Post by BassSquared on Aug 24, 2023 22:45:11 GMT
Barazono Avu (薔薇園アヴ) (25 Dec 1991 - present)
Associated Acts: Queen Bee / 女王蜂 (2009 - present), Gokumontou Ikka (2015 - present?)
Vocal Range: D2 - C♯6
{Vocal Summary}One of the most fiercely unique and unmistakably talented performers in the Japanese rock scene, Queen Bee's Avu-chan is, to put it mildly, not the sort to be lost in the crowd. Their voice is notable in that it genuinely feels like two separate voices coexisting in the same body. One voice is an unapologetically masculine baritone, an often gritty and nasal style that has become increasingly capable of projecting strong, full low notes into the second octave. The other voice, meanwhile, is a keening head-voice mix capable of both ethereal, ladylike crooning and near-inhuman high notes. In the band's early days, this voice could often feel unduly squeaky or childlike, but with practice Avu has transformed it into a powerful, keening sound able to consistently pull off one incredibly climactic vocal moment after another. When put together, these two voices often trade off with one another, with a commanding, deep snarl abruptly cracking an octave or more into an unhinged fifth-octave wail and right back down again, and their pitch-perfect live renditions of such vocal lines demonstrate that they are no mere accident. While their visibly mixed-race and genderfluid identity may be eye-catching, it is their voice that makes the artist known as Avu-chan truly one of a kind.Written by BassSquared.
{Album Ranges}
Kujyaku (2011): A2 - C6
Hebihime-sama (2012): G2 - A5
Kirei (2015): G2 - A5
Q (2017): A2 - B♭5
Ten (2019): F♯2 - B♭5
BL (2020): F2 - A5
12D (2023): D2 - C6
Kujyaku (2011): A2 - C6
Hebihime-sama (2012): G2 - A5
Kirei (2015): G2 - A5
Q (2017): A2 - B♭5
Ten (2019): F♯2 - B♭5
BL (2020): F2 - A5
12D (2023): D2 - C6
Significant High Notes:
C♯6 ("The Whale")
C6 ("Nightingale", "Starry Night", "Sunahime-sama")
B5 ("I Don't Want to Get High", "Kuchizuke", "Bubble" live Ikka Mitsubachi 2016, "Night Song", "Sunahime-sama")
B♭5 ("Cosmo", "Rejuvenation", "Serenade", "Thriller")
A5("Dragon Commander", "Fire", "Imitation", "I'm Still Alive Today", "Kuchisake-onna", "Leather", "Moeru Umi", "Mudai", "Night Song", "Ningyohime", "Psi", "Reversal Dance", "Sensei", "Teppeki", "Tsugeguchi", "The Whale")
G♯5 ("Cry", "HBD", "Introduction", "Kinsei", "Oriduru")
G5 ("80's", "Burial Mound of Arms", "Cosmo", "Disco", "Gira Gira", "Half", "Horsefly & Bee", "I'm Still Alive Today", "King Bitch", "Kinkyujitai", "Kuchisake-onna", "Kuchizuke", "Leather", "Moeru Umi", "Mudai", "Oniyuri", "Pride", "Psi", "Serenade", "Shibou Yuugi", "Strawberry", "Teppeki", "The Whale")
F♯5 ("Burial Mound of Arms", "Dance Dance Dance", "Die Zauberflote", "Dragon Commander", "Fallen Heaven", "Fire", "Half", "Imitation", "Kagami", "Kinsei", "Mastermind", "Moeru Umi", "Nightingale", "Night Song", "Oriduru", "Seaside Suicide", "Starry Night", "Thriller", "Venus", "Want Me Once More", "Yakyoku")
F5 ("Baishun", "Cosmo", "Cry", "Holy War", "Hypnotize", "Imitation", "I'm Still Alive Today", "Introduction", "Inu-Hime", "Kaminoke", "Kinkyujitai", "Ku-Chu Sen", "Mephisto", "Pride", "Utahime", "Soliloquy", "Stayin' Alive", "Venus")
E5 ("80's", "BL", "Bubble" live Ikka Mitsubachi 2016, "Dance Dance Dance", "Disco", "Flat", "Gira Gira", "Ikkuichi", "Kuchisake-onna", "Ku-Chu Sen", "Mudai", "Phoenix", "Psi", "Sunahime-sama", "Thriller")
E♭5 ("Horsefly & Bee", "I Don't Want to Get High", "Ikkuichi", "Kagami", "Kinsei", "Nightingale", "Q", "Shibou Yuugi", "Shitsurakuen", "Stayin' Alive", "Suicide Dating", "Wonder Kiss")
