ThePowerOfOne Posted May 28, 2013 Share Posted May 28, 2013 Hey guys, Can you please post some of your favorite songs that give a great passagio workout? I'm not talking about a passasgio note here and there, I'm talking about these f*****s that live and breath inside the passagio. I used to dislike those songs for obvious reasons, now when I come across one, I'm all giddy to tackle that s.o.b. Post away! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nicogratouille Posted May 28, 2013 Share Posted May 28, 2013 Stevie Wonder - I Wish Michael Mc Donald - Keep Forgetting Brian McKnight - Never Felt This Way Sam Cooke - A Change Is Gonna Come Marvin Gaye - Sexual Healing Nick 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThePowerOfOne Posted May 28, 2013 Author Share Posted May 28, 2013 Good stuff! Here's one of my faves. The reason I love it for passasgio practice is cause it's a fairly easy tune to sing that doesn't require much range at all, but man, you are in there the whole time and you have to be good at navigating that area of the voice to enunciate the words properly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gno Posted May 28, 2013 Share Posted May 28, 2013 Good stuff! Here's one of my faves. The reason I love it for passasgio practice is cause it's a fairly easy tune to sing that doesn't require much range at all, but man, you are in there the whole time and you have to be good at navigating that area of the voice to enunciate the words properly. That's a good one. For me it's just about any Journey song: Don't Stop Believin, Any Way You Want It, Faithfully.... They all live in the passagio - and it's "light" passagio work which has it's own challenges. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Owen Korzec Posted May 28, 2013 Share Posted May 28, 2013 Well obviously it's going to depend on your voice. The songs some will find hard and right in their passaggio, others will be able to sing fine, and vice versa. But here are some I really fail on: Have fun attempting to sing that line "and you will see the end". The verses may be really tough too, depending on your voice. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qAaxJULHcq4 Even though he doesn't, if you try to do this smoothly bridged from chest to head with good power throughout, you're gonna have a real challenge. Take the higher harmony. I can actually get through the chorus of this, but the verses...Eb, E, F#, G#...back and forth, back and forth :mad: This one, I don't know if there is any option but to pull chest up through the passaggio, but if you can figure out how to do those verses in a smoothly bridging into head yet retain the right amount of power, then damn you are good... Bob once mentioned Hotel California is a tough passaggio one, it does seem like it. I haven't tried it yet since I'm not a huge fan of the song. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NUbTW928sMU That's all I can think of for now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slow Start Posted May 28, 2013 Share Posted May 28, 2013 Marvin Gaye - Let's Get It On has been my favorite passagio workout of the last week you can hear me trying to practice it in the link below... that day 2 status in that vid though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThePowerOfOne Posted May 28, 2013 Author Share Posted May 28, 2013 Well obviously it's going to depend on your voice. The songs some will find hard and right in their passaggio, others will be able to sing fine, and vice versa. True. That's why it's not uncommon for me to take a "passasgio killer" tune and sing it five times back to back each time transposing it half step up to really iron out any and all rough spots or problematic areas of the voice until I get it right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ronws Posted May 29, 2013 Share Posted May 29, 2013 Anything by Journey. I think that Steve Perry hated other singers and created melody lines designed to wear others out. :lol: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VideoHere Posted May 29, 2013 Share Posted May 29, 2013 i break it down into 2 groups: ( i know i'll be leaving some tough ones out.) group 1 - skillfully moving in and out of it. group 2 - sitting in it with little to no let up. group 1: micheal bolton - said i loved you but i lied elton john - someone saved my life tonight roy orbison - in dreams gin blossoms - till i hear it from you (harder than it seems, because you cannot grip on to anything to sing it right) group 2: sorry guys, but you know i'm gonna say it....just about every foreigner song i know. four tops songs micheal bolton songs chairman of the board - give me just a little more time led zep songs spiral staircase - i love you more today than yesterday guess who songs aretha franklin songs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nicogratouille Posted May 31, 2013 Share Posted May 31, 2013 Here's another one: Peabo Bryson - Feel The Fire: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IlLbz0aD-eQ Nick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigfoot Posted May 31, 2013 Share Posted May 31, 2013 Baba O Riley - The Who Layla (Electric version) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eggplantbren Posted May 31, 2013 Share Posted May 31, 2013 The Reflex by Duran Duran. The source of my greatest ever karaoke fail. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Owen Korzec Posted May 31, 2013 Share Posted May 31, 2013 Just remembered another passaggio killer: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enander Posted May 31, 2013 Share Posted May 31, 2013 this one hits the spot for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
