And another interesting thing about the tenor voice is that they don't all sound the same. Not all tenors are super light and bright tenors like the narrator in this video. Some tenors may sound like him, but he is an example of a super high tenor. In the world of opera, there are dramatic tenors and heldentenors around along with the more agile lyric and leggero tenors. Also, some tenors have better low ranges than some may stereotype them to have. As a baritone myself, some tenors that I have researched actually have a low range that is only SLIGHTLY weaker than my own. In fact, some of these guys actually have deeper speaking voices than I do.
I'm yet to identify my voice type. Because of my late start in voice lessons (age of 27, now 33), I had zero idea what type of voice I had and what I was supposed to practice as part of my repertoire. My speaking voice resembles a baritone, but my singing never feels good with lower notes. Though I can't cover my full voice above G# either. Yes, I can hit up to B4 with belting but never with the operatic voice. My voice teacher thinks I need to activate higher tones in time, with patience and practice. It's confusing. Always thought I could cover a nice A by now so I can sing arias like E Lucevan le Stelle, Una Furtiva Lagrima, Vesti La Giubba and such but it hasn't happened yet. Singing a nice A feels miles away, and it feels like I'm doing something wrong after my passaggio takes over around E & F.
@@sertacsilbastan The speaking voice is not important, because people speak from the throat and you sing from your diaphragm. What is your voice teacher telling you to do after the passaggio? Or more importantly what type of technique are you learning, I am referring to what type of school from opera? Is it mask placement? Your teacher is essentially correct, it can take a long time to build up to the higher notes. Look at Franco Corelli who also started very late. He was already singing as a professional tenor for a few before he was able to sing up to C5 and C#5. That being said some tenors just don' really have a high C.
@@ZENOBlAmusic Thank you for your response, that's very much appreciated! As to answer your question, my voice teacher always tells me to approach the passaggio with a lighter approach instead of a heavier one - and it works when I'm going towards G#. She mentions that if I'm able to execute a nice vibrato on any given note, the placement is in the right place. We don't use terms like mask placement but we are still working towards a connected sound from the lowest note until my highest. I'd be okay with not having a lyric tenor range, so I'm not after singing C5. But I should probably be reaching at least B4 during practice to have a nice and rich A4. I have A4, but not covered yet. Funny enough, although we never really practiced any baritone repertoire, my lower notes below C3 are more open now. Maybe not as rich as the greatest baritones, but I can sing F2. When I'm practicing the tenor range, I find myself resonating like Kaufmann, instead of Juan D. Florez. So I definitely have thicker vocal folds, and also my voice has changed recently. People tell me that it sounds lower than what it was 5 years ago. (Vocal puberty lol)
Great video and very informative I am a baritenor I think I can get an A4/5 quite easily now but also have a weighty tonality too which is more like a baritone
Wow man, you *CLEARED* up a lot of things for me and *EXPLAINED* how you can become *strained and tight* if you *KEEP* a lighter sound. I'm *PRACTICING* on doing this because I suffer from it *BADLY* I notice that I sing in a mex at times and my chest voice isn't as dark or developed
My range is Eb2-Bb4-Eb5, although sometimes I can go upto A5/Bb5 in Head voice/falsetto but I dont really use it, I am the most comfortable in the F2-F4 range and the Eb2 is not too weak (I can get down to a weak C2 or even a B1 sometimes in the morning) although not too strong either. As for the high notes, I'm not that great with high notes probably due to the lack of technique, My break is around G4, and I am somewhat Consistent upto G4, the the higher notes(G#4, A4, Bb4) are hard and inculcate head resonance but dobable and I can sometimes get a B4 which is not usable yet. My speaking voice is pretty light and sounds like that of a Tenor, but my chest voice is not that strong and I have issues with vocal cord closure so I can either be a High Baritone or a Low Tenor.
@@theherobrine-ns3un thats pretty common. And not a bad thing at all. U rarely go down to the bottom ofnur range, thats why tenors “rarely sing below a b,” because they spend more time on higher pitches. But most are capable of it for sure. Some lower tenors can sound close to a high baritone
Hi this is the best practice video that I run across. I believe I'm a tenor I like to sing house music and all kinds of things I would really like to learn more with you any suggestions on taking vocal lessons with you?
This might be very nitpicky, but you were a bit flat on a lot of the exercises. I think for instructional videos for beginners, who might still be struggling with tuning, doing a few more takes would have been worth it. Prestine tuning is a lot easier to match than iffy tuning.
Ask my question here as well as I see this is a newer video than the baritone one.. I think I am in between tenor and baritone? anyhow, now to my question that led me to these videos of what is comfortable tone of ones voice , - Do we have one or two tones that our voice no matter we would do voice acting or singing best rests in ?? I downloaded the app Bandmate tuner as an example and tried to find my natural breath/tone , and then let my voice out and I found that most of the times my voice lands on Bb or A... -that is in the bass clef not in the Treble clef of this app... what does that mean? is there such a thing that ones natural breath of relaxing out air on a tone generates a given note every time for every unique voice?? that we have one note that is ours so to speak? and if that is the case can it help my voice and musical training to for example buy a wind instrument, like a chromatic harmonica in the same key, in the key of Bb in my case and practice my breathing techniques and musical ear training by a chromatic harmonica in specially the same key, Bb, as my voice seems to naturally best rest in? hope you see the logic of my question? Been thinking to buy a chromatic harmonica as it is beautiful instrument and is also easy to carry with me everywhere.. people however say, jut get a harmonica in C .... - but, as I discovered this natural breath and tone of my voice I got interested to be a bit different in my choices and so came here to ask about these understandings of ones voice and if we do have a note that is our voice's natural note, tone?... Hope to hear what you think of my idea! 😘😇 this channel is really great in teaching things straight to the point! 👌
This is ME! While is is great being a Tenor in terms of vocal Range, I find my high belt so overpowering and TOO bright and annoying! Everyone has vocal qualities that the other person wants; typically Tenors want that more "deeper, manly" quality to their voice.
