[musictlk] Choir Voices and Ranges

[Kaiti Shelton]

I guess the only determining factor on the boy choir not being the
same as a girl choir would be if the choir includes tenors.  I've seen
some performances where a boy choir invites back alumni who are
tenors, baritones, and basses, but in that case I would think they
would just use either a 4-part or 8-part score just like a mixed choir
would, or any girl choir that would happen to have people to sing
tenor and bass.  Of course the latter is quite rare, but the point is
that most pieces could be done by either boy choir or girl choir
unless something specific is done to change the dynamics of the group
range.  I'd go with what Julie said for metzos; as one I can say that
that is basically the range I and others in my studio with that voice
type have, and moreover Julie knows her stuff.  :)

On 11/3/13, Julie McGinnity <kaybaycar at gmail.com> wrote:
> 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
>> Sent: Saturday, November 02, 2013 7:54 PM
>> To: musictlk at nfbnet.org
>> 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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Kaiti