Kirstin Maldonado (11,806 views)

[Baronessa]

Kirstin Taylor Maldonado (16 May 1992)
Member of: Pentatonix (2011...)
Vocal Range: D3 - A7

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{About}The female lead vocalist in the a cappella group Pentatonix, Kirstin's role in the arrangements is an odd one; despite possessing as much vocal range as any of the other members, she's used arguably the most sparingly out of the three lead singers for their climactic passages. Instead, Kirstin's strength in Pentatonix has consistently been her ability to liven up the group's vocal harmonies with her colourful Broadway-meets-diva tone, elevating them from mere YouTube reaction-core to a distinctly American kind of nostalgia. Whether it be in their covers of old classics or their endless stream of Christmas albums, Kirstin - and, to a lesser extent, Pentatonix - was seemingly made to portray sappy saudade, which makes her perhaps the most likely candidate of the group to have a massively successful career even beyond Pentatonix. Pentatonix may have started its diminishing returns, but every single one of its members have the potential to grow past their novelty value and offer something more to pop music, and Kirstin is no exception.

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{Vocal Range Timeline}Pentatonix:
PTX, Vol. 1 (2012): F3 - E5^[1a]
PTXmas (2012): G3 - E5^[1a]
PTX, Vol. 2 (2013): E3 - F♯5^[1a]
PTX, Vol. 3 (2014): F♯3 - F5 - G♯5^[1a]
That's Christmas to Me (2014): E♭3 - F5 - G♯5
Pentatonix (2015): D3 - F♯5
A Pentatonix Christmas (2016): F3 - F5 - G5
PTX, Vol. 4 - Classics (2017): G♯3 - E5^[1a]
PTX Presents: Top Pop, Vol. 1 (2018): F♯3 - E5
Christmas is Here! (2018): F♯3 - F♯5

Kirstin:
Love (2017): E3 - G5 - A5^[1a]
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[1] Non-albums
a. EP

Significant High Notes:

