Whaaa same (me in 7th grade) :i joined choir and then i realized i can sing soprano, but i stopped going, Maybe its 7 days straight and I don't know the techniques when singing so I'm singin in my throat and it made me dizzy so i stopped But after a year passed and I'm in grade 8 i joined again but I'm not soprano, i can sing bass too sooo I joined the bass
That's really false, basses are not rare as people except, the bass range is between E2 and F#4, most basses are lyric basses, but they are not ultra-rare, and they are not "very low baritone" they are not the most common voice type with varies between countries, in italia, the most common male voice is tenor for instance. Teh other type of what people consider the bass voice is the basso profundo voice witch usually sing between D2 and F4 (sometimes C2) but it's just the less common bass voice type, so stop saying bullshit about bass voice and baritone voice (baritone is a quite high voice type)
I didn't say all Basses, I said most blokes who consider themselves to be "Basses" will probably be shocked to find that their true voices actually lie somewhere towards the lower end of the Baritone range, and not in the Bass range, as they once assumed. We've got a "Bass" section in the choir what I'm part of, but I can tell ya now that only one of the blokes in that particular section's a true Bass. The rest are low Baris, who are trying to sing in the Bass register. I'm saying that sometimes, a particular piece of music calls for a singer to transgress their legit vocal-range. I know a fellow Bari when I hear one, being a Bari, meself- (even though I'm at the higher end of the Baritone range!) We've also got Mezzo-sopranos in our choir who have to blag it as either a Soprano or an Alto, 'cos we've got no Mezzo section. We've also got no Bari section either, so the Baritones among us have to blag it as either a Tenor or a Bass, even though that ain't our legit tessitura. Maybe you misunderstood what I was saying, maybe I didn't make what I was saying clear enough, or maybe, I'm just coming from a choir point-of-view, as opposed to a soloist's point-of-view. That said, most of our so-called "Basses" are low Baris, so I weren't talking shit at all, thank you! Peace and love.
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3:15 I'd rather say most female pop songs are written for the Alto range. They rarely go above a D#5 or E5 and if, it's usually strongly belted. And they also go really low, like to a G3 or F3. Male pop songs are mostly written in tenor range and the singers use falsetto often, so when men and women sing in a duet they often even sing in the same range.
You are correct, pop songs are written for a generic "Alto" (low female range). The typical lowest note is F3, very rarely E3 (low mezzo soprano note). Just so you know a real Contralto voice easily goes down to D3 and many go lower, as Toni Braxton does in "Unbreak My Heart", there are extreme lows in there that other women do not even come close when singing this song Bb2. Extremely low tessitura. Toni even sing phrases down to A2, which makes her damn near female Tenor In pop any trained female singer should have the low F. Inexperienced Sopranos might have a harder time, because their typical lowest note that projects well is G3. The F is only one note below it, so it's not entirely out of reach. Essentially, everybody should easily sing in the Alto range in contemporary music.
@@arxsyn Hi, can you tell me about Britney Spears' range & what did she start out at as a 17 year old, and with age what would you say she is now, if her voice has changed? She had a pretty deep voice, wouldnt you say? Thank you, I appreciate any fyi's.... 🙏
Alexander Hamilton It depends on your age. If you’re anywhere between 11 and 15 ish, most voices are still pretty flexible and can sing all parts fine. Most singers ranges are not totally set in stone until as early as 19 all the way to mid 20’s. I’m in no way qualified to give this advice, other than the fact I’ve been in choir for a while, but I hope I’ve been helpful nonetheless 😁
Ironically there are very less Baritone singers in Pop music. So it gets so saturating listening to all these high voices all the time. How do I find where my Fach is? whereas many legendary female singers are mezzo-sopranos. Whiney Houston for example. Even pop diva Beyonce is a mezzo, then there is Adele with her gorgeous Alto voice. why this discrepancy?
AJRA I think it’s harder to type voices, really. I sing best as an alto, but have the range of a mezzo soprano. It’s just a compartment to try to understand someone’s voice, but the knowledge is ever changing. All I know is when I sing I have gone as low as A2 and as high as F6, however I usually tend to be about C3-C6 normally. My easiest notes are about E3-G4 before I get into my mix voice. I have no clue what it would be. Everyone is “limited” to an extent
A lot of people don't take in to consideration the adult status requirement for SATB to be accurate. So many kids in choir classes get confused and sometimes focus on the wrong end of their natural, yet still developing true voice type. When I was 14 I was probably tenor material, then right before I turned 15 I went total bass for my age. C♯2 can easily be considered baritone territory for an adult, but for someone my age it shifts down a notch. Our voices get deeper as we grow older, it's a simple fact; a lot of people don't realize that sometimes. In my opinion the best way to categorize young voices using SATB and its 7 part system would be to shift everything down one notch from the adult classification. Keep in mind this really only works if your voice matures at a steady pace, unlike mine. My friend was a total tenor until he hit 16, where over the course of just 2 months his lowest note dropped from F2 to B1. If that happens to you, it usually means you'll keep spiking downwards, and typically nullifies my method of classification because it means you're going to be a total bass. Hope this was helpful to some of the teen viewers :D
Definitely deserve the title Doctor you do! Me singing teacher hear's the improvements in my voice because of your free tip's! Cheer's Dan. I think the key to me finding out my vocal classification, was realising how awful and forced my voice sounded while trying to sing like Elvis Presley back when I was starting me singing journey back around 2010. After year's of 'trying' to sound like a Baritone as well desiring to find out what on earth I truly was, my singing teacher freed up my voice and discovered I am in fact a Tenor, which i'm very pleased to be! Now instead of imitating Elvis, I can actually sing his song my way and give it a whole new texture and ring to it. Thank you for being a part of my vocal journey brother Dan! Merry Christmas, hope it's a groove!
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My voice dropped a year or two before most of my classmates did. I was always referred to as the “low bass” in choir, and it took me quite awhile to realize my voice sat in between bass and baritone. Individual voices and ranges fascinate me and I’m really curious to see where mine goes since I’ve only just turned 16. The energy and passion you bring to your videos engages me and makes me want to watch more.
I was told i was alto when i went for choir audition, I’m surprised, my voice is quite medium high, i Guess I wasn’t so confident so i went lower so i can reach the higher notes
I would like to know my voice type: my lowest chest voice is f2 and my highest chest is c5. My highest mixed voice is e5 My highest head voice is d#6 I can do whistle up to g7. Can someone tell my voice type?
I have to humbly disagree Dan. Vocal classification is very important. I was always dissatisfied with my singing. I imitated other female singers and damaged my voice. I had signs l have a lower voice, but l disregarded it, believing the Contralto voice to be rare as l had trouble accessing my cumbersome low register and l preferred singing in the high register mode. In the time that l injured my voice, on strict vocal rest, l felt something was changing within me. At the end of it, l was left with a very weak voice, but with some experimentation l was shocked at the sounds l was making. Extremely low, dark and smoky--androgynous, even. It was completely foreign to me. I was wondering if l was doing something wrong, scared to lose my voice again. I came to the conclusion that I'm not just any Alto (quasi Mezzo) but a true Contralto. I still wasn't sure though. So l had to educate myself about this rare voice and how it works, how it sounds, how other contraltos sing, the Contralto passagi and tessitura. This knowledge empowered me to sing again. I had to change everything l ever did. It was a huge, painful adjustment (like going through vocal puberty!), but l made more progress/improvement in 6 months than l ever had in 3 years. After re aligning my registers, like some miracle, l increased my range too. Singing lower and higher than l ever did before. A deep dive of various types of contraltos helped me. For instance, a dramatic contralto voice can sing the highest in pure chest register, Ab4. The standard Contralto passagio is F4, but apparently it is safe for many to delay using head voice at all up to G4. As well, most contraltos don't belt past D5 (in comparison Mezzo-sopranos belt up to E5). Neither does Bruno Mars, a high Tenor who can belt up to that range. Basically armed with all these facts in my head. I know l am not a dramatic voice that can chest voice up that high (potentially very damaging), but l can safely sing high tenor songs, but not imitate the high belts of other higher placed singers. These are safe parameters that my voice operates. Because l don't want to damage voice again, and it's a relief that l don't strain my voice for those high notes other females perform. That's ok. That's not my my thing. My thing is the prodigious powerful, thick chest voice that is often seen in the Contralto. I even have a G4 belt in me that is of similar quality to male singers. I enjoy singing now, having all the knowledge within myself. It's made me a better singer period. It's also a blessing to have such a voice, because l have always loved this voice and l admire men's voices a lot, and to be able to sing many of the keys they do, what can l say? It's awesome to be able to sing songs as they are written without having to transpose them.
(In case you don't remember, you requested us to say something like this.) My general voice type I would say is a baritone. I do definitely feel my sweet spot is in the higher end of my voice as well. Even though this may not be the case for some mezzo-sopranos, I feel like that being the case makes it easier to sing AND made it easier to develop singing in a belting mixed voice A LOT! I'm 18 yo, which is probably why it's quite easy.
