Hi Creative Explorers,
I'm about to reveal something sad, but true. In a 2019 study, 70.8% of voice teachers with bachelors degrees - and 82.4% of voice teachers with some graduate school - preferred not to work with a student who has poor pitch. A recent study by Erica Waxer, MA of 6 popular vocal pedagogy textbooks found that 4 out of 6 had ZERO solutions for teaching how to sing on pitch - The Functional Unity of the Singing Voice by Barbara M. Doscher (I had this in college) had 1 page of solutions and Teaching Kids to Sing by Kenneth Philips (published in 2013) had 12 pages of solutions. This is why many voice teachers and voice coaches out there often SIMPLY DO NOT KNOW much about how to teach good intonation aka singing on pitch. Sadly, these old-fashioned, uninformed voice instructors tend to tell students with poor pitch that they are a) just not trying hard enough, or b) they are tone-deaf and hopeless. Unfortunately, in my experience with over 1,000 voice students, I have literally worked with hundreds of voice students who were traumatized by past voice instructors like this. This is why I am so passionate and have taken the time to find and write about 25 different reasons for poor pitch - and 110 solutions for these issues. These 25 pitch problems can be grouped into 7 main causes. 7 MAIN CAUSES OF POOR PITCH 1. Hearing loss 2. Lack of feedback 3. Lack of mental focus 4. Physical issues 5. Insufficient warm-up 6. Lack of ear training 7. Issues with monitor equipment If you would like read about my 110 solutions for 25 pitch problems - which address ALL 7 main causes of poor pitch, please check out my new book: Singing in Tune: Solutions for 25 Pitch Problems. PS. It has a WONDERFUL foreword by Brian Witkowski, DMA, who earned 3 music degress while 100% deaf in one ear.
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