1. Practice singing different pitches
In order to sing in tune, you will need to constantly listen and adjust. Before you can do that, however, you first must learn to control the muscles that help your vocal cords sing at different pitches. One good way to do this is to sigh, from a high pitch to a low pitch. Don’t worry about matching specific pitches yet; just keep your throat loose and flexible as you go through the range. By doing this, you can learn what range of pitch is most comfortable for you, as well as learning what producing different pitches feels like. Another similar exercise is to sing any note you can easily, then try to move the pitch both up and down, and both by a little and a lot. By doing this, you can start to develop even more control over the muscles responsible for pitch. Your voice teacher in San Marino can help show you how to perform these and other warm-up exercises.
2. Sing along
Try to sing along to recordings of songs. If you are able to play a song on another instrument, such as piano or guitar, singing along can be especially helpful, since you have control over the speed of the music and can work on individual notes more easily. Your singing teacher in San Marino can also accompany you as you are working on music in lessons, and can also stop to help you find individual notes. If you are practicing on your own, try to play the music yourself if you can, or find a suitable recording.
3. Go slowly
Go slowly at first when trying to find pitches. If you have even the barest skill on another instrument, playing individual notes of a melody to hear what you are aiming for is immensely helpful. You can sometimes use computer software to help slow down a piece of music you are trying to follow as well. For example, you can change the playback speed in the video settings in Youtube, which is an easy way to slow down something that you want to try to follow. Singing very, very slowly, or even just matching single notes holding them, is great for both helping you find these notes more consistently, and in strengthening the muscles needed for singing.
4. Work on scales and intervals.
Once you find what range of pitch you can comfortably sing, try to follow along with a portion of a scale, up to 5 notes at first, then expand to the whole scale. Go note by note, and don’t move on to the next note until you can match the pitch of the current note you are listening to. Many vocal melodies follow parts of scales closely, so working on scales will help you find As you progress, your vocal teacher in San Marino can also give you additional exercises to work on more difficult intervals, but learning to sing along to scales will certainly help you find pitches more consistently, and more in-tune.
5. Use a tuner
Even most non-musicians can hear when a performance is out of tune. Figuring out how to fix the problem is another matter entirely, however. If you are trying to match a pitch, you may hear that something is wrong, but may not be sure whether your pitch is too high (sharp) or low (flat). With experience, you will learn to hear the difference, but a digital tuner can tell you immediately. If you are going slowly and working on long, individual notes, the tuner can also be invaluable in showing whether you are maintaining the same pitch over time.
