How to Sing – Tips on How to Be a Better Singer 2023

Updated August 15th, 2023 . 

Published Categorized as Singing

If you are a fan of music then you most likely would like to learn how to sing. Singing is not only a joyful activity to do but it can help relax the body and express emotion. Learning how to sing can be an enjoyable activity and many find that it is something they continue doing throughout their life.

In this article, we will explore the different tricks and tips you can try to learn how to sing at home.

Can You Teach Yourself to Sing

Yes, you can teach yourself how to sing better no matter if you are a beginner or if you have been singing for years. Singing is also a skill that you can learn at any age, making it an accessible skill and activity for everyone. Everyone is physically capable of learning to sing and they can work on sounding good when they sing.

Many people believe that singing is a talent that you are born with but really the truth is singing is a skill that can be worked at. Most beginner singers are able to match pitch and tone after some simple exercises and a few coaching sessions.

Singing can be an activity that children can learn too with the normal age that singing is possible being four years old. It is possible for you to learn how to sing naturally with the right techniques. Vocal coaches have often worked with students who have little natural ability in their vocal tone and have achieved great results by the end of a set of classes.

You can learn to sing with time and with practice. Some of the most well-known singers often struggle with certain aspects of singing and vocal technique, especially when they were initially learning. Most professional singers have full-time vocal coaches and take the vocal coaches with them to live performances. It is common for professional singers to take warming up their voices very seriously.

There are different ways you can start teaching yourself to sing and one way might work for you better than another. There are plenty of videos available online that demonstrate different ways you can start using your voice. Vocal exercises are an important part of learning.

Choosing what part of your voice you would like to work on will also help you on your singing journey. Seeking the help of a vocal coach may also help you if you are struggling to learn a certain aspect of singing.

A vocal coach is not just for professional singers or even for beginner singers, they can help with specific issues singers face too. The best way to find a vocal coach is to either ask around the local area or look online at websites. When you start a vocal coach class, it is best to set up a few trial classes before you pick which teacher is for you.

How to Sing

Understanding what happens to your voice when you attempt singing will help you when you are learning how to sing. Vocalists are able to create sound by using the abdominal and back muscles, rib cage, lungs, and oral cavity. It takes a lot of different areas of the body to produce vocal sounds.

The vocal cords or known as the vocal folds are membranes that open and close while singing, speaking, or making noises. This is what creates the noise when you are singing.

When a singer produces a sound or speech,  the vocal cords are brought together over the top of the windpipe. When the vocal cords are paired with airflow, it creates a vocal fold vibration. When the air is blown through the closed vocal folds, the vocal cords vibrate and make sounds. This sound will feel like buzzing.

Like other activities that are related to the arts, singing is a great activity for self-teaching. Learning to listen to your vocal and correcting the notes is what is needed to self-teach yourself how to sing at home. From being able to listen to yourself, you will need to adjust your vocal cords and your vocal timbre.

When you have got the hang of the basics, you will need to start to learn breathing techniques. This gradual build-up will slowly start to turn you into a singer.

When you first get started, even little things like starting to try humming or singing various different notes such as high notes and low notes will start to get you into the idea of singing. Figuring out your vocal range will also help.

Practice will always make perfect when it comes to a skill like this just as it would with any other instrument. Caring for your voice, just as you would for a physical instrument is also important.

How to Sing Better

Learning to sing better at home can be something you make enjoyable. There are little steps that you can try to see if it makes your vocals sound more in tune and stronger. Depending on what elements of singing you are wanting to develop, you may need to try different things.

For example, if you struggle with how to sing in tune then you may need to try certain specific exercises that may be different if you would like to improve your vocal tone.

Here is a list of different ways you can start learning how to sing better:

  • Sing with good posture 
  • Learn how to sing with your diaphragm 
  • Learn different breathing exercises 
  • Learn to correctly listen to yourself 
  • Warm-up your voice 
  • Sing with a good vocal tone
  • Learn your chest voice 
  • Learn your head voice 
  • Learn your mixed voice 
  • Learn to play an instrument

Sing With Good Posture

Singing with a tall posture can help your voice to stay in tune and also project louder when you are performing. Singing with a tall and correct posture is one of the easiest fixes to a bad voice as it will improve your singing voice in many different ways.

