What am I? (soprano, tenor, alto, etc.) and Am I okay at sing?

Well, I'm going to tell you something very, very important about being a vocalist. I don't mind if I don't get voted as having a good answer, because this isn't exactly what you're asking. But, if your heart is in singing, this will never change, anywhere you go, for the rest of your life.

Voice is a very different "instrument". Unlike a trumpet or a drum, every single vocal cord box is unique -- it has never existed before you, and will never exist again after you. Each one is very very good at being what it is. Some are made to sing high and light, and some are made to sing rich and deep. Others are somewhere in-between... but every single note is needed, with every single tone. (Try to picture a piano, for an okay example, that doesn't have some of its middle notes! You can't make music with it.)

But the point is, the only way to be an excellent singer -- and to not harm your vocal cords! which are very hard to heal, if you can at all -- is to find out what your natural, non-mimicking tone is, and work that out like you'd work out your body. Don't ever try to sound like anyone else, please!

Now, of course, you can do lots of vocalises (singing exercises) to strengthen your high and low ranges, but please don't neglect the middle tones, either! And never, ever strain your throat (though when you are 'working out', you will get out of breath and tired... you should *never* feel tension or pain in your throat!) In order to really *sing*, you need all of your notes to be strong and natural.

I know this because I was a vocal performance major at FSU. For my Freshman year, I had an applied voice teacher who was a very high, very light Soprano. She taught me to sing like she did... and I sounded strained and unnatural, which, needless to say, is not a good sound. (It hurt, too!)

But... my Sophomore year, I ended up with a male Bass vocal coach. He told me all of the things I've just told you (and so much more). He had to basically UN-teach what that other woman had done! -- he set about listening to my raw, "not-trying" voice, to find out what it really was, and strengthening it.

Turned out, I was the rarest type of singer at my college. I was naturally a Dramatic Coloratura -- super-rich tone, super-extended range (high and low)... and I could indeed sing many Bass notes, as part of that.

Sure, it would be funny if I just sat there and sang songs for Bass all day -- but I didn't! There are rarer pieces out there written *just for* a womanly tone, with runs of notes that dip quite low... and the lady that can sing those well, in their entirety, is just as rare as the piece of music is. People gasp! -- "How did she do that?!" -- as they heard me fully express every measure, high, low, and middle. (Sopranos *cannot* do this.)

When I learned to sing as *me*... all the vocal coaches who'd brushed me off, before, were basically speechless to hear me NAIL a very challenging, very deeply expressive, piece of music. (No, no, I'm not egotistical about it -- it made me shy, and I blushed, and was nervous as anything. I just want to show you how wonderful it feels!)

You know, just a regular Soprano, they say, is a dime a dozen. Please, be who you were born to be -- including in voice -- and you *will* be your very best (and give the world a special treat at the same time!).

I guess the key is to not bother with what other people think -- at least, not unless they are an expert who has really listened to your unique sound and potentials. You deserve only the very best... who *you* think is the very best for *you*, not this-or-that "acclaimed" teacher who doesn't LISTEN TO YOU.

Be Original!! Find the pieces of music that suit YOU, and don't try to make yourself suit IT. It won't work... =)

Hey, I checked out some of your videos and I think you could be either a soprano 2 or an alto 1 these parts sing more in the middle. To expand you range you can use vocal exercises and maybe even join a choir. You have potential and with some training you could be even better.

P.S tenor is a guys part along with bass and baritone Good luck with singing

think about a piano. if you are familiar with the piano then you know about middle C if your natural singing voice (which is the note you hold most comfortably when singing at a normal volume, under control, and without strain or shortness of breath) is in the middle c range and above to the next key of C then you're alto range. if your natural voice is comfortable above middle C and the next highest you may be mezzo/soprano versly if you feel more comfortable from middle c to the c to the left of middle c you ar most likely a tenor. and if you feel more comfortable on the lower end of of the keyboard then you may be a baritonr or bass. most adult males fall somewhere within the tenor or baritone "chest" voice, and most females are alto/soprano voice Most soprano's can hit a "high" C on the piano that's two C's above middle C. If you can get that you're definitly soprano. Most baritones are the C two octaves to the left of middle C

I listened to some of the songs on your channel and at the moment you sound like a mezzo-soprano.

Don't worry that you can't sing uber-high or low right now, you're still young and your voice is still developing. Your vocal range will naturally increase up or down as you get older.

And to answer your last question. Yes, you should definitely continue singing. Don't be discouraged if people don't like how you sound now. I can speak from experience, when I was your age people told me I was an awful singer, but now I'm a sophomore in high school and people tell me I'm one of the best singers in our entire school. You're classmates are probably just jealous of how great you sound ;]

It's nothing wrong with singing bass as a woman! Don't listen to anyone who says that because I can sing straight up bass and I am not a shame of saying that! It's call talent! I can sing in all octave range but it's depends on the mood for me to sing soprano. I can sing like Johnny Cash and older Elvis, but I also can sing like Karen Carpenter and Dolly Parton

Tenor is a male range.

Right now it sounds as though you are a mezzo-soprano, although you are still a child so your voice is still developing. You do have some what of a “full” quality to your voice which is uncommon for a teenagter. I think perhaps with time your voice may develop into that of a contralto.

I would say a 1st alto, your voice is actually pretty low when your singing, but definetly an alto, and just so you know tenor and bass is for guys, its really only soprano and tenor for girls