Singing and keeping rythem

Hello,

Ok i need a lil help i can't sing while playing guitar... well i can but i can't keep rythem.... can some one sugest some excorsies or somthing that can help me out??

Thanx,

Jeff

Learn an easy song and start off with that.

Yeah, Tele master is right. Playing and singing at the same time is probably one of the most difficult things about guitar (please no one respond with "eight finger tapping is harder!" we know.). Learn some easy folk song and start off with that ("Skip to my Lou" or some easy ****. "Mary had a little lamb," I don't know).

Woah, cool! I typed the word "****" and it came out as stars!

Also it will help if you really really know the song, which means you gotta know how to play blind folded or play it without even thinking etc. Once you know the song by heart then singing will be easier to do.

Ok guys thanx alot for the reply's is there any other sugestions other than marry had a little lamb( lol).

Thanx Jeff

Originally posted by HonestMistake
is there any other sugestions other than marry had a little lamb( lol).

You could do something from "The Sound of Music." "Do" a deer a female deer "Re" a drop of golden sun! I'm serious man, as lame as it is, those are the best kinds of songs to start out with because they're easy to sing along with. If you're too insecure with your heterosexuality to sing those songs though, Tom Petty's "Free Fallin'" is pretty easy to sing and play the chords for.

Learn some nirvana tunes, those are a good start.

Exercise steps.

1. Play the rhtyhm to the rhythm of what your singing. So your strumming your guitar to every word or syllable. You don't even need to know a song, just say stuff at random like "my ex girlfriend liked to have sex with dogs" if you want. That should be easy to get used to. Now try it with a metronome, sing and strum on every click.

2. Keep try singing on each click while cutting up your rhythm, say instead of strumming on each click, strum twice for each click. Do the opposite, strum on each click and sing 2 syllables for each click.

3. Once your get that done, mix it up. Strum a rhythm and sing a different rhythm over that one. If you need to strum a rhythm for a few measure first, then come in singing a rhythm thats cool.

4. Once this becomes alittle easy, try learning songs. Go for pop, punk songs. I wouldn't start with something like blues because that can be alittle too advanced.

Since most singer/guitarist, sing first, and strum an easy rhythm on the guitar to keep time. Once your able to keep a tempo with the guitar, singing will come pretty easy. You may just be trying to do too much. You can get to the point of singer/lead guitarist but that takes lots of practice. Just start simple.

i agree with the learning a simple song idea. something that you know off by heart helps. also if its in simple root chords it makes life alot easier. the less you have to think about what you are playing, the more you can concentrate on what you are singing

Here are some good songs for this:
Green Day- Time of Your Life
Oasis- Wonderwall
Bush- Glycerine

These are the ones I started off with. Then again, I can't sing at all.

I know when I first started playing I learned a lot of Jewel's stuff, off her first album. Its really easy to learn, and pretty much everyone recognizes her songs.

I dunno... I've been trying to perfect "Near You Always" for a while now...

Please say you're being sarcastic.

I'm being sarcastic.

Well, to be honest, I haven't really been practicing it exclusively... I picked it up pretty well the first time through, esp. since I knew the original inside out.

Unfortunately, I got a little bit lazy and satisfied myself with what I got out of the tab the first time through... but, then again, it is a little tricky and my pinky gets sore from being anchored on the guitar (another bad habit).

I hope I haven't shattered all your Moderator-ideals...

I didn't have moderator-ideals to begin with.

I did. Now they are lying on the floor...shattered.

I was wondering; does it get tiresome typing "hmmm" in the subject each time, or is it oddly fulfilling? 'Cause I could see it working both ways.

This is a serious question; I'm not trying to antagonize you or anything...

I don't know... its almost like a trade mark. I've done it ever since I registered way back when. Its become just a habit now.

Seems an odd habit...