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Discussion: Vocal Expert weighs in on Rih, Bey, Xtina, Mimi, Whit
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Vocal Expert weighs in on Rih, Bey, Xtina, Mimi, Whit
Beyonce
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Over the last decade, Beyoncé has shown considerable vocal improvement. Having started out as 'any other good black female teen singer', she has since become one of the best vocalists of the last twenty years. With a warm vibrato, a beautifully clear head voice and resonant lower register, she has moved herself to the forefront of this generation in terms of vocals and frequently delivers better live performances than those she did in the studio.
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Head voice is bright, well connected and powerful, resonating well and with a beautifully warm vibrato. As early as 2001, Beyoncé showed off her ability in this range (C6 in Emotions). As with the rest of her voice, the 'Queen B' has only improved over the years.
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Xtina
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Rich, robust and possessing a beautiful clarity in the mid-range, Christina has one of the most beautiful tones to emerge since Mariah's debut in 1990. She arguably is the most innately talented singer of her generation.
Due to misuse and abuse, Christina's belting range has diminished over the years and her voice is thinner than ever before. Additionally, it is apparent that Christina is not aware of her weaknesses and unlike her peer, Beyoncé, has not worked to improve them or maximise her various strengths.
However, it is Christina's chest register where she struggles most, partly due to the fact that she clearly has no idea how to mix evenly or even adequately. Though she can belt as high as a G#5 in the studio, live she runs into difficulty with any note above a D5 (and, more recently, a C5 - see the Star Spangled Banner)
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Mariah
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Mariah's chest register is one of the best in the industry. Able to belt as high as an A5, Carey has almost superhuman control over her voice within this range. With a beautiful resonance, clarity, extraordinary vocal stamina and nigh flawless technique, she is able to sustain high notes and vary them in a melismatic fashion with ease. There are various examples of this including the astounding ten F5s she belted during the Grammy 1992 performance of 'If it's Over', as well as the numerous G5s Carey hit on 'Anytime You Need a Friend'.
What Mariah is arguably best known for is her expertise in the mythic whistle register, with her highest note within this range being an incredible G#7
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Rihanna
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Rihanna has one of the most interesting tones in pop, one that would be suited to jazz. Blessed with a 3 octave range, she is an example of how range is largely useless when it is not combined with proper technique. Powerful in the lower chest range, she has an unusual sounding, heavy vibrato that, unfortunately, does not always compliment the melody or assigned notes.
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Despite possessing enviable power, Rihanna does not know how best to use it and her mid-range is one littered with pitching problems and intonation issues. While she has admittedly hit a few B4s successfully ('California King Bed' on American Idol), she tends to become shrieky when hitting the note, performances of 'Rehab' on the aforementioned Good Girl Gone Bad tour being a prime example. She has yet to execute a perfectly-pitched vocal run, a demonstration of her poor vocal technique (she also has never learnt how to mix evenly) and lack of control (the ascent to a B4 - which is rarely, if ever, sustained - in her performance of 'Disturbia' at Pepsi's Super Smash Bowl in 2009 being just one instance of this).
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Whitney
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Houston's mid-range was both enviable and extraordinary. Being both extremely vocally powerful and stunningly agile, Whitney had a control in this register that most singers would give their mic-hands for, with the ability to growl on even the highest of notes (a prime example being the D5 in 'Saving All My Love for You', which was open, clean, powerful and beautifully resonant). Whitney, too, possessed the agility of a coloratura in the mid-range and she also managed to maintain the trademark weightiness to her voice even as she ascended the fifth octave, with 'I'm Every Woman's C5 still sounding effortless despite it.
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Intonation is also an area in which she excelled, with Houston being able to deliver flawless runs, whoops and melisma while staying on pitch. She also had the enviable ability to execute staccato vocal runs in this register (something that has trumped the lesser talented), the best example being that in 'My Love is Your Love'
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More at : http://www.livetheshade.com/2012/06/...al-summer.html
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Beyonce, for me, is the vocalist of this generation. She is an A class legend, and huge sales or huge sales not, she is written in the history books in big fat bold ass gold letters. 
