haha

I love that comment. You realize that is a personality type, right? 😂😂

Me too, except I've never drunk or went to a karaoke night

You sir, have the actual best vocal type!

@@skye387 🤣 Same

haha

I love this ! Totally right on! 🤣🤣

That makes me Mesozoic right

I am going to guess that your telephone voice is alto

@@DaskaiserreichNet78 My telephone voice is high mezzo or soprano. I'm a tiny 5'1 woman and I tried my best since childhood to sound petite like my figure by elevating my tone to almost anime-like. 😅😅😅 Maybe it's the curse of being Asian...men expecting women to have cute voice here.

In either case, whether it's sarcasm or honesty, I do very much appreciatie the commentary.

I liken my singing voice to a smooth creamy almost low like fluidy style! but i can go higher but not much and certainly not like mariah or Ariana!

I'm the same, Selena Gomez and Miley I can sing pretty well. And same with Ariana 😂

Singers with a deep and heavy voice are my favorite!! I'd really love to have a raspy voice like Amy Winehouse or Angelina Jordan. But I'm still proud of my own singing voice c: It's not quite my music type (mezzo soprano). But it's just heartwarming to think that our voices are made for other people to love, enjoy and to listen to. Therefore to share our unique tone with each other. c: ♡

same!!! i love ariana and mariah carey. i love singing their songs eventho I am a alto lol

demi and ariana is a soprano too

interesting idea, not my thoughts

he was way up there to be a natural baritone. His tessitura including his speaking voice lies on the tenor field

Yes it was his different structure of his teeth that gave him such a huge range. I think his morals were shaped distinctive than ordinary people. But speaking of voice type he was a lyric baritone. Many people don't know but Brendon Urie is also a lyric baritone.

@@ZENOBlAmusic yes he can sing a d5 in chest voice but the question is how comfortable he is and what is the reason behind having being able to sing so high which btw is his unique teeth structure and hence he couldn't be classified as a tenor. But he is a legend and I love his voice anyways voice types doesn't really matters so much . It was just a fact that he is a natural baritone mark my words natural and I wanted to share it with you guys.

​@@satyamdas5929 Your teeth has nothing to do with your vocal range. At most it might affect your head resonance or dictation. People have had their teeth fixed before, and it does not change or affect your voice. This from Wikipeadia: “The human voice is capable of producing sounds using different physiological processes within the larynx. These different forms of voice production are known as vocal registers; "Full chest voice is your lowest and most powerful voice. Most singer simply use mixed voice or head voice to sing higher, which is far easier then using full chest voice. Your larynx and some of the other muscles within your throat are elements dictates your vocal range. In general it is very difficult for baritones to sing past G4 with full chest voice, their voices generally breaks into falsetto around F4. It is easy for them to use mixed voice or head voice to sing higher. The opening high note Freddie that was used in this video for Freddie was a G#4, that is a really difficult note for a baritone in full chest voice, for Freddie it sounded low and easy. It is actually quite easy to determine Freddie Mercury’s vocal range, because he simply sang in full chest 80% of the time. There are a lot of D5 notes in full chest voice from him, and the rare E5 note. Freddie could sing high notes with real power, when baritones or basses sing high notes they have to use mixed voice or falsetto and as result their voices tend to sound thin on high notes. Freddie Mercury’s full chest voice is in the range of a tenor. You get many different tenors. Leggero tenors, Lyric tenors, Spinto tenors, Dramtic Tenors and Heldentenors. They have all have different timbres and sounds to their voices, they have different weighs to their voices and different breaking points. Leggero tenors can have breaking points at around G#4 -A4, their range E3 - E5, Lyric tenors which is by far the most common, have a breaking point of G4 - G#4, and the common tenor range of C3 - C5. Spinto tenors have a breaking point of F#4, their range is B2 - B4 and sometimes C5, Dramatic tenors and Hendon tenors have a breaking point of F4, their range is B2 - B4. Spinto, Helden and Dramatic tenors are all heavy voiced tenors. They have biggest and more powerful voices, they also have depth and richness in their voices. These tenors are very rare, you mostly only see them in opera. The description of a Spinto tenor is; a lyric tenor who can push their voice into the dramatic range. They can sometimes sing like a lyric tenor but they have bigger voices and can therefore push their voices to become dramatic. According to opera singer Rosalind Plowright she describes a Spinto voice (either male of female) as one that has the tonal colour of the voice type one step lower of their own range. That means, a voice within the tenor range but with a baritone's tone colour, that is the description of a Spinto. Dramtic tenors are known for having a metallic or a steely sound at times, it is described as a sound that can through the mix. Another interesting test that you can do is to see how Freddie sang when he was sick, a singer tends to stay more within their comfortable range while they are sick, an they have to sing for 2 hours. You would expect a baritone to sing a few more low notes. Wembley 1986 was a concert where Freddie Mercury had a cold, here is the vocal range from that concert: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/hc6jh7KXt7KmnYE.html The first thing note is that there was no notes outside of the tenor range, his full chest voice, match that of a tenor perfectly. Freddie Mercury is far more comfortable belting out A4 notes in full chest voice then doing low notes. The low notes were fine, but his higher notes are far better, and they have power. Listen to a comparison between a Lyric Tenor and a Spinto tenor: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/mtmPg6pzysXUlmQ.html

