How To Sing While Playing A Guitar

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Riinniie

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Hi I Am New Here, I Not Very Whether Am I Posting At The Correct Place,
Kind Of Confused So Posted The Thread Here.

My Problem:
I Am Currently Learning Acoustic And Electric Guitar, And I Love Singing Too. BUT, I Can't Sing While Playing The Guitar And I Can't Play The Guitar When I Sing =[
When I Focus On Singing, My Strumming Motion And Tempo Just Got So Messed Up ; I Tend To Follow/Strum The Rhythm Or Syllabus Of The Lyrics Or I Just Cannot Play The Chords Properly.
When I Focus On Strumming, My Singing Just Follow The Rhythm Of The Strumming Pattern Of My Guitar , Just Like When I Am Suppose To Sing In Crotchet, My Strumming Patterns Are In Quaver, But IN The End I Sang In Quaver Counts, And Sometimes, I Cannot Control Or deliver The Kind Of Voice Or Tone I Want When I Am Strumming But The Moment I Stop I Can Continue Singing The Way I Want It To Sound :rolleyes:

Here's My Question:

How To Sing And Play A Guitar At The Same Time?
Feel Free To Give Me Any Suggestion Or Tip Or Opinion Or Personal Experience.

Thank You In Advance :p
 
Wah Your Shift Key Work Quite Zai Ah, Every Word Start With A Capital Letter.. Haha (Btw I Used Microsoft Word To Do This)

Well, There Are A Few Levels Of Difficulty To Sing And Play Guitar. If You’re Doing Chords And Singing, Then Usually It’s Not A Problem Unless The Rhythm Is Damn Syncopated. If You’re Doing Lead Lines That Do Not Follow Lyrics, That’s Worse.

One Thing That Can Help Is To Tap Your Feet While Singing And Do That Too While Playing. Like This, You Can Train Independence Between Your Singing And Playing, So That Both Of Them Follow The Tempo Instead Of Each Other. Start Off With Simpler Songs. What Songs Are You Attempting Now Btw?

Oh Yes, I’m Sure You Realise By Now This Capital Thing Ain’t Fun Because It’s Damn Hard To Read
 
Thanks Alot MadWerewolfBoy

Regarding the shifts.
Sorry my bad x[
Use to typing and tapping the shift every word in the sentence.

The Tapping feet part, i tried already but now it go abit more messy cause now i cannot concentrate on tapping =[[[
But it certainly helped Me to coordinate alittle more when playing pieces that's much easier without those bar chords.

Oh, i am playing some chinese pops and trying out some j rock pieces with clean playing.
Cause I am still learning chords, at the same time those strumming patterns.
 
Don't worry about it. Just practice.... and practice with a metronome. The met is damn important.

Anyway, over time, you'll find that you can subconsciously move your leg by itself... and you'll subconsciously take note of it and time your playing. It's like you split your brain into more than one part, one part takes note of your singing, one part takes note of your playing, one part keeps time.
 
alexi laiho has a method, and it works.

while playing your chords, whisper the lyrics, over time you'd be able to sync them together
 
sweep while singing? i see a rising mustaine lol anw i cant even sweep consistantly let alone sweep plus singing
hmm i cant really sync well when there's alot of very fast chords changes but yea
but laiho looks creepy enough i just cant imagine him whispering and singing to himself :x
dont get me wrong tho alexi's great :D big fan of bodom here :D
 
Thanks alot everyone!!!

I Tried the metronome thing, It Works well for me but when it comes to changing of chords like... C to G, I got Very lost after that.
But the metronome manage to keep me in time.
Btw What's sweeping?
When I am home i am gonna try the whispering and playing thing.
xD
 
imkeith said:
sweep while singing? i see a rising mustaine lol anw i cant even sweep consistantly let alone sweep plus singing
hmm i cant really sync well when there's alot of very fast chords changes but yea
but laiho looks creepy enough i just cant imagine him whispering and singing to himself :x
dont get me wrong tho alexi's great :D big fan of bodom here :D
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hahah thats why i said BASIC sweeping, those chord shaped one, where not much finger movement is needed.

and yea laiho is awesome!
 
haha i just think sweeping is awesomeness so yea missed out your"basic" haha
erm anw @Ts for me what i do is almost similiar to the metronome thing, just that i focus more on my strumming pattern and whenever i change notes i tend to strum alil harder to tell myself that yea time to change the note your singing or something like that :/
 
You can start by humming along to the guitar instead of singing the actual words. When you're more confident, then slowly replace the humming with the actual words.

and practise the guitar parts confidently until you do not have to 'think' and it becomes automatic.
 
hifi_killer said:
You can start by humming along to the guitar instead of singing the actual words. When you're more confident, then slowly replace the humming with the actual words.

and practise the guitar parts confidently until you do not have to 'think' and it becomes automatic.
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Hey It Works Somehow! Now I Can Change My Notes Quite Easily Too And Thanks imkeith Too!
Man...I keep capping...sorry bout that, anyway imkeith's method of changing note also help too, didn't thought of that at first then when you suggest that i immediately try it, combining the method hifi_killer suggested, And IT WORKS WELL FOR MY PRACTICE!!! xD
So damn happy, now that i can play my songs and roughly sing some part of the song's lyrics xD
 
Riinniie said:
Hey It Works Somehow! Now I Can Change My Notes Quite Easily Too And Thanks imkeith Too!
Man...I keep capping...sorry bout that, anyway imkeith's method of changing note also help too, didn't thought of that at first then when you suggest that i immediately try it, combining the method hifi_killer suggested, And IT WORKS WELL FOR MY PRACTICE!!! xD
So damn happy, now that i can play my songs and roughly sing some part of the song's lyrics xD
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well you could make a cover vid of what you were working at to thank us haha :p:p:p
 
@imkeith, Man! Certainly When I Done Practicing, I will do so once i can synchro singing with my guitar! Alot of thanks to you musicians! Will Re-tag you guys for helping me, maybe you guys can give me some pointers and advice for my performance level, afterall i am still a beginner to guitar xD
 
it hurts to try to accomplish things that pg aces at :( haha
@riinniie im not fantastic either haha so as to giving u pointers i doubt thats a good idea :/ im actually rather curious bout your vocals thou haha :)
anw yea when ur done with it post a link here :D
 
Try to find the point where you strum a chord(or each stroke), and sing a word(or syllable) simultaneously. Memorize these points, and eventually you will be able to do singing and guitar together.
 
@MadWereWolfBoy
Wow, I Didn't think that's possible when u said 'tap and sing', Imba cool vid, Thanks for sharing xD
@imkeith
Nah~ Then let's not say pointers, we change it to opinion then xDD
Yeap, My Vocal uh, normal boy voice, VERY NORM, Just That I Love Singing n guitars.
That's why took up guitar, sure will post it up when i am done practicing n ready!
@ImNotFish
Hey! I Just realized that last night! certainly helps to remind me when to change my chords, so before i sing the word i am already able to change the chords already! xD
Thanks alot anyway for the suggestion!
 
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