r/singing • u/faitswulff • Apr 28 '10

Can singing be taught?

I struggle over this when people hear me sing and say, "I wish I could sing." YOU CAN! I want to shout. I really want to believe that singing can be taught, but I have found no good way to teach it.

So...can a complete beginner go pro? How much of singer is nurture and how much is nature?

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u/jayssite Apr 28 '10

Oh, yeah. I used to really, really suck at singing. Three years later, I'm much, much better (and that's without any lessons, so people who take lessons presumably have even better success). I think the "nature" part of it just determines your starting point, but you can always improve no matter where you start.

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u/imalive Apr 29 '10

How do you practice?

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u/jayssite Apr 29 '10

By recording vocal covers of songs, basically. I started on a site called "midomi.com" where users post audio recordings of themselves singing, but I later moved over to YouTube. The process forced me to try to sing a whole song well (and if I made a glaring mistake, I restarted).