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duchesskitten6 OP t1_je3karm wrote

Reply to comment by Blak3yBoy in Can you tell someone's voice range only by hearing them sing/talk? by duchesskitten6

At knowing people's voice types?

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Blak3yBoy t1_je3nyyp wrote

Yeah, if I hear a note I know it’s quality (A B C) and it’s octave range. Adam Neely on YouTube claims otherwise but he just wishes he had perfect pitch

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duchesskitten6 OP t1_je3oadk wrote

Could you please explain me how, for example, a contralto, a mezzo and a soprano could all reach a B5 in their own voices (if the voices are identified by ranges)? I saw videos like this and I don't understand.

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Blak3yBoy t1_je43rop wrote

Their ranges all overlap at some points. Sometimes it can be hard to tell someone’s voice type based on a song if it stays in an overlap section or doesn’t venture out to their limits.

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Jongtr t1_je43w20 wrote

> Could you please explain me how, for example, a contralto, a mezzo and a soprano could all reach a B5 in their own voices

Who says they can? (I.e., you need to ask whoever it was said they could.) (And how else would they do it except in "their own voices"? ;-))

Soprano can get a few notes beyond B5.
It's right at the top of mezzo-soprano, but they could probably get it.
Most contraltos would struggle (it's a 4th above their "official" top note); I expect some could do it, although it probably wouldn't sound too good.

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duchesskitten6 OP t1_je58z07 wrote

This one has the three singers singing the same note (I used B5 as an example because I forgot the actual notes)

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