Learning How to Sing Or Play Music

Music is a very strong medium. It is a universal language. Whether you sing, play or just listen to music, it is enjoyed by everyone. People disagree on genres and types of music, but one thing everyone can agree on is a love of music.

You may prefer to listen to Country music, Gospel may be my favorite, another may insist on Rock and Roll music but even in these mainstream genres there are many sub divisions. Take Rock and Roll for instance, when you say Rock and Roll music, you're including many different styles and types of Rock and Roll music. Motown, Metal, Punk, Pop all of these styles differ, and the way you play and sing these types of music is going to be unique.

When you ponder Gospel music, there is Country Gospel, Bluegrass Gospel, Southern Gospel and Contemporary Gospel. There is Choir singing, quartet singing, solos, duets and trios, and the way you sing and play each subdivision is going to different.

Accompaniment is another thing; do you to use just piano, a guitar, a 4 piece band, a full orchestra or just simply a cappella when you sing and play music?

All of these need to be taken into consideration when you are choosing an instrument to play or deciding to sing. It would be a great drawback to take a classically trained guitar player and put them into a bluegrass band. In the same respect, you would be unfair to a banjo picker to assume he could play a punk rock or death metal rock and roll song.

The same holds true for singers and singing as well. A country music singer could cross over to the genre of southern gospel music, but a gospel singer would have great difficulty effectively singing a punk rock song.

Some genres of music have close related ties and allow crossover both in singing and playing, other styles require that fundamental essentials be learned and practiced.

So, one of the first things you must determine when selecting to learn to sing or play music, is what style or genre of music should you concentrate on first. This really should be determined by what style or type of music that you listen to. If you prefer heavy metal music, you definitely would not be satisfied or even interested in learning to pick bluegrass style guitar. If you enjoy classical opera it would not be in your best interest to grab a fiddle and try to learn how to play The Orange Blossom Special.

To keep your attention, you should choose a style that fits your preference. If you have been raised in Church all of your life and prefer listening to Gospel Music you would find punk rock offensive. If Death metal is your gig then Gospel music is not going to appeal to you.

If you are going to learn to sing and play an instrument, if you are going to stick with it, it is imperative that you choose to learn a style of music that appeals to you individually.

Clint Kerns is the director of the Concord Baptist Church Revival Choir, the choir website is http://www.ChurchChoirMusic.com If you are interested in learning to sing or improving your singing, I recommend http://www.SingPlayMusic.com [http://www.singplaymusic.com/h1/track.php?kw=ezine]