How to sing in key?
The best way to overcome difficulties with singing in key is to get singing lessons – here’s why.
Singing in key, or with correct pitch as it is also called, is one of the main concerns and goals for singers of all experience levels. Obviously this is important because singing in key is what makes singing different from speaking. Folks who sing out of key get noticed for their not very pleasant sound while the voices of those who sing with proper pitch are welcomed and applauded.
So how do you learn to sing in key?
Many people who have difficulty singing in key have been told that they are tone deaf. And although that is possible in very rare cases; it is simply not true for the vast majority of people because the fact is that most of the world’s people sing naturally; for example: music making and singing is common to most religions and indigenous cultures.
The problem of not singing in key is generally understood as a situation of not listening to yourself. Thus a common prescription for resolving this difficulty is to develop your ear and fine-tune your ability to hear musically. The outcome of this approach is that you practice singing scales and intricate patterns of notes while being mindful to ‘hear the note in your head before singing it’ as a means of developing this skill.
However there is another approach (part II tomorrow).
