Poll: Your Voice Range (Music Jokes Welcome)

[LeafofStone]

Ok I just thought out of curiosity that I would ask everybody's vocal range. Me I'm a bass through and through, so that means all I need to know in a choir is two notes: The root of the chord and a third above that

 

[Owyn_Merrilin]

Ok I just thought out of curiosity that I would ask everybody's vocal range. Me I'm a bass through and through, so that means all I need to know in a choir is two notes: The root of the chord and a third above that

Hey, sometimes basses get the fifth, too.

OT: I'm a baritone, which means I can keep up with the tenors when needed, and can also do pretty much any high school level bass line, and most college level bass lines.

Edit: also, walking bass lines. Basses tend to get more notes than anyone but the sopranos; it's the altos who only need to know how to sing two notes.

 

[LeafofStone]

I will personally weep if the most responses to this forum is Castrati.

 

[The Code]

So an E flat walks into a bar and orders a beer. The bartender says "Sorry, we don't serve minors."

 

[Bar_Chek]

I've been a tenor in my local choir for years, though naturally because I AM A MAN (*punches wall*) I tend to use in a somewhat lower tone when singing casually. I can keep up with the basses should the need arise, but the tenor line usually needs more support.

 

[Nouw]

I'm a Bass/Baritone in my Choir. And proud

 

[12GaugeLobotomy]

I'd love to sing for my band, but I happen to be possessed of the vocal range of the love child between Mark Knopfler and a four tonne bullfrog So I just stick to bass..

 

[ChupathingyX]

I wonder if anyone here will have the balls to admit that they have a castrati voice.
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Personally I don't know what my vocal range is, I just know that I'm not particulary good at singing.

 

[SckizoBoy]

I will personally weep if the most responses to this forum is Castrati.

Modern castrati basically are counter-tenors, I hope you know... I was a counter-tenor when I was 13-14 because my voice broke very slowly, so from 11-17, I gradually went from treble to baritone in a somewhat bizarre progression.

It's weird because of all the vocal ranges, oratorial tenors require the largest range (three octaves, I believe, from bottom A +3, which is greater than that of the counter-tenor who don't have the entire lower half of the range).

Anyway, I haven't sung properly for a long time, because for someone with perfect pitch, my pitch trajectory is appalling, so to me (even though I've been complimented for a strong and clear singing voice i.e. good for musical theatre) it sounds really really crap.

 

[LeafofStone]

I am aware that modern Castrati are Counter-Tenors, I just stuck it up there as a joke.

 

[SckizoBoy]

I am aware that modern Castrati are Counter-Tenors, I just stuck it up there as a joke.

Fair enough... though it's odd, because I'm fairly sure that the original vocal range of the castrati was supposed to be soprano/mezzo-soprano (top C and all), while counter-tenors are alto/high tenor in range. *shrug*

 

[BlackStar42]

I don't know, I've never bothered to find out. I have a fairly deep voice though, so I'd say I'm a baritone.

 

[IamQ]

I'd consider myself a bass. Mainly because my voice literary cannot reach any tones that would be considered to be light. Unless I yell alot. Usually after a raging gaming process, I'll be able to reach those notes.

 

[DustyDrB]

My singing voice sounds almost exactly like Chris Thile's, who I've always heard described as a tenor.

That's pretty much what my singing voice is like, just less crisp on the higher notes.

 

[The_Graff]

Baritone by jove. always loved the parts you get with this sort of voice.

 

[templargunman]

Ok I just thought out of curiosity that I would ask everybody's vocal range. Me I'm a bass through and through, so that means all I need to know in a choir is two notes: The root of the chord and a third above that

What that actually means is that your choir director doesn't know how to use bass voices. I'm a bass, and my parts are hard as shit. I sing opera and sing in the school choir. I'm the lowest bass at my university (that I know of, I'm Bass 1 in my choir). If you had to imagine where my voice is I'm inbetween the people who say that they're basses on this poll and those Russian Orthodox priests.

 

[Shoqiyqa]

About a third, stone cold sober and tired, getting on for an octave once I start drinking. RB3 has given me 100% a few times, even on hard, but never while sober.

 

[electric_warrior]

I really don't know, I think probably baritone or tenor. I've got a deep speaking voice, but I can go quite high. I can sing along to Roy Orbison songs and hit all the notes if that helps

 

[Mr Shrike]

Mine's more or less this kind of range.

Bass through and through, baby!

 

[robinkom]

My voice can get pretty broad when singing though I can't hit all of my range in one sitting, it just depends how I tune up.

I've always enjoyed singing for fun like a lot of people but several years ago, I had the wherewithal to realize when I sucked at it so I'm a self-taught singer. If I was going to do it, I wanted to do it right... without paying for lessons. lol

Generally, I'm more around the range of Blaze Bayley or Zak Stevens (Savatage) with a little Eric Adams (Manowar) thrown in so my style resembles a mash-up of theirs.

Given that I also do voice impersonations, I can imitate a lot of different singers out there. I usually have to tune a little higher to do these. My easiest ones are Jon Oliva (Savatage), Robert Plant, Axl Rose, Dave Mustaine, James Hetfield, and (lol) Stevie Nicks.

On a good day, I can even sing a little King Diamond.

Once in a blue moon, I can nail some Bruce Dickinson, Geoff Tate, and Ronnie James Dio vocals if only for a little bit.