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falsetokaiba Vocal Adept Offline Posts: 190 Likes: 556 Join Date: September 2019 Favourite singer: Steve Balsamo	Killer high notes on difficult vowels Oct 9, 2021 19:48:44 GMT 'S, Seb, and 1 more like this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by falsetokaiba on Oct 9, 2021 19:48:44 GMT Singers hitting already difficult high notes on challenging vowel sounds. E.g. this beefy live C5 from Tom Jones in "You Can Leave Your Hat On":
	This is ridiculous, who wants to pitch a backing vocal B2 at three in the morning? OH BOY 3AM!

'S Moderator Offline I love this music, it is so shiny Posts: 507 Likes: 755 Join Date: September 2019 Favourite singer: Todd Tomorrow	Killer high notes on difficult vowels Oct 9, 2021 23:23:04 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by 'S on Oct 9, 2021 23:23:04 GMT It's interesting ig how stuff in other languages often comes up with more eee vowels on the sustains actually. Noticed it with Irish and Japanese stuff recently.

clem Vocal Expert Offline Posts: 475 Likes: 616 Join Date: September 2019 Favourite singer: Warrel Dane, David Gilmour, Graham Bonnet	Killer high notes on difficult vowels Oct 10, 2021 18:45:55 GMT falsetokaiba, 'S, and 1 more like this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by clem on Oct 10, 2021 18:45:55 GMT He's modifying into a little bit of an "ay" sound, but it's got enough "ee" to count. Killer note
	Humankind cannot gain anything without first giving something in return. To obtain, something of equal value must be lost. That is alchemy's first law of Equivalent Exchange.

Captain Planet Vocal Adept Offline Posts: 140 Likes: 191 Join Date: September 2019	Killer high notes on difficult vowels Oct 10, 2021 19:01:05 GMT Seb and slugger like this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Captain Planet on Oct 10, 2021 19:01:05 GMT Most male singers change their open "ahhh" vowels into "eeeee" sounds when they get into upper head voice, so I find the pronunciation on this B5 by Yungblud very pleasing:
	Last Edit: Oct 10, 2021 19:01:23 GMT by Captain Planet

'S Moderator Offline I love this music, it is so shiny Posts: 507 Likes: 755 Join Date: September 2019 Favourite singer: Todd Tomorrow	Killer high notes on difficult vowels Oct 10, 2021 19:08:34 GMT Seb likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by 'S on Oct 10, 2021 19:08:34 GMT l o l. Maybe my eee was more of an ííí. Lke in this djapanese song:
	Last Edit: Dec 27, 2021 23:15:33 GMT by 'S

Seb Advisor Offline On a random fast owl Posts: 607 Likes: 1,597 Join Date: October 2019 Favourite singer: A blue whale performing its mating call	Killer high notes on difficult vowels Oct 15, 2021 1:23:47 GMT slugger likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Seb on Oct 15, 2021 1:23:47 GMT I personally find "u" vowels harder than "e" vowels, which is why this part, which Roy does in about every performance with the thickest vibrato ever per usual, never ceases to impress me
	Last Edit: Oct 15, 2021 1:24:05 GMT by Seb How did I get here ?

themriron2 Vocal Novice Offline Posts: 51 Likes: 87 Join Date: September 2019 Favourite singer: Mao from SID	Killer high notes on difficult vowels Oct 18, 2021 12:17:15 GMT slugger likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by themriron2 on Oct 18, 2021 12:17:15 GMT This is a strong and sustained B4 on a very difficult vowel - Japanese "u" (like our "oo") - that always impressed me

slugger Vocal Novice Offline Posts: 35 Likes: 41 Join Date: August 2021	Killer high notes on difficult vowels Oct 22, 2021 0:20:13 GMT Seb likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by slugger on Oct 22, 2021 0:20:13 GMT Roy's last note here (2:33) is a strong C5 (iirc) on an extended "eh", which in English songs you don't hear so often! (If anyone has other examples, do share!)

clem Vocal Expert Offline Posts: 475 Likes: 616 Join Date: September 2019 Favourite singer: Warrel Dane, David Gilmour, Graham Bonnet	Killer high notes on difficult vowels Oct 22, 2021 13:33:29 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by clem on Oct 22, 2021 13:33:29 GMT youtu.be/umiUHphUE0g?t=110 This passage from Patton springs to mind. Eee vowels everywhere
	Humankind cannot gain anything without first giving something in return. To obtain, something of equal value must be lost. That is alchemy's first law of Equivalent Exchange.