Do you know how to sing?

The good news is that you can learn to sing in tune, and it's easier than you think. Many people have difficulty singing in tune, while others may start well, but then they can't hold a melody or gradually start playing wrong notes or losing their pitch. Although we would say that these people have a bad voice or are fundamentally bad singers, this is not a permanent trait, it is simply that they have not yet learned to sing in tune. In reality, even the best singers have practiced, trained and studied to refine their vocals.

Just because they make it look easy, doesn't mean it was. So you can be sure that whatever your current singing ability is, you can learn to sing in tune and develop a good voice. These steps start from scratch and develop your singing ability logically to sing real tuned songs reliably. After following these four steps, you will clearly understand how to sing in tune.

You may not be the next Pop Idol superstar, but you will know for sure that you are always in tune and in the perfect tone every time you open your mouth to sing. But what does that really mean? Tone deafness is a real condition. It is part of a biological condition of the brain called amusia, which encompasses a number of musical impairments, including some related to rhythm rather than tone. As part of amusia, tonal deafness means that you are unable to hear the differences between musical tones.

In practice, this means that if someone played two different notes on a piano, someone with true tonal deafness would not be able to tell if it was the same note or two different notes. Naturally, if that person tried to sing, he would have real difficulties because his ears and brain would have no idea if he sang the right notes or not. If you have had problems singing in the past, you may have wondered if you have tonal deafness. Less than 3% of the general population has tonal deafness.

This has been proven in a large number of rigorous scientific tests and studies, so the likelihood that you will be deaf in tone is very small. It's not a “hearing test”, it's not about checking for hearing damage or age-related hearing loss. And don't worry about whether you have a “musical” ear or not. Tone deaf tests, which are well designed, do not require any musical knowledge or skill.

They only test the basic biological ability to distinguish different tones. You can be totally anti-musical and still pass the test, because tonal deafness isn't really about musical ability, it's much more fundamental than that. So, assuming you pass the test, it's time to move on to the next step. “Match the pitch” simply means that you hear a note and then you can sing that same note.

When people talk about hitting the right notes, this is what they mean. If you've had trouble singing in tune or playing the right notes when you sing, or if someone has made a comment that you have a bad tone or poor tuning, this is most likely the skill you should focus on. So how can you learn to match the tone? The answer is that there are simple singing exercises you can do, learn, get reliable vocal control, and learn to easily hit the target note the first time, every time. Learning this skill involves connecting the ears (which we just demonstrated are up to the task in the first step) with the voice.

There is a kind of “feedback loop” that you need to practice, in which you sing a note, you hear if that note is in the right target pitch or not, and then you adjust accordingly. The idea is that, just like tuning an instrument, you learn to tune your voice. Most digital tuners allow you to play the target note, but if not, you'll also want to have an instrument handy to play the note you're looking for. Then, simply use the digital tuner display to help develop your “feedback loop”.

Provides a visual way to tell if you're singing too loud or too low. The key to this exercise is to make sure you listen carefully as you practice. Don't just rely on the tuner screen. Always try to know if it is too high or too low before you check the screen.

In this way, it is gradually developing its own internal tuner so that in the future its feedback loop can work directly without the aid of a digital tuner. Although the digital tuner exercise is simple and easily available to anyone, there is a better way. You can use a mobile application or a web game to practice tuned singing. We have an application called SingTrue for iPhone and iPad that is specially designed to help people learn to combine tone with their voice.

It automatically chooses the notes in your comfortable singing range and offers you a variety of simple and fun exercises to practice the playing tone. And instead of the momentary display of the digital tuner, you can see a graph of how your vocal tone varied over time, giving you a clearer idea of how your tone skills are developing. You can download SingTrue for free on the iTunes App Store. Another option is the excellent Vocal Match game from Theta Music, which works in your web browser and lets you practice how to match the tone with your voice.

This is a good time to talk about your vocal range. One of the main causes of singers singing out of tune is that they are trying to sing outside their comfortable range. There is a simple trick you can use to determine your vocal range. That sound “ooooh” is a note, and you're singing it.

