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"The way I teach people to sing... I have them talk the lyric out until it sounds like something they really believe, like an actor with a monologue."

Margaret Whiting, American Musician

People, Actor, Talk

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"The way I teach people to sing... I have them talk the lyric out until it sounds like something they really believe, like an actor with a monologue."

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"The way I teach people to sing... I have them talk the lyric out until it sounds like something they really believe, like an actor with a monologue."

"So many schools have cut the music classes out of their curriculum. We're trying to fill that gap by teaching the teachers how to educate the kids about their musical heritage."

"The musicians recommend that I sing a sing the way it is written the first time and then start to look for other notes that aren't in the melody."

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