Female vocalists singing in the 2nd octave or below (6,802 views)

[galaxyseal]

Vanessa Amorosi has some remarkably comfortable B2s. There's a bunch on them in the verses of "Off on My Kiss"

And one in this more recent-ish song (she can 100% go lower)

[Captain Planet]

Mariah the GOAT:

['S]

Literally half of my threads have this js

[blazejecar2]

Her. She has a few higher quality videos but I think this is her most known one

[aleciabanderson]

Yes it is my most popular song on my YouTube channel.

[aleciabanderson]

I have three other videos that I sing bass as well. The same title of this song but in Acappella. I Must tell Jesus and my vocal Range. youtube.com/shorts/liUg1u473Rw?feature=share

youtu.be/kcK9tvrhoQA

[brookesquatchy]

her record has since been broken but her tone and stability on that B♭1 is leagues ahead of the C1 that other woman sang that took the record

[Deleted]

Julie London has a very low voice. She pretty much exclusively sings in the second and lower third octave.

[kaji]

Feb 9, 2022 4:02:46 GMT @ianvector said:

Julie London has a very low voice. She pretty much exclusively sings in the second and lower third octave.

I don’t think her voice is low. She just has a smoker vois.

[Brenda]

Would it count as cheating if I'm a trans woman?

[justalatinolad]

Simone, a brazilian singer, sings very low:

Here, at 1:24, she hits A2:

Nora Ney, also a brazilian singer, hitting G2

[justalatinolad]

And one more, Jessica Reedy:

[fallenalien]

Feb 12, 2022 23:44:31 GMT Brenda said:

Would it count as cheating if I'm a trans woman?

Technically, yes.

It's just a question how impressive it is. If your vocal chords are thick, it's obviously easier for you to sing in the second octave.

No one is going to be surprised that someone like Natalie Wynn doesn't struggle much with low notes, when she was a pre-transition baritone.

But in the end, it's not too different from a cis woman with unusually thick vocal cords like Nina Simmone.

If hormones did effect your voices significantly, that's a different story. (Kim Petras)

[kaji]

Feb 13, 2022 0:31:00 GMT justalatinolad said:

And one more, Jessica Reedy:

Love her. Quite a decent high register too. Interestingly she used to sing soprano in choir. She spoke of gaining a very wide low register after having a child.

[Brenda]

Feb 13, 2022 0:06:50 GMT justalatinolad said:

Simone, a brazilian singer, sings very low:

I remember Elis Regina going as low as A2 in the song "Velho Arvoredo".




0:37 she hits a Bb2 (which I actually bolded at the time) and at 1:26 I think she reaches an A2, I didn't consider it to be as strong as the Bb2, and it's a bit sharp, but I think it's an A2. Bb2 would still be impressive for a mezzo as herself, in fact in the same song she hits B4s, which is basically a 3 octave span. Queen shit.

[justalatinolad]

Feb 13, 2022 13:53:09 GMT Brenda said:

Feb 13, 2022 0:06:50 GMT justalatinolad said:

Simone, a brazilian singer, sings very low:

I remember Elis Regina going as low as A2 in the song "Velho Arvoredo".




0:37 she hits a Bb2 (which I actually bolded at the time) and at 1:26 I think she reaches an A2, I didn't consider it to be as strong as the Bb2, and it's a bit sharp, but I think it's an A2. Bb2 would still be impressive for a mezzo as herself, in fact in the same song she hits B4s, which is basically a 3 octave span. Queen shit.

I'm not very familiar with her work, but she was undoubtedly a great technical and expressive singer

[justalatinolad]

Feb 13, 2022 12:27:11 GMT kaji said:

Feb 13, 2022 0:31:00 GMT justalatinolad said:

And one more, Jessica Reedy:

Love her. Quite a decent high register too. Interestingly she used to sing soprano in choir. She spoke of gaining a very wide low register after having a child.

Yeah, i saw her saying that. I think her highest note live is G5

[Steingrim]

Beyonce. And Carly Simon sings below C3 seemingly with ease. For instance : soundcloud.com/carly-simon-official/lili-marlene

[justalatinolad]

This is a classical singer that hits a low B at the end of the performance:

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Casual D2s for that perfect three-octave performance

[beethoven]

This version of En Un Rincon del Alma by Costa Rican-born Mexican ranchera singer Chavela Vargas is a great example, here she reaches various A2s and B♭2s throughout the song:


What is also worth noting is that she sings it in a lower key (the song starts off in D minor, while in the chorus, it changes to D major, and then it goes back to D minor) than most versions I have heard of the song, including the original version by Alberto Cortez, someone who mostly sang in a baritone range (he starts the song off in E minor, then it changes to E major in the chorus, then it goes back to E minor):

[kaji]

Oct 29, 2021 14:12:04 GMT Captain Planet said:

Mariah the GOAT:

Those lows sound super unhealthy.

[huzaifa96]

Jun 5, 2023 13:21:45 GMT kaji said:

Oct 29, 2021 14:12:04 GMT Captain Planet said:

Mariah the GOAT:

Those lows sound super unhealthy.

Should be obvious but what's so bad about them?

[Steingrim]

Jun 8, 2023 9:36:36 GMT huzaifa96 said:

Jun 5, 2023 13:21:45 GMT kaji said:

Those lows sound super unhealthy.

Should be obvious but what's so bad about them?

The one she starts on before going down, isn't that great. Bass singers go down there all the time. It typically involves "the wrong octave" - except for Glenn Miller.

[kaji]

Jun 8, 2023 9:36:36 GMT huzaifa96 said:

Jun 5, 2023 13:21:45 GMT kaji said:

Those lows sound super unhealthy.

Should be obvious but what's so bad about them?

Zero vocal fold closure on any of them, depressing of the larynx and also quite nasal. Just, not very good all around. Ironically the only healthy part of the performance are the belts, which is not the usual for Mariah.