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Crash course for music theory

Every Sunday's afternoon, we practised the chorus singing seriously for 2 hours with Mr. Zheng (鄭丹老師). Basically, we had to learn new songs straight from the notation (簡譜). It seemed very natural to my singing-mates to do such thing. In fact, most of them had been doing this for the last 20/30 years. I was the only one who had problems. I figured out that I needed to improve my music theory and be able to read the notation by myself. Therefore, I started reading books like 'Music theory', ' Music for dummies', 'How to sing' etc. After a few books, I finally got it or at least some of them! So, if you didn't have any formal training of music before, read some books to start with. There were many good as well as bad videos and books about singing out there. You had to look for the one that suited you most. Spent some time to learn the basic skill if you really wanted to improve. After all, singing involved more than just opening your mouth.

Examples of notation:

Sites that may be useful:
美聲教學
Virtual Piano
Q: What's the difference between a soprano and a pit bull?
A: The jewelry. 

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