Many vocalists have had their voices transformed as soon as they find the correct posture for them. The correct posture is pretty standard for every vocalist and it is more than often that singers are singing in a bad posture.

Practicing a Good Posture

Practicing a tall posture is the best way to start positioning your body when you start to sing. Standing with a good correct posture allows your diaphragm and throat to have the support it needs. By supporting your diaphragm and throat you will start to sing better.

Here is how to achieve a tall, correct posture for singing:

  • Step One: Stand up tall with your feet spread apart at shoulder width. Make sure that you are standing sturdy and on a flat surface.
  • Step Two: Pairing your shoulders in line with your hips is the best place to start. Once you have done that you will need to pair your hips in line with your feet.
  • Step Three: Make sure that your chest is lifted and that you are not leaning backward or forwards. Remaining straight will be better for your voice.
  • Step Four: Let your knees slightly bend to make sure that your body is not stiff.

Watching yourself in a mirror while you are singing and practicing will help you tell if you are keeping that good posture. It is easy to start with a good posture and then slowly stiffen up, especially if you are singing notes that are out of your reach. Making sure that you check on your posture during practice will help you keep your voice supported and will allow you to sing better for longer.

Focus on Your Chin

The way you stand is not the only aspect of the posture you will need to watch out for. If you struggle with singing high notes, then it could have something to do with the placement of your jaw. You will want to make sure that your chin is not pointing up or down as this could affect your singing.

This is important when you are singing some of the higher notes that are in your range as it is common for a lot of singers to lift their chin as they go up in pitch. When you are singing in a high pitch, the best way to fix this bad habit is to think the word down as you go up in pitch.

This will stop you from singing too sharp when you are singing the higher notes of your range. It is also important to keep your chin straight as you sing.

Relax Your Tongue Muscles

Now that you have corrected your posture and your neck, you will need to keep an eye out for any tension in your body. It is very common for there to be tension in your throat and your tongue.

Again, just like tall posture, it is easier if you watch yourself in a mirror while you are singing and practicing as this will help you tell if you are keeping your body relaxed. If you see any tightness or tension in your face, this means that you are adding tension to your voice.

Your voice will not be able to sing properly if the muscles around it are very tense. It is common to have tension in both the larynx and the tongue when you are singing.

Here is how to check if the larynx is experiencing tension:

  • Step One: Start to feel the larynx by using your fingers. Do not poke your larynx while you are doing this and make sure that you do this exercise gently.
  • Step Two: Use your thumb and forefinger to feel your larynx. Start to sing gently.
  • Step Three: If the larynx starts to rise or feel tight or tense as you sing, this means that there is tension in your larynx.

Here is how to fix your larynx if it is experiencing tension:

  • Step One: Use your thumb and forefinger to feel your larynx while you are talking in a relaxed tone. Note down how your larynx feels when it is relaxed.
  • Step Two: Use your thumb and forefinger to feel your larynx. Start to hmm or sing gently. Aim to keep the larynx as relaxed as when you were talking. 
  • Step Three: Practice this transition between talking and singing until you have been able to keep the larynx relaxed. 

Here is how to check if the tongue is experiencing tension:

  • Step One: You will need to feel the muscles underneath your chin to work out if your tongue is tense while you sing. Aim to not push the muscles underneath your chin while you are doing this exercise.
  • Step Two: Use your thumb gently to feel the muscles between your voice box and your chin.
  • Step Three: Start to hmm or sing while using your thumb to see if the muscles under your chin are tight.
  • Step Four: If the muscles underneath your chin feel tight, then this could mean that your tongue is overly tense while you sing.