There is huge gap between the lowest note I can sing and my mid range, middle to high range I can transition to and from easily. The lowest note I can hit isn't strenuous but I guess that means its out of my vocal range. Save for if I want to hit just that one note and then return to the higher range.
Love this. Throughout my entire singing life, I have always been a Soprano (my choir instructor in school called us 1st Sopranos, 2nd was the mezzo). Pure and simple. My old vocal instructor loved my voice and really explored its abilities as a soprano, but also exposing me to various styles of music. He really helped me safely expand my range. I am so mad that I lost that! Even now, despite the rustiness and damage, I still sing higher notes with greater ease than lower. I can open more easily and relax more on the higher notes than I can lower ones. I love the feeling of singing Soprano...can't explain it exactly, but even as a child I was drawn to Sarah Brightman's Christine over and over again. She was the first influence on music I had as a singer, despite the variety of music in my house (rock, punk, metal, country, gospel/hymns around Christmas, musicals...) I remember getting the part of Sister Margarita in The Sound of Music high school play simply because I could hit those high notes. (main role always went to a senior, and usually the most popular one)
3:12 "wear and tear" Question: Is damage to the vocal chords permanent? If not, what could one can do to undo some of the damage? Are there maybe different kinds of damage with some kinds being reversible and others not? I'm a little worried that my voice is already too damaged for me to ever be able to sing well.
@TeamUSASportsFan that's what a person who knows better would classify it as. But in general it was a made up choir term that describes contraltos and low to middle mezzo sopranos. Both of which most of them have never heard of. Then you have the middle to higher mezzo's who teach some of the higher notes which get cake second sopranos. And most of them just think that means they are a soprano
@@jackskellington6sic6 there is such a thing in non-classical music. The distinction between alto and contralto is that contralto is basically a woman that has a dark timbre that sounds almost like a man and has a range similar to a tenor whereas alto is a woman whose range is not quite that of a mezzo, but whose timbre is right in between a mezzo and contralto.
Imma cry if I don't figure this out before I need to submit this damn application for this school Edit: hi guys... i got into the school i put soprano but im an alto 😂🤷🏽♀️❤️ oop
My full range is from G2 to about A5- (give or take), but I often feel as though my voice has got two "sweet spots", depending on whether I'm singing in full voice or Falsetto. I've done several online tests, as well as sung with a singing-teacher, and as far as I could tell me sweet spots are from D3 to A4 in full voice and from B4 to about F5- (give or take), in Falsetto. However, my full-voiced and Falsetto ranges rarely- (if ever), come together. I normally sing either exclusively in full voice or exclusively in Falsetto, and very rarely do the twain meet! Unfortunately, I ain't much cop when it comes to constantly switching between me natural voice and me Falsetto voice, so songs like Marvin Gaye's 'Grapevine' would be an absolute no-no for me, 'cos there's too many transition notes, switches and vocal-breaks for me in songs like that. However, singing exclusively in Falsetto, I can sing songs such as 'Show Me Heaven' by Maria McKee with ease, in the original key, and in her register. How peculiar is that, eh? o.o
I can also sing High Tenor. Because I can reach up very high with great consistency, I am often told I'm a natural Male Soprano. Vocal teachers I have consulted and trained with have said that I'm NOT a Tenor due to the fact my voice is super bright overall and I cannot sing too many low notes below G3 very well. They even say "Alto" is too low for me. Sadly, the really high notes are he strongest part of my voice.
I'm female, and my sweet spot seems to be F3 to F#4. Alto, right? My comfortable range is D3 to C6, but I've gotten as low as B2 and as high as F6. Personally, I much rather sing low than sing high, because a lot of songs for male vocalists make excursions to a low note. I'm glad D3 is comfortable because that one is particularly common in guitar-based music! Songs that go down to A2... bah. I can sing those songs an octave higher but the timbre is very different. I can transpose but it's nice when I don't have to. Plus I really enjoy singing D3, the sound and physical sensation of it. I do like to push the limits to see what I can do... but it definitely wouldn't work without using solid technique. Your videos and others have helped!
I actually have a bad habit of trying to match singer's tone and pitch. I know I'm toward the bass range but can hit higher vocal ranges without it straining me. So I can sing a wide range of songs, but feel more comfortable in the bass range.
I am female, and don't have a don't have a classification. I am not soprano, mezzo, or contralto. One voice teacher said I was the opposite of a tenorino (a natural countertenor), meaning I have a male range, sound and structure to my voice. My modal range, including strohbass, runs from about G 2 to about F 5. My most comfortable notes, where I sing like 90% of the time are G 3 to F 4. So I am best in mid-range, although I tend to prefer my head voice to my chest voice. If I were male, I would definitely be a tenor, likely a full lyric or spinto. But since I am female, I just call myself unclassifiable. By the way, good video! :)
Hey my range is E2-F5-F#6-G7 my highest chest voice is up to G4(chesty belt) and my highest mix voice is F5. I am confused if I am a baritone, a tenor or countertenor. I hope you'll help me.
Hey this video was great, all of your videos are really cool, you make it all so much less stressful. I tested my range and can get from F2 up to C5, so I am thinking that makes me a baritone. I have ordered your CD and can't wait to start work on it, please keep making videos, they are sick.
Question: How would you classify these voices: Linda Ronstadt’s, Garth Brook’s, Ed Sheeran’s, Halsey’s, and Patsy Cline’s? Especially since my voice has aged a bit, and especially when warmed up, I believe I’m pretty sure I can hit it all. Especially when I try to practice while holding my nose, dropping my diaphragm, and pretending that I truly mean what I’m saying to a specific person, AND I still sound like I’m singing normally but very fully (except for on M and N sounds.). Does that mean I just have wide range? Also, define falsetto, because if I start out on a larynx position of singing low and go up, it doesn’t feel the same as just singing soprano. (Like Barry Gibb for instance) In choir class in jr high school the teacher just put me in which ever group had the least amount of students. Or am I fooling myself?
Dr Dan's Voice Essentials Thanks Dan, I'm actually very proud of my range as every note has come from hard work with correct and healthy technic. As previously stated on another of your videos I'm often referred to as Mrs when answering the phone as it was discovered at a recent visit to the Nose, Ears and Throat that I had vocal cords like a female! I did get bullied at school because I sounded like a girl! I learnt in college to accept my voice and embrace it as I researched what a countertenor was capable of. Great content as always Dan, new subscriber here, I love your approach 😀👍🏻
Dr Dan's Voice Essentials a guy which a higher ability in head is welcomed today and sadly when I was growing up was seen with suspicion! I was seen as a musical freak as lads in my college stopped at E5. I could quite easily put an octave on top of that! I was told to "fit in" so had to force an area of my voice (tenor) that I was comfortable in. I moved to another college and they embraced it and the rest is history!!
While it is true that the lowest note we can sing is pretty much determined for us, I respectfully don't agree that our voices have an upper limit. Before training, I could only reach falsetto in C5 with a very high larynx. But a few years ago, I was reaching A4's and B4's in belting with ease. Seems like I was a tenor when I thought I was a baritone! The loss of range was a recent thing, probably due to aging. Now I can hit A5 in falsetto with a low larynx, and my head voice goes to F5. My lowest note without fry is C2. With training, you can sing pretty much whatever you like. If you don't have high notes, you're not stuck with a limited range if you want to do something about it.
Given that I can vocalize in the whistle register above A6, there's no reason not to think that my head voice can not be built up and stretched to connect with it. The absolute limit in whistle register I've made it to was a B7...So if that was possible, then any note below it should be possible.
Interesting! Yeah, it's kind of freakish to have that much range, but I'd rather learn to control everthing from C2 to C5 than have higher or lower notes than that. It's still a work in progress.
I have two areas where my voice feels most comfortable one in the higher end and one in the lower end. This has led me to be told things as different as I am a dramatic tenor and that I am a bass. I'm actually a baritone.
My comfortable vocal range is a c4-c6, going up to G6 with some strain and down to a3 with strain. I’m comfortable singing in both my middle and head registers, but feel more confident and comfortable in my head voice and upper mixed. I’ve been classified by all performance choirs and teachers I’ve had as a soprano and I personally feel that’s what I am, but this is my first year with a new choir teacher and they put me in mezzo because “my voice is fuller”, although I think my voice is actually light, just not airy like the people they have assigned as sopranos. I haven’t been too uncomfortable with it, but recently it’s been difficult to sing the lower notes assigned to mezzos but my teacher refuses to move me. I’m beginning to wonder if I’m a soprano or mezzo, any insight?
you talk about wear and tear from singing at a pitch higher than what your body is made for, is this wear-and-tear a temporary thing, or is it a permanent type of issue?
Dr Dan. I have a doubt about the resonators for opera singers.I am a soprano and once I had a class in which I felt a high note resonating right between my eyebrows. It was beautiful, but unfortunately I couldn't feel it there anymore. I would like to know how to go about the famous "mask" and the resonators for opera singers. If possible. I thank in you in advance.
