Singing Tips For CSS 2 Contestants and Singing Enthusiasts:
I am using the above video of Teresa Tseng to show all of you how to emote a song onstage. Obviously, if one had been present on that day itself, the background noise and visual chaos then was incredibly distracting but watch and learn from Teresa on how she managed to keep her concentration intact and prepare herself emotionally for the song ahead.
Look carefully at how she emoted appropriately at the key junctures of the song and cleverly made use of the breaks within the song to interact with the waving audience and cameramen. Observe how Teresa sang with varying strengths of notes to add depth to the difficult song. Watch how she made full use of the stage area and moved with quiet confidence to face different directions of the stage whilst singing the song at the same time.
Now, let us see what the three judges during the Campus Superstar 2 Final Auditions on 14 April 2007 Saturday had been saying to the contestants who had sung onstage that day and what their comments meant in my analysis on my blog.
I will be typing in Chinese from here onwards because some of the singing and performance terminology are better explained in Chinese since I would be quoting the judges' Mandarin comments directly. For those readers who may not be so fluent with Chinese language, you may want to get a friend to help you to translate those harder-to-understand terms below. Hope you have fun reading and learn whatever you can from the below analysis! =)
我在校园的第三场复赛中，频频听到三位资深评判给了台上小歌手的一些评语。于是我决定借助那些评语来解释歌唱时的优点与弊点，让有兴趣提高歌唱技巧的朋友们可以作个参考。
先从评判口中常提到的弊点谈起吧：
评判说：“你选错歌了…”
选歌是个很重要的步奏，不能偏选你爱唱的歌，你最支持的歌手的歌曲或是最流行的歌曲，因为歌曲应该让你有机会发挥你在唱歌时的强卖点，而巧妙地避过你的弱点。还有，歌曲若和外表有太大的不协调，那歌曲就不太适合了。例如，样貌清纯的歌手们若选太成熟的歌曲可能会让观众觉得没有说服力。假音若不够稳的歌手，不应该为了突显自己，勉强唱换音转音多的歌曲，因为评判会认为他们不自量力。
评判说：“你在抢拍…”
唱歌一定要跟着拍子，不然歌曲听起来就乱七八糟。我知道唱到投入，或是紧张的时候， 可能会把拍子忘了，可是一定要把它控制回来。耳朵敏锐的裁判能听得很清楚，所以练歌是不能只顾背歌词，记旋， 还要温习跟着拍子唱歌。很多人喜欢用耳机来练歌，可是这作法不够踏实，因为耳机的音量有时会盖过歌曲的主拍，导致无法有效地练习跟拍。
评判说：“你的咬字不清…”
咬字不清可能是华语说得不流利，缺乏练习，可以用时间加上后天的努力补上。但是如果是因为长时间在不自觉之下模仿歌手的唱腔而变得咬字不清不准，那么要小心处理了。尤其是在唱快歌或快词句时，很容易因尾音的转变，而导致咬字不清的状况发生。记得咬字不代表要唱到一块块的，要求的只是唱华语歌，不是怪语歌。
评判说：“你的歌声很平…”
何谓平淡音色呢？这是指在唱歌时没有音幅变化，都是仅用单音或双音带动整首歌曲。若要在这方面有所突破，就得养成对音幅变动起伏的敏锐度，并用深厚的丹田气来扶持歌曲中音幅的变化。这跟能不能领悟 “groove” 有一定的关联，因为若能了解，声线就能练到刚柔并齐，有弹性，有磁力。
Alright. That is all for Part One. I will discuss the following points in Part Two so stay tuned to the blog here.
评判说：“你的高音拉不稳…”
评判说：“你唱歌不够爆发力…”
评判说：“你唱歌时不够集中…”
评判说：“你的舞台动作有待进步…”
(Video source: blanketma, 23 Mar 2007, YouTube)
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