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Singers compared by vocal range
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TheLastCandle
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Enjoying the Metal love in this thread.
Michael Kiske of Helloween fame would be interesting to see on this list. I've heard higher voices, but he has an impressive low register as far as the style goes.
Michael Kiske of Helloween fame would be interesting to see on this list. I've heard higher voices, but he has an impressive low register as far as the style goes.
Leona Lewis
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Is that VMA performance of Emotions one of those fandom truisms?
ComputerMKII
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BurnOutBrighter
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It describes how well a singer is supporting their voice with things like breath control and mouth shape. To be "well connected" means all of the mechanisms of singing are working optimally, producing a full resonant sound. Singing too high or low for your range, or singing with bad technique will hinder the connection, making a voice sound strained or thin.
I haven't listened to anything after Withering to Death, when everything became unintelligible nu-metal grunting and wailing.
That's not bad, but a little too nu-metal for me. Which, interestingly enough, you can blame Mike Patton for. He will deny it.
Also, from Wikipedia's page on Dir En Grey - "Kyo's singing is considered a pivotal aspect of the band, and he has gained recognition for his distinctive vocal work and for his large range and versatility, being able to "howl, croon, emote cleanly, scream, shriek, growl, bellow, and make nearly inhuman sounds",[8] and he has been compared favorably to singer and avant garde metal musician Mike Patton."
Still mad at him for intentionally causing huge amounts of mic feedback by screeching too much when they opened for... fuck, who did they open for? Probably some Swedish death metal band, if I was there.
TheLastCandle
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Dio's strength to me was never his range, much more so his power and delivery.
Yeah no shit. Random list. No Halford, no Lambert, no Bolton. Lambert and Bolton can actually support their notes throughout their ranges without resorting to screams, falsettos or low pitched grunts.
Mister Wilhelm
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Hot damn at Mariah.
cZarKastic
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Looks like Mariah Carey and Axl Rose is S tier. I'm more surprised that Eminem has a bigger vocal range than a lot of contemporary singers
Right. In discussions about singing, "connected" also refers more specifically to singing that takes place in the modal register. For instance, Mariah's connected range is ~F#2 - D6; anything above that, at least that we've seen, has been falsetto or whistle, which are not connected registers. It's possible to sing from the bottom of your range to the top of your head voice in a single breath (or down) without taking a breath or having any breaks in your voice; that's not possible in falsetto or whistle (or fry).
Whitney Houston is a perfect example of a pop singer with connection and support across her entire range.
Great song. Dude can sing.
Angelus Errare
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Lists like these are hella dumb if they're just going to sample pop artists. You either make a list comprised of every damn artist within a certain vocal range or you don't do the list. Example Youjeen from the Korean rock group Cherry Filter can kill a high note. Or Lena Park for that matter.
I had no idea what connected meant, thanks for some of the explanations. Still not entirely sure what it means, other than just making the sound doesn't count.
Surprised that Rose has the range. Not surprising Katy Perry is so narrow. Every song I've heard pretty much sounds exactly the same range wise. Same tone with some filter on it. And always knew Mariah was the queen of highs, didn't she used to break glasses and open garage doors with the pitch?
Surprised that Rose has the range. Not surprising Katy Perry is so narrow. Every song I've heard pretty much sounds exactly the same range wise. Same tone with some filter on it. And always knew Mariah was the queen of highs, didn't she used to break glasses and open garage doors with the pitch?
AlexMeloche
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Damn, Miley Cyrus is pretty high on the list.
Phire Phox
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lol @ Eminem being on the list
Also, nice to see my girl Lorde on there. She has quite an impressive vocal range.
Also, nice to see my girl Lorde on there. She has quite an impressive vocal range.
thesoapster
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This is the name I was looking for, but I guess it says "top" artists. Judas Priest isn't going to make it on that list.
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Ah yes, another good one...
Leona Lewis
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Funny. I looked up one of my favorite singers, Corey from Slipknot and they linked a video of that song with him guesting. Here.
They said he is D1-C7, what's that mean? From the Range Place.
The easiest way to think of connected voice is this: think of the range of your natural speaking voice. Where your naturally "sits" and feels the most effortless as far as just talking.
