My vocal range is about 1 1/4 octaves. I can go higher but people run screaming from the room if I do. What are some good songs for a limited vocal range male person?
My vocal range is about 1 1/4 octaves. I can go higher but people run screaming from the room if I do. What are some good songs for a limited vocal range male person?
Many/most Bob Dylan songs are quite limited, but you may need to look at the original arrangements rather than the more "expanded" performances by other artists that became popular. Indeed, much old English folk music is limited simply by virtue of it's being sung by "folk" May just be a case of transposing the music to a key you're comfortable with!
YMMV - Good luck :music:
Much good advice here. Thanks to all!
I like Bill Sheehan's idea of doing some sort of schtick when the notes get too high. I also plan to try down-tuning my tenor ukulele to Bb as suggested by Ukecaster. I would love to take it down to A tuning, but I think I would need thicker strings to do that, right? Regular tenor strings would be too floppy if they were tuned down that far, right?
Speaking of Monkees songs -- Last Train to Nashville is one I use already. That was a Monkees song, right? There was another Monkees song that I liked -- can't remember the name -- but there was a talk line in the song: "China Clipper calling Alameda" -- anyone recall the song title?
Much good advice here. Thanks to all!
I like Bill Sheehan's idea of doing some sort of schtick when the notes get too high. I also plan to try down-tuning my tenor ukulele to Bb as suggested by Ukecaster. I would love to take it down to A tuning, but I think I would need thicker strings to do that, right? Regular tenor strings would be too floppy if they were tuned down that far, right?
Speaking of Monkees songs -- Last Train to Nashville is one I use already. That was a Monkees song, right? There was another Monkees song that I liked -- can't remember the name -- but there was a talk line in the song: "China Clipper calling Alameda" -- anyone recall the song title?
Someone recommended taking a voice class and it actually helped. Getting the breathing down makes a big difference
Bellgamin, another thing you can do, when you're singing a song that's "mostly" within your comfort zone but has a couple of lines that go a little "high-up-there", is to develop your own "signature" ways of delivering those particular lines so that they're in your zone. More often than not, your listeners will think you just made a discretionary variation in the way you interpreted the line (which is true, I guess), but they don't have to know that you did it in order to enable you to stay in your range. I'm at a loss to give specific examples at the moment, but I've seen several well-known performers (often those who are getting up there in years a little, or younger performers who might be fighting a cold that night) handle the "range" issue this way; not only does it save you from the anxiety of wondering if you'll be able to "hit it" on those troublesome lines, but it also gives you a chance to "make the song your own" by doing those lines in a unique way (which will also happen to keep things in a comfortable range for you). Just something to consider... that, and doing exclusively Monkees songs...
what he said...find your key (not always the same for every song)The only good reason i see for tuning ukulele down a few steps is maybe for sound quality or some finger handicap requiring looser strings.
If you can't sing in one key transpose the tune to another key. Ukulele is playable in any keys. 12 of them totally plus the relative minors.