Amy Lee (15,702 views)

[galaxyseal]

Amy Lynn Lee
Voice Type: Soprano
Vocal Range: C3 - E6
Associated Acts: Evanescence (1995 - present)

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{Questionable Notes:}D6 ("Your Star" questionable identity, most likely a choral backing vocal.)
B5 ("Understanding" Evanescence EP version / questionable identity. Stephanie Pierce, Amy's backing vocalist at the time, sings this note.)

F♯3 ("Lithium" breathy spoken dip.)
E3 ("Hello" breathy anacrusis.)
C3 ("Imperfection" questionable identity/legitimacy.)

Significant High Notes:

E6 ("Backstage Vocal Warm-up" live MTV Diary of VMA, 2003)
D6 ("Live Rehearsal" live Lithuania, 21 June 2017, "Pre-Show Rehearsal" live Saint Petersburg, Russia, 23 June 2017)
C♯6 ("Weight of the World")
C6 ("Lacrymosa" Synthesis version)
B5 ("Lose Control", "Together Again", "Understanding" Sound Asleep version, "Where Have All the Cowboys Gone?" live Rockport, Massachusetts, 2013)
B♭5 ("Cloud Nine", "Dirty Diana" live Harrah's Resort, Atlantic City, 2016, "Forgive Me", "Whisper")
A5 ("The End", "Imaginary" Evanescence EP & Origin versions, "Solitude", "Strong Enough" live MTV Diary of VMA, 2003, "Take Cover" live Dallas, 2016, "Where Have All the Cowboys Gone?" live Rockport, Massachusetts, 2013)
G♯5 ("Backstage Vocal Warm-up" live MTV Diary of VMA, 2003, "Dirty Diana" various live performances / live LiveNationTV, 2016, "I'll Never Be Ready" live Nashville, 2018, "Weight of the World")
G5 ("Break In", "Bring Me to Life" live Anywhere but Home, "The Cartoon Network Song" live Cartoon Network Studio, 2004, "The End", "If You Don't Mind", "Kyle Quit the Band", "Lacrymosa" Synthesis version, "Love Goes On and On", "The Only One", "Solitude", "Sweet Sacrifice", "Together Again", "Understanding" Sound Asleep version)
F♯5 ("Break In", "Cats in the Cradle" live Graspop Metal Meeting, 2017, "Cloud Nine", "Far From Heaven", "Feeding the Dark", "Fourth of July" live Festival Hall, Australia, 2003, "The Game is Over", "Going to California", "Lithium", "Lost Whispers (Intro)", "Made of Stone", "My Heart is Broken" Synthesis version, "Part of Me", "Speak to Me", "Sweet Sacrifice", "With or Without You", "Your Star")
F5 ("Backstage Vocal Warm-up" live MTV Diary of VMA, 2003, "Broken Pieces Shine", "End of the Dream", "Imperfection", "Lies", "Made of Stone", "The Only One", "Purple Rain" live House of Blues, Orlando, 2016, "Sally's Song", "Say You Will", "Sick", "Speak to Me", "Strong, Beautiful Woman" live Rockport, Massachusetts, 2013, "Strong Enough" live MTV Diary of VMA, 2003, "Swimming Home", "Take Cover", "Together Again", "Yeah Right")
E5 ("Anything for You", "Better Without You", "The Chain", "Erase This", "Farther Away", "Forever You", "Hello", "Indigo Grey: The Passage", "Lacrymosa", "Lose Control", "A New Way to Bleed", "Oceans", "One Day the Only Butterflies Left Will Be in Your Chest as You March Towards Your Death", "Push the Button", "Sakura Rising", "Say You Will", "Shatter Me" live San Diego, 2018, "Sick", "Snow White Queen", "Sweet Sacrifice", "Taking Over Me", "Tourniquet", "Weight of the World")
E♭5 ("Before the Dawn", "Blind Belief", "Broken", "Call Me When You're Sober", "Cats in the Cradle" live Graspop Metal Meeting, 2017, "The Change", "Cloud Nine", "Dirty Diana" various live performances, "Disappear", "End of the Dream", "Exodus", "The Final Leap", "Fourth of July" live Festival Hall, Australia, 2003, "The Game is Over", "Good Enough", "Hi-Lo", "Imperfection", "Kyle Quit the Band", "Like You", "Lithium", "Lose Control", "Lost in Paradise", "Love Goes On and On", "Made of Stone", "Missing You", "My Heart is Broken", "Never Go Back", "The Other Side", "Part of Me", "Purple Rain" live House of Blues, Orlando, 2016, "Secret Door", "Speak to Me", "Swimming Home", "Together Again", "Weight of the World", "When I'm Gone", "Yeah Right", "Your Star")
