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Why should we transpose operatic music?
Prologue: the transpose post that stirred too much trouble A few years ago I accidentally caused a storm on a social media group: a young tenor who got hired to sing a well-known role in an even better-known opera in a small private company in Europe was having issues...![Lyric or dramatic? How to determine your voice type](https://mccraystudio.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/How-to-determine-your-voice-type-Lyric-or-dramatic.jpg)
Lyric or dramatic? How to determine your voice type
What’s your voice type? Lyric or dramatic? Let me start with a rant: it has become a common practice, in colleges and conservatories around the world, for teachers to become extremely fearful of “pushing” the young singer. While it’s quite...![How to sing high notes?](https://mccraystudio.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/How-to-sing-high-notes.jpg)
How to sing high notes?
Within the 1st week of getting to know James McCray back in the late 90s, I became his translator during many lessons he was giving at the opera house in Serbia to singers who weren’t sufficiently proficient in English, Italian or German. I was a 16 years old singing...![How acoustic affects a singer’s performance](https://mccraystudio.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/how-acoustic-affects-singer-performance.jpg)