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Bur Chaotic Neutral from Flyover Country Since: Dec, 2009 Relationship Status: Not war
#26: Nov 27th 2010 at 9:31:14 PM

I'm a very good low alto. For about an octave. I CAN to two octaves, but the higher I go the worse it gets. [lol]

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RogoftheWeirdos Gonzo Lennon from Pepperland Since: Dec, 2010
Gonzo Lennon
#27: Dec 1st 2010 at 6:48:34 PM

Contralto. But I can do a few anime openings and a falsetto.

MisterAlways Go away. from The Netherlands. Since: Jan, 2001
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#28: Dec 3rd 2010 at 4:58:57 AM

Somewhere about thirty miles below the earth's crust.

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mmysqueeant I'm A Dirty Cowboy from Essairrrrcks Since: Oct, 2010
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#29: Dec 3rd 2010 at 11:21:12 AM

Deep. Somewhere around Goth Rock level, for whatever reason. Limited, too.

CTrombley The Good Troper Since: Jan, 2001
The Good Troper
#30: Dec 3rd 2010 at 11:27:49 AM

I actually have a negative note range. Every time I try to sing, someone with talent misses a note.

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IWasJustPassingBy The Fighting Gamer from & made of parts unknown Since: Nov, 2010
The Fighting Gamer
#31: Dec 3rd 2010 at 1:15:19 PM

Baritone to High Tenor. I used to be able to sing Soprano back when I was still in the Choir back in high school though (I say used to because I tried earlier with disastrous effects).

edited 3rd Dec '10 1:18:26 PM by IWasJustPassingBy

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Leradny Since: Jan, 2001
#32: Dec 3rd 2010 at 9:00:21 PM

I am a mezzo-soprano range-wise (hrrm, G3-G6 I believe), but my voice is so soft that if I were a soprano I'm pretty sure I would be The Ingenue.

Think Helena Bonham Carter as Mrs. Lovett, or Paige O'Hara as Belle. Only way younger and thus with no resonance to speak of.

rootedphoenix SHINY! from Mormonville Since: Nov, 2010
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#33: Dec 4th 2010 at 2:11:11 PM

If I'm actively in a choir, my usable range is about 2 1/2 octaves. Right now, it's about 2 octaves. I'm able to be soprano or alto depending on the needs of whatever choir.

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Longfellow Fractally long Since: Apr, 2009
Fractally long
#35: Dec 12th 2010 at 6:27:58 PM

My range is about the same as Pannic's. C2 to G4. I can hit Ab in warmups sometimes. I don't like to sing outside of Eb2 and Eb4 though.

(My falsetto goes up to a screamy G5)

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KitsuneInferno Jackass Detector from East Tennessee Since: Apr, 2009
Jackass Detector
#36: Dec 12th 2010 at 6:33:11 PM

Hoarse whisper to emo-pop whine.

"It is better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to open one’s mouth and remove all doubt." - Some guy with a snazzy hat.
betterthanstrawberry Dreaming out loud. from back in the atmosphere. Since: Sep, 2010
Dreaming out loud.
#37: Dec 25th 2010 at 12:58:05 AM

From something that sounds a bit like running tap water to the highest note in the studio version of "Let it Be", only infinitely shittier. Whenever I try anything higher, no sound comes out. I seriously need to eat less fried stuff.

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SunshineWerewolf Since: Jan, 2011
#38: Jan 6th 2011 at 5:19:31 PM

I'm not exactly sure how high or low I can get, but I'm pretty comfortable with a range somewhere around Thom Yorke or Paul Masvidal (minus his robot voice thing). It's a lot wider than it used to be.

As far as falsetto goes... I hit the high note at 3:25 in Arcaedion once. Once, and once only. But it was GLORIOUS.

wuggles Since: Jul, 2009
#39: Jan 6th 2011 at 7:13:09 PM

I think I have a wide range, and I've been told I sound like a guy sometimes. But I don't sing or anything so I would have no way of knowing the actual notes I can hit.

