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what is your vocal register in normal speech?

contrabass/basso profundo	0%	[ 0 ]
bass	9%	[ 2 ]
bass-baritone	13%	[ 3 ]
baritone dark	4%	[ 1 ]
baritone light	13%	[ 3 ]
tenor dark	13%	[ 3 ]
tenor light	13%	[ 3 ]
alto dark	13%	[ 3 ]
alto light	13%	[ 3 ]
soprano	9%	[ 2 ]

Total votes : 23

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25 Aug 2020, 10:38 am

https://voca.ro/fW2q9yyFPNz

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25 Aug 2020, 7:20 pm

blooiejagwa wrote:

I heard a singing/vocal coach say that
Instead of someone aspiring to another voice and trying to squeeze their voice into that

He takes joy in his job
Because. He can tell the difference ..
So he teaches them to explore their own range and practice with their own voice

And he also said that he sees the students' whole character change and improve over the course of this 'journey' and it becomes 'profound' (unsure how )

For some folks that's a good way. My case may be unusual. I began by trying to sound like the singers of the time, but somehow the result turned out to be recognisable as my own. Whether or not anybody could tell what I'd been aiming at is hard to say. It's often a very transient thing and I probably don't sound much like who I feel I'm sounding like at the time. It never bothered me if I didn't get to sound like this or that singer, as long as the result sounded good to my ears when I heard the recording played back. There's also a sense of parody in it sometimes. Certainly I'd hate to do nothing but emulate like a tribute band does. I'd enjoy that as an individual project but only if I could go in other directions as well.

To complete my answer to AuntBlabby's question, if I try to go above that high G, it depends on the circumstances. I've been known to get to A or Bb with the right song at the right time, but I rarely try. Some instinct usually makes me back off before I get to the point where my voice feels like it's about to crack. Other times I'll manage to force the note but it will come out flat. Or I might find myself switching to falsetto which gives me a bit more upper range, though I can't do that for long these days before my throat starts to hurt and the pitching and tone get too inaccurate.

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25 Aug 2020, 9:22 pm

kraftiekortie wrote:

Baritone. Deejay quality. Chicks would like that.

Thanks KK.

auntblabby wrote:

sounds like you have a bit of a west-coast american accent in that vocaroo, excellent job

light baritone.

Interesting. I've never had anybody tell me that before, and all I hear when I listen back to myself is an Australian accent.

On the other hand, given the amount of American media I consume, it wouldn't surprise me if I've picked up a twang

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26 Aug 2020, 4:06 am

ToughDiamond wrote:

The psychology of popular vocal ranges is interesting. Presumably the Crosby low notes were signalling masculinity. High, muscular singing had become one of the hallmarks of up-beat pop music by the time I was a teenager, with bands such as the Beatles and songs such as Twist And Shout. They were clearly pushing the envelope to get that high. Perhaps, as with their fringed hairstyles, they were showing off things that older people can't do so well. Youth culture was on the rise. It took me decades to begin to appreciate the aesthetic qualities of lower-range vocals, which I used to regard as wishy-washy and outmoded. I've also never been very good at singing lower notes. I couldn't get enough pitching accuracy or projection without that back-pressure. Since then I've improved in the low range, at least when recording. It's still difficult with live performing because it's just not loud enough, and it's very sensitive to nervousness which shows up as audible pitching errors and tremors. For some reason I can belt out higher notes accurately and confidently regardless of nerves.

what do you think of j. d. sumner's low-pitched singing?

that guy is the long-john of basso profundos.

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26 Aug 2020, 4:08 am

blooiejagwa wrote:

https://voca.ro/fW2q9yyFPNz

you have a lovely dark "baritone"

soprano

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26 Aug 2020, 6:01 am

the present guinness book of world records record holder for deepest bass voice. keep in mind that microphone "proximity effect" is boosting the bass.

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29 Aug 2020, 1:56 am

auntblabby wrote:

Pieplup wrote:

https://voca.ro/4MBhcXMKlZt
Not sure what mine is not the best quality recording.

dark tenor.

Thanks, Now if only i knew what that meant.

