Demo Lesson: Teaching 'Tone Deaf'/Monotone Singer to Match Pitch - Topher Keene
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- This is a short demonstration of the instructional sequence, for best results, make sure to view the full talk here:
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Demonstration: Teaching 'Tone Deaf'/Monotone Singers to Match Pitch - Topher Keene
A Simple 6-Step Method for teaching struggling singers to match pitch and sing in-tune. Do you struggle as a voice teacher, singing teacher, music teacher, elementary choir director, or musical theater director working with singers who just can't stay on-key? Are you an individual singer struggling to learn to sing on pitch?
This method, developed by Master Coach Topher Keene, helps guide an absolutely "terrible" singer through the steps necessary to learn to effectively match pitch and eventually sing with beauty. This is a short demonstration of the instructional sequence, for best results, make sure to view the full talk here:
• Helping EVERY Singer L...
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Wow, I'm impressed. Professional opera singer here. Coming from a completely different direction to teaching. There are so many aspects of singing that I take for granted because they have always been natural instincts for me. So, learning to help students who want to learn to sing but have a hard time matching pitch or knowing if an interval is ascending or descending is an area I'm not familiar with. Very helpful advice. Great to see school teachers doing such valuable work.
Hi @GreenGoddessofGaia
Thanks so much for your comment, it's always rewarding to help bridge professionals and educators, I'd love to connect more and learn about your work and talk shop! Feel free to reach out through the contact form on my website: www.topherkeene.com/contact
This Demo is from a longer talk on teaching pitch matching to struggling singers, you can view a fuller version here:
th-cam.com/video/or68xuVdxd0/w-d-xo.html
I'm not a pro but lucky enough to have musical instincts. I discovered recently that people who sang off-pitch didn't know what in-pitch meant. Such a revelation to me. I've since learnt to use do re mi to get a fellow singer having problems with getting the pitch right, but this wouldn't work with people who can't even get the tones and semitones in do re mi. So this video is so helpful.
@@csieweng Thank you so much for sharing those thoughts, you're right, and it was a big revelation for me as well when I learned that out of tune singers often had no idea what being "out of tune" or "in tune" even WAS, and couldn't perceive it! Totally shifted my approach.
Solfege (do re mi) is very useful for the majority of students, but for the tricky cases, the techniques in this demo are very helpful for getting them ready to benefit from solfege.
Wishing you luck!
This is SUPER HELPFUL as I try to help a friend with no musical background who has difficulty matching someone else’s note. I wasn’t sure where to start, and now I do. Thank you for sharing this.
Glad it was so helpful!
I can send you the PDF session notes if you like, that'll help guide your work with your friend.
If you'd like, I'd be happy to offer you and your friend a free lesson over Zoom to help your friend develop the basics and help you understand how to fully implement this strategy to help them. Just reach out via my website: www.topherkeene.com/contact
This was amazing, and I plan to implement it one-on-one with some of the kids in my choir who are struggling to match pitch. Thank you for teaching this content and posting it!
Glad it was helpful!
I've helped a lot of conductors and teachers implement these strategies in their specific situations, if you'd like to hop on Zoom and tell me more about your choir and challenges your singers are facing, I'd be happy to offer more specific tips and advice! Just reach out via the contact page on my website:
www.topherkeene.com/contact
How very helpful!
I am half deaf and trying to learn music. With enough dedication, practice, and patience, I'll get there. :) have a wonderful day!
"Half-Deaf" Means you still have way more of your hearing than someone who's fully deaf, so you can definitely learn to refine the hearing you have and improve your musical skills. It may be harder for you than for someone with full natural hearing, but you can definitely achieve your goals with enough dedication, practice, and patience!
If you'd like some one-on-one help to achieve your musical goals, I'd be happy to offer you a Free First Lesson to see if my Studio would be a good fit for you. Just reach out at:
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Very helpful! Thank you!
I’m had a friend of mine who asked for my help with singing and he had the same problem as your Becky - he thought the “in tune feeling” meant he was covering up my notes and that was therefore wrong!
Fascinating 😁
Thanks for sharing your experience! It's amazing how this happens, and it makes me really grateful that I struggled with pitch for so long. The "Natural" musicians can struggle to remember what it's like to not know the difference between "in tune" and "out of tune", and for some singers the "in tune" feeling is actually the thing they're fighting!
This is an amazing! As a new voice teacher this helps soooo much!
So glad you found it and that it was helpful for you!
Check out the other videos on my channel for more pro-tips for new voice teachers. I do a lot of coaching and mentoring with new voice teachers, and I'd be happy to hop on Zoom for a free chat to hear more about your background and give you some tips on getting starting with your coaching business!
Just reach out at my website:
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Thank you. Private vocal/piano teacher here with long time piano student switching to vocal lessons for the summer. This student has trouble with finishing pitch. I have a whole series of animal sound warm ups for vocalists that I will dust off. I also really like the idea you presented of me matching her pitch rather than having her match mine or having her play E4 on piano and find it with her voice. I will check out your longer version as well! Good content!
Thank you very much! I deeply appreciate you taking the time to share your thoughts, and I'm so glad this work continues to provide value a decade later. I have many "trouble cases" of "monotone/tone-deaf" singers still, and many coaches who send their most challenging cases my way, and it does seem like a major gap in professional music education training. All teachers are taught to teach with the assumption that singers come in matching pitch, and it's just not universally the case.
If you'd like some more specific advice for your particular situation, I always save a couple hours a week for chatting with other educators, I'd be happy to hop on a Zoom call, just reach out via my website:
www.topherkeene.com/contact
Wishing you luck! Thanks again!
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Is this apt for like 3-6 years olds too? Maybe a dumb question
Not a dumb question at all!
The main audience for this talk was music teachers and choir directors, at an elementary school, middle school, and even high school level. It makes sense that you'd think 3-6yo might be too young for this approach since i wasn't really speaking to an early-childhood audience here.
You can certainly use this approach with littles to help them match pitch. At the youngest ages, attention is a challenge so keep things focus on fun and play, lots of echoing and call and response. The most important insight is to match THEIR sounds FIRST, before asking them to match YOUR sounds.
If you want more info on the early childhood side, here's a talk that was more focused on that age group:
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Has anyone used this for 8-12 grade students?
That's the age I designed the sequence for actually!
It works well for adults as well but I first piloted it as a High School teacher and it works great at that age level. Remember, this specific model is designed for one on one and not well adapted to group classroom settings, for more context you can watch the rest of the talk for some strategies on helping large groups, and you can reach out to me at my website if you'd like to chat more and get some specific advice for you and your students!
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Good stuff but why do I feel stressed after listening 😳
Maybe you're worried you might be tone deaf, in which case I'd be happy to help :) Or maybe it's just cus I talk so fast with so much energy!
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