OK, I made some research work and came up with a practical exercise. This is the most basic exercise there is, but I’ll start with it since it instantly works on my worst problem. So this exercise is called “singing on pitch”. When I was singing along with my favorite tunes, I sounded terrible. That’s because I’m not singing in the correct pitch, meaning that I’m singing the notes either too low or too high. To be able to sing better, I need to practice my ear in order to hit the correct note.

Trainining the correct pitch only requires some musical instrument or software, that can play different notes. After you hear the note, you try to match it with your voice.

For this exercise I grabbed my guitar and played a note from here and there. I hummed and made different kind of voices, trying to match the pitch. At first I had some difficulties getting it right, but then I managed to hit the notes correctly more often. Then I played some chords, like Am-C-G-F and tried to sing some jibberish. And you know what, it sounded better than my poor attempts in the past. YES!!! So, some progress was instantly there and now I’m more confident about this learning thing. Actually, I cannot wait to do some more exercises!