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Am I stuck with a baritone range?

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(@mcfiddlesticks)
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I've recently been wondering if there's a way to push the break in my voice higher up. Because a few months ago it was hard for me to sing C4 without yelling, but now I can hit it easier, without yelling. My break is at C#4-D4. Would i be able to push my break to E4 or F4? Or even higher? I'm extremely frustrated with my range.


   
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(@notes_norton)
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You can only stretch it so much, and that depends on your body. Be sure you aren't hurting it when you stretch, warm up first, breathe properly (from the diaphragm) and relax your throat. You don't want to hurt your voice.

I too am a baritone, and I just decided to accept the fact. Plenty of good singers are baritones, Mark Murphy is my favorite. But so was/is Elvis, Sinatra, Dr. John and scores of others. Unlike the guitar, we can't trade our instrument in for a different one, so IMHO we just have to learn to make the best of what we have.

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(@tim_madsen)
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Your pretty much born with what ever range you got. You can push it some with training but not much. It's harder to push the upper limit than the lower, in my experience.

Tim Madsen
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until they know how much you care.

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