I want to know which voice group I belong in. (Methinks they're called groups, but I mean like Soprano, Tenor etc.)

Now, I know you can't hear me, obviously, but is there a guide somewhere online to identify the features of someone's voice?

Oddball

What's your range? I've a useful book somewhere that gives you an idea, but if you have not got a trained voice, it's not much help really.

I went to a teacher thinking I was an alto, and was told that no, I was a soprano.
My range had changed quite a lot since having lessons.

Soprano = high female (approx A below middle C to at least 2 octaves above that)
Mezzo-soprano = middley female (approx F below middle C to 2 octaves above that)
Contralto = low female (about the same as a mezzo but can go slightly lower)
(You can get female tenors but they're rare)

Alto (male) = Same range as female contralto, but male
Tenor = Can reach some notes above middle C, generally up to about A or so... not sure of the bottom range because I'm a girl, and this is a male voice!
Baritone = low male voice, down to v low notes (help me out guys!)
Bass = male voice, lower still.

Hope this gives you some vague idea of what you might be. Work out your range by playing notes on a keyboard and seeing if you can sing them!!

Also, telling us whether you're male or female might help (then we can strike about half off the list!!)

Thanks for you help,

I'm male, probably either a Alto or a Tenor...Cheers!

QUOTE (Oddball @ Dec 30 2004, 08:22 PM)

Thanks for you help, I'm male, probably either a Alto or a Tenor...Cheers!

cool cool!! I expect you're probably a tenor... male altos are quite rare... but then, if you sing alto in a choir, you end up stuck in with all the girls, which can be looked at in either light really!

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Soprano = high female (approx A below middle C to at least 2 octaves above that) Mezzo-soprano = middley female (approx F below middle C to 2 octaves above that) Contralto = low female (about the same as a mezzo but can go slightly lower) (You can get female tenors but they're rare)

I don't have singing lessons and have a rubbish voice but I doubt I could ever sing 2 octaves!

QUOTE (cheeble @ Dec 30 2004, 08:36 PM)

cool cool!! I expect you're probably a tenor... male altos are quite rare... but then, if you sing alto in a choir, you end up stuck in with all the girls, which can be looked at in either light really!

BWAHAHAHAHAHA!

thanks for giving me a giggle this evening!

QUOTE (nicki_flute @ Dec 30 2004, 10:12 PM)

QUOTE Soprano = high female (approx A below middle C to at least 2 octaves above that) Mezzo-soprano = middley female (approx F below middle C to 2 octaves above that) Contralto = low female (about the same as a mezzo but can go slightly lower) (You can get female tenors but they're rare) I don't have singing lessons and have a rubbish voice but I doubt I could ever sing 2 octaves!

I bet you could if you had your voice trained

i must be a mezzo-soprano then i can get to F below middle C but not that high. about E on the last space on the stave is my limit really

I am not a soprano definitely, maybe an alto or mezzo soprano...that is if I had voice training but I'd be too embarrassed to have lessons!`

QUOTE (nicki_flute @ Dec 31 2004, 02:27 PM)

I'd be too embarrassed to have lessons!`

i had a singing lesson once and felt like a complete plonker! i havent had one since!

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i had a singing lesson once and felt like a complete plonker! i havent had one since!

Well in that case I am definitely not going to go and have one! I would probably die of embarrassement after the 1st note. It is bad enough infront of my teacher and the examiner.

QUOTE (nicki_flute @ Dec 31 2004, 02:40 PM)

It is bad enough infront of my teacher and the examiner.

exactly! you know in the singing part of the exam aural tests, after you've sang does the examiner ever look at you, as if he/she is thinking what the ###### was that! lol happens to me all the time!

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exactly! you know in the singing part of the exam aural tests, after you've sang does the examiner ever look at you, as if he/she is thinking what the ###### was that! lol happens to me all the time!

When I am practicing aural with my teacher, I think "Poor her!"
It isn't that I have a completely horrible voice, I just have a tiny range and get embarrassed because I hate hearing myself (I don't mind singing in the shower though!)

ooh no i love singing in the shower and along to a cd or something, just not the aural exam thingys!!!!!

and i said h.e.l.l by the way!

QUOTE (clarinetlover @ Dec 31 2004, 10:56 PM)

ooh no i love singing in the shower and along to a cd or something, just not the aural exam thingys!!!!! and i said h.e.l.l by the way!

Me too.

I love singing in the shower, I only stop when people tell me to shut up!

QUOTE (nicki_flute @ Dec 31 2004, 03:02 PM)

I only stop when people tell me to shut up!

people used to tell me to shut up but they dont at all any more but i dont care what people say i still sing, i actually quite like singing when im on my own. i actually enjoyed singing a solo last year and this year at my xmas concert

hehe, I stopped singing in the shower after my dad said he could he me very clearly down the road!!!
I can sing from the F below middle C to an E two octaves above middle C! what category am I in then??

I think you would be a mezzo-soprano, Charlotte.

thanks cecilia! mezzo-soprano does sound more impressive than just soprano!