Dear "borntosing" Mary
> I used to love singing but now I'm not so sure I want to do it, if > I'm going to sound bad - singing it in the way I am supposed to.
If you feel in your heart you were born to sing, then you were born to sing.
It is an extremely difficult thing to try to allow oneself to sound different to the way one has become to know oneself. Your voice is part of your self-identity, and your voice as you know it is being challenged. It is natural that you should feel uncertain at this point of your vocal development. However, this is a very, very important part of your vocal development.
It sounds as though your teacher is hoping to bring some balance in to your vocal registers - a smooth, resonant, musical sound from your highest pitch to your lowest pitch. If your singing has been dominated by your high pitch register it will naturally feel strange and perhaps "bad" when you first try to sing the way you are "supposed to".
More than anything you need the courage to have an open mind and open ears so that you can explore the voice inside you that you have not even heard yet. You have embarked on a journey of exploration to find out what Mary's beautiful singing voice really sounds like. It is of course scary to realise that on this journey you need to let go of what you think your voice 'should sound like'. It is also scary to start working on a weak part of your voice - it makes you feel like a beginner again. Give it a little time though and your new technique will not feel like hard work, and I am certain it will not feel "bad".
Keep singing! John
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