Monday, September 24, 2012

How You can Perform Like Lady Gaga

By Martin Reynolds


Lady Gaga is definitely one of this generation's super stars in the entertainment industry. It looks like there's only a minute portion of the population who barely knows here. She's been among the constant topic of every media, print ads, and gossips and even on the worldwide web. She's also a household name, even if they regard her pungently. Gaga is well known for a lot of things. One of which is her outlandish taste in fashion which is always way over the top and quite unique. She does have her own eclectic take on her clothing and wardrobe to the point of being theatrical. There's nothing new in seeing her with huge hats and eccentric materials wrapped around her sexy body as she makes a big performance on her concerts, awards night and TV shows. She's hardly ever the person ton be missed whenever she's among the crowd.

A lot of people feel ambivalent towards her however if we ponder on that some more, that's the reason the factor that catapulted her to stardom. Lady Gaga among others is a total performer giving a hundred percent in all of her acts and shows. Although admittedly she said she had one of the best voices in the industry, however won't match the likes of Mariah Carrey and Whitney Houston. But Lady Gaga, believe it or not, has some vocal range to boot according to the top vocal range experts in America.

So if you have dreamed of having a voice like Lady Gaga then you ought to know her ranges are, her vocal strengths and weaknesses and her vocal type. In this article, we'll walk you around Lady Gaga's voice range and how she does her vocal practices in which you can follow.

Not a lot of people know that Lady Gaga upstages the likes of Katy Perry, Rihanna and Jennifer Lopez when it comes to her vocal prowess. Surprisingly, Lady Gaga is a Contralto, though judging from her recording she's more of a Mezzo-Soprano. If you want to know yours, the best way to determine that is have a vocal coach, a really good one, to examine it. Try to see of you can hit B5 like Lady Gaga. It's the highest note she can hit which is pretty much impressive. She has a lot of vocal strengths with much credit to her professional voice trainings. She has the ability to exceed her vocal limits in maximum. Her trainers admittedly said that Lady Gaga was very persistent in doing the routines as they ask her to sing after she runs a couple of lapses in the oval. Her lung capacity is extremely capable of stretching thus she withstands singing while doing her moves on stage. Trainers suggest that you improve your cardio if you want to have her vocal range.

Generally there are 3 singing methods that Lady Gaga employs so she'll sound remarkable: (1) The Lazy Jaw strategy where she lowers her jaw bone lazily creating a thicker sound whenever she sings. It's also the reason why all of us hear a resonating voice following a phrase of the song. (2) The Sliding effect which is one of the many techniques she has to reach a note. Check out her Edge of Glory song in which she does it many times in the pre-chorus. Lady Gaga doesn't actually sing her notes straight. And (3) the diaphragm support there is no other method to belt out the choruses of her songs but to use added power, as mentioned earlier.

Perhaps, the best way for you to sound like Lady Gaga when you sing is practice. Practice! Practice! Practice! And listen to her songs when you can. Lady Gaga rehearses 5 hours a day and does some singing warm up exercises before every performance. Correct breathing and good hearing acuity are two of Lady Gaga's edge.




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