r/BassSinging

Don‘t spend days on end using pitch apps to practice. The apps help but becoming addicted to them is all too easy. Just relax. Breathe. Get a physical feel for your lows. Listen to recordings of yourself every once in awhile. Don‘t be like I was (still am too often) and obsess over a certain note/notes you „need“. That‘s not how it works. Your body decides. You can‘t will anything into existence. As male singers who have been practicing for some time now, as most here are, you don‘t need to ask about the quality of your notes or whether or not you are a bass. You already know. Or have a good idea of where you are range and timbre wise. You can, with training, strengthen what you have now and perhaps gain a semitone or two.

But constantly dipping down into the first octave in chest-fry or full on fry isn‘t going to develop your chest range. Not in any meaningful way. It doesn‘t hurt you to do so…but in many cases I‘ve seen it lead to an over-reliance on that particular technique in semi-professional settings. In choral settings and in the Rock, Country, and Gospel genres, it is seen all over the place. Sometimes it works out musically…other times it sounds like a loud, choppy growl. And those who hear the choppy growls emulate it and attempt to surpass it by going even lower. Imo, going below C2 is entirely pointless unless you are an octavist. It isn’t going to sound good, no matter how talented you are. What will always be reliable and sound good is a relaxed throat, neck, tongue + support.