Me too! I always felt like I sing male voices better.

unfortunately true :(

Oh man, as a woman with an contralto/alto voice, singing Myles Kennedy is so, so much fun.

Definitely not but I think that it sounds so beautiful when women hit low notes

Nina Simona, Annie Lennox, Sade, Norah Jones and more...in a way women with low 'voices' are rare...they might not get the hype but they have the magic cause they are unique.

Same

yes, she has amazing range

What about Colaratula Soprano

Well she classifies herself as an alto so anyway...

I don't think she can hit bass notes

@@thrattjaouhard3372 she can go down to Eb2

excellent

This. 🤣

Me too!

😂😂

Lol. Nor did I. I am also (I think?) A mezzo.

I can relate so much! All my singer girl friends are contralto and sing tenor parts in choir 😂. meanwhile I can't even hit a low F with much volume

@@moonlightsonatina4154 low F you mean F3 right?

@@ivblizzard3616 yeah!

Stuggle

deep voices especially in women are very cool. I'll give you a few more: Scarlett Johansson, Demi Moore, Lauren Bacall (look her up if you don't know who she is)

Oh HELLvetica yeah! I'll take me some smoldering, resonant depth over some bubbly pitch that makes my ears bleed, any day! No shade to Ariana Grande or any other Sopranos, but I like their voices better when they're NOT pushing those high notes. Am I blown away by Mariah's Whistle tone? Of course. Would I prefer to listen to it for longer than just a few seconds? Oh hell no! But Mariah in her nice low resonant voice? I could listen to that all day, every day.

I love deep voices!!! Wish I could go lower!!!

Yeah I was always a little insecure about my voice too because it felt un-feminine like you said. Sometimes I wish I had that sweet airy soft fairy voice. But yes, I'm finding a new appreciation for my voice now too. :)

agreed, @What

Haha

How about when she's not angry and how TF do you get the vocal range of a dog

funny thread

@@ramseyvoicestudio yep especially when you still have no idea on how someone get the vocal range of a dog

@@vincentvillareal1812 well yeah but how are you going to get a dog to sing well bark their whole range

if you're a younger boy, be patient, it will change

@@ramseyvoicestudio ahahaha, don’t worry, I’m still relatively young but I actually worked up my range significantly on my own, I used to have the range of a baritone but I eventually worked my way up to a tenor range and beyond to a soprano. It’s not a case of my voice hasn’t dropped yet because it certainly has!!

then you have worked up a great range, but remember, unless you are female or identify as one, you're not a soprano, but you use that range

As a woman with a baritone range: also oh.

@@ramseyvoicestudio Omg the voice change thing really is so drastic, my voice changed this year and now I have a Baritone range whereas before it was countertenor-like. xD Also very random but would you say with Baritones hitting A4s, would you say that them hitting notes around that mark but having to use their falsetto is an okay thing or would true Baritones be able to do it with head/chest/mixed voice?

glad you found it!