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29 Aug 2020, 2:49 am

I wanna say "bass-baritone" but honestly, what do you think...?

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29 Aug 2020, 2:51 am

Pieplup wrote:

auntblabby wrote:

Pieplup wrote:

https://voca.ro/4MBhcXMKlZt
Not sure what mine is not the best quality recording.

dark tenor.

Thanks, Now if only i knew what that meant.

think of placido domingo. or POTUS.

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29 Aug 2020, 2:53 am

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I wanna say "bass-baritone" but honestly, what do you think...?

medium baritone like clint eastwood.

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29 Aug 2020, 2:54 am

auntblabby wrote:

Pieplup wrote:

auntblabby wrote:

Pieplup wrote:

https://voca.ro/4MBhcXMKlZt
Not sure what mine is not the best quality recording.

dark tenor.

Thanks, Now if only i knew what that meant.

think of placido domingo. or POTUS.

idk what placido domingo is and, I sound nothing like donald trump?

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29 Aug 2020, 2:59 am

Pieplup wrote:

auntblabby wrote:

Pieplup wrote:

auntblabby wrote:

Pieplup wrote:

https://voca.ro/4MBhcXMKlZt
Not sure what mine is not the best quality recording.

dark tenor.

Thanks, Now if only i knew what that meant.

think of placido domingo. or POTUS.

idk what placido domingo is and, I sound nothing like donald trump?

"light" or "dark" are clumsy approximations of the proportion of treble harmonics in a given voice, "darker" voices don't have a lot of upper harmonics, while "bright" or "light" voices have more treble [esp. odd order] harmonics. if you are familiar with Mel Torme, he was known as the "velvet fog" because his tenor was the darkest of dark, meaning not a lot of treble harmonics there. placido domingo is one of the mellower tenors in the business, also a "dark" sounding voice. i was not meaning to insult you but you-know-who's was the only example this old man could think of at the time, forgive me por favor

i can't think of any non-celebs to compare with, that won't offend somebody.

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29 Aug 2020, 3:24 am

auntblabby wrote:

Pieplup wrote:

auntblabby wrote:

Pieplup wrote:

auntblabby wrote:

Pieplup wrote:

https://voca.ro/4MBhcXMKlZt
Not sure what mine is not the best quality recording.

dark tenor.

Thanks, Now if only i knew what that meant.

think of placido domingo. or POTUS.

idk what placido domingo is and, I sound nothing like donald trump?

i can't think of any non-celebs to compare with, that won't offend somebody.

Yeah, I'm definitely happier with "Clint Eastwood" than POTUS, LOL!! To be fair, that's an example from three years ago, that raspiness is a lot less pronounced now [though I smoke less than half of what I did back then], but the tone and pitch is pretty much the same. Only one person [not from my hometown] has ever correctly guessed my typical accent. I was born and raised in New Orleans, so I sound more like Brooklyn, NYC or Hoboken, NJ than anywhere else in the south. "Oil" is pronounced "earl", battery is "bat-tree", etc. Both regions accents are heavily influenced by Irish and German immigrants, in NOLA's case, with a bit of French colloquial thrown in.

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29 Aug 2020, 3:33 am

i have a trained broadcast-neutral accent.

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29 Aug 2020, 3:57 am

auntblabby wrote:

i have a trained broadcast-neutral accent.

That sounds interesting. I've noticed that when I was working in East Ridge, TN as a bartender, I had more of a Southern accent than I typically do. When I spent a couple weeks in Chicago, I came back on the train sounding more midwestern. And for weeks after spending two months in Oregon, I sounded like most of them do, which still seems a bit Canadian to my ears. I've always been good at vocal mimicry, but sometimes it seems to happen by osmosis. My mother has the New Orleans accent, and mine gets even stronger on the occasions that I have a few drinks, according to my friends [and exes].

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29 Aug 2020, 4:10 am

DeepBlueSouth wrote:

auntblabby wrote:

i have a trained broadcast-neutral accent.

i think you have acting talent. it comes natural to those who do. i can't mimic anybody to save my life.

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