D5 ("Awahime-sama", "Baishun", "Disco", "Dragon Commander", "Kakitsubata", "Kaminoke", "Leather", "Mephisto", "Pride", "Rejuvenation", "Seaside Suicide", "Shihatsu", "Shitsurakuen", "Shura Shu Shu Shu", "Strawberry", "Tsugeguchi", "Utahime" 2022 ver, "Violence", "Want Me Once More", "Yakyoku")
C♯5 ("Gira Gira", "Holy War", "Kagami", "Kinkyujitai", "Shibou Yuugi", "Suicide Dating")
C5 ("80's", "Horsefly & Bee", "Ku-Chu Sen", "Mysterious", "Pride", "Q", "Soliloquy", "Starry Night", "Stayin' Alive", "Ten", "Wonder Kiss")
B4 ("01", "Flat", "Ku-Chu Sen", "Phoenix", "Rejuvenation", "Reversal Dance", "Seaside Suicide", "Sensei", "Tsuduraori", "Want Me Once More")
B♭4 ("Kaminoke", "Wonder Kiss")
A4 ("Baishun", "BL", "Ningyohime", "Reversal Dance", "Shihatsu", "The Whale")
Significant Low Notes:
D3 ("80's", "Awahime-sama", "Dance Dance Dance", "Dragon Commander", "Fallen Heaven", "Imitation", "Kinsei", "Ku-Chu Sen", "Mastermind", "Night Song", "Oniyuri", "Phoenix", "Shura Shu Shu Shu", "Sunahime-sama", "Utahime", "Venus", "Want Me Once More")
C♯3 ("Cry", "Die Zauberflote", "Flat", "Gira Gira", "Half", "Hinaichi", "Holy War", "Ikkuichi", "Kagami", "Kinkyujitai", "Mysterious", "Rejuvenation", "Suicide Dating", "Thriller", "Tsuduraori")
C3 ("Baishun", "Fallen Heaven", "Horsefly & Bee", "Hypnotize", "Inu-Hime", "Kuchizuke", "Oniyuri", "Outroduction", "Serenade", "Shibou Yuugi", "Shitsurakuen", "Soliloquy", "Starry Night", "Teppeki", "Ten", "Wonder Kiss")
B2 ("12D", "Burial Mound of Arms", "Dance Dance Dance", "Die Zauberflote", "Disco", "Dragon Commander", "Flat", "Faust", "I Don't Want to Get High", "Ikkuichi", "Kakitsubata", "Kinkyujitai", "Kinsei", "Mastermind", "Mysterious", "Nightingale", "Oil", "Reversal Dance", "Shura Shu Shu Shu", "Violence", "Want Me Once More")
B♭2 ("01", "Cry", "Gira Gira", "HBD", "Holy War", "Hypnotize", "Introduction", "Kaminoke", "Mephisto", "Outroduction", "Pride", "Q", "Rejuvenation", "Serenade", "Shihatsu", "Suicide Dating", "Ten")
A2 ("Baishun", "BL, "Bubble" live Ikka Mitsubachi 2016, "Fallen Heaven", "Fire", "Inu-Hime", "Kakitsubata", "King Bitch", "Kuchizuke", "Mastermind", "Mephisto", "Oil", "Seaside Suicide", "Sensei", "Shihatsu", "Shitsurakuen", "Shura Shu Shu Shu", "Teppeki", "Tsuduraori", "Tsugeguchi", "Venus", "Violence")
G♯2 ("Cry", "HBD", "Hypnotize", "Introduction", "Mysterious")
G2 ("12D", "BL", "I'm Still Alive Today", "Kaminoke", "King Bitch", "Long Lines, "Pride", "Serenade", "Strawberry")
F♯2 ("Fire" Acoustic ver., "I Don't Want to Get High", "Sensei", "Venus" live T Spook 2015)
F2 ("HBD")
D2 ("Oil")
{Questionable Notes}
B♭5 "Hypnotize [1]
A5 "Oil" [3]
G5 "Faust" [4], "Phoenix" [1], "Wonder Kiss" [4]
F5 "Awahime-sama" [1]
G♯2 "Gira Gira" [1]
F♯2 "Oniyuri" [3]
F2 "Tsugeguchi" [1]
E2 "12D" [1], "King Bitch" [4]
E♭2 "Introduction" [2] [4]
C2 "BL" [4], "Serenade" [4]
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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.
B♭5 "Hypnotize [1]
A5 "Oil" [3]
G5 "Faust" [4], "Phoenix" [1], "Wonder Kiss" [4]
F5 "Awahime-sama" [1]
G♯2 "Gira Gira" [1]
F♯2 "Oniyuri" [3]
F2 "Tsugeguchi" [1]
E2 "12D" [1], "King Bitch" [4]
E♭2 "Introduction" [2] [4]
C2 "BL" [4], "Serenade" [4]
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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.
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Blue marks soft falsetto or whistle notes. Note that since most of Avu-chan's high range is done in head voice, blue only marks notes with a particularly light/thin tone.
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.