D5 ("All About Anna", "Anything for You", "Anywhere", "Artifact/The Turn", "Better Without You", "Birdcage" live Bluegrass Underground, "Bleed", "Blind Belief", "Break In", "Breathe", "Breathe No More", "Broken Pieces Shine", "Bring Me to Life", "Call Me When You're Sober", "Can't Stop What's Coming", "Dream Too Much", "Erase This", "Everybody's Fool", "Far From Heaven", "Farther Away", "Feeding the Dark", "Find a Way" live Bluegrass Underground, "Forever You", "Forgive Me", "Freak on a Leash" live MTV: Unplugged, "The Game is Over", "Glory Box" live A Live Session from Rock Falcon Studio, "Going to California", "Going Under", "Haunted", "Heart-Shaped Box", "Hello", "Hello Goodbye", "I Will Follow You Into the Dark" live Loudwire, 2016, "If You Don't Mind", "Imaginary" Evanescence EP version, "Indigo Grey: The Passage", "Jacob's Visions" live Bluegrass Underground, "Lacrymosa", "The Last Song I'm Wasting on You", "Lies", "Lockdown", "Lost Whispers (Intro)", "Love Exists", "Love Goes On and On", "Missing", "Move On Up" live Nobel Peace Prize Concert, 2011, "My Last Breath", "No More Tears/Alive" live Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre, St. Louis, 2018, "Oceans", "Old Man" live Rockport, Massachusetts, 2013, "On My Own", "One Day the Only Butterflies Left Will Be in Your Chest as You March Towards Your Death", "The Other Side", "People Are Strange" live Family Values Tour, 2007, "Rubber Duckie", "Sally's Song", "Say You Will", "Sex Type Thing" live Little Rock, Arkansas, 2002, "Shatter Me" live San Diego, 2018, "Sick", "Speak to Me", "Sweet Sacrifice", "Take Cover", "Taking Over Me", "Thoughtless" live Anywhere but Home, "Understanding" acoustic version, "Use My Voice", "Wasted on You", "What You Want", "Where Will You Go?", "Whisper", "With a Little Help From My Friends" live Rockport, Massachusetts, 2013, "With or Without You", "You've Got a Friend" live Rockport, Massachusetts, 2013, "Your Love" live New York, 2009, "Your Star", "Zero" live Rock Am Ring, 2003)
C♯5 ("All That I'm Living For", "Anywhere", "Away from Me", "Baby Did a Bad Bad Thing", "Bee and Duck", "Before the Dawn", "Blind Belief", "Breathe", "Broken", "Cats in the Cradle" live Graspop Metal Meeting, 2017, "Cloud Nine", "Cruel Summer" live The Bitter Truth, "Dirty Diana" live New York, 2016, "Disappear", "End of the Dream", "Epiphany" live Johannesburg, South Africa, 2007, "Everybody's Fool", "Fall Into You", "Feeding the Dark", "Forever You", "Glory Box" live A Live Session from Rock Falcon Studio, "Going Under", "Haunted", "Hello", "Hi-Lo", "I Don't Want to Wait" live Rockport, Massachusetts, 2013, "I'll Never Be Ready" live Nashville, 2018, "Imperfection", "Kyle Quit the Band", "Lithium", "Lose Control", "Lost in Paradise", "Made of Stone", "Missing You", "Move On Up" live Nobel Peace Prize Concert, 2011, "My Heart is Broken", "My Immortal", "My Last Breath", "A New Way to Bleed", "The Only One", "Orestes" live River Market, Little Rock, 2003, "Part of Me", "Perfect Dream", "Purple Rain" live House of Blues, Orlando, 2016, "Speak to Me", "Strong, Beautiful Woman" live Rockport, Massachusetts, 2013, "Swimming Home", "Thoughtless" live Anywhere but Home, "Through Your Eyes", "Understanding", "Wasted on You", "We Found Love" from Hard Rockers Admit Favorite Pop Songs - Fuse, "When I'm Gone", "Where Have All the Cowboys Gone?" live Rockport, Massachusetts, 2013, "Where Will You Go?", "Yeah Right", "Young and Beautiful" live Starlight Theatre, 2018)
