Tuning Preference?
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lpmarshall
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Re: Tuning Preference?
Standard.
Although most band situations I'm 1/2 step down. Most of the singers I've worked with seem to prefer 1/2 step down.
Standard.
Although most band situations I'm 1/2 step down. Most of the singers I've worked with seem to prefer 1/2 step down.
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tonello
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It's a little easier to sing a half step down. I know it's only a half step but it's not so hard on your throat.
It's a little easier to sing a half step down. I know it's only a half step but it's not so hard on your throat.
blueman335
Mojo's Minions
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I've had some singers tell me that too, but I don't believe it. You've got 12 keys to sing in, and somehow, in everyone of them, it's always easier for them to sing in a lower key? When I hear that, I'm thinking to myself: "We really need to get a better singer."
I've had some singers tell me that too, but I don't believe it. You've got 12 keys to sing in, and somehow, in everyone of them, it's always easier for them to sing in a lower key? When I hear that, I'm thinking to myself: "We really need to get a better singer."
guitfiddle
firstlessonologist
Re: Tuning Preference?
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Oh, please!! You play the tune in the key the singer wants it in, or you're an a$$h0le. When singers hear of someone who won't do that, or who can't find and stay in key if the other players are down tuned, they probably think "We need to get a better guitarist!"
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Oh, please!! You play the tune in the key the singer wants it in, or you're an a$$h0le. When singers hear of someone who won't do that, or who can't find and stay in key if the other players are down tuned, they probably think "We need to get a better guitarist!"
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blueman335
Mojo's Minions
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More wisdom and maturity from your lips. I just went thru this nonsense with a singer/bass player. Constantly changing keys. He couldn't sing something in the original key, lets's say B. Next practice he wants it in A. Next time we get together he's playing it in G# without warning. Ridiculous. We tried out another singer, and they ran thru a dozen songs at the audition, all in the original keys, without a hitch. There's enough good singers around that you don't have to put up with those that struggle with it. Change keys in a song here and there, sure. But my point was 'singers' who want the keys changed for most songs, and then want some of them changed a second or third time. They're in over their head.
More wisdom and maturity from your lips. I just went thru this nonsense with a singer/bass player. Constantly changing keys. He couldn't sing something in the original key, lets's say B. Next practice he wants it in A. Next time we get together he's playing it in G# without warning. Ridiculous. We tried out another singer, and they ran thru a dozen songs at the audition, all in the original keys, without a hitch. There's enough good singers around that you don't have to put up with those that struggle with it. Change keys in a song here and there, sure. But my point was 'singers' who want the keys changed for most songs, and then want some of them changed a second or third time. They're in over their head.
ratherdashing
Kablamminator
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Brass and wind players are laughing at this thread right now.
If you can't figure out how to play music with someone in a different tuning than you, don't quit your day job.
Brass and wind players are laughing at this thread right now.
If you can't figure out how to play music with someone in a different tuning than you, don't quit your day job.
blueman335
Mojo's Minions
Re: Tuning Preference?
Hey, let them laugh, at least we don't put phallic symbols in our mouths to make music.
Hey, let them laugh, at least we don't put phallic symbols in our mouths to make music.
ratherdashing
Kablamminator
guitfiddle
firstlessonologist
Rockstar216
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Re: Tuning Preference?
Ima have agree with blueman on this from first hand experience. I kid you not this girl asked me to come up with a lead part to match what she was singing I did that in less then two minutes the notes she originally sang were in a diff key and she couldn't stay in one key. Its not always on the instrumentalist if a singer cant stay in one key then they need to go back to the wood shed just like if a guitarist cant stay in key.
Ima have agree with blueman on this from first hand experience. I kid you not this girl asked me to come up with a lead part to match what she was singing I did that in less then two minutes the notes she originally sang were in a diff key and she couldn't stay in one key. Its not always on the instrumentalist if a singer cant stay in one key then they need to go back to the wood shed just like if a guitarist cant stay in key.
blueman335
Mojo's Minions
Re: Tuning Preference?
Thank you. What some don't seem to realize is that after many years of exposure to American Idle, there's hundreds of thousands of people who think the key to fame and fortune is singing, and that talent is not required.
Thank you. What some don't seem to realize is that after many years of exposure to American Idle, there's hundreds of thousands of people who think the key to fame and fortune is singing, and that talent is not required.
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Little Pigbacon
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1.) I'd be surprised if any brass or wind players were reading this thread right now.
2.) Definitely never quitting my day job.
3.) If I were any good, it wouldn't take legislation for me to get a mic in front of my amp.
1.) I'd be surprised if any brass or wind players were reading this thread right now.
2.) Definitely never quitting my day job.
3.) If I were any good, it wouldn't take legislation for me to get a mic in front of my amp.
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Little Pigbacon
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Of course talent isn't required. All you have to do is just believe in yourself and never-ever give up!
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Of course talent isn't required. All you have to do is just believe in yourself and never-ever give up!
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wahwah
GumbyLoveologist
Re: Tuning Preference?
Standard tuning. The singer I work for has an excellent range, but he has been known to request a lower key for songs he recorded in the 70s and 80s. It's not because he's lost his range, but rather that there's a difference between nailing a challenging vocal take in the studio and performing it 150 times a year. Quite often the extra energy and adrenaline of live performance will open up more range, but just occasionally there will be a vocal that becomes too taxing to repeat night after night on the road. As long as the guitars and bass aren't losing their bottom note (e.g., dropping a semitone from E) it doesn't create a problem. The only other issue is chord voicings that lose their colour if they have been dependent on ringing open strings. But where there's a will, etc, etc.
This is the singer in question...he's no slouch, but occasionally he will still ask to drop a key.
Cheers.......................................... wahwah
Standard tuning. The singer I work for has an excellent range, but he has been known to request a lower key for songs he recorded in the 70s and 80s. It's not because he's lost his range, but rather that there's a difference between nailing a challenging vocal take in the studio and performing it 150 times a year. Quite often the extra energy and adrenaline of live performance will open up more range, but just occasionally there will be a vocal that becomes too taxing to repeat night after night on the road. As long as the guitars and bass aren't losing their bottom note (e.g., dropping a semitone from E) it doesn't create a problem. The only other issue is chord voicings that lose their colour if they have been dependent on ringing open strings. But where there's a will, etc, etc.
This is the singer in question...he's no slouch, but occasionally he will still ask to drop a key.
Cheers.......................................... wahwah
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Jackson Distortion
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Re: Tuning Preference?
Standard.
Eb sounds like the "bad boy" brother of standard tuning. It doesn't sound/feel natural to me even though my favorite band in the world - Guns N' Roses - played in that tuning. Go figure.
D standard sounds like I'm either trying to sound "swampy" or like Alice in Chains. I can do neither well.
C# standard tuning is very moody and I like the feeling I get from it. That's the only other tuning I like to play in besides ol' standard tuning. Although I don't do it much currently.
Standard.
Eb sounds like the "bad boy" brother of standard tuning. It doesn't sound/feel natural to me even though my favorite band in the world - Guns N' Roses - played in that tuning. Go figure.
D standard sounds like I'm either trying to sound "swampy" or like Alice in Chains. I can do neither well.
C# standard tuning is very moody and I like the feeling I get from it. That's the only other tuning I like to play in besides ol' standard tuning. Although I don't do it much currently.
