Female 4 octave range?- Page 2

[Plum]

Posted: 10/18/04 at 10:08pm

Try singing scales and see how far you go. A 4-octave range is exceptional, and a 5-octave range is almost unheard of. Maybe some people here are thinking about some other unit of sound...

[judy_in_disguise]

Posted: 10/18/04 at 10:56pm

I'm with Plum on that one.

[~FloweryFriend~]

Posted: 10/18/04 at 11:00pm

I'm with them.


Remember kids:

Rosalind Russell had a 4-note range, and she did Wonderful Town and Gypsy.


Exaggerating your range is obviously not necessary to get theatrical work.

Updated On: 10/18/04 at 11:00 PM

[judy_in_disguise]

Posted: 10/18/04 at 11:02pm

HAHAHAHAHAHA flowery is the greatest.

[broadwaystar2b]

Posted: 10/18/04 at 11:09pm

flowery, I have what my friends refer to as "whistle notes", a very high upper range
but I'll be the first to admit that my lower register is pathetic and I can only hit my full 4 octave range after an extensive warm up

[~FloweryFriend~]

Posted: 10/18/04 at 11:15pm

That rocks bs2b!

Seriously, if you are one of the awesomely gifted people that can rock out 4 octaves, I bow to you.
That is an amazing and incredible feat.
(one that I personally will only be able to achieve in drug-induced dream sessions)

[MyNameInLights]

Posted: 10/18/04 at 11:15pm

Two and a half! WOO!

[Plum]

Posted: 10/18/04 at 11:17pm

Two and a few notes, with my completely untrained and mediocre timbre. Hey, it works for me. The only place I sing is in my room. Updated On: 10/18/04 at 11:17 PM

[judy_in_disguise]

Posted: 10/18/04 at 11:21pm

I just mentioned to Flowery in a PM, that having taught voice and witnessed a LOT of beginning students, I am impressed when a starter can produce a decent two octave range!! That's healthy and a GREAT foundation, so don't knock it!

[~FloweryFriend~]

Posted: 10/18/04 at 11:22pm

I always like to sing the male parts of songs.
One of my best friends is a tenor, so when we sing "Suddenly Seymour", I'm Seymour and he's Audrey.

We generally do the same thing for all of The Last 5 Years.
(The only notes in the entire show that I cannot get are the end of the phrase "rolling in his grave" that Jamie sings in "Shiksa Goddess". I can hit them at times, but they never sound good. Ever. Ah well.)

[Plum]

Posted: 10/18/04 at 11:24pm

I have a female friend who sang tenor in the choir. I was always soprano II or alto I, depending on my mood. :)

[GovernorSlaton]

Posted: 10/18/04 at 11:24pm

I have a verrry low voice for my age. The "Rolling in his grave" is my favorite part to sing of that song. :)

[judy_in_disguise]

Posted: 10/18/04 at 11:24pm

Flowery, I like your signature!

[judy_in_disguise]

Posted: 10/18/04 at 11:28pm

haha I sing soprano 1, but lately I've been singing more soprano 2 so I can work on my ear for harmonies- sop 1 rarely gets harmonies so you can't hone your ear training skills as well.

[~FloweryFriend~]

Posted: 10/18/04 at 11:29pm

I'm in a production of "Our Town" at the moment, and I am singing tenor in the choir.
The guys around me look a bit threatened by that, but hey, someone had to keep them on key.
They're thinking of putting a different girl on tenor and switching me to bass, though, as apparently I'm the only girl in the show that can sing low enough to be of any help to them.

Yes, that's right.
I have the voice of a man.
Does that fit with your mental image of me?
Cute little girl that sounds like Bea Arthur?


(Judy, I'm glad you like the signature.
I was just leafing through my "Fiddler on the Roof" music, and it felt appropriate, as this is MY LAST WEEK AS A TEENAGER!!!)

[~FloweryFriend~]

Posted: 10/18/04 at 11:31pm

Oh my goodness.
Did anyone else's mental image of Gov just get rocked by the fact that he has a "verry low voice" for his age?

Between that news and the shocking ratio of 4-octave girls on this board...
I think my brain is broken.

[GovernorSlaton]

Posted: 10/18/04 at 11:32pm

The reason I didn't get Jack in Into the Woods was because my voice doesn't go high enough.
I got Mysterious Man. :)

[~FloweryFriend~]

Posted: 10/18/04 at 11:33pm

Oh my goodness.
Gov, seriously, I have to call you sometime to chat.
I have GOT to hear this voice.

You don't by any chance have a 4-octave range, do you?

[judy_in_disguise]

Posted: 10/18/04 at 11:36pm

Gov has a 10 octave range.
That's right, he's right off the keyboard.

[Plum]

Posted: 10/18/04 at 11:37pm

That's why I liked to switch to alto back in middle school, judy. I have a weird preference for being in the middle of harmonies. Maybe because I'm a violist.

[judy_in_disguise]

Posted: 10/18/04 at 11:39pm

oooh I could see that!
I played the clarinet, which also usually has the melody.
It's amazing how much singing sop 2 in choir three times a week can actually help me in my ear training course.

[aspiringguy715]

Posted: 10/19/04 at 12:01am

WOOO for 3 octaves!!!

I'm very content with my three octaves at this point. I'm 15, I have a ways to go. I hear of these guys who sing in soprano range without falsetto and think "That's a tad strange, but if you've got it, flaunt it!" If I don't find work on Broadway because I don't have a high F an octave above middle C, then Broadway is not for me.

[broadwaystar2b]

Posted: 10/19/04 at 12:04am

awww, aspiringguy, many people on Broadway have a 3 octave range. Sing with pride!
Besides, there are always straight plays Updated On: 10/19/04 at 12:04 AM

[GovernorSlaton]

Posted: 10/19/04 at 12:12am

Right now, I have about a three and a half range. I can go pretty high in falsetto.

[broadwaystar2b]

Posted: 10/19/04 at 12:14am

*snaps for gov*