How To Sing In Tune Using Free Tuning Apps
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- Опубликовано: 15 окт 2024
- Improve your pitch, whether you are a singer or a stringed instrument player by using the technology that is free and right at our fingertips! It's not rocket science...and it's fun.
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Not available for Android...but many people have listed their favorite alternate apps below.
Omgoodness this was perfect besides it not being compatible with Android's
@@rellywc2103 I found this for Android which work as same as yours : CarlTune :)'
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@@rajagopal4787 is this a rickroll
@@rajagopal4787 what is it
I just want to say, I’m returning to this video after about a year of practicing singing using this method. Not only did I notice an immediate improvement myself, but within weeks my friends were all telling me how much my singing had suddenly improved. A few months in, I noticed my ability to tune my guitar by ear has been improved dramatically, and now I constantly get compliments about my singing that I can tell are much more genuine than the simple “politeness” I had received before. Thanks Aimee, I owe you a lot for this one, and to anyone discouraged by the difficulty of this exercise (at first I felt like I had no control and I couldn’t do anything about my flatness or sharpness), like anything else in music, if you keep dedicating the hours you will come out successful.
So this is what I learned from the app. No one in my family learned to sing or play an instrument. Sure we could play a record player or cassette tape. I have always wanted to learn sing or play an instrument. Finally at age 58 I am going to learn. All I want to be able to do is sing one or two karaoke songs. Been watching several youtube videos and ran into this one. This is what I found out using the app. I am a bass. That sure answers the question of why I would try to sing an 80's pop song and people would ask me to stop! Thank you.
But you know it's "all about the bass, 'bout the bass. No treble."
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2:23 you're welcome
You're appreciated
@@uniqueesperanzavera4921 lol, thanks😂
T.y.
My hero!!
Some heroes wear capes. Some, have cat pictures as their RUclips profile pic 👍
I was really only searching for a vocal tuning app video as I fid myself singing off pitch, and you have found the best one for me...
So this is my first viewing of your videos and I find your style and presentation so very interesting and watchable....
So I've checked out a few of your others and now I am one of your biggest fans... Thank You Aimee!!!!!
I think amazing thing is not this app but your ability to sing right on note at first attempt and doesn't need even single note to reference.
@YamiYami17 you are obviously not too focused on singing are you?
Agreed! My relative pitch is fine but I need a pitch reference to start out accurate.
that fucked my head up
Also the InsTuner is really useful with the Strobe View. Anytime I start getting cocky with my pitch all it takes is about 30 seconds trying to lock that strobe dead center and I am once again humbled. It is a great warmup to go from your lowest note to highest note in your vocal range ... locking the strobe into not moving... taking your time with each note... and seeing how long you can hold that note with the strobe locked in the middle. It is painfully humbling but immensely useful for ear training and teaching yourself to sing on pitch.
This is good stuff. In addition to practicing with an electronic tuner, it is valuable (even essential) to practice with drones.
If you put on a set of headphones and hum (don't sing, hum) a unison, octave, fifth, major third, minor seventh, major ninth, minor third, etc, with an overtone-rich drone (like those in Stephen Colley's "Tune Up" program), you will train your ear to sing intervals that slot properly with the chord.
Against the root of a chord, fifths need to be slightly sharp, major thirds need to be flat, minor sevenths need to be VERY flat, etc. Because of this, it is very important to practice humming with drones in headphones, as this isolates the sound as it reverberates in your head.
James Randorff wonderful advice, James! Thanks for that!
This specific app is iOS only.
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often basses, but could be anyone.
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Thank you Aimee, you are by far the best musical instructor on RUclips! The piano and voice lessons are fantastic and you're the first one I've come across that teaches how to play by ear! That is what I've been finding so challenging for so many years and your guidance has helped tremendously!
I love that you are able to get your lessons across in a very effective and caring way. Your kind and graceful approach is very helpful for those of us who have the burning desire, but lack the raw musical talent that few are gifted with. You are very inspiring and your efforts are greatly appreciated!
Just found this and wow! I've been using tuners with jumpy needles for ages, and the wheel display really makes a difference. Now that I can actual see my microtuning, I'm really curious about voice exercises to sharpen and flatten pitch in a narrower range.
