martti asked:
<< I.e. you're not a tenor, but you can still sing high. When discussing
opera, if one can sing tenor arias as well as baritone ones, which
one is his vocal fach? Is it about sound quality or is it about
range, or maybe both? Can some tenors reach for example the low G of
baritones?
>>
martti,
there is a difference between hitting the notes, sustaining the notes
and what you sound like doing it. in opera, singing the notes is not enough
(and that includes being heard over the orchestra). you must also present a
timbre that the listener feels is appropriate for the role (in other words,
you have to sound like the guy on the recording that the listener likes best).
from the singer's standpoint, the amount of time you spend singing in a
particular range may decide for that individual singer whether or not they
want to be considered that voice type. there are a lot of singers, who call
themselves high baritones, who can hit the same notes a tenor can, and
sometimes higher, but, don't want to stay there for very long.
from a 'rock' point of view, you just have to hit the notes and not die
doing it. rock musicians are very reluctant to change keys. there is the
inconvenience to keyboard players and there is only so much de-tuning you can
do. if you have a limited upper range, even after enlarging it as far as it
will go, you'll have to explore other keys or, don't do the song. just
because you can't play 'white cliffs of dover' on a bass, doesn't mean the
bass is a bad instrument.
mike
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