Examples of tonal diversity for a single note (414 views)

[jaredletoisbackagain]

Now, I'm sure you clicked this thinking "wtf is he talking about?"

Lemme explain. I'm simply interested in some great examples of how a singer could approach a specific note in different ways. Like, show me a singer who sings an A4 with grit and weight, and then the same singer singing an A4 with the light voice of an angel.

I feel like this thread might already exist but I don't have any idea what to search for, since I couldn't even figure out a good title for my own thread.

[Homelander]

Tom Jones singing B-flat 4: youtu.be/Pu3vUX6DnpM?si=qVdiK_TsdMCTopyJ&t=2m47s

Robin Gibb singing B-flat 4: youtu.be/nVJYDQ5n7F8?si=oupJ3DAZsfTEg8jW&t=53s

[PerhapsXarb]

Elliott Smith singing A4 in chest voice was rare but here are two extremes, most others being intermediate in intensity

- Gritty belting (followed by a very late-80s guitar solo): www.youtube.com/watch?v=777DQDrIiqg&t=115s

- Clean, angelic, chesty-yet-feather-light mix (IMO during his vocal peak, 2000): www.youtube.com/watch?v=LFbQQzkZuqU&t=96s

[Osmosis]

Liam Gallagher has had to tackle Bb4 in interesting ways. It's a very rare note for him, and not comfortable for him at all live. To be honest, I have only to date been able to find one live performance where he hits it without some kind of crack or thin tone. I have three examples of his approaches, ranging from chest to falsetto.

The two aforementioned Bb4s - distorted and chesty: youtu.be/Z1f5d36ZNgU?feature=shared&t=112

Lightly mixed back up singing - youtu.be/ZfhwqR9l-xI?feature=shared&t=190

Entirely falsetto harmony part - youtu.be/KCmmtDMjG6I?feature=shared&t=55