The Blog Category Is Expanding:
I’ve expanded the blog category to include “General Singing Posts” in addition to the vocal intonation posts.
Tuning Up:
Are you frustrated with online sources that claim to help you with singing in tune?
Search online and you will find that most websites focus on tuning up using distance drills. In other words, they have the vocalists practice melodic intervals. OR they have the vocalists perform solfege (Do, Re, Mi, etc.).
However, none of this will help you harmonize in tune. I can help.
Based on over 30 years research, the blogs provide the information you need to hear how properly tuned chords should sound. This happens through the use of harmonic sound models.
Specifically, harmonic sound models use specially tuned guitars, synths, and online song tracks to demonstrate how properly tuned chords should sound. Click here for the Intonation Flight Simulator.
Hearing how the harmonies should sound is half the battle. Furthermore, this half of the battle contains information very few musicians know how to teach.
That is, hardly any musicians know how to express how they sing (or play) in tune, much less know how to convey the concepts to someone else. Until now.
Harmonic sound models are important. Nevertheless, both melodic and harmonic sound models are necessary for complete ear training.
Flexible pitch instrumentalists also benefit from the special ear training.
The cornerstone category article:
The cornerstone category article is longer, more technical, and has information on the science behind vocal intonation.
Informational posts:
Posts that explore retuned guitars and keyboards to use as harmonic sound models:
For those people who are not comfortable retuning instruments, these posts have sing-along sound examples:
Vowels posts:
General Singing posts:
The previous topic lists will be updated periodically. See the post grid below for the full list and full descriptions with featured images.
– Geoffrey Keith
© 2021 Geoffrey Keith
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Want to sing in tune? Knowledge is power. The following post talks about how singers group pitches as they perform. Read more to find out how the fact that a note contains many pitches can impact singing in tune.
Estimated reading time 7 minutes.
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Do you find key changes tricky to sing in tune? The sing-along song tracks will help! Read more to learn about how to sing key changes in tune.
Estimated reading time 4 minutes.
Do you want to sound like your favorite vocal artist? What exactly is harmony, and how does it affect singing in tune? Harmony is tone color, read more to learn how this fact impacts singing (or playing) in tune.
Estimated reading time 7 minutes.
Do you have a hard time singing minor keys in tune? According to Hagerman and Sundberg, minor thirds are almost as hard to tune by ear as major seconds, and much harder than major thirds. However, sing-along song tracks can help! Read more to learn how to harmonize in minor keys.
Estimated reading time 3 minutes.
Does singing in tune seem like a mystery with no clues? Knowledge is power. Read more to find out how a harmony’s length impacts singing in tune. Estimated reading time 7 minutes.
Do you find minor harmonies harder to tune than major? Frustrated that you don’t sound as good as other singers? How well you tune impacts how good you sound, including the strength of your vocal tone. Read more to learn about singing major and minor harmonies in tune. Estimated reading time 5 minutes.
Have you ever wondered what you could do to better sing in tune? Knowledge is power. Read more to find out how vibrato impacts singing in tune. (Also, the post uses a video of Bohemian Rhapsody to illustrate the main point.) Estimated reading time 4 minutes.
Have you ever listened to a chord and couldn’t pick out the notes? Or maybe you’ve tried to hear the inner parts, but couldn’t? If you want to harmonize in tune, you need to be able to hear the parts. Read more to learn how to hear the notes when harmonizing. Estimated reading time 6 minutes.
Have you ever felt embarrassed because someone said you sang or played out of tune? Does harmonizing seem like a puzzle you can’t solve? Knowledge is power. I will show you how harmony and melody tune differently, and how it impacts singing and playing in tune. Estimated reading time 4 minutes.
Don’t you think kids need to develop harmonizing skills too? Yes! Does “Harmony Singing Examples for Children” have to be limited to children only? No! However, children especially need good harmonic sound models to train their ears to hear how well-tuned harmony should sound. The post’s sound tracks contain specially tuned sing-along songs that balance harmonic and melodic tuning. Thus, they help develop a cappella level intonation. Estimated reading time 2 minutes.