Chords for How to sing REALLY low. A short Tutorial.

_ [C#] _ _ _ [F#] _ [G] _ For _ those [F] of you that don't know me, my name is Geoff, and I [F#] sing bass with [G] voiceplay.
And these are some of the things that I use to sing [C#] super-duper low.
It's probably [D#] important to say that this is by no means [E] a definitive list.
[C#] Everyone's voice is different.
So, if you're going to [E] try any of these things, make sure that you stay [G] relaxed, drink plenty of water.
And [D] if at any time your voice starts to hurt take a break try again later
How do you sing really low?
[D#] Well number one it helps to have a low [D] voice
already [E] if you
Sound like [G] Ariana Grande [F#] and you want to sound like James Earl Jones
[D#] It may not be in the [G#] cards not to [F] say that you can't benefit from a couple of these techniques
I'm going to show you but [A#] your mileage may vary.
Okay [C#] the growl
[G] I [F#] first saw this performed [C#] by Tim Foust the bass for home free [E] and it literally blew my [D#] mind
I had no idea [D] how he was singing that low and Tim [E] is the master at it
I don't know where he picked it up, but he [F] is just
Perfect at this technique and there's really no way [E] around the fact that the first 500 [D#] times you do it
It's gonna hurt like hell and you'll probably only be able to like sing one note
[G] Really without pitching it around too [D#m] much
You're just gonna have to [F] really really practice [G] it
But with time [D#] you'll get better and better you'll be able to control where you are in the scale
And it becomes something that you can [Em] use in your singing on a regular [C] basis and it won't hurt quite so much
Here's how you do it
[F#] if you think about [D#] how you clear your throat like a
_ _ [E] _ There's a there's a moment [D#] in there where you're [F] actually
Engaging this technique and [D] you want to focus on that.
It's like [G] a
_ _ It almost feels like you're you're [E] rattling your [A#] vocal cords around a little bit and [F#] you want to really just
hone in on [D] on that feeling and then you'll be able to
Do it on command and then? _
Control the pitch you're on the first time.
We're just gonna splatter everywhere
but [N] so it sounds a little like this like so _ [C#] _ that's the
[G] That's the sound and the feeling you're [D] going for.
So I don't even know what [A] pitch that is.
Mmm _
_ [D#] _ _ No, I find it easiest [C#m] to start higher [D] and [C#] then [F] slide down the scale [A#] so
[N] _ _ _
_ _ _ And [Dm] it sounds like a little gnarly just in the air [C#m] [D#m] once you get [N] on mic and EQ the air out of it _ _
There you have it the growl
[G] three
[F] vocal fry
Now what is vocal fry?
[D] Why is it important?
Okay, [E] so vocal fry sounds a little like you're like a [C] creaking door or like [F#] somebody's whining about something
[A] It's a it's a really like unsupported
[Fm] _ [D#m] Buzzing of your [N] vocal cords
_ _ _ My vocal [D] coach years ago used to have me do this up and down the [C#] scale to work across [D] my break working on connecting
My my head voice and full [G] to my full voice and you can do it all the [E] time
You can do this.
You'll [F#] never hurt yourself doing this
But the [F] reason why this is an important technique [D] to have is because [C#m] I find that the lower [C] you can vocal fry
The lower you can [Am] sing you can do this all the time
You won't [F] hurt yourself and it's important because using the vocal fry lets us get into the next [E] technique
[D] Which is the sub harmonic [Gm] register now the sub harmonic [D] register is
Something that I've used to hit some incredibly low [D#] notes notes that I never thought I would be able to hit [E] in a million years
And I think it's the most impressive and natural sounding
[G] um
Register to use when you're trying to sing [D] really really low.
Here's how you do it.
So start with a um,
A note [F#] a low note that's comfortable for you.
Like [G] for me, it's uh
Like a g g
_ [E] And then you want to [D] slowly relax and slip into your [C#] vocal fry so [E] it might be a little higher for you b flat, um b
[G] g A
_ [F#] _
As you start to [G] relax your voice
_ [E] _ _ _ _
[D] You will slip into that [G] um
_ [D] Into that low sub [E] harmonic register and what you're doing is you're you're [F] humming or you're singing the pitch above
[D#] The note [D] you want to hit it's a [A] perf.
It's an octave
Above it.
I don't know really why that works, but it does [F] so
Same note same [E] thing.
So just keep practicing that [B] and you will miss this
Again, and again and again and again and again
It's really hard to do and if you notice like [G#] i'm not moving
I'm still [D#] i've been doing this for like two years and I still [G] i'm terrible at it.
So _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[F] So there's that there's a g
[F] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [D] There's a low f, [E] um, see if we can get an e Oh
[D#] _ [D#] _ _ _ [F#m] It's a little froggy a [D] lot of times I have to like really warm that up and uh [B] for um for [D] recordings
I have the benefit of being able to sit here [D#] and do take after take [E] after take
Until I get it, right
Um, sometimes it works.
Sometimes it [G#] doesn't it's a lot harder to do that [N] in a live situation
Although I am getting better at it
Um, so that's the sub harmonic technique there's [F] obviously
A lot more to [G] these techniques.
[F] This is kind of just a surface level [D] introduction [A] to some of [C#] them um
[A] If you have questions [D] hit me up below
Uh, I think it's important to say that it is far far far better to be a [G] better singer than it is [B] to be a
Lower singer so [E] while it's fun to [D] have like low notes and have [G] this in your bag of tricks
Definitely [F] always focus on [B] tone
um
and pitch
[D] Rather than being so concerned about singing the lowest [C] notes you possibly can
Okay.
[N] Thank you guys for watching and uh,
All right, stick around i'll see you in the next one
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