I've always wanted to be able to sing and have fantasised about it since I was a child. I love music and love singing and I would absolutely love to at least just be ok enough that I'm unremarkable.
I know a lot of people will say it's something you're just born with and can't be taught but I disagree. I think some are (much) naturally better than others to start with but it can be taught. From what I've read very few people are completely tone deaf and incapable of improving and those people often aren't as into music anyway.
I definitely don't think I'm tone deaf as I can literally hear the difference between high and low pitches but I think I'm worse than average. Most people seem to naturally be able to hear something and replicate it but I find it very difficult.
So I'm thinking of singing lessons but I'm embarrassed. When their website says they work with all abilities I wonder what range they've actually encountered.
For singing teachers or those who know them - how remarkable is someone who is absolutely terrible at singing getting lessons likely to be? Do you have to fight the urge to laugh?
Those who have had lessons how were they? What kind of techniques and exercises did you do? Were you embarrassed? Did you turn up and quickly have to just burst into song?
How long until you saw an improvement and how long to go from "is someone strangling a cat" to passable.