Here is how to fix your tongue if it is experiencing tension:

  • Step One: Use your thumb to feel the muscles under your chin while you are talking in a relaxed tone. Note down how your chin muscles feel when they are relaxed.
  • Step Two: Use your thumb to feel the muscles under your chin. Start to hmm or sing gently. Aim to keep the muscles under your chin as relaxed as when you were talking. 
  • Step Three: Practice this transition between talking and singing until you have been able to keep the muscles under your chin and the tongue relaxed. 

Work on Your Jaw

Relaxing your jaw will help you improve your vocal tone and vocal range. The position of your jaw can change the sound of your vocal tone quite drastically. This is due to the fact that your jaw has a large influence on your vocal tone and even if you are not singing the pitch correctly The jaw needs to be relaxed so that it can move freely when you are singing vowels. If the jaw is tight, the vocal tone of your voice will start to sound robotic.

Here is how to fix your jaw if it is experiencing tension:

Step One: Select a note or song to sing that feels difficult and causes your body to tense up.
Step Two: Use a mirror to watch your face and mouth and start to speak the lyrics of the song or hmm the note you want to achieve.
Step Three: Look at what your jaw is doing while you are speaking and see your jaw opens vertically. Start to sing the note or lyrics that you find difficult and make sure that you open your jaw to the same exact height as you saw yourself doing in the mirror while you were talking.

Learn How to Sing With Your Diaphragm

Learning how to support your breath will also produce good singing, especially if you learn to sing from the diaphragm. There are lots of techniques to learn to breathe for singing, especially if you are wanting to breathe from your diaphragm.

You will need to take a deep breath from your stomach rather than taking a breath from the shoulders or chest, which is known as a shallow breath. Breathing from your diaphragm is the opposite of how to a throaty vocal tone and will produce a much better sound.

Learning how to sing from your diaphragm is easy and you can teach this trick to yourself at home. Firstly you will need to step in front of a mirror so that you can see the full length of your upper body. You will be focusing on your stomach, so make sure you can see this in the mirror.

Next, put both of your hands on both sides of the bottom of your stomach. When you open your mouth and inhale you will want to allow the inhaled breath to expand your stomach like a balloon. When you exhale the breath, you will want to allow the breath to bring your stomach back to where it was before.

You should not see any movement in your shoulders or in your chest as this is a sign that you are doing the breathing activity wrong.

Learn Different Breathing Exercises

There are several different breathing exercises you can try. If practiced regularly and introduced to your daily routine, breathing exercises can help rid the lungs of accumulated stale air. Breathing exercises can allow a vocalist to have more control over their voice.

A simple way to practice breathing exercises is to lay on the floor and put a book on your stomach. Make sure the book rises when you inhale and lowers when you exhale, this will tell you if you are breathing deeply and correctly.

There are two main types of vocal breathing exercises you can try. The first exercise is called the Farinelli breathing exercise. This exercise will help you build your breath support. The Farinelli breath exercise is the best vocal breathing exercise for building breath control quickly when you are teaching yourself to sing at home.

The Farinelli Breath Exercise

Attempting the Farinelli breath exercise at home is easy. Firstly you should set a metronome to 60 beats per minute. If you do not have a metronome at home, there are free online metronomes you can use. To start the exercise, open your mouth and take a deep breath from the diaphragm for 4 counts of the metronome.

Hold this breath in for 4 counts of the metronome. To finish, exhale the breath for 4 counts of the metronome. Once you have completed this cycle, you should repeat this five more times. When you repeat this exercise try to hold onto the breath for one extra metronome count.

For example, inhale for 5 counts of the metronome, hold for 5 counts of the metronome and exhale for 5 counts of the metronome. The more you practice this exercise every day, you will most likely be able to comfortably inhale, hold and exhale for longer each time. If you feel any discomfort from doing this exercise, you should stop and come back to the exercise the next day.

The Scared Breath

The second vocal breathing exercise that will help your voice is the scared breath. This exercise is to help with breathing for singing on stage. When you are performing live, you will not have time to take four-count breaths due to the song and the lyrics in the song.

