How do I teach myself to sing well?

Answer 1

Like what toomuchtimeoff said, record your singing from time to time and listen to them. Start accepting how awful or how nice your voice sounds.

Listen as much as you sing. Listening provides great help to hearing pitches, feelings of songs, that will benefit your singing.

Try to get more performing opportunities. Be it in front of your family, or friends, or at the karaoke hall, or at dinners, put it all out. Though you may suck initially but rest assure that you'll improve through time, when you get bolder.

Only through practical experience, one will learn.

Answer 2

Singing well is not as easy as you might think, and there is always room for improvement, whether it be technique, intonation, diction, tempo and rhythm, etc, etc.....

Here are a few things I can suggest to you as a beginner....

1) Learn to project and support your voice. Every time you sing, sing out strongly, with lots of lung support, sing with a full voice! Make your diaphragm do all the work, not your vocal cords! It is much better to sing strongly and make a big mistake, than to diminish your voice and try to hide it. Remember not to overwork your voice. If you have to work or push hard in order to get louder, then your tone is going out the window, and you are going to weaken your voice, not strengthen it. Singing should come easily, with the proper application of air pressure.

2) Use good diction and phasing. (I am not a big fan of "voice level singing") Do not sing exactly as you would speak. Clearly enunciate, by using the clear, open throated vowels "aah", "ehh", "eee", "oh", and "ooo". Do not use ambiguous or "nasal" vowels. Be sure to keep your consonants clearly audible; in particular, emphasize the consonant sounds S, T, K, NG, P, G, FF, SH, ST-TS and N-M, if they lie at the end of a word or phrase. Be judicious with the use of the english "rrr" sound, you usually want to "roll" or "flip" you R's slightly.

3) Intonation. You always want to be working on keeping your voice accurate and on pitch. Keep your notes from "scooping" or "sliding" as much as possible. Intonation is what really kills many amateurs and beginners, poor pitch sticks out like a fish on dry land. You might want to use a pitch pipe or a well tuned piano when you are practicing, to make sure you hit your notes dead-on accurate, and your pitch doesn't start to drift. You need to be *constantly* aware of intonation while you sing, and there is *always* room for improvement in this respect. Even professionals are always working on their pitch.

4) Do not try to improvise. It will be pretty obvious you don't know what you are doing. Do not use vibrato until you learn how to do it correctly. Don't try to mimic or emulate pop singers on the radio, they have had years of practice and coaching (theoretically at least...) Sing simply, clearly, and accurately, using your own voice and style, not someone else's

5) Be an artist and a musician. Put your soul and your feelings into your voice, but never let yourself lose control of it.

6)Don't give up! Nothing is too hard, too technical, too confusing, (or too embarrassing,)You are always good enough; you just don't want it bad enough. Genius is 5% talent, 5% inspiration, and 90% perspiration. (with a nod to Thomas Edison...)

Good luck,
~Donkey Hotei

Answer 3

Unfortunately, no one can teach themselves how to sing. I wish we could, it would have saved me a lot of money! lol. The truth is that you can't really hear what you sound like to others. That's why so many people THINK they can sing, but can't. Go out and get yourself a voice coach/teacher for the kind of music you would like to sing. If you don't have the money for private lessons, go to group ones. There are tons out there. Good luck!

Answer 4

For basic stuff, record yourself, preferably with an accompanist so you have a reference for your pitches. Machines never lie... and being able to hear what you sound like in the ears of other people will give you a better insight into your own singing than anything else.

Answer 5

You have to have a very good ear, then listen and sing along with your fave tunes and practice practice practice then try it out on someone who is a good singer and ask for criticism but over all i think you need someone who experienced who can help you.

Answer 6

As much as everyone else will tell you all these answers, the truth is, only you can answer that question.

Suggested Reading: Vocal Wisdom by Lamperti

Answer 7

Get yourself a piano, keyboard and work on matching pitches.

Answer 8

You can't get voice lessons