I was just wondering, I know all of us here play some sort of instrument but, what about singing- the voice is also an instrument, obviously it's capable of making music.

So yeah, anyone?
I do, I'm a lead Soprano II in my school's choir. =]

Yeah, I am a Tenor II in my school's Vocal Ensemble and Concert Choir and have been in choir since 7th Grade. I come from a family of singers. My dad's in the Mormon Tabernacle Choir (for those of you that know what that is). I also got a superior rating at State Solo and Ensemble festival sophomore year, although I have not had voice lessons.

<-- Doesn't even sing in the shower.

<-- Doesn't even sing in the shower.

What people say or sing in the shower is hilarious,
especially if they're extra loud XD
pretty awesome to have a gifted voice =]

i do. ->soprano.
there has been a school choir for some time but right now there's nothing going on, unfortunately. i also sing solo on our school concerts..

Do I sing? Yes. Can I sing? Debateable.

I've been an alto in choirs pretty much whenever i've been at a school that has one, so all through primary school and HS, but not for the past couple years. I was singing all the xmas carols when our band wasn't playing at carols by candlelight the other night though, and people seemed oddly surprised that I a) knew the words (singing them all through 10 years of school every year does that to you) and b) could actually be in tune and sound vaguely decent (they know me for my clarinet skills, not vocals!)

I would really like to be able to sing, but I can't. I too don't even sing in the shower.

Yeah, I am a Tenor II in my school's Vocal Ensemble and Concert Choir and have been in choir since 7th Grade. I come from a family of singers. My dad's in the Mormon Tabernacle Choir (for those of you that know what that is). I also got a superior rating at State Solo and Ensemble festival sophomore year, although I have not had voice lessons.

OMG!
I WANT YOUR FATHER'S AUTOGRAPH!!!!
I LOVE the Mormon Tabernacle Choir. I have like most of the christmas carols on my iPod from MTC. *about to have a heart attack.* that so cool, let's trade dads. jkjkjk.
ur lucky.

oh and congrats on your superiority.

I however, haven't sung for long.
I started this summer on private voice lessons.
and when school started I had join choir [my 1st yr]. we do concerts and all. we won't start doing festivals until spring.
But just 2 days ago we had our winter concert. It was so beautiful. I got a solo doing "I wonder as I wander" with a group of 5 girls from the advance woman's chorus.... I cried during the song, so beautiful. =[
I feel blessed for being given such an opportunity. =]

Yeah, I am a Tenor II in my school's Vocal Ensemble and Concert Choir and have been in choir since 7th Grade. I come from a family of singers. My dad's in the Mormon Tabernacle Choir (for those of you that know what that is). I also got a superior rating at State Solo and Ensemble festival sophomore year, although I have not had voice lessons.

OMG!
I WANT YOUR FATHER'S AUTOGRAPH!!!!
I LOVE the Mormon Tabernacle Choir. I have like most of the christmas carols on my iPod from MTC. *about to have a heart attack.* that so cool, let's trade dads. jkjkjk.
ur lucky.

oh and congrats on your superiority.

I however, haven't sung for long.
I started this summer on private voice lessons.
and when school started I had join choir [my 1st yr]. we do concerts and all. we won't start doing festivals until spring.
But just 2 days ago we had our winter concert. It was so beautiful. I got a solo doing "I wonder as I wander" with a group of 5 girls from the advance woman's chorus.... I cried during the song, so beautiful. =[
I feel blessed for being given such an opportunity. =]

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BTW: ANYONE CAN SING!
Just give it a try. I thought I couldn't when I first started 7 months ago. But look at me now. =]

I can sing, but I only do in church. I'm not in a choir or anything though.

I sing, I'm better at playing an instrument I think, but I can do it. In all actuality, in my band I more so scream with a little singing on the side.

I can sing pretty well, however, I'm a baritone so a lot of songs go too high for me to be comfortable with. I'm currently in my school's production of Into the Woods.

Basically I love singing and am pretty damn good at it.

I had to quit choir class (school) just last year, because I could not do both choir and band over here. ._.; I sort of do regret doing so, I have to admit.

Nowadays, what I do in terms of singing is just humming random things that are stuck in my head.

People tell me I could sing if I tried. I just need to learn to control my voice. I can hum almost anything perfectly, but as soon as I try to put it to words I sound like a cat caught in a lawnmower. :P

The last time I really sang anything was my 3rd grade Christmas pageant. I even had a solo. Course the only reason I got it was I was the only kid in the class who wanted it. :sweat:

If singing to the "High School Musical" game for the Wii count....i get A+ score rating ^^,

(I did not buy this game nor wanted to play it...my sister made me try =P)

well actually... i cant play instruments... I'm rhythmically challenged... i sing in my HS choir i sing bass i also made it to all state this year which i'm proud of and so is my entire choir class... i have a pretty good range for a bass i can hit the G below A440(sometimes i can hit the A440 if i really wail it out there) and can go as low as the E above C2 my friend however can how lower than C2 and go as high as the F below A440...

instruments... i kinda play guitar and i kinda play piano as well as i kinda play drums.

First Soprano.

xD

I love to sing also, Soprano/Soprano II. :) Usually with a piano.

Isn't this a trick question? Just saying since everyone has a voice unless they blew it out or something but really.

I don't sing in a choir or anything like that but I sing to my self or hum tunes from the music I play

i sing i got the lead in my schools musical hairspay yes we did it

Tenor. :]]
I'm in a Chambers Chorus at my school, and we specialize in a cappella; therefore we sing in the community and such.
Let's see, I can hit D#2 to D5, ALMOST three octaves.

I'm about to start voice lessons, I'm the first on her waiting list. *crosses fingers*

mm...i don't sing i a choir or anything but i sing to myself once in a while.
i must say though i have possibly the most monotone voice possible.
it's really funny when people really want to hear 'cause they've never heard me but when they do they start either laughing or crying 'cause it's so bad...oh well:sweat:

yeah. i sing alto only because i have the notes and the teacher can't find enough altos.

Are there ANY basses besides me? But I'm a pretty powerful singer. I'm in my High School's Show Choir (The Madrigals) and unless you sing in Ohio you probably never heard us...

Well, my vocal range is either bass or baritone. I hardly sing though, but that's that I suppose ;P

What about them altos??
You need them!
I can sing both, but I asked my teacher where she needed me most.
And I've found I really love being an alto.
<3
Me and a couple of other girls are going to perform for a festival.
And maybe for the school, too.

I can sing soprano if i HAVE to, but I'm rather more comfortable down in Alto, thank you very much, lol.

I would love to hear you all sing, we seem to have quite a bunch of singers. Since I can't sing, I take much joy in listenting to others' talents while cursing at the Heavens for my lack of talent :)

People tell me I could sing if I tried. I just need to learn to control my voice. I can hum almost anything perfectly, but as soon as I try to put it to words I sound like a cat caught in a lawnmower. :P

Amen to that. I can sing only with other people or music.
I sing Alto II and Tenor I. But I'd rather play my instruments. <3 :]

My band director taught us to sing really. He has us sing a concert F chord to warm up to see if we can match the pitch with the instruments. Then has us sing and F-Stretch (chromatic down, then chromatic up). And then we do it on the instruments. It's really neat.

I'm a mezzo soprano. But in my high school choir I'm a soprano. our teacher quit last year though and the current one isn't really organized... :(

I've just started taking lessons in April last year, but I don't practice much, mainly because I'm quite shy about practicing at home, cause I sing pretty loud >.> But I'm getting into a musical theatre program this year, which starts next month. Wish me luck! ^^

@Triktarn_Virto:
When someone says they can't sing I always say: "Everyone can sing, but some are better than the others." XD

I am a bass who "sing" to my Queen in a "beautiful" way that will let you completely shocked with my "skills" and "talent" that you will be like "wow" ;) Apart of that I just whisper pieces or songs.

