All About The Alto Vocal Range
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 28 ก.ค. 2024
- As an alto singer, I pride myself on having the best of two worlds when it comes to vocal range. On one hand, I can sing some sweet angelic high notes in my head voice. and on the other, I can give strong, thick, powerful belts in my lower range. Think of singers like Ella Fitzgerald and Adele who are simply unmatched when it comes to singing with intense emotional inflection and rich tone. The alto range is where it's at!
As a session singer, writer, and producer that has worked with over 200 clients to provide high-quality jingles, singles, features, nursery rhymes, and DJ drops, Yona Marie currently spends her time engulfed in creating and marketing new music. She has developed a strong passion for creating helpful content for artists and musicians who share a similar plight of making their way through an ever-changing digital music world. Her most recent creative collaborations include work with PBS Sound Field, Tribe of Noise, and the National Black Chamber of Commerce.
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My whole life I thought I couldn’t sing turns out I’m just an alto 😂😂😂😂😂 im now trying to learn
Literally me right now! I didnt think I had a range, but I was just trying to sing in the wrong one haha
THIS right here; I've been trying to sing soprano and now it's hard to bring it lower.
Me too!
This is me literally right now! Thought I just couldn’t do it turns out I was in the wrong range haha
@@naturallyreborn217 omg lol
I thought I was kinda bad at singing because "normal" range female songs are usually right in the crack in my voice, in the hardest place to sing comfortably. But I just need to embrace my low range. Higher is not better.
Lauryn Hill is another shining example of a strict alto. Her tone and many other alto’s dark rich tones is what I love about many altos.
Girl please create a course, for us altos, for the songs that we would need to sing
Hit up ai gpt on songs for alto females... It's a real gem to use. 🥰
I have always loved singing. Even signing in the shower has always brought me peace.
Yesterday I tried an app that detects range & it turns out they labeled me as an alto!
As a total beginner with only amateur skill/practice I feel that vocals are something I would love to keep working on.
The best part about vocals is that your instrument is your own voice and I find that so cool. I can’t misplace my voice and it costs absolutely nothing to practice.
The gratitude I feel from realizing my potential is such a beautiful feeling.
This is my first video I’ve watched since seriously considering working on my vocal skills so thank you for all the amazing info.❤️
Did you use Simply Sing? 😂 I just discovered I’m an alto as well and I’m finding it weird cuz I tend to sing mezzo and I find it more comfortable 🤣
Time to embrace being an alto I guess… 🤭
I’m an alto but I’ve been struggling with singing without sounding like the artist this video is so helpful in school I remember doing solos as an alto I hated that my voice was considered low but I can reach high notes easily as well I thought I transitioned to soprano lmao until I saw this video can you please make one on how you found your natural voice to prevent mimicking I want to sound like me if that makes any sense 😢
Freestyle singing to a beat of a song you don’t know
I'm struggeling with never sound really like the artists I would love to copy. In musical theatre it id all about fitting in the role.
One of my favorite to sing is Unbreak my Heart by Toni Braxton. That low intro is GOLD and feels so good to my voice. I can really play with runs too!! Great video and descriptions also 😁
I found out in the 7th grade in chorus class that I was a alto and I believe it lol because I can’t hit no high notes for nothing. My voice has no strain singing regular
lol alto is where it's at and it's nice not to strain!
I always thought my singing voice was ugly because I can go way low with my voice. I just had my first voice lesson and I can go lower than my teacher. Thank you. I feel more confident about my voice now.
It sounds like you could be a contralto. If that's the case, be proud that you have a rare voice type. 😁 I'm borderline contralto (Just one note off) And I finally learned to embrace my alto voice. We have that sultry sexiness. lol
@HR-zj3eo Yeah, alto is comfortable to sing, but my throat really loved to go low. It's almost like I'm growling when I sing. If I make my voice really raspy, I can get it even lower. I can also follow along really well with the soprano warm ups, too.
@@TheKittengoddess Soprano is gorgeous, but I've always felt that altos don't get the love we deserve. 🙂
Tony Braxton, Tracy Chapman and Sade are my "go to". I love them!
