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Adam Round

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  1. The discussion was originally about how is it that all professional singers can sing so ridiculously high. It seemed odd to me that pretty much all of them are Mezzo-sopranos. If ronws is correct though, it may just be that all sheet music is written an octave higher than it actually is e.g. Nessun Doruma going up to a B4 in the chorus, even though the music says B5. Is anyone able to confirm this? I can't seem to find much on it on the internet. Ronws - I agree it would be good just to listen to the song and match it, it's just that a lot of these people sound much higher than I do, especially Ed Sheeran. If I sing an A5 in the chorus of thinking out loud it sounds too low, but may just be that his voice tone is a lot brighter than mine. This would be a complete revelation for me if it's true! I might have just spent years with bad instructors, thinking that songs are an octave higher than they are and it may actually be more about my tone quality. Thanks
  2. Haha thanks. If I look at any other random songs from different sources though they all seem to be as high as well: Foo Fighters - Best of you - Starts on G#5 - http://www.musicnotes.com/sheetmusic/mtdFPE.asp?ppn=MN0053221 Bruno Mars - The lazy song - If you click on the preview, at the bottom of the first page it shows him singing an A5 on "picking up my phone" http://www.sheetmusicplus.com/title/the-lazy-song-sheet-music/19537681 Sam Smith - Stay with me - He sings an A5 on "Oh won't you, stay with me" http://youtubesheetmusic.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/Stay-With-Me.pdf I actually also have Ed Sheeran's official sheet music book and it shows A5 on "take me into your loving arms" in thinking out loud. Am I being really stupid and missing something!? Thanks
  3. Thanks for the replies everyone. I seem to be not getting something with the notes I quoted, it's as though I'm saying everything is an octave higher than it actually is. Looking at the sheet music though: Nessun Dorma - http://www.8notes.com/scores/9741.asp - Turn to the second page and at the bottom the word "vincero" goes up to a B5 Thinking out loud - http://piano-sheets-for-free.blogspot.co.uk/2014/11/ed-sheeran-thinking-out-loud-piano.html - Ed sings an A5 on "take me into your loving arms" Would anyone be able to clarify please? I feel like I'm missing something! Thanks
  4. Hi Everyone, I'm a bit confused at the moment about vocal range classifications against how singers actually sing and could really do with some clarification if anyone is able to help. I know classifications vary slightly depending on who you talk to, but if I use the ones given on wikipedia as a base (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vocal_range), it says that the top notes for different vocal ranges are: Baritone: G4 Tenor: C5 Contralto: F5 Alto: G5 Mezzo-soprano: A5 If we then compare this to a few songs from different genres and look at the highest notes sung in the chorus: Ed Sheeran - Thinking out loud - A5 Michael Jackson - Man in the mirror - B5 Multiple - Nessun Doruma - B5 Sam Cook - A change is gonna come - G5 Dave Grohl - Best of you - G#5 It seems that almost any song I pick people are singing insanely high with a full toned voice. Is it actually the case that all these people and most people in professional music are an alto or mezzo-soprano? I know that many professional musicians have also had little or no vocal training (Allen Stone is one of my favourite singers and has never had a lesson) and Ed Sheeran actually smokes before singing! So I don't think all these guys have spent years developing their head voice to be able to sing these notes and they do really sound like they're in chest voice. I've also noticed that a lot of them are quite short which may tend to mean they naturally have higher voices (although that might be going off topic a bit!). I would really appreciate some help if anyone can as at the moment it just seems hopeless that I'd ever be able to sing any of these songs. I'd like to think that singing can be learnt, but it seems that these people are just born with high voices. If you'd like to know about my background I had singing lessons on and off for about 5 years with different teachers, then did the singing success programme and am now working through the 4 pillars. Many thanks
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