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ah yes adam lopez :D ive spoken to him actually, hes a nice guy. lovely voice when he sings but the ridiculous high notes are too much! he has a true extensive range! hes taught me a couple tricks, and i gotta say, it works!
Several years ago, I happened to discover that my vocal range is almost the same as Karen Carpenter's. So, I've memorized their well-known tunes by following her singing as perfectly as possible. Apart from the vocal skill, I think I can sing their almost all the numbers without difficulty.
I'm a tenor, G3-B5 myself.
g3-b5 is good realy if your vocal range is more than 2 octaves you can sing realy alot songs.
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I don't know why, but I'm getting the impression tenors are more common than basses/baritones.
Seriously, like 99% of all male singers are tenors. And I'd say most of my friends are tenors as well, judging from their speaking voices and the times we sing together in the shower after gym class. Damn, I don't ever wanna grow up.
Seriously, like 99% of all male singers are tenors. And I'd say most of my friends are tenors as well, judging from their speaking voices and the times we sing together in the shower after gym class. Damn, I don't ever wanna grow up.
[QUOTE][QUOTENAME]<font color=pink>Account Deleted wrote: [/QUOTENAME]I don't know why, but I'm getting the impression tenors are more common than basses/baritones.
Seriously, like 99% of all male singers are tenors. And I'd say most of my friends are tenors as well, judging from their speaking voices and the times we sing together in the shower after gym class. Damn, I don't ever wanna grow up.[/QUOTE]
Speaking voice is usually higher by about 1/3-1/2 an octave when likened to singing-voices. In fact, the most usual timbre for men is a (high) baritone, followed by a low tenor. Being a high tenor myself (best tonal quality in the D4 area and up), I find myself in a rarer position, but only slightly. From the experience I've had with music classes, the voice-types are about equally divided (I was in a group in school which turned out to be one bass, two baritones, one tenor and one high tenor (me, though I usually sang the soprano-parts, just an octave lower)).
Seriously, like 99% of all male singers are tenors. And I'd say most of my friends are tenors as well, judging from their speaking voices and the times we sing together in the shower after gym class. Damn, I don't ever wanna grow up.[/QUOTE]
Speaking voice is usually higher by about 1/3-1/2 an octave when likened to singing-voices. In fact, the most usual timbre for men is a (high) baritone, followed by a low tenor. Being a high tenor myself (best tonal quality in the D4 area and up), I find myself in a rarer position, but only slightly. From the experience I've had with music classes, the voice-types are about equally divided (I was in a group in school which turned out to be one bass, two baritones, one tenor and one high tenor (me, though I usually sang the soprano-parts, just an octave lower)).
[QUOTE][QUOTENAME]<font color=pink>Account Deleted wrote: [/QUOTENAME]I don't know why, but I'm getting the impression tenors are more common than basses/baritones.
Seriously, like 99% of all male singers are tenors. And I'd say most of my friends are tenors as well, judging from their speaking voices and the times we sing together in the shower after gym class. Damn, I don't ever wanna grow up.[/QUOTE]
I'm sure most choir directors would be most interested to know that...
...because who do they always *need?* Tenors!!!
Seriously, like 99% of all male singers are tenors. And I'd say most of my friends are tenors as well, judging from their speaking voices and the times we sing together in the shower after gym class. Damn, I don't ever wanna grow up.[/QUOTE]
I'm sure most choir directors would be most interested to know that...
...because who do they always *need?* Tenors!!!
I can go from G2 to E4 somewhat comfortably. If I focus I can hit as low as E2 and as high as G4 so I'm not sure what that makes me.
I think it's somewhere between a bass and a baritone. Basically I'm a baritone.
I wish I were a tenor. :(
I wish I could hit those A4s and B4s that Paul and Freddie can hit so easily.
I think it's somewhere between a bass and a baritone. Basically I'm a baritone.
I wish I were a tenor. :(
I wish I could hit those A4s and B4s that Paul and Freddie can hit so easily.
^ There's nothing wrong with being a Baritone.
If anything, there's an over-abundance of guys who "want to be a Tenor" - where they end up pushing themselves and messing up their voices or just being mopy.
Some guys seem to have a "problem" with being a Baritone or, heaven's forbid, Bass just like some girls in choir are personally offended when classified as anything other than first Soprano.
I don't see what the big deal is (especially in high-school choir where "Soprano" is basically "barely Mezzo" and most all of them do that nasal-y singing where they try to sound like five-year-olds which ruins any talent they possibly have).
There's a lot of love for baritones out there, after all.
And I would like to state that when watching some Andrew Lloyd Webber Tribute Concert, the most fascinating singer was a Baritone. I heard Cecilia Bartoli (a Mezzo-Soprano) sing a wonderful Rossini aria.
I'm just a little sick of "I wish I were a Tenor" or "I wish I were a Soprano". Maybe I'm bitter because I just wish I knew if I were a "Mezzo" or "Soprano" in the first place ! You're lucky if you know - at least you have something to work with and have gotten some kind of step in the music world more than HS choir where most of the girls are they to talk.
/whine-rant-pep-talk
If anything, there's an over-abundance of guys who "want to be a Tenor" - where they end up pushing themselves and messing up their voices or just being mopy.
Some guys seem to have a "problem" with being a Baritone or, heaven's forbid, Bass just like some girls in choir are personally offended when classified as anything other than first Soprano.
