audition piece

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audition piece

Posted: 4/9/05 at 9:07pm

ok, so last year for our musical i didnt know much about theater. wait tlet me rephrase that, i didn't know a lot of musicals and i still dont know that many. last year i sang 'in my own little corner' from cinderella. and it fit my voice it was a good song and all but about 6 other girls did that song. this year i want a song that will show my range, that isnt too well known, and that wont be sung by fifteen other girls. last year i was put in the ensemble and next year i want to at least have a small part. so if anyone knows of any good songs that will show my range, please help!
thanks!
-KatieLynne

#2

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Posted: 4/9/05 at 9:08pm

what is your range?

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#3

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Posted: 4/9/05 at 9:08pm

Whats your range?

#4

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Posted: 4/9/05 at 9:16pm

What show is this for?

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Posted: 4/9/05 at 9:17pm

sorry i wrote it wrong i dont really remember the range she told me it was a whilea go and its changed since then. . i feel like an idiot. i dont know that much about music as far as knowing the notes and all. if u give me a peice of music and tell em the 1st note i can site read it but. . . i grew up as the artist i have all kinds of things in teh regional shows and stuff an my brother chris was the footbal player and my brother tom is the musician. heds got perfect pitch plays like 10 instruments cna pik anything up and play it that whole deal. and i jsut realized im a pretty damn good singer a couple years ago so. anyway liek i said im an alto and a pretty high soprano 2. so. see if u can work with that

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#6

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Posted: 4/9/05 at 9:18pm

well they have auditions and then they pick the show to see what kind of talent they have. . . its a high school show so. . .

#7

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Posted: 4/9/05 at 9:21pm

wow.....i'm not really sure about alto songs, you could prolly pull of some guy songs though. Send in the clowns is a good alto song.

#8

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Posted: 4/9/05 at 9:24pm

Low f to middle C? Uh, isn't that five notes?

#9

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Posted: 4/9/05 at 9:28pm

No.. its about 10 notes.. give or take a few...

#10

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Posted: 4/9/05 at 9:29pm

That's what I was thinking....O.o;

I'd also like to know what songs would suit my voice.
(I'm a piano player and have only recently become a vocalist so bear with me, please.)

Low E (E below middle C) -> High...high...G. (3 G's above middle C)
I can belt to about High G I think. (2 G's above middle C)

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#11

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Posted: 4/9/05 at 9:32pm

Woah.....is that even possible?

#12

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Posted: 4/9/05 at 9:32pm

That's a REALLY wide range. How did you do that?

#13

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Posted: 4/9/05 at 9:35pm

Yeah.. that is a really high voice... thats like.. a really big range....

#14

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Posted: 4/9/05 at 9:35pm

Well, uhh..>___>..I'm not really sure. I'm pretty sure I'm about the same age as Katie. (15 in October), but my "high high" F's and G's are really squeaks. I can sustain them, but they're just something you'd like to hear. :)

I really can't say how I did that...I want to say it's natural, but that makes me sound pig-headed. I'm starting vocal lessons soon to sort of strengthen my belting and upper register.

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#15

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Posted: 4/9/05 at 9:39pm

Well.. i'm 15 and a guy, my range is about a low A flat to a high E sharp.. not much there...I never took singing lessons and I think I turned out well.. singing lessons arn't always the key.

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Posted: 4/9/05 at 9:43pm

yea ill be 15 in november

#17

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Posted: 4/9/05 at 9:46pm

Katie, why don't you sing one of the songs that people recommended in your other thread?

Either A) condense it so it sort of makes sense as a solo [like what Stephen Schwartz did with Defying Gravity in the songbook] or B) just double up the female parts when you can.

Chances are, at the audition, they won't have you sing the entire song. Maybe first 16-20 bars.

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#18

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Posted: 4/9/05 at 9:51pm

a lot of those are kind of. . . i dont know. theyre all duets and most of them are a snetece for each persona dn they switch on and off and its hard to sing two parts and not sound like an idiot. plus i have to find out which one im singin with my friend before i can choose one for myself.

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Posted: 4/9/05 at 9:53pm

at an audition you arn't usually alou to sing with a friend.. and it dosn't matter if you sond like an idoit.. its what you have to do in the name of THEATER!!!!

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Posted: 4/9/05 at 9:55pm

no no no im not singing at my audition with a friendim singing at this thing called broadway nights with my friend. and i wouldnt sound like an idiot its just the two parts are different. i mean do you normally sing a two part song for an audition.


yea we have i think 16 measures were allowed to sing. its not the whole song but the songs are like one sentence for one person
one sentence for another its right on and off

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#21

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Posted: 4/9/05 at 10:00pm

Hmm...listening to most of the songs, I'm pretty sure you could pull off ATLEAST 16 bars making it sound like one person singing.

"I Know Him So Well" would do well, or possibly "I Still Believe".

If you can do movie soundtracks, maybe a Disney song? Although they're well known, people don't think about doing them.

"Journey to the Past" and "Once Upon a December" are pretty okay. They're not too high. It's not exactly musical theatre, but wouldn't it be cool if it were? :P




I've just noticed I haven't gotten any suggestions. >

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#22

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Posted: 4/9/05 at 10:04pm

you know the more i think about it, youre right. i could try some of them. and im sorry you havent gotten any suggestions yet. if i knew anyhitng about range i would help you out but im new to the whole musician thing. i need to learn how ot play piano. . . and i need vocal lessons.

#23

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Posted: 4/9/05 at 10:04pm

Aigoo, with a range like that, you can sing SO many songs, Try some songs from Phontom, most of the Christine songs would be good for you. Or some songs from Wicked that Galinda sings...

#24

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Posted: 4/9/05 at 10:27pm

Yeah, I've listened to Wicked so many times, I can just sing all the female roles. Possibly the males as well...::blushes::

I'm starting on Christine. I was scared to touch it before because I didn't want to butcher such a good musical, but my vocal teacher recommended Wishing You Were Somehow Here Again.

I've listened to the CD several times, and I'm embarrased to admit that I didn't even KNOW what song she was talking about! O_O

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#25

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Posted: 4/9/05 at 10:33pm

Yeah, having an amazing range like that makes you able to sing a lot of songs... You could also sing "Lets hear it for the boy" from Footloose, or "Somebodys eyes" they would both show off your higher range.