Great Vocal Exercise!

kickingtone

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[Vocal practice stuff, so forgive the sound quality]

Here is a great exercise that I want to share with anybody practising singing.

Record a clip of yourself singing. Then sing over it, while playing it back at normal to full volume, preferably through headphones. Try to use a contrasting tone. It is not easy!

Listening at normal to full volume means helps train your "mind's voice" because your actual sound gets drown out to some degree. (Of course you would only do that for practice purposes.) Producing a separate tone makes you more conscious of the coordination you use to sing.

In this clip, I start with one vocal, then sing over it at the very end. I felt as if I was singing higher, even though I wasn't. I think the second tone (left channel) was only lighter. I wasn't so aware of how this felt before.

WHJWHF047FERP by kickingtone | Free Listening on SoundCloud

It sounds different to using the same tone on both channels.

WHJWHF048FERP by kickingtone | Free Listening on SoundCloud

I messed up on the next one. My second attempt is an improvement, though, so I'll post that one only. I'm still struggling to produce a different tone without actually changing key. Are the tones different at all, or is it my wishful thinking?

Lead

FGRO024FERP by kickingtone | Free Listening on SoundCloud

Second

FGRO028FERP by kickingtone | Free Listening on SoundCloud

Oh, what the heck! This is what went wrong the first time. I got thrown badly off pitch:

Second (first attempt)

FGRO025FERP by kickingtone | Free Listening on SoundCloud
 
Haven't listened, question though-
Listening at normal to full volume means helps train your "mind's voice" because your actual sound gets drown out to some degree.
Doesn't that mean you can't hear your 'new and live -pitch, and everything else you might want to tune in on technique wise?
Maybe I'm misunderstanding.
Thanks
 
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