I can sing down to a D2 pretty regularly, and C#2 on a nice relaxed day but I have to be standing. It's not vocal fry, and they're not airy and pretty solid, but I don't know if I would consider them bass like. I've had some choir people tell me I could be a bass, but I'm not sure...things start getting complicated as we get higher. I can control the volume and color of my G#4s and A4s better than C4- Eb4(they are locked in a narrow window of volume and can't be as powerful as the rest without strain). I can make them (A4) pretty light, and/or really loud and forceful. Bb4 is like the line where things change. They can still be as powerful as the Gs and A4, but I can't bring the volume down like I can with the others. Past Bb4, something flips, or feels like a flip. I don't know what it is, but it feels different and has a different texture to it, and I can carry whatever mechanism is working at that point all the way to a D5 on a good day. Don't even know if what I'm doing is right, it doesn't hurt or feel "bad" but you never know. I'm also naturally really loud and booming, not even just with singing but even when talking or getting into heated discussions. Never lost a yelling match. Me head voice is really thick, sometimes its piercing and sometimes its not. It can go from F3 to A5, and G5/G#5 is the limit at which my ability to sing soft ends. Anything above G5 has to be loud, and I can't do a falsetto. All of this to ask... what the hell am I? Given everything, I've tried to categorize myself by reading about the different voices and I'm mad confused. There's too much overlap and it confuses me.
Dr Dan's - Contemporary Singing Lessons I had thought dramatic tenor once, because their descriptions kinda sound like me....but I was like nah. Too good to be true. It would be awesome though. I would love to get like actual training, but I just don’t think my voice sounds very nice. Anyway, thanks for responding!!
Dr Dan's Voice Essentials So I found my register breaks. I read that these can help identify voice types but that might be wrong. Anyway, one is either C4 or C#4(I try my best to not change my jaw or volume, but I have a tendency to navigate through register breaks so it could be either of these), the next one is definitely at F#4(the same thing happened here between F4 and F#4, but I find the instability and flip happens more at F#4), and then there is that third flip that happens at Bb4 so I think that might also be some kinda register flip. If it helps in identification I guess just let me know, thank you!
I can sing down to a A2 and comfortably up to A4, and C5 with my chest mix and E5 in full mix, at my school choir, they classified me as a tenor, then my music teacher told me im a baritone, then a voice teacher at a music school that I had my work immersion at told i could be a dramatic tenor, i dont even now, im confused
Okay my voice range: Prima Voce: Bb2-D4 Extreme at morning/night: E2-Ab4 Extreme in the afternoon: G2/Ab2-Ab4 Am I a baritone or tenor? My timbre is a little more darker
Jonathon Miller I would say you are a baritone, I’m not a voice teacher, I’m a 13 year old boy, but my voice lies in the low baritone area, I would say you’re a mid baritone
@@lieutenantbawls yeah, unfortunately I have to sing tenor in my choir bc there are too many basses already but my choir teacher, my pl teacher and I agree bass 1 is the best part for me
I did your range-finding exercise from that other video and found my comfort zone to be about B2/C3-C4/D4, and then I can extend down to about A2 and up to about A4 before my voice starts to hurt. Where does that put me?
Dan I like your videos.. But one thing that is never taked about is pitch.. Modern pitch at 440Hz is actually a high pitch for a lot of people in terms of how it sets the resonance or placement of the 12-TET notes in that particular singers middle resonance (register) and second passaggio.. Verdi wrote his requiem at the former European pitch at 435Hz. This is a pitch that is much more intuitive and natural for a lot of voices.. For heavy voice types it is actually the shift from A4=437/438Hz (around 8-11 cents) to 440Hz that makes it almost impossible to bridge and connect the second passaggio (for my deep baritone voice the notes D#4-E4).. But also tenors and sopranos sound heaps better at 437Hz than 440-442Hz.. For Verdi it was the shift in color on the sopranos and tenors in the choral pieces at the note F#4 (tenor) and F#5 (soprano). He would not allow the pitch to go above 435Hz for his choral pieces.. And he actually suggested to lower the present European standard in Italy around 1880 from 435Hz to 432Hz. 432Hz (or A3 at 216Hz) is extremely natural for my voice. More so than the slightly 8 cent lower 215/430Hz tone. So the natural pitch of A4 to my ears lies from 432Hz to 438Hz. That is the range for A and you choose any pitch between those two extremes depending on what color and placement you want the notes to fall into giving you a different expression to the listener .. Relaxed and more chesty at 432Hz or bright, energetic and heady at 438Hz.. Go above 438Hz and it is game over for heavy voices.. like a dramatic baritone.. With a lot of training the heavy voice can bridge and connect at 440Hz, but it is not worth the effort and the color change is far to obvious on heavy voices when you have to transition very early to head resonance at the second passaggio.. It is far easier for a lyrical tenor to connect and bridge that second passaggio.. To use a metaphore.. The heavy voice passaggios are like big chunky gearboxe,, very hard to operate smoothly,, the smaller engine of a light voice requires a much smaller gearbox that is much smoother and less clunky.. And Opera at modern 442-443Hz pitch is agitating to my ears.. The thing is that is you expose youself to say a pitch of 432Hz for a very long time,, then when you go back to 440Hz you will notice in an instant how unnatural a singing pitch it is and why the middle ground at 435Hz is a nice comprimise... It has just the right amount of lift from 432Hz to give the choir a little more edge but still have a pleasing sound.. Another area that has a nice resonance for my voice (feels natural) is around 449-450Hz or 100 cents lower ~ 423-424Hz..Police's "everybreath you take" is in this pitch area and the pitches that Händel and Mozart were at.. In my book the pitch area from 439Hz to 445Hz is very unnatural for most voices.. Here is a clip comparing 432Hz (~ -32 cents lower than modern) and 440Hz on a choir.. ua-cam.com/video/6OppM6BkLJM/v-deo.html
I forgot to mention that G# which is 100 cents down from A lies at 415.3Hz when A4 is 440Hz. I tested the G#3 note also and got the same result as on the A note.. G#3 at 204Hz what most relaxed and natural for my voice in 1Hz increments and that is -30.7 cents down from regular G#3. This fits pretty nicely with teh A4=432Hz which is -31.77 cents flat from modern standard. The 12-TET scale is not perfect harmonious. It is a pratical installment which divides all notes by 100 cents.. 432Hz is the A4 when C4=256 (scientific C) using pythagoran tuning. WIth 12-TET A4 is 430.54Hz with C4=256Hz. The discrepency come from the fact that the major notes in the C-major scale upwards from C4=256Hz is sharper than 12-TET but the minor notes are accordingly flatter. The classical pitch which certain orchesters uses to play 1700s music with more period correct instruments are A4=430Hz,, Not sure if they use 12-TET though.. There are other tunings systems...
You know what would be amazing? A 1-minute video that has tones so people could sing along and see what they're vocal range might be. Nope, there's hundreds of videos of people speaking about technical terms of vocal ranges and there's thousands of websites that say "If you can sing in the A3 then you're x" but who f-ing knows what the A3 sounds like?! Nope, not a single SHORT video that I can share with my friends that didn't take 6 years of musicology for their bachelors and masters in Music Ed in order to help them understand that I'm not insulting a guy saying he's a high-tenor or a girl saying she's a low-alto. I guess they could also research what the A3 sounds like.
Thanks for your videos :) It's very interesting, even though I'm nowhere near a professional singer. I found it curious that your speaking voice sounds a lot like mine, even though I'm female. I'm guessing that sets me somewhere contralto, with the easiest octave being ~E3 to E4, and max range around B2 to E5 - if I try hard enough, that is. But honestly anything with 5 on it is darn high for me, and touching second octave doesn't always work well.
I am probably actually contralto, but because I am in a SATB choir I think for me it is easier to sing tenor. For the first semester I did choir I was singing with the altos but I noticed that I kept singing a lot lower than them (however it was too late to change parts), for this semester (which started yesterday) I tried with the altos and I only whispered the high notes so I tried to sing with the tenors and it was much more comfortable (plus we only had 2 real tenors before I switched so they kinda need me)
I think I’m a baritone and I kind of hate it because all the songs I love to sing are for altos or maybe a mezzo and I’m not meant to sing those type of songs
Something that doesn’t make sense to me: The most common vocal types are baritone for men and mezzo-soprano for women. Most female characters in musicals ARE mezzo-sopranos, but most male characters in musicals are tenors.
cool! now I know why I can belt 40s-70s music even though Im classified as a bass in our choir tho because of your vids and instructions Im gradually gaining range and becoming a baritone! This is very helpful thanks again Dr. Dan! :D
Female, age 42 years. Range is C3 to G5, primarily in chest voice. Speaking voice is not high nor low. I'm going to guess Fach is mid-range. Would I be considered Alto? Contralto?
