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How to end vocal phrases

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How to end vocal phrases

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- [Instructor] When I'm producing vocals I have a number of possible problem situations that I listen for. One of them I keep an eye on is how a singer ends certain words or phrases. I frequently find that singers have not set their note choices in these parts and many times they'll sing a series of notes, usually dropping in pitch that may not need to be there. Here's an example where I asked the singer to replicate this sort of pattern. I want to thank Erin Sutherland for singing on this example. And you can also catch us working in the studio on my other course. Music Production Secrets, Larry Crane on Recording. ♪Words always come and go ♪ ♪ But I'm the same. ♪ ♪ Friends may not even know ♪ ♪ And that's okay. ♪ So note how on the ends of the first lines there, the first half of the lines, she's dropping in pitch, (singing) doo doo doo, you know, and it's sounds musical, it sounds okay but do we need that to be there? So what I'll do a lot of times is suggest that the singer find a…

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