I sang in choir for a while. I had to quit because there were little male voices, and all the guys had to sing in Alto. I can actualy reach pretty high notes in my upper voice. The lowest note I sing is a E upbove C2(maybe a D), and the highest would be a D(almost an Eb) above middle C. It I go much higher then that I sound pretty bad. I like to sing with my ear phones on, so I cant hear myself. ^.~

<-- Doesn't even sing in the shower.

It's okay, you're not alone. It would be awesome if I could sing well though.

actually despite what TC initially said, I only sing. I just happen to know enough to write for instruments. I am currently enrolled in college as a music ed major with a focus in voice.

Soprano I in Concert and Select Choirs, as well as Bel Canto.

I also perform nightly in the showah.

Laaaaaaaa~

Range from about B to a high C or Csharp on a good day.

Anybody do Solofestivals in their state?

i LIKE TO SING.But i don't study it.:)

I've been practicing a bit lately. So far I've found out I'm a tenor (F3 to F5) and that I have trouble with my voice cracking because I don't like singing loud enough for anyone else in the house to hear. Psychological issue, I guess. It wouldn't be my only one. XD

Can anyone suggest a few easy songs to practice with? I've already gone through most of my Disney collection. :P

I'm a Tenor II in my school's Vocal Ensemble and I'm singing a solo in the upcoming Major Works Concert on a song from Haydn's The Creation.

I do a bit of singing myself with my university choir and I'm well suited for it, but I'm more involved in instrumental stuff

I used to sing 'professionally' but I kinda gave it up after I entered Uni. Now I mostly sing in the shower. Occassionally, I compose stuff XD By humming of course. I sing way better than I play piano XD

@Nate: I'm not quite sure what songs best suit you, but I started by doing stuff from musicals. Try Memory (Cats), Sound of Music stuff, Oliver, Fiddler on the Roof ect. Alternatively, you could start by doing some Italian songs (that was what I had to do after Disney and Musical stuff). Personally, I just like singing along to songs on the radio - messing with the harmony, stuff like that.

Yay, I got a 1 at Solo and Ensemble!

I can sing. The question is, can I sing well?


The answer is no.

Eh. Soprano I who can't get below middle B flat.

Whee~

But I've been singing for enjoyment ever since I found out I could make noise with my mouth, and singing in choirs since elementary school. And musicals since eighth grade.

Actually just got home from a five-hour All County rehearsal. And I've got to be there at 9 AM tomorrow.

Favorite piece right now: He Watching Over Israel from Elijah. Absolutely in love with the harmonies.

<3

I used to sing "boy" soprano for most of my life, then about the time of 9th grade, my voice changed. Now I'm a bass! :heh: Of course when that happened, I got drafted into my school chorus and jazz choir... and the musicals.

I'm a rather good singer. Sight read fairly well (better than most I know) and have a good ear for pitch usually. My voice is partial to the jazz/doo-wop sound (I'm not operatic by any means, tho I could fake it). I like to think I blend well, but then again our "men's section" in high school was 4 guys... and I was one of 2 basses (to be honest the other guy was a low baritone). Tho, you should have seen the look on my chorus teacher's face when I told her I sang at Carnegie Hall with my father on stage with me. Now *THAT* was a concert... ^.^


Next to playing the trumpet, singing is my favorite thing to do musically. :)

I took choir for a semester, but people laughed at my singing so i never sing, ever.

I took choir for a semester, but people laughed at my singing so i never sing, ever.

Well those people who laughed at you are just big meanies!!! :bleh:
If you think you can sing and you like singing... JUST SING!!! :D

I've never done singing before... but you can say im the girl who skips around the corridor singing the most random things :heh:

Thanks

I don't think it's been mentioned yet, but I stumbled upon this video a little while ago and found it quite entertaining. Make sure to at least watch halfway through to see what he can really do.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t9-CS2v8wcc
(The rest of his stuff is better.)

If any of you can do that, I'll be thoroughly impressed.

I've been trying to keep up my practice but I'm moving backwards now for some reason. :/

It wouldn't be that hard!