I have been classified as BASS. I really have a very low voice and I am indeed comfortable with it. Is it possible? I mean, I am a female after all. And when we sing, I sing with the males in the group. XD
ive done chorus and singing for a while, always been a baritone but now im doing alto and baritone. I can sing decently high, its just kind of like raspy i guess. like it isnt clear
Dr. Dan, hi my name is Uchenna and I am a male high Light Soprano with a singable Ab3-A#6 vocal range! But i have a full vocal range F3-E7, and a comfortable vocal range of A#3-G#6! I was told i was a Soprano Acuto Sfogato or a Soprano Leggero. I was wondering what do you think? My tessitura is high (A#4-F#6), however i can sing (F#4-Eb6) all day!
If I had to classify myself (yes, I have a fool for a client, lol :p) ) I'd say I'm an Alto. I base this on the sound of my speaking voice (very rich and deep for a woman, More than once I have been mistaken for a man on the phone, and my natural, somewhat evil sounding laugh) and the fact that I find singing in my lower registrar much, MUCH easier than going high. I find it easy to sing rock songs sung by Jim Morrison and Shirley Manson.
I hope you'd be able to answer my question! What's the relation between a good voice and how high it can get? for example can my voice get real high "tenor" and still be not good to listen to? like some people can't reach high notes yet their voices are beautiful
Actually, it probably does depend on the ethnic, but I believe most men are low tenors, fewer are baritones, and of those baritones, even fewer can actually be considered basses. I mean, it depends on your classification of baritone, but I consider baritones those who have a distinct thick deep tone on their middle range, not just those who can't sing high. There are a lot of tenors singing in ranges that would suit a baritone better, because they lack that sweet resonating sound on the mid range, even though they might be good, they're no baritones just because they sing in that range, as well as baritones are not tenors just for singing higher. I hope you understand my point.
Maybe most people consider baritones those who don't have an easy time singing the high stuff, like I used to, usually because their voice is quite unintentionally heavy and that messes up their transition into the high range. If you consider tenors those whose voices are naturally light and find it easier to transition to the higher range, I can probably accept that, but that wouldn't really be describing their given cords, but rather their technique (trained or not). I say this because I used to have a heavy tense voice, and had a harder time transitioning than some of my lighter voiced tenor friends that could just easily stay high. I thought I was a baritone, but I was just tense. Now adays I've freed my voice from strain and I can go up even easier than them, and feel as tenor as them. You can tell from my songs on my chanel, I am no baritone. Conclusion, I'd say you can only put voices in boxes once they are using healthy technique.
Yes it's hard not to do so, but as I'm no vocal coach or professional singer, the best justification for what I say, is that that what I say did work for me, I just realy don't want young singers to get frustrated thinking they re stuck with a "baritone voice". Any way thank you for your time reading my coments.
greetings Dr Dan..my age is 24 and turning 25 this june..my lowest note that I can reach below is B2 in vocal fry and the highest note that I can reach in singing in chest voice without strain and with diaphragm support is A#4..above A#4 in chest voice my voice cracks and my larynx raises, my comfortable singing range is B3-A#4..I don't know how to mix yet hehe..my speaking voice is low ..some of my fellow trained singers in our church said that I am a tenor because the timbre of my voice is light, and some of them say that I'm a baritone because of my speaking voice, and my range in chest voice with diaphragm support is B2-A#4 but my speaking voice is deep..am I a baritone ?
yeah hehe..ohh well..after what I learned from watching your videos..whatever my voice classification maybe I just have to embrace it and honing the qualities of my voice to its full potential =)
Chorus Teacher: Alto or Soprano?
Me (7th grade): I don’t know. Soprano, maybe?
Teacher: Ok, you’ll be a Soprano.
Kat Denning soooooo
How’d it go?
Whaaa same (me in 7th grade) :i joined choir and then i realized i can sing soprano, but i stopped going,
Maybe its 7 days straight and I don't know the techniques when singing so I'm singin in my throat and it made me dizzy so i stopped
But after a year passed and I'm in grade 8 i joined again but I'm not soprano, i can sing bass too sooo
I joined the bass
@@kazamigaming6869 😶
@@myaris.m?
i wanna be tony soprano
True basses are ultra rare... even more than tenors. :D I totally love bass voice.
I've heard it said that most so-called "Basses" are actually very low Baritones, as opposed to legit Basses.
That's really false, basses are not rare as people except, the bass range is between E2 and F#4, most basses are lyric basses, but they are not ultra-rare, and they are not "very low baritone" they are not the most common voice type with varies between countries, in italia, the most common male voice is tenor for instance. Teh other type of what people consider the bass voice is the basso profundo voice witch usually sing between D2 and F4 (sometimes C2) but it's just the less common bass voice type, so stop saying bullshit about bass voice and baritone voice (baritone is a quite high voice type)
I didn't say all Basses, I said most blokes who consider themselves to be "Basses" will probably be shocked to find that their true voices actually lie somewhere towards the lower end of the Baritone range, and not in the Bass range, as they once assumed. We've got a "Bass" section in the choir what I'm part of, but I can tell ya now that only one of the blokes in that particular section's a true Bass. The rest are low Baris, who are trying to sing in the Bass register. I'm saying that sometimes, a particular piece of music calls for a singer to transgress their legit vocal-range. I know a fellow Bari when I hear one, being a Bari, meself- (even though I'm at the higher end of the Baritone range!) We've also got Mezzo-sopranos in our choir who have to blag it as either a Soprano or an Alto, 'cos we've got no Mezzo section. We've also got no Bari section either, so the Baritones among us have to blag it as either a Tenor or a Bass, even though that ain't our legit tessitura. Maybe you misunderstood what I was saying, maybe I didn't make what I was saying clear enough, or maybe, I'm just coming from a choir point-of-view, as opposed to a soloist's point-of-view. That said, most of our so-called "Basses" are low Baris, so I weren't talking shit at all, thank you! Peace and love.
Son Goku I'm double bass baritone soprano I'm one of the 3 people that are double bass baritone soprano :DDDD
but there are many "tenors" but real tenors that arrive at hight notes, not all.
Dr. Dan: “misclasification is a problem when singers insist on singing outside their range”
Me, a “lady tenor”: I wanna sing soprano and you can’t stop me.
same brooooo
Me an alto, Immma sing TENOR!!
im the opposite all i really want to do is sing low but my soprano voice said you can sing a G3and no lower
@@benjaminlawrence1779 lol. Still finding my way. Apparently, I usually accidentally sign a girl's tenor? Suprano. No problem with my bass at all.
you do be calling me out also
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I land in the e2 and d5 where does that put me don't know much about music but I him to some songs
LOL god damn the first few second I legit thought you were a god damn female to male transsexual hahahah
I'm man, I can't sing man songs but I can sing women song, with similar range, but my voice isn't high but it just suits my range. So what am I
My class said that my voice could not be a alto, tenor, soprano bass only falsetto .
Am kind the sad
Praise the lord!
,Amen(sir)
3:15 I'd rather say most female pop songs are written for the Alto range. They rarely go above a D#5 or E5 and if, it's usually strongly belted. And they also go really low, like to a G3 or F3. Male pop songs are mostly written in tenor range and the singers use falsetto often, so when men and women sing in a duet they often even sing in the same range.
There is no Alto. They are either a mezzo soprano or a contralto
Jack42
Hence why Zayne Malik sung higher than Taylor Swift in “I don’t wanna live forever”
Jack42 lol you forgot bout Mariah Carey 😂😂
You are correct, pop songs are written for a generic "Alto" (low female range). The typical lowest note is F3, very rarely E3 (low mezzo soprano note). Just so you know a real Contralto voice easily goes down to D3 and many go lower, as Toni Braxton does in "Unbreak My Heart", there are extreme lows in there that other women do not even come close when singing this song Bb2. Extremely low tessitura. Toni even sing phrases down to A2, which makes her damn near female Tenor
In pop any trained female singer should have the low F. Inexperienced Sopranos might have a harder time, because their typical lowest note that projects well is G3. The F is only one note below it, so it's not entirely out of reach. Essentially, everybody should easily sing in the Alto range in contemporary music.
@@arxsyn Hi, can you tell me about Britney Spears' range & what did she start out at as a 17 year old, and with age what would you say she is now, if her voice has changed? She had a pretty deep voice, wouldnt you say?
Thank you, I appreciate any fyi's.... 🙏
Very informative. Watching this I'm going to say I am a tenor but my fach is in the lower range. Not sure though. I'll have to go fach myself.
(Forgive me).
John Andert so you’re a lyrical tenor
😂😂😂😂😂
John Andert same here only I’m more in the middle
So I'ma a girl/ boy thing and can sing lower than bass
SATB sounds like something you get after a one night stand
billy 😂😂
Sexually acquired tuberculosis
You're the first voice teacher i've heard who's saying "Fach" right! 😄
In my school choir, I can sing soprano I, soprano II, and alto all pretty comfortably. What would that make me?
Alexander Hamilton It depends on your age. If you’re anywhere between 11 and 15 ish, most voices are still pretty flexible and can sing all parts fine. Most singers ranges are not totally set in stone until as early as 19 all the way to mid 20’s. I’m in no way qualified to give this advice, other than the fact I’ve been in choir for a while, but I hope I’ve been helpful nonetheless 😁
Is this rhett
Eva P! My choir director says I’m a bass yet I can sing tenor, but I can go as low as a c2 with a tiny bit of fry, I’m a 13 yr old boy
Mezzo maybe
Alexander Hamilton The Treasury Secretary
Analyzed Freddie Mercury's voice.
