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Hey there. I was working with this really great trumpet player/singer from Japan. Toku. He is one of those perfect pitch virtuoso players (I'm a recording eng). I asked him what he felt HIS -A- was at (i.e. A-440). He said that when he sang what he heard as an A, it would be just a little sharp of 441. He added that if you subdivided the pitch between 441 and 442 into 3rds, he would be 441 and 1 3rd.
All that is well and good, but what he also said was that many, if not most of the great singers sang just a little sharp. If they sang in tune, they would blend too well and not be heard, but if they sang just above the pitch, it would stick out and sound a little bright.
This made me think.
So today I was tuning some vocals into a song. I had AutoTune up and was fixing a chorus and it was in perfect tune after I got done (sometimes I do what the client tells me to do, they see AutoTune, they feel they are getting their moneys worth... its a sad, sad world I live in). Then I thought, let me raise it a little. WHOA!!! The vocal popped out. It sounded great. I raised it just a few cents.
I know we work hard at playing in tune, but do you have any extra thoughts on playing just a little out of tune?:shock:
All that is well and good, but what he also said was that many, if not most of the great singers sang just a little sharp. If they sang in tune, they would blend too well and not be heard, but if they sang just above the pitch, it would stick out and sound a little bright.
This made me think.
So today I was tuning some vocals into a song. I had AutoTune up and was fixing a chorus and it was in perfect tune after I got done (sometimes I do what the client tells me to do, they see AutoTune, they feel they are getting their moneys worth... its a sad, sad world I live in). Then I thought, let me raise it a little. WHOA!!! The vocal popped out. It sounded great. I raised it just a few cents.
I know we work hard at playing in tune, but do you have any extra thoughts on playing just a little out of tune?:shock: