#Audiating octave notes

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fluid marten
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Hi friends, I'm a member of a choir and I sing the bass/baritone part (baritone mainly) and sometimes we lack basses, whether theyre sick or I just happened to be the lowest vocalist in the group I sometimes get stuck with a bass part, and there are notes I can't produce (I produce an F below the staffline in bass clef, don't know the number, and lowest I go is Eb below that) so what we end up doing is octaving them up, now sometimes this is just fine, but other times I struggle to audiate the sound and that's usually IF we've used any tracks and others are singing (because the tracks include the low notes) any advice?
To clarify on the track thing typically we just use solfege and a piano to get in key

muted kite
fluid marten
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Somewhat, I know a major scale goes do re mi fa so la ti do (whole whole half whole whole whole half) and a minor key typically uses La Ti Do Re mi fa so La (whole half whole whole whole half whole)

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I'm not the best with theory but I'm good at reading sheet music and producing the notes on the sheet, usually I assist myself with a piano when rehearsing, but only when rehearsing

muted kite
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Therefore, in major scale we say Major 2nd, Major 3rd, perfect 4th, perfect 5th, Major 6th, Major 7th, Octave.

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Minor scale - Major 2nd, Minor 3rd, P4, P5, Minor 6th, Minor 7th, Octave

fluid marten
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I'm surprised I never pieced that together, I should clarify I'm in highschool level choir

muted kite
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So if you were to sing the Eb an octave above. And lets say your note before that is G2. Then you'd audiate a minor 6th from the G.

fluid marten
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I see

muted kite
# fluid marten I see

I'm guessing you are expected to sing the note an octave higher immediate after a low note?

fluid marten
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Typically, there was 1 instance of my conductor doing an entire bar of modifications

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But yes typically it's immediately after a low note

muted kite
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Sometimes it's easier to audiate an 8ve immediate when the music is slow... so you essentially audiate the intended low note in you head and but quickly sing it an 8ve higher

fluid marten
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8ve octave?

muted kite