How do know if singing has improved?

[Tallyho]

I trying to get some kind of singing, but think I am not able to improve.

 

Is it possible to tell which recording who is oldest? How can I practice in the best way?

 

https://www.dropbox.com/s/69opdeh2kv...audio.m4a?dl=0

https://www.dropbox.com/s/azqez4oelpae7nh/sound.m4a?dl=0

https://www.dropbox.com/s/cgxthirhgjteml1/no%20music.m4a?dl=0

 

 

 

 

[kickingtone]

I trying to get some kind of singing, but think I am not able to improve.

 

Is it possible to tell which recording who is oldest? How can I practice in the best way?

 

https://www.dropbox.com/s/69opdeh2kv...audio.m4a?dl=0

https://www.dropbox.com/s/azqez4oelpae7nh/sound.m4a?dl=0

https://www.dropbox.com/s/cgxthirhgjteml1/no%20music.m4a?dl=0

 

 

 

 

I think that you sound more confident in the last clip.

 

A good initial goal to set yourself is pitch accuracy. You can play a single note on a piano or online organ, and see how accurately you can sing a note of the same pitch. You can use a guitar tuner or DAW to test your accuracy. Then you can try to maintain that accuracy when singing a whole phrase.

[partlycloudy]

I agree with kickingtone. I would guess the clips are in chronological order, so the oldest is the first and the newest is the last.

[Tallyho]

Really thanks for your suggestions. Is there any app to practice pitch? Is it terrible to listen to the singing?

[WRGKMC]

For pitch, get yourself a chromatic tuber with a built in mix. You can buy them for $10 these days. Try singing into it and keeping the needle centered. You'll quickly learn just how much focus and concentration it takes to control your vocal cords to keep a pitch. Of course this is just for a steady pitch. Most people learn to use vibrato to bend the pitch side to side but that comes after being able to hit a steady pitch and formulate words while keeping a good pitch.

 

As far as the answer to your question. Improvement cones in varying degrees. you may get some steps forward and some back. In all its a matter of how many good hours you put in practicing basics. It comes down to thousands of hours put in over years of hard work, not days and weeks. The last singer I trained had some skill. It took me two years twice a week to get them to be able to sing with a band on 50% of the songs. It took 8 years for that person to start sounding highly professional, and 10 years to earn a living at it. That could have been shortened if I had them at a much younger age. The older you get the less likely you ever go from beginner to pro. Many of your best singers begin before puberty and continue on an entire lifetime and hitting their peak becoming successful in their late teens and 20's.