Are YOU a Baritone Voice: Vocal Range and Definition | #DrDan 🎤

Calling all Baritones! The Baritone Voice type has a beautiful rich timbre that Tenors like me can only dream of. Why is it then that so many men with a baritone voice spend their time wishing they could sing high like Tenors?

Surely there’s more to being a great singer than uber-high notes. Well, there is, and this video is all about getting the most out of the Baritone voice.

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[renemuller]

You are the opposite of me. :) I am a baritone and I envy tenors. Now I hear you saying that you envy baritones :D. We all want to be what we aren't. It's a big relief seeing this video.

[mirai]

people envying other people being baritone/tenor while im here having a voice of a dying pig

[WebWebZero]

I’m a baritone, my father’s a bass. The struggle I had to face was huge, till I learnt that Jim Morrison was a baritone too! I’m proud of myself!

[majesticmaniac]

Lmao I’m a baritone and I’m tryna get my voice lower 😂

[TheVeganFreediver]

The highest note any singer can do, bass, baritone or tenor, will sound amazing to the listener, if it's performed well. High notes are relative to the voice type anyway. A bass - who would sing in lower keys/sing lower songs - sounds just as amazing belting an E4 or F4 as a tenor - who, relative to his voice type, sings in higher keys/higher songs - belting a B4 or C5. And for those who are kind of in between the baritone and tenor range (like me, although I would classify myself as a 'tenor in training'): A4 and Bb4 sound just as amazing. It's really all relative :D

[mrnightmare]

as a low baritone myself i remember when I believed in the curse of the baritone until I stumbled upon a vocal coach who actually teaches range extendation so now I can hit notes in the fifth octave without falsetto

[DocTravis]

I'm really glad I found this video. I'd been working so hard to sing like a tenor and it's been so frustrating. I had a eureka moment today when I was performing and I decided to play a Johnny Cash song and it felt so comfortable and I got compliments. I realized i really need to start picking songs or transposing songs to fit my deeper voice. It also explains why I have an easier time singing my songs. I have been writing them, albeit unknowingly, to fit my range!

[SparanProjec]

i'm kind of a bass with nasally tone... the worst of both worlds XD

[jamessmith]

Thank you! I know I have a good voice but my tone doesn't fit the cool songs I like and enjoy. I always thought I was stuck between octaves, reaching some higher notes and some lower. Your positive attitude and approach have answered a question I didn't know I had. Now that I wont be wasting time on trying to change physical restrictions I can focus on making my own music. Thank you for your guidance!

[Merritt]

I'm a baritone and I'm often told I have one of the deepest baritone voice that they heard. Often I'm told to I should try to raise my voice and that it is to deep. Than others just love this deep voice. I'm happy with it and I will never try to change it

[fitzglnzg]

There is so much truth in this video. I am a baritone and i adjust the keys to the songs whenever needed for my gigs. Works everytime! And people are pleased just the same. Thank you for this!

[fletchercastoria]

Very, very good program. It’s all about the timbre, the color of your voice that determines your vocal category. If you force your voice to get lower, you’ll probably damage what you have. If you encounter a teacher or coach that says that can be Now, I’ve heard many singers that are singing out of

[jeevanjibu]

I am soo glad I found this video. I was soo lost thinking that my voice wasn't good enough just because I couldn't sing some of the best songs of my favorite artists.
I am writing my own songs and and the advice u gave in your video really gave me that push I needed to believe and have some confidence in myself. So thank you Dr. Dan

[aria_chatt]

I’m fine with being a baritone, it’s just annoying that like 90% of singers in pop are tenors, so I can’t really sing a lot of the music that I like

[projektjohnny]

I just want to say Dr. Dan's channel is the best channel for learning everything about singing. Hands Down.

[junantuomaa]

I bumped into your video by googling "Bob Seger voice range" and man, this is just what I needed! Obviously I'm a baritone myself, but most of my favorite music tends to have tenors as lead vocalists. Also, the songs that fellow blues / rock / metal musician like to play are often tenor high stuff. Unless you don't get the things you're saying in this video, it can be hard and depressing even for a vocalist with lower voice to keep up with other players. Especially if the others don't realize the biological and physiological aspects of singing. So, thank you Dan for these kinds and encouraging words. I will most definitely start learning to embrace my own voice!

[rodrigolaporte]

This is very encouraging. THANK YOU so much for this video! As a baritone, many times I've felt underwhelmed for not being able to get to those notes... so I just stopped trying to do it, and focus on singing as best as possible within my range, I still need to work a lot but it feels so much better and more natural. In fact many artists I consider amazing singers never leave their range.

[killer]

Just found this video and I recently found out I'm a baritone. My whole life I went around thinking I was a tenor because I always felt my voice had a high pitch. I was categorized as a bass/baritone when I was forced to join a chorus in elementary, but thought it was just cause I half-assed the mandatory audition. 20+ years later and I guess the instructor knew my voice better than me lol


I guess I gotta go apologize to everyone for trying to belt out all those high notes during car karaoke.

[jbennymusic]

I'm so glad that there are capable people making quality videos on these topics for free!

[ModeDorian]

Oh I love this video!! Being over 6ft, I have a deeper voice than some singers but spent years struggling in the tenor range. On my first lesson with my primary vocal coach and mentor, he asked me to sing and play something on the piano. I played a jazz standard. I was enamoured of Chet Baker at the time. He stopped me after two bars and said. “I might be an old queen darling but I certainly don’t sing like one. Let’s take all that down a minor third shall we?” Years of expensive tuition and frustration no other teacher had ever pointed out the obvious. In jazz the baritone crooner has more of a place than rock. Eg Sinatra Bubble Bing et al to name a few. From that seminal moment I was on my way.
Keep up the great intelligently researched superb videos mate!
Yours in constant collegial admiration,
Dr Dorian Mode