I can’t tell you how important this step is. Listen to the note carefully and try to “picture” the note in your mind. There are plenty of free piano apps you can download that will reproduce whatever note you want to play.ģ. You don’t need to invest in an expensive instrument. In the second step, you’re going to play the note that you want to match on another instrument of some sort. Play the note on a piano, guitar, digital tuner or play the recording that contains the note you want to sing. Don’t make things harder for yourself by choosing songs with notes that are too difficult for you to sing.Ģ. It’s hard enough to sing in tune when you’re completely comfortable. Make sure that the note is within your comfortable range. Select the note that you’re trying to sing. The process of singing on pitch or “intonation” can basically be broken down into 5 steps:ġ. One you detect where you’re singing is out of tune, the next step is to figure out whether you’re sharp or flat. You might even play the recording over a backing track to see exactly how close you got to the right pitch.įor a real-time analysis, you can use a tuner app on your phone. Sing a simple line, record it, and listen to the recording. To learn to sing in tune, testing yourself with a recording is a great first step. This can be a surprisingly tricky thing to figure out, as you can’t always tell how your own voice sounds.

Once you have found the correct pitch, try to remember the “sensation” of singing in tune.

If your note is sharp, you will need to bring your voice slightly lower.