It's interesting you say that - I can't sing at all but I love to listen to singers who sing low notes. When I listen to a female singer who hits the high notes like there's no tomorrow I'm still impressed but I can't enjoy it for long, no matter how good she is. I was always frustrated that there are so few female singers who are comfotable singing low too. Thank god I like Rock and metal so there are at least a few but in other genres there's nobody. When I have head aches but need to listen to music I only listen to Bass covers now cause everything else hurts too much but I don't like high female voices for more than two or three songs without a lower second voice. Anyways to get to my point: I can imagine it's frustrating when you want to sing them but I personal think it's great when there's somebody who can sing the lower tones. Especially as a female that's way too rare.

Every voice has its limits. We shouldn’t compare ourselves to others. Especially unrealistic voice types different from our own.

Could be worse, I've got random inflammation of the vocal cords, so some days I'm a bass and some days I'm significantly higher. But, I just accept it and enjoy the ride. Somedays, I'll be singing along to Johnny Cash or Roger Miller. Tennessee Ernie Ford is a bit of a stretch most days, but on a good day, I can sing along without much effort. I just always found myself instinctively gravitating towards harmony parts when my friends would be singing. I can sing significantly higher and sound good, but those lower parts just felt better. He's definitely right about comfort, that's probably the easiest thing to figure out on your own and the thing that's going to allow for the most actual singing without risking the voice.

absolutely!

It's a great voice...love your voice!

"Normal enough"? Rude. 😂😂 I assume "average" was what they actually meant. I would have loved seeing Karen Carpenter up there too, such a beautiful contralto voice.

A lot of guys like the lower-pitched women's voices, just FYI. I was once told by an ex that my voice was very "womanly," as opposed to high and "Barbie-doll." Mind you, I took it as a compliment. I like sounding like a woman, and not like a little girl. 😜 And Annie Lennox is one of my favorites! I love her singing -- it's jazzy, very down to earth. Her version of "I Put A Spell On You" is phenomenal, IMO.

@@a.katherinesuetterlin3028 lower pitched women's voices are beautiful too! Even regardless of the actual pitch, the timbre of a woman's voice just has a different sound. I like low voiced woman singers and high voiced male singers. It's cool to hear them sometimes sing the same notes yet sound so different.

so true

Yes, I usted to think that my voice was so low that it made It ugly and unable to sing , but I started taking lessons (at 50) and I discovered that it didn't, t sound that bad When I "dared" To sing Macy Gray or Amy Winehouse songs, so Yes, you don, t need to be an Ángel to sing. Thanks from Barcelona!

That’s so COOOL ! I can’t drop my voice low at all, but I’m OBSESSED with contraltos like you sound so cool ans powerful and I just sound like I’m about to cry 🤡

@@happyjellycatsquid that crying angst in your voice can be quite moving too, especially in the right song. I encourage people to sing to their strength. I used to be jealous of sopranos until I learned to appreciate what I have and sing songs in keys that show it off. You can do that too. Just keep singing!

@@juliajones1425 For sure, I mean there so much stuff out here written for sopranos/mezzos (I think I’m a soprano but I’m still not super clear about that, I only sing for fun ahah) so it’s definitely not like I have the bad end of the stick ! I just wanted to show some love for contralto and lower voices like basses and baritones because I’m frankly obsessed with low voices, they’re so charismatic and powerful and they don’t get half the love they deserve 🥴 Step aside tenors, my favourite phantom of the opera is a baritone-bass 🤡

yes

Ha ha boo

@@ramseyvoicestudio Karen Carpenter!

I think I'm a contralto---I can sing lower than Randy Travis on "Forever and Ever Amen".

@@catwhisperer9489 Holy cow! 😲 Then you're a bass!

Damn, I'm sorry. I imagine you feel like you wasted your time. I hope you realize that 1. You can start practicing your natural range now, and 2. you've proven that you have the power and commitment to practice. All practice is practice, as my old karate teacher once said. I hope that helps a little.

