i’m currently charting the vocals for Superman’s Dead by Our Lady Peace and in the song there’s a bit of vocalization where the vocalist actually goes from one octave to 8 octaves above (i counted, there was a gap of 7 octaves between two of the notes) and was wondering if i chart it as a non-pitched phrase or have it pitched and find someway of making it into a slide? its currently driving me nuts because i see how it looks in game after building a test version and its really annoying to try to jump those 7 extra octaves just to hit the next note.

If a singer jumps 4 octaves is a monster, you can imagine 8 octaves, which is more than a piano has. Are you sure you’re talking about octaves? You only have 4 octaves in the Rock Band template anyway.

it might not be octaves…it might just be easier to post a screenshot wouldn’t it? the phrase has me really stumped on how it should be charted

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i dont know how to get it small enough for it to be viewed in the post so here’s the link to the screenshot http://imgur.com/sBGLofL

The notes in the scale are semitones, not octaves. Octaves are a doubling of frequency; semitones are an equal distribution of 12 notes in each octave. Singers who can span four octaves are few and far between: Freddie Mercury, Cleo Laine, etc.

There are precious few singers who could pull off an octave jump in 2/64. Something more like 5/64 is probably more like it.

Plus, this needs a slide:

Ow(Bb) ah(Bb) hoo-(G#) +(Bb) +(G#)

It’s a one octave jump, I see nothing extraordinary about that honestly. If the singer jumps an octave up, it’s perfectly normal to author that. Why does it feel awkward when you play?