Singing Tips for Beginners
Is singing a natural talent OR a learnt skill?
We all have a speaking voice and use our vocal folds/cords every single day, so you’re actually already familiar with how powering your voice feels. Learning to use your singing voice is just an extension of that same vocal process, using the same equipment. But with a certain set of learned basic skills. Ease your way in with one of my takeaways, a free PDF companion guide to this article: Need Help with Singing Basics.
Q: Can you teach yourself to sing or is it natural?
An education professor once said: “ Singing is more of a learnt skill than a talent.”
Singing does not lend itself well to self-teaching. Don’t make the mistake of thinking that you don’t need guidance when you’re learning. Another pair of ears to listen to you sing and watch how you’re achieving the sounds you make is not only important but vital. Many factors govern why you have the voice that you were born with (unique to you!) and a singing teacher’s job is to let...
Finding your Classical Singing Voice
Finding your Singing Voice
We’ll get to the singing element of this post in just a moment, but first I ask you to bear with me. It’s breathing new life into an old post. I see the words on the screen and I’m often timid in making a start,  driven mostly by an irrational doubt in my ability to write a compelling argument that will make a difference to YOU, the person who has stopped by to read what I have to say, and who maybe feels the same way about their SINGING as I do about writing. Stay with me here …. let’s do this together!
Can you empathise?Â
I mean, if I have doubts about whether I have what it takes to pull a convincing article,  you may be fighting the same demons about finding your voice - about singing. But the good news for both of us is that you’re HERE, reading this article because of your singing desires, so let’s put it in context.Â
Just imagine if…
….you were asked to prepare a song - say, to record it and put it out there into the world for all to hear,
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Singing Basics Guide
Getting to grips with or making improvements to your singing and the methods to achieve progress are all far easier and more accessible than you think.Â
