In a message dated 2/7/01 07:29:20 GMT Standard Time, lloyd.hanson@n... writes:
<< Continuous changes in range are common and the voice teacher or choral director must be ever vigilant to accommodate these range needs >>
That's what happened to me. I was a later developer, still happily singing treble in the church choir until I was sixteen (you can bet I had a great time at school while all my mates' voices changed to booming men's voices..... but I digress).
My voice did change gradually, and my choirmaster put me to sing with the tenors when the highest treble notes became difficult. The lowest notes I needed in the tenor register weren't really a problem, and in time, I gradually started to grow into the higher notes. At around 18 or 19, I started having singing lessons.
My first teacher decreed that I should begin to train as a high/light baritone rather than pushing the tenor register too soon. Around 3 years later, my voice having been oh-so-slowly moving upwards in terms of comfortable range, I started to concentrate more on the head voice and tenor range. I sang with that teacher for 10 years, during which time, my "comfortable" top end range continued to gradually become higher. The reason for changing my teacher was that I moved away from the area. I've been with my second teacher for just three years now, and in all honesty, my range is still increasing - I didn't honestly think a couple of years ago that I would be able to sing things with top Cs in, for instance, or the Cujus Animam from Rossini's Stabat Mater with its notorious high D-flat.
All of which goes to show what? I dunno. That my voice broke around 15 or 16 years ago, and the process of development shows no signs of coming to an end. Patience is a virtue. I'm happy to wait, keep working hard, and see where I go.
Best wishes to all,
Nicktenor. South Yorkshire, UK
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