What Vocal Range You Sing On Broadway? — Page 2

It is possible....however, without mucho training, most people are more comfortable in one range or another. With my students, one of the biggest things I stress is consistancy....so I can't tell when you switch from your head to your chest voice.

But then again, I'm not a big advocate of belting...since most people dont' do it without causing damage to their voices...but let's not even go there...lol

I guess what I'm saying is that, in my experience, it is possible to have "different voices" but one of them is probably not be created in a safe and vocally healthy way. Personally, I can create a great low, belty alto tone, but to do it for too long will cause way too much strain on my vocal chords and affects the soprano range of my voice. Of course, everyone is different, so I hate to make these generalizations. There are people with amazing ranges!

Ok..so did I just state my position and then completely destroy my own argument??? LOL

Wow..so you mean that was comprehendable and actually made some sense? That's a new one...LOL Thanks!

I've been singing only for a year-ish and I went from low low alto because I didn't realize I had a head voice to high soprano. I used to only sing from low E or D to a B above middle C. Now I'm at low E to about a high Dish two above middle C. I love it.

Sum, I love basses. Tenor voices are kinda scary.

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I've kinda switched a lot through the years. I mean, I've been an Alto II in my choir (lowest female voice before tenor), but then I actually sang tenor in our winter musical, but all the while I've been working on my upper range, so for our spring show I sang soprano. My range currently is D below middle C, and then 2 D's above middle C. So thats... like High D or something. I have no idea, I've just been known for a big range. I'm having the most trouble with that dang break in my voice. Its gotten a lot better though.

Sutton's been a professional musical theater performer for more than 10 years, she's probably been singing all her life.

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Wow. Can't wait till next year!

And Wendy, I guess you could say I'm new to "voice lessons".

I should say...singing correctly? Maybe?

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Why thank you bwaybaby, I love it too! Anyways, my range is from a low G to an F sharp. Not big but it suites me.

I'm still developing voice and trying to figure out what I am, and at the moment I've decided I'm an alto I. I've got an octive-and-a-half where I sound the best, from about Ab/A below middle C to D/E above middle C.

Technically, in warmups and scales and what-not, I can go from B/C below middle C to what my choir teacher referred to as 'high F' or 2 Cs above middle C (all the talk of names have gotten me befuddle. I've heard them called all sorts of things). But the high C/F certainly didn't sound pretty. I'm 16, so I'm not too worried about my range right now, and just trying to work with it until it fully develops.

...but that certainly doesn't stop my teacher from having me sing everything from 1st soprano down to tenor -.-. I have alto pride, and hope to one day be good enough to pull off "Alto's Lament" better than an average high-schooler. *dreamy sigh*

Is it safe to say that if you feel no strain while "belting," you aren't doing damage?

I go from an F below middle C, to a G above the staff comfortably. On a good day I'll have that A. My lower notes are pretty rich, but light in tone, so that technically makes me a mezzo-soprano. But my voice teacher says that I'll be a lyric soprano by the time my voice matures. I'm only 16, so hopefully in a few years I'll have that top C!

It's like athletic ability - the more you work at it, the stronger it gets.

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I'm lucky because I'm a true bass/baritone. I've got an announcers voice (I played Vince Fontaine even!) I have found that many ladies and the occasional gentleman far prefer a low speaking to a high one.

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