What about lyric or popular singing? Differences and what to choose
Both are complete techniques and share the same base. We share sound, repertoire and targets so that you choose the path that goes with your voice.
It's up to the music you want to sing and how you figure about singing it. If you get excited about opera, zarzuela, lees, sacra and play without a mike about a piano or an orchestra, select lyric singing. If you want to play pop, rock, ballad, bolero, salsa, Colombian music or music theater with a mike and with your own style, choose popular singing.
Both are complete and demanding techniques and share a base: breathing, posture, tuning and an emission without tension. That's what we work first, whatever the path.
To sum up
- The lyric singing is projected without a microphone and looks for a homogenous voice with a lot of space and constant vibration.
- The popular singing relies on the mic, approaches the speaker's voice and trains different colors, such as blend or belting.
- The base is common: breathing, posture, tuning, free emission and care of the voice.
- Choose from your goal: chorus, opera or lyric emphasis at university, or gangs, studio, events and musical theater.
- Both styles can be changed or sung. What changes is the timings of the voice, and not the vocal health.
Popular vs. Lírico: Comparison
| Aspecto | lyric song | Popular song |
|---|---|---|
| Amplification | Without a microphone: The voice is projected above the piano or orchestra. | Using them well's a part of the technique. |
| Sonido | Roundabout with plenty of space and resonance and constant vibration. | Closer to the speaker's voice, Vibrate is an expressive resource. |
| Registros | He's looking for a bad to sharp couple's voice. | Different colors are trained: chest voice, mix, belting, head voice, air. |
| Repertoire | Ancient Italian Arias, Lied, art song, opera, zarzuela, and Oratorio. | Pop, rock, ballad, bolero, salsa, vallenato, Andean music, jazz, musical theater. |
| Idiomas | Italian, German, French, Latin and Spanish with a study of dictation. | Especially Spanish and Spanish, and the diction goes with its own style. |
| Partitura | That's very important: we're singing what's written. | Useful but advanced with a great deal of ear. |
| Freedom of interpretation | It is expressed in frambling, color and dynamic. | The melody can be adapted, adorned and improvised. |
| Vocal classification | Very defined: soprano, minzo, contrast, tenor, baritone, low. | They matter range and color more than label. |
| That's where you're singing | Coros, opera, sacra music, recital, Conservatory. | Bandas, studio of recording, events, networks, musicals. |
What you learn first, at either of them
The first classes look a lot alike in both styles. A good teacher arms the base before asking you for a lyric sound or a powerful belting:
- Respiration and support: Inhale without up your shoulders and dose air while singing. We work with [breathing exercises to sing]](/blog/ejercicios-de-respiracion-para-cantar).
- Posture: body with an alignment, free neck and loose jaw.
- Filling and listening: singing simple scales, intervals and melodies with precision.
- Untensed emission: That the sound will come out without tightening his throat or forcing his sharp.
- Records: to know your voice and your face and how to put them together.
- Carefree habits: warm, hydrate and rest your voice.
There are teachers that consider classical training as the best basis for any style, and others that prefer to train from the start the style that you want to sing. Both approaches work if the technique is healthy and consistent with your goal. If you have not yet started, read [what to expect from the first singing classes]](/blog/primeras-clases-de-canto-que-esperar).
Myths to be ruled out
- "Popular singing has no technique." If it does have: monitoring the mixture, belting or a clear melysma requires as much training as an aria.
- "The lyric's only for huge voices." The projection's built with technique, and not just with natural volume.
- "Study lyric ruins the voice for pop." Don't ruin it and get used to an adjustment. Changing style requires readjust, nothing more.
- "The belting is to shout and damage the voice." Well trained is a healthy resource and what's bad about forcing them without technique.
Do you choose lyric if... / choose popular if...
Choose the lyric song if...
- The opera, the zarzuela, the Ied and the sacra music have moved you.
- Do or do you have to sing at a choir.
- You want to study music at a university with a lyrical emphasis.
- It's an inspiration to you to sing and read with precision.
Choose popular singing if...
- Do you have to sing the music you listen to: pop, rock, ballast, salsa, bolero or Colombian music.
- Can you imagine with a band, a studio or a bug frame?
- You're interested in music theater.
- Do you want to join with guitar or piano and create your own style?
At [singing classes]](/clases/canto) He hears your voice, converts about your goal and arms the plan into one style or another.
Your goal decides more than your voice
If you think about studying music at university
In Colombia there are programs with an emphasis on lyric and other with an emphasis on popular or jazz music and each person wants a different audition. Check his or her program profile before choosing his or her style of preparation and how to get his or her best and best best best best best best best practice. preschooler of music We'll tell you how that test's been prepared.
If you're singing for a while
Choose the style of the music that makes you sing in the shower. Motivation holds practice, and healthy technique is learned from either one.
If it's for a child
A lyrical sound and an adult belting are not sought with children. It is worked with a repertoire suitable to his or her voice, vocal play and tuning. Specialisation comes after his or her words change as his or her instrument matures.
Change Style or Sing Both
Many singers move between styles. What's preserved is breathing, tuning, ear and discipline. What's adjusted depends on direction:
- From lyric to popular: release the constant vibration, bring the voice closer to speech, work the mix and learn how to use the bug.
- From popular to lyric: To build space in resonance, care for the legate, study languages and project without amplification.
The important thing is to avoid mixing settings without noticing. With a teacher that knows both styles, alternates them become an advantage.
Frequently asked questions
What's more difficult, lyrical or popular singing?
No one's easier. The lyric requires projection without a microphone, languages and a very fine control of the legate and the popular requires to master several colors of voice, the mic and the interpretation of each style.
Can you write lyrical and popular at once?
That's right, so many singers do. It's best to have a solid base at one before alternating and work with a teacher that will help you change your tuning without tension.
What's belting?
It's a way to sing with a bright and powerful sound in the mid- acute area, widely used in pop and music theater. Well trained, it's not to shout or damage his voice.
At how old can you start lyric singing?
Children can sing in chores and learn technical bases from small ones. The demanding lyric repertoire usually waits for the voice to mature after adolescence and adults can start at any age.