Questions tagged [voice]
Questions related to the use of the human voice as an instrument (singing).
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Why does my voice seem to require large amounts of air?
Been singing ang gigging for years and stay booked however, still have issues such as, having to inhale lots of air to maintain my tone. Why? Examples of my singing can be found here: https://www....
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What are they doing to sound like that when singing Gregorian chant?
I am trained to sing with classical techniques with what some call the position of yawning. I even sing Gregorian melodies like that and it sounds very good for those melodies.
I do not sing like a ...
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Do sopranos find Silent Night easier in Bb than in D?
I have looked at the soprano lines in SATB arrangements and found something that seems a bit strange.
I'm referring to, for example, arrangements of Silent Night in Bb, with the sopranos singing the ...
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How do tenors deal with having to sing lots of D4s in a choir?
I just started singing in a choir as a tenor.
I have some training as a tenor (classical techniques) but I am not trained in choir singing.
The choir chose to sing a Kyrie by Philippe Mazé. It begins ...
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How is singing Gregorian chant different from singing with classical techniques?
I am interested in Gregorian chant.
I would like to sing it but it is often sung in low ranges which makes it difficult for me as a tenor.
The range for eg Credo III can be C3-C4. It is very low for a ...
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Typical pitch interval of the exclamation "uh-oh!" [closed]
When one encounters a problem, one might exclaim "uh-oh!" What is the typical pitch interval between "uh" and "oh"?
The absolute pitches of "uh" and "oh&...
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Best practices for community choir audition with unknown song
I recently auditioned for an SATB community choir local to me. Prior to auditioning, I sent them an email and asked what the audition process entailed, so that I could prepare. The choir director ...
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How to know which areas of a new song to sing softly and which areas to sing loudly?
I can sing with dynamics, but the problem is I dont know how to effectively apply it. Can someone tell me how do I know which areas of the song to sing softly and which areas to sing loudly while ...
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Will a voice teacher help me improve if I’m a bad singer?
I want to learn how to sing despite me being bad at it. I love to sing, it frees me and brings me joy! I recently got a voice teacher. I know this is a probably a dumb question. (Probably because I’m ...
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Do classical singing techniques make low notes harder to sing?
I've been thinking about singing low notes and classical technique.
I sing at church and some melodies go from C3-C4.
The other men seem to have no issue with that range. I am not sure they use as ...
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What is the best method to sing in a range where we are not comfortable?
to sing over an instrumental which has very high notes and I have a baritone voice, how do I do it?
I naturally sing an octave lower
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I force in fasletto
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What is my vocal range (how many octaves) and how can I expand it without straining? [duplicate]
I'm 13 years old and want to become a singer. My highest note is a D7 which I hit twice but otherwise it's an F6. My lowest is a G3. I can't really find how many octaves that is so... yeah. I'm also ...
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Is there a word in English to describe instances where a melody is sung by multiple singers/voices?
I'm talking mostly in popular music / rock / etc. One prominent example of what I'm referring to is the start of Queen's Bohemian Rhapsody (pretty much up to the "I'm just a poor boy ... "; ...
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How should I teach myself how to sing?
I really really love to sing! I started a year ago. I want to pick up singing and sing well and sound nice. I play two instruments, so I have good ears. I’m young (15).
How should I go about teaching ...
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Should tenors find Bb2 an easy note to sing?
When I, a male singer, look at melodies in hymnals the lowest notes seem to be Bb2 and A2.
Those are very low for me. Bb2 is very difficult for me to sing.
It seems that most people, whether singing ...
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What is the best way for a female voice to hum high notes?
In choir our conductor gave us the advice that your lips should be tingling when you hum, which worked well for lower notes. However, when me and the first sopranos got up to the higher notes, we ...
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Does temporarily quitting singing lessons affect your voice
I have been taking singing lessons for 9 months, but I will have to stop for about 3 to 4 months because I will be moving to another state for some reasons. Will this cause my voice to get worse, and ...
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i have a weird baritone voice and why is my range so limited [duplicate]
I am a 19 years old I have recently started to sing about two years ago and I just want to know why I have such a limited range I’m a baritone but I don’t fit the basic standard for it, my range is a ...
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Help to separate voices in piano score
I'm trying to write in MuseScore Rachmaninoff's transcription of Tchaikovsky's lullaby. But there is this section that puzzles me a bit in terms of voicing:
No matter how I try to separate the ...
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Why high notes are too nasal and have to be pushed out hard through my nose [duplicate]
I am a 22 year old male singer. At first I could not sing any note above a C4 (not including falsetto). But now after some practice I can go higher than C4, but the problem is that my voice becomes ...
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Why doesn't vocal music use C clefs nowadays? [duplicate]
I've noticed that in older scores the tenor parts (and sometimes the alto parts) are notated using C clefs, but nowadays you almost never see C clefs but instead the tenor parts are notated using an ...
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Could one say that the straigther classical tone is more natural than the classical vibrato tone? [closed]
I've been thinking about vibrato and straight tone in singing. My main focus is on what we call classical techniques.
I recently started taking singing more seriously (like an amateur) and it seems ...
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How do singers find the first note of the melody?
I find myself hitting the first note of the melody correctly when my singing teacher starts playing the song's chords on the piano, but I have no idea how I did it or how I found the first note. How ...
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How can I improvise singing a melody over a chord progression? [closed]
Do I sing the pitches I hear within the chord progression, or there is another way to do it?
What if I want to sing notes that are not in the chord progression how do I sing them?
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Why are high notes easier to sing in tune?
I'm not sure that this is a universal phenomenon but even if it's not - what could be the reason that for many people it's easier to hit a stable pitch in their higher register?
