Ever had trouble retaining the melody of a song? Most singers have difficulty remembering the lyrics but one of our listeners writes in to tell us about her struggle with the melody and how it has affected her singing confidence.

There are many ways to address this problem and one of the most important is to practice visualizing the musical intervals so that you can form a mental picture of how the melody fits together with the lyric.

All to often we ‘learn’ a song by getting only a general impression of how it goes. When you sing you must learn what is actually there – not what you think is there.

Episode 27 – Learning Melody