Useful links for singers
Our hand-picked collection of useful things around the internet.
⚒️ Tools
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Singing Voice Analyser - record or upload an MP3 with a vocal recording to analyse pitch plotted as a line and timber plotted as a spectrogram.
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Mic test and output settings - Mic test and output settings: Verify and adjust your audio input and output devices.
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vocalremover.org - Separate vocals from background music. Find key and tempo of any song. Convert audio formats. Test your mic spec. Change pitch and tempo of the recordings.
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Transpose - Chrome Extension that makes any online audio sound lower or higher in real time. Now we can sing any karaoke song directly from YouTube in a preferred key.
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iREAL PRO - Your musicians took a holiday? This virtual band is at your service.
👩🎓 Online courses
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Singing for beginners - singing course from Singing Carrots. Split into 21 lessons. Each lesson contains a summary video, a theoretical read and a vocal exercise or a practical tip.
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30 Day Singer - The most comprehensive paid generic online course for beginners.
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Make singing click - very well-structured course that gives you a framework for self-improvement. Good choice for analytical thinkers.
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LA Sightsinger - Learn to sight-sing with Gerald White.
📚 Books
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Anatomy of the voice by Theodore Dimon Jr - Illustrated Guide for Singers, Vocal Coaches, and Speech Therapists. Best detailed visualisation of our body singing apparatus you gonna find.
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The Singing Athlete by Andrew Byrne - If you are a singer, you are an athlete. And the athletic skills that make you a great vocalist come from one source: your brain.
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Practical Vocal Acoustics by Kenneth W. Bozeman - This book represents an attempt to distill from the science of vocal acoustics those factors that are essential for teachers and singers.
🎤 Karaoke
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Smule - Best karaoke app if you want to socialise with strangers on the internet.
Some of the resources on that page are free, and some are paid or partially paid. In case you find any of them useful and make a purchase we might receive an affiliate commission. Thank you for supporting our project and never stop singing!