Can one learn to sing?

[OverHereTryingToFigureItOut]

Singing gives me the greatest joy, however I'm no good at it! Can anyone learn or could I be a lost cause? Are there any apps etc that might help me, or shpuld I consider lessons?

I'm not ready to e.g. join a choir as I'd feel like I was ruining it.

@OverHereTryingToFigureItOut I personally think that if you have some kind of natural singing ability then it can be trained etc. For me, who has absolutely no tune or rhythm or natural ability, I think it would be a lost cause 😅🤣 no matter how much I try to convince myself that I’ll be a country singing sensation one day 😂

Anyone can learn to sing to a degree, most people who believe they are tone deaf just never learned how to pitch and that can be taught and practiced. I’ve only ever had one young lad who I genuinely feel wouldn’t have been able to and there were other developmental issues with him, but he loved his singing so I certainly wasn’t going to discourage it just manage it during class performances as he was loud.

Joining a choir is absolutely the best thing you can do, singing with other people will really bring on your own voice. Try something like rock choir which is all about being involved.

I love singing and think I don't frighten nearby animals when doing it .. but .. I cannot stop myself yawning as soon as I start

Was a bit embarrassing at the karaoke set up I was at recently at a wedding reception 😂

My friend teaches singing and is passionate that anyone can be taught.

Yes. Anyone can be taught. I'm not a natural singer but I adore it. Weekly private lessons for 18 months and I passed two singing exams.

I think it's all to do with the physical size and shape of your voice box and throat. I think unfortunately certain people are badly shaped, so making sounds that are in tune if more difficult. I put myself in this category. I think with a lot of physical effort in moving my voice box I can sometimes just about get into tune, but the effort involved is so great I'm exhausted after about 30 seconds. I always presumed that people who can sing naturally and easily don't need to put in this much effort, it just "comes out" perfectly.

This could all be rubbish, but it's always been my unscientific view!

No, not everyone can learn to sing, my grandmother has had singing lessons and sung in a choir her whole life and she's still pretty tone deaf.

The Scottish Opera are currently doing a series of on demand tutorials online called Breath Cycle - sing your way to better health - for normal people not opera singers!
https://www.scottishopera.org.uk/join-in/breath-cycle/

https://twitter.com/ScottishOpera/status/1648620634455396353?t=42FwHmjDPkVCQOBLuvp2xg&s=19