![]() In fact, the composer probably originally wrote the song in the key he or she did because that was the best key for he or she to sing it in. If that key made the song inherently easier to sing for all singers, the composer would have moved the song to that key in the first place. There's no one size fits all answer that says a half step down from the pitch the composer chose is always easier to sing. It's all about the individual singer and the individual melody. ![]() For example in the octave around middle C I can sing that a lot more easily in C than in B-where the high notes aren't a problem but the low note is. In some keys and in some registers, for many singers, the low 5th will be just as or more challenging than the high 6th. It has a melody of a little more than one octave that extends from the 5th below the tonic to the 6th above it. Some melodies will be most comfortable for a given singer in the key of D, which, if you're tuned to E flat will be just as problematic for you first position riff rockers as playing in standard tuning in the key of E flat.Īgain I ask everyone to sing Frere Jacques in all keys and all octaves they can manage. Some melodies are going to be harder to sing for some singers a half step down because of low notes in the melody. Whatever results you get-easier to sing, harder to sing, no difference-will be dumb luck. It is specific, it is individual, and playing everything a half step down from written pitch is a random, generic solution that makes no effort to find what actual key is best for that particular melody on that particular singer. For another thing, for a singer trying to sing a melody that's way out of reach in A, moving to A flat may not be enough of a transposition.įor a given melody what key is easiest for a given singer depends entirely on the notes in that specific melody and the range of that specific singer. There's nothing inherently easier about singing a melody in A flat instead of A, or in E flat instead of E, or in B instead of C.įor one thing not all the problems a singer is going to have with a melody are going to be with the melody's highest notes-sometimes, low notes are problems or the whole middle range of the vocal melody gets swallowed by the band and the song works better if the singer is projecting in a higher key. Tuning a guitar down a half step means you'll be singing songs in A flat, B, F#, E flat and C# quite a bit. ![]() I continue to call hogwash on this assertion.
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