Can I Sing Test Yourself With These Simple Questions

Can I Sing Test Yourself With These Simple Questions Sign up successful More Advanced Can I Sing? Test Steps If youve done well at the Can I Sing? test above, you might want to look further into training both your voice and your ear one wont develop without the other!  Try some of these steps to gauge your current level of ability for both: Testing Your Voice Find a song that suits you this can be any genre, but should have a simple melody line, be well within your current vocal range, and preferably already quite familiar to you. Using the sheet music (search online if you dont already have it), study the tune, paying attention to pitch, rhythm, and an even tone. Avoid any vocal decoration that isnt on the printed page and if you cant read music, ask someone (like your teacher) to help you. Make sure you arent breathing in the middle of sentences (unless theres a comma), or worse still, in the middle of words! Finally, ask someone to listen to you ask for constructive criticism, with particular attention to whether you had a decent tone, enunciated the words, and stayed with the rhythm. Basic Ear-Training Exercises Play a note on the piano and sing the pitch back some novice singers find this hard to do at first, as theyre used to tuning in to the overtones in the human voice.  Being able to sing pitches played on an instrument is the most important piece of basic ear training you can do, especially if you want to sing your songs with accompaniment, join a choir, or form a band. Play a simple tune on the piano no more than eight notes or so (you may wish to get someone else to do this for you).  Sing the tune back, paying special attention to getting not only all the pitches and intervals correct, but the rhythm, too. Learn to identify basic things about songs are they fast/slow, happy/sad (generally in major keys for happy and minor keys for sad), and so on.  This will help you work out what you need to know about new pieces to learn them quicker. Training Your Voice The Ultimate Test As with most skills, you can only get so far by yourself, and thats particularly true with studying an instrument or learning how to sing.  Its not possible to hear our own voices with the same degree of accuracy that an outsider can, and a trusted pair of musical ears is always going to give you a more honest answer than recording equipment besides, recording equipment cant advise you what to do next if things arent sounding right! Even if your aspirations as a singer dont extend beyond joining a choir or the chorus of your local amateur operatic society, and you never intend to sing solo in public, its easy to get frustrated by the limitations of your voice when faced with more complex and demanding music. When looking for a voice teacher, someone with experience in teaching beginners is useful, and it can also be desirable to look for a teacher with a similar range to you, i.e. a soprano for a soprano, and a tenor for a tenor.  However, the most important quality you should look for in a teacher is someone who will help you find your voice after all, it doesnt matter whether youre fronting a metal band or singing at the Met, the best part is incorporating your unique style once youve learned the singing basics. Good luck! Interested in Private Lessons? Search thousands of teachers for local and live, online lessons. Sign up for convenient, affordable private lessons today! Search for Your Teacher