What's you vocal range?

**Pleater** · 23rd March 08, 08:01 PM

The first week in August I go to Sidmouth, Devon - where there is a Folk festival each year.

I am quite a fixture, if not a feature, now as I have been going there for a long time.

I take my guitar and drum, and sing and play happily all week.

They do shape note singing in the parish church each day, and I try to fit that in as it is good for my ability to read music.

I usually sing the alto line in the 'Sacred Harp' book - so that is how I have added myself to the poll.

Back in the days when I did readings in church I was forbidden to use the King James version of the bible - it causes me to drop into my broad Yorkshire accent, which the southern folk could not understand - so I had to use the modern one which is much less poetic.

**SteveB** · 23rd March 08, 08:25 PM

NEED a checkbox for totally unable to sing.. The music director at church refers to it as a deep monochromatic flat. My reading at the pulpit is much better received than my singing.

**Yaish** · 23rd March 08, 08:57 PM

I can't make up my mind (which is why I can't sing.) My voice goes all over, probably from a higher ended bass maybe up to a nasal alto.

I can yell real loud though, and call cadence pretty decently.

**mddock58** · 23rd March 08, 09:03 PM

My most comfortable range is most likely baritone, though I can sing as low as many basses and as high as many tenors.

**PaulX608** · 24th March 08, 01:46 AM

Originally Posted by Coemgen

Wow! We should start a kilted barbershop quartet!

I sang barbershop for a few years in my younger days. I loved it. Wish I had the time to do it now. Hopefully when we finally sell our house and move closer to work I'll be able to do some singing somewhere. Oh, I almost forgot. Definitely BASS.

**berserkbishop** · 24th March 08, 03:10 AM

Originally Posted by PaulX608

I sang barbershop for a few years in my younger days. I loved it. Wish I had the time to do it now. Hopefully when we finally sell our house and move closer to work I'll be able to do some singing somewhere. Oh, I almost forgot. Definitely BASS.

I wish there was a decent barbershop group to join around here. I dont know enough people to start one, and wont be around long enough to worry about it now. Anyway, I am most comfortable as a baritone but I can sing bass pretty easily.

BB

**McClef** · 24th March 08, 03:58 AM

I was under the impression that the Castrati were a vanished "breed."

Some falsettists can do an impression but it's still not the same.

I sing second tenor in my male voice choir.

**The Ulsterman** · 24th March 08, 04:15 AM

Well folks, I was always a Tenor, in fact a high tenor.

I used to play in a band, and we specialised at the Everly Brothers songs,....my brother sang melody, and i sang the high tenor harmony,.......However,

After almost 25 years of smoking 20 cigarettes per day,...in stead of sounding like Phil Everly,...i now sound more like Louis Armstrong.

But at a push....i can still hit those high tenor notes.

Neil.

**davedove** · 24th March 08, 04:17 AM

Way back in High School chorus, I was told I was a tenor.

For those who are familiar with his music, George Strait has a real good range for me. I do some singing and his songs are always real easy for me to do.