How to sing to Japanese songs For those who have wanted to sing to a Japanese song, but never understood who, this is a brief summrary of how it works. These are chracteristics I've noticed and many of them are rules. This entry is for singing not translating. Before I begin, just know; Japanese songs and speech are similar, but not the same. For example, in speech, you hold a double consonant sound while in songs, you pronounce the previous vowel twice. Timing: music works syllable-per-treble note versus Engish were time can be based off of either treble or bass clefs Tone: Rock/pop/romance: treble clef. Traditional: harmony between both clefs. Hard Rock/Rock & Roll: commonly bass clef. Language features: Double consonants (sosotta, kikkyou, honno, chotto, bukka, ect.): Pronounce the previous vowel twice. Eg: sosotta in speech= soh-soh-t-tah. In songs: soh-soh-oh-ta. Not with nn words like konna. One of those n's is a nasal sound and is treated like so with the below rule. So, konna would be pronounced as koh-n-noh. Syllabic nasal sound (ん/ン): ん/ン is its own syllable and is treated so by being placed on its own note. Syllable and letter pronounciation: does not change. Pronounce each syllable clearily and individually. Don't make -masu as -mass, but say mah-soo clearily. If written in Katakana, spell the syllables still. Piriodo (period) is pee-ree-oh-doh, not pee-re-oh-d. If in English, speak English (or what ever language) as long as it's not in Katakana. If it is, use the above rule. With this, you should be set. Let me know how it works for you.