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Would you like to know how to train your ear and use it to become a better singer? A trained ear is a key component to understanding music.
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Training your ear will give you the ability to recognize rhythm, scales, melody, chords, and intervals.
Training your ear is not an overnight process. You will need to dedicate yourself to practicing every day, for an hour a day until you begin to recognize the key components of music.
However, once you do begin to develop your ear you will become a better singer.
With an improved ear you will find you can play music by ear and sing by sight. Sight singing is when you look at notes on paper and sing the notes you see.
You can actually hear what the notes will sound like just by looking at the sheet music. This is a great skill to have for any singer.
Remember, you are not looking to develop perfect pitch. Perfect pitch means you can recognize any note. You want to develop your ear for relative pitch.
This means you will be able to name a note when you compare it to a reference note. For example, if you hear a C note you will be able to identify the following notes played by recognizing the intervals between the notes.
Now, let’s look at some great tips for training your ear.
*Read musical rhythms out loud. This practice will let you learn the tempo of the music before you sing the notes. Start with simple one beat quarter notes and build up to more difficult rhythms.
*Know your ‘do,re,me’ syllables. These are syllables you use for singing pitches. A ‘do’ equals a ‘C’, a ‘re’ equals a ‘D’ and so on.
*Using short musical phrases, imitate the pitch and rhythm using the ‘do, re, me’ syllables.
*As you practice the above exercise use longer and longer musical phrases and more complex rhythms. Repeat them over and over until you feel confident.
*Do not spend all your time singing or practicing in a group. Singing in a group is great for harmony but it does not teach you to recognize individual notes.
Make sure to spend time practicing on your own to train your ear for singing.
Lots of fantastic singers grow their voice by listening to awesome singers. Maybe they listen to great singers for hours. Maybe they have a musical family and grow up surrounded by wonderful singing.
Whatever they do, the best singers give themselves the greatest gift – a trained ear. They can feel the music, internalize it, and move to it. They know the melody and where it is headed before it goes there.
A good ear equals a beautiful singing voice.
So what else can you do? Besides following the advice above make sure to practice every day. In addition, record yourself singing. This will let you know what you sound like. Be critical and look for areas to improve.
As an added bonus, a great smile can also improve your singing!
I am not talking about the outer smile your fans see. The smile that changes the way you sing is the inner smile. This smile will raise the pads underneath your eyes and the roof of your mouth.
Check this out for yourself by singing ‘la’ with a smile on the inside.
*To get a great inside smile lift your eyebrows and pretend to yawn. Before the yawn really starts sing your ‘la’!
This should give you a deep and rich tone. You will not believe it is your voice. Combine this technique with your new ear training for a one of a kind singing voice!
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