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Jul 24 07 5:06 PM

Re: A Bass Needing Some Range Advice

While I agree with Josh and Dante, I can't imagine that someone would correctly "hold on to every bit of the chest you have, and gradually bring just enough falsetto into it to make the next note" without really knowing EXACTLY what "chest" and "falsetto" are being used to describe in this context, and how to utilize them. It's easy to do this kind of thing in a way far different than Josh or Dante has in mind due to the fact that many people's conceptions of these terms are quite different than the way Dante/Josh think about them.
It's easy to say "hold on to chest, but add falsetto," but someone who doesn't know precisely what that means and how to achieve it that might have a lot of trouble doing it. It's like saying "Multiply 5 by 3" to someone who has only a vague idea what the values of 5 or 3 are.

That said, I agree 500% with Dante about experimentation. That's really the only way to figure out your voice. You can't experiment incorrectly...that's why it's experimentation.