There are a few Beyoncé songs that I like to sing too, especially from the Lemonade and Beyoncé albums, like haunted, sandscastles and heaven.
yesss I love how low Beyonce can get
@@YonaMarie what is Fiona apple? what would she be classified as?
Tracy Chapman is a contralto, which is lower than an alto.
Wow! Girl you are talking to me! 👏👏👏 you are so right! Thank you!!!
no problem :)
I'm a contralto (Bb2-C3 at my lowest on any given day), but I have a SUPER bright tone. Think newborn baby bright. My voice teacher was convinced I was a soprano that just didnt unlock my voice yet. As I'm struggling to hit an E5. And then was SHOCKED when I accidentally sang down the octave in the tenor range because she never gave me a chance to sing in my comfort zone.
Trust me. You do not want to be a contralto. Boy sung songs are always about one semitone too low, other boy sung songs are too high and you have to face the fact that pop countertenors are out of your range (on the high end!), and basically every song done by a female is too high somewhere. I can sing about half of every single song in existence. Just not a full song of anything without transposing a single section.
Learn jazz and blues. Those are the genres where a contralto can go all out.
Great video, Yona! Very encouraging... This information has absolutely caused me to embrace my alto/deep singing voice more. Your voice is amazing. Thanks for sharing ❤
Thank you for that beautiful intro…brought a new sub here 🥹
And you finally nailed it for me: I’m a contralto 🙌🏾
I got down a rabbit hole on TH-cam and found your channel because I was curious about vocal ranges. Your voice is magical to listen to spoken or sung!
thank you so much!
Omg, this is why I can mock sing all these female artists so well.☺️
Lol I do too!!! And was just told I'm alto.
Your video really just gave me confidence, I always could sing but was listening to the wrong people which made me believe I couldn’t an we do have beautiful voice
I love ALL of your voices!
Love this! I always felt less than’..I’m going to think about richness of my voice rather than the boring parts😊
I literally used to think something was wrong with my voice! Now im embracing my lower register.
Proud Alto ❤
I really appreciate this
You make me feel like i can make it with my lower voice...❤
Thank you for this video beautiful
Thamk you sis! I felt as a alto that i love to sing lower alto notes but they love my highest range than my lower :/
other altos will appreciate it sis!
You just named so many songs I love singing!! And I just auditioned for a womens choir and the musical director put ne Alto 1. When I was younger I was soprano.
When you started to sing in your alto samples…as a fellow alto…my choir director in high school called me a natural alto…your voice made my cry with pride and alto sisterhood
Lool, I just discovered that I was an alto singer and I’ve strained my voice thinking I could sing mezzo-soprano😂😂❤
Thank you for breaking it down to where I finally understood that I am an Alto.
So true! Such a magical tone. I have the range and find comfort in soprano but more recently, I’ve challenged myself to nurture the warmer depths of my natural alto voice & harmony. It’s TRULY a challenge. Any tips for training the ear?
You have a beautiful voice ❤
Thank you.
Proud alto here! ❤
OmG i love thiSs VideO You are a beauTy ❤🎉 Ty 4 shaRin.. need more friends like Yuu 🎉❤
I used to be a baritone. Started drinking lemon and lime juice and chased it with lukewarm water. Became a tenor in a year. Never quite reached alto range even though I had high and low, I just learned how to project well
outstanding content
This was super helpful, I can sing high notes, but I always felt more comfortable with the lower notes (which has led me to singing all the male parts in songs lol)
wait all of my years spent thinking i cant sing because i cant sing taylor swift songs with the original key and when i sing along with you I FEEL SO COMFORTABLE?!!! Thank you for this eye-opening video! im so proud to be an alto❤
i had a random dream last night where i was a soprano prima donna (i was really good at singing! unlike in real life🥲), it inspired me to find my actual vocal range, and turns out i'm an alto! i've always wanted to learn how to sing, i'm so exciteddd
I'm a High Tenor/Countertenor and I sang Alto in choir during HS and in my early adult years. I am also able to cover Soprano notes and Tenor notes. I did some voice training and found out I'm neither Tenor or Alto but more towards Soprano. I actually like the fact that I have Soprano, Alto and Tenor ranges to my voice.
