Questions tagged [vocal-range]
Vocal range is the measure of the breadth of pitches that a particular human voice can generate.
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Voice parts singing
What does it mean to sing in unison and in parts...?! For example singing in unison, all voice parts might sing:
do re mi fa so la te do
but in voice parts soprano might sing:
do re mi fa so ...
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Will my vocal range become lower as I get older? [duplicate]
I’m a 14 year old male right now and the lowest note I can hit is D#2; my highest note is C4 (on a good day). Can I expect my range to become lower than it already is as I get older, or will my range ...
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Would a tenor have trouble singing in a baritone range?
When I sing higher songs, it’s much easier and I can do all sorts of fun things. However, I have a short beard and I talk with a deep, almost vocal fry voice, so it feels weird. It’s not really girly, ...
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What kind of tenor will my voice lead me to (audio recording included)?
Good evening All, I'm a 24 year old male who is very interested in operatic arts and how human voices work. I have just attended few voice lessons and have been classified as a tenor.
I have made ...
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Inquiry to Voice Classification
I'm a 24 male who is interested in vocal arts and have yet to receive any formal voice training. But I would like to know my voice type. Attached are two audio clips of me descending from middle C to ...
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How does this Baritone singer sing so high?
Caleb Hyles has the low end richness or a Baritone, but the range of a Tenor. What singing voice type is this, and if I'm correct that he's a Baritone, how does he sing so damn high with ease?
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Baritone or Bass? and how to extend vocal range
I had vocal warm up and I can reach from E2-F4 tone, but am I baritone or bass? because some reference have different vocal range, for example: in reference 1 said baritone until G4 but other ...
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Is it possible to improve my vocal range?
I am a 17 year old male. My range is currently E2 to C4 and I am untrained.
My vocal range is narrow, but I want to be able to sing well.
I'm wondering if I am still be able to improve my tone and ...
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Is there a standard meaning of “low”, “medium”, “high” voice in sheet music?
I started taking voice lessons a few months ago. I have one book of music that says it's for "medium high voice". Looking at some other sheet music books I need they sometimes indicate "low voice" or "...
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What Kind Of Voice Do I Have
So, I have been playing (guitar) and singing some Blues for a while, then about two months ago somebody told me that I sounded good. But if I take some formal voice lessons that I would sound much ...
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How long to learn/understand/master mixed-voice technique?
I recently began taking singing lessons twice a week. I am a low tenor, with my highest note being G# above middle C.
I advised my coach that I want to sing as high as possible, in the post-hardcore ...
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Should a singer songwriter play chord voicings outside their vocal range?
I've always understood in a band setup you want to avoid everyone fighting over the same frequency range.
But the common guitar chord voicings mean you are playing notes in the range E2-G4 which ...
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Sing High notes and muscles
I'm training to reach high notes with my vocal teacher and she told me that have a connection between muscles and high notes and every time that have a high note I need to make a squat to strengthen ...
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Low notes and puberty [duplicate]
So I've been thinking... I'm almost 18 years old and, after puberty, I can't seem to be able to reach a low D or C. My range ends at about E2-Eb2 depending on the day and I can project those, E2 at ...
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Replacing male with female voices in vocal arrangement
If I have a vocal arrangement which was originally written for male voices, what do I do to replace one (or more) of the male voices by a female voice?
Do I ask the female singer to sing the exact ...
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What Vocal Exercises Should I do?
I'm a tenor with a range of A2-D5(F5) I can almost belt an A4. The songs I perform require me to sing with a full tone through all of the phrases, even into the high notes. A weak falsetto won't cut ...
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Naming of notes in choral music?
I've got to grips with Scientific Pitch Notation (e.g middle C is C4) but in a choral setting I am often confused because there seems to be a whole nomenclature where certain notes have specific names....
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Not sure what voice type I have
I'm trying to decide whether my voice type is bass or baritone.
I'm an 18 y.o. guy. I never had vocal education, I just sometimes sing or hum for fun.
In chest voice I can do E2 - E4. The lower end ...
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Relation between size of larynx and lowest pitch and highest pitch possible
Is there any relation between the lowest pitch possible by a person and the size of the larynx?
If there exists a relation, then is there any proportion, like if the larynx is x units big/small, then ...
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Troubles with high notes
I started taking singing lessons 1 year ago.
First I was recognized as a baritono and had a not so extended range, as far as I know, I gained 2 or 3 notes in the low part and moved from a Fa4 to Si4 ...
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how to sing smoothly in high keys as a male singer
I have tried drinking plenty of water but it still is not working for me. I am trying to sing more smoothly than i normally do, mostly my voice comes out as though am struggling to sing which should ...
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Am I a mezzo soprano?
If my range is from G3-C6 with my tessiratura being from the A below middle C to the A below “high C” (C6), would I be considered a Mezzo Soprano? My break from chest voice to mixed voice is at the E ...
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What voice to use when speaking?
OK, I believe I'm the first one asking this question because I tried to find answer everywhere and just couldn't!
I am 15 years old (almost 16 years old). I always knew how to sing, and two years ...
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Baritone or Tenor?
I was classified recently by two different peeople as Lyric Baritone and Spinto Tenor, and i just want other opinions. First of all i am an untrained male voice, 30 years. I have had some trouble to ...