Per your suggestion, I have been working with this app in combination with recording my warm-ups and rehearsals for about six months now and have greatly improved my pitch issues. Oh its far from perfect, but I can tell by the reaction of the audience and other musicians that they can hear the improvement.
This video is just awesome, Aimee. Using the app, for the first time in years, was able to find my vocal range. I'm an Alto :) And now that I have a keyboard piano, I can now learn to match pitch. I've always had trouble knowing exactly what key I am singing in, but now I can learn to sing pitch perfect. Thank you so much. :)
Thanks Aimee,
I did it and in one try, I my voice improved. I'm a new singer, but the app really helped me feel by breath control and cord closure. After a while I got a bit fatigued, and then I stopped belting out my same old blown-out, rough sounding tone and everything settled down (with me concentrating on getting the pitch right on) and my breath settled down and the cords found new closure and finesse and I actually started to make a real singer tone. It was really cool. Thanks a ton!
+jimmi izzy glad to hear Jimmi! Keep it up!
These comments give me hope 😭❤️
I am so out of tune and can’t replicate the notes with my voice, I never know if I’m doing it right but this video is just so amazing!! Thank you sooooo much!!
This video is amazing and changed the way I play piano I've always had a good voice and been able to sing the song in tune but now using this app lets me see what note I'm hitting with my voice and let's me play songs by ear way faster after knowing the root note.
Thank you! I have been looking for something like this and wasn’t having any luck. Great interface.
This still works to this day, at first I was too obsessive over making it always green, but watch your video again showed me it doesn’t always have to exact once it’s close and it helped a lot
You still use this today?
Yes
I am an Android user and I like to use Pano Tuner. If you watch the Britians Got Talent clip with the Deaf woman singing and playing the Ukulele, you will see that is what she uses as well. Aimee, you may not like it because it is jumpy like the others, but I like that has the option to display the soulfege (do re me fa so la ti do) instead of the note names. You have to be sure to select the transpose and transpose it to the key in which you will be singing for the soulfege to be correct, but I find that it is a great tool.
This is so helpful! The tuner you liked best, from so many, is great!
Thank you!! I've been looking for something like this and I love how this one works plus that it gives you a tone too.
Thank you for this fabulous suggestion; I'm sure many vocalists like me would be finding it really helpful :)
Aimee Nolte i love you, and that makes learning from you more fun for me.
keep up the good job
keep up the good work
Thanks Aimee. Really nice. I teach guitar and vocals, and have been trying to use guitar tuner apps to help my students. And you're right. Most of them are way too "jumpy". Thanks for turning me onto instuner. It's much better.
Your video shares a great idea for improving pitch. I downloaded the app and found what I need to improve. Thanks for the idea!
That was so helpful! Thank you so much!
I use InsTuner as a trumpet player. Thanks for suggestions, like nailing intervals. I went to the last nine years of theJamey Aebersold Summer Jazz Workshop. Alas, it is no more; Curse you Covid! Jamey said that he made up an ear training exercise that he often used while driving. He would blow a starting note on his old-school pitch pipe, sing up the scale, then check to see if he nailed the octave. Ditto intervals.
Thank you so much!! I ve been looking for a week for something like that
Very enjoyable presentation and a fun sense of humor.
Very very helpful. Thank you Aimee!
Great app, regretfully not for my android phone, but on my ipad it works well with that wheel; this gave me inspiration to finally buy and start playing saxophone again (in tune this time!). Thanks!
What if you check your piano with this tuner? And how you can be sure that the tuner have the right values of all notes?
you continue to amaze me with your generousity.
Nikos Blaxabas 🙏🏼😍
Thanks mate. Appreciate the app and the advice. I’m trying to get back to basics after a way-too-long break and this is one of those little ideas that has huge benefits. Very clever. Again thanks.
Do you know what the numbers on the wheel mean?
this is such a good app and its good because i never know if I'm flat
Thank you Aimee
Thanks lady, ive been looking for this.
Great video. I like the wheel too. I’ll look for this app today!
Thank you Aimee. I found a TUNER in the free apps. I will use this to practice my singing!