I sing in choir, and on my own. I sing tenor, but I have difficulty with some of the high notes, so I'm really just a baritone... -_-

Tenors have trouble with high notes too. The key is to have proper technique.

I'm a soprano, and LOVE to sing!!!!! Oh, and by the way RukaLover, please don't quit singing! You should never, EVER listen to people like that who make fun of you. Instead, work really REALLY hard and show them meanies exactly what you're made of!!!

Tenors have trouble with high notes too. The key is to have proper technique.

I'm a tenor and I can sing high notes pretty well, seriously I can almost sing higher than some of the altos. But I have trouble with low notes. I can't even reach a low C. <_<

That's why you're a tenor, not a baritone ;)

OMG, I totally hit a low low F this week (the one below the one right below the staff)! It was awesome!

Oh, and I think I should say this as well:

Basses have trouble with low notes too. The key is to have proper technique (although people do have different limits; however they're usually fairly far beyond what people think that they are).

Im a soprano too, usually sing second and Im lucky enough to have a really big range. As of now I can sing the D below middle C and the third F above but Im rapidly losing it =/

Im in my schools main choir, the chamber choir and I recently got a scholarship into the Leicestershire Bach choir. Yet, Ive never had singing lessons, proof that -anyone- can sing =]

Yeah, I didn't start lessons until this year, and I haven't really learned much from it. The only thing I needed "lessons" for was to be able to pick songs that were right for me for all the auditions/assessments going on.

I sing ... sometimes
being in band, we have to learn to sing to hear the notes
I was in choir back in elementary school for a little while though.

I have a Bass friend. I hugged him once and he laughed, and my eardrum went crazy and itched like mad.

:mellow:

His speaking voice is like...woah.

well i sing a lot, i prefer Bass, but on a good say i can go up to mid- alto. XD

Hey, you live by me. Yeah, any well-trained male should be able to do that.

My limit is E5(Hope not wrong with the number) with my normal voice. -_-

My voice is strange, sometimes i can sing things in the right tone, and at other times it's like fingernails on a chalk board.

And Rukalover, people might laugh, but they are just idiots, at my school it's apparently funny to be able to play instruments well, but they don't seem to realise the music they listen to is played by bands who can play instruments too...

I've got a pretty good singing voice. I mean, I went to competition for it last year, and ended up getting picked for the All-County chorus. I've got a weird range. I used to be a Soprano I, but I've settled more comfortably as a Soprano II now. At the same time though, I can sing lower than some of the Altos and Tenors in my school chorus. It's REALLY weird.

First soprano, and an ex-Soprano section leader in the school choir. I've been singing for eight years and love the choral experience more than anything else.

My range appears to be going down now that I've stopped practising..

Everyone can sing, its just whether they want to or not (:

Hey does anyone know how to overcome some flat spots? When I sing, people say that I'm a bit flat in places, and I want to know how to overcome it, when I don't know where they are! Please, can anyone offer advice?

@Blackhole: You can try lifting your cheekbones (aka smiling with your eyes), it brightens the tone and lifts your voice, which reduces tendencies of going flat. Support is still of utmost importance, of course.

i love to sing

Thankyou!!!!!!!!!!! I will DEFINATELY try that advice!!!! :D :)

I'm an alto for middle, and most comfortable. I can sing up into a second soprano range, and I can sing baratione, tenor, and a tiny bit of bass.

I've sung in a choir a few years back and, believe or not, I often were told to start in the choir for older kids ones, which meant I could sing solos, though I never did (I had flute lessons the very same day and time as the choir)
Do I still sing? Yes. Does it sound good? Depends on what note I take. It started to sound worse after I got problems with my lungs. XD

Pregnant women aren't very good at singing. XD

i do sing people say im good but i think i suc so yeah but i play the flute song i have the lungs to sing just dont sing in front of people becus i have stage frite

kitsune: it's alrite, add in a few commas, i thought u were gonna sufficate talking xD
i do believe stage fright can be conquered if u perform more often

i'm a soprano at my highschool, tho i didn't take vocal next year... my highest note is C (2 8ve's above middle C), but it's really screechy =.=" -sighs- more trilling/buzzing to do... i really can't sing low, my lowest note is D below middle C. I hav a friend (that's a girl) that can sing quite a lot lower than me. xD in other words, i'd never pass of as a man +_+

i sing when i play the guitar(just not very well)
i like trying to do beatbox flute playing

yeh i sing, completely out of tune and squeaky but it's still singing...right? (i also sing in the shower te he)

I can sing well enough to not kill anyone's ears.
I sing in my church choir, though.
For the shower, I crank up the stereo and sing as loud as I can -
my sister hates how loud the music and I am hahaha.

