VOICE LESSONS
It’s time to switch off those cell phones and get’cha head in the game! With a little practice you’ll feel like you can bop to the top in no time!
MICROPHONE USE
Position the microphone an inch or so from your mouth and try to keep it there throughout your performance. You can adjust the microphone’s sensitivity in the Options Menu.
PITCH
Keep an eye on the pitch meter when you are on stage. The basketball shows you the actual pitch of your voice as you’re singing, going up and down the pitch indicator. If it goes down, you should try to sing higher; if it goes too high, you need to lower your pitch.Try to keep the basketball on the actual pitch lines to sing the words
accurately!
CADENCE
Don’t rush through the lyrics – and don’t take too long singing them, either.Try to voice the words just as they cross under the pitch meter.
PHRASES
Songs are divided into phrases (or pieces of song) that are several words long. If you sing a phrase well, without any mistakes in pitch or cadence,
you will earn score multipliers.Try to put together consecutive winning phrases to earn multiple
multipliers.
LONG NOTES
Some notes need to be held longer than others. For these, try to voice the note with a vowel sound rather than a consonant sound.The microphone is much
better at picking up vowel sounds. However, you can’t hold a long note for very long if you don’t have enough breath to sing it. So, in addition to practicing how to sing in pitch and how to sing in rhythm, you will also need to practice how and when to breathe.Whew!
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