Why do people always think that higher is better? Like your voice is amazing only if you can reach double high c? I happen to have a soprano voice and I'm always trying to get lower. I always think it's cool when someone sings a really low note.
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I don't just like higher singing voices. I mean you need a baritone too, lol
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I'm an alto (used to be soprano). Can't get easily past D. I like being an alto because we get the opportunity to harmonize more, and I agree with you, low can sound great. I recommend keep practicing, but be sure not to strain yourself, it can damage your voice. Because I can't go high, I think it is amazing whenever someone does, but low can also be great.
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I am a dramatic soprano (solid E3 to E6) and I would love to be able to improve my whistle range. I can hit in certain situations F or F#6 but its rare. I just think my vocal chords are not thin as they should be to reach anything higher. I'd love to be a coloratura, but alas, I am not. So I'm content being a dramatic. I do love really strong basses and trust me, all high voices is not all that great. Try going to a 3+ hour Handel opera where most, if not all, the mens roles are counter-tenors (male sopranos, basically) and you might have ONE bass. MAYBE. And they won't have the lead roles either. I can sing E3 but it does bottom out a bit and being a soprano, my vocal chords are just too thin to be able to really sing much lower than that. And it bottoms out starting at F#3 and really loses its resonance and vibrancy. So I don't like to sing lower than G3 if I can help it.
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This question is just plain nonsense. People do NOT always think any such thing.
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I've noticed that, too. High singers, like Celine Dion, get the most attention. But a low voice can be really nice, too, even in a woman. Karen Carpenter and Mary Chapin-Carpenter are great singers, and the latter is a tenor.
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I think you should clarify what you mean by "people always think higher is better". Which people? Where? In middle school, there's usually a contest to see which girl can screech something horrid the loudest, and the uneducated masses may give more attention to higher voices. (But Celine Dion? Really? No. Since when is she a high voice?) But beyond high school, this stigma mostly ceases to exist. I don't know why! I agree that it is probably the dumbest misconception ever. I've seen girls burst into tears because they're asked to sing alto. I'm a dramatic soprano, for solo literature, but I personally love singing in low voice in choirs. It makes me a better musician, and it's easier for someone with such a big voice as me to blend that way. In vocal circles, people love anyone that can sing well, trust me. And having sung with people like Gregg Baker, I've seen relatively uneducated audiences swoon the minute he opens his mouth to even speak. People love low voices too. :]
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Maybe because in most songs the sopranos usually get the melody while the others get the harmony. But the song wouldn't be beautiful without the harmony. I was a second soprano in school, not quite as high as a soprano and not as low as an alto. It was weird but I loved singing.
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Like Joan Baez singing Diamonds and Rust?
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