Awesome presentation!
A Wonderful lesson. It's given me some great ideas to practice my intervals.
InsTuner isn't in Android's play store. I did find CarlTune with a very similar wheel. It also displays the note on the staff. It's fun making the needle jump around the dial. I wish it displayed the scale degrees. But I'm getting faster in translating numbers to the actual note. It is a pain when a song modulates. Numbers don't change. 😄
How close should a student get in pitch? 25 cents? 15? 10? I'm not a guitar. Zero probably ain't happening. 😗
check into pure versus 100 cent semi tones people tend to sing major 3rd almost 14 cents flat .This is a beatless interval
Thanks for info on Caritunes. Installed it and it seems to work.
Unlike Swar tunes, and some others.
Lord have mercy! All these years I've been telling myself I could sing pretty well and BLOOEY..................did you ever just straighten me out. Just sang the first 10 notes of " Somewhere over the rainbow" and only hit 2 of the 10 on the money. Yikes................. Thank you......I think............
It’s green when you are on it, red when you are flat or sharp and amber as you hover between the two
Thank you for the recommendation! So extremely useful!!!
Thanks for sharing. Ive just started tuning my voice again. I tried in the past with my tuned guitar, but suddenly I considered the tuning app option for the first time, and I wanted to know if someone had already this idea :D
Thanks a lot Aimee, Swar Meter seems similar to your tip (for Android users)
By far best one is te tuner. It has a specific vocal mode and allows drones and chords to be played simultaneously to sing along with
it's been two years, do you still like this best? I'm looking for something that will listen to me and tell me if im hitting notes as well as I think I am but I may just need to hire a coach haha
Anyone know of an app that plays a note and you have to sing it in tune? I don't think I'm anywhere near ready to just try to hit random notes like these apps seem to have you do.
This is great :D I just have one question. How much are you "allowed" to be off the dead centre? How many cents?
I can see the dial wavering a bit when you produce a tone but it doesn't sound off. So what kind of playing room do we have?
Thank you for this video. I always wanted to know exactly what note I am singing.
No prob! Glad to help!
You have a lovely voice. And it stands for instrument tuner. That usually just means it's not chromatic. Thxs for the cool idea! I'm going to attempt to teach myself how to sing backup and I'm going to use some of your videos to help me. Thxs!
Thank you, Aimee. That was a really helpful post. I'm singing backup vocals in our little band, so I always have to sing outside of my comfort zone. Tested a bunch of apps for Android and there's one called TE Tuner. Make sure you set the mode to voice, though. Thanks from Berlin, Tom #berlinbayband
Thanks Tom; I was hoping someone would post an Android gadget. Deborah from Australia. ps just looked you up on RUclips and found 'Forever Young' - and I'm enchanted. What a lovely setting as well as lovely voices (and lovely men). I'm a Forever Young 70 year old wanting to sing in tune (Android), so thanks. I sang along with youse.
@@poetry2024 Hi Deborah, Thank you for the kind words. Your message made my day. how cool is that you joined in all the way from Australia. 100x cudos 😎👍
Thanks for this video, I really mean it. I hope you put sense into some noob singer.
Or the TE Tuner, this one's great for students on clarinet, oboe and flute.
Best and most helpful video. Thank you
You are good!
I on the other hand, I have to do more vocal practice. Thanks for this idea. I downloaded a tuner and its great
They’ve upgraded this App, its even better now. I wouldn’t worry about being flat or sharp vocally, that’s your sound. Live there’s always some instruments slightly out of tune, and if everyone was perfectly in tune including your voice, it’d sound sterile AF.
This is fun, but in the real world perfect pitch is kind of a curse.
Aimee- gosh you''re pretty in a lovely natural way. G- strings are women's bathing costumes here in Oz. As to sharp and Flat I have good days and bad days- What to do? I played trombone and violin and can tune to within 3 cents. My ears tell me when I'm flat- always been the nominated singer- hate the spotlight- I need a guitar to hide behind. What can I do about my irregular voice?
What an awesome idea!
App’s like this are so cool 😎. I tune my guitars, Uke and hopefully one day my voice as I have failed to do it by ear.
