Q. I'm an 18 year old female with a vocal range of C3-C6 (3 octaves total). I used C4 as Middle C on piano.
a) Is this a good range?
b) What is the average range for a singer - both trained and untrained?
A. thats actualy a very good range for a soprano, high C (C6) is one of the most coveted notes in classical singing so if you can hit that and make it stable then you are on a good track!
this type of range is typically not average because C3 is kinda low for women. but most women are usually natural sopranos hitting around F6, G6, and A6, just because most women are small or have small larynx, vocal chords, etc.
chords to "time" by ben's brother?
Q. does anyone know the chords to the song "time" by ben's brother? im not very good at playing chords by ear, and i really really really want to know how to play it. adding to my distress, i cant find them ANYWHERE. help, anyone?
thanks.
A. I think this is right, or close to it.
In the verses, when the left hand plays an F, the right hand moves up, mostly in thirds. On the fourth beat of the eighth measure of each verse, the left hand plays an E as the right hand continues moving up the keyboard. I know it looks confusing, but I think it'll make sense when you try it.
In the fourth and eighth measures of each of the first two choruses the piano is (I think) playing an FM7 throughout, but the other keyboard changes to an F6 on the third beat, so I put F6 in parentheses. Similarly with the D7 in parentheses in the third measure of the bridge, except there it's the strings adding the 7 (again, that's my best guess from listening).
Feel free to email if you have questions.
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Intro
C |C |
Verse
C |Em |
F (rh: FA GB AC BD )|F (rh: FA GB AC CF )|
C |Em |
F (rh: FA GB AC BD )|F (rh: FA GB AC BD) (lh: E)| |
Dm |G |Dm |E7 (hold) |
Chorus
C |Em7/B |Am |FM7 (F6) |
C |Em7/B |Am |FM7 (F6) |
C |Em7/B |Am |FM7 (hold) |
Verse
C |Em |
F (rh: FA GB AC BD )|F (rh: FA GB AC CF )|
C |Em |
F (rh: FA GB AC BD )|F (rh: FA GB AC CF) (lh: E)|
Dm |G |Dm |E7 (hold) |
Chorus
C |Em7/B |Am |FM7 (F6) |
C |Em7/B |Am |FM7 (F6) |
C |Em7/B |Am |FM7 |
Bridge
D |Am |D(7) |Am |
FM7 |Em |D |D7 |
Chorus
C |Em7/B |Am |FM7 |
C |Em7/B |Am |FM7 |
C |Em7/B |Am |FM7 |
C |Em7/B |Am |FM7 (hold) |
C |
Could anyone coach me through singing?
Q. Please I need someone with experience to coach me through singing. I can't afford to pay for a coach. Another thing is to me my voice does not sound good at all. Email me if you want to help. Shizu50@yahoo.com
A. I can't take the time to actually give lessons, but I can give some advice that helped me achieve a near 4 octave vocal range.
Some things are obvious..
1.Always stay well hydrated when practicing your singing.. Otherwise, you may damage your chords.
2.Don't push yourself to hard, you could damage your chords by trying to hard.
That being said, I'll get to the real advice.
Essentially, you have three voices.
Chest, mix, head.
Chest is your lower powerful voice.
Mix is the balanced voice in between chest and head.. Think of chest voice as your bass voice, mix as your mid voice, and head as your treble voice.
Head, as I just stated, is your higher voice.. Not to be confused with falsetto, which doesn't even apply to girls.
Some things that helped so much would be:
1.Always try to stay on key and sing the exact same notes as the song you listen to.
It doesn't matter if you think you sound retarded, IT HELPS... As a Baritone/Tenor (I'm both), I expanded into Soprano by constantly singing Nick Pitera's A Whole New World as a joke.
2.Go some place as private as possible, and just try to belt out as strongly as possible.
Note, I said as strongly as possible.. That doesn't mean you should push yourself too hard.
Just sing at a regular volume, and slowly start singing more and more powerfully.
3.Try to learn and instrument, I'd suggest the piano.
Learning an instrument refines your ears... But also, it allows you to learn a little music theory.
4.Range is good, but being proficient in your true vocal range (for me it's Baritone and Tenor, though even I lean toward baritone a little more). If you are a Mezzosoprano, it's awesome if you can hit C6, or A2 on the lower end, but what you need to be proficient in, is your true range. Which, if you are a Mezzo, that would be A3-A5. Or if you are a Contralto (lowest female voice) E3-G5, and Soprano (highest) C4-C6.
All that being said, I have worked my way to a range of F2-D6, and after warm-ups, I can sometimes go from E2-F6 and occasionally G6. I hope you succeed as well!
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