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Transposing Range
Is transposing songs to your vocal range more octave based or pitch based? What I'm asking is can you transpose songs up or down an octave or are you looking to transpose to a different pitch within ...
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Vocal ranges and voice types
What's the point in knowing your vocal range and voice type ? I'd also like some insight on tessitura and the purpose of knowing it. If the tessitura is the spot within your vocal where you sound the ...
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Optimum Singing Pitch
Do singers have an optimum pitch within their tessitura (the range within which most notes of a vocal part fall) or would the their tessitura be considered the optimal pitches? I already know about ...
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Mezzo soprano and Soprano difference
What is the exact difference between a mezzo soprano and a soprano? Have heard that both have almost the same range but what is the exact difference? If mezzo is slightly weak in singing in head voice,...
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Does a person have a biological lower and upper limit with the tone one can achieve with his/her voice?
I want to be better at singing and I'm taking voice lessons for that.
However, one of my main concerns is my voice range. I have a low voice and because of that, I can rarely find a song that doesn'...
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How common is it to find a true baritone?
Most men I tried to sing with often sung lower than C3. I am a tenor and I find this too low.
This made me think that most men are baritones but...it could be that they are, in fact, not true ...
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Vocal part for my range [closed]
I have a vocal range that spans from D2 to D6 and while I love singing normal tenor part what would fit my voice best?
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Voice training and microphone tech
How can you balance your sound on microphone when switching between chest voice (low register) and
head/falsetto voice (high register)?
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How should I go About extending my range? [duplicate]
I am 18 and have been singing for years now, I got very dedicated when I was 15 and for two years I have been improving my self and I have already broken into a range that I thought I could not sing (...
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Extend lower range [duplicate]
I'm 14 years old my vocal range is it may sound crazy for 14 year old but B1 to about C5 I would like to extend my lower range can anyone help?
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Find Vocal Range with Statistics/Hertz
Caveat: if you're not into science meets music, please just skip this post.
I'm being asked to sing for a music class. I dislike singing. I don't sound good. I would not make it far on American Idol....
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Vocal range question
My lowest note to sing is F2 (as baritone lowest) but my highest note is C5 (a tenors highest). So What am I classified as? Cause I'm both?
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Am I still a tenor?
I'm only 16 and I recently found how to mix my head and chest registers. I LOOOOOOVE singing in my passaggio, but it feels so unnecessary since it's so high, for a male anyway. My full range goes ...
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Vocal range and key finding
If I can comfortably sing from F2 to C5 then what would be the best key for my voice? Is it C major, because I can hit this note as a tonic of C major key, or maybe is it C# major because then I can ...
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I'm a 17 year old boy who has been described as a Tenor, but somehow I feel like my voice hit a brick wall [closed]
First of all I have no idea how to warm up because somehow it feels pointless. second is that one day I would sing high and a few days or a week later it would seem like my voice is struggling to ...
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What is my vocal type [duplicate]
Good Evening everyone!
I am trying to discover my true vocal range and have had a couple answers. I have gotten dramatic tenor, light baritone aaaand high tenor. Certainly you can't be all 3 right? I ...
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Transpose Songs To Fit My Vocal Range
If my vocal range is C2-C4 and I get a song that's C3-C5 should I be looking to transpose the song's range as close to the octave of my vocal range as possible or the pitch? What I mean is would I ...
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Tessitura of a piece
How do you find the tessitura of a piece? I know you're looking for the lowest and highest notes but where exactly are you looking for them? Are you looking for the lowest and highest notes in a ...
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What is my current octave range, can it go much farther, and how can I increase it?
My lowest note is a D3, and my highest note is an F6. I am a 14 year old female. I play clarinet, so I am often exercising my lungs even when I am not singing. My dad has more of an average range, but ...
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Adjusting accompaniment to vocal range
I'm writing a new song with classical guitar and vocals. I have the choice to sing the melody in a higher octave or a lower octave (the notes are the same) and there are some tradeoffs: I can sing ...
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Question regarding vocal range [closed]
I am a untrained 16 year old and my vocal range is E2 to G4# (A4 on rare occasions), so is this range good,does this make me a tenor and can I improve if I train my voice.
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How is it that tenors are able to sing along when the baritone chooses a low key?
It often happens that a man (maybe baritone) starts singing eg Happy birthday and the rest just start singing along.
How is it that tenors are able to sing along when the baritone chooses a low key?
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Is it real vocal science to say that most men can sing A2?
I have trpuble singing A2. It is hard. The thing is: some sing-along books actually have melodies with A2. This seems strange to me since some of us aren't baritones at all.
My question would be: Is ...
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Vocal technique in the chorus of Stomp! by Brothers Johnson
I am not a singer , however I am curious about this.
During the 1st Verse the singing sounds like falsetto to me.
During the 2nd Verse the singing still sounds very airy , however it doesn`t sound ...
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Is there a correlation between bass and tenor singers?
I've noticed that a lot of singers who would be classified as a bass singer can sing in the tenor range. For example, Axl Rose and Brian Johnson come to mind. I've also read several forums where ...
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How to know what note I'm singing?
I have a decently low singing voice and I was trying to sing along with some keys to see how low I could really go and when I did it I was disappointed with the results but then I did the exact same ...
