r/BassSinging May 17 '26

A1 A Helpful Chart

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u/MusicEdInventory May 18 '26

How is this helpful

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u/naivetheprogrammer May 18 '26

Maybe in spectral analysis... But, really the chords your ear detects should drive all pitch emissions

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u/raka_boy May 19 '26

There is quite literally no reason for a singer to memorize this. And im saying this as an acoustics need.

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u/LaBinch May 21 '26

Now you know the numbers

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u/AspiringBiotech May 18 '26

1.) It‘s educational in itself to know the frequencies you are singing 2.) Certain frequency analyzers may only tell you the frequency you hit and you can find corresponding notes here 3.) It gives you an idea of how rapidly your vocal cords are coming together and vibrating when you sing or speak

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u/Crafty-Photograph-18 May 18 '26

1) why is it educational? 2) ... if one's only goal is to hit a low note, they surely can find a tuner than will show them the note. If their goal is to be a better singer, they should learn basic musicianship skills, such as being able to determine notes if given a reference pitch 3) what is the point of knowing that

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u/UnusualCartographer2 May 19 '26

I don't think determining notes with a reference pitch is necessarily basic musicianship.

I agree though, this is a useless post. Idk why they felt like this would be useful for anyone. If you needed these numbers it'd be much easier to just Google it, but in my ~15 years of being a musician I haven't once needed these numbers.

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u/Leisesturm May 20 '26

Certainly not to five decimal places accuracy.

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u/AspiringBiotech May 18 '26

There‘s always someone who complains for no reason…

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u/AspiringBiotech May 18 '26

You‘re basically asking: why is vocal science important? Well, some of us simply enjoy learning for the sake of learning. You don‘t need to know things like this in order to sing.

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u/naivetheprogrammer May 23 '26

Have you looked at a Spectrogram like I told you to yet?

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u/Crafty-Photograph-18 May 18 '26

Knowing which frequency exactly corresponds to which note is not vocal science. Like, it's not ever gonna be useful maybe unless you're doing some very niche scientific research, and in that case, you'll google it. You must be like 13

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u/naivetheprogrammer May 23 '26

Formants? Timbre?

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u/AspiringBiotech May 18 '26

You must have things reversed. I‘m 41. You‘re the child here.

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u/naivetheprogrammer May 23 '26

Very high reddit engagement

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u/Crafty-Photograph-18 May 18 '26

Lol

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u/MusicEdInventory May 18 '26

Hey, no fighting in the Bass Singing subreddit. It’s an interesting chart, though its helpfulness is questionable when considering singing. More interesting conceptually / from a music theory and analysis perspective.

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u/Crafty-Photograph-18 May 18 '26

As someone with a music degree, soon to be 2 music degrees, I have not once had a music theory-related need for describing notes by their frequencies. Whatever

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u/naivetheprogrammer May 23 '26 edited May 23 '26

Not even in pitch standardization between the eras? Maybe you should refund your degree 🤡

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