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Originally posted by Nhật Thực
the voice because every kind of vocal techniques that she's done is nothing new, i mean they've been used in music since... forever.if she could do something like throat singing or overtone singing in pop music, that would be actual creative. by the way i don't think vocal arrangement or harmonization should be mentioned when we talk about a singer's vocal abilities because those aspects belong to songwritting or composing
if you want to add something to library, i suggest you to listen to full album Medulla, the vocal harmonization of that album was excellently designed
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"every kind of vocal techniques that she's done is nothing new, i mean they've been used in music since... forever" - I don't think that's what I meant. Of course some of her vocal techniques and feats aren't exactly original and can be seen in many forms of classical music, what I'm talking about is the way that Beyonce APPLIES some of those technical feats in HER music. It's possible for one to possess technical prowess without musicality see (Jessie J). I I think the creativity comes from her ability use her technical skills (vocal feats) to express certain ideas/themes in the song..her vocal stylings aren't just to be "self-indulgent" but to effectively create sensations of a variety of moods..
Perfect EXAMPLES: Beyonce uses "opera" like head notes a C6, in a "trap/rap" song in the backing vocals of Flawless to give this "earthereal" feeling during the speech part.
Or the fact that she can switch from a breathy falsetto tones in the beginning of No Angel to a reinforced "thick" head voice, or using an extremely difficult technique which involves transitioning seamlessly from head to chest voice with no BREAKS to create feelings of longing and desperation (the theme of the song).
Using her technical prowess, creatively, to bring different elements to the song..These sorts of sophisticated stylings aren't seen much popular music. Off-hand: The ability to improv the way Beyonce does, takes a GREAT amount of creativity: The vocalizations themselves may not be original, but the way Bey --uses them to serve the music in the vocal arrangemts is quite inventive, IMO.
