Singing Tips

[Classics_of_Love]

So I've been practising singing for about 6 months or so now, and I've noticed an improvement in my voice, but there's still a lot of room to go, and I'm wondering how much technique there is to it, or if there's anything in particular I can practise aside from just singing along to one song or another.

Also, should I be concentrating on learning how to hit certain notes, or just singing in key? I really have no idea what notes I'm actually hitting when I sing, I just try to get myself to sound in key with whatever instrument I'm playing.

[The_Red_Death]

I hear you, I'm in the process of improving my voice too. A thread in the Jam Session that's helped me a lot so far:

http://www.sputnikmusic.com/forums/showthread.php?t=370155

Try asking in there.

[Crumbumonkey5]

You should learn to do both, that will be the best. Knowing what notes to sing will mean you will be better at singing in key and Vice Versa

[Up The Irons]

I trust you know scales, because a great thing to do when practicing singing is going through like a major scale and saying what your singing so you get a better idea of what your singing.

For example:
(note that you sing is in italics, what you say is in regular font)

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
C D E F G A B C

or some good exercises are:

1 121 12321 1234321 123454321 12345654321 1234567654321
C CDC CDEDC CDEFEDC CDEFGFEDC CDEFGAGFEDC CDEFGAGFEDDC

123456787654321
CDEFGABAGFEDC



8 878 87678 8765678 876545678 87654345678 8765432345678
C CBC CBABC CBAGABC CBAGFGABC CBAGFEFGABC CBAGFEDEFGABC

876543212345678
CBAFGEDCDEFGABC


then you can start skipping scae steps like, say you omit the 4th:

1 121 12321 123_321 123_5_321 123_565_321 123_56765_321 123_5678765_321

or say you omit the 6th:

8 878 87_78 87_5_78 876_4345_78 87_5432345_78 87_543212345_78




you get what I'm saying?

[Crumbumonkey5]

****, somebody's got some time