what is the best way for a singer to perfect his/her ability to sing on key?

Answer 1

Sit down with a piano or keyboard and do warm-up exercises slowly (or have a friend that can play piano). Start with doing "ahs", starting at middle C play c,d,e,f,g and work back down to C. Hold each note for two to four beats. Work your way through each scale starting up a half step from the previous starting note, doing the same thing. If you have access to a metronome set it at 60 bpm. Once you have done this, go through all the scales again doing triads (or chords). IE if you start at middle C you would start with C,E,G and go back down after G. After you have gone to the top of your register, start back at middle C, and work your way down in half steps, going to the bottom of your register
While you are working on these exercises make sure you are paying attention to your breath support. Breath from your diaphragm, when you do this your stomach should be raising and falling (not your chest). Also, make sure your throat is open. The back of your tongue should be down, and your jaw dropped a little bit. All of this also plays into being able to sing in tune.

Answer 2

Three things will help.

First is learning to breathe using the diaphragm, so that you can sustain breathing, sing notes well and be loud enough to hear yourself clearly.
Second, is to sing with all sorts of records, etc., so you get used to mastering timing, not rushing the phrasing, and trying to get some emotion into the singing--hearing yourself this way is a great learning experience also.
This is the one I used that bandleader Raymond Scott taught to his wife, Dorothy Collins of "Your Hit Parade": sing with some music that is fairly loud going on, or sing with something other than your song being played, so you will be forced to concentrate on reproducing what you already know how to d,o and continue listening hard at the same time--mastering monitoring of yourself during performance.
These things worked for me, and they will for you.

Answer 3

first of all, check out one more time your breathing technique.
When we start to climb higher into our voices, the vocal cords thin out and vibrate faster to achieve the pitch we want. If we add to much breath to the mix, it puts too much pressure on the now- thinner cords, and we go sharp. Therefore, we need to regulate our breath control more finely, that we don't give too much at the wrong time.
The reverse is also true, when we come back down into more comfortable territory in the middle-lower registers, we start to get too lazy with our breath and not give enough support. Please pay attention to this area.
For real fine tuning work in intonation, you are going to first eliminate the breathing problems, and then start concentration on the sensations in your mouth, notably "on" your hard palate, and in the area just behind your nostrils, around your upper lip.
there is a thin membrane covering your hard palate. You can feel it stretch when you yawn. By consciously flexing this piece of membrane, you can adjust your pitches in steps of 3 to 5 HZ.
By adding the "buzzy" or "tickly" feeling behind your nose, and feeling that your upper lip is awake but not grimacing or distorted, you can also add more resonance overtones, and brighten up an otherwise muddy sound to bring it up to pitch.
Consider the quality and quantity of your vowels, and their placement. If a vowel sits "too far back " in your mouth, the pitch will sound darker, muddier, flatter than you want. If it's nasal, it will be on the sharp side.
the main effort is the attention span- you have got to be able to concentrate on this to the point where it becomes second nature.
Best wishes, and keep on singing

Answer 4

Practice makes perfect, so use a piano to hear the note you are trying to sing. Attempt to make your voice meld with the sound of the played note. Also practice in the shower to the sound of your favorite tunes! This is coming from a "nobody," so don't take my advice!

Answer 5

learning to control your wind by using your diaphram