Q. People are telling me I'm not a horrible singer but that I sing flat. I heard that so many times. How can I help it? Does singing with synthesizer make any sense to sing not flat?
A. Kristina, first of all, start off with hitting 'c' on your keyboard, set to quite a simple sound - organ or piano. then raise or lower your voice until it sounds in tune with that note. Next step is to play a sequence of notes - any notes you like, then try to hit them in tune. It's just a matter of practice. Going up one white note at a time and practicing a scale, do re me fa so la ti do style should get you ears and vocal chords in sync. I've had friends who've not only been tone deaf, but had no rhythm go on to be great singers, so don't give up. One last tip that helped me was to raise your eyebrows when you sing. Sounds weird but strangely seems to sharpen your voice. There's free vocal training courses on the net like http://www.vocalist.org.uk/voicetraining.html that might help too... All the best, p.
Piano basics and fundamentals? things to set foundation for my playing? ways to learn?
Q. no money for lessons as of yet. keyboard with no pedals. i've played trumpet for 5 years. so I at least have some musical knowledge.
A. The step to learn piano:
1. You understand first the middle C (the C key in your piano which is the white key exactly in front of you), that locate it to your music scale both G-Clef and F-Cleff.
2. Understand what is the meaning natural key, i.e: C-D-E-F-G-A-B-C' (next octave). The middle C is a natural key. The C-D-E-F-G-A-B-C' is do-re-mi-fa-sol-la-ti (si)-do'.
3. Understand the meaning of # (sharp) and falt (b) in a key signature. Ever additional # or b (flat) to a key signature has many impact to the scale. Remember that the formula is: 1-1-1/2-1-1-1-1/2. That is the scale between one white key to another white key in natural C. By adding one accidental (# or b), all the scale will be changed. I.e: By adding one # will make the key signature is G Major or E-Minor, which note "do" is started from G and ended with F#. This pattern will make the sound will meet the formula 1-1-1/2-1-1-1-1/2.
4. Match and familiarize your finger to the tuts (this is called "fingering").
5. Study the meaning of chord, with formula: 2-1,5 for major chord, and 1,5-2 for minor chord. I.e: For chord C, the tuts are: C-E-G (This is major chord). The tuts for D chord: D-F-A (minor chord). Please understand why it is called major and minor. Hint: because the distance between the tuts in are different. C, F, G are major chord as they meet the formula: 2-1,5. While D, E,A, B are minor chord are meet the formula: 1,5-2.
6. Familiarize to listen to every sound generated by a single tuts, both by the white tuts and the black tuts. Also familiarize to distinct the sound of every chord, how is it sound like.
How to transpose piano to saxophone?
Q. What key is a piano in? How do I do this?
A. A piano is in concert pitch (C). A saxophone can be in either Eb or Bb. Sopranino, Alto, and Bari are in Eb while Soprano, Tenor, and Bass are in Bb.
From concert pitch to Eb - go down three half steps. for example: a piano C becomes an A on an alto or baritone sax.
From concert pitch to Bb - go up two half steps. for example: a piano C becomes a D on a tenor sax.
Then adjust the octave for the playable range of your sax remembering that a piano has a much wider range than a single saxophone.
If you're playing that piano music all by yourself or with another instrument in the same key then you don't have to transpose it at all. It only matters if you'll be playing with other people or a piano player.
Add: CJP (and whoever else is interested) - when a trumpet player plays a written C on the page, the note that comes out matches the written Bb played by a piano, guitar, or bass. He can't just play what's on the page and match the piano and guitar players. The reason is that the trumpet is made to play a whole step lower than concert pitch. Mostly because military music in the old days was written in flat keys and flat keys are easier to play in an instrument pitched in a flat key. (for example: music written for piano in Bb is played on a trumpet in C with no sharps or flats). Alto sax is pitched in Eb for a similar reason while the tenor is pitched in Bb. [there was a C sax made in the early 20th Century but the tone and timbre wasn't popular enough to keep them around very long, useful as a C tenor sax these days though.] The horn players MUST transpose the part when playing along with a pop instrumentation ensemble from a chart written in concert pitch. The exception is that players of bass clef horns (trombone, tuba, etc.) read their part in concert pitch no matter what key the horn is in and therefor can read straight from the lead sheet with no trouble. ie: a Bb in the piano part is also a Bb on the tuba or trombone. Flute and oboe are also in concert pitch and can read straight from the lead sheet with no transposition.
Most professional horn players don't use any special "method" to transpose their part at all. Real professionals who do it all the time just do it at sight by learned habit and it's a pretty useful skill for all horn players to have. The number system (Nashville Numbers) is great if you happen to be a piano, guitar, or bass player and need to change the key of the music for a singer but it's not so hot for horn players who are changing not chords but horizontal melodic and harmonic lines. In that case, if any system other than finger memory is used, solfege (Do Re Mi Fa....) usually works best.
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