A beginning singer is often faced with the fact that it is inconvenient for him to sing in the key in which the accompaniment is written. In this case, the melody will have to be transposed, that is, transferred to a different key and only then to pick up new chords for it. But first of all, you need to determine which key will be comfortable for you.
It is necessary
- - piano or synthesizer;
- - the instrument on which you are going to play the accompaniment;
- - table of scales, chords and arpeggios;
- - sheet of music paper;
- - pencil.
Instructions
Step 1
Determine the range of your voice. Sing the scale. Sounds can not be named and sing them in some syllable, like "la-la-la" or "tra-ta-ta". Some sounds will be comfortable for you to sing, others will not be very good, and still others will be either too high or too low.
Step 2
Find the highest sound on the keyboard that you can sing, even if you play it with a lot of tension. Write it down in notes or letters. For example, this is the F of the second octave. Likewise, find a sound below which you can no longer take anything. Let it be the salt of the minor octave. Thus, your full range is the distance between the G of a minor octave and the F of the second.
Step 3
Sing the scale from lowest to highest and vice versa. Please note that sounds near extreme sounds are not very comfortable for you to sing. Determine the lowest and highest one. Usually three or four notes at the top and bottom of the full range are inconvenient. In the example given, it will most likely be before the first octave and D for the second. This interval is a convenient range for you.
Step 4
Look at the sheet music of the song you are about to learn. Determine in which part of the staff the majority of its constituent sounds are located and how much this part corresponds to your range. You will take several notes that are in an accessible, but not very convenient part of the scale if you know how to correctly control your breathing. But you should take most of them without stress.
Step 5
If the vast majority of the song's sounds are out of your range, try transposing the melody. Determine the key in which it is recorded. This is done using key signs and the last note. Check the scale, chord and arpeggio table to see which key these key characters correspond to. You can distinguish major from minor by sound. Major sounds cheerful and cheerful, minor - sad and lyrical.
Step 6
Determine how much you need to drop the highest pitch of the song before you can pick it up. Calculate which step of the original key it corresponds to. It will be at the same pitch of the key you want. Count the corresponding number of steps from it and determine the tonic.
Step 7
See what interval the tonics of the original and new keys make. Transfer all other sounds of the melody to the same interval and record them. Transpose the accompaniment chords in the same way.
