Singing With Rasp #3: How to sing with rasp - Exercises

[@commitdubs]

1:28 your neighbours must love this exercise a lot :D

[@blessthephil]

LMFAO so true

[@arpinz]

Hi Andrew, it's been 2 years since you added the video but it's still helping, I'm a beginner at singing with rasp and this is really helpful, thank you !

[@boma8966]

God Damn, this guy can hit an high E with rasp just sitting on a chair, while I can't touch a clean Bb (and I'm a tenor too). One day or another I'll quit trying to do these things

[@musicfan2123]

Liam Smith I feel you man

[@danielbarrientos9824]

@@Jinkis So sad he still hasn't answered

[@paulinahildenandersson8560]

This is really helpful. i tried to find a video with vocal lessions like this for girls because i'm very into Courtney Love and Brody Dalle and guys sings a lot differently from girls, but to be honest this works just as good. it just takes a lot of practice and learning to find the right techniques. anyway, thank you for this!

[@AndrewSouthworth]

Thanks! I believe anatomically speaking, the process is exactly the same for women as it is for men. However since it can sound so different between genders it might make some of the examples harder to follow, such as not being sure if you're making the right sounds or not. Its one of those things that once you figure it out, its hard to imagine ever NOT being able to do it. Glad I could help.

[@TheRealisticPoint]

Bro, First try, Started sounding like a southern metal guy saying, "OH YEAH, HELL YEAH, HERE WE GOOOOO, YESSSSS."

[@AndrewSouthworth]

I'm assuming you've watched all my rasp videos, but if you haven't, maybe the other ones could help. If you're still having issues send me a message and i'll try to be more detailed. If you have a video/audio recording of you trying to do the rasp i'll be happy to check it out and try to help. -- Andrew

[@codymartinez4493]

Holy f**k 0:47- 1:10 Think Freddy Mercury 2:31 too! Your videos are making me think freddie could’ve actually been in a metal band if he wanted to! And your voice is amazing.

[@AndrewSouthworth]

Thanks! Yeah Freddie was a beast, totally could have gone heavier if he wanted to.

[@YoO161]

Freddy Had rasp in His later voice cause he Had Bad Vocal dmg

[@christopherhickman3579]

The grit sound is such a bitch for me to this day even now I’ve perfected my range … kudos to you for making it look so easy

[@thardeeluthardeelu3622]

Thank you brother... This is the best tutorial

[@musa61012]

your singing voice is really nice.

[@AndrewSouthworth]

Sorry for taking so long to respond! The technique should be the same for females. There isn't really any difference between guys' and girls' vocal cords, aside from size. If anything, I would recommend be a little more careful when trying to add rasp or scream. I'm not sure if the smaller size of female vocal cords would make them more sensitive to injury, but I can imagine that being the case. But girls can definitely scream! So give this stuff a try and lemme know if you have any questions.

[@MishiaEatingUnicorn]

Thanks so so much for these videos! I've been learning screaming from a scream teacher for a while and then stopped due to my financial situation and I forgot many things. But thanks to your videos it's starting to work for me again!

[@sushmitatiwari2397]

Boy oh boy I love this tutorial 😍

[@shivvWhore]

Wow, you are amazing. I was wondering if you could do maybe a female version of this? I would really like to learn how to rasp like Brody Dalle, Courtney Love, Joan Jett etc

[@AndrewSouthworth]

Thanks! I've never heard the term 'compressing the voice', but I can imagine what the term implies. The part that makes the rasp is actually your 'false' vocal cords, which are right above the vocal cords. They close slightly and put all the overtones you hear from rasp on the tone. Screaming uses these false cords as well. It takes some time to figure out how to use the false cords, but once you do, you can apply it to rasp and most types of screaming. Just takes tons of trial and error.

[@crispsword56]

Can you cover Sugar by System of a down and then do a tips and tricks video afterwards?

[@andreaf3324]

QUESTION: when you hit those high notes you use head voice or chest voice? Is it possibile to apply rasp to head voice?

[@danielbarrientos9824]

Head voice. Yes it is. Sorry to be 4 years late lol, hope it's helpful

[@tylerbrooks6225]

Hey Andrew you're videos are great! I was wondering if maybe I could find a way to send you a few of my videos singing? A friend and I have recently started up a band and I'm just trying to get the rasp down to full effect. You have a knowledgeable grasp on this matter and that is why I was wondering if you may be able to tell me what I may be doing wrong!

