WHAT REALLY IS VOCAL TRAINING?

There are as many techniques as there are teachers. Many of whom does not even teach near actual Vocal Training.

So what is Vocal Training? How do we know that it is the right lesson we are getting?

The answer is in the term itself . It's called Vocal Training because the lesson is about the correction, training and development of your Vocal (voice). The end result you should be looking for is how your voice can express the emotional requirement of "any" song.

Expanding your vocal range, power, repertoire, breathing, exercises and drills are just Skills set required to sing songs with less effort. These skills, if present would make the actual Vocal development easier. That is assuming you don't possess some of these skills before taking the lesson. But they are not Vocal Training! In a Music Degree for Singing, these skills are pre-requisites just as Talent.

Some singers without any formal training can acquire these skills set provided of practice and talent. How? because these are purely the physical area of our vocal instrument, therefore, it takes a series of physical drills to achieve.

If you compare yourself to a pro singer then it's clearly that the singer is the better one based on his skills. If you would to compare two already established singers, how would we gauge who the better singer is? The one when he sings, expresses true, honest emotion which can be achieve only with TONES.

Tonal quality is what the audience hears and how singers are judge. Think about it, how do you appreciate your favorite singer?

Now let's define Tone. It's a sound and it's not tangible. Also, it's subjective. This is why in Vocal Training, learning how and what to hear is crucial. You can't sing what you can't hear! The beauty of singing lies on the singer's Tonal quality not his voice quantity.

If you don't possess a nature-given voice, then take lesson for that. Know your own Voice. This way, it would be easy to find the better songs. Remember, Vocal Training is about the voice, the rest are just skills and effects of you doing it right.