is there any benefit or damage of singing while ears closed?

musicalman · September 2023

ken said this in his pitch section of course about singing while ears closed

Terence · September 2023

musicalman said:
ken said this in his pitch section of course about singing while ears closed

If you mean with earplugs or fingers in your ears, it's intructive to do so, now and then, to hear and feel the sensations in your head and body. For me, it also helps prevent oversinging when using in-ears during performance. Be careful to take the plugs out periodically to prevent oversinging, which seems to be the primary risk.

musicalman · September 2023

@terence what do you mean by oversinging?

musicalman · September 2023

@terence i tried to practice relative pitch training while ears closed, after that my relative pitch seemed to be weaken.

Terence · September 2023

musicalman said:
@terence what do you mean by oversinging?

Singing too loudly or with too much air, or both. If my in-ears mix during performance is wrong (my vocals to low) then I tend to oversing. If my vocal is turned up then I tend to sing more lightly which is more often correct. The same can happen if you're simply using ear plugs and singing exercises to feel the sensations in your body.

Terence · September 2023

musicalman said:
@terence i tried to practice relative pitch training while ears closed, after that my relative pitch seemed to be weaken.

I don't think you want your ears blocked when practicing to obtain better relative pitch, or some form of perfect pitch with your instrument. I have this with guitar and am getting it with voice but don't know of any shortcuts. With guitar the 'shortcut' was thousands of hours on the instrument. With voice it shaping up to be the same thing.

musicalman · September 2023

@Terence
how do i learn to tune a guitar without tuner like ken did in his video of better pitch section of volume 1

Terence · September 2023

musicalman said:
@Terence
how do i learn to tune a guitar without tuner like ken did in his video of better pitch section of volume 1

With guitar, the 'shortcut' was thousands of hours on the instrument. With voice, it shaping up to be the same thing.

Maybe someone out there has made a course?

musicalman · September 2023

@Terence i didnt really understand what he explained in that video ,can you explain it to me?

michaelmusic · September 2023

Not sure what you are looking to do by plugging your ears. When performing in loud bars with insufficient monitoring it helps to have at least 1 ear plug in one ear to hear your voice resonate in your head. Although not as ideal as singing in a small room where you can hear your voice bounce off the walls in front and around you without any loud interfering noises it's still better than a loud area such as a bar where theres no surface near your voice to bounce the voice back to you.

musicalman · September 2023

can you explain what ken said in second last video of better pitch section in hts 2.0 volume 1?

HumanRobot · November 2023

musicalman said:
ken said this in his pitch section of course about singing while ears closed

HI

Ears closed ? Thats very intiruging to me ? Do you mean literally shut off the connection bewteen what you hear
and what is played ?

I guess if thats what you mean - it would like being deaf and your other senses would feel things in a deeper,
more connective way I guess?

As music isn't just about hearing but feeling as well . But shutting off your ears to music is very intrigueing to me.

If that's what you mean - there is a famous deaf percussionist and she plays by vibrations - so maybe there
is something in that. Fascinating stuff.

Human Robot

is there any benefit or damage of singing while ears closed?

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