[@zinobe4305]

Fantastic!

[@mengmar1]

you're videos are really good! it's annoying when you find one where you think they are gonna tell you how to do something (sing with rasp for example) and it's just a ploy to get you to buy their £200 plus singing course or dollars in the states. your videos however are very informative and taught in a relaxed easy going style!

[@traxexgg]

man! what a powerful voice!

[@AndrewSouthworth]

+VizaGaming Nation thanks man!

[@AndrewSouthworth]

Thanks! And we actually do have a Facebook account. I can't post it in the comment here, but i'll put the link in the description for this video. If you search for 'Of Rare Design facebook' on Google, we come up. We also have a SoundClick and a few other similar sites.

[@AndrewSouthworth]

Thanks! And yeah dude, i'll see if I can do that as one of my next few videos. It would be more of a discussion type video than an example type video, but i'm sure other people have the same question as you, so it would be a good idea for me to clarify many things.

[@emotionalweatherreport]

Dexter poster

[@commitdubs]

Please do a tutorial on how to emulate Circa Survive's high pitched sing/screaming

[@Fylips]

Thanks! Very helpful video, I starting to exercise right now :D And suggestion: maybe create your band's page on facebook?

[@AndrewSouthworth]

It should be about the same volume, or just a little louder. You may be doing the technique differently if its quieter, or constricting your throat too much. Hard to tell without audio, but that would be my guess.

[@AndrewSouthworth]

Also, as i'm not female, I can't really offer my insights as to how females should add rasp and scream, haha. But, I did look up some KZbin stuff, and if you type in 'dileesa hunter rasp', you will find a woman of the same name (minus the rasp) that has several videos on how she adds rasp to her voice. It seems like the technique is the same, but i'm sure she'll do a much better job at showing the female vocal perspective than me. Good luck. And thanks!

[@killik0r]

thanks for these great videos Andrew! i can do pure false chord screams and fry screams but this rasp thing just doesnt want to work. so is the rasp coming from the scream register or does it come from the false chords? also when i try to slide up an octave and i transition into my headvoice on the way it seems like the rasp is somehow being blocked. its very confusing :/

[@AndrewSouthworth]

But just some speculation... Perhaps you are doing the rasp too 'tightly'? Or maybe you're just closing your throat as you do the rasp. Try holding a note first, and then adding rasp very lightly, hopefully that will discourage any tight throat closure.

[@AndrewSouthworth]

Thanks again! Yeah i've come across a lot of those videos. You expect to learn what the it says in the title, but they only give you enough information to make you want to buy their book or overpriced 14 CD singing course. I'm the guy that has bought them all and is now sharing the information with the internets ;), haha.

[@rolandoo002]

Thanks man! seriously :)

[@juanlozada9786]

Im still a little confused not with the rasp teaching because you do a great job at explaining this but which video number should I focus on more for like how Adam gontiers rasp feel

[@YoWerchwerch]

Hi, I've seen a lot of your videos and they helped me a lot, but I still can't make the raspy when I reach head voice. I dont know if Im explaining it well, but well I think I found my "mixed voice" and I can rasp the low-mid tones (I think I do it right, Im doing it for about 2 months and I didnt even got hoarse or a simple throat discomfort) but when I try higher notes I just cant reach them when using my rasp, or if I sing the high notes without rasp and I try to add it, my voice just go low or start to do weird things. For example, in the #2 video with the linkin park song, I can't reach the "beneath my skin" part. If you could give me some advices or guess what Im doing wrong Id appreciate it. Sorry for my english, its not my first language, and thank you for your videos anyway :)

[@jeremiahhowell6147]

Do you have any advice for how to stretch your range high as a bass? I always end up sounding like a 13 year old boy when I try to hit anything higher. So many songs are all made for tenors so i always have to take them down an octave.