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Rihanna probably has the best voice in the history of music. Most iconic too. 
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livetheshade.com tho....
Before clicking the article I knew it would be Beyonce praise and Rihanna shade. The beyhive and their predictability would make an interesting article.
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Why did he group Rih with these other girls?
I love ha but she is obviously less vocally-talented than all four 
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Originally posted by Liberdade mi amor
Beyonce, for me, is the vocalist of this generation. She is an A class legend, and huge sales or huge sales not, she is written in the history books in big fat bold ass gold letters. |
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Member Since: 3/22/2012
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livetheshade.com tho....
Before clicking the article I knew it would be Beyonce praise and Rihanna shade. The beyhive and their predictability would make an interesting article. |
But BeyHive aside, did you really expect a person with a good set of ears to declare Rihanna as an A class vocalist?
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livetheshade.com tho....
Before clicking the article I knew it would be Beyonce praise and Rihanna shade. The beyhive and their predictability would make an interesting article. |
At least they can do educated long articles, can we say the same about the Navy with their hashtag
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Originally posted by Liberdade mi amor
Beyonce, for me, is the vocalist of this generation. She is an A class legend, and huge sales or huge sales not, she is written in the history books in big fat bold ass gold letters. |
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Originally posted by Liberdade mi amor
But BeyHive aside, did you really expect a person with a good set of ears to declare Rihanna as an A class vocalist?
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Rihanna, therefore, often resorts to shouting and one can easily both hear and see her 'pushing' out the note, with the star having yet to cleanly hit the C5 in 'Where Have You Been' without doing so or the C#5 in 'What's My Name' without noticeable strain.
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What is this mess? Beyonce is knows to sing so hard it sounds like screaming. Not Rihanna..
And she always hits the right notes in WHYB and WMN. Like 
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Yass!!!! Beyonce, Whitney and Mariah slaying!!!! 
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Agreed with most everything in his/her analysis
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...Good Girl Gone Bad tour being a prime example. ...in her performance of 'Disturbia' at Pepsi's Super Smash Bowl in 2009 being just one instance of this).
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Picking outdated performances to judge? Performances a mere 2 years into her career?
Validity is out the window.
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Originally posted by RomanNavy
What is this mess? Beyonce is knows to sing so hard it sounds like screaming. Not Rihanna..
And she always hits the right notes in WHYB and WMN. Like |
Beyonce's vocal range and the way she delivers is no issue for us to discuss. I mean, just no. She is an extremely talented vocalist. I can admit that Rihanna's vocals have been improved much. Her Stay and Diamonds performances were a delight to hear. But do not come for Beyonce.
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Member Since: 8/18/2013
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Originally posted by RomanNavy
What is this mess? Beyonce is knows to sing so hard it sounds like screaming. Not Rihanna..
And she always hits the right notes in WHYB and WMN. Like |
I advise you to buy a tuner from any music strore so you can see how pitches work.
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What is this mess? Beyonce is knows to sing so hard it sounds like screaming. Not Rihanna..
And she always hits the right notes in WHYB and WMN. Like |
Lol the belt in WMN is almost always strained and out of tune. She's rightfully criticized here and Beyonce deserves her praise. .
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Member Since: 11/23/2011
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At least they can do educated long articles, can we say the same about the Navy with their hashtag
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And the reason of this pointless attack was...?
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Lol the belt in WMN is almost always strained and out of tune. She's rightfully criticized here and Beyonce deserves her praise. .
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Strained, but as the article stated, she slides into the note.
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I always die a little when someone uses the word "interesting" to describe character or traits.
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Member Since: 8/1/2012
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At least they can do educated long articles, can we say the same about the Navy with their hashtag
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Right because people who use hashtags in their tweets are not 'educated' enough in real life to subjectively review a few artists' voices.
Whatever, enjoy your WP, hope the stale shade was worth it.
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Rihanna is this generation's Billy Holiday. People criticize her for her technique and range and control but she was more remembered than her peers who had spent their whole lives perfecting their middle whatshername. Rihanna just sings from her heart and its the reason why a girl from the left side of the island will continue to dominate. Others should really take note.
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