Zubin Sedghi (3,328 views)

[Anacrusis]

Zubin Sedghi
Years Active: 2002 - Present
Associated Acts: Tally Hall, Miracle Musical
Recorded Range: F♯2 - G♯5
Voice Type: Low Tenor

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{Vocal Summary}
Bassist, vocalist, and certified blue tie, Zubin Sedghi is a member of "fabloo" rock band Tally Hall. Although his songs as lead singer have been relatively few, he demonstrates clear comfort with both ends of his range. Regarding vocal placement, he sounds similar to bandmate Rob Cantor, a bright tenor, yet he also carries a fair amount of weight down into the mid-second octave. This duality allows for some especially dynamic performances when he does take lead. Overall, Sedghi possesses a clear, pleasant tone for carrying melodies that remains consistent from his lowest notes up to his highest, which he balances well between aggressive belts and a softer mixed voice.

Significant High Notes:
G♯5 ("Boralogue IX")
G5 ("I'm Gonna Win" Boralogue IV)
E5 ("Good Day", "Just a Friend")
D5 ("You & Me")
C♯5 ("Banana Man" various live performances, "Spring and a Storm" live Rickshaw Stop 2008)
C5 ("Boralogue VIII", "Haiku" live Sea Level Music Store 2006, "(I Know) It’s Just the Same")
B4 ("Be Born", "Good Day", "Rotary Park")
B♭4 ("The Trap")
A4 ("Greener", "Haiku" live Sea Level Music Store 2006, "Spring and a Storm", "Stand by Me" live The Pizza House)
G♯4 ("Greener" live Rickshaw Stop 2008, "Just Apathy", "Welcome to Tally Hall" various live performances)
G4 ("&" live Seattle 2011, "Boralogue IV", "Boralogue VIII", "Cannibal", "Just a Friend", "Just Apathy", "Taken for a Ride", "The Trap", "Who You Are" live The Haunt 2010, "You & Me")
F♯4 ("&" live Seattle 2011, "Be Born", "The Bidding", "Good Day", "Hymn for a Scarecrow", "Never Meant to Know" various live performances, "Ruler of Everything", "Smile Like You Mean It", "Stand by Me" live The Pizza House, "Turn the Lights Off" various live performances, "Welcome to Tally Hall", "White Ball")
F4 ("The Bidding", "Good Day", "(I Know) It’s Just the Same", "Rotary Park", "Sacred Beast", "Spring and a Storm" live Rickshaw Stop 2008, "White Ball")
E4 ("Be Born", "The Bidding", "Cannibal", "Hymn for a Scarecrow", "(I Know) It’s Just the Same", "Pure Imagination", "Rotary Park", "Ruler of Everything", "Two Wuv", "Why Don't We Do It in the Road?" live MMC, June 26th, 2005, "You & Me")

Significant Low Notes:

E3 ("Good Day", "Greener", "Fate of the Stars", "Haiku", "Spring and a Storm" live Rickshaw Stop 2008)
E♭3 ("The Bidding", "Misery Fell", "The Trap")
D3 ("Cannibal", "Fate of the Stars", "Rotary Park", "Sacred Beast", "White Ball")
C♯3 ("The Bidding" live Rickshaw Stop 2008, "Turn the Lights Off" live Rickshaw Stop 2008)
C3 ("Sacred Beast" live The Rugby Store 2008, "Taken for a Ride", "Two Wuv")
B2 ("Boralogue IV", "Cannibal", "Pure Imagination", "Why Don't We Do It in the Road?" live MMC, June 26th, 2005)
B♭2 ("Two Wuv", "White Ball")
A2 ("Cannibal", "Pure Imagination", "Two Wuv")
G♯2 ("Misery Fell")
G2 ("Pure Imagination" live Philadelphia 2011)
F♯2 ("Boralogue IX", "Two Wuv" Keep Up The Good Work podcast)

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{Questionable Notes}
E♭5 ("Two Wuv" [2] They never replicate this part live, so it’s hard to tell who does the high falsetto in the bridge.)
B4 ("Fate of the Stars" [2] Top harmony note in the chorus. Could be Joe, Rob, or Zubin. Very hard to tell.)
G4 ("Misery Fell" [2] Top harmony note during the final chorus., "The Whole World and You" [2] Top harmony note during the bridge.)

