akaikatsurakun@yahoo.com
06-29-2005, 12:17 PM
Hi all,
This is quite an amazing product that will give you back what you put into it, and It's going to take a while to master or even become proficient in. For all its innovation I have this question (I don't want to appear ungrateful but...) - does anyone else find the voice range of the sopranos and basses unworkable?
It seems that more emphasis has been put on the extremes of range rather than the everyday parts. THis makes it very difficult to write for a normal voice line. The Sopranos go higher than a choral piece would ever reasonably go, yet they only go down to an A. This is so frustrating - if you could find me a piece that has the lowest soprano note as an A i'd be very surprised. The altos cover their natural range nicely. The tenors are manageable. The basses are another difficult one - for me going down to a low B (never practically called for) at the expense of their powerful higher register seems strange - going from a D to C would be more useful. Of course the ranges are covered, but to switch on a solo line
It just seems strange that after all this work at trying to make the choirs sound real that the sop and bass ranges are so impractical. Does anyone share my thoughts?
Ash
This is quite an amazing product that will give you back what you put into it, and It's going to take a while to master or even become proficient in. For all its innovation I have this question (I don't want to appear ungrateful but...) - does anyone else find the voice range of the sopranos and basses unworkable?
It seems that more emphasis has been put on the extremes of range rather than the everyday parts. THis makes it very difficult to write for a normal voice line. The Sopranos go higher than a choral piece would ever reasonably go, yet they only go down to an A. This is so frustrating - if you could find me a piece that has the lowest soprano note as an A i'd be very surprised. The altos cover their natural range nicely. The tenors are manageable. The basses are another difficult one - for me going down to a low B (never practically called for) at the expense of their powerful higher register seems strange - going from a D to C would be more useful. Of course the ranges are covered, but to switch on a solo line
It just seems strange that after all this work at trying to make the choirs sound real that the sop and bass ranges are so impractical. Does anyone share my thoughts?
Ash