Thinking about singing and how sometimes my voice is so bad that I don't like to hear it, even though I was in school choruses from about the 4th grade on through junior college. I am mostly a 2nd alto, but because I learned to read music, sometimes I'll sing lead or tenor as well as alto, depending on the pitch.
Many years ago, Luther Blackmon, a preacher for the church of Christ who I guess did not have what is considered a good singing voice, said that his voice sounded like "an alligator eating Post Toasties".
Also, at the Eureka Springs church in metro Tampa, Florida, was a woman, who like most of us there, loved to sing. I remember that she could carry a tune just fine, but her voice was so grating that it almost hurt to hear her - and hear her, we did because with the quality of her voice, which of course she was unable to help, did not blend and could easily be picked out in a crowd of singers.
But to God? Well, we are commanded to sing. If it's beautiful praise to God, who am I to question it? " ... I will sing with the spirit, and I will sing with the understanding also" - I Corinthians 14:15.
About Me
- Netagene
- I am a member of the church of Christ. I have been writing things since I was little. Some have been printed, some posted. I write to teach or encourage; to blow off steam; and for fun! I had my own motorcycle in my 40s; I was a bluegrass music DJ for about 13 years; I've performed some. I am a member of the NRA. In 2003 (age 59), I became high partial legally blind; in 2005, I had to get hearing aids! Franklin Field said: "Poor eyes limit your sight; poor vision limits your deeds". And no kidding, the picture was made April, 2012!
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It's so funny you write this, because I am an alto in our church choir. Last weekend we sat in front of someone who had a very high, shrilly soprano voice with a lot of trill. It was almost distracting to have her singing right behind me and I had to fight the nagging feeling to think critical thoughts about her singing voice and eventually came to the same conclusion as yourself. But to help me along a little bit, I also sang louder. :)
I am a member of the church of Christ and we don't have choirs, only all-congregational acapella music. Sometimes I'd play hooky from where I regularly worshiped and visit elsewhere when I'd hear about a singing! (Where I now worship, we have singing rather than Bible class the last Wednesday night of each month - that sort of thing). Another that it's hard for me to sing next to is a good tenor. For some reason, that and alto just don't mix! For a little while I was in Sweet Adelines, and because I'm not quite a true "bass", and because I can sight read music, and because baritone is the hardest, I got put there. Thanks for writing!
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