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Summary: Dynamics refers to how loud or soft you sing a song. Learn how to practice your dynamics while singing show tunes with this free video about online singing lessons.
Heather Culotta has been singing professionally since the age of ten, when she was contracted to sing a voice over. She has appeared in many Off-Broadway plays, including Red Hot...read more
"This clip will be about the importance of dynamics. A very important aspect of singing any song - especially show tunes - is the dynamics of the song. Dynamics, specifically, are how loud and soft it is when you sing. You can go from pianissimo - which is very, very soft in music terms - to fortissimo - which is very, very loud. Or you can be mezzo in the middle. If you sing a song at the same dynamic the entire song, it doesn't have the same impact. And you, people won't feel it the same way if- An example would be starting off a song very sweetly and quietly and then growing in your dynamic - which is a crescendo, when you go from being softer to louder, or a decrescendo is when you go from being louder to softer. And if you start off a song at piano or pianissimo, and you can build it to being mezzo in the middle, and then if you end it on a grand forte or fortissimo, it would have a little more power than if you just sang the entire song at the same dynamic at the same level. It's also very impressive when you can see an artist that has that kind of control over their voice. An example of staying on the same dynamic for an entire note would just be singing: Rather than having a crescendo, where you would go."
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