From the course: Singing Lessons: 1 Fundamentals
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Finding the right key
From the course: Singing Lessons: 1 Fundamentals
Finding the right key
- So we've touched a little bit on melody, what melody means, what it actually is in a song. And that is a key ingredient to what I think is one of the most important decisions a singer ever makes. Finding the right key. You know, unlike a guitar player or a piano player, a singer can't always sing a song in any key. You know, most instrumentalists can transpose a melody in a song into whatever key they want to play it in. But a singer is limited by what their range is. And we touched a little bit on that as well. Your range is the notes that you can actually physically produce in a useful, controllable, meaningful way as a vocalist. So from your lowest useful note to your highest useful note, that determines your range. And depending on how wide a range the melody it has, the notes that are actually contained in the melody, that will determine what is the best key for you. Now most singers can choose at least several different keys and sing a song within a spectrum, a range of keys…
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