Natural Ability Or Training Options

[Owen]

Well I wanted to know your opinion on what make's a good voice, is it the time and effort put into training your voice and honing it to perfection or are some people more naturally gifted with good voices?

I realise that guitar is more something you can train to perfection - like Kris says no natural talent required, but vocally you only have what you are given originally.

So basically, do you think great singers are born with a natural ability or work towards good voices? Or perhaps a bit of both?



This post has been edited by Owen: Nov 7 2007, 06:35 AM

[tonymiro]

Luciana (and everyone else),
thank you for some great replies. My father sang as a Cathedral Choir Boy and very young I sung as a soprano before my voice broke, after which I was told 'out'. I've spent the last near 40 years or so believing that I can't sing for toffee but with Luciana's lessons and her positivism, and yours, am slowly building up courage to maybe try again. (Warning to all the cats in the neighborhood - be scared .)

Thanks all.

Cheeers,
Tony