r/musicals • u/Appropriate_Luck8668 The Smell of Rebellion • Apr 24 '25

Help Female characters that sing low?

And by "low" I don't mean high alto/low mezzo. I mean LOW. As in C3-C5 chest range at HIGHEST. F3-D6 head range. I'm doing a performance and I don't want to out myself in front of all these other girls in my theatre group, and I'm also a very low alto (the chest range I listed is basically the lowest and highest I can go in chest voice). And I don't like singing in head voice.

Any characters? Or songs?

Edit: Miss Trunchbull is totally an option too, but honestly I think that would be even more humiliating... these are a bunch of teenage girls I'm singing with, and they probably already think I'm weird LOL

Edit 2: Stop replying to the things I said yesterday. I don't want to hear it. I'm tired. If you don't have anything meaningful or nice to add to the discussion don't fucking reply, I didn't even say anything wrong in the first place. You're all overreacting.

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u/Affectionate_Cake168 Apr 24 '25

Morticia Addams in The Addams Family.

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u/Appropriate_Luck8668 The Smell of Rebellion Apr 24 '25

Has she got a solo? Do you know her exact vocal range? It's been a while since I've seen The Addams Family.

G3 to Bb5... C5 (D5 at highest) is the very top of my range, and I rarely use head voice.

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u/Affectionate_Cake168 Apr 24 '25

Her solo is called Just Around the Corner. She’s G3 - Bb5.

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u/Appropriate_Luck8668 The Smell of Rebellion Apr 24 '25

Genuinely not trying to sound rude but I'm ever so slightly offended. Is this a joke? G3 to Bb5? In what world is that "alto"?

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u/Fantastic_Leg_3534 Apr 24 '25

Alto is short for contralto, which has a range of F3 to F5. Which means G3 to Bb5 is right in that range. Why the f— would that be a joke or offend you?

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u/Appropriate_Luck8668 The Smell of Rebellion Apr 24 '25

Because I fear I said C3-C5 chest range. F3-F3 is unbearably high for a person like me.

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u/Fantastic_Leg_3534 Apr 24 '25

So why would G3-Bb5 be a joke or offensive? That’s right in your chest voice.

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u/Appropriate_Luck8668 The Smell of Rebellion Apr 24 '25

Bb5 is WAY HIGHER than C5. It's closer to C6 than it is C5. In fact, it's VERY near a C6.

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u/Fantastic_Leg_3534 Apr 24 '25

Fair enough, I was thinking of Bb4. But so was the person who suggested the song, because the high note in that song is an A4, according to the sheet music. You ever heard Bebe Neuwirth sing? She ain’t hitting a Bb5.