How to improve singing (WITHOUT SINGING LESSONS)!?!
Question: I cannot get singing lessons right now, that is not even an option.
I don't have the money, plus I have no way to get to the lessons even if I had money. But I want to become a better singer, study opera maybe, and musical theater.
Are there any free websites or anything with tips on how to be a better singer or does anyone have any advice or anything.
And don't say that I should join a choir because I am in a choir right now, THE TEACHER IS TERRIBLE (He's actually a music teacher but the school couldn't afford a new choir teacher so he teaches choir)
So what can I do to improve my singing without a professional teacher? Any warm up exercises or vocal exercises or anything? A free online video? A CD I can buy that has good songs I can practice with?
And please don't say something like "Just pay for a teacher!"
Because I CAN'T!
Answers: I cannot get singing lessons right now, that is not even an option.
I don't have the money, plus I have no way to get to the lessons even if I had money. But I want to become a better singer, study opera maybe, and musical theater.
Are there any free websites or anything with tips on how to be a better singer or does anyone have any advice or anything.
And don't say that I should join a choir because I am in a choir right now, THE TEACHER IS TERRIBLE (He's actually a music teacher but the school couldn't afford a new choir teacher so he teaches choir)
So what can I do to improve my singing without a professional teacher? Any warm up exercises or vocal exercises or anything? A free online video? A CD I can buy that has good songs I can practice with?
And please don't say something like "Just pay for a teacher!"
Because I CAN'T!
Whilst Mamianka is right about home/self tution not being a good idea, that advice doesnt help you out, i teach vocals and know what its like as a vocalist to want to improve but have absolutely no funding to do so! I was lucky that i studied popular music so had singing lessons throughout my 6 years of College and university.
So Firstly and importantly, if you are serious about being a singer/performer enrol on a course! That is the easiest way to get free or cheaper vocal lessons, if you are at college/University you usually get them free as your major subject. - Personally id say this is your only option because if you arent really bothered about doing it as a career there is no point attempting your own study.
If you want to practice at home (ideally you would have a pro lesson once a week and practice as well) BUT seeing as you cant.
1: Get hold of a keyboard
2: Buy a music theory book that will tell you scales. If you go into a music shop and say you want a book with All the notes of all the key signatures they should be able to help.
3: When you get the book, get hold of a piano and play each note of each scale. I.e - Playing C Major Scale has the following note - C, D, E, F, G, A, B, C. - GMajor scale has the following noted G, A, B, C, D, E, F#, G - ETC
Your job is to play a not and repeat it vocally, start by playing the note, then playing it again as you sing with it, singing the word "LA" pronounce LAR (as in Large)
You aim is to get your voice to sing the note as perfect to that of the keyboard as possible.
4: Whilst you are doing the above have a tape recorder running recording the session and play back the tape at the end to see how good/bad you were at hitting the pitches. Be critical, dont think "ahh its close enough" Aim for perfection and that should help you along.
Hope that helps to some degree, get on a music course and get some free lessons, Good luck :)
probably just practice:)
theres that game in ps2 or xbox.. that singstar thing.
sing the music that is best for your voice without straining it!! you can get lik lil voice excercise things on net and im shur there are lessons on you tube..lol
I have taught vocal music since 1971. you may have NO options right now. And your attitude ( no way, don't even, I CAN"T!) is not helping you. There are NO websites that will help you - because they cannot HEAR you. People will stick ANYTHING on a website, even if it is free, just for their OWN self-aggrandizement. If a teacher cannot HEAR you, they cannot help you. This is NOT what you wanted to hear - and people will write in and tell you all kinds of crap like *go on American Idol* - but that is garbage. I tell the truth - because I am a career pro.
Ok, so the one choir you have tried has a "terrible teacher" where else have you looked? Have you looked into a church choir (where a lot of the time the teacher is VERY good). even if you are not a member of a church this can be an option. Have you looked at trying to get a group of like minded people from the school choir to meet and practice and see what you can come up with, you may not be able to afford PRIVATE tuition, but a group of you may be able to organise a group class.
You didn't like what one of the answerers posted but really that answer was right on the money. Reading stuff from a website and thinking "oh, I'm really progressing" is really not the best way to go.
You need to think about finding a REAL person to help you here.