The scared breath is an ideal way of taking a breath from the diaphragm very quickly. This breath is not shallow and therefore is ideal for live performance.

You can easily practice the scared breath at home. First, stand in front of a mirror and turn to one side so you can see your stomach clearly. Once you have achieved this you will need to open your mouth and take a quick inhale with your diaphragm like you’re really spooked by something.

You will need to make sure that the quick breath is totally silent and doesn’t have a “gasp” sound otherwise this could be a shallow breath. As you take this quick breath, you should watch yourself in the mirror to make sure that your stomach is expanding on every quick and silent inhale.

Your chest should not be moving as much as your stomach as this is a sign that you are doing the breathing exercise incorrectly.

Learn to Correctly Listen to Yourself

It is a great idea to be practicing breath support and good posture but if you can not sing in the right key and hit the perfect pitch then you will not vocally sound like a good singer. Era training will help with the ability to hear a note and be able to sing it back. There are lots of different ways you can learn to sing in the correct pitch and vocal exercises are one of them along with ear training.

Ear training is crucial when learning how to sing on pitch. The way to approach ear training at home is to train your ear to hear the note and identify the note and also make sure that your voice then repeats this note and hits it correctly.

It is not uncommon for you to be able to hear the note you want to replicate perfectly but not be able to repeat the note perfectly. To make sure you are hearing and singing the right pitch, you will need to be able to hear and identify the note you are singing better as you most likely do not have any issues when listening to the original note.

Trick to Hear Yourself Better

To help you learn how to hear yourself better there are some simple tricks you can try.

The quickest and simplest way to hear yourself better is to gently wrap your fingers in a cup shape and place them behind both of your ears. You will need to face the direction where the note is coming from and try to match the pitch of the note.

Practicing humming the note this way can also improve your singing. You will be able to hear yourself better when you hum due to the vibrations. If you’re still having trouble hearing what you are singing then working with a vocal coach is the best way to successfully train your ears.

A voice coach will be able to immediately tell if you are singing a note either sharp or flat. From that assessment, the vocal coach will then be able to help you fix your pitch if you are singing off-pitch or key.

Warm Up Your Voice

Warming Up Your Voice Properly will help you when you are learning how to sing as it will allow your vocal range to be more accessible. A lot of singers tend to skip the vocal warm-up but it is essential to make sure that you do not cause yourself a vocal injury. Making sure that you treat your voice like an instrument is also very important.

If you do not care for your voice efficiently, then you should expect that your voice may be affected and your vocal tone will not be as good as it could be. Not enough singers care for their voices in the way that they should.

Simple warm-ups will increase blood flow to the vocal cords and allow them to prepare for long stints of singing. Drinking water can also help when you are warming up your voice. Drinking water will keep the vocal cords moist and fluid so they can easily open and close, making sure that the vocal cords do not strain.

If you are not a fan of water, you can also drink any other kind of unsweetened, decaffeinated, non-alcoholic drink as it will have the same effect. You should aim to drink at least 2 cups of water a day, if not more.

When choosing a drink, lukewarm drinks are better for your throat. Drinking something warm such as warm tea with honey will be ideal for your throat herbal and fruit teas work well for vocalists as they help the vocal fold but include ingredients that are beneficial.

If you are looking for the best beverage for your vocals then researching good teas for singers may be beneficial to you. It is best to try to avoid cold drinks and food, like ice creams as they can cause your muscles to tense.

Simple Vocal Exercises

If you suffer from reflux or allergies, a vocal warm-up can help you clear mucus from the vocal folds, especially in the summer months.

Using lip trills to warm up your voice is one of the best ways to extend your vocal range and help control your breathing. The lip trill is one of the easiest and most effective vocal warm-ups, especially to apply when you are teaching yourself at home. Practicing lip trills can also help you relieve vocal breaks and expand your vocal range. This exercise works well for men and women vocalists.

Here is a quick video tutorial by Singgeek on how to do a lip trill:

Other simple vocal exercises revolving around your vocal vowel sounds will also help with vocal tone and your general vocal sound. Opening your vowels will also help with your throat technique. To apply this you should start by singing sounds like a or oo.

