Hallelujah - tenors only

[wavepsychic]

I'm a Baritone and I can't sing Bass or Tenor. What do I do?!

[13CrimsonFox]

I am gonna sing this 6 weeks from now in my church, wish me luck everybody.

[iSteven00]

@13CrimsonFox Good luck to you :)

[iJasonYeung]

Who is going to Massey hall:D

[MVillani1985]

If I remember correctly, the full ranges for each part are: Soprano - A-flat below middle C to second C above middle C; Alto - E below middle C to second E above middle C; Tenor - Second A-flat below middle C to C above middle C; Bass - Second C below middle C to F above middle C. Of course some go outisde of those ranges, but their singing part is determined by which they're closest to and where their strength lies. For example, some with a soprano range have more power in the alto range.

[Asunlight17]

The Basses aren't better than the Tenors, but without Basses everything would be a mess, they (we) are the foundation of any choir. 

[wahoohugh32]

Tenor RANGERS!!! better than the power rangers and bass rangers... better Range.. and POWER

[iamnubetube]

@wahoohugh32 Don't be ridiculous. Nothing is better than power rangers. I like the red one!

[gutterfroggy]

bass is where its at, but I like all parts :P but bass is best...just saying ;)

[ComposerJMA]

I love the tenor and bass parts for this- didn't learn most of the tenor until arranging bits of Messiah for a concert band in town. A quality Handel work, for sure.

Cordially,

Joshua M. Abramson

Neo-Baroque Composer

[operazanotaijin]

Bass power! I declare war on all tenors everywhere!

[grimsbyjack]

@operazanotaijin You Bass can kiss our Butts....  Tenors Rule !!

[DLSBaseball33]

@operazanotaijin tenor is the hardest part in any choir. we can go as low as a bass or as high as a soprano. i respect basses but tenor is the hardest part

[chrispwned]

@DLSBaseball33 yup! i have difficulty myself I have a partner that is an alto and she has the same problem.:3

[TRANSFIGraduate]

@chrispwned i know how that feels. i sing tenors in my choir and when we sang this MARVELOUS song at our christmas concert. its now the only part i know fully by heart. its incredible.

[JoshuaCNaval]

@DLSBaseball33 i think baritone is the hardest part in choir,we can go super low and super high..hahaha..xD

[Nuertey11]

@DLSBaseball33 true dat

[istgone]

@operazanotaijin Bring it.

[TRANSFIGraduate]

@operazanotaijin hey buddy. dont start a war on us. we are equal as yourselves arent we.

[brandenburg2388]

@operazanotaijin try listening to Handel's Messiah without the tenors.....it sounds ackwards.

[ghiu41]

@operazanotaijin HAHHAHAH !!!

[xXSentFromAboveXx]

@operazanotaijin I'm a high baritone who is made to sing Tenor in choir. Where do I stand in this war? :P

[victorlammy]

the first two hallelujah should be the same



[JonBethany]

@victorlammy Oh I see what you mean...Yeah that's gonna bother me

[victorlammy]

they sing a wrong note on the second hallelujah around 0:11

[JonBethany]

@victorlammy No they don't...

[OverlordM]

@victorlammy Actually they sing it as it is written on the sheets for this piece.

[erictellez]

@victorlammy You're right. Im pretty sure they sing E instead of D in the bar number 5. Also, they make faster the last note in bar 25.

[TRANSFIGraduate]

@victorlammy i know right?????



[gorankeinstrom]

strange; it is allways better when only the tenors is singing

[BigSpoonProds3]

AWESOME!!! incredibly helpful to my students - THANK YOU FOR MAKING THIS!!!!!

[LaLinMangaFreak]

This is AWESOME!!! I'm a contralto and got recruited to sing the Tenor part (we only had 6-7 tenors) last year in my HS choir. I HATED to sing the alto part so i was so happy to sing Tenor! BUT I had to play catch up to the boys who already knew the part! i wish i could have found this last year! But I'm using it this year for sure!!

[MVillani1985]

@LaLinMangaFreak Impressive! Can you sing the full tenor range (clear as a bell down to the second A-flat below Middle C)? If so, you'd be the first girl I'd heard of that could sing the full tenor range, which is rare. Usually when contraltos try to sing the tenor part, they struggle below the E below Middle C.

[LaLinMangaFreak]

@MVillani1985 Thank You! But no, i can't sing the second A-flat below middle C, BUT sing the C an octave below middle C, and B when i'm really warmed up, so I can go lower than all of the other altos in school (i'm 17 a senior in HS). so i ALMOST have full tenor range, i wish i did tho!

[MVillani1985]

@LaLinMangaFreak That's still really good. Some tenors actually struggle with the C below middle C. Your range still might expand enough to include that. In high school I was a true tenor, lowest solid note I could hit was A-flat below middle C, highest was the second D above, but now I'm on the tenor/baritone cusp (but would sing tenor in choir), lowest note before going into vocal fry (bugzapper voice) would be the second F-sharp below middle C, but I can still hit the second C-sharp above.

[tenor90210]

very nice! "tenor90210 mozart"

[ThoronRayan]

thank you so much :)

[TJCollins21]

Do most 2nd tenors have a very broad range? I used to sing in a concert choir in college a few years ago and I sang both 2nd and 1st Baritone but when I moved back to my birthplace I find those lower notes require a little more work from me (I now sing tenor in my church choir).

[csl1963]

Minor note: Between 2:50 and 2:53, this tenor sings "And he shall reign, and heeee shall reign." These are, indeed, the words of newer transcriptions. HOWEVER, some older transcriptions have the tenor singing "And he shall reign for eeeeev-er" I was using a new transcription while the rest of the choir was using an old one, and it took a while to figure out why I was having trouble with this part. Check which version your choir is using!

[sarabiamichael06]

Thx for the upload :D

[TheZephyr2010]

woohoo! im a tenor2! my vibratos is not so good like this!

gosh! HELP ME!

were going to sing this by 4 (S,A,T,B)

I CAN DO THIS! I KNOW MY PART (TNX TO THIS VIDEO)

[fabfourgroupie]

i love men who can reach high tunes

[KindOfMaroon]

for new choristers, these guys sing with a ton of vibrato...you generally want to sing with a "straight" tone when you can in choral music, however, because then you can get a better blend with the other singers around you and the other chorus members. This is ESPCIALLY important in medieval and renaissance music, but it applies to other choral pieces too.

[RepublicTX]

@KindOfMaroon Completely agree with you, particularly on a fast-moving piece like this one. The danger is having the vibrato turn into an outright wobble of a half-step or more which completely wrecks the music.

[TJCollins21]

@KindOfMaroon Absolutely correct!

[PRCaixeta]

Wonderful, congratulations.

Paulo

[glynbrain]

Is the second "Hallelujah" being sung on the right notes? F sharp, F sharp, D, D. The written music seems different - F sharp, D,D,D.,

I'm new to this so I don't know which to learn. Help.

[jazzshanghai]

you are right. it should be F sharp D D D

the rest of this piece is right

[rumilization]

@glynbrain yep. i just checked the sheet music and that's how it's written. i've been singing it wrong this whole time.

[glynbrain]

Thanks. Just what I was searching for.

[jotocs3]

thanks for a great instructive voice... now i can do my tenor in time :)...