F2 ("Two Wuv" Keep Up The Good Work podcast [1])

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1. Brief jumps into high or low range (eg. Yelps, trills, anacrusis, etc.).
2. Notes whose singer is unclear.
3. Non-melodic (ie. Spoken or off-key) notes that also lack a clear pitch.
4. Possibly pitch-shifted notes.
5. Notes that do not fit the labels above but whose quality is still unrepresentative of the singer's usual work (eg. excessively distorted screams or sustained, but non-projected vocal fry).

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• Blue: Falsetto, head voice, and/or whistle register (projected mixed voice is kept in black).
• Bold: Some of the singer's arguably most impressive notes within a given register. Click on a bolded song title to hear audio of that note.
• Italics: Non-melodic notes (ie. Spoken or off-key).
• Underlines: Notes that are buried in the song's mix or which blend together with the other voice(s) in a harmony.

[Macca]

in one of the boralogues he hit an F#2, F5 And G#5
Edit: that linked G5 sounds like G#5

[Anacrusis]

Feb 5, 2022 2:52:28 GMT Macca said:

in one of the boralogues he hit an F#2, F5 And G#5
Edit: that linked G5 sounds like G#5

Wow, a range expansion on both ends. Nice! Thanks, chimmy.

And that linked G5 is technically overshot by a bit, so it sounds G#-ish. Since G would match the key of that verse, I listed it as that. Plus, the pitch is wavering between G and a little above G, so it averages out.

Also, I'm rebranding. My old avatar was a picture of the charcter Katz (hence my former username) from Courage the Cowardly Dog, but I figured the avatar was sending mixed messages to those unfamiliar with the show. And if the avatar goes, so does the username. That said, because you are such an inspiration, chimmy, I am now rebranding in your likeness until I can think of something more original.

[IhateMana]

No

[Macca]

Also, I'm rebranding. My old avatar was a picture of the charcter Katz (hence my former username) from Courage the Cowardly Dog, but I figured the avatar was sending mixed messages to those unfamiliar with the show. And if the avatar goes, so does the username. That said, because you are such an inspiration, chimmy, I am now rebranding in your likeness until I can think of something more original.

some of these people on the site are in there 20s

[Anacrusis]

Meow

Edit: I've erased my original 200-word apology. To whomever's reading this, just know that changing my avatar was a dumb joke I made and pushed too far (the replacement avatar was a funny image that came to my head, but I didn't think about the implications of it). Since then, I've apologized and we've all moved on.

[Macca]

There's An F2 Here at 53:33

[Anacrusis]

Feb 8, 2022 10:56:34 GMT Macca said:

There's An F2 Here at 53:33

The way I see it, there's two significant lows in that excerpt: one on "I have this li-ttle thing" and another on "But I'm not sure if they know". The other lows are anacrusis (like my username), which are very brief dips into low range, so I can't count them.

To me, the two lows I pointed out are F#. The first one is the slightly deeper one, and it does get close to an F, like you say, since it starts at F# but trails off a bit. However, it's not quite close enough to that pitch for me to count it. Still, good find! This is a good note to have since it's still Zubin's lowest one.

[Macca]

Maybe the F2 can go in the questionable notes

[sylvia!!]

i think this may just be a personal thing BUT i feel like the F♯4 in "&" is a bit more boldworthy than the g4 - i'd keep the g4 and just list the F♯4 as bold

[Anacrusis]

Oct 30, 2022 23:02:14 GMT sylvia!! said:

i think this may just be a personal thing BUT i feel like the F♯4 in "&" is a bit more boldworthy than the g4 - i'd keep the g4 and just list the F♯4 as bold

I agree. And I think that'd be a good strategy for phrases like this (phrases that contain multiple highs, but the peak high gets "upstaged"). Thanks for the tip.