Singers: Your voice

[pianoplayer88]

All singers on here, what are you?

-Soprano
-Alto
-Tenor
-Bass
-or are you inbetween two of these?

I'm a soprano...or an alto. I think I can do both although I am more soprano.

[thalbergmad]

I was a bass until i fell of my bike. Now i am a soprano.

My mum is an alto in the church choir. She hates it because she claims all of her parts are always boring and the sopranos get all the best bits.

I truly would love to be able to sing, but whenever i try i usually end up with a severe case of the giggles.

Thal

[pianoplayer88]

No offense Thal, but you are very strange. LOL

I'll be starting the church choir next week. I've never been in a choir before(not that I haven't tried to be) and am really excited. And no, it's not because I have a bad singing voice, it's just that we couldn't find a church to go to that we liked.

[thalbergmad]

Me favourits singer is Yma Sumac.

https://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=G-6eKroZeIg

She was all four.

Thal

[pianoplayer88]

Wow. 

[thalbergmad]

I'll be starting the church choir next week.

It was only when i first sung with the church choir that i realised why organs have mirrors.

I prefer large choirs, so i cannot be heard. Small choirs seem to highlight those who cannot really sing.

Thal

[thalbergmad]

Wow. 

You never heard of Yma Sumac?

[pianoplayer88]

No I haven't.

The choir I'll be in is only about 20-25 people. But the harmonies are perfect.

[thalbergmad]

No offense Thal, but you are very strange. LOL

That is really sweet.

Thanks

Thal

[thalbergmad]

The choir I'll be in is only about 20-25 people. But the harmonies are perfect.

You gonna do Gospel?

That is great fun.

Thal

[concerto_love]

Truly soprano  , can do colatural too

[pianoplayer88]

That is really sweet.

Thanks

Thal

You're very welcome.

[pianoplayer88]

You gonna do Gospel?

That is great fun.

Thal

No, we do contemporary Christian and a couple hymns.

[m19834]

I truly would love to be able to sing, but whenever i try i usually end up with a severe case of the giggles.

Thal

awww ... now that's kinda cute, Thal .

[morningstar]

Tenor and bass if need be.

[richard black]

I'm all four, and rubbish at all of them. Thing is, when you're coaching opera singers, you have to sing in all the missing parts (when there's more than one the dominant one will usually suffice). But my voice isn't quite as horrible as Karajan's and no one ever shot him for it, so maybe I'll get away with it.

[elspeth]

I'm an alto... haven't been practising regularly for a long time though, so my range has decreased a bit. One day I'll go back to it...

[pianoplayer88]

The songs I've been practicing recently have been in my lower range so I've lost a little of my upper range. But, I pretty much have a 3 1/2 octave range.

What's your range?

[richard black]

I pretty much have a 3 1/2 octave range.

Three and a half octaves? Stroll on! This I gotta hear. Most people struggle to make 2 1/2. Me, I content myself with just under 2, plus some growls and the occasional shriek.

[kelly_kelly]

The songs I've been practicing recently have been in my lower range so I've lost a little of my upper range. But, I pretty much have a 3 1/2 octave range.

What's your range?

Are you sure? I didn't know that was even possible! Of my several singing friends, the largest range is 2.5 octaves. But I don't sing (seriously, I can only stay in tune withing a range of about 1.5 octaves  ), so I guess I'm not qualified to comment.

[pianoplayer88]

Sorry, I checked again and it's more like a 3 octave range...from the Eb below middle C to around the Eb above high C.   At least that's what I can hit, might be able to sing...

[concerto_love]

How bout me? I checked yesterday and I can reach the F# in the third...

[pianochick93]

I'm somewhere between Alto and Soprano.

My range is about from E below Mid C to G or A 2 Octaves above Mid C. SO just over 2 octaves.

That's only with warming up though, and I'm not trained as a singer, I just sing when I feel like it and I used to do choir.

[pianoplayer88]

Ok, I talked with my voice teacher and I do have a 3 1/2 octave range...

[thalbergmad]

That is pretty impressive.

Yma Sumac had 4 1/2 I think.

Richard Black has 5 when he fills up his car with petrol.

Thal

[pianoplayer88]

My voice teacher has an acquaintance with a country singer judge(he sings too), and said that this guy is unbelievable. He has a 6 octave range! At least that's what my teacher said.

[richard black]

Richard Black has 5 when he fills up his car with petrol

Yeah, whatever. You been at the sauce again old chap?

Country singer with 6 octaves - well frankly I doubt it: but some non-classical bods with full-on extended vocal technique can manage around 5, from super-low gravelly stuff to falsetto - bearing in mind that with a microphone to help it doesn't really matter how much volume comes out!