Our speaking voice is always within our comfortable singing range, so you can treat it as an “anchor note” or a starting point to explore your range. From this note, try to sweep up and down in the tone with your voice. Once you know your approximate range and have the trick of quickly matching the pitch to your singing voice, you're ready to move on to step three. The big challenge for most new singers is to manage the jumps in tone.

Moving between notes that are close together is relatively easy, but when there is a jump (for example,. Think of the first two notes of “Somewhere over the Rainbow “, some — where) it can be quite difficult to accurately give that second note accurately. So how do you learn the vocal control needed to move from one note to another comfortably and accurately? There are two tools you can use. Even if you've never studied music, you're probably familiar with the concept of a “scale”, in which a singer sings a series of notes that go up in a row and then go down again.

There are different types of scales and they are popular as a warm-up exercise because they are a gentle way to move the voice through a variety of tones and at the same time require a precise tone in each one. You can practice singing scales like this as part of developing vocal control. Remember to choose scales that are within your comfortable range. If that means you can only sing part of the scale, that's fine.

Remember that you are only using this as a way to practice your voice control. Once you can easily sing scales, you can move on to pitch jumps (also known as singing intervals). A very useful framework for practicing voice control is solfa (a, k, a. This is a system where you give each note on the scale a name, which makes it easier to understand which note you are aiming at each time you change the pitch.

You can do similar high jump and pitch exercises using the solfa frame, and it also provides intuitive ways to play with vocal improvisation, which makes the whole process a little more fun. We have a free series to help you learn to sing with solfa. The last step in the process is to start singing real songs and do it in a way that really shows you that you are singing in tune. This can be intimidating and disconcerting at first, but it's still less scary than singing in front of other people, right? You can be alone in your room to do it, and the only person who will listen to the recordings will be you.

So there's nothing to be ashamed of. This happens because your voice actually sounds different to you than other people. This is due to the physics of the sound that is transported inside your body, as well as outside through the air when you hear it. When you listen to a recording, you actually hear what other people hear when you sing.

You'll have to muster up a little courage to get through those first awkward days of filming yourself. Almost everyone hates the sound of their voice when they hear it for the first time on a recording. You must remember that this is mostly the discomfort of not being familiar, not that your voice or your singing is bad. When you get used to it, you'll start to hear how good your voice is, and this is where recording yourself becomes a powerful secret weapon.

You can hear where your pitch is and correct it next time. You can hear when your utterance isn't quite correct and then improve it. You can start to form an objective opinion about how good you are as a singer. Recording yourself gives you the opportunity to perfect your performances privately before sharing them with the outside world.

Start by pointing to a repertoire of 3 songs. Choose three songs that you like and that are in your comfortable range. It's useful to memorize the song's lyrics so that you have one less thing to think about while you sing. Record your performance, then gather some courage and listen.

It may help you to take notes on a copy of the lyrics to remember your advice and areas for improvement. You have a song for your repertoire. So you were worried about singing out of tune and out of tune. After reading these four steps, you should have a clear understanding of the simple process you can use to learn to sing in tune.

As you go through these steps, remember that learning to sing in tune is a simple and methodical process. You may encounter some obstacles along the way (because learning is like that), but as long as you follow this process and don't try to run before you can walk, you will find that it is a smooth and pleasant trip. Musical U offers in-depth training modules, a personalized and easy-to-use planning system, a friendly and supportive community, and access to expert help whenever you need it. Musical U membership provides you with dozens of training modules, goal-setting and planning tools, and a friendly and supportive community that will help you succeed.

All Musical U memberships are covered by our Total Trust Guarantee. The best way to know if you're a good singer is to record yourself and listen to it again, and get feedback on your singing. You can check tone sensitivity and vocal range using an online test. In addition, evaluate your posture, posture and breathing to make sure you have the right singing technique.

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Kelli Litner
Kelli Litner

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