I'm not the best at singing and things tend to go out of tune, and lots of other problems.
Therefore i would probably be put under the caterogary of 'cant sing' rather than 'can sing'.
My question is, for someone like me, is it possible to be able to sing? properly?
Thankyou in advanced....
(ps-im 18 if thats any help!)
Full Version: Singins... Possible?
I'm in no way an expert 
but I say it's very possible. You just need to get a singing teacher, who will show you how to sing. The way you sing at the moment is proobably 'wrong' and you will have to learn some techniques, just like any other instrument.
You'd probably be better listening to someone who knows what they're talking about though!
but I say it's very possible. You just need to get a singing teacher, who will show you how to sing. The way you sing at the moment is proobably 'wrong' and you will have to learn some techniques, just like any other instrument.You'd probably be better listening to someone who knows what they're talking about though!
Lots of would-be singers own a decent instrument. By that I mean that they may have a good voice. That does not make them good singers. I have a friend who owns a really good grand piano. She is a hopeless pianist though. There are few voices so awful that they cannot be trained and it is well worth taking some lessons to see how you get on and if you will enjoy singing in a more formal way. At the Chester Forum event in January of this year there was a very keen choir member who sang a solo and I am sure that he wont mind if I say that it wasn't good. He has been taking lessons since that time and when he sang at the last event the change in his singing was amazing. It was focused, in tune and all around a jolly good effort. Give lessons a try. You will be surprised at the difference it will make.
There are few voices so awful that they cannot be trained and it is well worth taking some lessons to see how you get on and if you will enjoy singing in a more formal way. At the Chester Forum event in January of this year there was a very keen choir member who sang a solo and I am sure that he wont mind if I say that it wasn't good. He has been taking lessons since that time and when he sang at the last event the change in his singing was amazing. It was focused, in tune and all around a jolly good effort. Give lessons a try. You will be surprised at the difference it will make.
I couldn't sing at all before I took lessons... wasn't a natural at all. It's... debatable whether I can sing well now (my singing teacher says so, but my family throw things at me when I sing) but I'm certainly better than I ever was before..
Honestly, lessons are a really good idea and really fun too.
Honestly, lessons are a really good idea and really fun too.
Below is a post I made the other day, hedwig. It's in the thread which I started at the beginning of the year called Non-singers can learn to sing, Yaay!. My voice is was 
so bad that I once went on a course called "Singing for the Tone Deaf". The first thing we learnt is that there's no such thing as "tone deaf", apart from in a handful of medical cases. We've all got voices that we can learn how to use, just as we can learn how to play an instrument. Some people will find it easier than others, and I am finding it quite difficult. But that doesn't mean to say it's impossible, and I certainly don't believe that it is. So if you want to learn, find a teacher who is willing to teach you and go for it!
I thought I'd update this thread cos I've just had a bit of revelation As I was driving back home from my weekend away, I was running through in my head all the sheet music I'd bought, and I started singing one of the items - "I could have danced all night" from My Fair Lady. Since I last posted here, the group lessons have stopped and I've been having individual singing lessons with the same teacher. So I tried to sing it as I've been taught, using my pelvic muscles for support. And it worked! When I got to the bit at the end - "I could have danced, danced, danced, all night" - I gave myself a kick for each "danced" and for "all night" and I could reach the notes!!! So then I tried singing it as I would have sung it before having lessons, and it was so different. I've still got a long long way to go, but I feel as if I've made some progress at last And if there's anybody reading this who still thinks they can't sing - yes you can, you really can if you have lessons!!! All I've done so far is learn how to support my voice with my breathing and even that little bit of knowledge has made a big difference. So if anyone really wants to learn how to sing but thinks they can't, get a teacher and go for it!
so bad that I once went on a course called "Singing for the Tone Deaf". The first thing we learnt is that there's no such thing as "tone deaf", apart from in a handful of medical cases. We've all got voices that we can learn how to use, just as we can learn how to play an instrument. Some people will find it easier than others, and I am finding it quite difficult. But that doesn't mean to say it's impossible, and I certainly don't believe that it is. So if you want to learn, find a teacher who is willing to teach you and go for it!QUOTE(skylark @ Jun 25 2007, 10:03 PM) 
I thought I'd update this thread cos I've just had a bit of revelation
As I was driving back home from my weekend away, I was running through in my head all the sheet music I'd bought, and I started singing one of the items - "I could have danced all night" from My Fair Lady. Since I last posted here, the group lessons have stopped and I've been having individual singing lessons with the same teacher. So I tried to sing it as I've been taught, using my pelvic muscles for support. And it worked! When I got to the bit at the end - "I could have danced, danced, danced, all night" - I gave myself a kick for each "danced" and for "all night" and I could reach the notes!!! So then I tried singing it as I would have sung it before having lessons, and it was so different. I've still got a long long way to go, but I feel as if I've made some progress at last And if there's anybody reading this who still thinks they can't sing - yes you can, you really can if you have lessons!!! All I've done so far is learn how to support my voice with my breathing and even that little bit of knowledge has made a big difference. So if anyone really wants to learn how to sing but thinks they can't, get a teacher and go for it! This is a "lo-fi" version of our main content. To view the full version with more information, formatting and images, please click here.