This is a demo of how I use Sing&See in practice to help me work on a pitch problem.
Here, after a piano cue, I am singing a fifth interval, from A3 to E4 (actually the second two notes in the song “Edelweiss”), and the problem I have is that I sing them flat. To me, at the time, they sound in tune, but if I listen to the audio I don’t like what I hear.
The trace clearly shows that I was singing about a quarter-tone flat.
![Original pitch trace, showing flat fifth](https://www.singandsee.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/Untitled1.png)
Original pitch trace, showing flat fifth
My teacher (Andrew Foan) gave me some valuable advice: don’t try to artificially raise the pitch of your voice – but try even harder to get more resonance by making more high-up space with your soft palate, and give plenty of support from below. Repeating the same exercise, trying my hardest to do what he said, gave the result below.
![Improved pitch trace after paying attention to support Improved pitch trace after paying attention to support](https://www.singandsee.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/Untitled2.png)
Improved pitch trace after paying attention to support
It still sounds the same to me when I sing it, but the trace shows that the pitching is correct. Thanks to Sing&See, I now know how to correct my problem, and to make sure my practice will succeed. This is a big breakthrough for me.
Don Taylor.
Hampshire, UK. November 2012