Now let's stretch the idea. Think about your speaking voice, and how low you can speak before your voice fades out, and how high you can speak in your natural tone before your voice "cracks." Think of the range you have between these two extremes. This is an overly simplistic way to describe the concept, but this is basically what is being referred to when talking about a singer's connected range. The range of notes that a singer can produce from that same "place" similar to where your speaking (modal) voice is produced.
The video Mumei linked to of Whitney's vocal range is a good example. Even though it' comprised of separate clips of Whitney singing, you can clearly hear that the notes she's singing are all coming from the same place.
Umm Kulthum I was told was known for her incredible voice:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Um_Kalthoum#Voice
I don't know anything about voices though.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Um_Kalthoum#Voice
I don't know anything about voices though.
ComputerMKII
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People made fun of this guy for being handicapped and beginning his career in a reality-show on television but he had an amazing voice. RIP.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GGb0Sb5lvu4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GGb0Sb5lvu4
Mariah Carey
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To everybody being like "Where's __________?" It's just a sampling of certain popular singers to make interesting reference points, guys. This ain't no 'definitive all-time top 50' or whatever list to get your panties in a bunch over.
ComputerMKII
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Have some more Hevy Devy awesomeness
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nubJjB95VdY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wo3oddlzUYM
Angelus Errare
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What about that Vitas cat? Dude hits some amazing notes for a guy.
That's not even fair though, she's not human. :3
I think Nina could give her a run for her money maybe? D:
That's not even fair though, she's not human. :3
I think Nina could give her a run for her money maybe? D:
breakfuss
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lol, sorry dad
I'm just saying...when I think of range, certain people pop into mind. Chaka Khan..Robert Plant...
Angelus Errare
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Haven't watched it yet, just typed her name plus + range and found this
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jAYwKQm2Iec
Leona Lewis
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People compare her to Mariah because she can produce some air that somewhat resembles a third octave note and squeak out a flat whistle.
But they forget that Mariah didn't just halfway reach those notes. She sang them.
Ariana Grande isn't even on the level Mariah was on at that age.
Let's watch Mariah Carey unleash the vocal kraken, and then marvel at the fact that she's only 21 here (just a few months older than Ariana is now).
Mimi must laugh at the comparisons. Laugh...
SatelliteOfLove
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Not enough STEVE Perry talk here. Dude was the singer version of Blackmore but holy Jesus that voice. Six octave I think? Angelic.
HIs ability to jump from tender warble to vicious growl, and do these vertigo-inducing climbs was my call on his best strength.
HIs ability to jump from tender warble to vicious growl, and do these vertigo-inducing climbs was my call on his best strength.
ComputerMKII
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This thread reads like a DBZ power level comparison thread
Did my explanation not clarify? Maybe this will help:
This is a simplified animation of the what your vocal folds do in the modal voice during the glottal cycle:
In other words, the musculus vocalis (the red part) moves during this part. This is the part of your range that you use when you are speaking in your normal voice. You can also look on Youtube for a video of what they look like from above with a laryngoscopic camera. Falsetto looks like this:
Only the ligaments move; the rest of the vocal fold is not involved in the production of falsetto. Roy's explanation is basically right; the "connected" range is that "speaking voice" range extended to its extremes, without going into falsetto. This is one of my favorite examples of someone demonstrating a connected range; Maria Callas singing a chromatic scale from the bottom of the soprano range to just above the standard soprano range, and back down again.
And I don't think of it as a way of just making it so that the sound doesn't count, though I suppose it has that effect. I think of it as a way of contextualizing the notes, otherwise you're acting as if singers who have to scream and yell their way to the top half of notes have the same range as someone like Mariah. James Brown is a great example. He has an enormous range if you go by "the notes he has hit," but about two octaves of it consists solely of screams and shrieks. His supported, connected range is closer to B2 - F5.
Well, she gave a Japanese woman musicogenic epileptic seizures, and helps goats produce more milk. She's truly capricious.
Angelus Errare
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Those gifs are hilarious.
Goro Majima
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Interesting, I would have thought that Bono and Michael Jackson would be higher up the chart....
Holy fuck. That was awesome to watch and try to guess what else could be left toward the end. Some of those clips go WAY back and REALLY deep into his discography. To think the dude is 42 years old and some of those G#5s were as recent as 2011.
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