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To be clear, in ...
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Difference between Mouth Vowels& Throat Vowels, and do mouth vowels cause damage, and why?
In an article about causes of vocal damage, the author lists the use of mouth vowels instead of throat vowels as one of the causes of vocal damage.
Would anyone be able top explain the difference ...
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Great head voice, but very strained chest voice
I am able to sing for a long time in head voice without any straining and hoarseness. However, in my work as a classroom teacher, I become very hoarse from speaking. What might be the issue here, and ...
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What does it mean when a conductor puts their finger on their temple?
What does it mean when a conductor puts their finger on their temple? That the singers need to pay more attention to intonation?
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Do young singers need to rotate their roles but not older ones?
This question is based on the following line in the Wikipedia article on Éponine (a character from Les Miserables):
Éponine is also featured in the stage musical adaptation. She is played by two ...
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How there is a Disparity between Internalized Hearing vs Sight Singing
I am wondering about the disparity in skill between audiation--purely internalized hearing--versus sight singing--the vocalization of a melody. I think these two phenomena are often assumed to be ...
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Hip-Hop Song Analysis [closed]
A friend and I are delving into some UK Hip-hop and have been listening to the much older songs and analyzing their style. I was wondering if anyone would want to help and provide their detailed input ...
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Learning Piano/Keyboard VS Singing VS Beatboxing
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I'm interested in learning 3 skills: Piano/Keyboard, Singing, Beatboxing.
I can devote around 2-3 hours daily. I want to "self-learn" (i.e. without tutor). I want to reach moderate ...
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What is the perfect age for a child to start piano lessons? [closed]
My son of 3.5 year old, and my daughter of 1.5 year old, are both showing good ear, musical capabilities and intetests. I am a 19 years experienced guitarist and I am about to start music lessons for ...
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Before the primo passaggio is there another passaggio?
I have tried to sing the tune "Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star" in the key of E. It seems to be the easiest key for me. The highest note is C#4.
Something seems to happen on D4. It is like I ...
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What makes the melody so counterintuitive in the chorus/refrain of Light my Fire? [closed]
In the song light my fire by the doors, the refrain of the chorus repeats: “c’mon baby, light my fire”
The last 3-4 syllables have something interesting going on in the variations that come with each ...
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When is the "d" in "Goldfinger" sung?
I noticed that some choirs will synch up their consonants while singing. Is there a standard approach for timing consonants? For the sake of example, here's a cropped portion of sheet music (source):
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Why is it common to use slow practice when learning melodies on the piano but less common when learning to sing them?
I have been told by many piano teachers to practice playing melodies slowly, ie using slow practice.
I have never really been told by singing teachers to do slow practice.
Why is it common to use slow ...
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What is the difference between singing piano (dynamics) and how most adults sing softly (with lower volume) when singing eg. lullabies?
Many adults who sing lullabies for children use more of a soft voice with low volume.
What I have been told is that playing an instrument or singing in piano (dynamics) isn't that easy. My experience ...
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What would be the difference between using the laryngeal tilt and vowel modification for higher notes?
I have been told by singing teachers (all "classical") that I should sing down to the higher notes. To that sounds like they wanted me to use the laryngeal tilt.
I've been told that by my ...
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What is supposed to happen when people hit the note that is the beginning of one's passaggio?
I read a lot about how eg lyric tenors have a passaggio beginning on D4.
This is actually a bit confusing.
This would mean that all lyric tenors have the same physiology and that it doesn't change ...
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What do people mean by the term high tenor?
What do people mean by the term high tenor?
The term is mentioned on Is there any correlation between passaggios and tessitura?
The term was also used by a singing teacher I once had. She said that I ...
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Is daily vocal workout a must for a professional singer?
It's no doubt that being a professional singer requires a certain extent of innate ability/talent. But even with that talent, does that singer need to practice every day? If yes, what is the purpose ...
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Am I a low tenor or high baritone? [duplicate]
So I feel like this question is asked alot but I genuinely feel like I am definitely one of these two. I have a lower speaking voice like the Ab2-G2 area, but also my speaking voice is some of my ...
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How do I develop an Iron Voice? [duplicate]
I was recently cast as the lead in my school's musical. I normally sing bass 2 but will be singing up and beyond my range for this show. The problem I always seem to have is that my voice deteriorates ...
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How should I indicate variable capo position in a score?
I write songs for guitar and voice. Let's say for a particular song, I put the capo on the 2nd fret because this is what fits my vocal range for the melody. For another person, it could be the 3rd ...
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How to stop from losing my singing ability [closed]
I am writing this here to get some solutions on my problem where I am not able to sing now. Actually, I have moved from my hometown in the North to Bangalore around 5 months back (for job) and since ...
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Multiple Notes Sung for A Single Word
What is the term when a singer uses multiple Notes for a long word? Not one syllable, but an entire word? An example of this would be Solar Fake's song, "Just Leave It." The word is ...
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What do you call it when someone sings a melody and simultaneously plays the exact same melody?
What do you call it when someone sings a melody while another instrument plays the exact same melody in unison?
For example:
"Crosstown Traffic" – The Jimi Hendrix Experience, intro: a ...
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Polyphonic singing techniques (singing multiple notes at once)
I'm basically looking for the possessed oracle sound with my voice. I want 2 distinct notes and I want to be able to speak it. I've tried a bit of stuff already with no success:
Subharmonics (relaxed,...
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How to do pitched screams across the passagio?
Connecting chest and head voice (mixed voice) in clean singing and false chord modulation ("grit/rasp") works rather well for me. Pitched false chord screams work fine both in the chest and ...
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