At 7:27 AM -0700 9/18/11, TXSTNR POP account wrote: > >Lately I've been working on lead sheets for Joan >Armatrading, and since her range is so low, (2nd >space C in bass clef) I find it convenient to >use Treble 8 in order to avoid ledger lines. >That means that the lyrics are much closer to >the bottom line of the staff. It looks much >better on the page.
Not at all unusual for chick singers/Broadway singers. She is, in fact, singing in the tenor range, but apparently that's her natural range. There are ALWAYS people on the ends of the bell-curve. John -- John R. Howell, Assoc. Prof. of Music Virginia Tech Department of Music School of Performing Arts & Cinema College of Liberal Arts & Human Sciences 290 College Ave., Blacksburg, Virginia 24061-0240 Vox (540) 231-8411 Fax (540) 231-5034 (mailto:john.how...@vt.edu) http://www.music.vt.edu/faculty/howell/howell.html "Machen Sie es, wie Sie wollen, machen Sie es nur schön." (Do it as you like, just make it beautiful!) --Johannes Brahms _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
