Lyric tenor - Full-range glissando - C2 to C4 (US C3 to C5)

[Sunajeshsja]

Darn you and your C5. XD Female dramatic tenor, full range C3-F6, but once I hit middle C, I'm forced into falsetto, and at C5, into whistle. XP I lack head voice, is my problem.

Given the title "C2 to C4 (US C3 to C5)", I suddenly understand the confusion between C2 and C3. Some are using a different scale than others, so now I know that where I'm from, I'm C3-F6 (and by the other scale, C2-F5).

Any tips on head voice, or is it just one of those things you have to figure out yourself?

[maferreira1984]

@Sunajeshsja : Whoa, female dramatic tenor? That's unusual, as not to say rare!

About the C4/C5 confusion, for some reason, US notation is set an octave higher (C3 is middle C, universally).

[maferreira1984]

@Sunajeshsja : in my case, the "head voice" happens naturally, I don't notice the "switch" much. I'm not sure of how it works for women, as I've been told it's quite different.

[maferreira1984]

@ Sunajeshsja : Check out Franco Tenelli's "art of appoggio" videos here in youtube, it might help you to find your way through.

Cheers!

[iwbljd490]

that's what i call a lyric tenor! congrats bro, hope i'll do as good as you do someday (i'm 20 and nearly started to study singing and classical singing), since it turned out i'm a tenor too.

[maferreira1984]

@iwbljd490 : Thank you very much, bro.

Turns out I started singing (at all) at about age 21 -- classical training started only at age 24 -- and studied as a baritone for a couple of months until my real range came out. Back then, I would be able to sing comfortably only up to G3 (US G4), but my timbre was not baritonal at all. In a few months, it stretched up to C4 (US C5) and now I work up to Eb4 or E4 (top note ever: F4), in order to get a solid high C!

[maferreira1984]

@iwbljd490 : So I think it's very nice that you had your fach well stated at such an early age, as it will save you some important time!

Feel free to share comments on your development, and goog luck on your work.

[124235346]

It seems very even bro, I think it's awesome. I'd love if you could tell me about your progress..can you send me a pm with your msn or something so we can chat?

[maferreira1984]

@124235346 : thanks a lot, bro. You can send me pm's with your questions and issues, I'd be glad to exchange experiences, tips and information.

I'm working really hard on timbral issues and phrasing to make my singing "single-registered", as to say, with appoggio technique. I'm looking forward to specialyzing

in belcanto repertoire, and that's very necessary! You can check out my other video (La Traviata's "Lunge da lei... De' miei bollenti spiriti") and leave suggestions there as well.