I don't see what the big deal is (especially in high-school choir where "Soprano" is basically "barely Mezzo" and most all of them do that nasal-y singing where they try to sound like five-year-olds which ruins any talent they possibly have).
There's a lot of love for baritones out there, after all.
And I would like to state that when watching some Andrew Lloyd Webber Tribute Concert, the most fascinating singer was a Baritone. I heard Cecilia Bartoli (a Mezzo-Soprano) sing a wonderful Rossini aria.
I'm just a little sick of "I wish I were a Tenor" or "I wish I were a Soprano". Maybe I'm bitter because I just wish I knew if I were a "Mezzo" or "Soprano" in the first place ! You're lucky if you know - at least you have something to work with and have gotten some kind of step in the music world more than HS choir where most of the girls are they to talk.
/whine-rant-pep-talk
i actually prefer not to know. i don't like telling my octave range, since it changes all the time, depending on health issues or climate. i live in a a place where weather is far from consistent and that can really mess things up. plus if i dont tell myself what i am, i wont be stuck in one area.
plus i truly believe its a mental thing. im perfectly comfortable in the high soprano, just as i am in the alto/tenor area. this is why i enjoy yma sumac's music, since she is the same way. so i could be labeled, but i feel it would be wrong. i have coloratura abilities, but i prefer not to use them. they dont sound bad, i just dont feel the need. too much sprinkles ruin a good cake ;-)
if you were to hear my speaking voice its a little on the lower tone (but oddly enough i sound youthful on the phone) so im actually just as comfortable in the lower range. but most of my life i have sung the soprano sections, be it mezzo or high.
someday when i find a decent working microphone, ill share some songs with you guys and maybe send some constructive criticism my way :) im curious to hear what people really have to say about my voice. i haven't been told anything bad so far, but i wonder if its out of patronizing :/
plus im sure some of you wont hold back on being mean since its not to my face :p
plus i truly believe its a mental thing. im perfectly comfortable in the high soprano, just as i am in the alto/tenor area. this is why i enjoy yma sumac's music, since she is the same way. so i could be labeled, but i feel it would be wrong. i have coloratura abilities, but i prefer not to use them. they dont sound bad, i just dont feel the need. too much sprinkles ruin a good cake ;-)
if you were to hear my speaking voice its a little on the lower tone (but oddly enough i sound youthful on the phone) so im actually just as comfortable in the lower range. but most of my life i have sung the soprano sections, be it mezzo or high.
someday when i find a decent working microphone, ill share some songs with you guys and maybe send some constructive criticism my way :) im curious to hear what people really have to say about my voice. i haven't been told anything bad so far, but i wonder if its out of patronizing :/
plus im sure some of you wont hold back on being mean since its not to my face :p
^ I would love to hear you ! (though I'm probably pretty crap at offering any "critique") :D
Microphones can be cheap... though you do get what you pay for... :p
I'm interesting in knowing "what I would be" since I'm a kind of anal-retentive statistics person. I guess I'm working myself into a tizzy about it even though it's not at this moment terribly important. I guess I just want to know where I "best fit".
I "can" sing a lot of things, but "should" is probably not part of all of them (vocal health as well as "Ow, that sounds awful").
I'm also curious if my voice will "richen" into a more "Mezzo" sound or if the top notes will "come in" - or how far you can "fill them in" with training or if I'm stuck as I am. This question goes out to anyone dropping eaves. :P Please (I'm seventeen at the moment ! With no sign of wisdom teeth ! Why ? Because I'm not WISE !) ?
Microphones can be cheap... though you do get what you pay for... :p
I'm interesting in knowing "what I would be" since I'm a kind of anal-retentive statistics person. I guess I'm working myself into a tizzy about it even though it's not at this moment terribly important. I guess I just want to know where I "best fit".
I "can" sing a lot of things, but "should" is probably not part of all of them (vocal health as well as "Ow, that sounds awful").
I'm also curious if my voice will "richen" into a more "Mezzo" sound or if the top notes will "come in" - or how far you can "fill them in" with training or if I'm stuck as I am. This question goes out to anyone dropping eaves. :P Please (I'm seventeen at the moment ! With no sign of wisdom teeth ! Why ? Because I'm not WISE !) ?
These vocal numbers and letters are so....o_o confusing. Jesus.
[QUOTE][QUOTENAME]<font color="FF0066">=^.^= Kitty! wrote: [/QUOTENAME]These vocal numbers and letters are so....o_o confusing. Jesus.[/QUOTE]
If you go near the bottom of Page Two of this thread there are links to sound files that you can use to "test" your range. They also have a description of what they mean !
Also : I have added a colour-code to it. :P Because I got bored.
If you go near the bottom of Page Two of this thread there are links to sound files that you can use to "test" your range. They also have a description of what they mean !
Also : I have added a colour-code to it. :P Because I got bored.
[QUOTE][QUOTENAME]<font color=red>The Audacity of Charles wrote: [/QUOTENAME][QUOTE][QUOTENAME]<font color="FF0066">=^.^= Kitty! wrote: [/QUOTENAME]These vocal numbers and letters are so....o_o confusing. Jesus.[/QUOTE]
If you go near the bottom of Page Two of this thread there are links to sound files that you can use to "test" your range. They also have a description of what they mean !
Also : I have added a colour-code to it. :P Because I got bored. [/QUOTE]
=D !
If you go near the bottom of Page Two of this thread there are links to sound files that you can use to "test" your range. They also have a description of what they mean !
Also : I have added a colour-code to it. :P Because I got bored. [/QUOTE]
=D !