Questions tagged [voice]
Questions related to the use of the human voice as an instrument (singing).
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Is there a name for the repetition of lyrics in music by a person or group of persons?
In the song BrokEn by Coldplay there are lyrics sung by the lead singer that are repeated by a background choir;
Lord, when I'm broken (when I'm broken)
I'm in need (I'm in need)
I feel that ocean (...
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Why does vocal harmony 3rd interval up sound better than 3rd interval down?
For a given chord, the chord tones are composed via going 3rd, like a C Major is a {Major 3rd, Minor 3rd} or a C Minor is {Minor 3rd, Major 3rd}. The 7th, 9th, 11th, and etc... are also created via ...
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Is there a vocal technique used here? If so, what is it called?
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I'm looking at this song "Just Hold Me" by Maria Mena which I found to be a very good song in terms of the vocals.
Though I'm curious, is there actually a specific vocal technique for ...
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Latin voice denotations in Renaissance vocal music
I see that in the original printings of renaissance vocal music, the voices are labeled with Latin words like cantus, triplex, medius, etc... Assuming that these words denote the ranges of their ...
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How to avoid losing vocal comp on Logic Pro X when recording another take?
In Logic Pro X when I record multiple takes and choose my comp selections. After already choosing the selections I want to come back and record another take, but then I lose my previous comp ...
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Why are doubled vocals usually panned left and right?
Why don't people usually have the doubled vocal go down the middle (i.e. two vocal takes in mono) - and then pan that combination left and right using a doubler plugin.
I heard someone say its to ...
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Why can't I sing high notes as a young female?
I am 14 years old and want to become a singer.
I have seen that most female singers can usually hit these amazing high notes with no problem whatsoever. Like, for example, Hasley can do somewhat high ...
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Singing with face mask?
How does wearing a standard Type I or Type II disposable surgical mask affect the voice when singing?
I particularly interested in singing into a good microphone.
What modifications (EQ or effects) to ...
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Question on vocal range [duplicate]
I'm not a singer but trained flutist, 22 year old male. I compose melodies but I find struggling to vocalise them. I recently found my vocal range is from B2 to D4, E4 before it breaks. I was ...
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Come to think of it, who did put the bop in the bop shoo bop shoo bop?
There have been "la la la"s and nonsense lyrics in music since ... well, since a long time back. Why, who could forget that sixteenth-century classic "Nos Galan"? And Nigunim have ...
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Is this holistic approach, focusing on the relation between speaking and singing, uncommon? If so, why?
I have taken singing lessons from different teachers . Only one, my current teacher, focuses a lot on my speaking voice. This has helped me a lot. She says that she has learned a lot from actors. The ...
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How to deal with voice change?
I am a 14 year old boy and I think my voice is changing. Last year I used to nail notes from D4-G5 in my chest voice and I was always taking the high octave (even with the girls singing) but over the ...
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Does the tenor voice have a falsetto that begins at D4?
I, a tenor, remember learning to sing a certain hymn years ago. It went up to D. It felt high way back then. Nowadays it is not high at all. I would probably transpose it so that the highest note ...
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What does it mean to have a voice of a "tenor 1"?
When I sing I like the higher keys. I do not have that low voice that most people have. Even some tenors have that low voice. Sometimes I sing hymns a major thid higher than the keys found in the hymn ...
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Is it harmful for the voice to raise the larynx on occasion by tensing the larynx elevator muscles?
Is it bad in the long term to do this occasionally in order to achieve a certain timbre? It doesn't seem to cause strain on the vocal folds when I do this, as phonation remains resonant and effortless,...
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What is the meaning of the "chiaroscuro" sound that was considered ideal in Classical and early-Romantic Italian opera?
Apparently, in Classical and early-Romantic Italian opera (the "bel canto" opera repertoire), the ideal kind of vocal colour was a so-called chiaroscuro sound. The chiaro- part translates as ...
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How do people learn to sing if they only repeat notes someone plays on the piano?
Most singing teachers just ask the student to stand in a static posture and repeat notes the teachers plays on the piano. This has never worked for me.
I have issues with the method: "just hoping ...
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Is it really that difficult to play the piano when you sing?
I have noticed one thing when watching opera singers perform in concerts. Most of them don't accompany themselves when singing. Here I am talking about piano and vocals. I am not sure I have seen ...
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Does your ability to simultaneously play and sing deteriorate?
I read an interesting comment:
Clapton may be one of the greatest guitarists of all time, but he has never, not since 1970, been able to sing the chorus to Layla at the same time as he plays the ...
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What is this thing that they do in Cosi fan tutti?
I hear some people talk about singing as something that is extremely connected to speech.
Some even say that we must first begin with the speaking voice before we start to sing.
I did an interesting ...
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What does a singing teacher refer to when he/she says that a singer should use the ears and listen?
Sometimes singing teachers say things like: use your ears and listen when you sing.
To me this sounds a bit crazy. I would say that what most people do is focusing on feeling the notes rather than on ...
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How can I mix vocals well, with only a single line of recording?
Basically, whenever I produce a song, I tend to record two simultaneous lines of vocals, with some distortion added. This sounds pretty good, but I really don't know how to make a single line of ...
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I'm a 17 year old boy who has been described as a Tenor, but somehow I feel like my voice hit a brick wall [closed]
First of all I have no idea how to warm up because somehow it feels pointless. second is that one day I would sing high and a few days or a week later it would seem like my voice is struggling to ...
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Can’t sing anymore
A year ago I was able to sing what I want and my voice was nice.
