How To Improve Your Singing With Guitar (Even If You’ve Never Tried)

Do you ever sing when you play?

If not, I would recommend giving it a try.

Why?

Because it’s one of the most musically rewarding things I’ve ever done.

No, you don’t have to be a singer. And, you don’t have to do it anywhere but in the privacy of your own home. You see, playing guitar is AWESOME. But adding singing to it is even BETTER.

Simply strumming some chords and singing, can make the songs you play more recognizable – instantly. When I started, I had zero talent.

In fact, I was as awful as you can get. I couldn’t even tell if I was hitting the right note or not. (This is called pitch-matching). One of the trademarks of great singers is they are excellent pitch matchers. They sing with beautiful intonation.

Intonation means pitch accuracy.

An easy way to think about this is by imagining the needle or blinking lights of a guitar tuner.

You know when the needle (or blinking lights) move closer to green or “on pitch”? The voice works the same way. You just have to maneuver the sound inside your body to “on pitch”.

However, if you don’t know what “on pitch” sounds like, then it’s very easy to musically slip all over the place. You may have heard singers being described as “pitchy”.

This can mean their ear is not developed yet, and they are slipping and sliding all over like ice on glass. Not staying “on pitch”. Get better at this with my FREE Ear Training Cheat Sheet For Guitar Players → https://www.jonmaclennan.com/goldenear

Jon MacLennan