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What Vocal Range You Sing On Broadway?
#25re: What Vocal Range You Sing On Broadway?
Posted: 6/22/05 at 9:44pm
singing wendy
what if you have both those voices??? Like haveing a Mezzo's rich lower notes, but can also sing like a ligit lyric soprano?? Is this possible? Becuase when I think about it I do both. I'm not a soprano that sounds funny....Never mind I just can't articulate what I want to say.
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#26re: What Vocal Range You Sing On Broadway?
Posted: 6/22/05 at 9:58pm
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
#27re: What Vocal Range You Sing On Broadway?
Posted: 6/22/05 at 10:20pmWendy - not at all - you said it all perfectly and I agree with every word.
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#28re: What Vocal Range You Sing On Broadway?
Posted: 6/22/05 at 10:26pmWow..so you mean that was comprehendable and actually made some sense? That's a new one...LOL Thanks!
#29re: What Vocal Range You Sing On Broadway?
Posted: 6/22/05 at 10:35pm
Okay now I can articulate..thanks Singing wendy!
Okay so I AM both. I neither stress my voice when I belt and I am always consistant...Thats what I wanted to say.
I Have a strong Mezzo Belt (Without strainging of course) and a ligit lyric soprano (without it feeling awkward). Both are very natural to me. I think I can do this becuase I can also do a range of voices, I am very good a mimiking people's voices so I cna sound diffrent on a moments notice. It's really hard to explain all this stuff.
At the moment I'm working on my lyric Soprano so I wont be belting for a while...Now it's time for me to decide for school placments if I should belt or use my Soprano voice (it's alwys hard to choose.)
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#30re: What Vocal Range You Sing On Broadway?
Posted: 6/22/05 at 10:38pm
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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#31re: What Vocal Range You Sing On Broadway?
Posted: 6/22/05 at 10:40pm
When would you stop calling someone "new" to singing? I mean, if a year is still..."breaking someone in", so-to-speak....
I've got a long way to go...>_>
But I guess if you look at things....Sutton's been singing for at least 10 years...probably more. So I guess it doesn't really hit me that time is a big factor in voice.
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#32re: What Vocal Range You Sing On Broadway?
Posted: 6/22/05 at 10:46pm
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. 
#33re: What Vocal Range You Sing On Broadway?
Posted: 6/22/05 at 10:46pmWell..as an elementary music teacher, I hope none of you are really "new to singing"...LOL. You can be new to voice lessons. And you can always learn from lessons...most professional singers still go for lessons and coachings. Also, I have always been told that your voice doesn't really reach its apex of possiblity until your mid to late 30's (and being that I've just turned 33 I have to say that I am definitely discovering a strength to my voice I never had). So...be patient..and keep practicing! LOL
#34re: What Vocal Range You Sing On Broadway?
Posted: 6/22/05 at 10:47pmSutton's been a professional musical theater performer for more than 10 years, she's probably been singing all her life.
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#35re: What Vocal Range You Sing On Broadway?
Posted: 6/22/05 at 10:49pm
It took me awhile too, but if you consider how much growth you make in a year it really makes you feel good. I added more than an octave to my range in a year. I still need practice with using it though. Just stick with it and it gets lots easier. And its more fun once you stop worrying about messing up.
I have no belt. 
Oh well. Nothing beats the feeling of singing high in legit voice. There's nothing like it.
Thou giveth fever.
#36re: What Vocal Range You Sing On Broadway?
Posted: 6/22/05 at 10:55pm
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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#37re: What Vocal Range You Sing On Broadway?
Posted: 6/22/05 at 11:02pm
It is such a boost in confidence Aigoo, to be able to hear the difference in your voice and see how much you've improved. It takes work. I cried countless times because I thought I was no good but once the results show it really affects your confidence. Keep up the good work.
Aigoo, I keep thinking you are Spider because of all the Catherine-ness. 
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#38re: What Vocal Range You Sing On Broadway?
Posted: 6/22/05 at 11:04pmWhy 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.
#39re: What Vocal Range You Sing On Broadway?
Posted: 6/22/05 at 11:05pmNooo, but I'm SOOO obsessed with her.
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#40re: What Vocal Range You Sing On Broadway?
Posted: 6/22/05 at 11:07pm
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*
#41re: What Vocal Range You Sing On Broadway?
Posted: 6/22/05 at 11:16pm
There's an unoffical club for us Catherine lover's.
I was so into alto pride last year and then the tables turned and I'm just starting to get used to being a soprano. I have kind of a Christine-ish tone quality. Totally not like my personality at all.
Thou giveth fever.
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#42re: What Vocal Range You Sing On Broadway?
Posted: 6/22/05 at 11:21pmIs it safe to say that if you feel no strain while "belting," you aren't doing damage?
#43re: What Vocal Range You Sing On Broadway?
Posted: 6/22/05 at 11:30pmI just wanted to post this up here, but I find it really....weird how your range just naturally expands. Why is this? Is it just because...if you push? Or is it just because your voice becomes more accessible as you grow older?
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#44re: What Vocal Range You Sing On Broadway?
Posted: 6/22/05 at 11:32pm
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!
#45re: What Vocal Range You Sing On Broadway?
Posted: 6/22/05 at 11:32pm
There is a correct way to belt and incorrect way to belt.
Belting wrong can put a strain on your voice (you can feel it or Feel it after wards)
Belting the right way should be comfortable..at least I know I can belt high without feeling uncomfortable. I never push myself all at once..That can really mess you up, I know girls who belt too much (not doing it the right way) and end up getting Nodes on thier vocal cords!
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#46re: What Vocal Range You Sing On Broadway?
Posted: 6/22/05 at 11:33pmIt's like athletic ability - the more you work at it, the stronger it gets.
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#47re: What Vocal Range You Sing On Broadway?
Posted: 6/22/05 at 11:34pmI guess that makes sense.
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#48re: What Vocal Range You Sing On Broadway?
Posted: 6/22/05 at 11:40pmI'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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#49re: What Vocal Range You Sing On Broadway?
Posted: 6/23/05 at 1:06ami sing 2nd alto up to 1st soprano and i can sing some of tenor
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