Yezzzzz
I've got a voice like Freddy's voice!
@@sethflix now record yourself, listen it and fall in embarrassment like me
@@EnDeRBeaT lol
Ironically there are very less Baritone singers in Pop music. So it gets so saturating listening to all these high voices all the time. How do I find where my Fach is? whereas many legendary female singers are mezzo-sopranos. Whiney Houston for example. Even pop diva Beyonce is a mezzo, then there is Adele with her gorgeous Alto voice. why this discrepancy?
Arunava Sadhukhan I’ve actually read that Adele is a Dark Soprano meaning she has a heavy tone to her voice but she can reach higher than an Alto
AJRA I think it’s harder to type voices, really. I sing best as an alto, but have the range of a mezzo soprano. It’s just a compartment to try to understand someone’s voice, but the knowledge is ever changing. All I know is when I sing I have gone as low as A2 and as high as F6, however I usually tend to be about C3-C6 normally. My easiest notes are about E3-G4 before I get into my mix voice. I have no clue what it would be. Everyone is “limited” to an extent
Few. Very few.
Thank god for Michael Buble. He's the only popular singer today that I can sing along with. lol
@@DFPSprite She is a mezzo
A lot of people don't take in to consideration the adult status requirement for SATB to be accurate. So many kids in choir classes get confused and sometimes focus on the wrong end of their natural, yet still developing true voice type. When I was 14 I was probably tenor material, then right before I turned 15 I went total bass for my age. C♯2 can easily be considered baritone territory for an adult, but for someone my age it shifts down a notch. Our voices get deeper as we grow older, it's a simple fact; a lot of people don't realize that sometimes. In my opinion the best way to categorize young voices using SATB and its 7 part system would be to shift everything down one notch from the adult classification. Keep in mind this really only works if your voice matures at a steady pace, unlike mine. My friend was a total tenor until he hit 16, where over the course of just 2 months his lowest note dropped from F2 to B1. If that happens to you, it usually means you'll keep spiking downwards, and typically nullifies my method of classification because it means you're going to be a total bass.
Hope this was helpful to some of the teen viewers :D
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Definitely deserve the title Doctor you do! Me singing teacher hear's the improvements in my voice because of your free tip's! Cheer's Dan.
I think the key to me finding out my vocal classification, was realising how awful and forced my voice sounded while trying to sing like Elvis Presley back when I was starting me singing journey back around 2010. After year's of 'trying' to sound like a Baritone as well desiring to find out what on earth I truly was, my singing teacher freed up my voice and discovered I am in fact a Tenor, which i'm very pleased to be!
Now instead of imitating Elvis, I can actually sing his song my way and give it a whole new texture and ring to it.
Thank you for being a part of my vocal journey brother Dan! Merry Christmas, hope it's a groove!
Telegram Sam Please work to end apostrophe abuse. Every day, thousands of apostrophes are used inappropriately, and it doesn't need to happen.
Thank you.
My voice dropped a year or two before most of my classmates did. I was always referred to as the “low bass” in choir, and it took me quite awhile to realize my voice sat in between bass and baritone. Individual voices and ranges fascinate me and I’m really curious to see where mine goes since I’ve only just turned 16. The energy and passion you bring to your videos engages me and makes me want to watch more.
bro is 20 now omd
@@itsnot_cruz You are right sir. I'm singing in college now. Fun stuff.
I was told i was alto when i went for choir audition, I’m surprised, my voice is quite medium high, i Guess I wasn’t so confident so i went lower so i can reach the higher notes
I have been told that I have a really good bass voice....I once had a choir teacher stalk me when I was 13
jeez was he phantom or something
I would like to know my voice type: my lowest chest voice is f2 and my highest chest is c5.
My highest mixed voice is e5
My highest head voice is d#6
I can do whistle up to g7.
Can someone tell my voice type?
nuno silva, the following video about voice types may prove helpful - ua-cam.com/video/mNppbS_p5qA/v-deo.html
I have to humbly disagree Dan. Vocal classification is very important. I was always dissatisfied with my singing. I imitated other female singers and damaged my voice. I had signs l have a lower voice, but l disregarded it, believing the Contralto voice to be rare as l had trouble accessing my cumbersome low register and l preferred singing in the high register mode.
In the time that l injured my voice, on strict vocal rest, l felt something was changing within me. At the end of it, l was left with a very weak voice, but with some experimentation l was shocked at the sounds l was making. Extremely low, dark and smoky--androgynous, even. It was completely foreign to me. I was wondering if l was doing something wrong, scared to lose my voice again. I came to the conclusion that I'm not just any Alto (quasi Mezzo) but a true Contralto. I still wasn't sure though. So l had to educate myself about this rare voice and how it works, how it sounds, how other contraltos sing, the Contralto passagi and tessitura. This knowledge empowered me to sing again. I had to change everything l ever did. It was a huge, painful adjustment (like going through vocal puberty!), but l made more progress/improvement in 6 months than l ever had in 3 years. After re aligning my registers, like some miracle, l increased my range too. Singing lower and higher than l ever did before.
A deep dive of various types of contraltos helped me. For instance, a dramatic contralto voice can sing the highest in pure chest register, Ab4. The standard Contralto passagio is F4, but apparently it is safe for many to delay using head voice at all up to G4. As well, most contraltos don't belt past D5 (in comparison Mezzo-sopranos belt up to E5). Neither does Bruno Mars, a high Tenor who can belt up to that range. Basically armed with all these facts in my head. I know l am not a dramatic voice that can chest voice up that high (potentially very damaging), but l can safely sing high tenor songs, but not imitate the high belts of other higher placed singers. These are safe parameters that my voice operates. Because l don't want to damage voice again, and it's a relief that l don't strain my voice for those high notes other females perform. That's ok. That's not my my thing. My thing is the prodigious powerful, thick chest voice that is often seen in the Contralto. I even have a G4 belt in me that is of similar quality to male singers. I enjoy singing now, having all the knowledge within myself. It's made me a better singer period.
It's also a blessing to have such a voice, because l have always loved this voice and l admire men's voices a lot, and to be able to sing many of the keys they do, what can l say? It's awesome to be able to sing songs as they are written without having to transpose them.
(In case you don't remember, you requested us to say something like this.) My general voice type I would say is a baritone. I do definitely feel my sweet spot is in the higher end of my voice as well. Even though this may not be the case for some mezzo-sopranos, I feel like that being the case makes it easier to sing AND made it easier to develop singing in a belting mixed voice A LOT! I'm 18 yo, which is probably why it's quite easy.
The sound you used at the beginning is my alarm and I am deeply upset.
There is huge gap between the lowest note I can sing and my mid range, middle to high range I can transition to and from easily. The lowest note I can hit isn't strenuous but I guess that means its out of my vocal range. Save for if I want to hit just that one note and then return to the higher range.
Love this. Throughout my entire singing life, I have always been a Soprano (my choir instructor in school called us 1st Sopranos, 2nd was the mezzo). Pure and simple. My old vocal instructor loved my voice and really explored its abilities as a soprano, but also exposing me to various styles of music. He really helped me safely expand my range. I am so mad that I lost that!
Even now, despite the rustiness and damage, I still sing higher notes with greater ease than lower. I can open more easily and relax more on the higher notes than I can lower ones. I love the feeling of singing Soprano...can't explain it exactly, but even as a child I was drawn to Sarah Brightman's Christine over and over again. She was the first influence on music I had as a singer, despite the variety of music in my house (rock, punk, metal, country, gospel/hymns around Christmas, musicals...) I remember getting the part of Sister Margarita in The Sound of Music high school play simply because I could hit those high notes. (main role always went to a senior, and usually the most popular one)
Loving your reflections on my videos, Michelle!
@@DrDanRobinson Thank you! I am trying to keep them minimal until I am out of the backlog, but some I just can't help but respond to. ^_^
2nd is still soprano. The Altos are what we would consider Mezzo Soprano.
3:12 "wear and tear"
Question: Is damage to the vocal chords permanent? If not, what could one can do to undo some of the damage? Are there maybe different kinds of damage with some kinds being reversible and others not?
I'm a little worried that my voice is already too damaged for me to ever be able to sing well.
No, many types of vocal damage are not permanent...but may take some time to heal with proper intervention/therapy.
Alto and proud of it (but also eager to expand my voice range). I sing in my university choir.
alto is an amazing voice.
There is no such thing. Are you a mezzo soprano or a contralto
@TeamUSASportsFan that's what a person who knows better would classify it as. But in general it was a made up choir term that describes contraltos and low to middle mezzo sopranos. Both of which most of them have never heard of. Then you have the middle to higher mezzo's who teach some of the higher notes which get cake second sopranos. And most of them just think that means they are a soprano
@TeamUSASportsFan that just makes things evert more complicated. Yikes
@@jackskellington6sic6 there is such a thing in non-classical music. The distinction between alto and contralto is that contralto is basically a woman that has a dark timbre that sounds almost like a man and has a range similar to a tenor whereas alto is a woman whose range is not quite that of a mezzo, but whose timbre is right in between a mezzo and contralto.
