Keeping your vocal key

[sage]

Hmm.. quite interesting theories, I need to read up about this more and study it ... then I'll share with you guys k.. If my eyes can bear the pages wavelength diagrams..

 

[ac]

Try it with a synth, and don't forget to change keys only after some time has passed. And in octaves as well.

 

[btherl]

There's a lot of factors I can think of that might cause this.

One is that your memory of the song will be in a particular key (unless you've never heard a song before).

Another is that higher pitches generally sound more exciting, friendly, cute, etc etc. And low notes sound full and rich. Bass players (like me, hehe) are especially aware of this, and can use it to influence the mood of the song.

Then another is the "perfect pitch" effect - certain notes have different colours, and these have a subtle effect on the sound of the song.

And I think timbre also affects it. All instruments have subtle (and some less subtle) changes in timbre as the pitch changes. The only exception might be a synthesizer, but even then the signal is still going through speakers, resonating in different ways in the environment, and all that is making a difference.

 

[KhaiHan]

Yeah, that's true bout the perfect pitch.

But heck, the whole point is knowing what key your voice is comfortable with and not going extremely pitchy when you sing. ><

Don't want that going on.

P.S.

I NEED A NEW COMPUTER! I CAN'T RECORD! =(

 

[sophronesis]

Nope. Use the same instrument to play the same song the same way, except in different keys.

Even my friend, from the choir, does not play any instrument, tells me that she finds some songs is only nice in a certain particular key.

yep. not timbre, but quality. hard to explain

 

[bladehamster]

For certain songs, like Air Supply's particular "Without you", for beginners it is good to go to a lower key. Practice and more practice on a wide variety of songs, sooner or later you will discover that it is possible to sing Air supply.