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I have a lot of trouble singing melodies on pitch

 

I also have noticed my pitch wavers a lot, I tend to slide in and out of the correct pitch by a half step or so and I sound very nasal.

 

I practice playing melodies on my piano and trying to imitate them with my voice ,but I'm always off

 

I also try just playing one note then letting it die out and sing it ,but I only sing it back the correct pitch 50% of the time. I'm usually a couple steps away.

 

I can sing a long to a sing on pitch pretty well though.

 

I want people to respect my music and my voice, I don't want to rely on auto-tune and effects !!

 

Any advice appreciated :(

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breath control can be pretty important, if you have to strain to get those last few notes out before your breath fades, it can throw things off, and not keeping it consistent can as well. and practice practice, keeping the cords relaxed and warmed up, and if worse comes to worse consider looking into a vocal coach, or even software that has instructions and tips.

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It takes as long as it takes - could be 6 months, maybe a year - to learn how to setup your throat to hit a note precisely every time.

 

Keep singing scales with and without the keyboard.

 

Wavering might mean that you are not using enough air. Try moving more air through your throat, it might not be much louder. Practice singing the ng sound, ng as in SING and the ng-ah-ng-ah alteration. The exercise helps me open my throat and sing less nasal.

 

I sometimes practice singing with a cheap microphone plugged into a cheap guitar amplifier. Just being able to hear myself as I sing along with recordings helps me to learn how much air to use, how to form the notes, how to match the tone of the professional singers. There really is a lot to learn.

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Yeah, I've been there. You're doing all the right things; it just takes some time. A few lessons will certainly speed things along, if that's possible. But the most important thing is not to get discouraged. When I decided a few years ago that I really wanted to sing, I had exactly the same profile as you. With time and a lot of practice--and some courage, I'll say--I developed a voice that I'm happy with.

 

And experimentation--record annd listen back to yourself every day. Note in specific terms what you like and what you don't like. Try different phrasings, vowel pronunciations, styles, etc; go legato, go staccato, speak-sing a bit. See what works.

 

Practice singing the ng sound, ng as in SING and the ng-ah-ng-ah alteration. The exercise helps me open my throat and sing less nasal.

 

I'm curious about this: The ng sound is itself a nasal sound. In fact, if you're singing ngs and you pinch closed your nostrils, the sound will abruptly cease, as the nasal pharynx is required to produce it. How does this exercize reduce nasality? :confused:

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It's really just down to practice.

 

I have one tip: Play around with "Singstar" or vocals on "Rock Band" and "Guitar Hero".

 

Start with easy level, and once you seem to be able to keep pitch quite OK at that level, take it up a level. It has to be challenging. When at hardest level keep pushing your score.

 

I did this when Singstar first came out. I practiced daily, and after a while I could easily nail most songs with 90% and better. At that time I tested both my pitch accuracy (with tuner and PC software) and my pitch sense. Both was very accurate, much better than today, although I have no problems singing on pitch now.

 

My ears accuracy was rated in the upper part of "Excellent" and way beyond normal, good and very good. I was able to determine pitches with much less than 1 hz difference, something that made me hear many of the "Idol" singer in the last stages singing off pitch. All this from a Video game!! :-)

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I'm curious about this: The
ng
sound is itself a nasal sound. In fact, if you're singing
ngs
and you pinch closed your nostrils, the sound will abruptly cease, as the nasal pharynx is required to produce it. How does this exercize
reduce
nasality?

 

 

I use the ng-ah exercise and feel something happening in my throat, my throat opens up and I learn to keep my tongue down, flat and just touching my lower front teeth. This exercise helps me with belting - singing in a high chest voice loud - that for me easily changes to nasal sound.

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