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In choir, we're singing the song "For Good" from the musical Wicked, if you know it. We had an audition for the solo at the beginning ("I've heard it said that people come into our lives.....but I know I'm who I am today because I knew you"). I had practiced singing it in a head voice. But I forgot that if I sing longer than 45 minutes, I can't sing any lower than the E above Middle C in a head voice. The director, suprisingly, called on me first, and I remembered that it had been 2 hours, and I definitely couldn't sing the low B in a head voice. So I had to sing it in a chest voice. In front of the whole chorus. Being a soprano, I have barely any experience singing in a chest voice. Nobody has ever heard my voice alone except for the director, so I was scared shitless. I was shaking all over the place, and I sang horribly. It was just awful. The director was totally suprised, since she knows about my stage fright woes. And the other girls did much better than me. The director knows I'm a good singer, but my audition was ghastly.
I'm sooo embarassed. What do you guys think of this situation? (link)
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Ok, I'm in a local girl choir that tours places like Hawaii & such & during our recent spring semester, we sand the song For Good. I didn't audition for the solo at the beginning, but a lot of the girls I'm good friends with in girl choir did. Personally, the solo at the beginning doesn't have a big range & I'm pretty sure (if I remember right) the lowest it goes is a B flat below middle C. If you have to sing in chest voice for a note that low & you're a Soprano, that's completely normal, since you're used to singing higher pitches.
As for singing in front of groups, I'm just like you. I get really nervous. I can sing in front of people I know well (friends & family) fine. But auditions and such, I shake. I'm working on improving this, but what I'm doing is just singing with/for my friends, & just practicing my singing in general. If you know you can sing good, then you will. Believe in yourself. =)
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Usually, I have a vocal range from E3(the E below Middle C) to C6 (The C two octaves higher than Middle C). But whenever I'm in chorus, for some reason, I can barely sing the high A. I don't see why. Does anyone have ideas?
And please, only answer this if you know about the subject. (link)
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I'm into the whole singing thing & I think I know whats wrong.
Position is one thing; at home you're probably just however you want to be standing/sitting when you sing but in choir, you most likely have to sit/stand a certain way.
Also, there's chest & head voices. In choir, for some reason, you could be singing in chest voice (the voice between speaking & singing that has a lower range, making it hard to hit high notes). You could be singing in a chest voice just because (if it's school choir you're talking about) it's not what you want to sing. At home, you can sing whatever you want, but in choir, you can't. So you might not like it that much & aren't as into it so by giving less effort, you end up singing in chest voice rather than head.
I'm in a local girl choir so I know a lot about all this. If you wantto know any more, let me know.
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