Post by Platypus on Jul 4, 2020 18:46:08 GMT
Tanya Tagaq Gillis (05.05.1975 - )
Years Active: 2001 - present
Vocal Range: A1 - B♭6
Significant High Notes:
B♭6 ("Sinialuk")
A6 ("Plush", "Snarl")
G6 ("Nunavut" live Toronto 2016, "Plush", "Savik", "Snarl", "Tulugak")
F♯6 ("Beck + Call", "Ice Breaker", "Plume", "Snowblind", "Summoning", "Tatkik")
F6 ("Aorta", "Hunger", "Scream", "Submerged")
E6 ("Fight", "Scream" live Polaris Music Prize Gala 2017, "Submerged", "A Todas as Florestas Moribundas")
E♭6 ("Flight", "Retribution", "Scream", "Sulfur", "Toothsayer", "Tundra Songs")
D6 ("Howl", "Ice Breaker", "Snowblind", "The Unforgotten", "Uvinik")
C♯6 ("Blood ~ Auk", "Damp Animal Spirits", "Force", "Howl")
C6 ("Fox ~ Tiriganaik")
B5 ("Hypothermia", "A Todas as Florestas Moribundas")
B♭5 ("Flight", "Nacreous", "Our Own Blood", "Submerged", "The Unforgotten")
A5 ("Nunavut", "Retribution", "Summoning")
G♯5 ("Pearl", "Savik", "Sila")
G5 ("Flight", "Nunavut", "Rabbit", "Run To The Hills", "Tulugak")
F♯5 ("Sila", "Suluk")
F5 ("Aorta", "Growl", "Our Own Blood", "Retribution")
E5 ("Fight", "Ice Breaker", "Nacreous", "Plush", "Shift", "Summoning", "Tatkik")
E♭5 ("Blood ~ Auk", "Howl", "Hypothermia", "Toothsayer")
D5 ("Centre", "Force", "Hunger", "Plume", "Rape Me", "Suluk", "Uvinik")
C♯5 ("Caribou", "Plush", "Sila", "Tulugak")
C5 ("Ancestors", "Force", "Ilunikavi", "Origin", "Our Own Blood", "Plume", "Savik", "Tatkik", "Tundra Songs")
B4 ("Caribou", "Hypothermia", "Ice Breaker", "Rabbit", "Snarl", "Submerged", "Tulugak")
B♭4 ("Flight", "Fracking", "Hunger", "Party Re:mix", "Snowblind", "Surge", "A Todas as Florestas Moribundas")
A4 ("Growl", "Growth", "Nunavut", "Our Own Blood", "Rape Me", "Run To The Hills", "Surge", "Tategak")
Significant Low Notes:
G♯3 ("Hypothermia", "Still", "Suluk")
G3 ("Fracking", "Gentle", "Qiujaviit", "Shift", "Sivulivinivut", "Tatkik")
F♯3 ("Pearl", "Plume")
F3 ("Construction", "Our Own Blood", "Plush", "Still")
E3 ("Ancestors", "Plume", "A Todas as Florestas Moribundas", "Tundra Songs", "You Got To Run (Spirit Of The Wind)")
E♭3 ("Suluk")
D3 ("Beck + Call", "Centre", "Fight", "Flight", "Howl", "Qimiruluapik", "Rabbit", "Snarl", "Surge", "Uju")
C♯3 ("Damp Animal Spirits", "Ilunikavi", "Scream", "Toothsayer", "Want")
C3 ("Fire ~ Ikuma", "Force", "Nunavut", "Summoning", "The Unforgotten")
B2 ("Blood ~ Auk", "Growl", "Ice Breaker", "Pearl", "A Todas as Florestas Moribundas", "Uju", "You Got To Run (Spirit Of The Wind)")
B♭2 ("Sila")
A2 ("Burst", "Growth", "Nacreous", "Retribution")
G♯2 ("Uvinik")
G2 ("Flight", "Fox ~ Tiriganaik", "Growth", "Nunavut" live Toronto 2016)
F2 ("Savik")
D2 ("Our Own Blood", "Tulugak", "Tundra Songs")
C♯2 ("Nacreous")
B1 (Live Ted Talk Improvisation, "Tatkik")
A1 ("Construction")
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Blue marks falsetto or whistle notes.
