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#46
02-28-2021, 10:10 AM
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I have no trouble with changing the key for a singer's range (I do it all the time myself). I just find that playing a song in its original key and dropping the vocal a full octave most often drains the song of its intended emotional impact. YMMV.
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#47
02-28-2021, 10:34 AM
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I played dobro and sang 3rd harmony (top harmony) in a bluegrass band for about 10 years. Over the last couple of years I've been learning to accompany myself solo on guitar. And I'm playing a few of our old set - but I have to play them in different keys to the ones we used in the band so that I can sing the melody. I think across my present set of songs I use the capo on every fret up to the 7th in order to stand a chance of singing each particular piece.
I don't have a strong voice but I can usually pitch - I'm a top tenor, just, as I'm one note short at the top but if I switch to baritone I'm 2 notes short at the bottom. So, I do sing high. My problem is projection so I have to back off a lot on guitar when singing and pick up when not. I do alter melodies to keep them in range, I may drop a note a 4th or climb a third rather than a 5th, or climb a 5th rather than an octave etc. When I'm practicing a song I try and clear my mind of the original and listen to myself. I do think it is all to easy to hear the original artist's version in your head while playing/singing - and, for me, that's missing the point of me doing the song. I may as well just put down my guitar and put the original track on my CD player.
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I'm learning to flatpick and fingerpick guitar to accompany songs. I've played and studied traditional noter/drone mountain dulcimer for many years. And I used to play dobro in a bluegrass band.
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#48
03-01-2021, 06:51 AM
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Even if you sing every note spot on, you are not going to sound like the original. You are not that singer. Also if people want to hear a duplicate of the recording, why are they listening to live music? It would be more efficient and less expensive to stick in the ear buds and listen to the original.
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