How long did it take you to learn to play guitar? A long time? Yeah, I bet it was a long time. How many hours a week did you put in trying to learn guitar? A lot? Yeah, I’m sure you logged tons of hours per week, if not per day.

All that "practice, practice, practice" helped you to become good at guitar. How did you practice? Probably by learning a few scales, chords, and perhaps a few songs from your favorite bands.

Well, learning to sing is no different. You have to put in many hours training your vocals, unless you happen to be a natural singer…. some people are.

Singing while playing guitar is like trying to rub your tummy and pat your head at the same time. It’s hard to do, but once you get it down, you can do it anytime you like…. but how do you do it? PRACTICE PRACTICE PRACTICE.

2 ways I can think of to practice singing. First, If you are practicing chords and scales, you should sing them aloud, like, say the notes out loud and try to harmonize within the key, or to try and hit the actual pitch of the note. This does two things for you. It REALLY helps you learn the fretboard, and is something that Joe Satriani suggests to every guitar player, because it helps your ears associate that specific note to a specific tone, so whenever you play an Ab note or E, or B, or C, etc…. you’ll know what it is by hearing it. You can play a note anywhere on the fretboard, and without looking down, you’ll automatically know, "ok, that’s a C note." and you’ll be able to avoid looking up and down as much. This is great for singers who play guitar, because you can stay focused on the crowd when you’re on stage. Stage presence is almost as important as the music… so you have to look confident by focusing on the crowd.

Second thing, singing the notes aloud will help train your voice to sing in key…. and not to mention, do what you’re asking us… to sing and play at the same time. You have to start out slowly.. and if you’re going through a particular scale, you’ll obviously have to learn the notes/theory in that key, which is important to know… which is what I’m trying to do right now. I suggest understanding the circle of 5th’s, and to learn chord theory as well, if you haven’t already.

OH, and a third thing you can do, is just simply practice simple songs. Try learning stuff from a band you like. Nirvana is usually a decent place to start, if you like them, because the songs are easy, and for most, aren’t too fast. The punk genre is usually easy as well. The vocals are generally not that complex, and the guitars aren’t either, except they’re often really fast, so sticking with a genre or songs that are slower will probably be better until you get better and faster at doing both.

Iron fist by Motorhead sounds kinda easy to me. The guitar plays one chord repeatedly while the Lemmy is singing the verse, after every line, the guitar follows up with a quick 3 chords to complete the line. Then the vocals for the chorus kinda stays on beat with the chord changes.
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Tap your foot to the beat. It works…. brilliant.
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