Is Ins Tuner only for Iphone because I can;t find it in my Google Play apps, also is there an app that also plays the piano key with you?
Total Energy Tuner is really amazing. Great drones. Play them over your earphones and then sing into the microphone. It will show you your pitch overtime which is super helpful.
OK, I've got a weird one. Pick a note, any note, and I'm flat. Just a touch. I have a frequency monitor, and if it's C3 at 130hz, I sing 128ish. Jump the fifth to G3 at 196hz, and I'll sing 193ish. Huh? Yeah, I'm in my 60s but I used to be a professional singer, so it's pretty scary. And it's not like I can't physically produce the sound, cause when I see the monitor I can tune my voice correctly.
But I'm not matching the sound I hear. Play C130, I sing C128..... and etc, etc. Any thoughts, please? Is this air flow, resonators, the chords... in other words, something physical? Or have I somehow learned to be tone deaf? Thanks for any help.
2019 Hey Aimee, you are adorable and knowledgeable about music, especially the mental aspect of music. So, a story that fits with your opening - I've been a singer for all my life, in between those day jobs : ) anyway always learned songs by just repetitive playing the songs over and over and most of my jobs were in top 40 bands - finally in my late 30's I ge a neat gig that lasted two years a cabaret musical - and most were really consistent singers and also Berklee School of music, yeah, some already graduates and a few students. This includes the band also..man it was a great 2 year run. Anyway, the piano player, Deena had a job as a backup singer for a group that was having a cd release party - cut to the chae, she asks me would I want to do it and I did..and she kept hitting this note on the piano in practice and couldn't believe I really couldn't hear that I was, think it was sharp, and I couldn't, was it probably close enough, yeah, though here she is obviously with a better ear than I - she wasn't mind more like, really, really...no no no, I cannot hear I'm not hitting that note. The funny thing - man oh man that band was so loud, I mean vibrations rattling my brain and I was so disoriented a bit. I like the that Ins Tuner too - think we're both visual in "seeing" abstract things such as notes, though your ear, didn't need that much help. Thanks for your tips - I see it's inactive, yet these past few days when I've posted what seems like an old or no longer in use that much, I get answer. Will bookmark this page. : )
I downloaded the free app on my iPad and the dial/circle reference did not appear. Only the top red/green area. The bottom 2/3’s of the screen is black. Do you know why?
My dear THIS IS FANTASTIC!!!!
it's a tuner for instruments thats why t shows the scale
great video on singing lessons
Excellent - just what I was looking for! Thank you so much :-)
Tuning apps are often used to invade your privacy. Obviously, to work they have to have access to your microphone. The problem is if you do not set the right privacy settings, they can listen whenever they want.
I figured this out when I noticed that I was getting a lot of online ads that related to private conversations I recently had. To test this, my wife and I had a conversation about buying a new car. We really were not interested in a new car, so we had not searched online for anything related to new cars. Nevertheless, the next day I started seeing ads related to buying a new car. I removed all the "free" apps (including a free tuning app) that used the microphone from my phone and the ads related to my conversations stopped.
You don’t even have to sing a note to test if you’re about to sing on pitch. If you play a note and put your mouth opening as if you were going to sing it to a little speaker or your phone you will hear the resonance boost if you’ve got it. There’s a cool video on this technique by Gary Sage showing using a phone as a vowel resonator.
Do you know what the numbers on the wheel mean?
@@kirstenanderson3783 I haven’t tried it yet but no idea, the numbers 0 to 8 don’t make sense to me. I don’t think it’s anything to worry about. The difference between each note is usually measured in cents (100 cents is a semitone or half step) and cents show how sharp or flat you are.
Have you tested these apps against a well-tuned piano or other instrument? I'm using an electronic keyboard which seems to be in tune. I'm using two apps on Android: Swar Meter and CarlTune. Both of them completely fail for low notes starting at about G1, but they both are fine at A1. For very high notes (higher than women would usually sing) they also have troubles. It might be the phone more than the software, but both apps seem to work pretty well up to C6, and at D6 they start getting off by a quarter step (and it doesn't seem to be because of the piano). Those are very high notes, though!
