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a lot of this is simple brain mechanics: when you sing you activate and utilize the speech center and the motor skills center, as well as the listening center. when you listen, it's pretty much just the listening center.

so when your brain is freed of the distraction of also having to recall and speak the words and tones, the listening center is much more able to do its job effectively. you hear better, more accurately.

as was noted, you can improve the skill of critical listening while singing, it just takes practice. lots and lots of practice.

it helps to be so utterly familiar with the part that you're able to sing it backwards and forwards, in your sleep, while blindfolded and rolling down a hill. iow, when the performance can be relegated almost completely to the unconscious, you are free to observe yourself clearly.


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