Useful techniques you need to know when you sing J-pop.
Hi, J-pop lovers! Welcome to Honey Music School. If you are interested in singing Japanese songs, this is the best place to join. We’ve gone through key characteristics of the song, things to keep in mind when singing, lyrics, and Japanese pronunciation basics so far.
Today, let’s go through useful techniques and tips to sing the song.
I’ve attached the image which has the lyrics and its translation here, and there is a not left hand down below.The notes in red stand for slides which is a pitch movement within one note. Notes in blue represent slur which is a continuation of the notes but from one pitch to another pitch. There is only one note in green, in the beginning of line two. This stands for Letting Go, which you need to let go of the sound. Finally, a little wavy thing is a trill.
You need to go up and you come down within one note.
Line One
- The very first note “Ride” starts with F# but you are going to slide within F#.
- “on time” is blue so it’s supposed to be slurred. You slide it up to from approximately E to F# and from there you need to slide down to B3.
- For “Saa-Ma/ Yo-U ” it moves from approximately from E4 to F#
- There is a note in green in the sentence “Yaa-Sa/ Shi-Ku/ U-Ke/ Too/ Me/ Te”, you need to let go of the note of “Te” and subtly end the phrase.
Line Two
- Soot/ To-Tsu/ Tsu-N/ De : You need to slide up the note “Soot”, and “Tsu-N” in blue are slurred. For the wavy thing “De”, you should put a triller on. There is a slight vibrato if you want to use it here.
- For “O-O-O” at the end of the Line Two, you need to slide from F# to G4.
Line Three & Line Four
- You can apply the same slur, slide, and trilling rules to Line Three and Four.
Learn More About How to Sing Japanese Songs at Honey Music School
We offer online lessons at Honey Music School by native Japanese vocal teacher who can teach you many useful techniques and tips to sing your favorite Japanese songs.
If you feel like singing more of the rest of “Ride on Time” by Tatsuro Yamashita or if you have any other Japanese songs you want to sing, please join us at Haney Music School.
Until then, see you soon!
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I have been passionate about learning different languages and playing music since I was a kid. I engaged in childhood education, music education, and second language acquisition research while I was studying at Yokohama National University as a graduate student. After graduation, I worked at an international preschool in Tokyo. Currently, I’m working as a bilingual teacher at an online English school and writing some articles about research on bilingual education. I post the cover songs videos of my favorite artists and my piano performances on Instagram and Youtube, so I’ll appreciate that if you go and check my posts. Thank you.
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