Voxtar Technique, with *VIDEO GUIDES* by sentimentalgeek!

[CrackerRiley]

Very nice guide. I will definitely use this in the future when I decide to try this. I think I will just compete on Hard/Easy. Maybe H/M if I get good at it.

[CrackerRiley]

Very nice guide. I will definitely use this in the future when I decide to try this. I think I will just compete on Hard/Easy. Maybe H/M if I get good at it.

[i5hawn]

i find the easiest thing to do is simply memorize the song. at that point you don't need to worry about screenreading the vocals and you can simply play as your normally would. a lot of these songs i've listened to dozens of times over and quite frankly i know them like the back of my head.

[i5hawn]

i find the easiest thing to do is simply memorize the song. at that point you don't need to worry about screenreading the vocals and you can simply play as your normally would. a lot of these songs i've listened to dozens of times over and quite frankly i know them like the back of my head.

[dore]

For vocal percussion, make sure you use a one-syllable word with all the emphasis on the impact, and no concluding consonant. Stuff "tap" or "pop" doesn't work well because you are making multiple consonant shapes with your mouth.

I use a short "TUH" sound or "DUH" sound, because it's short and tends to register well, plus I'm used to calling audibles for my marching band at competition which uses that same sound. Be loud but be clear.

[dore]

For vocal percussion, make sure you use a one-syllable word with all the emphasis on the impact, and no concluding consonant. Stuff "tap" or "pop" doesn't work well because you are making multiple consonant shapes with your mouth.

I use a short "TUH" sound or "DUH" sound, because it's short and tends to register well, plus I'm used to calling audibles for my marching band at competition which uses that same sound. Be loud but be clear.

[bleakwoode]

They should have some Stevie Ray in it for this reason only.

With that aside, nice guide!

[bleakwoode]

They should have some Stevie Ray in it for this reason only.

With that aside, nice guide!

[Smeddy24]

Very nice guide! I've got a couple of suggestions:
You suggest singing in whatever register is comfortable/normal, you should append "Intonation is easier to control in your normal level". Also, a general singing tip that I haven't seen on SH, Raise your eyebrows if the note is a stretch to reach. It's half psychological, but it does actually raise your pitch. This is also helpful on brass instruments, in case anyone wanted to know.

Regarding Auxiliary percussion:
I haven't tried this, so I don't know how well it works, but it sounds like you could simply subdivide every beat and get every note? As long as you're going down to the smallest division. If that's true, the best way would be to do what brass players do, double- or triple-tongue. Normally, when tonguing a note, a brass player uses a "tah" or "doh" syllable, or something similar, depending on style, instruction, etc. The tongue can only move so fast, though, so there's multiple tonguing, like up/down strumming. Then the player uses two contacts in the mouth, one high, one low, so "takka takka" or "dugga dugga". If you we really getting crazy, you could try triple tonguing, so, "tukkida" or "duggida"
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[Smeddy24]

Very nice guide! I've got a couple of suggestions:
You suggest singing in whatever register is comfortable/normal, you should append "Intonation is easier to control in your normal level". Also, a general singing tip that I haven't seen on SH, Raise your eyebrows if the note is a stretch to reach. It's half psychological, but it does actually raise your pitch. This is also helpful on brass instruments, in case anyone wanted to know.

Regarding Auxiliary percussion:
I haven't tried this, so I don't know how well it works, but it sounds like you could simply subdivide every beat and get every note? As long as you're going down to the smallest division. If that's true, the best way would be to do what brass players do, double- or triple-tongue. Normally, when tonguing a note, a brass player uses a "tah" or "doh" syllable, or something similar, depending on style, instruction, etc. The tongue can only move so fast, though, so there's multiple tonguing, like up/down strumming. Then the player uses two contacts in the mouth, one high, one low, so "takka takka" or "dugga dugga". If you we really getting crazy, you could try triple tonguing, so, "tukkida" or "duggida"
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[socialskills]

[socialskills]

[dore]

It's not that the extra syllable is registered, it's that it takes longer for the initial impact to die away enough for the mic to register your next note.

In better terms I guess: When you use a word with an ending consonant the mic can still be registering that hit while you try to get the next one. (If your mic sensitivity is low then it shouldn't matter.)

[dore]

It's not that the extra syllable is registered, it's that it takes longer for the initial impact to die away enough for the mic to register your next note.

In better terms I guess: When you use a word with an ending consonant the mic can still be registering that hit while you try to get the next one. (If your mic sensitivity is low then it shouldn't matter.)

[Siberian]

If you don't care about the score you can skip vocal percussion completely.

You don't lose your multiplier for skipping it nor do you lose any of the crowd's favor.

So if your playing guitar and really don't want to 'puh' into the mic all day you can just sit back and skip those parts.
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[Siberian]

If you don't care about the score you can skip vocal percussion completely.

You don't lose your multiplier for skipping it nor do you lose any of the crowd's favor.

So if your playing guitar and really don't want to 'puh' into the mic all day you can just sit back and skip those parts.
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[Smeddy24]

[Smeddy24]

[socialskills]

[socialskills]

[milertime927]

A word of encouragement for those planning on doing the ESL: make sure you can pass all the songs on vox (assuming you are more comfortable on guitar). I had never attempted Suffragette City, hence wasting 3 hours of my life and losing me 300k or so fans.

[milertime927]

A word of encouragement for those planning on doing the ESL: make sure you can pass all the songs on vox (assuming you are more comfortable on guitar). I had never attempted Suffragette City, hence wasting 3 hours of my life and losing me 300k or so fans.

[socialskills]

first update!

- fixed some aesthetic, logistic, and grammatical issues
- added some suggestions (would like to add Smeddy's tonguing information [eww!] but i think we need some more healthy discussion and somebody to try it out... i would, but the 3,255 BWT stars thing burned me out of RB for a bit)
- rewrote and added just the very first part of the intermediate section

hey milertime... am i reading this correctly? one of your goals is "fucking David Bowie"?
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Accomplishments
- Over 110 million solo RB1 points!
- 2,029 of 2,030 possible solo RB1 stars!
- All 3,255 RB1 BWT stars collected (solo, voxtar, expert)

Voxtar guide.

[socialskills]

first update!

- fixed some aesthetic, logistic, and grammatical issues
- added some suggestions (would like to add Smeddy's tonguing information [eww!] but i think we need some more healthy discussion and somebody to try it out... i would, but the 3,255 BWT stars thing burned me out of RB for a bit)
- rewrote and added just the very first part of the intermediate section

hey milertime... am i reading this correctly? one of your goals is "fucking David Bowie"?
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Accomplishments
- Over 110 million solo RB1 points!
- 2,029 of 2,030 possible solo RB1 stars!
- All 3,255 RB1 BWT stars collected (solo, voxtar, expert)

Voxtar guide.

[youhas]

[youhas]

[i5hawn]

I'd also like to add watch live performances of the songs if you can, listen to the songs...a lot, also the more you get into vocally the better off you'll probably be.

my enter sandman is wicked

[i5hawn]

I'd also like to add watch live performances of the songs if you can, listen to the songs...a lot, also the more you get into vocally the better off you'll probably be.

my enter sandman is wicked

[BobaFrets]

I actually sing part of "I Think I'm Paranoid" like Hetfield, and ironically it makes it easier for me to stay on pitch.

[BobaFrets]

I actually sing part of "I Think I'm Paranoid" like Hetfield, and ironically it makes it easier for me to stay on pitch.