Resources for classical singers

[KiaKat]

I've mentioned before that I was a soloist in high school (sop.1), and I'm currently in a choir. Well, said choir is performing Verdi this summer, and in order to sing it correctly, I need to work on my upper register.

As a teenager, my range went up to Db(7). Working on getting back to that (Requiem hits a C(7), so I may as well go up a note for accuracy), but I don't have easy access to a piano or keyboard, and the youtube scale videos suck. Does anyone have a good rehearsal resource, either a virtual piano that I can program with scales, or a video with a variety of soprano-range scales, in either midi or recorded piano?

This is driving me nuts. I can do it a cappella, mostly, but as I go up into the top of octave 6/low octave 7, my ear gets a little flat, and I can't tell where I'm going off-key.

[mjr]

I've mentioned before that I was a soloist in high school (sop.1), and I'm currently in a choir. Well, said choir is performing Verdi this summer, and in order to sing it correctly, I need to work on my upper register.

As a teenager, my range went up to Db(7). Working on getting back to that (Requiem hits a C(7), so I may as well go up a note for accuracy), but I don't have easy access to a piano or keyboard, and the youtube scale videos suck. Does anyone have a good rehearsal resource, either a virtual piano that I can program with scales, or a video with a variety of soprano-range scales, in either midi or recorded piano?

This is driving me nuts. I can do it a cappella, mostly, but as I go up into the top of octave 6/low octave 7, my ear gets a little flat, and I can't tell where I'm going off-key.

See if any of this helps you.

https://www.google.com/#hl=en&gs_rn=...w=1030&bih=689

[FormerCallingCardRep]

Little Bits has a program she uses. When she calls later I will ask her what it is she uses.

[KiaKat]

See if any of this helps you.

https://www.google.com/#hl=en&gs_rn=...w=1030&bih=689

Yeah, I tried that. The one that records keystrokes is a pain to use, and the others are worse. It's getting more and more frustrating to wait for a piano to load, then discover that either it doesn't have the full range (why the hell do most cut off at octave 6?!), or it doesn't record keystrokes, or it doesn't resonate when you stop pressing a key.

Little Bits has a program she uses. When she calls later I will ask her what it is she uses.

Awesome! I'm getting frustrated, and really wanted to work on this over the next week.

[csquared]

How about a cheap keyboard? You can pick up a Casio SA-76 for about $50.00.

[KiaKat]

The cheap ones are so tinny I end up flat. Learned that one the hard way. Though I do want to get one of the mid-range boards, at some point.