Round One: 'S v TheRealRomanHeath (529 views)

[Steve]

This is 'S v SailorBlue in Round One of the Clip-Off. You have five days to submit your clips, and until 23:00 GMT Time Saturday, October 9 to vote. October 10 is the Results Day.

The categories for Round One are:
1. Best A Cappella Singing: Singing without instrumental accompaniment. The singer can be accompanied by other voices, however.
2. Best Vocal Duet: Two lead singers singing either in harmony, unison or taking turns.

The teams are free to post their clips, voting commences as soon as they have.

Vote here.

Current Vote Count: 3

[SailorBlue]

Best Acapella: Rivers Cuomo Billy Cobb. 0:00 to 0:49. Here we have a performance by Billy Cobb ranging from F2 - F♯5 in the overture of Weezer's "Songs from the Black Hole". Multi-part harmonies really do be a thing and it really makes me realize that I really didn't have anything better to put forward in this category. Enjoy!



Best Duet: T-Pain. 1:45 to 2:55. Here we have a duet clip from Chris Brown and T-Pain that tops at C5 in the chorus. The vocal styles present in this clip are diverse, but not nearly as diverse as the pair's attitude toward women. In all seriousness, the pair really have good chemistry here and it's a very enjoyable clip from one of the most enjoyable T Pain songs.

['S]

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{Best A Cappella Singing - Teresa Teng}18:54–20:06. Singing the 1937 classic 'When Will You Return?'. As delicate as ever. Really pretty tone, vibrato and melisma throughout. A nice 'n emotional delivery overall.

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{Best Vocal Duet - Cass Elliot}1:03–1:45 & 1:55–3:27 (skip 2:36–2:46). More ambitious moments from Cass's duet album with Dave Mason. It has le turntaking, we got Cass harmonising with herself too, contrasts between brasher and soft singing, then a good old harmony finale.