Can anyone who has the ability to speak learn to be a decent singer?
I know that singing is a skill that requires highly developed muscle reflexes, laryngeal action, breath support, resonance adjustment, as well as articulatory movement and anyone can enhance their voice further through the careful and systematic practice of both songs and vocal exercises.
However, to me singing seems to be different than learning to play an instrument such as the guitar or drums because I think with enough practice anyone can learn to be a decent guitarist or drummer.
Of course some people are born with superior musical talents or great rhythm/ coordination, but I think some other people have no hope of ever being a good singer.
How much of this is hereditary?
Can you sing?
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I can’t carry a tune in a bucket. Not even Happy Birthday. Just the threat “I will sing in front of your friends” was an effective behavior modification tool.
I don’t think that everyone can learn to sing well.
I took voice lessons for a very long time, and every year at the recital this same lady would preform just like the rest of us, only the rest of us got better and she still…sucked.
Singing requires having a good ear… being able to hear the tune and reproduce it and hitting the notes accurately, as well as to harmonize with the backing music or other vocalists. Other instruments such as the trumpet and trombone also rely on the musician to produce the right note, unlike a piano or clarinet. And all music also requires a sense of rhythm to be able to keep time. So not just anyone can learn to be a good drummer.
Yes, I can sing 3+ octaves. I’ve been singing since I was 6. I got lessons from the choirs I was in as a child and private ones as an adult.
But what really taught me how to sing, no kidding? Me trying to replicate Aretha, Mavis Staples, Annie Lennox, Daryl Hall and Michael Stipe as a kid. When no one was home, I would literally run through the songs I wanted to sing by those people again and again and again. Shoot, I need to be doing that with my bass vis-à-vis Paul McCartney or Hooky.
I think anyone who can hear different pitches can learn to sing. Some people have a knack for it, and others don’t, but anyone can learn.
This is much the same as being a drummer or guitarist—anyone can learn, although some people will find it easier than others.
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