#Alto soprano

[hadescavedish]

This is a recit-aria-aria singing scene of the breeches role Arsace (aka the role is a dude but it normally would be sung by a woman) in Rossini's opera Semiramide. This is just so hard to do. The damn piece is just so complicated. And she did it in a very... technically androgynous touch (which is rare to come by and also you should account the fact the breeches role may or may not have been a substitute for castrato role history wise)

I really enjoy Rossini's repertoire, they're very difficult to perform but they're generally enjoyable to listen when you feel down... Even in his tragedy (which is this show!)

[one-time-i-dreamt]

I didn’t know that outside of music SA usually stands for assault and not soprano/alto. I posted to my choir’s Facebook group to announce that we’re doing a treble-only group this year and it read “The whole choir just got SA’d!!” I then got interrogated by Rivers Cuomo after that, who then beat me to death.

[codacheetah]

Had the startling realization that something I do regularly is so Noelle Holiday coded I had to run back inside and draw it

[theabhainnhotel]

[gasparodasalo]

Happy Holidays, and Merry Christmas!

Francesco Durante (1684-1755) - Ad presepe venite "Pastorale e Mottetto per la nativitate Jesu Christe" in G-Major, I. Ad presepe. Performed by Roberta Mameli, soprano, Urusula Eittinger, alto, Andreas Post, tenor, Stephan MacLeod, bass, and Michael Alexander Willens/Kölner Akademie on period instruments.

[determinedowl23]

Question for altos and mezzo sopranos: what’s your vocal range? And does your primary form of vocal practicing come chorus, musical theatre, opera, or somewhere else?

I’m a theatre kid who just joined a choir relatively recently, and aside from noticing my vocal style was very different than my friend. What we had in common, though, is that our range was VERY similar- the thing was that she was an alto and I’m a mezzo soprano. Every time I mentioned the phrase “mezzo soprano” to my choir director whenever he asked what my range was, he seemed to need to process that and then asked me to do the alto part. That made me feel like the concept of a mezzo soprano is more of a theatre and opera thing than in choir, but please correct me if I’m wrong!

The real reason I’m asking these questions is because in my musical theatre class, me and a group of other people are performing a song that has a soprano part. The leader of the group asked “so can anybody hit that note or are we all altos?” I told them that I could hit the note (E5, which I can hit relatively easily) and so they assigned me that role. That made me remember my friend from choir who occasionally sung higher notes that were around E5 and was also an alto. So now I’m just confused and wondering what the guidelines are to being an alto vs a mezzo soprano and whether those guidelines in a choir vs theatre vs opera vs anywhere else

I don’t actually know my full range off the top of my head, but I think it’s somewhere around F#3-G#5 (I can reach an E3 sometimes but not consistently enough that I’d consider it in my range) but I’ll update this if I find a more concrete answer to my own range

[foldingfittedsheets]

So I’ve been singing Alto in choir for school (cause it was the only 1 credit course I could take for my art degree). It’s been fun, we’re singing nerdy songs and there’s no homework.

Today, after five weeks of choir classes, I was singing in the car. I reached for a high note I could never hit before and found that with better breath control I hit it. And I was suddenly just so happy. Like. It turns out when you practice and get feedback on stuff you can improve! Who knew!

[lillazyboithings]

Choir practice is boring today but at least the interesting thing that happened was a sudden black out (party party in the music room lmfao /j)

Anyways here's a Nischa Reverse the Cyclone doodle

[hauntedwoman]

honestly if you think that chappell roan's music is boring or she doesn't have any talent i want to see you try and sing good luck babe in the original key and more importantly belt the high note at the end of the bridge

[real-odark]

how it feels to be an alto so i sing tenor parts mostly but then they hit those notes that are JUST below my range so i can say it but it just comes out gravelly and quiet but a lot of alto songs hit notes that r so high that i feel squeaky😞

[athena-xox]

I’m rereading the books rn and realizing that Apple is canonically a soprano and Raven is canonically a true contralto. I mean obviously it makes sense but I always imagined Raven as a Mezzo. You know the belter type. Like all the songs I think she’d like and soprano/mezzo songs.

I mean it doesn’t really matter but it’s an important detail to me.

[bushwaa]

ALERT TO ALL FELLOW ARTISTS!!!!!

I’ve noticed recently that some people have been drawing the saxophone very inaccurately. Not necessarily the saxophone itself, but the person playing it. (I know how hard it is to draw the sax. Trust me, I’ve tried.)

1. Neck straps

I’ve gotta tell you guys; unless your character is absolutely RIPPED, I doubt that they’ll be able to carry the hunk of metal. The saxophone is heavy. And by that, I mean really heavy; especially tenors/baritones. So add some weight!! If you want to be a bit more accurate, don’t be afraid to add a little neck strap on there. Trust me, your character will thank me later. They’ve been saved from years of severe back pain.

2. Hand positioning

The hand positioning on this instrument is crucial as it well. The left hand always goes on top. This is because the palm and pinky keys are on the top left side of the instrument. Same with the right hand, but on the bottom right side.

3. Mouthpiece/blowing into the sax

Whenever you’re drawing a character blowing into the saxophone, do not draw them with their mouths puffing out. This is the same for all the other woodwinds as well. We want our air to be fast as possible, so having pockets of air in the way as we’re blowing isn’t as efficient/effective as we’d like it to be. So we try to avoid puffing out our cheeks as much as possible.

And that’s about it! Now go make your saxophone dreams come true!!!

[ttheatre-trashh]

have I cried over not being a soprano? Multiple times? Yes. Leave me alone I was on my period (I wasn’t. I just hate being an alto.)

[walterdecourceys]

my choir does not have even sections at ALL because we have like seven altos and then three tenors on a good day 😭 and of the basses one is tone-deaf and one is asleep half of rehearsal. it's bad

[morganoperandi]

Let’s start trouble for no reason