Body and Range

Hi,

The more I go through the lessons, I prefer to sing lower than baritone. It feels more comfortable and relaxed. I was listening to my body like Jonathan said, and I think he's a baritone and I'm a bass. I really struggle when he gets to C2 and his pitch, but if I drop down an octave I feel very relaxed and my body feels much more comfortable and enjoyable. 

(or maybe he's going C0 to C1, idk sorry.)

Am I thinking this correctly? I'm a bass and he's a baritone so I should just sing the lower register?

It's not that I don't want to sing that high, I'm just doing as he said and listening to my body.

Thanks :)

Hi Matt! I do agree with the advice of listening to your body and not pushing past discomfort. However, if a wider range is one of your goals (which is a good goal for most beginning singers hoping to expand the amount of songs they can comfortably sing), then I encourage you to also exercise your upper range! If you can sing along with Jonathan, then do, because that will ensure your full range is being utilized for songs that may require it. Jonathan may be going to C4, where you'd naturally prefer to sing C3 - you can check that with a chromatic tuner like tuner.ninja or use a virtual piano keyboard to hear the difference. C4 would feel "high" in chest voice for a bass, but you also have your head voice/falsetto to explore and mix to bridge that transition as well, which would eventually make those high notes comfortable. If needed, modify the exercise (sing on a different vowel/syllable); and if the exercise is consistently uncomfortable or painful, then do drop out or drop down the octave. Each of us will be most naturally comfortable in our speaking voice (low chest voice) range, but most songs require a wider range than that, necessitating some training to widen our singable range. 
I hope that helps!