Guitar and singing

filmdude100cms · Unread post by **filmdude100cms** » Sat May 01, 2004 1:28 pm

This may sound weird, but i just now, like 5 min ago learned how to sing and play guitar at the same time. Is there anyway to hone that skill, besides the obvious practicing? :roll:

DMBFan63 · Unread post by **DMBFan63** » Sat May 01, 2004 1:31 pm

Uhh yeah, practicing is the only way, honestly... or take some singing classes..

MWR · Unread post by **MWR** » Sat May 01, 2004 1:35 pm

Learn the lyrics backwards and forwards.

mdel21 · Unread post by **mdel21** » Sat May 01, 2004 1:37 pm

I found that it helped to just play rhythms of any progressions and talk while you do it so you get comfortable with your hands and mouth being separate.

filmdude100cms · Unread post by **filmdude100cms** » Sat May 01, 2004 1:38 pm

thx del, that makes allot of sense,

Beauford33 · Unread post by **Beauford33** » Sat May 01, 2004 1:46 pm

seriously, I always play and talk. also, get up and walk around and talk so you get it all down.

Davy28 · Unread post by **Davy28** » Sat May 01, 2004 7:01 pm

Play and sing with the CD to get the pacing right.

Matty Boom · Unread post by **Matty Boom** » Sat May 01, 2004 7:18 pm

i'm repeating it to reinforce the suggestion

talk while you play

filmdude100cms · Unread post by **filmdude100cms** » Sat May 01, 2004 7:31 pm

yeah, usually when im playin a CD and not playing guitar with it, ill sing, thats how ive gotten to be able to carry a note. And i talk when need be when playing but i usually try to answer it with a yes or no nod. Ill work on what you guys are sayin, i think itll help allot.

Its ironic, cause i was listenin to L@LC, Tripping Billies, and I was playing along with it to make sure i had th timing right, and then around halfway thru the song i realized i was singing the whole song, thought that was pretty cool.

Davy28 · Unread post by **Davy28** » Sat May 01, 2004 7:31 pm

Whenever I do that, I always have to talk with the beat. I can't talk and play independantly.

whip3512 · Unread post by **whip3512** » Sat May 01, 2004 8:38 pm

mdel21 wrote:I found that it helped to just play rhythms of any progressions and talk while you do it so you get comfortable with your hands and mouth being separate.

That's what I do. Helps a TON!

katie · Unread post by **katie** » Wed May 05, 2004 1:50 pm

well I am learning how to play the guitar - so I fumble around a bit, however I have been singing since I was a little kid.

My concentration lays on my fingers rather than my voice but something that I found really freeing was to play guitar and sing oh's and ah's or whatever comes naturally. This allows you to mess and find new melodies without the burden of words (or trying to remember them for that matter).

I agree though learning the lyrics backwards and forwards is really good, but I find this strategy worked really well for me. Sometimes I just sing and whatever falls out, falls out. I found some really interesting lyrics this way as well.

good luck.

be sure to deep breath into your diaphragm, merely just passing through your lungs and filling your stomach and lower back. This will help you in the long run and you can begin from a real good foundation.

cheers!

c_tietze · Unread post by **c_tietze** » Thu May 06, 2004 10:22 am

filmdude100cms wrote:This may sound weird, but i just now, like 5 min ago learned how to sing and play guitar at the same time. Is there anyway to hone that skill, besides the obvious practicing?

Short answer no, long answer maybe.

Practice is the key. It also helps to know a song extremely well, by heart even. If you can memorize a song and the ryhthm of it, playing along and singing are much, much easier.

Playing any instrument, especially guitar is rewarding during those moments when one "gets it" and things start to click, i.e. you can keep a ryhthm, make a chord change, pick properly, sing and play together, etc.

Keep playing, don't give up.

CJT

Tamjim · Unread post by **Tamjim** » Thu May 06, 2004 3:26 pm

filmdude100cms wrote:This may sound weird, but i just now, like 5 min ago learned how to sing and play guitar at the same time. Is there anyway to hone that skill, besides the obvious practicing?

Congratulations! Great feeling, isn't it? Based on one of your later posts, I think you have the secret...you were singing along to Billies without realizing you were doing it. Do that all the time (practice). Hell, if you can do it with Triping Billies you can play and sing anything anyone ever wrote.

I think the key is to remember that the guitar part and the vocal part are separate (D'uh). There is a subtle difference between playing and singing at the same time and accompanying yourself. You have it.

Have fun.

6_strings_for_life · Unread post by **6_strings_for_life** » Mon May 10, 2004 8:20 pm

i can sing every dave song while im playing, but typical situation. Anyone else have this prob?

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