@@NothingYouHaventReadBefore it does help, thank you! It did feel like a bit of a waste, but at the same time, I know that the foundational training I received is still going to apply regardless of voice type. I'm excited to train my voice moving forward, and maybe finally move past my insecurities as a singer :)

I know exactly how you feel. As a child I sang as a high soprano in my choir and once I got a vocal coach I was categorized as a mezzo soprano. This continued into uni, where they wanted me to sing Cherubino and other lyric mezzo stuff (which I struggled with since I felt it sat right in my passagio and it hurt) and it was only after I finished uni, got my degree and found a new teacher that I found out that I'm actually a lyric or dramatic contralto. Just with a rather wide range. I've also learned that the deeper, more dramatic voices tend to mature a lot slower, so while you may feel that you have wasted your time, it might also be that your voice needed that time to fully mature. You have the rest of your life to discover and enjoy this "new" voice that you have found. It is a wonderful journey you're on, and you have lots of fun exploration ahead of you. :)

@Hailey, it's so common for this to happen, I hear it all the time in these comments. Take courage and keep on!

Thanks, @Berend and @Lomenar for sharing your stories, it's encouraging for others

NO ONE brings this up, yet this the biggest way to easily tell. When you hear male chesty G4-A4 theres no way its a lower voice type because theyd be forced to lighten it to heady mix or strain so much they wouldn't last one performance. And thats what pisses me of that when tenors sing low, they get classed as baritones by the community. A real baritone would have to sing even LOWER to get that same thick sound.

@@nightmare4eVerr1 this gets especially confusing when, to survive in today's tenor-oriented pop music, a lot of baritones develop a nice head voice and falsetto range and stay there, rarely using their awesome lower range. It makes it difficult for the average person to tell who's a baritone and who's not

Huh? How does that make the lower voice sound weaker? The lower voice has to sing higher and higher notes are louder than lower notes.

@@Marco_Fabian37 louder doesn't mean chesty. You can be in a light mix while being just as loud Head voice can be just as loud but it will have minimal chest resonance. Imagine barry white trying to sing chandelier or My heart will go on. Barry whites chest mix will top out by F4 while for those 2 songs he needs a chest mix till F5 probably. Sure he could be equally loud in a head mix, but hell sound horrible tbh because your deviating from the songs tonal requirement

@@nightmare4eVerr1 that can be said the other way around. You give a tenor and a bass a low note the tenor disappears

Absolutely

Rock on!

Heck, a lot of my favorite pop songs are in that range, and hard for me to sing, so I am jealous of those who can sing lower comfortably.

I'm so god damn tired of sopranos being credited as more talented... Makes me just feel 'blah' about singing in general and that i should just give it up

@@erasedshallbehisname5100 Yes I know I feel the same way... I go terribly off-key trying to sing like Ariana Grande or Sia's songs, but it's great to know now my voice is just naturally lower. "All voices are equal" is very reassuring to me. :)

As far as I could see (hear?) from my personal experience with a choir, most of the time sopranos are given the "main theme", and therefore their voice stands out a lot more than altos which cover the other notes of the chord. In this sense, it is true that sopranos often develop a bit of primadonna complex ;) (FYI: no offense intended, I have been a soprano for years so joke's on me!)

interesting!

i often hear about people arguing that pink is a soprano. katy perry is typically a soprano

Microphones typically make classifying voice types difficult sometimes. Areas of the voice typically inaudible are able to come out easier. Nothing against it, as it is just another tool singers should exploit.

@@Das644 K.Perry is mezzosoprano, same is Lady Gaga (big mezzo), Pink could be an alto.

@@mickygabriela8165 mhh.i see

what a beautiful comment, Karen, and wise too

Thank you for this...I hope you still find much joy in your signing. As an aspiring Singer, I m very grateful to you for sharing this. God bless you 🙏❤️👍

I am so sorry that you injured your voice by misusing it when you were young. I hope you find that you have regained at least a few notes that you can sing softly. It would feel awful to not be able to sing even though the dog is the only one to hear me now.

Thank you for the wisdom Karen.

Voices can be healed and rehabilitated.

you're very welcome

I was always told that "tone deaf" is a made up term. Now, I don't mean to say this to discount you, but to encourage. Start simple, listen to a single, long sound and see if you can try and match how it sounds. Privately record yourself or have someone help you if its not easy to tell how close you are just by doing it. I hope it helps and I don't come off as a jerk. I hope you have a great day!

