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#1

Songs With a big belt at the end

Posted: 7/15/15 at 2:37pm

Hey guys! I am a 16 year old student at a high school with a show choir and every year, there are solo competitions I attend in the Midwest within my show choir comps. This year, I won best soloist with the song "I'm Here" from The Color Purple. If you don't know the song, it is ABSOLUTELY beautiful. I was wondering if you could suggest songs that are related to that type of song, so I could look for my solo comp piece for next year! I made the mistake of not saving that song for my senior year, so it's really hard to find a song as great as "I'm Here". At my school, I am known to sing songs that always end with a held out belt. I was hoping you could help me out! I'm trying to stay away from the over sung songs like Gimme Gimme and what not. I can belt up to an E5 and hold out a c#5 if that helps a little. Thank you so much!:)

#2

Songs With a big belt at the end

Posted: 7/16/15 at 7:47am

So Much Better from Legally Blonde ends with a big sustained belted note at the end and also has a similar theme as I'm Here, although the context (in the shows) of the two songs is quite different in tone/mood, the latter being more serious and the former more comedic.

#3

Songs With a big belt at the end

Posted: 7/16/15 at 9:42am

Meadowlark - the bakers wife


easy as life - aida


fabulous baby - sister act


back to before - ragtime


always true to you - kiss me kate


serenity - triumph of love


if i can not love - triumph of love


i am changing - dreamgirls


as if we never said goodbye - sunset blvd


with one look - sunset blvd


a new life - jekyll and hyde


home - the wiz


the music that makes me dance - funny girl


he plays the violin - 1776


the writing on the wall - the mystery of edwin drood



#4

Songs With a big belt at the end

Posted: 7/16/15 at 9:48am

Meadowlark from the Bakers Wife, As If We Never Said Goodbye from Sunset Blvd, Easy as Life from Aida and Fabulous Baby from Sister Act. I think would either one of those songs would be perfect for you and would really show off your voice and are not over performed in schools. Good Luck!

#5

Songs With a big belt at the end

Posted: 7/16/15 at 10:42am

Here are a few that end on huge belt notes that might not be so frequently done in the show-choir world:



"The Story Goes On" from Baby


"Sing Happy" from Flora the Red Menace


"Somewhere That's Green" from Little Shop of Horrors


"Suddenly Seymour" from Little Shop of Horrors


"Someone Else's Story" from Chess


"Anthem" from Chess


"What Did I Have That I Don't Have?" from On a Clear Day You Can See Forever


"Far from the Home I Love" from Fiddler on the Roof

#7

Songs With a big belt at the end

Posted: 7/16/15 at 11:13am

Does Somewhere That's Green really end on a high belt? I thought it ended kind of softly with a long sustained "greeeeeeeeeeeeen."

#8

Songs With a big belt at the end

Posted: 7/16/15 at 11:46am

"Does Somewhere That's Green really end on a high belt? I thought it ended kind of softly with a long sustained "greeeeeeeeeeeeen.""


You're right. It doesn't end with a belt. There's no belt in the song.

#9

Songs With a big belt at the end

Posted: 7/16/15 at 12:37pm

Mama Will Provide from Once On This Island

If anyone ever tells you that you put too much Parmesan cheese on your pasta, stop talking to them. You don't need that kind of negativity in your life.
#10

Songs With a big belt at the end

Posted: 7/16/15 at 12:58pm

""Does Somewhere That's Green really end on a high belt? I thought it ended kind of softly with a long sustained "greeeeeeeeeeeeen.""
You're right. It doesn't end with a belt. There's no belt in the song."


I figured as much. Thanks.

#13

Songs With a big belt at the end

Posted: 7/16/15 at 2:07pm

Okay, never mind about "Somewhere That's Green." (I just have Ellen Greene on the mind.)


Try "I Had a Ball" from...I Had a Ball.

#14

Songs With a big belt at the end

Posted: 7/16/15 at 2:24pm

Try "I Had a Ball" from...I Had a Ball.


God, I love that song! I've been trying to locate sheet music for it for years.


I was going to suggest Waiting for Life to Begin from Once On This Island until I realized that if sung by young teen girl, it may sound rather creepy: "My stranger...one day he'll arrive. The car will stop and in I'll hop and off we'll drive!"

"What can you expect from a bunch of seitan worshippers?" - Reginald Tresilian

Updated On: 7/16/15 at 02:24 PM

#15

Songs With a big belt at the end

Posted: 7/16/15 at 2:25pm

Mama Will Provide, and Waiting for Life from Once on this Island.


Your Daddy's Son can be belted, and is quite thrilling when it is.


I am Changing - Dreamgirls

#18

Songs With a big belt at the end

Posted: 7/16/15 at 2:42pm

Before The Parade Passes By at least the way Streisand sang it.


Don't Rain On My Parade - Ditto Streisand


On A Clear Day You Can See Forever - Ditto Ditto Streisand


Hmmm....I sense a pattern here...LOL

#22

Songs With a big belt at the end

Posted: 7/16/15 at 6:10pm

I feel like this thread has hundreds of choices.


I'll throw a guy song in: Santa Fe, Newsies

#25

Songs With a big belt at the end

Posted: 7/16/15 at 10:20pm

If I Can't Have you, from Saturday Night Fever (at least the way Orfeh sang it)


Paciencia y fe, from In the heights.


And Simple Joys from Pippin too.


Hope I was able to help!

Updated On: 7/16/15 at 10:20 PM

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