Originally Posted By: Notes Norton
I play sax, flute, wind synth, guitar, bass, drums, keyboard synth, and voice.

Of all these instruments, singing was the hardest one for me to learn. It took a lot of practice to get my vocal cords to behave.

Playing a wind instrument, I knew about proper breathing and breath support, so I had a decent start. The sax is not in tune with itself, I have to listen and adjust my lip pressure on the reed from note to note in order to play it in tune, so I had that skill.

I guess it was like any other physical endeavor; I had to slowly build the muscle tone up to the point where I could have fine control of the pitch.

It took singing every day for what seemed like endless months to be halfway decent. After that, it took a couple of years to reach my own personal peak.

I'll never be a great singer, as the instrument I was born with isn't a fine instrument, but I am a decent singer.

I married a great singer, so she gets to sing all the most difficult songs - and she likes that.

Major or minor doesn't matter. Some melodies have difficult intervals to jump, they take more practice, and some are just more fun than others.

I've noticed that when adults err in pitch, it's usually flat, but not nearly a half step, and when very young people err, it's often sharp.

The main thing is to breathe properly, use breath support, relax your throat, use the resonance of your oral and nasal cavities to your advantage, and use your ears and your muscle control to sing the pitch you intend to sing.

Sometimes singing off-pitch a bit is a good vocal effect. That depends on the song and the particular note in that song.

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