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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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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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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