A new tool is becoming popular for singers everywhere: voice pitch software. Vocal pitch software programs, like the well-respected PitchPerfect, are available online. Online singing software is easy to download, inexpensive, and very easy to use. And, singing pitch software requires only about ten minutes a day to improve your intonation. So what exactly is it? With the PitchPerfect voice pitch software, the vocal pitch software will play a single pitch or a simple scale which the user sings back into a microphone (either the one built into their computer, or a simple external mic like the one on a
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DO YOU SING ON PITCH? FIND OUT WITH SINGING PITCH SOFTWARE
Do you sing on pitch? Yes, I am asking you: the professional opera singer, the church or community chorister, the karaoke star, the shower recitalists, the mother who sings a lullaby to her child at night–everyone! Are you sure you sing on pitch? How do you really know? The truth is that your voice, resonating around inside your skull, sounds different to you than it does to those around you and therefore you cannot really know whether or not you sing on pitch unless you have an objective external measuring device like singing pitch software. Don’t believe it? Experiments with
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VOICE SOFTWARE RECOMMENDED FOR THE AMATEUR SINGER
Many people are afraid to sing in front of others, whether singing hymns at church, “Happy Birthday” at a family gathering, or the national anthem at the ballpark–let alone up on stage in front of audience as either a soloist or even as a choir member. There are a number of possible reasons for this: shyness, not liking the sound of your own voice, but the most common is a fear of singing the right note. No one wants to be that person who sings out loud and clear, joyfully rejoicing, but unfortunately–much to the dismay of those around him–unable
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HOW TO FIX SINGING ON/OFF PITCH BY LEARNING TO SIGHT-READ
Instrumentalists like to make fun of singers for their lack of musicianship: they often have trouble counting, have trouble finding the correct voice pitch, cannot tell when they are singing on/off pitch, learn their parts on the fly by ear, and many do not even know how to read music! Nor do they spend nearly as many hours working in the practice room as their fellow instrumentalists. Singers wish to refute these insults as unfounded stereotypes, but unfortunately the accusations are indeed based on fact. So, singers must take responsibility if they wish instrumentalists to take them seriously as musicians!
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CAN SINGING SOFTWARE CURE PROBLEMS YOU DIDN’T KNOW YOU HAD?
Most vocalists who sing frequently, whether at home or on stage, in the professional or amateur sphere, will happily tell you, “fortunately, I’ve never had pitch issues.” However, they are wrong: everybody sings off pitch. You may wonder how this can be; after all, a singer must hear himself, and whether or not one is off pith must be fairly obvious, right? Wrong. The degree of offense of an incorrect pitch depends on how far the singer is from the desired pitch, and for how long they remain off pitch. So the problem may be very slight and not very
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HOW TO MAINTAIN VOCAL PITCH WHILE SINGING HARMONY
Most singers have no trouble singing on pitch when they are singing solo. Maintaining accurate vocal pitch may become more difficult when accompaniment is added, but generally accompaniment supports the solo and with a little practice singing on pitch with accompaniment is not too difficult. However, singing on pitch can becomes much harder when singing a harmonic line, or singing in an ensemble with several part harmony. Some may believe that they simply do not have an ear to be able to maintain singing pitch in such a setting, but by practicing properly you can become an expert, and you
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HOW TO DEAL WITH PITCH ISSUES–EVEN IF YOU DON’T THINK YOU HAVE ANY: PITCH SOFTWARE
Many are the accomplished singers who blithely report “fortunately I have never had pitch issues.” Well, guess what: everybody has pitch issues! Yes, everybody. Doesn’t matter if they sing on stage at the Met for a living, or merely hum an occasional aria in the shower when no one else is home. The truth is, even very good singers cannot tell when they are singing off pitch. This has been proven in experiments where, for example, professional vocalists (MS and PhD performance majors) are asked to sing a phrase and immediately after state whether or not they sang on pitch.
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SINGING PITCH PROBLEM AREAS
Many singers who have been singing all their lives are surprised and frustrated to learn that they have trouble singing on/off pitch. For some one who has been immersed in a lifetime of song, it seems that accurate voice pitch should come naturally. But to those of you out there who have unhappily discovered vocal pitch difficulties, fear not! First of all, you are not alone. Second of all, singing pitch problems are relatively easy to fix. Here are several factors to look out when you are diagnosing or evaluating a singing pitch issue. 1. How closely do you
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HOW TO IMPROVE VOICE PITCH
How much attention do you give to your singing pitch when you practice? Most voice students assume they have the basic skill of singing on pitch since they can easily maintain a tune. However, most young singers are singing off pitch more frequently than they realize. When rehearsing repertoire it easy to accidentally fall just short of or slightly overshoot a voice pitch unknowingly. Sometimes a student will hit a vocal pitch incorrectly, but fix it quickly. If the singer is only singing off pitch infrequently and not for too long, than the problem is not too offensive for the
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