Just finding this video in 2024...listening to this made me realize that I should go ahead and start actual training in singing to add it to my voice acting repertoire lol I don't know much about singing, but I think I'm an alto!
I sing in the praise team when I used to sing in the background there was a time where it was me and an alto singer singing behind the leader our voices blended perfectly we kinda were hitting runs and riffs we also sounded very jazzy and our vibratos were really fast so we were the absolute best yet afterwards our soprano singer came we were still lit but her vibrato was medium fast and her voice was more squeaky like but in a beautiful way yet it kinda took away from the richer tones we had going on up there I said to myself then (altos and tenors rocks) it was fun frfr
im a tenor but i love singing alto because my lower register sounds so much fuller and richer
Makes it really easy to love all the soulful songs best. I’d rather sound soulful that light/pretty
Yo I saw an article by this chick before watching this video! I'm a contralto myself and I can go down to G2 easy lmao, sometimes F2 if I really push it, and my upper range can always hit E5, sometimes F5 (anything above that sounds really bad, but technically I can hit C6 sometimes)
I'm an Alto and do not like singing. I have a good voice but don't know how to use it if that makes sense lol. I need help 😂 I sing when people aren't around. 😭😭
I was that way. It was intimidating. I recorded myself a lot since I was 13, still do. That way I could listen to myself and tweak on things I needed to work on. There are times when I hate the sound of my voice though and i give it a rest do a few weeks, zero singing.
Sang a few months in a youth choir and our choir master shifted me from soprano to alto. I thank him for that because I wouldn't know. I was younger then but he could hear already that I was a contralto. I suggest taking the time to find singers with a similar tone and study them. Their delivery, their techniques, I watched everything, even the gestures of the mouth when they sang. I thank TH-cam too for teaching me because since that short time in the choir I just started teaching myself how to sing. I'll send links that I think will be helpful
@@tiatsele yea, I had a friend that sung really good. And my mom said that I could sing, but I don't know I lost the confidence to sing. I get woozy and feel like I'm abt to pass out lol. So I just sing regularly. My voice is kinda strong and deep short of so I'm a low alto, but sometimes when I hear myself sing I sound good but sometimes it sounds horrible and I can't seem to go higher. And I believe I striped my voice a few times. But having this friend around made me start singing to, so but then that friend would ask me to sing for him and I didn't want to cause I was shy but I felt like he was kinda making fun of me because I had more of a strong voice rather than more of a soprano or high alto voice.we would record ourselves and send the songs to oneanother to share a close bond but i dont know how to put feeling in my singing thats something i struggle with terribly. So I don't know.. what to do lol
@TatiannaLloyd hello, thanks so much for the advice. I really appreciate it. And I'll be sure to try that. 😊 (btw sorry for the delayed response).
I played a viola in school because it was the most similar to my own vocal range lol
Thank you! I sometimes wonder if I'm a contralto because my voice sometimes feels like it's straining to match Brandy's key in almost doesn't count
flowers is also a great alto song
i got into music high school and im an alto 2... (teacher said lol)
I always wanted to know why people think I'm a soprano. I struggle singing high notes.
Thank you. Now I appreciate my voice. God bless. 🙏🏼☺️❤️
I wish Britney Spears would let her alto fly and lose the baby voice.
I have been watching videos to figure out what my voice is. My high is g4 and my low is c3...would i be considered contralto or mezzo or which ? thank you :)
I'm a natural alto but singing is difficult for me because I am trying to be higher like a mezzo or a soprano. Then overall singing is hard.
I'm no expert, but I don't think you can change your natural range... By singing mezzo soprano and soprano songs you may extend your range to a few notes, but you can't change the fact you're an alto, so try embracing it!
But, again, I'm no expert
So am I right to assume that both Sabrina Francis and Jazzmeia Horn are altos? I'm asking because I got curious while making myself a playlist haha.
It's inspired by Lauryn Hill and Tems and all I could think to call it was Alto Atlas so I'm trying to stay true to that name while making it genre unrestricted
😢i would like tl cry,when i noticed im alto huhuhu... i wanna be a soprano voice
Am i alto or contralto?
The app says I'm a tenor but I'm a Female.