Imma cry if I don't figure this out before I need to submit this damn application for this school
Edit: hi guys... i got into the school i put soprano but im an alto 😂🤷🏽♀️❤️ oop
Is it going well now😂?
Omg😂did you clarify the mistake or you're singing as a soprano now?
My full range is from G2 to about A5- (give or take), but I often feel as though my voice has got two "sweet spots", depending on whether I'm singing in full voice or Falsetto. I've done several online tests, as well as sung with a singing-teacher, and as far as I could tell me sweet spots are from D3 to A4 in full voice and from B4 to about F5- (give or take), in Falsetto. However, my full-voiced and Falsetto ranges rarely- (if ever), come together. I normally sing either exclusively in full voice or exclusively in Falsetto, and very rarely do the twain meet! Unfortunately, I ain't much cop when it comes to constantly switching between me natural voice and me Falsetto voice, so songs like Marvin Gaye's 'Grapevine' would be an absolute no-no for me, 'cos there's too many transition notes, switches and vocal-breaks for me in songs like that. However, singing exclusively in Falsetto, I can sing songs such as 'Show Me Heaven' by Maria McKee with ease, in the original key, and in her register. How peculiar is that, eh? o.o
Hewooo
My partner is a Baritone, and I'm a whatever the hell the range from F3 to A5 is.
But then again, mine is without training whatsoever.
Snow Hawkins soprano I think
I’M F3 TO A4 WE’RE ALMOST THE SAME LOL
sick im G3 to A5
@@samanthaclay9540 me too!(E3→E5)
Is it an Alto voice?
Maya Hussain yes haha!
I have a feeling I’d be an alto if I sang but I wouldn’t know
Man, do I feel glad that you mentioned Countertenor because that is what I am.
I can also sing High Tenor. Because I can reach up very high with great consistency, I am often told I'm a natural Male Soprano. Vocal teachers I have consulted and trained with have said that I'm NOT a Tenor due to the fact my voice is super bright overall and I cannot sing too many low notes below G3 very well. They even say "Alto" is too low for me. Sadly, the really high notes are he strongest part of my voice.
I'm female, and my sweet spot seems to be F3 to F#4. Alto, right?
My comfortable range is D3 to C6, but I've gotten as low as B2 and as high as F6. Personally, I much rather sing low than sing high, because a lot of songs for male vocalists make excursions to a low note. I'm glad D3 is comfortable because that one is particularly common in guitar-based music! Songs that go down to A2... bah. I can sing those songs an octave higher but the timbre is very different. I can transpose but it's nice when I don't have to. Plus I really enjoy singing D3, the sound and physical sensation of it.
I do like to push the limits to see what I can do... but it definitely wouldn't work without using solid technique. Your videos and others have helped!
My vocal range goes from (C2) fry < (E2-G2) fry mix < A2 sweet spot A4 > mixin up to D#5 > up to (D6) falsetto
What would you say am i? Baritone or tenor? And a question, if i upload a cover could you watch it? :)
Thank you so much doctor ! I have learned a lot.
I'm glad you enjoyed the video LVM Levure-musicale MBOURANGON Déo G. 欧阳颂. Thanks for watching.
Chest Voice G2 - D4
Falsetto A3 - F4
Head Voice ?? - C5
am tenor and love the bass singers idk if i can ever do that hhh but i can enjoy their singing every time
I actually have a bad habit of trying to match singer's tone and pitch. I know I'm toward the bass range but can hit higher vocal ranges without it straining me. So I can sing a wide range of songs, but feel more comfortable in the bass range.
I am female, and don't have a don't have a classification. I am not soprano, mezzo, or contralto. One voice teacher said I was the opposite of a tenorino (a natural countertenor), meaning I have a male range, sound and structure to my voice. My modal range, including strohbass, runs from about G 2 to about F 5. My most comfortable notes, where I sing like 90% of the time are G 3 to F 4. So I am best in mid-range, although I tend to prefer my head voice to my chest voice. If I were male, I would definitely be a tenor, likely a full lyric or spinto. But since I am female, I just call myself unclassifiable. By the way, good video! :)
You said anatomy can't change. My voice has deepened significantly with aging & menopause.
Hey my range is E2-F5-F#6-G7 my highest chest voice is up to G4(chesty belt) and my highest mix voice is F5. I am confused if I am a baritone, a tenor or countertenor. I hope you'll help me.
Hey this video was great, all of your videos are really cool, you make it all so much less stressful. I tested my range and can get from F2 up to C5, so I am thinking that makes me a baritone. I have ordered your CD and can't wait to start work on it, please keep making videos, they are sick.
Thanks, Chris...I hope you enjoy using the exercise CD. Welcome to the Voice Essentials community!
F2 to A#5. I'm a leggiero tenor as well!! Sweet spot for me is from G3 to D5
Madhan Bhavani me too my range is A#2 to A#5
My range may extend from A2 to A#4 or even B4 before I switch to falsetto...
My vocal range is A#2 - F7
Question: How would you classify these voices:
Linda Ronstadt’s, Garth Brook’s, Ed Sheeran’s, Halsey’s, and Patsy Cline’s?
Especially since my voice has aged a bit, and especially when warmed up, I believe I’m pretty sure I can hit it all. Especially when I try to practice while holding my nose, dropping my diaphragm, and pretending that I truly mean what I’m saying to a specific person, AND I still sound like I’m singing normally but very fully (except for on M and N sounds.).
Does that mean I just have wide range? Also, define falsetto, because if I start out on a larynx position of singing low and go up, it doesn’t feel the same as just singing soprano. (Like Barry Gibb for instance)
In choir class in jr high school the teacher just put me in which ever group had the least amount of students.
Or am I fooling myself?
Counter-Tenor/Male Light-Soprano here Dan (G3-A6)
Dr Dan's Voice Essentials Thanks Dan, I'm actually very proud of my range as every note has come from hard work with correct and healthy technic. As previously stated on another of your videos I'm often referred to as Mrs when answering the phone as it was discovered at a recent visit to the Nose, Ears and Throat that I had vocal cords like a female! I did get bullied at school because I sounded like a girl! I learnt in college to accept my voice and embrace it as I researched what a countertenor was capable of. Great content as always Dan, new subscriber here, I love your approach 😀👍🏻
Dr Dan's Voice Essentials a guy which a higher ability in head is welcomed today and sadly when I was growing up was seen with suspicion! I was seen as a musical freak as lads in my college stopped at E5. I could quite easily put an octave on top of that! I was told to "fit in" so had to force an area of my voice (tenor) that I was comfortable in. I moved to another college and they embraced it and the rest is history!!
Nat Elliott-Ross Jealous Man I like to know how to gain control in the 6th Octave and have full air support while singing up there.
To be honest, my highest note was a B7. However, I need training for my whistle register.
@@TenorReacts same in regards to the voice type, but I lack the upper part from D6 on.
While it is true that the lowest note we can sing is pretty much determined for us, I respectfully don't agree that our voices have an upper limit. Before training, I could only reach falsetto in C5 with a very high larynx. But a few years ago, I was reaching A4's and B4's in belting with ease. Seems like I was a tenor when I thought I was a baritone! The loss of range was a recent thing, probably due to aging. Now I can hit A5 in falsetto with a low larynx, and my head voice goes to F5. My lowest note without fry is C2.
With training, you can sing pretty much whatever you like. If you don't have high notes, you're not stuck with a limited range if you want to do something about it.
Given that I can vocalize in the whistle register above A6, there's no reason not to think that my head voice can not be built up and stretched to connect with it. The absolute limit in whistle register I've made it to was a B7...So if that was possible, then any note below it should be possible.
Interesting! Yeah, it's kind of freakish to have that much range, but I'd rather learn to control everthing from C2 to C5 than have higher or lower notes than that. It's still a work in progress.
My lowest is Bb1 while my highest is G3. According to my music teacher I’m a contrabass :)
Dude wtf. What planet are you from?
Dr Dan is a marvellous communicator.
But what if there is no choir or singing teacher in the school?
I was a male soprano in my 20's. Now I'd say I am high alto/mezzo now.
I have two areas where my voice feels most comfortable one in the higher end and one in the lower end. This has led me to be told things as different as I am a dramatic tenor and that I am a bass. I'm actually a baritone.
Yes, Mike. It certainly does sound like you are a Baritone.
My comfortable vocal range is a c4-c6, going up to G6 with some strain and down to a3 with strain. I’m comfortable singing in both my middle and head registers, but feel more confident and comfortable in my head voice and upper mixed. I’ve been classified by all performance choirs and teachers I’ve had as a soprano and I personally feel that’s what I am, but this is my first year with a new choir teacher and they put me in mezzo because “my voice is fuller”, although I think my voice is actually light, just not airy like the people they have assigned as sopranos. I haven’t been too uncomfortable with it, but recently it’s been difficult to sing the lower notes assigned to mezzos but my teacher refuses to move me. I’m beginning to wonder if I’m a soprano or mezzo, any insight?
