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Thread #13909   Message #3028307
Posted By: GUEST,Grishka
10-Nov-10 - 10:25 AM
Thread Name: Help: How can you tell which voice you've got
Subject: RE: Help: How can you tell which voice you've got
Black belt caterpillar wrestler: yes.

The "Vocal Range Information" above gives too small ranges, even for amateur singers performing choral music. See more accurate information on Wikipedia etc. Also note that "range" is not the whole truth about a voice and its training; it's the quality of each register that matters. If your Bb2 can fill an opera house with steady and modulatable sound, you're a rare bird, whereas mine can easily fill my shower room when I have a cold. However, to sing bass opera roles such as Ochs von Lerchenau, you must have an F3 as well. That takes years to decades of intensive professional training.

If you compose for other singers (as I sometimes do), either consult them regularly or keep to the middle of the road.