Poll
Question:
What position do you sing?
Option 1: Soprano
votes: 8
Option 2: Alto
votes: 6
Option 3: Bass
votes: 5
Option 4: Tenor
votes: 9
Option 5: Baritone
votes: 3
So, just a musician's question. What do you sing? I sing alto in my choir. :D
Here is brief description of each, in case you aren't for sure:
Bass: Male singers who sing deep are bass.
Tenor: The higher singing men are tenors.
Alto: Girls who sing deeper are altos.
Soprano: Sopranos are girls who sing high.
Alto. My range is pathetic.
Heehee. Me too. ;D
I unofficially classified myself as tenor. Its more like "untrained" because I don't sing in a choir, but I can sing on key.
I class myself in the "awful" vocal range.
Go altos!!!
I'd like to point out that the girl/guy generalizations are not set in stone. For example, I could pull off the tenor part pretty well (for the most part) and I know a couple of guys who officially sing bass, but could sing Soprano really well, too!
Quote from: Icefire on October 28, 2011, 09:01:31 PM
Go altos!!!
I'd like to point out that the girl/guy generalizations are not set in stone. For example, I could pull off the tenor part pretty well (for the most part) and I know a couple of guys who officially sing bass, but could sing Soprano really well, too!
Yes, I know. But generally those are the positions guys and gals get :-\.
I'm an alto, but I can sing high if I want. It just hurts my throat to do so. ::)
Quote from: Icefire on October 28, 2011, 09:01:31 PM
Go altos!!!
I'd like to point out that the girl/guy generalizations are not set in stone. For example, I could pull off the tenor part pretty well (for the most part) and I know a couple of guys who officially sing bass, but could sing Soprano really well, too!
What's that, about a three to four octave range? Wow...
Quote from: Lily on October 29, 2011, 09:22:00 AM
Quote from: Icefire on October 28, 2011, 09:01:31 PM
Go altos!!!
I'd like to point out that the girl/guy generalizations are not set in stone. For example, I could pull off the tenor part pretty well (for the most part) and I know a couple of guys who officially sing bass, but could sing Soprano really well, too!
What's that, about a three to four octave range? Wow...
Ok, funny thing. Last week at choir practice, our basses were singing an octave too low and our choir director was trying to get them to sing in the right octave. She was hoping that by telling one of them to copy her when she sang two octaves up that he would sing one octave up, but he jumped two octaves and sang the exact same note she did!
i do not know what i am yet but in Jan i should know i hope it is alto or both alto and soprano
Quote from: Mad Maudie on October 29, 2011, 08:48:11 PM
i do not know what i am yet but in Jan i should know i hope it is alto or both alto and soprano
Do you know how high and low you can sing?
In my choir, we have part 1 (high) and part 2 (low). I just barely made it into part 1.
I'm really not sure. I can sing pretty high, but pretty low too. I'd say I was...alto.
[EDIT: Actually, my mother says I sing soprano, so that's what I voted for. ;)]
my choir position was alto but I think i can sing any thing the thing I hate though is when you wake up early start singing and sound horrible or like me go to church and still have that morning voice
i'm bass i can not sing high i crackup when i do
I sing soprano in my church choir, usually second soprano, but sometimes go up to first if not enough of the firsts are around. I don't like notes below an E (first line of the staff) a whole lot, especially once I get to middle C. That's right on my break and I don't much like singing below my break, though I can get down to an A two ledger lines below the staff, maybe a G if it's early in the morning and my voice is still froggy. I can get up to a G one space above the staff, sometimes an A one ledger line above the staff if I work my way up to it. So, about a two octave range.
Soprano here. I think I might be alto when I grow up. :D
Quote from: Taggerung_of_Redwall on October 28, 2011, 09:03:02 PM
Quote from: Lily on October 28, 2011, 08:03:05 AM
I class myself in the "awful" vocal range.
+1
+ another 1. I'd probably be baritone or bass, if I coul guess. Choir is not my thing, instruments are more my thing.
