What's Your Musical Talent?

Melissa · March 05, 2007, 11:23:49 PM

Quote from: Gwen C on February 08, 2007, 07:47:18 AM
My teacher says I have a two octave range from a low G to a high G sharp, fine pitch and vibrato. So he says I can sing just about anything. I'm not sure I believe that yet.

Ok, I wasn't 100% sure of my range when this was originally posted, but I just tested it with my piano. I'm not sure what is considered high or low, but I can sing from the 2 A's below middle C up to 2 C's above middle C effectively resulting in a little more than a 3-octave range. Yes, that is with vibrato. Sometimes it's difficult to tell where my break is when it turns falsetto, especially if I'm in a room with a lot of moisture. I honestly don't know if it is natural or a result of female voice training, but it did get confusing. In junior high and highschool, I sang bass. In college with private lessons, a voice teacher found I was more naturally tenor, but I can also sing alto parts (as female). So now, did a big vocal range help with aquiring a good female voice or did female voice training help me get a wider range? I know I could easily do 2 octaves in highschool, but I didn't realize it was anything special until you posted that. I'm not trying to brag or anything, I don't know why I have such a wide range. Perhaps it has something to do with being IS. Now I'm wondering how much value my female voice tips really were.

If it was because I had a big vocal range, I don't want to frustrate people. Oh well.

Melissa

BeverlyAnn · March 06, 2007, 09:57:37 AM

Quote from: Melissa on March 05, 2007, 11:23:49 PM

Ok, I wasn't 100% sure of my range when this was originally posted, but I just tested it with my piano. I'm not sure what is considered high or low, but I can sing from the 2 A's below middle C up to 2 C's above middle C effectively resulting in a little more than a 3-octave range.

Melissa, that's amazing. If I remember correctly I think Julie Andrews has about a 3 octave range.

As for my musical talent, I have none. I've tried piano and trumpet with lessons but my hands are too small for the piano. I also tried to learn guitar on my own but again, small hands and the guitar was an old one with a thick neck. I would love to try banjo but it would probably be a waste of time and money as arthritis is starting to creep in.

Now when it comes to singing, well let's just be kind and say that if I try to sing small children cry, cats head for the next county and dogs either howl or put their paws over their ears.

Bev

Melissa · March 06, 2007, 10:05:26 AM

Quote from: BeverlyAnn on March 06, 2007, 09:57:37 AM
Melissa, that's amazing. If I remember correctly I think Julie Andrews has about a 3 octave range.

Thanks. The problem is a lot of that is in a male range.

Melissa

BeverlyAnn · March 06, 2007, 10:48:56 AM

LOL It's still amazing. A couple of years ago, our new musical director at church asked one of the congregation if she sang soprano or alto. The answer she got back was baritone. Needless to say the musical director was a little confused until the person she was talking to explained she used to sing in the Atlanta Boys Choir.

Suzy · March 06, 2007, 11:52:09 AM

Quote from: Melissa on March 06, 2007, 10:05:26 AM
Quote from: BeverlyAnn on March 06, 2007, 09:57:37 AM
Melissa, that's amazing. If I remember correctly I think Julie Andrews has about a 3 octave range.
Thanks. The problem is a lot of that is in a male range.

Melissa

That's a great range, hot chick!

"Mama sang bass, Mama sang tenor"

Kristi

Brooke_NY · March 15, 2007, 11:02:01 AM

Took violin lessons for a year. Piano lessons for 3 years. Trumpet for 1 year. And when I was about 23 I started playing on a drum kit and love it.

Just an amateur hobbyist though. But I have played drums and kept the beat for some real musicians and it's such a cool feeling. It's like you're all in synch and you got this unspoken connection going. It was a thrill the few times I've done it. Kinda gave me a high.

Yvonne · March 27, 2007, 03:17:08 AM

I play the piano and the cello.

Rachel · March 27, 2007, 01:46:46 PM

To me music is the most spiritual, holy thing to me, i can play or listen to music and be totally at peace. I play the violin a bit (I'm still learning) and i can pittle around on a guitar, and I played flute in middle school. Right now i'm just focusing on playing the violin until i have a certain level of proficiency. Then i might really put a try fourth for the guitar, or maybe try a cello or something.....I'm a fan of strings.

I have always hated my voice so i don't sing at all. I don't think i will ever get to a point where i am happy singing. i think i will just stick to stringed instruments, maybe relearning flute for the heck of it.

