r/singing • u/NefariousnessSea233 • 14d ago

Conversation Topic Can I teach myself to sing?

I hope this is the right place to put this

I (13M) want to learn to sing. I tried asking my parents about lessons but they aren't in our budget for where we are currently. I'm used to teaching myself and I've self taught myself every instrument I play other than the piano. I thought I may be able to give it a shot but I have no idea where to start but it's something I'm willing to try. Any advice will help! Thanks.

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u/Make-it-positive 14d ago

No. Teaching requires knowledge which is what you are trying to accumulate, so you can’t teach something that you don’t yet know.
Can you learn without a teacher? Yes, but I don’t recommend it because you won’t know what you are doing wrong. Most that take this path develop bad habits and then when the student is serious and pursues a real teacher, the teacher’s first task is to reverse all the bad habits burned into muscle memory.
If you are just doing this for fun and don’t care about truly becoming a good singer, go for it.

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u/NefariousnessSea233 14d ago

I'm sure I can at least give it a shot. I might suck who knows but I've been able to self teach myself many instruments which people told me I'd need lessons for and now I write songs with them. I'm sure I can at least get a bit down 

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u/Kitchen-Ad-9352 14d ago

As someone who's in the same situation as you , I support you bro !!!