[@AndrewSouthworth]

Head voice will be your best friend. Basses and baritones actually have the advantage when it comes to range, as its much easier to bring your range higher than lower. However, since your voice is probably very thick sounding, its hard to get comfortable with head voice, which is really how every singer sings high stuff. Here are some videos I have made on the subject: How To Sing In Head Voice: Exercises and Tips What Is Head Voice? How To Sing In Head Voice: Visualization and Tone Those should be enough to get you started. If you don't go into head voice when you go higher, you are doing whats called 'pulling chest', which means you're trying to pull your thick chest voice tone into a higher range where it can't work, so eventually your voice cracks into falsetto. Head voice feels light like falsetto, but sounds thicker like full voice. Its hard to learn because your chest doesn't really resonate when you do it, your head does. So it resonates like falsetto, but sounds like a thinner chest voice. Its really awkward at first, but its kind of like riding a bike, once you get it, you get it. It just takes a lot of practice, and some trial and error.

[@howyadoinable]

Hi Andrew, fucking great tutorials! I was wondering, if youd care to put them together in a torrent? Maybe even as mp3s, as the video isnt necesarry to go through your tutorials. I really appreciate them though, it would just be nice to have them offline as I normally vocalize elsewhere with no internet connection. Anyways, really nice. Youve got yourself a really nice voice to sing rock!

[@xcannibal1529]

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[@evilclown2341]

ayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy

[@daviesbydesign]

I tend to feel like coughing when i sing, sometimes its worse than others. I try to relax my throat but that tickle just makes me want to throw up. Try to engage core and relax, but it just doesn't help sometimes.

[@Dv_Rain]

Do you have any tips for someone who wants to sound like M Shadows from Avenged Sevenfold?

[@diegobac5067]

hi man great vids! can u explain or make a vid explainig how to sing blood and whisky by the rabble i really wanna sing like chazz rabble (or chazz valentine im not quite sure he actually uses) id be so thankful hear em so u can tell me if this is the technique he uses thanx!

[@zinobe4305]

Oh hey Andrew could you do a video on finding your own voice and not just copying others too much?

[@TavitoCarbone]

i'm trying to do this with the false chord technique and it doesn't feel bad put i can't get high notes.... even as a baritone on my middle range i'm having a lot of trouble on trying to make the rasp and not the "full death metal" noise. You are doing it with fry scream technique?

[@martinasekot6411]

even if it doesn't hurt, is it normal that my voice sounds weird after some rasp singing? even if i only speak....

[@R4G397]

You should do love hate love by Alice in chains cover . please

[@RajathRao]

how do get that rasp ..the anng sound that u did in the first video ..I just can get it

[@melodiousapollo7307]

Quick question, I've been trying to find the right way to start with grit/distortion. And I tried a bit but grunting seems like it might be a nice starting point. What would you say could help refine that type of grunting type noise into grit/distortion?

[@melodiousapollo7307]

Oh and please PM me with the answer. So I'll know when you reply.

[@jelishmungleng8467]

I really can't get it.. not to blame anyone! But all I can do is vocal fry without tones in it. I can't fry and sing with tones.. I just don't get it.. can you please help me out.... Anyone?😅

[@user-fg7kk1kn6b]

question, it feels so hard adding rasp in my lower ranger or like adding rasp in my chest voice... it is soo easy in my mix and head voice... am i doing it wrong? :(

[@AndrewSouthworth]

Its kind of hard to tell what you mean without hearing you. Do you have any recordings or videos? If you do, send them in a message and i'll let you know what you're doing wrong.

[@CrimsonHeart3]

is this basically vocal fry? if so, can doing this on scales help?

[@Izaak247]

Ok basically I think I'm somewhat 'choking" well I get that sensation when I'm adding rasp, what am I doing wrong ?

[@Izaak247]

My rasp is quieter then my normal singing? Why is this?

[@celioazevedoofficial]

I m baritone. I dont think I can do that so good.

[@AndrewSouthworth]

It will definitely sound different that you're a baritone, but you should be able to add rasp just as well as a tenor. I believe the guy from Shinedown is a baritone, and he has some excellent high rasp stuff. For certain sounds, baritones have a huge advantage. Tenors just have an advantage in getting thinner/gentler sounds. But ultimately, you can make your range work for whatever style you want.

[@Saskaruto16]

Yeah I am also, it's the same technique but it's just alot lower pitch. The actual clicking from the rasp is lower as well. We can't sing up high with rasp like Linkin Park can, but we can get a good m.shadows metallica or slipknot sound to it which is good too.

[@heiah]

Saskaruto16 chris cornell?