Thank you! And yeah, it won't be long at this rate. As for Queen of the Night, my voice is not flexible enough for that one. (Finally realized that today after what I did with Phantom. Then, went to the School of Rock version of Queen of the Night and made a singing oopie.) It's sad, but I am really, really glad I have the ability to sing the longer notes. And that's awesome! OMG. The song is beautiful. It must have been amazing to sing it.
Yeah, only 50% flat, which is pretty good. And I don't remember. But after a google, C8 is the highest note. For me, I am finally getting a more consistent C6 and solid A5. The transition notes of B#5 and B5 still elude me a bit. But all of the transition notes (moving from chest to head, etc) are kinda rough right now. But my goal is to smooth those out. You know, when you hear a singer jump and suddenly their voice sounds different? Example: "You say I did something bad, why does it feel so (jump) good?" Those are transition notes, according to my singing teacher. So, I wanna smooth those out and get a solid A5-C6 and (finger-crossed) that dream of that last E6 for Phantom of the Opera. P.s. Don't mean to pick to Taylor, but I know male artists do this too. But I can't find an example.
Huh. A minor third above the octave? Easy on the guitar but a lot harder to sing, I'd imagine. We would probably voice that with an E5 and a G5 to make an A minor 7th chord. That inversion (1, 5, 7, 3) sounds great with the 3rd cutting over the 7th.
Yikes, E6. That's high. Congrats, Gravy! The highest I can sing is (I think) a G4 ... which isn't so bad, because my bottom note is an E1.
It made me very happy. I was a decent singer but not outstanding, so my solos meant a lot to me. The song I always wanted to sing and never had the chance was Dvorak's Rusalka (Song to the Moon). Leontine Price did my all time favorite version of it.
Thank you so much! I was shocked myself when I actually went for the note. I was shocked to hear something close to that, so grabbed my phone and recorded it to see if my ears were deceiving me. And that's actually a great note if you can sing E1. (Wow, that's so low!)
That's so cool. Do you happen to have any recordings? Also, I will listen to the song later tonight. But is it possible for you to still sing Rusalka in practice?
I am not sure as my piano theory is pretty shaky. But I DO believe C6-E6 is a 3rd. And yeah, it's not an easy thing to sing. The note, E6 is the highest note in a Broadway song and even then, the actress doesn't sing it every night. (It is said there is a button in on set that is pressed that's a recording. Rumoredly.) Anyway, can you explain some of the music theory here?
Yeah, C to E is a third. Your original had A to C, also a third. But the C6 is an octave above the A5 (10 piano keys). A guitar chord isn't exactly a choral harmony, but you could follow the thirds skipping the C5, going A5 to E5 to G5 than hitting the C6, which is still the 3rd of A, just an octave higher. It's still a 7th chord, just slightly inverted.
Oh, yeah. I did have A5-C6. Lol. Honestly, I am still confused a bit. But it may be the way we count octaves. Because to me, Middle C is C4. I know there is a difference between UK and US Scientific Pitch Notation. What you may be calling A5, I call A4? Because I count octaves by Cs. Middle C = C4, then all the keys until the next C is 4. Then C5, all those notes, then C6. Or are we two ships crossing in the fog of night? And you're right. Those notes do track as far as I am able to follow. So, to explain what I mean are the following whole notes: A5, B5, C6 (High C), D6, E6.
I get it. I only like technobabble if it can make sense, or is an extension of real science. Like an expansion that is easy to grasp for those familiar with modern science.
@Catriona Grace - I listened to this song. It was BEAUTIFUL! It may be cliche, but this is my favorite opera piece. I lost my mind when I was watching the 2024 Paris Opening Ceremony. Because they had this song in it.
That "Habanero" is done extremely well. (I'm not sure who the singer is, though). Baritenor Michael Spyres sets a blistering tone on this old favourite of mine -- I've rehearsed and rehearsed (and rehearsed) it, but it is extremely challenging. (P.S. Did I say I rehearsed it yet?) On a lighter note, this is nice.
I have no idea. I've only heard it mentioned in the choral world. So it would go C4, D4, E4, F4, G4, A4, B4? Then flip to the 5s? I guess that makes sense assuming the octave begins with C but sounds weird to me. Like the week beginning on Wednesday and ending on Tuesday. Honestly I have no idea.
Can Doug Eat Favorite Guacomole At Bantu's? Lol sorry, my mind likes to concoct these little memory devices, like All Good Boys Go To Heaven or FACE. Just a couple of the things that stuck in my head from beginner-level guitar classes.
Every Good Boy Deserves FACE is the most succinct. My favorite is the circle of fifths: Father Charlie Goes Down And Ends Battle. Then the inverse for the circle of fourths: Battle Ends And Down Goes Charle's Father
There it is! I was trying to think of Every Good Boy Deserves Favor. Hey, I learned that—geez, like 50 years ago now!
It hasn't changed in the last... 400 years? I don't remember when they codified the pitches, but it was a long ass time ago. It's all very basic, first grade, counting on the fingers math in the end, but thinking of sounds as integers is a mental pretzel.
Oh, I know. I was saying that's why I remembered it wrong, it's been 50 freakin' years! I was a kid at the time.
Yes, it goes like the way you said. It does make sense to count by C's, so when I look at a Music Theory book going A to A, my brain becomes confused. Because as a singer, I count octaves by C. I don't know either, honestly.
I learned it as 'Every Good Boy Does Fine', but that never worked for me. Because I found myself forever counting the staff and it never stuck. The only thing that did was when my singing teacher said 'yes, the notes turn upside down when you get to B on the Treble Clef'. To me, there's no way around memorizing all spaces and lines in relation to where they are on the Staff. I am not sure how to explain it, but I know that a note is E, because it's the 1st line. Then B is the 3rd. But counting up or down doesn't work for my brain. LOL.
Wow, that's another amazing song. I loved listening to it. (Do you happen to have a recording of you?) I am so impressed by the rapid singing and that high note. It's impressive.
Makes sense to start on C, with it being the base key of all naturals, though you see the key of G much more often in the guitar world. And, yeah, you have to memorize the staff. No way around it. And you have to memorize the chord placement on the staff too, which is fairly straightforward most of the time because the harmony of thirds just skips one line or space. My teacher is always hammering the intervals into me. He says the only thing you really need to know is how much space is between one note and the next, which again makes sense for the guitar because you have multiple positions and layers of notes to choose from. He'll tell me to play a note and then call out a minor third above that, a flat seventh above that, an augmented fourth below that, and so on. Not easy at all but I'm learning.