Make sure that you elongate your mouth without widening your mouth when singing these vowels. When you sing you will want to separate your tongue from your soft palate. This technique gives you better quality to your vocal tone.

Sing With a Good Vocal Tone

When you are trying to achieve a good vocal tone. The best way to make sure that you have a good vocal tone is to make sure that you are not too breathy or too nasally. Every singer that you will listen to has its own vocal style and tone. you don’t want to sing too breathy.

If your vocal tone sounds too breathy or light, this may be a sign that the vocal cords are too open when you are singing.  If the vocal cords are too open, then there will be too much breathiness in the vocal tone. If your vocal tone sounds too breathy then it can affect your vocal tone and make your vocal sound less strong.

There are different ways to be able to fix the breathiness in your vocal tone. The first way to reduce the brightness is to speak the phrase at a loud volume without yelling. This will help you speak the words in the correct pitch. The speaking voice sounds full and will not sound breathy or light.

Now that you have practiced not singing in a breathy tone, you will want to make sure that you do not sing too nasally. Nasal singing can happen when your vocal tone goes behind your soft palate and resonates in your nasal cavity. You will feel this vibration in your face and nose.

If you can hear that your tone is sounding too nasally, then there are some simple things you can try. When singing the lyrics you can hear sounds too nasally you can gently pinch your nose with your thumb and first finger.

When you gently pinch your nose with your thumb and first finger, you will feel a vibration in your nose and fingers as you’re singing. This vibration in your fingers is a big sign that you are singing in a nasally tone. To fix this nasal vocal tone you should try to direct the sound more out the mouth by opening your throat more.

To check if you have improved this sound you can gently pinch your nose again as you sing. Gently un-pinch your nose and you should know that the tone of your voice changes. This is a sign that you have improved your vocal tone.

Learn Your Chest Voice

The chest voice refers to the lower and warmer tones in your vocal range. The chest voice is also a type of vocal register that we normally use when we speak. When you sing using your chest voice you should feel the vibrations on your chest.

The chest voice has a  strong and vibrant sound and is better used when you want to sound as if you are singing in a strong way. The chest voice can also be referred to as the modal voice when being described by vocal coaches. The chest voice occurs when your vocal cords are more relaxed.

You will often be a lot more comfortable when singing in your chest voice as this is the type of vocal register you speak in daily. The chest voice sounds the most natural type of vocal register as the vocal folds open up fully and the vibrations will be felt in your upper body.

The chest voice will produce notes within your comfortable vocal range, most likely the notes that are in the middle of your vocal range which are the ones that are easier to sing. It is important that you do not strain your chest voice or try to reach notes outside of the vocal range of your chest voice as this could cause a vocal injury.

The tone of the chest voice is warmer and can have a mellow sound. This is the reason many vocalists prefer singing in their chest voice as it sounds the most strong in vocal tone.  This is due to the thickest vocal folds being activated when singing in a chest voice.

Finding Your Chest Voice

Finding your chest voice can be the tricky part for any beginner vocalist, especially when you are learning your own voice. There are lots of great ways of finding a chest voice. Aim to sing the lowest note you can while your voice still vibrates on your chest. Then do this same activity with the highest note in your range, remember that it needs to still vibrate on your chest. This range is the range of your chest voice.

Learn Your Head Voice

Learning your head voice can help you when you are singing higher notes, especially the higher notes within your range that are above your chest voice. Learning how to comfortably apply your head voice is one step closer when learning how to sing.

The head voice used ones that are of a higher pitch than the other vocal registers. The head voice will not cover notes that are as high as the whistle register. The whistle register covers notes that are normally near the top of the keyboard.

And there are not that many singers that can reach the whistle register. The head voice is a more common register that every vocalist has and it will still cover the high notes within your range.

The head voice gives the sound that the voice tone is brighter and lighter when compared to how the chest voice sounds. The head voice is known to produce a sound that is delicate or gentle, especially when female singers apply their head voice.

