# SDMB Choir, anyone? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 26, 2003, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-choir-anyone/209736 "2003-10-26T23:22:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![cajela](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9de0a6/32.png) [@cajela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cajela)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2003, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-choir-anyone/209736/1 "2003-10-26T23:22:02Z")
Hi folks - I notice **Eva Luna** and **Mikie** are choristers, and so am I. Anyone else out there? What’s our voice part mix? I’m a sop (first always thank you, love them top As. And Bs. And the very rare C.) ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Bravo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_bravo/32/493_2.png) [@Johnny\_Bravo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Bravo)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2003, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-choir-anyone/209736/2 "2003-10-26T23:26:25Z")
Bass. Way the hell down there. When I was singing regularly, which was several years back, the low C (two octaves down) was towards the bottom of my range. Nowadays, though, it’s closer to the G. ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2003, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-choir-anyone/209736/3 "2003-10-26T23:27:22Z")
I sang first soprano in high school, but the weight of the years forced my voice down to alto. I suppose I could manage Soprano two in a pinch. ---
**Author:** ![Garfield226](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Garfield226](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Garfield226)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2003, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-choir-anyone/209736/4 "2003-10-26T23:41:09Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Johnny Bravo \* > \*\*Bass. Way the hell down there. > > When I was singing regularly, which was several years back, the low C (two octaves down) was towards the bottom of my range. Nowadays, though, it’s closer to the G. \*\* Me too. I can hit a low E or so on a good day, but I can also get up to an A or so above middle C, so I’m versatile. ---
**Author:** ![insomnia4AM](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/4bbf92/32.png) [@insomnia4AM](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/insomnia4AM)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2003, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-choir-anyone/209736/5 "2003-10-26T23:46:22Z")
I am usually an alto, but if I warm up enough, I can pull off a soprano. The soprano also depends on what key the song is in. I have a pretty wide range of vocalness. Sometimes, and I stress sometimes, I can manage a tenor, but once again, it depends on the key. ---
**Author:** ![Forbin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5e9695/32.png) [@Forbin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Forbin)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2003, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-choir-anyone/209736/6 "2003-10-26T23:58:03Z")
I don’t sing anymore, but sang bass when I did. ---
**Author:** ![AntaresJB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c2a13f/32.png) [@AntaresJB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AntaresJB)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2003, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-choir-anyone/209736/7 "2003-10-27T00:09:38Z")
Just had a choir concert Saturday night, actually. I’m a music major, so I have to be in it. 🙂 I’m a Soprano II. ---
**Author:** ![DeVena](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/dec6dc/32.png) [@DeVena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DeVena)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2003, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-choir-anyone/209736/8 "2003-10-27T00:17:43Z")
Mezzo here - depending on where I’m needed, I’m first soprano or second soprano. (I also was a music major - go Anteres!!) ---
**Author:** ![DeVena](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/dec6dc/32.png) [@DeVena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DeVena)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2003, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-choir-anyone/209736/9 "2003-10-27T00:19:56Z")
Obviously, spelling is not my strong suit. Sorry about that, AntaresJB. ---
**Author:** ![GingerOfTheNorth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cdc98d/32.png) [@GingerOfTheNorth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GingerOfTheNorth)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2003, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-choir-anyone/209736/10 "2003-10-27T00:23:40Z")
Soprano in a professional choir. ---
**Author:** ![cajela](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9de0a6/32.png) [@cajela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cajela)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2003, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-choir-anyone/209736/11 "2003-10-27T00:46:15Z")
Damn, as usual we’re short of tenors. Only one alto so far, too. Anyone know any pieces for sopI/II and bassI/II ?? **Ginger** , who do you sing with? I’m purely amateur, this is my current choir: it’s called [SCUNA](http://scuna.aicsa.org.au). ---
**Author:** ![Eonwe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eonwe/32/240_2.png) [@Eonwe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eonwe)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2003, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-choir-anyone/209736/12 "2003-10-27T01:00:24Z")
Tenor in a choir, but a baritone for solo purposes. ---
**Author:** ![Jodi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/7feea3/32.png) [@Jodi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jodi)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2003, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-choir-anyone/209736/13 "2003-10-27T01:01:24Z")
I’m a second soprano and belong to a community choir and a church choir. I’d say my singing ability is about average, but I love it – it’s one of the few things I do that’s just for me. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Zoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/a4c791/32.png) [@Zoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zoe)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2003, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-choir-anyone/209736/14 "2003-10-27T02:28:33Z")
I always dreamed of coloratura, but I will be quite content to be another alto. Over the last two years or so I had completely lost my singing voice. I couldn’t sustain a note or count on hitting the right one. I thought it was because of my age (sixty) and lack of practice. After having some difficulty swallowing pills, I had to have a procedure done to loosen up the opening to my esophagus three weeks ago. Last night, as I typed away here, whining about something at SDMB, I realized that I was absentmindedly singing. SINGING? MOI?!! Of course my range is about an octave… ---
**Author:** ![SnoopyFan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d07c76/32.png) [@SnoopyFan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SnoopyFan)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2003, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-choir-anyone/209736/15 "2003-10-27T03:25:39Z")
Natural alto, baby. I almost never can sing melody, I slip into harmony without realizing it. ---
**Author:** ![zoogirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b9bd4f/32.png) [@zoogirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoogirl)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2003, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-choir-anyone/209736/16 "2003-10-27T03:38:34Z")
I used to sing soprano in high school ( The New Westminstrals, world’s worst name!) Our teacher was Charlotte Diamond who went on to be a very well known children’s performer. I pretty much just sing around the house and at parties now. ---
**Author:** ![saramamalana](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/74df32/32.png) [@saramamalana](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saramamalana)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2003, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-choir-anyone/209736/17 "2003-10-27T03:44:18Z")
I used to sing Soprano II in high school but my voice has settled into Alto I. How about a good old Hallelujah Chorus? ---
**Author:** ![Jester](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jester/32/8223_2.png) [@Jester](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jester)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2003, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-choir-anyone/209736/18 "2003-10-27T04:14:40Z")
Baritone/Tenor II, and prepping for a concert next weekend. Hurrah! ---
**Author:** ![Soup\_du\_jour](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@Soup\_du\_jour](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Soup_du_jour)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2003, 5:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-choir-anyone/209736/19 "2003-10-27T05:18:15Z")
I, too, am prepping for a concert Mid-November. Baritone. The hot chocolate of male voices. 😉 And pardon me if stuff is misspelled. I type without my contacts in, and I have bad eyesight. ---
**Author:** ![rowrrbazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rowrrbazzle/32/414_2.png) [@rowrrbazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rowrrbazzle)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2003, 5:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-choir-anyone/209736/20 "2003-10-27T05:32:49Z")
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