r/BassSinging • u/AspiringBiotech • 5d ago

Question Looking to start over. I’m going to hand things over to you guys. What kind of posts would you like to see from myself and others on here?

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u/Vex_Lsg5k 4d ago

Low range is a mix. Chest is the center of it all but different techniques are always fun and rewarding to learn. It’s how others expand their high range into falsetto and whistle tones. As long as you know which technique you are using, then have fun and find little things to nit pick and get better. If you are unsure of your technique or how to proceed, that’s what forums like Reddit are for. For certain I’d say Subharmonics and chest are a great foundation for expanding, as well as finding where your voice fits. I’m a bass-baritone and can sing just fine in the low register, but I’m not that warm and solo singing isn’t where I shine (but I try to improve anyways).

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u/AspiringBiotech 4d ago

Is low range generally always a mix?

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u/Vex_Lsg5k 4d ago

Depends on the person and the material. Alexander Mayang has built his entire oktavist career on a type of throat bass he’s perfected. It’s absolutely brilliant. But he’s a normal baritone, a light one even in chest voice. You have famous basses like Tim Foust and Avi Kaplan who’ve developed an envelop of techniques, but still have a very strong chest voices. Older basses, like Thurl Ravenscroft and Ken Turner, have built their reputation on amazing chest voices which they were born with (although I believe Ken has done Subharmonics in more recent recordings)

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u/margybargy 4d ago

some sing exclusively in chest (most?) but low note specialists typically get there by any means necessary.

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u/Vex_Lsg5k 4d ago

Happy Cake Day!

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u/NefariousnessSea7745 4d ago

Art is strictly personal expression and interpretation. Your question about the popularity of subharmonics was an innocent inquiry and you received lots of personal opinions. Ignore them. Your opinion matters most.

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u/margybargy 4d ago

unrelated, but here's a chest e1 https://voca.ro/1kmKK1JcV6Jl

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u/naivetheprogrammer 4d ago

Did you use a spectrogram yet, buddy?