Learning how to apply your head voice can also help you when you want to express emotion in a song as you will have the ability to manipulate your voice to sound gentler.

Transitioning From Your Head Voice

Transitioning from your head voice to your chest voice may take some practice. Female voices tend to be able to transition very easily from their chest voice to their head voice whereas male voices struggle as the male voice does not cover such a higher range of notes.

Learn Your Mixed Voice

The mixed voice is often referred to as a mixed register. The mixed voice uses two different types of voice meaning that to master your mixed voice, you will need to begin with your other voices first. The mixed voice can cover a range of frequencies that the chest voice and head voice can reach, giving it its name, the mixed voice.

The mixed voice can be sung gently just like the head voice but it can cover some notes that you could comfortably sing in your chest voice.

Break Notes Are What Makes the Mixed Voice a Tricky Voice to Learn

That is right, break notes are what makes the mixed voice a tricky voice to learn. So, what are break notes? Break notes are when you transition from chest voice to head voice and the notes in between start to make a creaking sound. This is something that every vocalist has experienced and an issue you will most likely have to solve.

To fix your vocal break there are lots of great exercises to help you. These exercises will not be a quick fix but when practiced daily, they will help. The best way to fix your vocal breaks, as well as vocal exercises, is to always sing with the right vocal techniques. When practicing vocal effects you will want to watch that your break notes do not get in the way of your performance.

Learn to Play an Instrument

Learning to play an instrument can actually help you with general musically and how to sing in pitch. Learning to play an instrument can be one of the best ways of training your ear and learning to sing properly without errors.

When you are learning to play an instrument, understanding the instrument will help you make a direct connection between how the instrument works and how your vocal works. The best instrument to start with would be the guitar as that is a strong instrument.

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Caring for Your Voice While Singing for Beginners

Learning about good vocal health and how to practice this good vocal health will help you save your vocal cords and make sure that your voice is as good as it is now in years to come. Your voice is part of your body and therefore, you need to treat it like it is irreplaceable. The vocal cords are very delicate and easily damaged if you don’t take care of them properly or abuse them.

Here are some ways you can practice good vocal health easily:

  • Practice vocal exercises daily
  • Extend your vocal range
  • Avoid smoking
  • Get good sleep
  • Use steam for extra hydration

Practice Vocal Exercises Daily

Practicing exercises daily, If you want to sing better, is crucial. You will need to train your voice and this takes commitment. Doing vocal exercises a few times a month is not going to make a significant difference and you most likely will not notice a change in your vocals. Exercising your voice every single day is the only way to develop your voice. Before you do any difficult vocal singing or vocal exercises, you should make sure you warm up properly.

Extend Your Vocal Range

Extending your vocal range is also another way you can keep your vocals healthy. By finding your own vocal range, you will make sure that you do not strain your voice. 

After you have done that, you can begin to increase your vocal range. To do this, you must have proper technique. You must have non-airy vowels and proper resonance in your voice before you try to extend your vocal range.

A vocal strain or injury may make it difficult to control the voice. This will make it harder to produce sound. If your vocal issue is not treated with care, then this could lead to a loss of vocal range or cause unwanted voice changes like raspiness or cracking.

Throat pain and discomfort are common symptoms of vocal strain and you should stop when you feel this occurring. To start extending your vocal range, you should do it a half-step or full step at a time. Practice with short scales and get comfortable singing that new note properly before trying to push your voice any higher or lower.

If you feel you need to push your vocal cords then you should stop. Taking lessons is the easiest way of increasing your range safely.

Avoid Smoking

If you have been smoking for a long time, this can irritate the vocal cords and dry the vocal cord mucosa. This will dehydrate the vocal cords and could cause them to rip. When you smoke It can result in inflammation of the vocal cords.

These kinds of issues can cause coughing and dry mouth which will eventually start to change the voice. The way to prevent this is to simply stop smoking or to keep yourself as hydrated as possible.

