What Kind Of Voice Do I Have
So, I have been playing (guitar) and singing some Blues for a while, then about two months ago somebody told me that I sounded good. But if I take some formal voice lessons that I would sound much better. Then I am taking some lyric writing courses at Berklee, and decided that a strong voice is what I really want, combined with guitar to write and produce my own songs.
Last night after my voice warmups and singing some songs, I sat down with the guitar and was sounding out the notes with voice (as a part of concurrent ear training). I can sing from the low F (1st fret low E string) through to the high D (3rd fret on B string).
I know that I have some range issues and still working on head voice access and mixed voice control. What kind of voice do I have? Is that baritone? I am clueless about voice ranges and vocabulary related? I would search it if I knew what to search.
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A convenient way of measuring this is with what we call "octave designation." In typical octave designation, what we call "middle C" is C4. An octave higher is C5, an octave lower is C3, etc. Your low F (first fret low E string) is an F2, and your high D (third fret B string) is a D4 (thus just above middle C). This falls almost exactly into the bass range (but you're right, in some cases it could be considered baritone).
With that said, I'd recommend getting a lesson from a vocalist to really make this determination, because there can often be some confusion with head voice, specific octaves, etc., that can muddy up the answer.
And, hey, a few lessons from a professional teacher will only help you improve, right? :-)
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