My First Recital - If Music be the Food of Love - Purcell

After about 18 months of voice lessons, I participated in my first recital. Here I am singing Purcell's, "If Music be the Food of Love," first version.

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• recital
• singing
• purcell

[litaraquel]

i'm sorry but am i the only one who thinks this is underpitch???????

[Luindriel]

@litaraquel I think so too. This was after about 8 months of voice lessons... then I switched teachers and suddenly got much better, lol.

[TheJazzcat2004]

Wow--good for you! I am a Public School music teacher and I think its great you decided to take lessons and sing this in front of people. One of my students found this because she is singing this piece for a college audition. Good for you!

[Luindriel]

@TheJazzcat2004 Thank you! This video is over a year old. I've come so far since then! Thanks for the support and good luck to your student!

[MsLyranna]

Nice! I just crossed the 18 month line of vocal lessons as well - and am singing the same song!

I don't know if you sing all kind of songs but as a purely classical singer my tip for you is: Vocal balance. Never (!!) smile widely, especially not when singing an E or an I. Always make a pouting mouth and form an O or A, no matter what vocal you are actually singing. The tongue determines the vocal, the mouth just gives it the right "frame" and makes it sound neat and smooth.

[Luindriel]

Thank you for your comments. I appreciate it.

This is such a pretty song!

[RayGonzalez2472]

This is is nice:) I'm singing this as well for my class voice/solo ensemble. I do have some tips for you, I think you should work on your vowels, make them darker like instead of the A sounding like the one in cAt try using the vowel aw. As nice as it is to smile during a performance, I would suggest putting all the emotion into to your eyes because smiling can make it sound a little nasally. Keeping your abdomen tight also helps to keep the flow on all those long phrases like 'saaaave' lol

[Luindriel]

Thank you!

[Ariaya1]

You have a lovely, fresh voice. This is such a beautiful song. Keep singing! :)