@@30DaySinger I’ve learned we tend to care/critique more than others even when everyone else is just admiring your voice. And it goes both ways, where lower voices want to be able to sing higher and higher voices want deeper/rucher lower notes. I’ve found I sit in between
From what I read in a source, these 2 Queen songs have ranges : 1. Save Me : up to D5 2. We Are The Champions : up to C5 Being a barritone, I have tried to sing these songs, and managed to hit the high notes all using chest voice. Still, I think I am not a tenor.
Being a baritone does not mean you can't reach higher notes. It says more about your tessitura, where your voice sounds the best and most natural, and your break. Freddy Mercury would likely be classified as a baritone although he sang mostly in the tenor range and had a great range and very powerful mix/head voice.
@@jorgevaladas788 Thanks for reply. I think you are right about the tessitura : mine is actually up to G4. I do extra effort to reach higher; the higher the less comfortable I feel.
My range is C3-G4 when using chest voice so I think I’m a tenor, but I would like to go above G4 without falling into mix or head voice. When I use mixed and head voice I can sing up to F5.
@@lexsoft3969 Tenors still have time train for the really high notes. If C3 is lowest and can still get a G4 before having trouble I doubt he is a baritone
@@joshuamclean4588 I paid attention more to the upper range. From what I know, G4 is the highest note most baritone could hit with chest voice. Whereas a tenor can hit up to C5 with chest voice.
@@lexsoft3969 most people need to develop their full range. Whats most important is where their voice is most comfortable and resonant and most capable of singing as well as their tone. It’s pretty common for tenor tk have trouble singing the really high tenor parts and also be anle tk extend down tk the baritone range (which is lower than c3) but with training will be able to sing tenor. Also if you look at the whole comment, he also does mix and head voice up to F5 so it’s not that he can’t sing a c5 in mixed voice which is what tenors do. (Mixed sounding like chest). He’s saying his passagio is around a G which is acrually a higher or mid to high tenor.
this is not accurate at all. That's a D3 not a D2. The video says the tenor can barely sing below B2, near an octave above D2. This is also inaccurate. A tenor can comfortably sing roughly down to G2 or somewhat lower depending on how low of a tenor they are. I am a lyric tenor with a weak D2 as my absolute bottom. The passaggio is not that far off. A lyric tenor's is G4 and lower tenors can go down to F4. A contralto is also identical to a tenor, not a countertenor as stated in the video.
No it's not wrong. He says D3 to A4 is were tenors are most comfortable. Most tenors can go down to B2 but after that they lose power and it is not useful, at least on stage with no microphone.
My teacher told me I was a tenor. but I can only sing well in chest voice around F4. How do I know if I have sung to the best of my ability? I can't identify because I'm a newbie.
@@phantuanvuk17ct Can't guarantee anything because you can't tell off a description, but based on what you told me so far you're likely a tenor of some sort.
I can hit the actual D2, but it sounds like a growl. My passagio is after G4; I'd say it's G#4, but sometimes I can sing Bb4 in the pure chest voice without breaking into falsetto. For some reason, I can't get past D5 in falsetto or in the mixed voice. My voice is not too deep but also not bright. I consider myself a dramatic baritone. Could it be that I'm a dramatic tenor?
@@lonelyboy5329 yeah do you have a good teacher? I’m the opposite, on the border if Baritone, but have managed to get a high C so it is achievable for sure. What are you struggling with?
@@lonelyboy5329 ps theres a lot more important things than range as well but rhere ar eexercises to work on range too. Most tenors din’t go up there a lot in chest but it can be done and u will stand out if you get a bery good hogh C.
I think i'm a tenor😅 Cause my range is -C2 my voice is totally fry but i can control -G4 last couple months ago but my throat hard so i stop this But my falsetto range is really huge. I can go down my falsetto to C3 and up to B5( actually to Eb6 but it has strain) i think that was flageolet cause it sounds like a flute and the more higher, the more nasal i become😅. And the last part, the whistle register since i lost my whistle for a couple weeks but i got it back🎉🎉 I can go down to A5 at much (sometimes to G5) and up to A6(C7) So, i mean, which vocal type i have idk myself, too. If you don't mind pls give me an answer and some advice.❤❤
C2 falls below what a tenor would usually reach since you also need the brighter tone. You may be a baritone with a high range, although range itself is not the only thing to look at when trying to classify where your voice sounds the most natural.
@@bhonethit3559 what matters is where your natural voice is most comfortable, capable and powerful not just range and excluding fry and falsetto. There are no rules against using different registers in ur own music, it just doesnt matter for voice classification
Though the narrator is a good singer for contemporary music, if a tenor wants to unleash his full power he can also sing strong, even lyric tenors in the world of opera.
Hitting C5 shows you’ve got range, but it’s totally normal to feel more comfortable around C4. To build confidence in higher notes, keep practicing with scales and gradually work your way up. With time and practice, you’ll find more comfort across your range. Keep up the great work!
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