O_O Are you sure you could comfortably hit those? It sounded like you were really straining for most of that... Not trying to gloat or make you feel bad or anything, just cautioning against overestimating yourself. You're probably the best singer here regardless of range, so relax.
No, I could
not comfortably hit those, which is why I basically said, "You know what, screw it" and started singing the song again a few notes higher in pitch.
Those notes I could comfortably hit. I never said anything about comfortably, though.
I just wanted to prove I could hit them... but I failed, wore out my voice and it got all raw and scratchy in the lower register. Ah, well. You still win, though.
You have the deeper voice.
a disaster that gives a good feel of my range
I actually thought you sounded good here. Heh. 0:06 to 0:20 sounds like a good place for you.
Hmmm... Most of that (besides when I was trying to show my highest and lowest points (and that awful falsetto) was comfortable, I just started to waver later on because I got past the "mindless charge headlong into danger" stage and into the "wait a minute, I'm singing on a mic ._." stage.
I'm not sensitive enough to quantify your range based on this, though :V I meant like playing some scales in Musescore and seeing how low/high it can go before you can't match the pitch anymore. That would be the most accurate way to judge, I'd think.
True. I'll have to test myself against musescore... which means I'll have to be inside. No way am I taking my laptop outdoors.
I'll be kind and call it a tie :>
No, no - you win fair and square, your voice is much deeper than mine.
I dunno, it maybe the same pitch but it certainly sounds a lot higher...
See?!?! I told you! Lol My voice is pretty deep, but it
sounds a lot higher for some reason unless I put force behind it to give it that "dramatic" tone that Mr Frog has.
An' like on the lower notes you sounded pretty gravelly, which is a sign of lower spectrum vocal strain. Mr Frog didn't have that, so I'd still class him as having a lower range. Not that it's a competition... ( Right Mr Frog? )
No, no, I was definitely straining. Mr Frog wins Deepest Voice Award. I wasn't trying to prove that I could hit them comfortably... just that I could hit them, and I couldn't even do that.
Eh, well. Like I told you, I'm a baritone, not a tenor. Maybe that's a large range, though? I don't know enough about ranges to know.
At any rate. I'd quite like to get some good recording equipment so that you all can get a better feel of my voice, since Talvi and Mr Frog know a lot more about music than I do. I'd like a full vocal diagnostic. XD
My specialty is sheet music. I can read it and get a feel for how it sounds, but I'm not able to pick out notes by ear - that's a rare talent, and if I understand correctly, can't actually be learned. (Can't remember where I read that, though, or what it's called. Probably Mr Frog.)
Edit: Also, Talvien, don't take this the wrong way, but I could listen to you sing all day. ( You and Mr Frog should collab on something also. I like both of your voices a lot. )
Heh.
Thanks. I still don't like singing in front of other people... And it isn't fun being a baritone.
The only way to really have fun and sing comfortably is to vocalize and make up your own melodies as you go along like I was doing. Sometimes I actually ignore the lyrics and just vocalize along with the lyrics, while I'm outside - with the volume up all the way, though, so I can't hear myself. XD (That was a first, though, with those two pieces I recorded yesterday - I didn't have music playing while I recorded.)
Also, I'd love to collab with Mr Frog.
Would be fun. Still need to get him on Skype, though. >.> I think I posted that my skype name is Talvieno somewhere.
Edit Edit: @Talvi: Here's one of my lame compositions. http://www.noteflight.com/scores/view/b35d0d7a324c1f552ff04571723d81c11ad67ad8
You would like MuseScore. It's free. Get it. I'll even walk you through using it, though it's deceptively simple. All you really need to know is to push "n" to place notes, after that it's intuitive.
Now, a review of sorts: On the 7th measure, immediately following the first start repeat barline, something seems a little off... I'm guessing that's intentional, but it sounds odd to me. The same with the bit at the end of measure 20... Besides that, it's nice.
I'm curious, will it not let you play notes of varying length at the same time (i.e., have a whole note alongside four quarter notes)? Also, does it permit the use of ties in areas other than across barlines?
Definitely wouldn't call it lame, btw. Oh, and, not everyone can write sheet music.
It's actually a rarer skill these days...
NO FUCK YOU
EVERYTHING IS A COMPETITION
I CHALLENGE THEE TO A FROG-OFF, HE WITH THE FROGGIEST AVATAR SHALL WIN
I WIN
HAHAHA
That was awesome. I lol'd.
But yeah honestly I just can't take not being the absolute best at anything or anyone being better than me. If I were a demon I'd be Leviathan, for Envy.
I have a little bit of this... it's more of a twinge of envy when someone is better than me at certain things (usually just computer tech, for some reason).
RE: Catholicism discussion:
I think Envy is probably my worst too.
@Talvi:
I just listened to that music you posted and what the hell Talvi I had no idea you could even do that. Seriously, that was amazing. HOW DO YOU DO THAT. TEACH ME.
o.o Uh... Teach you? How do I do what? I don't understand... You just... put down notes?
I get that you're indirectly complimenting me, and really, that makes me feel pretty good, but I don't get what I'm doing that's special.
I thought it was kind of obvious you could write music in MuseScore... that's what I got it for.