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It's so satisfying to get positive input from your singing.
There obviously is an incredible joy in singing - both for the singer and the listener.
But why aren't more people enjoying such happiness? I believe some of that could be because of a notion that very few can sing well enough to be enjoyed by others.
Most people I've talked with say they can't sing a lick.
Others say if they sing the room clears out.
I had a friend once who teased, "I sing tenor!" I was amazed to discover it, I never knew he could.
Then he continued, "Ten or eleven miles away!" That got a laugh.
I happen to believe singing is a learned freedom available to everyone.
A small percentage are born into a singing family where everyone sings so they, too, learn naturally to sing.
Then there are a few more who discover they have a little bit of a singing ability and pursue it's development.
And just as both learned that as they heard and discovered they could do it, many more people can also be led to discover their ability to produce singing sounds and thus be inspired to enjoy the joy and the freedom of singing as well.
A simple test for the unbeliever could help them catch a glimmer of hope that might lead to greater discovery and joy.
Consider this, we speak and sing on vowels interrupted by consonants.
Few consonants are singable, but arguably a possible one is "m".
Sustaining an "m" would produce humming.
Sustained humming is singing with our lips closed.
Try saying the consonant "m".
Now sustain the "m" for a few seconds.
If you sustain the "m" for 3-5 seconds, you should hear something like a hum.
Just for fun, after sustaining the "m' 3 seconds, without stopping the sound flow, open your lips and add a vowel such as "a", sustaining that vowel for another 3 seconds.
If you were able to complete this simple exercise you most likely just sang a sustained note.
Learning to move from humming to singing can possibly help millions of people begin to discover the possibility that perhaps they CAN sing.
Wouldn't that make the world a happier place to live? Perhaps you, too, have a singing voice waiting to be discovered.
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