If I practiced enough or got the right type of training, would I technically be able to sing well like some of our greatest singers? Is there an anatomical difference in their vocals cords that differentiates singers from people who cant sing?
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I’m not tone deaf and learned to play the piano with moderate competency. But I cannot sing a note. I did try choir and lessons for a short time with no perceptible results. I can hear the notes and follow a tune but can’t make the tones myself. It’s depressing actually i am very ashamed of it. There are so many situations where it feels natural to want to sing (church, holidays, when my kids were very small and might have wanted lullabies or something) but i just can’t do it. Kind of sad but what can you do.
I’m not tone deaf and learned to play the piano with moderate competency. But I cannot sing a note. I did try choir and lessons for a short time with no perceptible results. I can hear the notes and follow a tune but can’t make the tones myself. It’s depressing actually i am very ashamed of it. There are so many situations where it feels natural to want to sing (church, holidays, when my kids were very small and might have wanted lullabies or something) but i just can’t do it. Kind of sad but what can you do.
I think it’s fair to say that anyone can get better with practice but not everyone can be truly great.
As with any other physical ability, some people have natural or physical advantages.
I think it’s fair to say that anyone can get better with practice but not everyone can be truly great.
As with any other physical ability, some people have natural or physical advantages.
There is an old saying that “If you can’t whistle, you can’t sing” often said to someone who breaks out into song here. Can you whistle? the implication being, cause you cant sing. By whistle, I don’t just mean one note, but whistle a song in tune without coming up for air every few seconds.
The reason stated is because among a list of other things breath control is paramount
There is an old saying that “If you can’t whistle, you can’t sing” often said to someone who breaks out into song here. Can you whistle? the implication being, cause you cant sing. By whistle, I don’t just mean one note, but whistle a song in tune without coming up for air every few seconds.
The reason stated is because among a list of other things breath control is paramount
yes anyone can (provided they dont have like a biological alteration that makes them unable to like some sort of mouth injury or what not)
The trick to being a good singer (outside of any sort of singing without instrumentation or music) is making your voice work with the flow of the music. That can be done with ANY type of voice because theres pretty much a huge array of types of music that people will want to listen to.
For example if youre a dude but your voice is feminine and very high pitched, you can still sing if youre singing songs where it requires a masculine voice with more feminine touches, and vice versa.
Same with the lingustic side of things like accents: some people might not be able to sing like adele, but they were raised in the south and have the perfect accent for country music.
Another example is rap: most rappers aren’t even singing, its just their normal voice, BUT its how they use their voice to flow with the rhythm, otherwise known as their “flow” a good rapper needs good flow otherwise they aren’t a good rapper.
Most of it just really is time, practice, and learning how to apply your voice to the music that youre singing it for. So anyone can sing (depending on which singing youre doing) because its about the music behind the singing in combination with the singers ability to match their voice to the music, that makes a person a good singer
From what I’ve seen in this discussion, it doesn’t seem to address the people who can “just sing”, at least much better than most, without any training or practicing. It’s kind of akin to how some people are born smarter, so yes physiologically different. No matter how much I practiced, I would never become a good singer…I might clean up my pitch some, but it won’t be a pleasing singing voice.
There is an old saying that “If you can’t whistle, you can’t sing” often said to someone who breaks out into song here. Can you whistle? the implication being, cause you cant sing. By whistle, I don’t just mean one note, but whistle a song in tune without coming up for air every few seconds.
The reason stated is because among a list of other things breath control is paramount
From what I’ve seen in this discussion, it doesn’t seem to address the people who can “just sing”, at least much better than most, without any training or practicing. It’s kind of akin to how some people are born smarter, so yes physiologically different. No matter how much I practiced, I would never become a good singer…I might clean up my pitch some, but it won’t be a pleasing singing voice.
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