Im a tenor, and a high one. Im playing Randolf in Bye Bye Birdie, if you know that.
Hey, how come no one ever mentions the baritone?
A baritone singing voice is a medium between bass and tenor. That's the kind of voice that my brother has. To me, a baritone singing voice is incredible to listen to.
It is. My nfirend is a baritone, and its justb so cool to hear.
Baritone is my favourite to listen to. I love that deep, rich sound.
*giggles* That's funny! Over here we call them "barely-a-tone"s!
I'm actually a female Tenor :D, i can sing alto but its harder for me, i sing in a choir that's part of the band i play in ;D
i pretty much sing soprano but it may change with time
I have about a two octave range.
i sing bass and tenor. but im mainly a tenor. i have a 3 octave range, but i can only sing up to a G ;_;. my dream is to sing a C.
I'm a soprano, I can sing as high as Christine in phantom of the opera.
I sing Bass.
I have just over a two-octave range, and a bad habit of singing an octave too low when the music strays up into the higher notes. My music teacher/choir director tells me off for that.
I sing Bass as well.
In the mornings, I can sing as low as two D's or two E's below middle C, but in the evening I can't get below two F's below middle C.
I can only sing up to the E or F above Middle C.
Quote from: Melody on January 13, 2012, 01:17:42 PM
I'm a soprano, I can sing as high as Christine in phantom of the opera.
A high E? That's pretty impressive!
I usually practiced in the shower, I tried for weeks until I reached the note. ;D And my grandpa loves it!
Is there anyone who sings contralto? (Actually, I think that's just an old fashioned word for tenor.)
I thought contralto was the lowest female voice? I think males who can reach the contralto range are called countertenors.
Alto, though my piano/voice teacher says I should be a tenor by this fall.
Quote from: Lily on March 15, 2012, 07:08:25 AM
I thought contralto was the lowest female voice? I think males who can reach the contralto range are called countertenors.
It is the lowest female voice. My mum has a pretty low voice...
Quote from: Tiria Wildlough on March 16, 2012, 05:52:40 AM
Quote from: Lily on March 15, 2012, 07:08:25 AM
I thought contralto was the lowest female voice? I think males who can reach the contralto range are called countertenors.
It is the lowest female voice. My mum has a pretty low voice...
Sorry, what I was trying to say is I don't think tenor and contralto are the same thing. :P Can't sentence properly any more.
I sing alto, I can sing high-pitched, though. But it hurts my throat to do so. Hey, should someone alter that poll to include baritone as one of the options?
Quote from: Nightfire on March 16, 2012, 01:52:55 PM
I sing alto, I can sing high-pitched, though. But it hurts my throat to do so. Hey, should someone alter that poll to include baritone as one of the options?
Done. I forgot about them when I made the poll. :-\
I do believe I am a Tenor!
Awesome! :) Y'know, hares and squirrels tend to always be tenors, while badgers and moles are almost always bass.
Works for me :)
me too.
Tenor rules ;D
no, bass does. :P
Tenor is better! :P >:( :P
Face it guys, Sopranos have us beat.
I've got my falcetto.
What is a Falcetto?
Quote from: Bragoon on March 27, 2012, 12:18:37 AM
Face it guys, Sopranos have us beat.
What are you again?
Bass.
Falsetto is a type of singing that allows one to sing higher than they might normally. It's really useful for bass parts that stray into notes above middle C, since that's close to the cap for most bass singers.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Falsetto
OH :o Thanks! :D
can't say I really do not like singing in public
I've got a strange voice. Even though I am a girl, I have a deep voice. Yet when I sing, I sing soprano. So I get called a guy a lot, but when I sing people are like, "Whoa! You're a girl!" Though, I don't sing in public much unless I'm listening to music. Even then I usually mouth along to it because it's usually my iPod!
I'm not sure, I don't sing often but when I do it's terrible. I would say lower female, alto I think it is.
i'm more of a tenor, when i'm older, maybe a baritone... that's higher than bass, right?
Yup. Baritone is in between tenor and bass.