[musictlk] struggling with high notes
josh lester
jlestermusic at gmail.com
Tue Sep 16 14:01:12 UTC 2014
Since you've been singing alto, the director is making you ruin your
voice if you try to sing soprano!
This isn't good!
On 9/16/14, Smith, Pauline L via musictlk <musictlk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> This has been an interesting thread. I have a heavy voice for a female and
> have sang alto my entire life. However, the director of my church choir has
> had me sing soprano. That has been quite a challenge. I will keep a list
> of the tips and suggestions made here. These may be quite helpful to me,
> too.
>
> Pauline Smith, TVI
> Braille Instructor
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: musictlk [mailto:musictlk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Kelsey
> Nicolay via musictlk
> Sent: Monday, September 15, 2014 10:40 PM
> To: musictlk at nfbnet.org
> Subject: [musictlk] struggling with high notes
>
> Hello,
> I know this is not related to blindness, but I could use some advice. I am
> in a community choir and really enjoy it. I've made a lot of good friends.
> However, in several of our pieces, the altos have to sing some notes that a
> soprano would normally sing. I sing second alto, so I am struggling quite a
> bit. When I say high notes, I mean notes in the fifth octave. We have
> several fifth octave D's and E's. I try to sing the notes, but it seems I
> just cannot get up there. I cannot afford a voice teacher right now except
> maybe one lesson a month. I think I am breathing correctly, but it's
> difficult to tell since we sit for 90 percent of rehearsal. Does anyone
> have any suggestions on how to not struggle so much on the high notes?
> Should I talk to the director and see if he will allow me to sing tenor on
> those notes? I would appreciate any suggestions anyone might have.
> Thanks,
> Kelsey Nicolay
>
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