# Top 10 reasons for \[your voice type\] **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 26, 2001, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-10-reasons-for-your-voice-type/51815 "2001-01-26T03:34:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Eo\_Echo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ebca7d/32.png) [@Eo\_Echo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eo_Echo)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2001, 8:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-10-reasons-for-your-voice-type/51815/21 "2001-01-28T08:16:36Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by screech-owl \* > \*\* > > > [@](#): > > > > \*Originally posted by JBirdman12 \* > > \*\*What, nothing on baritones? \*\* > > Baritones and mezzo-sopranos are kind of in that “no man’s land”: not high enough to activate the garage door opener, nor low enough to sub-communicate with elephants. > > I’m working a few additions. Feel free to add your own. \*\* Actually I’m a tenor myself. I never could resist an easy wise crack, that’s all. ---
**Author:** ![whiterabbit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/cab0a1/32.png) [@whiterabbit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/whiterabbit)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2001, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-10-reasons-for-your-voice-type/51815/22 "2001-01-28T15:07:03Z")
This semester I’m second soprano. I LOVE those jokes. Though I can think of a few of the OTHER sopranos who might get offended…🙂 (What is it about being able to sing really high that causes egos to inflate? It takes just as much work to sing ANY notes!) _realizes she hasn’t practiced all weeks and has a voice lesson tomorrow morning_ ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2001, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-10-reasons-for-your-voice-type/51815/23 "2001-01-28T16:23:10Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by whiterabbit \* > **What is it about being able to sing really high that causes egos to inflate?** Works for instrumentalists, too. Most soprano jokes are interchangable with trumpet-player jokes. ---
**Author:** ![Strainger](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/strainger/32/244_2.png) [@Strainger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Strainger)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2001, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-10-reasons-for-your-voice-type/51815/24 "2001-01-28T19:36:34Z")
> [@](#): > > RE Bass: 4) You never need to learn to read the treble clef. The funny thing about this is, I was taught to read treble clef in my fourth grade music class. I became much more familiar with treble clef in seventh grade when I started playing trumpet. I started singing baritone in college and, while I do know how to read bass clef, I never learned to do it fluently (essentially what my brain does, if I have to name a note, is transpose it to treble clef first). So, if you asked me to sing a line of bass music naming the notes instead of reading the text, I wouldn’t be able to do it unless it were in grave tempo and/or had a lot of whole notes. ---
**Author:** ![Akatsukami](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ea666f/32.png) [@Akatsukami](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Akatsukami)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2001, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-10-reasons-for-your-voice-type/51815/25 "2001-01-28T20:14:58Z")
You can smoke cigarettes and drink whiskey for over twenty years, and no one will notice. ---
**Author:** ![rocking\_chair](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rocking_chair/32/2918_2.png) [@rocking\_chair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rocking_chair)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2001, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-10-reasons-for-your-voice-type/51815/26 "2001-01-28T20:20:18Z")
very good screech-owl. i really enjoyed these. just perfect after another fun sunday with the church choir. ---
**Author:** ![andygirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a9adbd/32.png) [@andygirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/andygirl)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2001, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-10-reasons-for-your-voice-type/51815/27 "2001-01-28T20:31:00Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Turpentine \* > \*\* > See, i am a decent singer but I always just assumed i was an alto. > > But how do you know? How do you REALLY know? \*\* The great choirmaster in the sky beats you with a stick. "You, madame, are an _ **ALTO!** _ Just grab a friend with a piano. Warm up good and see what your range is. (How low and how high you can go.) I forget what the generally accepted ranges are for each voice part… anyone? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-10-reasons-for-your-voice-type/51815.md?page=1)