| Many of us love to sing, but would never dare to sing | | | | rather, external sound only. In order to hear ourselves |
| in front of other people. If we did, we would probably | | | | in the same way that they do, we must listen to |
| just use some funny voice instead in order to spare | | | | ourselves through an external device. |
| ourselves the possible embarrassment of having our | | | | To get an idea of your singing voice, you can do |
| real singing voices being heard by others. If you love to | | | | several things. You can record your voice and then |
| sing and would like to feel more confident about saying | | | | play it back to yourself or you can monitor yourself |
| "hear me singing", this article may be able to help you | | | | through headphones as you sing. The advantage of |
| share your real voice. | | | | using headphones is that you can respond to what |
| Anytime you allow someone to hear you sing, it is like | | | | you are hearing in real time and attempt to improve |
| sharing a special part of yourself with that person. It | | | | your singing right then and there. |
| takes confidence to do this and it usually is not possible | | | | To gain confidence, practice is key. You can practice |
| to sing well if you do not have this confidence. Before | | | | alone by monitoring and recording yourself or you can |
| you sing in front of anyone, make sure that you feel | | | | hire a teacher. There are many people who will do this |
| comfortable doing so. Do not force it. | | | | for a reasonable fee and some free online video |
| When we hear ourselves speak or sing, we do not | | | | lessons. The advantage of having a real teacher is |
| hear ourselves in the same manner that others hear | | | | that he or she can give you actual feedback on what |
| us. This is because we listen to ourselves through a | | | | you are doing and tips to help you improve. |
| mixture of bone conduction and air conduction. This | | | | Continuously record your voice as it progresses. When |
| means the sound that travels to our ears is a mix of | | | | you feel that the recordings are good enough to share |
| internal and external sound, with the internal sound | | | | with others, it might be time to try singing in front of |
| being louder than the latter. | | | | other people. Chances are that if you think your voice |
| Other people hear us only through air conduction, or | | | | is good, others will too. |