C5 ("Across the Universe", "All About Anna", "Artifact/The Turn", "Away from Me", "Before the Dawn", "Better Without You", "Birdcage" live Bluegrass Underground, "Bring Me to Life", "Broken Pieces Shine", "Call Me When You're Sober", "The Cartoon Network Song" live Cartoon Network Studio, 2004, "The Chain", "Disappear", "The Dolphin's Cry" live Little Rock, Arkansas, 2001, "(Don't Fear) The Reaper" live Vino's Pizza Pub & Brewery, 1999, "Dream Too Much", "The End", "The End of the Book", "Epiphany" live Johannesburg, South Africa, 2007, "Even in Death", "Farther Away", "Field of Innocence", "Find a Way" live Bluegrass Underground, "Forgive Me", "Fourth of July" live Festival Hall, Australia, 2003, "Freak on a Leash" live MTV: Unplugged, "The Game is Over", "Give Unto Me", "Going to California", "Good Enough", "Goodnight", "Halfway Down the Stairs", "Haunted", "Heart-Shaped Box", "Highway to Hell" live Sydney, Australia, 1999, "I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me)" live Argentina, 2018, "I'm Not Tired", "I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry" live We Walk the Line: A Celebration of the Music of Johnny Cash, "If You're a Star", "Imaginary", "Imperfection", "It's a Fire", "Jacob's Visions" live Bluegrass Underground, "Lacrymosa", "The Last Song I'm Wasting on You", "Like You", "Lockdown", "Lost in Paradise", "Love Exists", "Me & You (Unknown Title)" live Vino's Pizza Pub & Brewery, 1999, "Missing", "Never Go Back", "No More Tears/Alive" live Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre, St. Louis, 2018, "October", "Old Man" live Rockport, Massachusetts, 2013, "On My Own", "One Day the Only Butterflies Left Will Be in Your Chest as You March Towards Your Death", "The Only One", "The Other Side", "Sakura Rising", "Sally's Song", "Secret Door", "Shatter Me" live San Diego, 2018, "Sick", "Smurfs on Fire", "Snow White Queen", "So Close", "Solitude", "Stand by Me", "Surrender", "Sweet Home Alabama" live 2019, "Take Cover", "Taking Over Me", "Together Again", "Tourniquet", "Wasted on You", "Whisper", "With or Without You", "Zero" live Rock Am Ring, 2003)
B4 ("Alice", "All That I'm Living For", "Anywhere", "Avocado Cream", "Baby Did a Bad Bad Thing", "Bleed", "Both Sides, Now" live Rockport, Massachusetts, 2013, "Break In", "Breathe", "Breathe No More", "Bring Me to Life", "Broken", "The Cartoon Network Song" live Cartoon Network Studio, 2004, "The Chain", "Chains of Love" live Rockport, Massachusetts, 2013, "The Change", "Donkey and Chicken", "Dream Too Much", "Even in Death", "Everything Stays" TikTok, September 18th 2021, "Fall Into You", "Far From Heaven", "The Final Leap", "Glory Box" live A Live Session from Rock Falcon Studio, "Halfway Down the Stairs", "Hello Goodbye", "Hi-Lo", "I Don't Want to Wait" live Rockport, Massachusetts, 2013, "I Will Follow You Into the Dark" live Loudwire, 2016, "I'll Never Be Ready" live Nashville, 2018, "Imaginary", "Lockdown", "Lost Whispers (Intro)", "Love Exists", "My Heart is Broken", "My Immortal", "My Last Breath", "A New Way to Bleed", "No More Tears/Alive" live Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre, St. Louis, 2018, "Oceans", "One Thing" live Providence, Rhode Island, 2007, "People Are Strange" live Family Values Tour, 2007, "Perfect Dream", "Push the Button", "Sakura Rising", "Sex Type Thing" live Little Rock, Arkansas, 2002, "So Close", "Solitude", "Thoughtless" live Anywhere but Home, "Understanding", "Use My Voice", "What You Want", "When I'm Gone", "Where Will You Go?", "With a Little Help From My Friends" live Rockport, Massachusetts, 2013, "You've Got a Friend" live Rockport, Massachusetts, 2013, "Young and Beautiful" live Starlight Theatre, 2018, "Your Love" live New York, 2009)

