Peter Gelling - Singing Lessons for Beginners: Teach Yourself How to Sing (Free Video Available)

Progressive Beginner Singing will give you an enjoyable and well rounded introduction to the basics of singing and reading music, as well as essential information on correct breathing and posture, how to develop your own interpretation of a song, and valuable tips on performing in public and how to use microphones.

This book is suitable for anyone who wants to learn to sing. No previous musical knowledge or experience is necessary. Each new technique or note value is introduced separately and all examples sound great and are fun to sing.

The book also features several well known popular songs sung in a variety of styles. On completion of the book, you will be ready to begin improvising, writing songs and playing with other musicians as well as being able to sing several popular songs and make great sounds.

The best and fastest way to learn is to use this book in conjunction with:

• Buying sheet music and song books of your favorite recording artists and learning to sing their songs. By learning songs, you will begin to build a repertoire and always have something to sing on social occasions or in jam sessions.
• Practicing and playing with other musicians. You will be surprised how good a basic melody and accompaniment can sound.
• Learning more about music and learning to accompany yourself on either piano, keyboard or guitar. This will help you relate to what other musicians are doing when they accompany you. It will also help you to write songs without relying on someone else to provide the musical knowledge.
• Learning by listening to your favorite recordings. Start building a collection of albums of singers you admire or wish to emulate. Try singing along with one of them for a short time each day. Most of the great popular singers have learned a lot of their music this way.

In the early stages it is also helpful to have the guidance of an experienced teacher. This will also help you keep to a schedule and attain weekly goals. To help you develop a good sense of time it is recommended that you always practice with a metronome or drum machine.

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LESSON ONE

Everyone Can Sing

Everyone has a natural desire to sing. It is a way of expressing feelings and emotions as well as telling stories and reminding us of important events and times in our lives. For some the desire to sing is an instinctive personal thing and there is no wish to share the sound with others or perform. The classic example of this is singing in the shower.

For others the feelings associated with singing are more significant and represent a desire to be involved in music, whether it is singing with friends, or in a choir or with a band or orchestra. Many people say they can't sing, but this is rarely true.

It usually means the person is not confident about the sound of their singing voice. However, with a bit of knowledge of fundamentals like learning to sing pitches and rhythms by ear and a bit of practice, it is the authors belief that everyone can sing at least enough to gain a great deal of pleasure from it.

Matching Pitches and Rhythms

Probably the most important aspect of singing is to be able to sing a given pitch accurately for a specific period of time. Many people have trouble with this at first, but it is really just a matter of listening, practice and patience. All notes used in music can be written down and therefore have a specific pitch and time value.

Through the course of this book you will learn the fundamentals of all of the common time values for notes as well as a method of identifying pitches and how they relate to other pitches in a song. The best way to start improving your ability to sing "in time" and "in tune" is to copy the sounds made by someone else.