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Shalini Songs for a limited vocal range (58* d) Songs for a limited vocal range 27 Apr 09


I'm always on the look out for songs to add to my repertoire, and sometimes I really have to hunt because of my limited vocal range. Right now I can comfortably sing only about an octave and a half, which means I cannot sing a lot of lovely songs in public.

To give you some idea about the kind of material I might sing:

I am a young woman and I enjoy singing a lot of the English material chosen by Niamh Parsons, Dolores Keane, the Corries, and the more traditional-sounding songs of Maddy Prior, June Tabor, Mary Black and Maura O'Connell. Also several songs written by Jimmy MacCarthy.

Some songs I love (not necessarily within my range) are: Annie Laurie, Rigs of Rye, Eric Bogle's No Man's Land, And the Band Played Waltzing Matilda, Hori Horo, Teddy O'Neil, The Game of Cards, Four Green Fields, The Water is Wide, Massace of Glencoe, Sonny Boy, Trouble in the Fields, Paul Brady's The Island, Ye Banks and Braes of Bonnie Doon, Will ye No' Come Back Again, Down by the Salley Gardens, Wonderchild and Katie.

Any suggestions?


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