| Can't quite keep a tune? Tone deafness can seem | | | | that's exactly what you need. If you want to correct |
| like a final verdict on your potential for singing. But | | | | your sound, you need to realize what exactly you |
| when you think of yourself as "tone deaf", you are | | | | are doing wrong right now. |
| actually falling prey to a very common | | | | I'll get back to it. But the second critical thing if you |
| misunderstanding. | | | | really want to learn to sing in tune is adjusting |
| Tone Deafness and How You Can Learn To Sing In | | | | MID-NOTE. Yes, that's it. This is the big thing most |
| Tune | | | | people don't realize. You can be a decent singer and |
| The statistics run so that you would probably be | | | | nobody realizes that you actually do hit the occasional |
| hard-pressed to count on one hand all the people | | | | bad note, but you correct yourself automatically! |
| that you know that are actually, clinically tone deaf. | | | | You need to learn that to hit the correct note, it's |
| It's that rare - and it means that you cannot | | | | okay for you to glide up or down INTO that note. |
| distinguish a high whining sound from a low bass | | | | You don't need to start off with the perfect note. In |
| sound. | | | | fact, this is a common technique that professional |
| You very probably are not tone deaf. You simply | | | | singers use - sliding up and down smoothly. |
| have not had much practice using your voice | | | | So What's My Next Step Now? |
| apparatus when you were younger. It's a learnable | | | | Remember - you can indeed acquire this ability and |
| skill like any other and exposure leads to mastery. | | | | learn to sing in tune, but you need to work towards |
| Tone deafness is a myth. You can indeed learn to | | | | it. Make the effort and go the extra step. |
| sing in tune. | | | | Don't care if people tell you that there's no point, you |
| The thing is, you can probably follow a melody along, | | | | "either have talent or not". I don't believe in that. For |
| but you're doing it off-key. The notes are not quite | | | | me, the only thing that matters is PASSION. If you |
| fitting into the pattern and are wavering up and | | | | have a passion for singing and get a great deal of |
| down. Well, guess what? It's easily corrected by | | | | enjoyment out of it, then if you just become slightly |
| practice. And what are the two secrets? | | | | better, you will enjoy it even more. This leads to a |
| First, it's listening to yourself. You're probably thinking, | | | | self-reinforcing cycle and eventually the so-called |
| "oh no, I already can hear the horrible noises coming | | | | "talent" will come. Once you get good, you want to |
| out of my mouth, I don't need MORE of that". But | | | | get REALLY good. |