How to Sing in Tune

Our first exercise consists of going through the intervals of a half scale very slowly, so you have time to tune into them. For now, let’s just sing on the vowel “ah”

Now we’ll do the same with a full scale.

Our first exercise consists of going through the intervals of an arpeggio very slowly, so you have time to tune into them.

Now we'll sing the arpeggio up and down SLOWLY.

So far, we’ve been focusing on consecutive sounds (scale) or arpeggios. Often in a song the melody “jumps” from low to high and vice versa, and we have to be able to negotiate those jumps with confidence and precision.

One of the most important skills that we need for singing on pitch is the ability to quickly and accurately relate our current pitch with that of the accompanying instrument(s). Whenever the singing part has a little gap, we should train ourselves to listen to the accompaniment and, if necessary, adjust our pitch.

Another important skill to develop is the ability to hold a note while other voice or instrument sing or play dissonant notes that might throw your pitch off. The following exercise will teach you to hold your pitch no matter what you hear around you.

All the exercises we’ve done so far are to improve your general pitch, and should be practiced regularly for a period of many months, until you feel that you’ve made significant progress in your perception of correct intonation.

In this section I’m going to show you how you can use these exercises to improve the pitch of any given song you might be working on.

By the way: The website I mention in the video where you can find out the key of any song is: https://inwhatkey.com

I recommend going through this whole course at least 3 times in a row! After doing that, pick a scale and corresponding arpeggio from the list below every day. Change key every day. For example, on Monday you practice C major scale and arpeggio, on Tuesday G major scale and arpeggio, and so on. Watch the video for a detailed explanation.