JohnDX
Blues Newbie
Hi,
This might not be the right thread or even a good topic. But Griff addressed it in at least a little length in one of this month’s AAP sessions. This may be covered in some other video, if so please send a link. Everyone’s voice has a natural vocal range. Singing in key is the first problem. The second problem is range which is bigger, at least to me. I hit an upper limit which generally precludes me from singing songs while playing guitar. I can’t hit the higher notes. Right now, I seem to sing ‘Wish you were here’ pretty well. Then I get to the phrase ‘heaven from hell’ and I screech like some wild bird. It’s really unpleasant. I came across something that suggested that you had to transition to your falsetto voice and the trick was to smooth out the transition from your normal voice to your falsetto voice more and more smoothly. I tried this a little with somewhat moderate success. Griff mentioned something very similar in working just above and just below your vocal limit in the AAP session. Right now, I’m pretty much resigned to being a guitar instrumentalist - which is my total desire/dream/wish. But being able to sing while playing would be a really nice addition. I know this topic is probably too short or out of scope for an AAP session, but maybe for one of the daily email/blog posts.
Thanks,
John
This might not be the right thread or even a good topic. But Griff addressed it in at least a little length in one of this month’s AAP sessions. This may be covered in some other video, if so please send a link. Everyone’s voice has a natural vocal range. Singing in key is the first problem. The second problem is range which is bigger, at least to me. I hit an upper limit which generally precludes me from singing songs while playing guitar. I can’t hit the higher notes. Right now, I seem to sing ‘Wish you were here’ pretty well. Then I get to the phrase ‘heaven from hell’ and I screech like some wild bird. It’s really unpleasant. I came across something that suggested that you had to transition to your falsetto voice and the trick was to smooth out the transition from your normal voice to your falsetto voice more and more smoothly. I tried this a little with somewhat moderate success. Griff mentioned something very similar in working just above and just below your vocal limit in the AAP session. Right now, I’m pretty much resigned to being a guitar instrumentalist - which is my total desire/dream/wish. But being able to sing while playing would be a really nice addition. I know this topic is probably too short or out of scope for an AAP session, but maybe for one of the daily email/blog posts.
Thanks,
John