a song, use the vocal pitch monitor to practice singing along to the melody and hitting the correct notes. You can also use the pitch accuracy test to gauge your pitch accuracy and improve your accuracy through pitch training.
To gain some practical advice, check out Singing Carrots' resources on how to learn a song effectively, posture, and articulation. For developing unique vocal skills, the contemporary vocal techniques article provides insights into twang and belting, while the "vocal health" article emphasizes healthy habits. Additionally, Singing Carrots' videos on voice registers, warm-up exercises, and stage fright are valuable resources to refine your vocal techniques and delivery.
With practice and guidance from Singing Carrots' resources, you can develop your vocal style and learn to sing like Wang Chung. Do you want to take your singing to the next level? Check out the singing course that highlights singing theory and practical tips.