How come we can hear songs accurately in our heads but cannot necessarily reproduce them accurately with our voices?

Question

One thing: I’m not talking about the issue of whether it’s physically possible to hit the notes. I mean more like the problem of “making” our voices hit the notes we hear in our heads.

In: Biology

Answer 1

Singing requires ability learned through practise, and developing your diaphragm and vocal chord control. It’s like thinking about The Matrix and expecting to be able to do Kung fu- your brain can image what it’s like to observe what’s happening, but it can’t work back from that to know what muscles need to be moved and when.