![]() Know Your Rangeīe aware of what you can do and what you can’t do. ![]() We found a singer who could do it in the key we were in.Ī costly mistake, but how do you prevent it from happening? Let’s talk about it. It wasn’t possible to re-record the whole thing back in the original key. The session finished with no vocal track. From the first few notes, you could hear this was all wrong. When everything was back and ready, we put down the backing track, and she came to record. I did the transpositions, sent the parts to our guitar player, who was 6000 miles away, for his input and solos. She said yes as she wanted to belt out the notes. She came back and said she wanted it a tone and a half higher. The song was written in a key I thought would suit her. ![]() I had sent a song to a female singer we had used before. As I just said, there are ramifications if you don’t get the choice right. You can’t transpose a voice.Īnd the voice is usually the ‘instrument’ with the smallest range in the band. Instruments sometimes have to change keys or transpose what they are playing. Yes, you do, because the ramifications if you get it wrong as a singer can be quite serious. Where does the melody sit in the song? When you get to the dramatic notes, the ones you really have to perform, what is the pitch? Is it in a range where you can give your best? And further, where are the pitches that are most used?Įach song is going to be different, and there is no simple answer. It could be the case, but it isn’t always true. If a song is in ‘C,’ it doesn’t necessarily follow that the tune runs from one ‘C’ to another ‘C.’ It also doesn’t mean that the ‘C’ is the important or most used pitch used in the song. However, you can choose the perfect key to sing in based on your vocal range. You cannot choose the perfect key that will apply to all songs. And I am not talking about a particular song. It’s impossible to get an answer from a singer about in which key they like to sing. ![]()
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