Gritty Textures, Distortion & Vocal Fry | Improvising in R&B | Gabrielle Goodman | Berklee Online

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In this video from the Berklee Online course Improvisation Techniques for Singing Pop and R&B, author Gabrielle Goodman discusses different gritty textures that you can use when improvising. Think of the breakdown in “Superstition,” as Stevie Wonder says “Superstition ain’t the way.” These gritty textures originated with the blues, and artists like Ma Rainey and Bessie Smith. Gabrielle also demonstrates the vocal fry, which she likens to trying to sound like a creaking door or clearing your throat. These kinds of growls can be damaging to your voice, however, so she advises ways to practice-transitioning between clean and gritty textures-and the amount of time you should expect to spend practicing this sort of singing.
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ABOUT GABRIELLE GOODMAN:
Gabrielle Goodman is a professor in the Voice department at Berklee College of Music. Well-versed in jazz, R&B, classical, and gospel, she has performed with Chaka Khan, Al Jarreau, Nancy Wilson, and Roberta Flack, who calls Goodman “one of the finest singers around today.” She won an ASCAP Songwriting Award for “You Can Make the Story Right,” a song she co-wrote with Chaka Khan. Gabrielle has performed in both classical and jazz idioms with the Syracuse Symphony, the Baltimore Symphony, the Baltimore Opera, and the National Symphony. Her theatrical appearances include Maya Angelou’s gospel/opera “King” and the Canadian production of “Ain’t Misbehavin.”
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[@Jazzsari]

Ma'am you make the hardest things so easy to absorb. Thank you

[@ratnacomposerstudio]

i like the textures. beautifully explained

[@racora14]

Gabrielle I did not know anything about those singing techniques, that´s a really interesting lesson for me, I love Music.

[@user-ez7dk2lb1y]

Amazing

[@aaronanimal91]

Made me think of Delta Rae "Bottom of the River" --H

[@NickyEmpress123]

Short but infomative

[@billnelson9413]

Tom Waits does it for multiple hours.