@@th8aone-147 I also feel I can't sing because I'm off-key. I can't hit the right notes. But I've also noticed that being older I seem to do better with very low tones. I think I almost hit the right 'key' of a song. Two problems I have are the amount of phlegm in my throat but also running out of breath trying to sing all the way through a song. I just try to sing when nobody's around.

@@th8aone-147 that is so kind of you. thank you for encouraging me! and i'm so grateful for your advices. have a pleasant days ahead :)

come in, stay a while, lol, lots to see

Hahahaha me too :))))

Spicy 🤣👍 love it!

same! 🖤 it took me years to find that out. school choir teachers didn’t know what to do w me lol

@@pchoir1740 same! very hard to practice chest voice being a contralto in a choir, I didnt start practicing my true comfortable range until I learned guitar and started singing male artists' songs

Big same! :D I just hate the problem where you're comfortable in the high range of the tenor range, but can't go too low, and then comfortable in the low range of the alto, but can't go high. It's like we have a foot in two worlds, while being wholly of neither....

Yes! Same! And now I know why! Hello fellow contralto! 👋

Ari Lenox *

thanks for your feedback

I thought that I was just an alto, didn’t know about contraltos till today. So I was thinking that I was either an alto or a contralto, and I am on the lower range, so I guess I am a contralto!

@@Chris2.1 Same here. I sing alto in choir so I was expecting to get that or close to it. Then I identified with contralto/alto.

oh that helps. I've had a choir teacher place me in alto but then soprano the next year and so i was always confused to where i stood but I'm realizing that i have a much lower range and more weight than an actual saprano so i think I'm mezzo saprano!

@@celestialgz Me too I sang soprano in the school choir and later on when I joined the church choir I was placed in Alto so confusing...I like to sing Madonna, Beyonce and yet I can sing Mariah's hero comfortably (not saying I am as good as them lol) so does this make me a mezzo soprano? @ramseyvoicestudio

yes, I am

Good thing.

good for you!!

I did this too! I jumped all around from high soprano down to contralto. Naturally I fit in the soprano range the most comfortably though.

@@MrsMysteryWoman Me, too!!😊

I did this too! It's so much fun lol

Though if you were having to adjust the octave, that wouldn't be singing in that same range. It would simply be singing the same melody.

yes, she is

But everyone can pick out Cher. The other examples round it out.

Hitting C6 is amazing!

you're very welcome!

Contraltos rule! My favorite female register!

cool, love that accent

@@ramseyvoicestudio hey I don't have voice,when I sing my friends laugh at me,can u be of help,I want to learn how to sing ,am new here. Thank you

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Cute but probaply hard to listen to for everyone who has english as a second language like me

Yeah some people just call them Soprano 1 or 2 or just say Soprano and bunch it all together which is in poor taste in my opinion.

Same!

wonderful!

Im a baritone aswell. I though i was a bass, but i feel my voice is more comfortable in baritone range. I feel glad about this.

@@mrbard1 I'm a bass vocalist that's very comfortable in most ranges, quite weird

deep female voices are so interesting

me too!

meanwhile i'm the person who is often mistaken for a dude just from my voice.. the exact opposite 😂

my cousin has the same “issue” and she’s 37 😂

so glad you're finding your voice

excellent

I am classified as a sheep

good for you!!

Me ma is a low tenor too.

Yeah, I'm still confused after this video as to what I am. I remember in a high school play the director tested my range and they were kind of astonished at my range. They never told me what I was but I sang tenor through alto.....????? I feel pretty relaxed with all of that. Also, I don't really sing much anymore as an adult. I was just curious because this video reminded me of that day.

They don't overlap much when using classical technique, because classical music says they shouldn't overlap. It's normative, not descriptive.

"usually"

you can try my vocal range app and see: rangefinder.ramseyvoice.com/

@@ramseyvoicestudio Eb3 to G4! I don’t like singing in my head voice though!

Same, I’m not a singer but always fine myself listening to either male singers or low voice female singers like Lana Del Rey, Miley Cyrus and Adele or Alicia Keys but is Adele/Alicia Keys consider alto or higher than that?