I can sing comfortable low note D3, and comfortable high note G4,and when I try to make it higher it does sound like voice coming out from my nose.
so according to the vocal range test that I did I'm an alto, A3-G5. but oh I don't know if it's accurate
I have a question, please can someone please list 5 gospel singers that are alto?
Alto is the best vocal range in leading worship because all congregation can sing along.
I can sing alto's songs but my voice does not shine in that key. I have a thinner and brighter voice than them. It's really hard for me to reproduce that deeper and heavier tone.
My alto scares ppl because im so small and it really catches us all off guard. Especially me. When they turn around I stop. Please don’t stare I’m terribly shy about it.
i hope u see this comment and make a vid please am just trying to learn i was told altos are higher than tenor but i thought tenor was the higher voice and u also just when tenor and alto sing together tenors do the higher harmony that is what is confusing me cos i always just sang the melody cos so when i do harmonism i just do the top or bottom note but then this is where i have a problem is the top note tenor and the bottom not alto or vice versa please can someone in the comments help
Altos: Cher, Rihanna, Pink, Melissa Etheridge, Shania Twain, Madonna, Ann Wilson (from the band Heart), Micki Steele (from the band the Bangles), Sade, Annie Lennox, Stevie Nicks
Contraltos: Tracy Chapman, Kareen Lomax, Amy Winehouse, KD Lang, Judy Garland, Etta James
True contraltos are rarer than altos.
I'm an alto but when I sing I feel comfortable singing high what does it mean?
I did acapella and was placed on alto for majority songs. My pitch always said I’m the melody. I really can’t hit a rich tone idk it’s hard for me to go low. I try to sing John legend songs at least and damnnn it’s hard 😭 I struggle. I was told I’m a high alto and sometimes I do sing to high. How do I just find the balance?
that song from nora jokes “ i don’t know why i didn’t call “ is that alto?
So is Contralto the same as Alto?
I'm trying to figure out what kind of voice I have.
I can sing notes from about D3-B5.
a lot of people consider F3-F5 the contralto range so I'd say you fit that and have extra notes
@@YonaMarie Thank you.
You and the information you've shared is very helpful!
When you say f3 to f5 you mean that the notes in 5 range (c5-f5) are sung by alto singer also in chest voice or they are in head voice?
Do you do voice lessons?
I am a very deep alto and a very high soprano.....with thicker vocals, you can have a wide range...
I can as well sing Queen of the night as well as mimic Anne Murray, Karen Carpenter or Annie Lennox without any ease
Where can i sign up for lessons?
glad you can relate! Yeah, low notes can definitely be underrated. I would check out the site TakeLessons I heard it's a lot of good teachers on there
You are so amazing. Make a class
I was struggling with vocals but then improved over the years and am very frustrated I didn't look into finding my vocal range sooner. I saw a video last year going through them all and found I was an alto and they mentioned something along the lines of, "So you'll be in the range of this person, this person, Tracy Chapman." And I was like, "!! Tracy Chapman!"
Here's the video if anyone was interested: th-cam.com/video/8G1C2ktW3-E/w-d-xo.html&ab_channel=RamseyVoiceStudio
But what about some one like me that sing lower than normal altos from E3 to F5
check out the contralto range yonamariemusic.com/yona/blog/364/the-contralto-voice-range-and-capabilities
I just figured out I was an alto wtf
ive never heard alto being tied with women hell im watching yo vids to learn how to use my deep voice for singing lmao
Idk if I'm alto or soprano or mezzo😂
Annie Lennox is another
Taylor Dane yet another!
Is alto the worst?
There is no “worst” voice. You just need to listen and learn ❤❤❤
That's like asking if one color is the "worst."
Would you really like to be a contralto? Really? I'm a contralto, and sometime I hate my dark timbre, because everything I sing sounds not how it should sound! The Mezzopart is not that light, bright and easy, as it should, and the easy tenor part sound weard because it's a female voice... My voicalrange is from C3 up to E5, sometimes F5. For songs from musical theatre it is most times not high enough. The mezzo sopranos hit easely notes up to C6 and higher... And it sounds not that good with my voice anyway... 😔 But, hey, not everybody can sing a romantic duett with himself...
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