Significant Low Notes:

B3 ("Alice", "All That I'm Living For", "Before the Dawn", "Bleed", "Breathe No More", "The Change", "Cruel Summer" live The Bitter Truth, "Dirty Diana" various live performances, "The End", "Even in Death", "Far From Heaven", "Feeding the Dark", "Field of Innocence", "Give Unto Me", "Goodnight", "Green Pastures" live Rockport, Massachusetts, 2013, "Halfway Down the Stairs", "I Will Follow You Into the Dark" live Loudwire, 2016, "I'll Never Be Ready" live Nashville, 2018, "Imaginary", "Kyle Quit the Band", "Lost Whispers (Intro)", "My Immortal", "My Last Breath", "A New Way to Bleed", "Oceans", "On My Own", "Orestes" live River Market, Little Rock, 2003, "Part of Me", "People Are Strange" live Family Values Tour, 2007, "Push the Button", "Say You Will", "Secret Door", "Sex Type Thing" live Little Rock, Arkansas, 2002, "Solitude", "Sweet Sacrifice", "Thoughtless" live Anywhere but Home, "Use My Voice", "Weight of the World", "What You Want", "Where Have All the Cowboys Gone?" live Rockport, Massachusetts, 2013, "Where Will You Go?", "Young and Beautiful" live Starlight Theatre, 2018)
B♭3 ("All That I'm Living For", "Another One Bites the Dust" live 2012, "Avocado Cream", "Away from Me", "Blind Belief", "Both Sides, Now" live Rockport, Massachusetts, 2013, "Cats in the Cradle" live Graspop Metal Meeting, 2017, "Cloud Nine", "Dirty Diana" various live performances, "Disappear", "The Dolphin's Cry" live Little Rock, Arkansas, 2001, "End of the Dream", "Epiphany" live Johannesburg, South Africa, 2007, "The Final Leap", "Forgive Me", "I Don't Want to Wait" live Rockport, Massachusetts, 2013, "I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry" live We Walk the Line: A Celebration of the Music of Johnny Cash, "If You Don't Mind", "If You're a Star", "Like You", "Lithium", "Lost in Paradise", "Love Goes On and On", "Made of Stone", "My Heart is Broken", "Never Go Back", "The Other Side", "Rubber Duckie", "Sally's Song", "Strong Enough" live MTV Diary of VMA, 2003, "Sweet Home Alabama" live 2019, "Time Adventure" TikTok, October 7th 2021, "Wasted on You", "When I'm Gone", "Where Will You Go?", "Without a Sound", "Yeah Right")
A3 ("All About Anna", "Anything for You", "Anywhere", "Better Without You", "Bleed", "Break In", "Breathe No More" live Anywhere but Home, "Bring Me to Life", "The Chain", "(Don't Fear) The Reaper" live Vino's Pizza Pub & Brewery, 1999, "Donkey and Chicken", "The End of the Book", "Erase This", "Even in Death", "Everybody's Fool", "Everything Stays" TikTok, September 18th 2021, "Farther Away", "Freak on a Leash" live MTV: Unplugged, "The Game is Over", "Glory Box" live A Live Session from Rock Falcon Studio, "Going to California", "Good Enough", "Goodnight My Love", "Halfway Down the Stairs", "Hello", "Hello Goodbye", "I Will Follow You Into the Dark" live Loudwire, 2016, "Indigo Grey: The Passage", "It's a Fire", "The Last Song I'm Wasting on You", "Lies", "Lockdown", "Missing", "My Immortal", "Never Go Back" Synthesis version, "One Day the Only Butterflies Left Will Be in Your Chest as You March Towards Your Death", "Rubber Duckie", "Sakura Rising", "Sally's Song", "Secret Door", "Shatter Me" live San Diego, 2018, "Sick", "So Close", "Speak to Me", "Surrender", "Taking Over Me", "Wasted on You", "What You Want", "Where Have All the Cowboys Gone?" live Rockport, Massachusetts, 2013, "Whisper", "Wolves", "Your Love" live New York, 2009, "Your Star")
