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Learn to Sing the Blues: Gaye AdegbalolaIn an engaging and powerful session, Gaye Adegbalola shares the singing techniques that she has gleaned from a lifetime of performing.She identifies 17 key points to help a singer put his or her songs across, provides important tips on how to communicate with an audience, and performs more than a dozen traditional and original songs.In an engaging and forceful way, Gaye shares the elements of singing that she has gleaned from years of performing experience. She discusses her ideas on communicating to an audience — personalizing a song, choosing a repertoire, picking the right tempo and key, phrasing, etc. — and provides technical instruction in breathing, vibrato, the “growl,” the octave slur and other elements of singing. In addition, her tips on dialoguing, imaging, shading, squeezing notes and other “tricks of the trade” will add color and flavor to your blues renditions.For all levels. 80 minutes.