Same, I always sung tenor parts in school - as most boys moved lower the older we got.

could this be another helpful indicator to figuring out which range you feel comfortable singing in? because i find it really comfortable to sing to lana and amy winehouse songs more than lady gaga or ariana

they don't exist lol

@@TifikoGaming3248playz I'm sorry, I can't tell if you're joking or not.

@@mchaela4045 not joking, alto and contralto are the same

@@TifikoGaming3248playz no, altos sing higher than contraltos. In fact, there have been cases where there are women in the baritone or tenor section of a choir because there isn't a contralto section. It happened to me. Contraltos tend to sing about the same range as tenors. So if you want to say that contraltos don't exist then at least put them in the right voice group.

That is awesome!

I'm jealous! My mum is a soprano, her sister and mother all had beautiful voices. I missed out. I'm partial tone deaf. It still upsets me when I think about it.

that's not very helpful, for sure

@@ramseyvoicestudio Yes, not helpful to find out my voice type. But we both had a good giggle. 🙂

Lmao, sounds like a Filipino jokes. 🤣 🤣 🤣

I was told I sing freaky, couldn't wrap my head around that...just told them I enjoy singing to my babies..

You made my day.

I agree completely

I remember singing soprano when I was in little girl. The. When I was 8, I had my tonsils and adenoids removed and it went away. But I'm a Martina McBride, Amy grant style with some good falsetto. Also at the age of 6 or so, I remember singing in church out of the sing book. I was harmonizing and didn't know it . I just mimicked my mom bc it sounded neat. Now when I sing to myself, I harmonize with myself but in my head.

Same reason why I can't sing MCR without taking the vocals down an octave lmao

glad this was helpful

well, thanks, Stephen!

me too, I'd like more deep notes

I feel the same way! Lower notes just gives me chills

Agreed! I always thought I was a mezzo soprano... Turns out I am a soprano. 🤣 I would LOVE to be able to go to very deep ranges. 😭

Good for you, shift shaper, here's my lesson on expanding range: ramseyvoice.com/expand-vocal-range/

I'm a year and a half on testosterone right now. I'm still not used to my new voice yet. I used to be a mezzo (but I tried my damnedest to be a tenor or even counter tenor and it sounded pretty bad) and now I think I'm a baritone. But it's difficult to say, I don't think it's fully stabilized.

I transitioned into a baritone! Which is exactly what I wanted. That was one of my strangely specific hopes. My upper range even in falsetto just skipped notes. I could try to hold a note above and below, and the middle was just not there. That’s getting a bit smoother. But for a while my range was split in half at best. Thanks for the link!

@@ramseyvoicestudio oh this slipped by me, thank you!!

@@eggpusher2585 my voice was still very uneven at a year and a half, and my range pretty limited. i know it differs for everyone though, for example even this long on T i still don’t have a full beard, it is still ever so slowly filling in the gaps but the progress is glacial. whereas some guys have full on luscious beards after two years.

interesting

That’s a good analogy.

me who likes dark chocolate because i like my cookies bitter like my love life be like: cool, why do i still sound like a prepubescent boy despite eating so many dark chocolate cookies?

@@ryezheld it’s supposed to be an analogy.

@@thomasnguyen6144 i know. and somehow the joke went over your head like a staccato over a note...

Absolutely!!

Contraltos have the best voices though! I really admire yall

Glad it was helpful!

I, too, am a basso Profondo. My lowest chest note is an E1, but learning subharmonics has changed this considerably; now, my lowest daily note is Eb0 to F#5 in falsetto. My tessitura is G1-B4.

Bruh I'm so jealous. I'm just a Baritone with a E2 as lowest

​@@arsalanmuhammadalikhanbalo9803 I am also jealous, although I am a high bass with a range usually from C#2 to D4, but I can get B1 in the morning, I would like to have more subcontroctave in the range, but it is more difficult to develop the bottoms in the voice

good for you

I’ve done that! 🙂

Same lol it's almost frustrating that a lot of songs that I find the easiest are usually songs sung by guys. 😏

good advice

Love low voices

Avi and Tim are here in music I've reacted to

Or Alvin Chea of take 6 🤩