A7 ("Emotions" iKevin - Single Ladies Whistle Notes)
A6 ("Loving You")
G♯6 ("Defying Gravity")
A5 ("All Night", "Don't Leave Me Lonely" The Green Room 42, New York City 5 August 2019)
G♯5 ("Confident", "No", "Rather Be", "Sleigh Ride", "The Wizard of Ahhhs")
G5 ("All Night", "The Christmas Sing-Along", "See It", "To the River")
F♯5 ("Break a Little", "Cheerleader", "Confident", "Cracked", "Daft Punk", "Evolution of Beyoncé", "Evolution of Rihanna", "First Things First", "Here Comes Santa Claus", "Jingle Bells", "Lean On", "Na Na Na", "Perfume Medley", "Sing", "The Star-Spangled Banner" Rupp Arena, Lexington 21 January 2017, "You're a Mean One, Mr. Grinch")
F5 ("Coldest Winter", "Disney Love Medley", "Dose of You", "It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year", "Joyful, Joyful", "O Come, All Ye Faithful", "Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree", "Something Real", "Standing By", "Stay" Highline Ballroom, New York City 26 March 2018, "What Christmas Means to Me", "White Christmas")
E5 ("Angels We Have Heard on High", "Attention", "Away in a Manger", "Bad Weather", "Can You Feel the Love Tonight?", "Can't Hold Us", "Daft Punk", "Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy", "Deck the Halls", "Finesse", "Go Tell It on the Mountain", "Hark! The Herald Angels Sing", "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas", "Hey Guapo", "Hey Momma/Hit the Road Jack", "How Great Thou Art", "Location" Elvis Duran Performing Arts Center ca. 2017, "Love Lockdown" The Sing-Off 2011, "Making Christmas", "Naked", "No", "OMG" The Sing-Off 2011, "Perfume Medley", "Praying", "Santa Claus Is Coming to Town", "See It", "Silent Night", "Sleigh Ride", "Sorry Not Sorry" PNC Pavilion, Charlotte 4 August 2018, "Take on Me", "Waltz of the Flowers", "Water", "Waving Through a Window", "We Are Young", "What Christmas Means to Me", "Where Are You Christmas?", "White Christmas")
E♭5 ("The Baddest Girl", "Bohemian Rhapsody", "Can You Feel the Love Tonight?", "Carol of the Bells", "The Christmas Sing-Along", "Coldest Winter", "Confident", "Dancing on My Own", "Defying Gravity", "Disney Love Medley", "Don't Leave Me Lonely" The Green Room 42, New York City 5 August 2019, "Evolution of Beyoncé", "Evolution of Michael Jackson", "Evolution of Music", "Go Tell It on the Mountain", "Gold", "Got the Feeling", "Hallelujah", "Happy", "Hello", "Here Comes Santa Claus", "High Hopes" Oracle Arena, Oakland 11 May 2019, "How Great Thou Art", "Imagine", "It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas", "Jingle Bells", "Loving You", "Making Christmas", "Natural Disaster", "New Year's Day", "Over the Rainbow", "Piece of My Heart" The Sing-Off 2011, "Pusher Love Girl", "Rather Be", "Ref", "Royals", "Something Real", "The Star-Spangled Banner" Rupp Arena, Lexington 21 January 2017, "Take Me Home", "To the River", "Waving Through a Window", "Winter Wonderland/Don't Worry Be Happy")
D5 ("Aha!", "Angels We Have Heard on High", "As Long as You Love Me/Wide Awake", "All Night", "Attention", "Bad Weather", "Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy", "Born to Be Wild" The Sing-Off 2011, "Break a Little", "Can't Hold Us", "Can't Sleep Love", "The Christmas Sing-Along", "Cruisin' for a Bruisin'", "Deck the Halls", "Do You Hear What I Hear?", "Dog Days Are Over" The Sing-Off 2011, "Edge of Glory", "Evolution of Ariana Grande", "Evolution of Michael Jackson", "Finesse", "Good to Be Bad", "Hallelujah", "Hark! The Herald Angels Sing", "Havana", "Hey Guapo", "The History of Wrong Guys", "It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas", "It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year", "Joy to the World", "Let It Go", "Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!", "Love You Long Time", "Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays", "Misbehavin'", "Na Na Na", "Naked", "Natural Disaster", "New Year's Day", "O Come, All Ye Faithful", "O Come. O Come Emmanuel", "O Holy Night", "Papaoutai", "Praying", "Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree", "Rose Gold", "Say Something", "Show You How to Love", "Since U Been Gone/Forget You" The Sing-Off 2011, "The Sound of Silence", "Take on Me", "This Christmas", "Video Killed the Radio Star" The Sing-Off 2011, "Water", "What Christmas Means to Me", "Where Are You Christmas?", "White Winter Hymnal", "The Wizard of Ahhhs", "You're a Mean One, Mr. Grinch")