Green marks harsh, distorted notes
Grey marks throat sung notes
Underlines mark notes that are obscured in the song mix.
Italics mark non-melodic notes.
Boldface marks notes that are considered to be particularly notable examples of this person's vocal capabilities.
{Questionable Notes}A6 ("Nunavut" [2])
B5 ("Caribou" [3])
G2 ("Qimiruluapik" [4])
D2 ("Snarl" [4])
B1 ("Fracking" [3])
B♭1 ("Aorta" [3], "Growth" [3])
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[1] marks yelps and short trills in high range or anacrusis and short dips in low range.
[2] marks notes of questionable identity that cannot be confirmed to be the singer in question.
[3] marks non-melodic notes that don't have a significant enough pitch to warrant inclusion.
[4] marks notes that possess uncertain pitch or have been pitch-shifted.
[5] marks notes that do not fit the previous criteria but are not of a substantial enough quality to warrant counting towards the singer's range.
Tanya is known for using a lot of unconventional vocal techniques with a significant amount of her singing style pertaining to Inuit throat singing traditions. These throat sung notes are labeled as grey in the thread. These techniques have some similar characteristics to other throat singing techniques like Kargyraa in that they involve the vestibular folds (or false cords, if you will) to produce the given sound. However, I suspect the technique that Tanya uses involves the vocal cords in a different way then what Kargyraa does. I am not an expert in the subject, but I have chosen to give this thread the benefit of the doubt and count the throat sung notes at the pitch that I perceive them at.
B5 ("Caribou" [3])
G2 ("Qimiruluapik" [4])
D2 ("Snarl" [4])
B1 ("Fracking" [3])
B♭1 ("Aorta" [3], "Growth" [3])
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[1] marks yelps and short trills in high range or anacrusis and short dips in low range.
[2] marks notes of questionable identity that cannot be confirmed to be the singer in question.
[3] marks non-melodic notes that don't have a significant enough pitch to warrant inclusion.
[4] marks notes that possess uncertain pitch or have been pitch-shifted.
[5] marks notes that do not fit the previous criteria but are not of a substantial enough quality to warrant counting towards the singer's range.
Tanya is known for using a lot of unconventional vocal techniques with a significant amount of her singing style pertaining to Inuit throat singing traditions. These throat sung notes are labeled as grey in the thread. These techniques have some similar characteristics to other throat singing techniques like Kargyraa in that they involve the vestibular folds (or false cords, if you will) to produce the given sound. However, I suspect the technique that Tanya uses involves the vocal cords in a different way then what Kargyraa does. I am not an expert in the subject, but I have chosen to give this thread the benefit of the doubt and count the throat sung notes at the pitch that I perceive them at.
{Album Ranges}Sinaa (2005): F2 - E♭3 - C♯5 - D6
Auk / Blood (2008): A1 - B2 - D5 - F6 - B♭6
Anuraagtuq (2012): B1 - D3 - E5 - A6
Animism (2014): D2 - D3 - E5 - E6 - G6
Retribution (2016): C♯2 - G3 - A5 - F♯6
Toothsayer (2019): B2 - G♯3 - E5 - E6 - F♯6
Auk / Blood (2008): A1 - B2 - D5 - F6 - B♭6
Anuraagtuq (2012): B1 - D3 - E5 - A6
Animism (2014): D2 - D3 - E5 - E6 - G6
Retribution (2016): C♯2 - G3 - A5 - F♯6
Toothsayer (2019): B2 - G♯3 - E5 - E6 - F♯6