G♯3 ("Across the Universe", "Anywhere", "Baby Did a Bad Bad Thing", "Backstage Vocal Warm-up" live MTV Diary of VMA, 2003, "Bee and Duck", "Cruel Summer" live The Bitter Truth, "The Dolphin's Cry" live Little Rock, Arkansas, 2001, "End of the Dream", "Epiphany" live Johannesburg, South Africa, 2007, "The Final Leap", "Forever You", "Heart-Shaped Box", "Hi-Lo", "I Don't Want to Wait" live Rockport, Massachusetts, 2013, "Imperfection", "Made of Stone", "My Immortal", "Reflection" live 1999, "Strong, Beautiful Woman" live Rockport, Massachusetts 2013, "Strong Enough" live MTV Diary of VMA, 2003, "Swimming Home", "When I'm Gone", "Without a Sound", "Yeah Right", "Young and Beautiful" live Starlight Theatre, 2018)
G3 ("Better Without You", "Bring Me to Life", "Can't Stop What's Coming", "The Cartoon Network Song" live Cartoon Network Studio, 2004, "The Chain", "(Don't Fear) The Reaper" live Vino's Pizza Pub & Brewery, 1999, "Donkey and Chicken", "Even in Death" live Rock Am Ring, 2003, "Everything Stays" TikTok, September 18th 2021, "Exodus", "Fourth of July" live Festival Hall, Australia, 2003, "Give Unto Me" live Vino's Pizza Pub & Brewery, 1999, "Good Enough", "Haunted", "Hello", "I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry" live We Walk the Line: A Celebration of the Music of Johnny Cash, "If You Don't Mind", "It's a Fire", "The Last Song I'm Wasting on You", "Like You", "Lockdown", "Lose Control", "Love Exists", "Love Goes On and On", "Old Man" live Rockport, Massachusetts, 2013, "One Day the Only Butterflies Left Will Be in Your Chest as You March Towards Your Death", "The Only One", "Push the Button", "Reflection" live 1999, "Say You Will", "Sick", "Snow White Queen", "So Close", "Speak to Me", "Surrender", "Use My Voice", "Weight of the World", "With or Without You", "You've Got a Friend" live Rockport, Massachusetts, 2013)
F♯3 ("Baby Did a Bad Bad Thing", "Both Sides, Now" live Rockport, Massachusetts, 2013, "The Chain", "End of the Dream", "Feeding the Dark", "Forever You", "Going Under", "Goodnight My Love", "Green Pastures" live Rockport, Massachusetts, 2013, "Heart-Shaped Box","Yeah Right")
F3 ("Away from Me", "Forgive Me", "Fourth of July" live Festival Hall, Australia, 2003, "If You Don't Mind", "Imperfection", "My Last Breath", "A New Way to Bleed", "The Only One", "Part of Me", "Sally's Song", "Strong, Beautiful Woman" live Rockport, Massachusetts, 2013, "Swimming Home", "Your Star")
E3 ("Away from Me", "Better Without You", "Everything Stays" TikTok, September 18th 2021, "Feeding the Dark", "Going Under", "Goodnight My Love", "Haunted", "Lose Control", "Love Exists", "Snow White Queen", "You've Got a Friend" live Rockport, Massachusetts, 2013)
E♭3 ("Cloud Nine", "Speak to Me" recording session, "Weight of the World")
D3 ("Broken Pieces Shine", "Old Man" live Rockport, Massachusetts, 2013, "Take Cover", "With or Without You", "You've Got a Friend" live Rockport, Massachusetts, 2013)
C3 ("With or Without You")
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Bold marks particularly impressive notes (for the singer's standards).
Italics mark non-melodic notes.
Underlines mark notes found in background vocals or harmonies.

