What songs are great to sing?

Question

Songs to sing

Answer 1

For beginners, a good song is a simple one that is sort of popular, that you know and are comfortable singing, that's also in your range. After that you can challenge yourself with harder songs.

Answer 2

That's pretty vague, my dear.

Sacred or secular, what's the occasion?

Some info in general:

If you are trying to train, you want to get hold of some songs that stretch your vocal range (how high and how low you can sing) and teach you new vocal techniques, strengthen your breathing, etc. It may be a challenge for you and it may not sound the best, but in the end you will be a better singer for it.

Also note that if you are trying to really improve and challenge yourself, you really should study under a vocal coach or at least a choir director so you don't hurt yourself. The vocal chords after all, are a physical body part. Straining them can cause you physical injury and you don't want to ruin your voice. Lots of rock singers have done this through their career, because they work their voices so hard, and were never trained how to sing properly. Your voice may not be your money-maker...but damaging it is a substantial loss.

If you are trying to sound good, you want to get music that suits your range as well as something that you know well, or can learn well so that your performance is flawless. For competition, you want to go straight to the limits of your skill so you will impress as much as possible with your degree of difficulty.

One thing, I don't know if you have ever heard this...every woman (maybe men too, I can't remember) has what is called a "BREAK", which is a note somewhere in the middle of her range. It isn't a LIMIT necessarily, and it isn't a problem, just something to be aware of. It is the point at which a singer goes from a strong belly sound to an airier breathier sound, where notes are formed a little differently in the throat due to the singer's ability. If you sing a scale, you can find it relatively easy, then find that note on the keyboard. If you have access to sheet music, the songs that are most difficult to sing are those that cross your break a lot, that is swing high and low over the scale. If you can sing these songs and make them sound good, go for it. As a training tool, it is interesting to see what happens to your break when you get better breath support and when you stretch the ends of your range). If you can't do these songs well, chances are that is why, and you should avoid these for competitions.

Answer 3

Grace Kelly by Mika, lol!! XD