On Jul 22, 2005, at 7:27 PM, John Howell wrote:
Mariah Carey's top isn't that much beyond Queen of the Night. The
whistle tones in her early songs were typically around F, G and A in
the same octave as the QotN F. I remember one song in which she went
up to Bb.
Actually I've transcribed some of her things, at least one of which
goes a full octave above Queenie's high F. Maybe they were later
recordings and she was pushing the envelope.
Are you certain? I've done the same with a few of her songs, and my
conclusion was that the timbre of her sound gives the impression of
being an octave higher than it actually is.
But perhaps I'm in error. Can you cite a song title for me?
I'm always amazed to note that even though she sounds like a fairly
high soprano at times, Barbra Streisand (almost?) never sings above a
d". She's only one of a group of canny pop singers who know
absolutely what their good range is, and never, ever exceed it.
Hmm. I don't know that Barbra ever seems like a high soprano to me.
Also, I'm pretty sure she's sung above d". I have a Michel Legrand
book with all the Yentl songs, but unfortunately it's at my sister's
house right now. I'm pretty sure there's some F's in there (though
it's possible Barbra sings them transposed).
mdl
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