The important thing (to me) is how they perform in my vocal range which is about E2 to A4 and both seem to be perfect in that range. The CarlTune wavers a lot when I sing into it, but it's completely still when I hit a piano key. Swar Meter holds much steadier, and I like that better. It's probably doing some kind of averaging. I don't want to have to try to sing a sine wave!
So helpful, Aimee. Thank you!!
thanks for shared it. is that working for Erhu too?
Hi Aimee. The tuner lesson was great. I downloaded the INS but the wheel doesn't
show up. Any suggestions?
Same on my iPad. Just switch to Tonal Energy Tuner.
This is great! I'll be right back in a couple years and I'll be Mel Torme! But seriously -for practicing intervals this is the BOMB
Thanks for posting. Was looking to recommend some app to some of our students. And I like your humor (best music teachers use that - your look re: G strings, lol). best, JN
I just downloaded the INS tuner, it did not have the wheel associated with it. I’m not real sharp at this tech stuff but the icon looked the same as yours and it said free, although it has been updated
I have a problem that if I sing it dead on key (multiple syllables) then it sounds mono tone until it changes key. If I sing it relative to key then it jumps around from one note to another. I always seem to be in the middle note of a chord instead of the root.
I've been looking for thing like this. Thanks!
This is very valuable...thank you!
Do you think it's practical to use this app to find the chords at the time of worship practice? Instead of waiting for chords I can I can work upon finding it this way and play along? Wow anyways iam going to try it, cause I think you cracked it. 😁👌
I like the wheel too. Great. Thanks so much
I just got the INS TUNER but it looks nothing like yours. There is no wheel. Bummer since I paid for it.
I can't find it, and I have an android phone?? 🤷🏽♀️
Look in the comments - this is an old video. Maybe someone has given good advice in the comments
Are the pitches in equal temperament tuning, just intonation or some other
This video was posted in 2017. Back then, the Ins Tuner was only available for iOS systems (Apple). I have an android Galaxy - does anyone know if the Ins Tuner has been upgraded for android OS ?? I can't find one on any search engine.
Thanks for the unboxing this!
So in doing this I find that I am usually a little bit sharp, ( I think that is unusual ?). Is it a problem with how I hear the sound reverberating in my head? I'm pretty much deaf in one ear, so thinking I should just give up on singing and music. When I get near the note using the tuner I go down and up and quaver around the note, any good way to get read of the quavering?
If I am constantly hitting notes right on or 9ct close while singing, is that a good sign I should take singing lessons? Or is that normal?
But how do you sing in tune for a song? Change the tune of your voice for each chord change? And for example what do you do for minor chords, em, am, bm etc.
That’s the same exact tuner I use! 🙌🏻🤘🏻
Very interesting, but maybe sometimes you are not hitting the note precisely because you are singing the correct harmonic interval instead of the equal-temperament interval.
Seems all RUclips channel owners only use Apple devices 😕 but in this case, in fairness, do "best choice" recommendations still remain valid after 7 years ?
I’m not exactly sure what you mean, but I’m still using this app.
@@AimeeNolte 7 years is a long time, many other apps appear over that period. Are the recommendations still the best options ?
Thank you very much♥️ not one minute being waisted.
Thanks for sharing this!
Korg CA chromatic tuner, if you have problems with downloding, with thanks to Aimee Nolte
Hey Aimee. What's your warm up routine? Thanks.
Good technique is the most important part of singing.
fun fact: ins tuner also helps you get your greencard validated
That A4 seems like you are approaching a passaggio or register shift at that note. Those are harder to balance. Also what is not helping is the 100 cents intervals of 12-TET. Those intervals are not harmonically pure.. like just intonation.
One thing which is highly overlooked is standard pitch.. or A4=440Hz.. There are too much early transition at the passaggios with this pitch.. The highest pitch for A4 with 12-TET before the sopranos second passaggio is shifted too high is A4=435Hz or around -20 cents from where we are today.. All the classis pieces by Verdi , Puccini are not meant to be played with a pitch higher than A4=435Hz.. THis was the pitch from around 1860 to 1940 in Europe..