Are you born with a great singing voice or do you be taught

Specialun

What ya think

I cant sing but i love listening to powerfull singing voices

Who has the best voice you've ever heard

Daniel S

I've heard cars with squealing fanbelts that sing better than I can.

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

You do be do be taught.

AnCatDubh

Don't know about *GREAT*, but successful yes. The following comes to mind.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=flkjMuaKYQU

35 seconds in.

Paddy Cow

You have to be born with the ability and then get the right training to reach your full potential. Have you seen any X-Factor or American Idol auditions? Plenty of people have had years of lessons and think they are great and are surprised to hear that they are in fact, sh!te.

holy guacamole

As with any natural talent you're born with it. It's just a matter of honing that talent and getting the best out of it then.

Best male singer I've heard is Stevie Wonder, best female Nina Simone.

Winterlong

So if I keep practicing singing in the shower I will eventually get better at it?
The family will be delighted with this news.

Zxclnic

I do be taught to sing songs by the Doobie brothers so I do be.

SeaFields

I'm a fantastic singer ....after 8 pints.

dan1895

Apparently we're all born with perfect singing voices but our parents singing lulabys out of tune to us at a young age ruins it.

RobertKK

I was a very good singer as a child, but then puberty happened.

qo2cj1dsne8y4k

Disturbed sing an unreal version of hello darkness my old friend. I love his voice

Captain Chaos

RobertKK wrote: »

I was a very good singer as a child, but then puberty happened.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iJ4fPJBwXYQ

ScumLord

Genetics would play a pretty big part. Being born with ideal vocal cords, a disposition for music and the disposition to be able to put in the hours it takes to be good.

It is possible to train just about anybody to a decent standard these days. But the greats are probably born and just happen to have a lifestyle that encourages their musical talents. I don't think we value the best any more though. Music is produced as a product these days, so all they need is people that can do as they're told.

sryanbruen

I adore singing but I am not born for it at all, I am one of the worst singers you will ever hear.

mansize

Adele has a great voice

Curly Judge

I was a great singer before they brought airs out.

Seriously: there's a guy on the internet called Per Bristow who claims to be able to train people to sing.
(For a price ..of course)

Anyone know if he's any good?

www.BristowVoiceMethod.com

razorblunt

Do be do be do
- Frank Sinatra

Winterlong

LexieOnRale wrote: »

Disturbed sing an unreal version of hello darkness my old friend. I love his voice

A rare example of a cover version been much better than the original. And the Original was not bad at all.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u9Dg-g7t2l4

gw80

Zxclnic wrote: »

I do be taught to sing songs by the Doobie brothers so I do be.

Yea but you do though don't you though

Specialun

Oh sh!t....just noticed my spelling error

Story Bud?

I never did be taught how to sing.

I tried.

My sister is an absolutely amazing singer.

o1s1n

Winterlong wrote: »

A rare example of a cover version been much better than the original. And the Original was not bad at all.

I think the cover of that is balls, really can't stand that guy's voice. Each to their own

Story Bud?

Winterlong wrote: »

A rare example of a cover version been much better than the original. And the Original was not bad at all.

Absolutely love this version, just heard it the other day and spotified it straight away.

Don't think it's better than the original mind.

Curly Judge

This guy isn't much of a singer ...but...by Christ...he can sell a song!

https://youtu.be/F3c-WBn5cCg?t=53s

SeantoBarry

A bit of both. Some people are naturally talented singers but they need training to maximise their talent.

Letree

I'm a hideously bad singer there would be no teaching me.

As for great voices Marty pellow in his day had a brilliant voice. I'm not a wet wet wet fan but I can appreciate he had a great voice.

Curly Judge

Joni Mitchell had a magnificent voice.