Drpepperfan So Great, So Powerful. Since: Feb, 2010
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#40: Jan 6th 2011 at 7:19:35 PM

Let's put it this way. I can sing Rush songs perfectly, and that's it.

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Mamanerd Future Crazy Cat Lady from SPACE....I'm in space Since: Aug, 2010
#41: Jan 9th 2011 at 11:56:16 AM

Just out of curiosity- if you can sing from the C below middle C to the G above it (I can technically hit that last half-octave, but it's very shaky unless I'm really warmed up), then what range does that put you at? I've been told that I have a decent voice, but I picked band over chorus in school and have never done anything more than karaoke.

Some other points to consider: 1. I can hit the high notes in "Bohemian Rhapsody" and "The Star-Spangled Banner", but it takes a lot of focus or I go flat on them. On the other side of the spectrum, I can do a passable "Swing Low, Sweet Chariot" but those low notes leave my throat a little sore. 2. My best karaoke song is definitely Alicia Key's "If I Ain't Got You". It sounds impressive, and I love the lyrics. 3. Three octaves might sound really impressive, but that comes from a decade of dedicated flute practice and I have utterly no proper vocal training. Plus, as a flute player I've become biased, and keep thinking I should be able to hit the next octave up- I'm apparently insane. O_o That C above the staff is absolutely the last note I can sing- if I try the D, I literally break into a coughing fit.

Anyway, thanks for indulging a vocal neophyte- hope I've provided the right information smile

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Fuzy2K Li'l Shardfinder from Toad Highlands Since: Dec, 2009 Relationship Status: Who needs love when you have waffles?
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#42: Jan 9th 2011 at 4:42:48 PM

[up][up] Are you... Geddy Lee?

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Bananaquit A chub from the Grant Corporation from The Darién Gap Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: THIS CONCEPT OF 'WUV' CONFUSES AND INFURIATES US!
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#43: Jan 9th 2011 at 10:50:44 PM

Range update: I sang along to this song recently and held together pretty OK, even during the falsetto parts. I may have more of an upper range than I initially thought.

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Drpepperfan So Great, So Powerful. Since: Feb, 2010
So Great, So Powerful.
#44: Jan 10th 2011 at 3:55:36 AM

[up][up] Damnit, I've said too much! Now you know the truth.....

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AirofMystery Since: Jan, 2001
#45: Jan 10th 2011 at 5:16:51 AM

Bass-baritone, regrettably. I mean, I'm thankful I can sing okay (although only very quietly) at all, but most of the music I like is waaay above my vocal range.

hikikomoricomplex desu~♪ from home Since: Jan, 2011
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#46: Jan 24th 2011 at 7:08:44 AM

High alto to about halfway through soprano one. The less I smoke, the higher I can sing.

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AsTheAnointed Moronic, pretentious fan from Souf Lundun Since: Jan, 2010
Moronic, pretentious fan
#47: Jan 24th 2011 at 8:19:14 AM

With some training I've managed to increase my upper range to the point that I can hit a D#5 or an E5, but to be honest anything beyond about A4 sounds like crap.

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TheGloomer Since: Sep, 2010
#48: Jan 24th 2011 at 2:54:39 PM

I actually sat down at the piano and tried to work out my vocal range today. I can just about go from C3 to C5 and that's it, and I can only sing comfortably within the lower octave.

I need to do something to kill the nasal whine in my voice. That could help.

JHM Apparition in the Woods from Niemandswasser Since: Aug, 2010 Relationship Status: Hounds of love are hunting
Apparition in the Woods
#49: Jan 24th 2011 at 7:29:24 PM

Bass, with a reasonable middle range and decent falsetto. When I need to demonstrate my vocal range, I usually pull out "Adeste Fideles" and sing it à la Bing Crosby.

Which is definitely not to say that I'm as good as Bing Crosby. Not by a long shot. But I'm pretty good.

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Surenity Since: Aug, 2009
#50: Jan 25th 2011 at 2:50:10 AM

Puberty ruined my voice. x.x Under certain conditions I can hit a falsetto, but I can't always do it. But my singing voice can sound like Voltaire on a good day.

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