Get Good Sleep

When you are tired or overly sleep deprived, your voice will start to show this. Your voice can begin to sound croaky if you are sleep-deprived. Allowing your voice to rest and recover is vital in keeping your voice healthy. It is important to avoid any vocal strain and damage.

If you are tired, you also may find that you do not have the energy to breathe properly while using your voice, meaning that your voice could be strained.

If you are exhausted, it is best not to turn to caffeine if you are planning on singing. This is because caffeine can actually dehydrate the vocal folds. Hydration is vital to keeping the vocal folds healthy. When the vocal cords are dehydrated you will need extra water to keep the throat and mouth lubricated as you will need to maintain the protective mucosal lining that coats the vocal folds.

Drinking caffeine can also create more tension between your vocal cords. These issues can also cause your vocal range to be strained to lead to difficulty singing or speaking.

If you start to notice that your voice sounds croaky while you are singing or speaking, then you should aim to rest it for as long as possible. When this voice sounds tired, it means that your vocal cords are being overworked.

Use Steam for Extra Hydration

Using steam for extra hydration either from the shower, a humidifier, or a steam inhaler is a great way to add moisture to the vocal cords. Inhaling or breathing steam helps the voice box stay moist. This can be very soothing to irritated vocal folds. In order to use the steam, it is best if you breathe the steam through your nose for three to five minutes. You can do this activity two or three times per day.

Steam inhaling can be beneficial because It will help to plump up the cells of strained vocal folds. Therefore this is a great remedy if you have strained your vocal cords by shouting. The vocal folds can increase in their flexibility and healing when steam is used regularly.

FAQs (Frequently Asked Questions)

Can you teach yourself to sing?

Learning how to control your voice is crucial. You need to understand your voice in order to be able to control it. Firstly sit down and work out what areas you are struggling on, when it is you got off the pitch, and if you tend to mainly go flat or sharp. Once you have worked this out, you can then start a plan on what you need to do to improve your pitch.

How do I begin to sing?

Practicing major and minor scales will help you not only match notes but also be able to intensity the notes you are singing. You do not need to be a music theory expert to introduce yourself to scales. Scales are a sequence of notes that are in a particular key. For example, in C major the scale would be sung like C, D, E, F, G, A, B, C. Once you have reached the octave above where you were starting, you would now sing the sequence back down, in a descending pattern such as C, B, A, G, F, E, D, and C. These musical exercises will help you overcome your issues with a pitch while also helping with certain techniques like vibrato and vocal range.

How can I train my voice to sing?

Yes, it is simple to train your voice to sing. There are plenty of vocal exercises that you can use to train your voice such as yawn-sigh technique, humming warm-ups, vocal straw exercise, lip buzz vocal warm-up, tongue trill exercise, jaw loosening exercises, two-octave pitch glide warm-up and vocal sirens exercise.

Can you teach yourself to sing or is it natural?

There is no denying that some singers do have a natural talent for singing, but talent does not mean that other people can not learn how to sing themselves. Is it difficult to learn to sing by yourself but it can be done in steps to improve the voice slowly. The more you practice singing, the easier it will become! The quality of the voice and vocal tone depends on many different factors. Many people believe that singing is 50 percent nature and 50 percent nurture. Many people will naturally be able to be good singers, but everyone is capable of developing a good and correct singing voice.

Final Thoughts – Make Singing Fun!

If you are going to learn how to sing at home by yourself, then it will take longer to get the voice you desire. This is okay as the activity in itself is a fun thing to do and can keep you young at heart. Singing is perfect for all ages and is easily accessible as something you can teach yourself. Making it fun is the best way to learn how to sing, and taking it one step at a time.

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By Nate Pallesen

Nate is just your average (above average) guitar player. He's no Joe Satriani, Jimi Hendrix or Jimmy Page - wait this site is about acoustic guitars (sorry) He's no Django Reinhardt, Chet Atkins, or Michael Hedges, wait? who!? He's no Robert Johnson, Eric Clapton or Ben Harper - more familiar? Anyway you get the point :-)

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