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DanJT

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  1. Thank you all very much for the helpful replies! I've been reading up on some basic music theory and things are starting to make more and more sense. Surprisingly enough, understanding a bit of theory has given me a lot of confidence in improving by practice - the feeling of "ah, now I see!". To answer some questions: I do in fact hear a difference between notes on my ukulele (how could one not?), but I cannot tell if one is higher or lower than the other. Nor can I hear that two notes are the same if I strike them an octave apart. Nor can I tune my ukulele by listening to tuned ukulele online. I use a tuner to do this. Sometimes I'll be surprised by how far it's out of tune when I haven't tuned it in a while - I wouldn't even have noticed. I think I'll start with some practicing to develop relative pitch - there's plenty of tips online for how to practice this. And Phil's idea of a chromatic tuner sounds very helpful too. I hope, ronw, that you don't mind if I pass on your offer to listen to my voice, for now. Again, thanks for all your replies!
  2. Thank you for clearing that up MDEW. I've edited my original post, replacing 'tone' with 'pitch'. I'm still entirely clueless though as to how to practice matching pitch. I hardly understand what you're saying. Matching pitch with what? How can I tell if my pitch is 'right' or 'wrong', if these terms even apply? I can't tell any pitches or notes apart from each other without knowing which strings I'm striking on my uke. I've also read that when practicing, one needs to try and match notes from an instrument. How does that even work? Vocals and ukulele strings produce entirely different sounds. How could you even compare the two?
  3. Hello all, and thanks for reading, Some time ago I bought a ukulele and I’ve been practicing a fair bit. I’ve really come to enjoy playing it and recently decided it would be even more enjoyable if I could sing the songs I play as well. I have no desire or ambition to become a singing star, but I would just like to be able to sing without anyone calling the police about noise complaints. I know that I have a fairly low-pitched, loud, and far-reaching monotone talking voice and that my singing voice is just as monotone and really awful to listen to. For this reason I decided to look up some tips and exercises to improve my vocal range, of which the Internet is all but devoid. The problem I’m finding is that all these ‘tutorials’, if you will, tell you to do and practice things I simply do not understand. For example, I’ve recorded myself ‘singing’ the do-re-me-etc. thingy, which is supposed to help you determine your vocal range. But it just all sounds the same – there is no variation in pitch when I say or ‘sing’ these things (not as far as I can tell at least). I simply do not know how to do it, and when I do try to sing or say something in a high-pitched voice, it doesn’t even sound human. It just makes me cringe of shame listening to myself talk, even worse listening to myself hopelessly trying to produce different vocal pitches. By analogy, I feel like online tutorials explain to me how to paint by providing drawing exercises, without first telling me how to handle pencil and paper or paintbrush and canvas. They tell me to exercise my voice, but I do not know how to use it in any other way than to produce monotone speaking vocals. My question to you, some more experienced people out there, is this: is there any hope for me? And if so, what would you recommend for me to do? I’ve read that practically anyone can learn to sing at least decently, but I’m starting to think that I am not included in this group called ‘anyone’ – which, in this case, is not something I’m very happy about. Again, thanks for taking the time to read! Dan.
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