BeautyAndTheBooks, the following NEW video about vocal range may prove helpful - ua-cam.com/video/mNppbS_p5qA/v-deo.html
C6?Without falsetto?
Can you upload a video of you hitting C6?
It sounds too fake no offense
I am a tenor, and my sweet spot is at the higher end of my range.
Super clear, engaging and helpful for this amateur aspiring singer, thank you!
I'm glad you enjoyed the video La Maison Sacre. Thanks for watching.
you talk about wear and tear from singing at a pitch higher than what your body is made for, is this wear-and-tear a temporary thing, or is it a permanent type of issue?
It generally will be a temporary thing...but if you persist it can cause serious issues for the long-term health of your voice.
@@DrDanRobinson okay i see, thanks for the information!
Dr Dan. I have a doubt about the resonators for opera singers.I am a soprano and once I had a class in which I felt a high note resonating right between my eyebrows. It was beautiful, but unfortunately I couldn't feel it there anymore. I would like to know how to go about the famous "mask" and the resonators for opera singers. If possible. I thank in you in advance.
Rosario, the following video discusses 'singing in the mask' - ua-cam.com/video/lTEVyAmN_M4/v-deo.html
I can sing down to a D2 pretty regularly, and C#2 on a nice relaxed day but I have to be standing. It's not vocal fry, and they're not airy and pretty solid, but I don't know if I would consider them bass like. I've had some choir people tell me I could be a bass, but I'm not sure...things start getting complicated as we get higher.
I can control the volume and color of my G#4s and A4s better than C4- Eb4(they are locked in a narrow window of volume and can't be as powerful as the rest without strain). I can make them (A4) pretty light, and/or really loud and forceful. Bb4 is like the line where things change. They can still be as powerful as the Gs and A4, but I can't bring the volume down like I can with the others. Past Bb4, something flips, or feels like a flip. I don't know what it is, but it feels different and has a different texture to it, and I can carry whatever mechanism is working at that point all the way to a D5 on a good day. Don't even know if what I'm doing is right, it doesn't hurt or feel "bad" but you never know. I'm also naturally really loud and booming, not even just with singing but even when talking or getting into heated discussions. Never lost a yelling match.
Me head voice is really thick, sometimes its piercing and sometimes its not. It can go from F3 to A5, and G5/G#5 is the limit at which my ability to sing soft ends. Anything above G5 has to be loud, and I can't do a falsetto. All of this to ask... what the hell am I? Given everything, I've tried to categorize myself by reading about the different voices and I'm mad confused. There's too much overlap and it confuses me.
Firstly, that's an impressive range. Secondly, your classification would loosely be described as Baritone...maybe low Tenor.
Dr Dan's - Contemporary Singing Lessons I had thought dramatic tenor once, because their descriptions kinda sound like me....but I was like nah. Too good to be true. It would be awesome though. I would love to get like actual training, but I just don’t think my voice sounds very nice. Anyway, thanks for responding!!
Dr Dan's Voice Essentials So I found my register breaks. I read that these can help identify voice types but that might be wrong. Anyway, one is either C4 or C#4(I try my best to not change my jaw or volume, but I have a tendency to navigate through register breaks so it could be either of these), the next one is definitely at F#4(the same thing happened here between F4 and F#4, but I find the instability and flip happens more at F#4), and then there is that third flip that happens at Bb4 so I think that might also be some kinda register flip. If it helps in identification I guess just let me know, thank you!
I JUST CAME FOR A SIMPLE DIFFERENCE!
I'm a counter tenor, my range stretches from D3 to G flat 6
I can sing down to a A2 and comfortably up to A4, and C5 with my chest mix and E5 in full mix, at my school choir, they classified me as a tenor, then my music teacher told me im a baritone, then a voice teacher at a music school that I had my work immersion at told i could be a dramatic tenor, i dont even now, im confused
Okay my voice range:
Prima Voce: Bb2-D4
Extreme at morning/night: E2-Ab4
Extreme in the afternoon: G2/Ab2-Ab4
Am I a baritone or tenor?
My timbre is a little more darker
Jonathon Miller I would say you are a baritone, I’m not a voice teacher, I’m a 13 year old boy, but my voice lies in the low baritone area, I would say you’re a mid baritone
@@lieutenantbawls yeah, unfortunately I have to sing tenor in my choir bc there are too many basses already but my choir teacher, my pl teacher and I agree bass 1 is the best part for me
Lyric baritone, I would say.
I did your range-finding exercise from that other video and found my comfort zone to be about B2/C3-C4/D4, and then I can extend down to about A2 and up to about A4 before my voice starts to hurt. Where does that put me?
Thomas, that suggests a high Baritone voice.
Dr.Dan thanks 4 your help now i know that i am an ALTO🙂
You're welcome Riley_lloyd. Thanks for watching.
Very easy to follow your ideas! Thank you very much bro, greetings from argentina
Glad you like them!
My vocal range as an adult is bass since I can sing those low notes really well.
I'm a tenor but i'm trying to upgrade my vocal range to counter tenor.
@@John-od8zv Yes im trying to reach higher notes while being stable and practice my breathing.
Dear Dr Dan's Voice Essentials could you tell what type of voice these singers has? Elvis Presley, Elton John, Frank Sinatra? Thank You :)
Each of these men might be classified as Baritones. Elton is a high Baritone. Some might even classify him as Tenor.
Dr Dan's Voice Essentials thx!!!
C#2 - D4 - G5 (falsetto and mix) I’m a lower than average bass I guess, 15 years old
Dan I like your videos..
But one thing that is never taked about is pitch.. Modern pitch at 440Hz is actually a high pitch for a lot of people in terms of how it sets the resonance or placement of the 12-TET notes in that particular singers middle resonance (register) and second passaggio.. Verdi wrote his requiem at the former European pitch at 435Hz. This is a pitch that is much more intuitive and natural for a lot of voices.. For heavy voice types it is actually the shift from A4=437/438Hz (around 8-11 cents) to 440Hz that makes it almost impossible to bridge and connect the second passaggio (for my deep baritone voice the notes D#4-E4).. But also tenors and sopranos sound heaps better at 437Hz than 440-442Hz..
For Verdi it was the shift in color on the sopranos and tenors in the choral pieces at the note F#4 (tenor) and F#5 (soprano). He would not allow the pitch to go above 435Hz for his choral pieces.. And he actually suggested to lower the present European standard in Italy around 1880 from 435Hz to 432Hz. 432Hz (or A3 at 216Hz) is extremely natural for my voice. More so than the slightly 8 cent lower 215/430Hz tone.
So the natural pitch of A4 to my ears lies from 432Hz to 438Hz. That is the range for A and you choose any pitch between those two extremes depending on what color and placement you want the notes to fall into giving you a different expression to the listener .. Relaxed and more chesty at 432Hz or bright, energetic and heady at 438Hz.. Go above 438Hz and it is game over for heavy voices.. like a dramatic baritone.. With a lot of training the heavy voice can bridge and connect at 440Hz, but it is not worth the effort and the color change is far to obvious on heavy voices when you have to transition very early to head resonance at the second passaggio.. It is far easier for a lyrical tenor to connect and bridge that second passaggio.. To use a metaphore.. The heavy voice passaggios are like big chunky gearboxe,, very hard to operate smoothly,, the smaller engine of a light voice requires a much smaller gearbox that is much smoother and less clunky..
And Opera at modern 442-443Hz pitch is agitating to my ears..
The thing is that is you expose youself to say a pitch of 432Hz for a very long time,, then when you go back to 440Hz you will notice in an instant how unnatural a singing pitch it is and why the middle ground at 435Hz is a nice comprimise... It has just the right amount of lift from 432Hz to give the choir a little more edge but still have a pleasing sound.. Another area that has a nice resonance for my voice (feels natural) is around 449-450Hz or 100 cents lower ~ 423-424Hz..Police's "everybreath you take" is in this pitch area and the pitches that Händel and Mozart were at.. In my book the pitch area from 439Hz to 445Hz is very unnatural for most voices..
Here is a clip comparing 432Hz (~ -32 cents lower than modern) and 440Hz on a choir..
ua-cam.com/video/6OppM6BkLJM/v-deo.html
I forgot to mention that G# which is 100 cents down from A lies at 415.3Hz when A4 is 440Hz. I tested the G#3 note also and got the same result as on the A note.. G#3 at 204Hz what most relaxed and natural for my voice in 1Hz increments and that is -30.7 cents down from regular G#3. This fits pretty nicely with teh A4=432Hz which is -31.77 cents flat from modern standard.
The 12-TET scale is not perfect harmonious. It is a pratical installment which divides all notes by 100 cents.. 432Hz is the A4 when C4=256 (scientific C) using pythagoran tuning. WIth 12-TET A4 is 430.54Hz with C4=256Hz. The discrepency come from the fact that the major notes in the C-major scale upwards from C4=256Hz is sharper than 12-TET but the minor notes are accordingly flatter.
