Guitar Therapist
09-13-2005, 12:27 AM
Howdy Jam Session :wave:
I rarely stray outside the guitar forum, so I'm not sure if I'm in the right place...
Anyway, my question is a pretty general one on singing. I want to learn to sing better, to have a nicer singing voice. I've not really done much serious singing before, except for mucking around at band practises, and a joke punk band at my school battle of the bands. My problems are as follows: sometimes i think my voice is too monotone, especially in my lower register, which is where I'm most comfortable. Particularly if I try to sing a guitar melody or something. Secondly, my vocal register is strange. When I sing along to stuff, I never seem to be able to sing it properly in any octave, like if it's too low it sounds like my talking voice too much, and if I sing it up where i think it's meant to be, my voice strains a lot, but listening to the person singing they don't seem to be singing high at all. It doesn't make sense to me. Last of all, is I can't seem to sing falsetto at all. Like not even when I'm talking. I can't even do like a WOOOOO kinda cheer type sound :confused: I have mates that seem to have similar vocal problems, but they can all do falsetto easily. I think I'd like to go get some vocal coaching, but I thought I'd ask some other singers first. I want to be able to do backings and harmonies in my band, and also just to be able to sing well. Thanks for any help.
I rarely stray outside the guitar forum, so I'm not sure if I'm in the right place...
Anyway, my question is a pretty general one on singing. I want to learn to sing better, to have a nicer singing voice. I've not really done much serious singing before, except for mucking around at band practises, and a joke punk band at my school battle of the bands. My problems are as follows: sometimes i think my voice is too monotone, especially in my lower register, which is where I'm most comfortable. Particularly if I try to sing a guitar melody or something. Secondly, my vocal register is strange. When I sing along to stuff, I never seem to be able to sing it properly in any octave, like if it's too low it sounds like my talking voice too much, and if I sing it up where i think it's meant to be, my voice strains a lot, but listening to the person singing they don't seem to be singing high at all. It doesn't make sense to me. Last of all, is I can't seem to sing falsetto at all. Like not even when I'm talking. I can't even do like a WOOOOO kinda cheer type sound :confused: I have mates that seem to have similar vocal problems, but they can all do falsetto easily. I think I'd like to go get some vocal coaching, but I thought I'd ask some other singers first. I want to be able to do backings and harmonies in my band, and also just to be able to sing well. Thanks for any help.