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{Album Ranges:}Solo:
Recover, Vol. 1 (2016): C3 - F♯5^[1]
Dream Too Much (2016): E3 - D5

Evanescence:
Evanescence (1998): G3 - A5^[1]
Sound Asleep (1999): F3 - B5^[1]
Origin (2000): E3 - A5^[3]
Fallen (2003): E3 - B♭5
Anywhere but Home (2004): E3 - G5^[4]
The Open Door (2006): E♭3 - C♯6
Evanescence (2011): F3 - F♯5
Lost Whispers (2016): F3 - B5^[2]
Synthesis (2017): F3 - C6
The Bitter Truth (2021): D3 - F♯5

Soundtracks:
Aftermath (2014): G3 - E5 (with Dave Eggar)

[1] EPs.
[2] Compilation albums.
[3] Demo albums.
[4] Live albums.
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• Note that many Evanescence songs have been recorded several times over the course of their career. Thus, the versions listed on the thread will usually be of the first studio recording available unless stated otherwise (or if certain notes are not present in other/later recordings of the song). For example, the Evanescence EP version of "Where Will You Go?" is listed here first instead of the Origin version.

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{Best Vocal Performances (Tentative):}1. Weight of the World
2. Sweet Sacrifice
3. Lacrymosa
4. End of the Dream
5. Speak to Me
6. Made of Stone
7. Taking Over Me
8. Take Cover
9. Lost in Paradise
10. Good Enough

[Gilad]

I'm not so familiar with her discography but I've always thought the Eb5 in Lithium was pretty impressive.

[socijalizam]

ive waited for this to pop up here for like a year, thank you so much!

[samhinchliffe91]

Soprano? She's a Mezzo (Lyric Mezzo to be precise), surely. Her timbre is too "dark" and tessitura is too ""low"". She also has more comfort in her lower register, than her higher register. Perhaps I'm wrong though.

[galaxyseal]

Apr 9, 2021 20:21:20 GMT samhinchliffe91 said:

Soprano? She's a Mezzo (Lyric Mezzo to be precise), surely. Her timbre is too "dark" and tessitura is too ""low"". She also has more comfort in her lower register, than her higher register. Perhaps I'm wrong though.

Amy absolutely does not have more comfort in her lower register than her highs. Her lower register, in comparison to her higher register, is considerably weak (especially when approaching notes around the E3/F3 area, such as in "Snow White Queen"). The fact that she's also dodged certain low notes live too (such as the "Haunted" E3 here, she always opts to sing the section an octave higher) shows this. In comparison, Amy definitely seems considerably more comfortable in her highs, especially as of recently. For example: she consistently sings the "Weight of the World" C♯6 live, she's explored her belting extremities much more recently (sustaining an F5 on "Take Cover", belting out an F♯5 on "Far From Heaven" and belting out a few G5s on "Break In") and so on.

[socijalizam]

i agree, amy has always struggled more with her low notes, look up some older live performances, her facial expression says it all and the notes tend to sound very breathy. glad she learned to control her voice now, she sounds really really good and can sustain belts much better. wish she used her higher headvoice in the new album tho. nontheless, such a good and mature album!

[kotipelto]

I think some fans of female singers call them 'soprano' just 'cause it's meant to be more 'prestigious' or something :p but I think Amy might well be. Her head voice is extensive, and there's reason to believe her belting voice is meant to go comfortably higher than it does, but she 'Christina's' her voice a little bit (not nearly as much though) to fit more in the rock genre. The evolution of the climax E5 note in "Taking Over Me" is telling.