I sang EVERY Who song and the Doors songs when I was like 3-years old, and I haven't really sung since. I've been thinking about starting to get a voice, though. I do take a liking to make my own harmonies in church, or try to follow one of the (written) tenor lines, or at least alto... since my voice can never really sing melodies (either they go too high for my "higher" voice, or they go too low for my "normal" voice) I'm interested to just record me singing Pearl Jam songs or something. Nothing too fancy, but just to develop confidence, then... possibly something else! XD

Sing? unless i go to kbox Haha..

I was just wondering, I know all of us here play some sort of instrument but, what about singing- the voice is also an instrument, obviously it's capable of making music.

So yeah, anyone?
I do, I'm a lead Soprano II in my school's choir. =]



i do,i love music very much,i am a choir member before in our school.

I'm a bass baritone. Sucks when singing the Beatles.
I've got a 2 octave register so it doesn't hurt much wneh I try.

I love singing!:lol: ^_^

I also sing in the shower.

yeh i sing, completely out of tune and squeaky but it's still singing...right? (i also sing in the shower te he)

I'm a bass baritone. Sucks when singing the Beatles.
I've got a 2 octave register so it doesn't hurt much wneh I try.

Off topic...

Holy crap! It's Marty!

I love singing!! its the best besides the violin. but yeah im doing it right now

Just in the shower

I sing...almost all of time...well..maybe just humming some tunes....xD
most of the songs I sing are from animes...xD (i like to think i'm good..xD)
oh yeah,when i sing i sound like Gackt(the japanese singer xD)...

Heh, I sing all the time, even if its not wanted XD

I'm a Tenor with a fairly high + low range ( I can sing middle-range bass parts and normal-range alto parts. Falsetto FTW :D )
I miss being in a proper choir, but school stands in the way >_>
Oh well, sing for my own amusement now :P

I sing in a Rockband called "Naked Death" we are now heading for the autumn festival.

I sing all the time :D
yay for chior ^.^
actually trying to find music for a solo right now >.>

I usually just start acapella-ing nintendo/game tunes at school during lunch when im bored and my friends join in XD then lol after and how stupid we sounded :heh:

Other than that I just sing to myself when no one is home while doing something.....like washing dishes?

I sing. I'm not in choir and I don't take voice lessons, but I do sing. My friend thinks that I'm good at it, and I guess I do too, well kind of. I sing in three languages, mostly two though.

Unlike most people here, I don't play any instruments at all unless you want to count the piano. (But the only thing I can do on the piano is play my part for practice purposes only. =P)
Instead, I sing. I've been singing since 5th grade. I sing Soprano I at school, but at All-County and All-State I sing Soprano II.
I think I'm a pretty good singer for someone who has never had private lessons. I've been to All-County and All-State twice and this year is going to be my third for both. I went to State last year too with my solo and actually earned a superior.

I've always had a little bit of a secret desire to be in a choir. I'm very shy and I think I would have a problem singing in front of others.. It would take me a while to gain confidence to do so.. Still, I sing when there is nobody around. It makes me feel a bit euphoric and happy, for some reason. I wish I could be taught to sing well, though. The voice is so beautiful!

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Reviving.

I'm in Concert Choir this year (It's one of the groups under the highest group, Chamber Singers) and I'd like to know if you guys have any recommended syllable warm-ups. For example: 1234 5432151 (zezezezeahahahahah-ah-ah). I've had to try and hear what word my teacher is even using the past three days for warm-ups, and I spend more time figuring that out than actually doing the exercise. Are there many common ones? Just post some that work well for at-home practicing.

