Members arellspencer Posted September 14, 2006 Members Share Posted September 14, 2006 When a person gets a little age on him or her the vocal chords deepen in timbre and range. The higher register is not as easy on the throat. So what I did was tune down first a half step then after a few years went by a whole step down to D from standard. D is my new standard and I can do most any song I want and it sounds normal. No more strained high notes I just tune down. I use slightly thicker strangs so they don't flop too much. instead of tens go eleven and so on. I use medium strangs now. MEDIUM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ido1957 Posted September 15, 2006 Members Share Posted September 15, 2006 Originally posted by arellspencer When a person gets a little age on him or her the vocal chords deepen in timbre and range. The higher register is not as easy on the throat. So what I did was tune down first a half step then after a few years went by a whole step down to D from standard. D is my new standard and I can do most any song I want and it sounds normal. No more strained high notes I just tune down. I use slightly thicker strangs so they don't flop too much. instead of tens go eleven and so on. I use medium strangs now. MEDIUM Cool pic man but somebody cut your head off! LOL - but that aside, where was the gig? My vocals have gone down in timbre too over the years - at least that's what my brother tells me and he's brutally honest (dammmit)..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members arellspencer Posted September 15, 2006 Author Members Share Posted September 15, 2006 Originally posted by ido1957 Cool pic man but somebody cut your head off! LOL - but that aside, where was the gig? My vocals have gone down in timbre too over the years - at least that's what my brother tells me and he's brutally honest (dammmit)..... I was playing a WALMART parking lot. cough, cough... Ahh the fumes of success. The fumes of success smale a lot like exhaust fumes. I was playing right beside the parking lot on the sidewalk for a charity thang just a few songs. it was kinda fun Folkes was standing on their cars all in the parking lot lookin at me doin my thing. And they did'nt leave till I stopped ahahaha! I had to jump in the van and leave for a bit/ The axe is a MINT thirty year old COUNTREFEIT hummingbird I found for twenty bucks at a yard sale. Played like a freakin' dream. sounded like pureness. My girlfriend hocked it. i forgave her. I got a KAZUO yairi now. twenty years old. playes better than the fake hummingbird. Ain't got the girl any longer either. I really miss them both. Dang... Thanks fore letting me share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members rhat Posted September 15, 2006 Members Share Posted September 15, 2006 Originally posted by arellspencer When a person gets a little age on him or her the vocal chords deepen in timbre and range. The higher register is not as easy on the throat. So what I did was tune down first a half step then after a few years went by a whole step down to D from standard. D is my new standard and I can do most any song I want and it sounds normal. No more strained high notes I just tune down. I use slightly thicker strangs so they don't flop too much. instead of tens go eleven and so on. I use medium strangs now. MEDIUM Interesting ,,, I liked your two wheel thing, and it did sound different. It was the tuning down,, but as you said i didnt notice it enough to catch on to what was different about what i was hearing. good stuff ,,,, rat 01 FLHTC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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