Pre-Fallen demo version: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ahyk-Vhb1WQ
Around 2:45, on this version you can tell she's not singing with much push, pretty natural, and the note comes out very easily. Her voice sounds naturally very 'girly'.

'But she was very young then' you say? Well, the final album version on 'Fallen' the note comes out similarly effortless and her voice colour still sounds basically the same.
Around 2:45 here too: www.youtube.com/watch?v=FMkWGoI-GpY

It was only the next year on 'Anywhere But Home' live album where her voice colour sounds totally different 'cause of extra force, and it's also down a key to Eb5 and still sounds very strained compared to versions prior.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=6JI0Qxz3hhc

But that same year (2004) she did "Broken" with Seether with an Eb5 in her verse and when I first learned that the note was that high I was surprised 'cause it sounded so effortless on the recording.

My guess is if Amy had become an opera singer she'd be soprano for sure.

[kotipelto]

On a fandom level, the new album's songs are quite good, and it has some of her best vocals almost 20 years after debuting! But the mixing engineer needs fired. First time in my life I'm going to wait for HQ YouTube rips of live performances rather than listen to the main studio album. It sounds like doo-doo.

[Ophelia]

I'm going to have to agree with the other poster in that she's a Lyric Mezzo-Soprano, her tessitura is her middle range. She's been training, so she's a lot more comfortable spending time in her high range than she used to be, but the timbre's different. Her voice is soothing, lachrymose and melancholy; the color is "smokier" than a true Soprano's would be. A Soprano would have more overtones in her mid-range.

[kotipelto]

Sept 2, 2021 4:41:57 GMT Ophelia said:

I'm going to have to agree with the other poster in that she's a Lyric Mezzo-Soprano, her tessitura is her middle range. She's been training, so she's a lot more comfortable spending time in her high range than she used to be, but the timbre's different. Her voice is soothing, lachrymose and melancholy; the color is "smokier" than a true Soprano's would be. A Soprano would have more overtones in her mid-range.

You could be right, but one could also say that about Celine Dion, in belting terms anyway...

I also still think she was most comfortable in her higher range in the years just before "Fallen" came out, the demo versions of those songs. Most of them are examples of such but "My Last Breath" is another good one. www.youtube.com/watch?v=kpbDi00sJDc

It sounds like her natural voice and it's pretty much a girlish timbre. With the 2004 live album onwards, her voice sounded more 'mezzo' because she's pushing (borderline forcing in places) trying to make it fit into a rock setting. In my opinion.

But I'll stop there 'cause I'm basically repeating myself from my last post lol.

[dingo]

I'm chucking one in.

[kaji]

Sept 2, 2021 4:41:57 GMT Ophelia said:

I'm going to have to agree with the other poster in that she's a Lyric Mezzo-Soprano, her tessitura is her middle range. She's been training, so she's a lot more comfortable spending time in her high range than she used to be, but the timbre's different. Her voice is soothing, lachrymose and melancholy; the color is "smokier" than a true Soprano's would be. A Soprano would have more overtones in her mid-range.

Her voice is far too bright to be a mezzo and the passaggi sit too high. If one is well-versed in how true classical mezzos sound they’d know after 5 seconds this is not an actual mezzo-soprano. Mezzos have dark and rich voices compared to darker sopranos. And what do you mean ‘sopranos have more overtones in her midrange’. Mezzos (with full development, compared to sopranos with full development) will have a richer middle range and far bigger, even in head voice or mix on the same pitch (check the lyric mezzo-soprano Jane Froman for example; and keep in mind that Jane is brightening her timbre to sound more like a soprano). Mezzo-sopranos have voices between soprano and contralto and will share several characteristics of both but the important thing that’s always the case is a rich timbre that by nature is fairly dark (relative to soprano). If Amy is a mezzo then Elena Obraztsova or Oralia Dominguez are contraltos (the reality is they are classical high mezzo-sopranos..).

And of course she will be more comfortable in the middle than the top. Same can be said for high coloraturas in opera. It is lower so it’s less challenging and difficult to produce compared to belting the same pitches high. Tessitura is also highly dependent on the way someone coordinates their voice which seems to be something people online always seem to forget.