All Ages Can music classes improve my voice?

lindbergh

lindbergh

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My colleagues have recently developed a liking for videoke. At least once a month, we would go out, drink some booze, and sing. The only problem is that I have an awful voice. This makes me a little bit shy when singing. If I take up some music classes (voice lessons), will my voice improve?
 
Yes, I think it is a good idea to learn how to sing properly. But you don't have to take classes to improve although this would probably be the most helpful because you could have someone analyze the result. You could go online and read several of the articles there to help one learn how to read notes and sight sing. Also, there is a video game out there that has a videoke feature where the players are scored according to how well they hit the note when they sing. It's a little bit like a 'Guitar Hero' but better because you have to hit the note correctly, not just hit the right key on a pretend instrument. Even if you do not win the 'sing off' (as most of the games are duets), you get a score of how well you done in singing the song. In this way you can improve your voice while playing and not just sing for the fun of it.
 
I've actually never taken music classes before, but my voice has improved dramatically from my teenage years. As long as you like singing, you'll make it happen.

What I did was I sang a lot. I sang in the showers quietly, or when nobody was home, I'd belt out a song or two. It's just like anything else. If you play an instrument, you've got to practice it, and it's the same thing with your voice. If you're too shy to sing out loud, do what I did and wait for opportunities. The more you sing, the better your voice will get -- trust me! :-) I'm no professional, but now I regularly get compliments on my voice.
 
I agree that practice will help a lot, although I think that a good singing voice is also something innate. Some people are just really blessed to have it. If you have it, you must really find ways to nurture and improve it. It's a good idea to keep on practising. Having good support from friends and family will also be a good motivator to hone your singing skills even more.
 
wander_n_wonder said:
I agree that practice will help a lot, although I think that a good singing voice is also something innate. Some people are just really blessed to have it. If you have it, you must really find ways to nurture and improve it. It's a good idea to keep on practising. Having good support from friends and family will also be a good motivator to hone your singing skills even more.
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I see where you're coming from, but I believe not being born with it doesn't mean you can't develop a voice through practice! Think about it, many people are not born with "piano fingers", but millions still learn the art through dedication and practice. Same thing, not everybody has a "math brain" at birth, but through doing practice problems they can become adept. Extending it to singing, not everybody has a "singing larynx" but the key to developing one is through practice. I hope I'm making sense, haha. But I definitely see how some people are (luckily for them!) born with a great voice. I used to be so jealous of those people.
 
lindbergh said:
My colleagues have recently developed a liking for videoke. At least once a month, we would go out, drink some booze, and sing. The only problem is that I have an awful voice. This makes me a little bit shy when singing. If I take up some music classes (voice lessons), will my voice improve?
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It will improve your singing if you take up lessons or voice coaching. The coach will teach you how to breathe and use your diaphragm to sing rather than the throat which is what most people use when trying to belt out a note. It might take some time for you to learn but the secret is to practice and practice until you get it the way that you would like to.
 
Music classes would definitely help you get a better sense of music, but to improve your voice, you should use vocal lessons instead (one-on-one), which mainly focuses on just your voice to polish it, stabilize it, and improve it, rather than going to general music classes, where they just make the whole choir sound good and wouldn't focus on each voice to perfect and polish your ability to sing.
 
Well, it's certainly possible to improve your voice through vocal lessons....it can be a good skill to acquire and work on, though if your only purpose is drunken karaoke, I'm not sure how much you really need to hone your skills for that ;).
 
Music classes and lessons can and will help you improve your singing voice, however, it's all up to you. How much are you willing to practice? Anything can improve with the amount of time you put on it. As a Vocalist, I spend more than 10 hours a week making sure that my voice is developing and improving correctly. I'm not saying that you have to put that much time into it, but I'm just saying that lessons are very expensive and classes take a lot of your time. If you're willing to put in the time that it needs to improve your voice, then I recommend it! In addition, I highly recommend taking classes or lessons to start out on how to sing (rather than teach yourself) because a lot of vocal disorders can happen if you sing incorrectly. And trust me... There are a lot of ways one can sing incorrectly.

Happy singing and good luck!
 
This is all very good advice and lots of encouragement but if you really want to sing be real about it; you don't need to drink for one. Singing to me is an expression from your heart and soul which makes it so moving. The ABCs are there to 'guide' you on how to sing but the heart and soul is in the 'way' you sing.
 
I think if you can hold a tune then music class can definitely help you define your voice and hence improve it. However, if you are like me and just don't have much of a voice for singing, then years of music class is not going to change your voice. As a kid, I took quite a few classes for my voice, but it didn't change much. I have a passion for music and love to sing, unfortunately my voice doesn't agree and has to stay in the shower, since it is not much for entertaining.
 
I believe that your singing voice would somehow improve once you have taken music classes (voice lessons). I am pretty sure that the music teacher would really try to help you out. Just be cooperative, and patient. I think you should also deter from eating too much chocolate, and drinking cold water because they could affect your voice in a bad away.
 
I agree that vocal lessons will improve you tone and other factors of singing. It will improve you voice to the stage that it isn't like a cat in pain but saying that if you really want to sing that is something you have to find within your heart and soul. Vocal coaches can teach you how to hold a note, how to breath and pause and make the most out of your voice but if you don't sing with passion and tears fall from your eyes when you sing, you cannot sing. When you write you have to feel it flowing through your fingertips and personally the same applies to singing.
 
Music lessons will definitely help. But practicing all the time will help to. When you practice you will realize what works for you and what doesn't.
 
I am really bad singer and also wanted to be a kindergarten teacher for a little while, my mother was always saying how I couldn't be a teacher without a good singing voice. Maybe I could take some lessons before thinking about going to this particular collage.
 
Music class is a bit general for me. If you learn about music it can give you a set of rules of some knowledge about certain time. You will learn bout Beethowen and Mozart even singing but i am not so sure you do any singing at all, or just not enough of it. What you need is singing lessons along with general music ones. Vocal cords of folds are membranes that vibrate enabling us to make sounds. You need to practice this part i think more than you need to know about it. I am not saying you shouldn't learn but only that is less important.
 
Definitely can. No one was born with excellent signing abilities. It's all a matter of time, practice, and proper training. At those classes tons of formal things will be explained to you. You'll be given some exercises as well. So, it's definitely worth it.
 
Yep, even the greatest singers have vocal trainers and coaches, which goes to show that voice quality fluctuates and changes over time. In fact, you may have heard the news that Mariah didn't perform well in some of the cities she toured last year. That was surprising because we all know her for her high notes.

Voice classes teach you how to control, modulate and be creative with your voice. They also teach you proper breathing and other techniques that help you sing without going out of tune or running out air.
 
Yes, they will, even the a person that seems to have a natural talent for singing has to have singing lessons. All the top singers still have voice coaches, even if they have long carriers.
 
Breathing exercises and training your ears and throat will put you ahead of 95% of singers. That last 5% is the struggle for vibrato, uniqueness of voice and advanced understanding of theory. The rest is all just your breath and your ears, your throat sort of fills in the blank when you know exactly what you want to sound like.
 
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