Another thing. Range building. I know these kind of things you have to work up to, but I'm trying to get as much of a good start on it as possible. I sing Bass in my section. Our lowest note is an E2 (which I can just reach..my clearest lowest note is about a G2/A2, but I can manage that E2 so-so) and our highest is a D4. I am able to "falsetto" a G5, but that's basically taking a big breath and singing molto forte. I want to be able to reach (at least) an E4 with chest voice (I think that's the correct term?) without having to take a specific breath for it and have to sing loud. That D4 is marked piano, so I have to use falsetto, or else I am straining my vocal chords.. and that's a bitch trying to sing after practicing that for just 5 minutes.

Thanks for any/all help.

No, if I sang, the glass would break, car accidents would occur, the sun would never rise, the moon would never fall, the world would be wrapped in an endless cycle of repeats(Endless Eight, Suzumiya Haruhi No Yuutsu.), Nostradamus would destroy us all, and the depths of the underworld would rise and take our lives and slowly, crush our feeble souls.

I sing. I'm in my church's choir and this year I started Select Choir at my high school. I write a lot of music. I am a baratone/tenor/alto and sometimes soprano (II and I on very rare occasions).

I'd like to know if you guys have any recommended syllable warm-ups. For example: 1234 5432151 (zezezezeahahahahah-ah-ah). I've had to try and hear what word my teacher is even using the past three days for warm-ups, and I spend more time figuring that out than actually doing the exercise. Are there many common ones? Just post some that work well for at-home practicing.

One that we do a lot goes like this:
12345
54321
15453525
1545321
15453525
1545678

or we do one that does like this:
1
121
12321
1234321
123454321
12345654321
1234567654321
123456787654321
8
878
87678
8765678
876545678
87654345678
8765432345678
876543212345678

They can be hard at first, but you'll get the hang of them. They're really fun! Convince your choir teacher to do the second one in a round!

I sing, though I'm not in my school's chorus (I would if I could though! But you can only be in either chorus or band, and I chose band this year.). I suppose I'm a pretty good singer. I have a bit of a high pitched voice, so I can reach some high notes with ease and still sound good. My friends say I sound good, so I'm hoping I am! But other than singing, I play the flute and am the best player in my section (although, there are only two other flutes) according to my band director. I'm excited too, because I get to go to Honor band (or county band) and If I make the audition, All State! I'm going to work my behind off!

I guess I sing. Not for Choir, but I sing. I have surprisingly good voice.

Currently, I am an Alto, but I'm pretty sure it'll change because of Puberty. :P

I run choirs :3

For syllables i usually use:

A proper copper coffee pot;
Three fifths, five sixths;
Cricket Wicket

singing each line on one note of a scale and then singing it again either up or down a note to complete a scale.

Or my new favourite:

pitta potta patta, pitta potta patta, pitta potta patta, pitta potta patta, pick at a packet a, pick at a packet a, packet a packet of pie.

in C major, one note per syllable, CDEFGE, DEFGAF, EFGABG, FGABCA, GABCDB, ABCDE CBAGFEDC.


Yeah :S

:D I sing...but not in choir or chorus...:/...>< In elementary school, they always made us sing in a really high pitched voice...after two years of it, I forgot how to sing on a regular octave :/...XD Roflz.
I love to sing...although on certain keys I'm really bad... most people tell me I'm really good at it...aand...I usually sing JPop...and...KPop...and occasionally something on the radio...and...I write my own songs :).

I sing whilst playing guitar..... >.>
Does that count?

I sing my heart out, unashamed, elegantly, powerfully at anytime... with my guitar...

... as long as nobody hears me. I haven't been able to sing in a while because of this.

>< You should be less self-conscious about people hearing your singing. Of course though, I'm one to talk :heh:...

Well to answer your question not really
cause I'm a bit shy to sing.
Maybe if I'm in the house or a confine room
that nobody can hear me :)
But I love singing and listening to music.

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