One day my voice changed and did not come back. 3 doctors checked my vocal cords and other things, and all results were good (I also ...
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Are Layne Staley's vocals on the studio version of Alice in Chains' "God Smack" possible to replicate live?
On Alice in Chains' 1992 track God Smack, Layne Staley's vocal tremolos seem pretty far-fetched to me. I'm guessing the effect was applied in the studio during the recording process. Nonetheless, I'm ...
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Why can I hit notes more accurately on humming and vowels than on words?
When practising a song, I noticed that it's easier to stay on pitch when singing vowels like "pa pa pa , la la la, etc."
Why is humming or singing vowels easier than singing words? Is the ...
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What is it called when the vocal parts move to the harmony above
What is it called when there's 3 part harmony, and each part goes to the part above them(the highest part goes to the octave above the lowest part)? For example, in this video: at 1:16, the highest ...
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How is singing operette different from singing opera?
I sometimes hear people being refer to as "an actor and operette singer". Many actors, especially in the early 20th century, who were good singers sang operette. Many people who do not even ...
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A device to hear myself?
I've got a USB mic and an over-ear headphones(with 3.5 and USB inputs), and I want to hear myself while training in apps like yousician. What I do now is I connect ear-pods to my phone, wear them, ...
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Can one be too old to learn how to sing?
I'm 28 and I've always loved singing along with music, but of course, I sounded just as awful as you might imagine an untrained singer to sing. After dealing with some personal issues, I've decided ...
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What's my singing skill level? [closed]
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I would like to know if I am almost on tune or completely out of tune...
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Ear training - Did I correctly transcribe this harmony? [closed]
(Not exactly sure this belongs here, but I wish there was a Code Review stack exchange site for music ..)
I'm training my ear at recognizing and transcribing vocal harmonies (because I like to analyze ...
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Is there a name for this kind of a transition in songs?
In ALL ABOUT THAT BASE parody (Star Wars Parody - Meghan Trainor's All About That Bass), there's a certain transition / change near the linked time after "places" (the video has lyrics shown)...
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Can I lose the ability to sing whistle notes?
I am a male 14 years old and I can whistle quite well, but if my voice will change will I lose the ability to reach them? And high notes in particular??
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What is "Four Part" Harmony?
Can someone explain “four part” harmony and its difference or/and its relation to regular harmony? I’ve been searching the internet and can’t find any information that clearly answers my question ...
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Voice-leading issue - Can you split your chords across instruments?
is thi sa voice leading issue?
I'm running into issues when creating my harmony section for pop songs, I can create melodies, chord progressions, basslines and percussion but I'm running into issues ...
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Why are baritone vocals written one octave higher in the treble clef?
I have a lot of sheet music where the singer is a baritone and sings a lot in the C3 - C4 region. This would normally be written in the bass clef but in my sheet music, the notes are written in the ...
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Any ideas to pursue music as career [duplicate]
Putting cover videos on youtube/instagram for a while but not growing,any other ideas to pursue music as career.
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Does voice doubling an instrument's melody while improvising have a name?
According to wikipedia, scat singing is:
In vocal jazz, scat singing is vocal improvisation with wordless
vocables, nonsense syllables or without words at all.[2][3] In scat
singing, the singer ...
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What is the best way to teach a friend to sing? (Improving hearing ability)
In the past, I thought that singing (I mean hearing the notes and being able to produce the same note) was given at birth and couldn't be improved. But in a year, a friend of mine improved himself so ...
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Common for vocal octaves to be not exact with written sheet music?
I have observed that some songs are sung in lower octaves than what's written on the official sheet music,
I only recall noticing this for male singers who are bass or baritones, not tenors, not that ...
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How to avoid noise in a voice recording
I'm recording for a podcast with a Rodhe NT2 microphone and I'm getting a lot of noise in the background, although the room is pretty quiet. It looks like this mic doesn't pick up my voice very loud ...
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Singing and hearing quarter tones
I’ve just received a choir piece that contains some (rare) quarter tones on long held notes. For example, a B which slides into a Bᴓ (that's a half flat).
I’ve tried singing the part where it happens. ...
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Can sing pretty decently with a guitar, but cannot sing in tune with a backing track or minus one
I have been singing for 3 years with my guitar and I got pretty decent with singing. I let other people criticize my voice and they agree it is decent. But now I am starting to use a DAW to try and ...
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What is it called when the vocals follow the instruments' tempo?
Sorry, I don't know how to explain properly.
It's about the vocals and instruments doing same timing.
Here is an example:
and another one:
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Elvis singing technique
Please see Elvis in this clip , what technique Elvis is using to create this raspy and powerful tone? Thanks!
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What is that thing called that Ed Sheeran is doing with his voice on the word "no"?
What is that thing called that Ed Sheeran is doing with his voice on the word "no". It sounds like shouting but how does he do that?
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How to tell in which key to transpose a song
My vocal range is D3-D5.
I have found that most of the songs I sing will be very comfortable for me if I change their pitch to match the D key. Yet there are others that do not fall into that ...
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Tuvan Throat singing: Get overtones louder in sygyt style
I've been practicing Tuvan throat singing, especially the Sygyt style and I am able to reliably create a range of overtones. However, I have the feeling that they are of rather low volume compared to ...
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Is it a bad idea to practicing sing/voice act high and low pitch on the same day near the extremities of your vocal range?
I tried to find a StackExchange community focused on singing and voice acting, but I figure this was the closest I could find.
Since vocal chords are muscle, perhaps they stretch a certain way going ...
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