hit\ ground

hit\ ground
When singing (especially when singing in an octave already lower than one should), to try to hit a note beneath one's voice range and to produce a grinding, dissonant break in the melody before resuming the song once one can hit the notes again.

Danny hits ground a lot when he sings at the meetings.


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