I was damned from an early age, being female with a VERY low voice (turns out (35 years on) I'm a natural tenor, dropping lower on a good day!) Our music teacher 'graded' us all for the choir by doing scales, and started at middle 'c', going up - naturally I ran out fairly quickly, not having hacked falsetto by then, so she said, snottily, 'very limited alto'. I was relegated to the back row, and spent years mouthing soundlessly and wondering what was wrong with me. I spent ages trying to sing alto, and failing miserably, although I began to find tunes I could sing if I went along with the guys. It took until a couple of years ago, when a very good friend with musical training figured out what was really going on - and I'm having a great time and making a decent noise at last! Don't give up, anyone, it may just be you haven't found your voice yet!

madwaff