The classical pitch which certain orchesters uses to play 1700s music with more period correct instruments are A4=430Hz,, Not sure if they use 12-TET though.. There are other tunings systems...
Usable range D3-E5. Happily Alto.
Stay happy, Alisa!
You know what would be amazing? A 1-minute video that has tones so people could sing along and see what they're vocal range might be. Nope, there's hundreds of videos of people speaking about technical terms of vocal ranges and there's thousands of websites that say "If you can sing in the A3 then you're x" but who f-ing knows what the A3 sounds like?!
Nope, not a single SHORT video that I can share with my friends that didn't take 6 years of musicology for their bachelors and masters in Music Ed in order to help them understand that I'm not insulting a guy saying he's a high-tenor or a girl saying she's a low-alto. I guess they could also research what the A3 sounds like.
Thanks for your videos :) It's very interesting, even though I'm nowhere near a professional singer. I found it curious that your speaking voice sounds a lot like mine, even though I'm female. I'm guessing that sets me somewhere contralto, with the easiest octave being ~E3 to E4, and max range around B2 to E5 - if I try hard enough, that is. But honestly anything with 5 on it is darn high for me, and touching second octave doesn't always work well.
Yes, my voice is naturally high. We are all wonderfully different. I encourage you to embrace your individuality!
I am probably actually contralto, but because I am in a SATB choir I think for me it is easier to sing tenor. For the first semester I did choir I was singing with the altos but I noticed that I kept singing a lot lower than them (however it was too late to change parts), for this semester (which started yesterday) I tried with the altos and I only whispered the high notes so I tried to sing with the tenors and it was much more comfortable (plus we only had 2 real tenors before I switched so they kinda need me)
Iris Sparkle, the following video about Voice Types may prove helpful - ua-cam.com/video/mNppbS_p5qA/v-deo.html
I have a contralto in the tenor section of my choir.
Bass Singer. Fach sits around the lower end, It's a lot of fun.
I never know the term and always refer it to "male range" and "female range".
Kuro DCupu, the following video about finding your voice type may prove helpful - ua-cam.com/video/919W3LRkL_A/v-deo.html
I think I’m a baritone and I kind of hate it because all the songs I love to sing are for altos or maybe a mezzo and I’m not meant to sing those type of songs
Newly selected music director in my church... And this is helpful
Meshack Bangura, the following video may prove helpful - ua-cam.com/video/2sgPUTJ5UfE/v-deo.html
Something that doesn’t make sense to me:
The most common vocal types are baritone for men and mezzo-soprano for women. Most female characters in musicals ARE mezzo-sopranos, but most male characters in musicals are tenors.
cool! now I know why I can belt 40s-70s music even though Im classified as a bass in our choir tho because of your vids and instructions Im gradually gaining range and becoming a baritone! This is very helpful thanks again Dr. Dan! :D
Female, age 42 years. Range is C3 to G5, primarily in chest voice. Speaking voice is not high nor low. I'm going to guess Fach is mid-range. Would I be considered Alto? Contralto?
Kathleen G., the following video may prove helpful - ua-cam.com/video/mNppbS_p5qA/v-deo.html
I have been classified as BASS. I really have a very low voice and I am indeed comfortable with it. Is it possible? I mean, I am a female after all. And when we sing, I sing with the males in the group. XD
I’m not sure because I have the E3 as the contralto and the C6 as the soprano
I’m a girl and I’m a Alto but everyone acts like they hate Altos and it makes me feel like I shouldn’t sing anymore.
ive done chorus and singing for a while, always been a baritone but now im doing alto and baritone. I can sing decently high, its just kind of like raspy i guess. like it isnt clear
My first thought was "This guy could sing Rush really well"
What about the contralto🤔
Maybe up to Eb5? Or E5?🤔
I love the baritone voices and developed mezzo soprano voices.
Great video!❤❤❤❤❤
Dr. Dan, hi my name is Uchenna and I am a male high Light Soprano with a singable Ab3-A#6 vocal range! But i have a full vocal range F3-E7, and a comfortable vocal range of A#3-G#6! I was told i was a Soprano Acuto Sfogato or a Soprano Leggero. I was wondering what do you think? My tessitura is high (A#4-F#6), however i can sing (F#4-Eb6) all day!
If I had to classify myself (yes, I have a fool for a client, lol :p) ) I'd say I'm an Alto. I base this on the sound of my speaking voice (very rich and deep for a woman, More than once I have been mistaken for a man on the phone, and my natural, somewhat evil sounding laugh) and the fact that I find singing in my lower registrar much, MUCH easier than going high. I find it easy to sing rock songs sung by Jim Morrison and Shirley Manson.
Same, I am biologically a female but have been mistaken for other genders by voice.
Can We heard all this different classifications talk???
i'm not in a choir but my mom trains me to sing since i was young and i still don't know my voice type so i'm here lol.
My comfortable spot is from C3 to A4.
I hope you'd be able to answer my question!
What's the relation between a good voice and how high it can get? for example can my voice get real high "tenor" and still be not good to listen to? like some people can't reach high notes yet their voices are beautiful
There is no correlation between vocal range and the quality of the vocal tone.
Actually, it probably does depend on the ethnic, but I believe most men are low tenors, fewer are baritones, and of those baritones, even fewer can actually be considered basses. I mean, it depends on your classification of baritone, but I consider baritones those who have a distinct thick deep tone on their middle range, not just those who can't sing high. There are a lot of tenors singing in ranges that would suit a baritone better, because they lack that sweet resonating sound on the mid range, even though they might be good, they're no baritones just because they sing in that range, as well as baritones are not tenors just for singing higher. I hope you understand my point.
Maybe most people consider baritones those who don't have an easy time singing the high stuff, like I used to, usually because their voice is quite unintentionally heavy and that messes up their transition into the high range. If you consider tenors those whose voices are naturally light and find it easier to transition to the higher range, I can probably accept that, but that wouldn't really be describing their given cords, but rather their technique (trained or not).
I say this because I used to have a heavy tense voice, and had a harder time transitioning than some of my lighter voiced tenor friends that could just easily stay high. I thought I was a baritone, but I was just tense. Now adays I've freed my voice from strain and I can go up even easier than them, and feel as tenor as them. You can tell from my songs on my chanel, I am no baritone.
Conclusion, I'd say you can only put voices in boxes once they are using healthy technique.
Yes it's hard not to do so, but as I'm no vocal coach or professional singer, the best justification for what I say, is that that what I say did work for me, I just realy don't want young singers to get frustrated thinking they re stuck with a "baritone voice".
Any way thank you for your time reading my coments.
Why choose? I sing as a bass and mezzo-soprano as a countertenor.
I have a good idea where I am, but I would like your opinion. (A1-C4) sing comfortably b1-c3. I go into growl when I get much lower than that
With that range, you are more than likely a Bass.
Is it typical to further categorize choral groups into Beginning, Intermediate, Mixed and Advanced?
I don't that's it's 'typical,' but I think it wouldn't be unusual.
Six different Tenors you say? I'd like to learn more about the classification of voices... So how many are there in total?
I have a new video coming out in December that will answer your question. Stay tuned...
@@DrDanRobinson I'm looking forward to it. Thanks for responding...
Here's the link to my NEW video about voice classification - ua-cam.com/video/mNppbS_p5qA/v-deo.html
Always great information Dr Dan. Thank you.
It is SO hard to find songs that fit my voice well. I found most songs by EDEN at good for it though.
greetings Dr Dan..my age is 24 and turning 25 this june..my lowest note that I can reach below is B2 in vocal fry and the highest note that I can reach in singing in chest voice without strain and with diaphragm support is A#4..above A#4 in chest voice my voice cracks and my larynx raises, my comfortable singing range is B3-A#4..I don't know how to mix yet hehe..my speaking voice is low ..some of my fellow trained singers in our church said that I am a tenor because the timbre of my voice is light, and some of them say that I'm a baritone because of my speaking voice, and my range in chest voice with diaphragm support is B2-A#4 but my speaking voice is deep..am I a baritone ?
You may well be a high Baritone. Some might even classify you as a Tenor.
thanks Dr Dan..I grew up listening journey songs and my favorite one is dont stop believing and I sang it a lot hehe
I am now just wondering if maybe I'm a high tenor ? hehe
Unlikely, given that people identify you as Baritone when they hear your spoken values.
yeah hehe..ohh well..after what I learned from watching your videos..whatever my voice classification maybe I just have to embrace it and honing the qualities of my voice to its full potential =)
My low pitch is E2 and my high pitch is A4/A#4. This is my range when I warm up my voice. What do you think of my voice type?
Harold, that sounds like a Baritone voice type.
Dr Dan's Voice Essentials and my falsetto reach at F5 pitch.
Harold Darwin Salazar
You’re a baritone definitely.
Harold Darwin Salazar
Actually, you may be at tenor l. An a#4 chest note is pretty high, and in tenor range.