[musictlk] Choir Voices and Ranges

[Julie McGinnity]

I don't have all the answers.  I would think that boys and girls
choirs have about the same range.  A typical mezzo soprano range would
be from about E3 to C6.  Every mezzo should have a high C, but they
should be comfortable below middle C.

On 11/3/13, Joshua Lester <JLester8462 at pccua.edu> wrote:
> Yes!
> I'm a second tenor, which is B above middle C, which is five notes after it,
> and my lowest is a mediocre bass at two octaves below middle C on a good
> day.
> I can sing lead, baritone and bass, whenever the occasion calls for it, in a
> quartet.
> Blessings, Joshua
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> I don't have all of the answers. I am a baritone. My range, and I believe a
> barigone's range is from B-flat below C to G above middle C.
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Annabelle Susan Morison
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> Subject: [musictlk] Choir Voices and Ranges
>
> Hi, it's Annabelle.
> I don't know if you may know about this, but you can certainly give it your
> best shot. I recently requested that Eastwest (a virtual instrument
> company)
> add more choirs and voices to the Symphonic Choirs virtual instrument.
> Specifically, I asked that they add a Girls choir in addition to the Boys
> choir that they have. I also requested that they add Mezzo Sopranos to go
> along with the Sopranos and Altos choir sections in the instrument. And, I
> requested for them to add Baritones to go along with the Tenors and Basses
> choir sections that are in this instrument. I've also requested that they
> add five more solo voices, Solo Girl, Solo Mezzo Soprano, Solo Tenor, Solo
> Baritone, and Solo Bass, to go along with the Solo Boy, Solo Soprano, and
> Solo Alto voices in the instrument. The main reason why I especially asked
> for Mezzo sopranos and baritones is because I can't seem to get the
> sopranos
> to go any lower than D4 (above Middle C), and I can't get the tenors to go
> any lower than C3. Nor can I get the basses to go any higher than D4 (above
> Middle C). I wonder, what do you suppose is the average range for Mezzo
> Sopranos and Baritones? How about the other voices? Also, is the range for
> Boys Choir the same as the range for Girls Choir? I'm confused!
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-- 
Julie McG
National Association of Guide dog Users board member,  National
Federation of the Blind performing arts division secretary,
Missouri Association of Guide dog Users President,
and Guiding Eyes for the Blind graduate 2008
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