This is true. In Japan and everywhere else, it ain’t about the ability, it’s all about the enthusiasm. I’ve got big time stage fright, which is really the problem.
My own suggestion is Mac the Knife, only because a sort of an alky friend of mine who I’d only see when it happened to be karaoke night, would completely terrorize the crowd with it.
I like the suggestion of Because the Night and Sweet Caroline. The Ringo idea is good; I quite like Octopus’s Garden. Now Johnny Cash and Lou Reed may have had limited vocal range, but they’ve got inimitable style, so I ain’t going there.
My secret goal is Me and Bobby McGee. Thanks for the suggestions.
**Sweet Caroline **is a very difficult karaoke song. It’s not real fluid, musically. Unless you are Neil Diamond, you’ll end up sortof half singing half talking through it. Don’t do it.
Ring of Fire is good. You might also try I Can’t Help Falling in Love with You. I don’t have much of a range and I can nail this one. Roger Miller’s **King of the Road **is easy, but only works if you’re a grandpa or don’t mind sounding like one.
Tom Waits, Bob Dylan & Leonard Cohen are some of the “small range” songwriters who come to mind. Not knowing much about karaoke, I’m not sure what’s available.
But I remember “Famous Blue Raincoat” as Muzak in a donut shop back in the 80’s…
How well do you rap? Even if you’re a white guy, you can usually still pull off some “Bad Touch” by Bloodhound Gang or some Vanilla Ice. VI usually gets some laughs because it’s so cheesy and, well, funny.
I’m a male but I’ve found that I have a very similar vocal range to Amy Ray, the lower toned Indigo Girl.
I’ll point out though that it’s important to know which part of the octave your range is. Because you can always sing a whole octave higher or lower within that range, but you can’t really sing outside of the inside of an octave.
Besides Amy Ray, I seem to have no trouble at all with Wild World.
Could be. Could be an insurance commercial, too. ISTM I’ve heard it in a couple of commercials. I don’t remember any of the words, but it’s basically a list of phrases timed like this:
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Done in monotone, and I think up a note for some ‘verses’.
ISTR hearing it as an actual song, too; as opposed to a commercial ‘jingle’.
I’ve compiled a list of songs with small vocal range for use with my younger and/or less experienced vocal students. Some of these are popular songs that might be found on a karaoke list. Beware, however, that even if a song has a small range, those notes might still be in a high register, which may be outside of your vocal range (The Creedence songs usually fit in this category). Sometimes, however, you may be able to sing the song down an octave so it fits comfortably in your vocal range.
