TOP TEN FAQ’s FOR SINGERS

7.   How Can I Sing In Tune Better?

It is always something that students worry about and obviously if you cant sing in tune, then you cant sing. I am not one

of those tutors who claims that they can make anybody sing in tune but the reality is that none of our tutors have ever

had more than one or two students who could not sing in tune at all. Some people start really badly but given time,

listening, singing along with other people and just sheer hard work, helps develop good intonation. Some people find it

hard to pitch to a piano or guitar but can pitch to someone else singing. Some students find that they can sing along to

the singer on the cd they are studying but when it comes to flying solo with a band, go to pieces. I have found that

getting the breathing and the body control right usually helps the process as well as listening to the timing of the music

and the sound that the various instruments are making. One big thing is to listen to a song through several times before

actually singing along. Get the feel right, listen to all the things that the singer does and start working out where

he/she breathes. Try and get a backing track to the songs you like so that once you feel really comfortable you can fly

solo. Remember also not to over sing. Less is more and remember that the song is just a poem or conversation,

statement etc with music; don’t do it a disservice by holding notes too long or singing loud when it’s quiet or vice

versa. Don’t panic and try and learn all the improvisation bits that are at the end of the song (Or in Mariah Carey’s case

right from the word go!), remember KISS.

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