Can Anyone Sing Or Do You Have To Be Born With The Gift Of Singing?

 

 

 Can anyone become a great singer or is it true that you are either born with the gift or not?

 

This is one of the most common questions that I hear as a professional vocal coach, and there seems to be a lot of confusion about it. 

Is it true that with training and practice you can fulfill your dream of being a great singer or do you just have to limit yourself to your concerts in the shower? 

If you are dying to know the answer to this, read on and discover the truth about developing a great singing voice.

 

Can Anyone Become a Great Singer?

To begin with, being a great singer has more to do with having a good ear than having a good voice. True, a great voice helps and the voice you are born with is the voice that you are born with, for better or worse.

However, even if you have a beautiful sound, you still have to be able to hear when you are singing off key and adjust to hit the right tone and color. 

 

The good news is that you can easily develop the skill of being a good listener; you just have to know the right steps to take.

 

Now a lot of people hear this and say: “Well, I think that I am hopeless then, because I am pretty much tone deaf.” Believe it or not, being tone deaf is rarer than most people think, and if you were tone deaf it would show up in your speech.

 

You would speak in a monotone and would have little or no voice inflection because you were unable to hear it and duplicate it. Believe it or not, it is possible to go from not being able to tell when an instrument is completely out of tune to being able to transcribe orchestra scores by ear. Again, all it takes is the right kind of practice.

 

So if you are convinced that you are not tone deaf, you may be wondering: “What are some of the fundamentals to being a good singer?” The first one is being aware of what is actually happening in your body when you are producing certain sounds, and being able to duplicate that feeling or position. Your voice is dramatically affected by the way you breathe, your posture, the shape and position of your mouth and many other details most people are unaware of. Becoming aware of these things is the first step to

controlling them. 

 

The second fundamental has to do with your ability to listen to yourself and to adjust your voice in order to correct the things that you are doing wrong. This is not always so easy and this is the primary reason why you need to have a good voice coach if you are going to be a singer. You cannot improve what you cannot measure, and the way you measure your voice is by listening. The problem is that your voice is going to sound different to you, than it does to someone who is not living in your body. It is also important that the person who is listening is trained to know what to listen for.

 

So you can absolutely become a great singer just by practicing these fundamentals. But like any other development of your body, the human voice and the muscles involved in creating it are not going to develop overnight. Perseverance, the ability to act on constructive feedback and even to take some negative feedback are going to be your greatest tools in your journey to fulfilling your dream of becoming a great singer. So if you are ready to make it happen, go ahead and get started today.