Belting song for a bass
Belting song for a bass
AdamBritten
Understudy Joined: 4/5/06
#1Belting song for a bass
Posted: 4/13/07 at 3:05am
I need a song that I can really belt out - and sadly, I am a bass. I can stretch to barritone if needed - but it requires a heavy warm-up.
Suggestions?
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Understudy Joined: 12/31/69
#2re: Belting song for a bass
Posted: 4/13/07 at 4:18am
I'm a very low bass though can stretch to baritone as wel--it has been particularly a problem for me because I'm a very strong dancer and often at local auditions one of the few guys who has a big dance background--and dance heavy roles particularly are rarely done for lower male voices...
Let me try to think of some of the audition songs I did
keen on kean
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/1/06
#2re: Belting song for a bass
Posted: 4/13/07 at 10:33amLook at some of the cross over Broadway CDs recorded by operatic basses like Sam Ramey or darker baritones like Bryn Terfel or (even lighter) Thomas Hampson.
jjoey076
Stand-by Joined: 8/13/06
#4re: Belting song for a bass
Posted: 4/13/07 at 10:49am
When you say baritone, how high do you mean?
Is F# doable? If it is, then something like "If I Can't Love Her" from B&B or "There but for You go I" from Brigadoon could be good choices.
Also some of the Kiss me Kate Music is set pretty low.
Other than that, did you enjoy the play Mrs Lincoln?
Updated On: 4/13/07 at 10:49 AM
#5re: Belting song for a bass
Posted: 4/13/07 at 10:58amI've been working on "I'll Be Here" from The Wild Party and that's a very comfortable range. Highest note is a D, I believe.
WOSQ
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/18/03
#6re: Belting song for a bass
Posted: 4/13/07 at 12:01pm
Basses rarely 'belt' per se. They might sing manfully or some such. However you can sing just about any song although you might need it transposed down. Don't worry whether the song was written for a bass. Rather think of what you can bring to the song.
Frank Butler in Annie Get Your Gun is certainly a dark baritone. Take a look at "My Defenses are Down".
There is always South Pacific, The Most Happy Fella and Milk and Honey.
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#7re: Belting song for a bass
Posted: 4/13/07 at 12:03pmPossibly "Loney Room" ?
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Joelbeans
Stand-by Joined: 5/9/05
#8re: Belting song for a bass
Posted: 4/13/07 at 12:13pmWHat about "This Nearly was Mine" from South Pacific? I don't know how high it goes. At first I was going to say Make themr Hear You from Ragtime, but that really gets up there at the end. I Won't Send Roses from Mack & Mabel?
#9re: Belting song for a bass
Posted: 4/13/07 at 12:41pm"You Should Be Loved" from sideshow is fantastic...it might be a little too baritone, but it's definately belting
