Lisa, you didn't answer the question - in which octave are you singing it? It
sounds like a nice arrangement, but if you're having problems with it, it's
obviously in the wrong key for you.
Christine Thomas,
Mezzo Soprano
"I love to sing-a, about the moon-a and the June-a and the spring-a!"
----- Original Message -----
From: Lisa <lisacsi@y...>
To: vocalist-temporary@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Friday, December 13, 2002 4:30 PM
Subject: [vocalist] Re: silent night key of e
Im still trying to get it in this key....maybe I can post it somwhere
on the web and get an opinion of how it sounds? I have the midi that
I am using in this location
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/lisalugo/files/
Click on Silent
Thanks,
Lisa
--- In vocalist-temporary@yahoogroups.com, "Tako Oda <toda@m...>"
<toda@m...> wrote:
> "Lisa <lisacsi@y...>" <lisacsi@y...> wrote:
> > What voice type would sing in a key of e? Alto?
>
> Depends on the octave. In either case, the low note would be an E
and
> the high note the A an 11th above it.
>
> An alto could maybe pull it off in the low octave, but I can't
> imagine that being an optimal key for hardly any woman, unless she
> was a low chest-voice specialist. I love Mahalia Jackson's
rendition
> in (I think) G (high note a tenor C).
>
> In the high octave, you'd want a very light high soprano. Again,
not
> really an optimal solo key (in my opinion). For a regular soprano,
I
> like it in C or D at the highest, because you don't want to be
> blasting high notes on a lullaby-flavored carol.
>
> Truly, the only voice type I think would do optimally in this key
> would be an haute contre (but that's a male voice). I can also
> imagine hearing it in the sub octave if it was the basso profundo
> from the Oakridge boys, maybe.
>
> Tako
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