forest_gimp Posted May 31, 2013 Share Posted May 31, 2013 this one hits the spot for me. wow. This is the kind of singing that leaves me speechless. The whole band is awesome by the way! It remind me of Ski from Deadly Blessing. Although both singers have a stratospheric range, the quality of their voices is very different. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enander Posted May 31, 2013 Share Posted May 31, 2013 wow. This is the kind of singing that leaves me speechless. The whole band is awesome by the way! It remind me of Ski from Deadly Blessing. Although both singers have a stratospheric range, the quality of their voices is very different. I had never heard Deadly Blessing before! I really have to try one track out. Thank you! :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danielformica Posted May 31, 2013 Share Posted May 31, 2013 My advice would be to sing a lot of songs don't worry to much about passagio because you will always just be negotiating the passagio. It's never set in stone. The vowel, the approach, the dynamics etc all play into how you will negotiate the passagio. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MDEW Posted May 31, 2013 Share Posted May 31, 2013 My advice would be to sing a lot of songs don't worry to much about passagio because you will always just be negotiating the passagio. It's never set in stone. The vowel, the approach, the dynamics etc all play into how you will negotiate the passagio. I do agree with Daniel. There are many songs that I sing which have the same notes as other songs but the words and order of notes are different. Some songs I have no problems with while others I cannot even approach. This came on the radio as I was driving home. I have never been able to get close to singing this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VideoHere Posted May 31, 2013 Share Posted May 31, 2013 The Reflex by Duran Duran. The source of my greatest ever karaoke fail. egg, this one you have to work the mask and then be ready to drop the tone back and up for the high note. it's a tricky song, but it goes over so well doesn't it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
musicavenger27 Posted June 2, 2013 Share Posted June 2, 2013 Anything by Journey. I think that Steve Perry hated other singers and created melody lines designed to wear others out. Not really. Pretty much all of their hit songs (for instance, Don't Stop Believing) are mixed voice (more head than anything -- it goes up to B4 and C#5 in mixed/head voice in places, and really the only challenge is deciding between trying to sing the tonic E4 in the same voice which is not usually powerful compared to the higher mixed voice tones OR using chest voice for the E4 which doesn't sound exactly correct and might get a bit hairy besides). It's not like Perry's got a freakish chest voice or anything. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
musicavenger27 Posted June 2, 2013 Share Posted June 2, 2013 Hey guys, Can you please post some of your favorite songs that give a great passagio workout? I'm not talking about a passasgio note here and there, I'm talking about these f*****s that live and breath inside the passagio. I used to dislike those songs for obvious reasons, now when I come across one, I'm all giddy to tackle that s.o.b. Post away! Out of my favorite songs: Linkin Park - New Divide Great F4 Practice, good G4, Ab4 practice with a few Bb4's in choruses Maroon 5 - One More Night Excellent F4 Practice... the yoo-oo-oo-oo thing in the beginning and scattered throughout the song up to C5 might be a neat thing to practice mixed voice on Ten Years - Beautiful E4 heavily stressed if it's an issue for you... for me, it's not, but... the later choruses and especially the bridge have a decent string of G#4's with a few A4's mixed in at the bridge. You'll be spending the whole bridge in the mid to upper passagio. Linkin Park - Numb http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cZQrMqdv54I Excellent F#4 practice... It's a rough one because there are only a couple patches that are low enough to allow your cords to relax. The chorus contains a few G#4's but the bridge is pretty darn hard, your vocal cords will not have had rest and you'll be faced with a stretch of G#4's and A4s, and you have to sustain the G#4's for pretty long. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
musicavenger27 Posted June 2, 2013 Share Posted June 2, 2013 Bob once mentioned Hotel California is a tough passaggio one, it does seem like it. I haven't tried it yet since I'm not a huge fan of the song. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NUbTW928sMU It's only difficult if you struggle with F#4... if it's not a big issue then you only have to worry about the A4 in the chorus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThePowerOfOne Posted June 2, 2013 Author Share Posted June 2, 2013 Oh my, here's a real passasgio grinder for all of you! Good luck! Billy Joel - Tomorrow Is Today Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThePowerOfOne Posted August 14, 2013 Author Share Posted August 14, 2013 I'm resurrecting this thread to post a true double whammy challenge to any of you guys who want a true workout. Not only does this whole song live and breath smack dab inside and all over the passagio, but it requires intensity, conviction and some belting to do the song justice. Try at your own risk... I promise that if you do it right, you'll be very proud of yourself and exhausted for sure. Bob, this one's definitely for you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VideoHere Posted August 14, 2013 Share Posted August 14, 2013 yeah, that is a tough one alright. i was playing around with this song, and it ended up being tougher than i had thought it would be...especially if you want to really lean in on it. you just sit between the d and the f sharp. but gearing down for the softer spots is tricky too. anybody do this? it actually good exercise. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ULdcXif3JP4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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