Timeline for Vocal range of a crowd
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| May 31, 2021 at 1:52 | comment | added | user28245 | Enough with anecdote. I've done research review now. | |
| May 31, 2021 at 1:00 | comment | added | Ootagu | @obscurans Just in the name trying to sort this out for the original question maybe we can go one step at a time. I will speak for basses since I am a bass and others can speak for their ranges. You said G - G fits no one at all. That is not true. It fits the bass range comfortably and with perfection! The low G for a bass still gives room to go lower, and the upper G is not too high, for that reason G - G fits right inside the best part of the bass range. | |
| May 30, 2021 at 15:42 | comment | added | Ootagu | @Tim good point I should change it to read range rather than key. | |
| May 30, 2021 at 15:24 | comment | added | Ootagu | @obscurans I have to disagree with you on the basses. Just to make sure we're on the same page, I'm talking true basses, not baritones. D4 is a major strain on basses, E4 is almost not even possible, and if they can hit it, it sounds bad. Bear in mind I'm talking choral contexts not arias. On the low end, G2 is fine it sits well with a bass. In fact because it is low it is that much better for untrained singers since it's natural to their voice type. | |
| May 30, 2021 at 8:37 | comment | added | Tim | Singing in any key will not give the range you quote! It will depend wholly on the range of the notes in that song. It may just be that the particular song has a lowest note G, and the highest the G an octave above, but that song could just as easily be in key C!! And 'Happy Birthday' just happens to be a perfect example! -1. | |
| May 29, 2021 at 23:36 | comment | added | Ootagu | @Edward yes I focused on the main divisions of register. It got pretty complicated just doing that alone. Please feel free to fill out the registers. I tried covering the problem you mention by offering the key of A which brings everything up a bit on the low end (A2 - A3) but then that will push the sopranos up to A5, quite high for untrained singers. Basically nothing fully works which I suppose why singing in octaves is very rarely done. | |
| May 29, 2021 at 22:47 | comment | added | Edward | This contrasts very sharply with my findings, so I'm curious how you came up with this... You don't mention baritone voices- I believe that most men would be considered baritones, and both G2-G3 and G3-G4 would be quite difficult for these voices. | |
| May 29, 2021 at 19:53 | history | edited | Ootagu | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| May 29, 2021 at 19:41 | comment | added | Ootagu | Yes, those ranges are based on what would be most comfortable for untrained singers. Nothing is perfect but based on my experience that might work better. Would you beable do a test run on a small audience? Also consider having two or three keys practiced and you can change on the spot if you have to. | |
| May 29, 2021 at 19:39 | history | edited | Ootagu | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| May 29, 2021 at 19:38 | comment | added | adir abargil | is this classification for untrained singers? | |
| May 29, 2021 at 19:37 | history | answered | Ootagu | CC BY-SA 4.0 |