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| Improving Your Sight Singing Improves Your Self-esteem! |
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| Written by Victor King |
| Thursday, 01 October 2009 07:12 |
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Are you someone who wants to be trained to sing or to sing better? Have you ever wanted to be in a choir? Have you ever wanted to play and instrument? Maybe you are in a choir. Would you like to improve your understanding of how to read music? Have you ever been told when the pitch goes up you sing higher and when the note goes down you sing lower? Do you know that music is actually a precise art? Each note vibrates at its own specific frequency. Not that anyone thinks about frequency when singing, but one does need to sing the right note on demand. Most music does not begin with a singer needing to start singing with out any help from an introduction of a piano, organ, orchestra or some other instrument. Do you think that if you had absolute pitch that you could be a great singer? How many pieces start out with the singer needing to sing a note out of thin air? Even an A Cappella choir gets their note from a tuning fork, a pitch pipe, the piano or some other instrument. You do not often see or hear choirs starting from someone with absolute pitch giving them the note. What would it be like if they were off a little bit and the accompaniment came in later with them being off key? Most likely, the best musicians have relative pitch. This is probably because it can be learned. If one knows intervals and is able to use solfege then they are demonstrating relative pitch and one can sight read new music easily with this skill. Typically though when singing one does not think about the intervals unless there is a hard passage and one needs to study it for a second to figure out the right melody or harmony. Singing is an enjoyable thing to do, especially when one is singing at church, expressing praise and adoration to God. Singing is a good way to learn. God says in Col. 3:16 Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom; teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord. (KJV) When one understands that music is not just some mystical thing that happens by chance: one can begin to express oneself wisely and joyously Have you ever heard of tactile learning? With regards to music, it means that you can touch and feel the music. For instance, if you use hand signs you are seeing, feeling and touching the pitch. In addition, if you use your hand as a staff you are also seeing, feeling and touching the pitch. When you clap the beat or the rhythm, you are feeling the music. Learning to sing should be fun. Learning to sing can improve your self-esteem. There is no better way to enjoy a concert than to be in the concert. Moreover, once you learn to sight sing through the toughest music you will be an asset to your choir. If all the choir members could sight sing it would save time in rehearsals. It would increase your repertoire and allow for longer concerts. About the Author: Victor King is an expert music teacher, who taught elementary music for six years and took his choirs to the state level to gain first place for five years in a row. Mr. King has taught all ages from Kindergarten to college and is now offering his expertise to help you improve your sight singing lessons and inner musicianship Kindly provided by MoneyHunter.org You are welcome to use this article on your own website, if you include the link just before this text. |
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