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From:  "Lisa <lisacsi@y...>
Date:  Mon Dec 16, 2002  5:27 pm
Subject:  Was silent night key of e, Sound Files of my voice- Feedback please

I was having trouble with the low e note at the end of the
phrase "sleep in heavenly peace". But I did some "warm down"
exercises and I remembered from my voice lessons to not grab from the
throat or force it down in my chest rather push it forward and it
came out softly but audible enough for a recording. The e below
middle c is the pretty much the lowest note I can sing. I have some
sound files of pop songs I did on my newsgroup

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/lisalugo/files/

I would appreciate some feedback about my voice bad or good if anyone
has the time to listen. I am not sure what type of voice I have. I
have been told I am a coloratura soprano but I like singing in what
they call "speech" voice. I can go very high from past community
theater singing experiences.I did Sweeny Todd! The line "The demon
barber of fleet street! That's the C above high C I think! It felt
like I was being electrocuted when I sang that note!

I am or should I say prefer to be an R & B/Pop type singer and I
don't have much use for the high notes. I throw them in at the end of
songs once in a while to freak out the audience. They are not Mariah
Carey like whistles. I think you call them glissando notes??? I just
kinda float around in my upper range like as if I was an instrument
playing. The audience seems to like it... Although I can do the
minnie riperton song loving you... but those notes dont seem that
high... I have to sit down at the key board and see what notes they
are... Was minnie ripperton a coloratura who sang R&B?


lisa




--- In vocalist-temporary@yahoogroups.com, "Christine Thomas"
<Mezzoid@w...> wrote:
> 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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>
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>
>
>





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