Can people who cant sing very well be taught to sing?

Question

Hi, i was wondering if with the proper lessons,can someone who does not have a natural singing talent be taught to sing passably? And what are some breathing exercises i can do to increase my lung capacity?

Answer 1

thank you Saint Bee, for your informative answer.
Certainly, dregensten, you can profit from singing lessons, insofar you are alert, intelligent, and willing to unlearn some societal habits we have all formed since 7 or 8 years old, namely, that we breathe too shallowly ( most of us up around our collar bones, and not down into our bellies., that we all carry that " the boss has said something stupid, but I'm not going to let myself reply" tight jaw, and that we don't have a feeling of being happy with our personal space/propriety/sexuality ( whaddaya mean, I'm supposed to get energetic down there???!!!).
Singing lessons can help us make contact with abdominal breathing ( also called diaphragmatic breathing), with a loose relaxed jaw, and feeling happy about who and what we are. This can only profit a pleasant voice, and help a scratchy or rough voice in the direction of becoming pleasant.
Faintly akin to the disciplines of yoga or martial arts which emphasize body awareness, singing is also good for one's mental as well as physical health. ( The German magazine GEO has just published an article in this month's issue on the benefits of singing, if anyone out there reads German)
By all means, indulge yourself with lessons from a good teacher. Take the time to find someone who is good, and not just expensive. Consult with your church choir, your local college or university, a good solid music store, to see who has a reputation that can be trusted. There is no one single teacher who has a 100% success rate, but if you come across someone whose students are more than regularly pleased, try your luck there.
As someone else suggested, swimming is excellent for breathing. For a drier time of it,start by moving your awareness down into your belly region. You will become acquainted with various sorts of muscles there. The major ones are the long front muscles, rectus abdominus, and the "abs" that we know from all the fitter men out there.....
Along with the broad muscles in your back ( lattisimus dorsi), the sensation is not unlike having a tire or swimming ring around your middle. Breathing in means letting the tension there go. Breathing out is like a long, satisfied, only that the above mentioned muscles act like a brake. You can start and stop whenever you like. Try hissing ( your teeth and jaws are not clenched), and see how many seconds you can go. 20-25 is a good start. Don't let yourself get dizzy. By using your belly and back muscles in this way, you can GRADUALLY work your way into longer periods of time. Let's not try for the Guinness Book of Records, however, anything over 30 secs. is quite passable. This is what we call breath control. It really has nothing to do with your vital, or lung capacity. It has everything to do with how you use it.
Best wishes and do sing

Answer 2

It depends on what you mean by not having a natural singing talent. There are some people who will actually never be passable singers: for instance, if you're tone deaf, there is no way to make you sound OK. If you're not tone deaf, certainly a few lessons can improve your voice. There are people out there with great untrained voices, in which case a few lessons can make a lot of difference.

It's worth being realistic about singing. If you're looking to improve your voice for your own personal interest and perhaps joining a local amateur choir or something, that's certainly an achievable goal for most people. Singing can be fulfilling and great fun. But, if you're not a great singer now and you're thinking, "I wonder if I could be the next American Idol/Whitney Houston/Johnny Cash/Luciano Pavarotti etc", the answer is probably that you could not. All professional singers have a very obvious natural talent.

As a rule of thumb, you can make a B- voice into a B+ voice, or an A- voice into an A voice, but you can't make a C- voice into an A+ voice, whatever you do. But don't let this put you off singing for your own enjoyment.

I've listed a website with some vocalist breathing exercises below. Hope this helps!

EDIT: someone above has mentioned Ashlee Simpson's transformation from not able to sing a note to professional career. Do bear in mind that Ashlee, like Paris Hilton, Victoria Beckham and a lot of other people who have had bubblegum pop careers, still can't sing properly and doesn't sing live. Her vocals on recordings are auto-tuned to the correct pitch -- see this site for details of what that means: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Auto-Tune

To be fair, with one of those machines, *anyone* can sound like Mariah Carey!

Answer 3

One of the most important aspects of singing well involves correct breathing. Now you would think that we would already do this correctly. Try a site like https://tr.im/M2uAz which has the best vocal exercises

After all if we couldn't breathe we wouldn't be alive! But in reality many people have bad breathing habits caused by a variety of things including poor posture and our often frantic lifestyles. Learning how to control your breathing is one of the keys to improving your voice.

Singing requires that you are able to take in enough air quickly before you are about to sing a line and then let this air out in a regular and controlled way whilst singing the notes. The mistake many novice singers do is to take a quick shallow gasp of air into the top of the lungs. This results in there being insufficient air, to get you through the line you are singing, and you will end up dropping notes. I'm sure you can relate to this experience and can remember times when you have had to quickly take in more air half way through the line or note you are singing.

Answer 4

Yes, anyone can be taught to sing passably.

For lung capacity, a simple exercise is to pant like a dog through your nose for as long as you can, then take three deep breaths. Repeat two or three times.

Answer 5

Swimming and diving will increase your lung capacity over time. Look at Ashlee Simpson she couldn't sing a single note in the right key, when she first started. Now she can pass as a pop-star. Not that she is a very good one but it is very possible to do anything that you set your heart and mind to do. Happy training :)

Answer 6

Singing is something that everybody can learn and improve. Of course, some are more naturally skilled than others, but even a poor voice can be overcome by dedication, practice, and more practice. Even if you're content to sing in the shower, there are some things you can do to improve your voice. This is probably the best online course to improve your singing skills https://tr.im/0bdt8
Your golden voice will be ringing out in no time!

Answer 7

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Answer 8

Of course you can learn to sing!!!
Music is like Freeware!!!:D...to improve your breathing do Yoga!!

Answer 9

Some people can be taught.

Answer 10

to an extent