Dyr

I could sing a donkey out of a bog so I could

There's an unreal amount of training and technique and breathing stuff behind it
For classical anyway

Paddy Cow

ScumLord wrote: »

It is possible to train autotune just about anybody to a decent standard these days.

fyp

Zxclnic

Winterlong wrote: »

A rare example of a cover version been much better than the original. And the Original was not bad at all.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u9Dg-g7t2l4

o1s1n wrote: »

I think the cover of that is balls, really can't stand that guy's voice. Each to their own

I was going to describe that cover as 'Pants', but you beat me to it with your 'balls', maybe 'Balls in Pants' sums it up....so to speak.:)

Ruu

Even auto tune can't fix my singing voice.

Zxclnic

Ruu wrote: »

Even auto tune can't fix my singing voice.

'Auto Tune' makes mine even worse!

failinis

I would say you do need to be trained (or at least put many many hours of dedicated and guided self training) and most people could sing to a good standard.

For people "born" with a voice, its very easy to be good at something when you actually like it, they do need to train but they are much more likely to put in the hours.

The same for most talents. Natural ability to enjoy it, plus a lot of hard work.

Zxclnic

failinis wrote: »

I would say you do need to be trained (or at least put many many hours of dedicated and guided self training) and most people could sing to a good standard.

For people "born" with a voice, its very easy to be good at something when you actually like it, they do need to train but they are much more likely to put in the hours.

The same for most talents. Natural ability to enjoy it, plus a lot of hard work.

Training is a good idea, but in the end after all that training, who would win the Singing Olympics and should the competitors be allowed their normal gargantuan intake of recreational drugs as they wouldn't necessarily be construed as performance enhancing as such?

saabsaab

As with most talents, footballer or sprinter you are born with it. Training/ environment can make it better. Best singer Bing crosby 1930-1936. Ella Fitzgerald or Anne Shelton 1940 to 1945

crosstownk

One of these was born with it......

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bzNXfsJRijg

Zxclnic

saabsaab wrote: »

As with most talents, footballer or sprinter you are born with it. Training/ environment can make it better. Best singer Bing crosby 1930-1936. Ella Fitzgerald or Anne Shelton 1940 to 1945

That's just modern rubbish, check out Emma Azalia Hackley, she had it down.

r93kaey5p2izun

I think you have to be born with the natural talent. I think training will improve ability but can't make up for a poor voice quality or inability to hold a tune.

I love singing but unfortunately just can't sing in tune. It would be very difficult to judge a "best ever" singer but probably could be decided based on technical ability and range etc by those who know about these things. Classical singers are probably objectively the best on a technical level. My favourite voices are Etta James, Otis Redding, Freddie Mercury and Bing Crosby.

failinis

Zxclnic wrote: »

Training is a good idea, but in the end after all that training, who would win the Singing Olympics and should the competitors be allowed their normal gargantuan intake of recreational drugs as they wouldn't necessarily be construed as performance enhancing as such?

Yes, I mean I assume that if a person is tone deaf and were trained for how ever long it took, you could, maybe sing in tune if we take that as a basic aim.
But if it takes so much effort it would be abandoned. But even so, you can only do your best, and sometimes your best is not "the gold standard".
Where as people with some natural talent are far more likely to soldier on and be support in this.

You definitely need natural talent, which would need refining but its more like a rough diamond needing polished.

If you looked at my drawings as a child, they are shíte, as expected, but now I am a trained artist. Mainly because I was interested and kept practicing for years and was supported to do so.

Yamanoto

Winterlong wrote: »

A rare example of a cover version been much better than the original. And the Original was not bad at all.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u9Dg-g7t2l4

Original for me all day long.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-MCQIOCem2I

LordSutch

I taught I thought a do be doo . . .

Adele has a belting voice, but have you heard her speak

born (& then trained) to knock off the rough edges.

cml387

The vocal pyrotechnics of the likes of Whitney Houston are really a gift from genetics. The vocal chord and voice box determine your vocal range and the power of your voice.
I don't believe there is such a thing as tone deafness though, in any but a tiny minority of people. So yes, anyone can be taught to sing but don't expect to be able to sing like Ella Fitzgerald.

BBDBB

Alison Krause has a fabulous voice