How To Learn To Sing : The Ultimate Guide To Singing For Beginners

In this article I will describe how to sing and a brief guidance to singing for beginners. Please read the full article.

 

Singing for beginners

What’s the goal of singing? If singing is your hobby, perhaps you have a particular reason for singing, such as connecting with a loved one or giving a message to someone. Other people may sing to lose weight or to celebrate some event. Singing can be a group activity as you practice with a choir or club, or it can be a personal activity, such as singing with a couple in your living room. Whatever your reason, you will have to decide which type of singing is for you. First, decide on the time and place that you will sing. Most people sing during their daily routine (as in their house or at work), but you will need to choose the places that suit you best. Of course, you will need the ability to perform in a variety of situations.

 

Practice singing

I highly recommend that you practise singing every day! Singing with a capella group and the support of good accompaniment is one of the best ways to practise your singing skills. You can find a capella groups in most major cities around the world. Accompaniment For beginners, accompaniment can be most challenging. You don't really know how your vocal range and breath sounds until you sing to a professional accompanist. Accompaniment is also quite essential for operatic singers, but they will also sing unaccompanied and will learn to be their own accompanist. Composing Composing is not required for beginner singers, but I recommend that you begin writing. I use online composition sites to practice and master my composing skills.

 

Breathing while singing

First, we need to make a few things clear. Breathing and singing are quite different. Singing is an involuntary action while breathing requires an active mind. While singing we want to produce a resonance with our vocal tract while at the same time capturing a focused awareness of the expression in the singing itself. All this requires an acute awareness of the physical, mental and spiritual coordination of your breathing and the singing itself. This has to be done in the moment. Musicians have long known this and have sung in unison without using a single breath or taking a single musical note on the lute, violin, cello or guitar. There are many such examples of groups of famous musicians in history who could sing a whole tune without taking a single breath.

                                              

Singing exercises for beginners

There are so many different methods to sing songs or be inspired to sing but the one which works best for me is singing exercises. This method has been most helpful and helps me improve my singing voice and learn songs. As a beginner, I will focus on improving my vocal range. Exercise 1 Listen to the following song and hum it quietly. As you can sing it, do it over and over again until you are comfortable with the music. When you are ready, sing the entire song. If you find it difficult to sing, then continue doing the exercise until you get used to singing it. When I am learning a song or an instrument, I keep singing the same song until I become more comfortable with it. Doing this helps me not get bored. Exercise 2 Sing the first song above, the first four verses and ending.

 

Singing Exercises to Improve Vocal Range

One of the greatest challenges to learn to sing well is to expand your vocal range. Let’s begin by understanding what it is that we mean by vocal range and what causes vocal range to expand or contract. Vocal range refers to the range of notes you can sing. As a general rule of thumb, the vocal range refers to the full breath-hold frequency of the singing voice. This range can be measured in octaves and the highest note we can sing is the high C (C2). One octave is a whole tone (E2) and one tone is a whole tone up. So, to sing the highest note (C2) you would have to breath from the top of your lungs for a full octave. The next highest note is a half tone (E3) and two tones (E3.5) and so on. The vocal range of a human voice has a basic range of three octaves or 12 notes (13 semitones).

 

Conclusion

In the end of this article I will outline some key points on singing and give some final thoughts. I will consider three purposes of singing. The first purpose is that it allows you to communicate with your source or to affect it. The second purpose is that it can help to connect to higher energies and help to develop your intuition and intuition. The third purpose is that singing can help to develop your quality of being and help to develop your sixth sense and help you to be more aware of your surroundings. So please be aware of your intent and your purpose in singing. That is key for a successful singing performance. If you are interested in learning more about the singing arts and music you should check out my music school, here.