The Singers Thread

[Varnafindë]

Originally Posted by Tessar

It sounds like you had a very wise conductor. A lot of directors will try to put ridiculously difficult music in front of an untrained group and then they get frustrated, or the singers hurt themselves, trying to sing it.

It sounds like he picked rep. with a good range for untrained sopranos . There is a break in the soprano voice right around that F5 which can make it a challenge to sing above unless you just have a natural connection, or you resort to a very small, tight falsetto sound.

He ought to be good - he was one of the college music teachers
Although that is perhaps not necessarily a guarantee.

What kind of break are you talking about here?

Btw, the Norwegian national anthem has a range that makes it hard for communal singing. It ranges from C4 to F5. You often get some very strained piping sounds up at the top!
It's beautiful when sung by a male choir, though, which is the traditional version usually performed on the radio on our Constitution Day.

Edit:
Here's a version with a choir of both male and female, though - performed in the Oslo City Hall.