Rachel · March 27, 2007, 04:49:32 PM

to me those instruments are never outdated....the violin...flute...horns and strings never die

Thundra · March 27, 2007, 07:11:46 PM

Wow! I'm impressed with all of the talent here.

We had a band of self-identified trans-folx play at the Pridefest in PDX last summer. They were pretty good, covered some rock stuff.

I was in a garage band twenty-some years ago. We covered Bon Jovi, Journey, some Led Zep.
Some people might not consider that talent?

I was the vocalist, because I have no "real" musical talent. I tried to cover Ann Wilson too. That was just stupid.

Now I occasionally do the karaoke thang -- I like to cover Melissa E. The last thing I did was some Nirvana -- that was a hoot.

Rachel · March 27, 2007, 07:19:33 PM

you sang led zepplin....good taste thundra

Thundra · March 27, 2007, 11:14:44 PM

Quoteyou sang led zepplin....good taste thundra

Stairway to heaven. Whole Lotta Love. I'm a child of the seventies. I was raised on R'n R.

Y'know, I should try to do Whole Lotta Love at karaoke! If I was packing, it would give a whole new meaning to, "I'm gonna give you every inch of my love!" LOL

I can do a pretty fair Grace Slick cover too.

My sister had the real voice in the family though -- a trained voice. She taught me how to sing harmony when I was, hmm? About six or seven, I think? From her I got The Carpenter's, the Beatles, and the Bee Gee's. From my brother I got Zep, Black Sabbath, and Iron Butterfly.

I wish I'd learned how to play an instrument like all the people who posted here. I envy you all.

Rachel · March 27, 2007, 11:21:27 PM

Quote from: Thundra on March 27, 2007, 11:14:44 PM
Quoteyou sang led zepplin....good taste thundra

Stairway to heaven. Whole Lotta Love. I'm a child of the seventies. I was raised on R'n R.

Y'know, I should try to do Whole Lotta Love at karaoke! If I was packing, it would give a whole new meaning to, "I'm gonna give you every inch of my love!" LOL

I can do a pretty fair Grace Slick cover too.

My sister had the real voice in the family though -- a trained voice. She taught me how to sing harmony when I was, hmm? About six or seven, I think? From her I got The Carpenter's, the Beatles, and the Bee Gee's. From my brother I got Zep, Black Sabbath, and Iron Butterfly.

I wish I'd learned how to play an instrument like all the people who posted here. I envy you all.

dont envy.....learn....im in the middle of learning how to play my violin....and i probably always will be because it is always a learning experience, thus fun.

you have wonderfull music taste though

Omika · March 28, 2007, 07:22:35 PM

I sing. Mostly black metal, which is a lot of terrifying yelling and howling and dark expression, so the fact that I used to have a male voice really helps my range in that regard (it REALLY freaks people out sometimes). I'm currently trying to train it higher still.

~ Blair

Rachel · March 29, 2007, 12:27:00 AM

that would be interesting to hear

ooooo, imagine playing metal with a violin

Rachel · March 29, 2007, 12:33:22 AM

Quote from: AnomieAssassin on March 29, 2007, 12:29:18 AM
Quote from: Rachel on March 27, 2007, 04:49:32 PM
to me those instruments are never outdated....the violin...flute...horns and strings never die
They may never die, perhaps, but I think that they have been relegated to the back burner and forced into sporadic and supporting roles.

bah, violin supports nothing, it can play and sing by itself

sorry, im a bit bias

Rachel · March 29, 2007, 12:55:43 AM

music is such a spiritual thing, the instrument matters not, i just personally love the violin

Omika · March 29, 2007, 02:22:13 AM

My favorite brand of metal, which is symphonic metal (sometimes called goth metal), often uses a full range of classical instruments to harmonize with modern instrument sets. I believe that the more tone colors successfully woven into a song, the better. It's far more rich, and much more beautiful, in general.

I personally believe it's the future of music. We pretty much have the technology now to make anything possible, musically.

~ Blair

Rachel · March 29, 2007, 11:37:45 PM

thats what im talking about blair, and that is the kind of music i would love to play.

btw, violins sound really good clean, with reverb....or even distortion (omg) really good

timberwolf · March 30, 2007, 05:41:45 AM

i used to play the guitar...i still get the urge to pick it up but my niece has got a loan of it.. i used to write my own stuff which got some decent feedback. it didn't sound like anything i'd ever heard before. mostly accoustic with a tendency to be in minor keys stuff that would attack the creator, (great spirit), trannie songs. i recorded some of them and my girlfriend has the cd. i can also play tunes by flicking my nails off my teeth.

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