For My Fellow Baritones- Page 2

[LostLeander]

Posted: 3/28/05 at 1:30am

It goes up to, and sustains a G#.
It's not much a baritone song.
A bari-tenor, perhaps yes.
But it's really up there.

Sustained F#'s, G's, G#'s.

You have to watch yourself singing this one.

[RentBoy86]

Posted: 3/28/05 at 1:39am

What is it about her goes up to an Ab but you don't have to sustain it really. but it ends on a G. What makes a person a baritone or someone a tenor? Cause I can sing What is it about her, empty chairs, and "one song glory."

[catstagestud]

Posted: 3/28/05 at 1:06pm

I believe the technical breakdown is as follows

Baritone- high F#
Lyric Baritone- high Ab
Tenor-A
Lead Tenor- Bb and above...One of my voice professors explained it to me one day...not sure if that was 100% correct it's been a while. I'd say This is the Moment is a Tenor's song. It hits high Abs if you do the optional "Damn all the odds"
"Anthem" is hard because it does some low stuff the part that most people wait for is the high Gs. And there's many; including one that's an octave and a half jump from a D in the middle of the Bass clef to the G. Good list overall though.

[JudasIscariot]

Posted: 1/1/06 at 10:48pm

Bump

[broadwaybelter]

Posted: 1/1/06 at 11:31pm

wonderful list for male singers, although some of them seem to be a lot more tenorish then baritones--oh god i tried singing "this is the moment" i almost died...i figured out i'm a baritone

[Popular]

Posted: 1/1/06 at 11:40pm

Sorry to threadjack but ...

Charles Bloom, an accomplished composer/lyricist, has a parody song about Baritone's on his site that you may appreciate.

He used to be a neighbor of mine. Great guy and very talented. You should check out his other stuff as well.

Click Music - Parodies - The Baritone's Complaint Updated On: 1/1/06 at 11:40 PM

[jackson992]

Posted: 1/2/06 at 4:50am

I also want to say Tell My Father from The Civil War which I've used before:)

[son_of_a_gunn_25]

Posted: 1/2/06 at 5:08am

I love the parody Popular! So true!

[AngusN]

Posted: 1/2/06 at 6:06am

Broadwaybelter I did the same (try singing 'This is the Moment' and I was so embarrassed, it was because Fs and Gs feature throughout the song. It is definitely not written for a baritone.

[JudasIscariot]

Posted: 1/2/06 at 12:20pm

Yeah, I nearly killed my voice trying 'This is the moment'.

[JACXR71]

Posted: 1/2/06 at 12:26pm

Some of those are questionable tenor songs, but a great list nevertheless.

Some others:
If I Sing - Closer Than Ever
Purpose - Ave Q
I'm Not That Smart - Spelling Bee
Halloween - Rent
Stars - Les Mis
All I Care About - Chicago

[inlovewithjerryherman]

Posted: 1/2/06 at 2:22pm

"Buddy's Blues" from Follies
"Pretty Women" from Sweeney Todd
"No More" from Into the Woods
"The Gypsy in Me" from Anything Goes
"Everybody's Got the Right" from Assassins
"There is a Sucker Born Every Minute"
"The Prince of Humbug"
"The Colors of My Life" all from Barnum
"Apology to a Cow" from Bat Boy*
"Hand for The Hog" from Big River
"There But For You Go I"
"Almost Like Being in Love" both from Brigadoon
"If You Could See Her" from Cabaret *
"It Must Be So" from Candide*
"All I Care About" *
"We Both Reached for the Gun" *
"Razzle Dazzle" all from Chicago
"Double Talk" *
"You've Gotta Look Out for Yourself" *
"You're Nothing Without Me" *
"All You Have to Do is Wait" *
"Funny" all from City of Angels
"Sorry-Grateful"
"Have I Got a Girl for You"
"Someone is Waiting" *
"Marry Me a Little"
section of "Getting Married Today"
"Side by Side by Side"
"Being Alive" * all from Company
"I Can't Be Bothered Now"
"Nice Work if You Can Get It"
"Embraceable You"
"What Causes That?"
"They Can't Take That Away From Me" all from Crazy for You and other Gershwin musicals.
"Goodbye, Old Girl" *
"Those Were the Good Old Days"
"Near to You"
"A Man Doesn't Know" all from Damn Yankees
"Love Sneaks In"
"The More We Dance"
"Ruffhousin' Mit Shuffhausen"
"Chimp in a Suit"
"Like Zis/Like Zat" all from Dirty Rotten Scoundrels.
"Steppin' to the Bad Side" *
"When I First Saw You" * both from Dreamgirls
"If I Were a Rich Man"
"Sunrise, Sunset"
"Now I Have Everything" *
"Miracle of Miracles" * All from Fiddler on the Roof
"If This Isn't Love"
"Old Devil Moon"
"When I'm Not Near the Girl I Love" all from Finian's Rainbow.
"I Want to Be Seen With You Tonight"
"You Are Woman, I Am Man" both from Funny Girl

I think I'll stop at the Fs.
Perhaps I'll post more later.
* indicates Bari-tenor (at least a G, possibly A-Flat)

Updated On: 1/2/06 at 02:22 PM

[soapguy17]

Posted: 1/2/06 at 2:49pm

i just looked over "this is the moment" and sung through it with no problem. I guess I've moved up to Bari-tenor. YAY!

[mrkringas]

Posted: 5/6/06 at 7:17pm

Regarding This is the Moment and general labels...

Listen to Anthony Warlow sing it. That man is def a high baritone but has such depth to his voice that he is no tenor!

I think the best attitude to terminology is to treate them as labels. Nothing more than guidlines. Everyone's voice is unique. Its also more about vocal quality than range. My high B flats are totally different from a "tenor" B flat. Does it mean I shouldnt sing them? No just that if I was working I would avoid roles that asked for more than a few in the whole score.

[thevolleyballer]

Posted: 5/6/06 at 7:24pm

Question: I've ALWAYS thought I was a baritone, and I've been told that by my choir teacher, yet I can easily hit/belt (and go even higher than) the highest notes of, say, "Suddenly Seymour", Lefou at the end of "Gaston (Reprise)", the end of "Beethoven Day", "Run, Freedom, Run", and "What Do I Need With Love." So what am I?

Lol, it's difficult to tell someone what they are online, but I don't know -- are those notes still considered baritone?

[BSoBW2]

Posted: 5/6/06 at 7:28pm

Funny - but not as good as ALTO'S LAMENT!

How about "Belters" - haha

[TheEnchantedHunter]

Posted: 5/6/06 at 7:33pm

KISS HER NOW (DEAR WORLD)

Any man of any vocal register who'd come into my audition singing IF THAT WAS LOVE would be thrown out for the sissy-mary that he is.



Mayella Ewell
Maycomb, Alabama

[RentBoy86]

Posted: 5/6/06 at 9:09pm

Does anyone have the sheet music for Johanna? I love it. I want to sing it this fall in my voice class.

[All_For_Laura]

Posted: 5/6/06 at 9:21pm

My voice coach transposes a lot of pieces for me to sing. I am a baritone, and I have really been wanting to sing something from Parade. Isn't over yet....I am not sure, cause Brent Carver goes pretty high, but maybe I will give it a shot. Also, the judge's Johanna is def. something I've wanted to work on. Johanna (Antony's) is questionable. It is a tenor range in sorts, but Ben Magnunson, in New ST, has lowered it for his baritone.

[RentBoy86]

Posted: 5/6/06 at 9:43pm

Oh, I didn't know that. After reading the thread, it didnt seem like the new Sweeney revival went that high, but i guess that makes sense now.