C♯5 ("The Baddest Girl", "Bohemian Rhapsody", "Britney Spears Medley" The Sing-Off 2011, "Can You Feel the Love Tonight?", "Cheerleader", "Cracked", "Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy", "Dancing on My Own", "Deck the Halls", "Disney Love Medley", "Do You Hear What I Hear?", "Dose of You", "E.T." The Sing-Off 2011, "Edge of Glory", "End of Time", "Evolution of Ariana Grande", "Evolution of Beyoncé", "Evolution of Rihanna", "Feel It Still", "First Things First", "Ghostbusters", "Give Me Just One Night (Una Noche)" The Sing-Off 2011, "Go Tell It on the Mountain", "God Only Knows", "God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen", "Good to Be Bad", "Greensleeves", "Grown-Up Christmas List", "Hark! The Herald Angels Sing", "Here Comes Santa Claus", "I Need Your Love", "I'll Be Home for Christmas", "If I Ever Fall in Love", "Issues", "It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year", "Joyful, Joyful", "Just for Now", "La La Latch", "Lean On", "Let's Get It On" The Sing-Off 2011, "Light in the Hallway", "Little Drummer Boy", "Location" Elvis Duran Performing Arts Center ca. 2017, "Making Christmas", "Mary, Did You Know?", "Never Enough" New York City ca. 2019, "New Rules/Are You That Somebody?", "No", "NSYNC Medley", "On My Way Home", "Oreo's 'Wonderfilled' Song", "Over the Rainbow", "Payphone", "Piece of My Heart" The Sing-Off 2011, "Pretender", "Problem", "Radioactive", "Rather Be", "Ref", "Royals", "Santa Claus Is Coming to Town", "See Through", "Since U Been Gone/Forget You" The Sing-Off 2011, "Sing", "Sorry Not Sorry", "Standing By", "The Star-Spangled Banner" Rupp Arena, Lexington 21 January 2017, "Starships", "Stay", "Stuck Like Glue" The Sing-Off 2011, "Thrift Shop", "Up on the Housetop", "Waltz of the Flowers", "Waving Through a Window", "We Are Ninjas", "We Are Young", "When Love Takes Over", "When You Believe", "Where Are Ü Now", "White Winter Hymnal", "Without You" The Sing-Off 2011, "The Wizard of Ahhhs", "Your Love Is My Drug" The Sing-Off 2011)
C5 ("Angels We Have Heard on High", "As Long as You Love Me/Wide Awake", "Britney Spears Medley" The Sing-Off 2011, "Carol of the Bells", "The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire)", "Coventry Carol", "Despacito/Shape of You", "Don't Leave Me Lonely" The Green Room 42, New York City 5 August 2019, "E.T." The Sing-Off 2011, "End of Time", "Evolution of Michael Jackson", "Evolution of Music", "Finesse", "The First Noel", "Gangnam Style", "Ghostbusters", "God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen", "Gold", "Got the Feeling", "Grown-Up Christmas List", "Havana", "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas", "Hello", "Hey Guapo", "Hey Momma/Hit the Road Jack", "High Hopes" Oracle Arena, Oakland 11 May 2019, "The History of Wrong Guys", "How Will I Know", "I'll Be Home for Christmas", "If I Ever Fall in Love", "Issues", "It Ain't Me" PrideFest, Pittsburgh 11 June 2017, "Jolene", "Let It Go", "Listen to My Heart" Bohemian National Hall, New York City 22 October 2018, "Little Drummer Boy", "Love Lockdown" The Sing-Off 2011, "Love You Long Time", "Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays", "Misbehavin'", "Moves Like Jagger", "Natural Disaster", "O Come. O Come Emmanuel", "O Holy Night", "Perfect", "Radioactive", "Rose Gold", "Run to You", "Save the World/Don't Worry Child", "See It", "Silent Night", "Sleigh Ride", "Something Real", "Stay", "Sweater Weather", "Take Me Home", "Valentine", "Video Killed the Radio Star" The Sing-Off 2011, "Water", "Without You" The Sing-Off 2011)
B4 ("Aha!", "Attention", "Away in a Manger", "Bad Weather", "Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy", "Born to Be Wild" The Sing-Off 2011, "Break a Little", "Can You Feel the Love Tonight?", "Can't Hold Us", "Can't Sleep Love", "Cheerleader", "Cruisin' for a Bruisin'", "Dog Days Are Over" The Sing-Off 2011, "Evolution of Ariana Grande", "Evolution of Music", "Evolution of Rihanna", "Feel It Still", "The First Noel", "God Only Knows", "Good to Be Bad", "Happy", "How Will I Know", "I Need Your Love", "Imagine", "It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas", "Jingle Bells", "Joy to the World", "Just for Now", "Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!", "Let's Get It On" The Sing-Off 2011, "Light in the Hallway", "Listen to My Heart" Bohemian National Hall, New York City 22 October 2018, "Location" Elvis Duran Performing Arts Center ca. 2017, "Love Again", "Mary, Did You Know?", "New Rules/Are You That Somebody?", "NSYNC Medley", "O Come, All Ye Faithful", "OMG" The Sing-Off 2011, "On My Way Home", "Oreo's 'Wonderfilled' Song", "Over the Rainbow", "Papaoutai", "Payphone", "Perfect", "Problem", "Pusher Love Girl", "Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree", "Run to You", "Santa Claus Is Coming to Town", "Say Something", "See Through", "Show You How to Love", "Somebody That I Used to Know", "The Sound of Silence", "Starships", "Stuck Like Glue" The Sing-Off 2011, "Sweater Weather", "That's Christmas to Me", "This Christmas", "Thrift Shop", "Up on the Housetop", "We Are Ninjas", "When You Believe", "Where Are Ü Now", "White Christmas", "Winter Wonderland/Don't Worry Be Happy", "You Da One")

Significant Low Notes:

B3 ("Attention", "Away in a Manger", "Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy", "Break a Little", "Britney Spears Medley" The Sing-Off 2011, "Can't Hold Us", "Can't Sleep Love", "Cheerleader", "Coldest Winter", "Cruisin' for a Bruisin'", "Daft Punk", "Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy", "Edge of Glory", "Evolution of Michael Jackson", "Evolution of Music", "Evolution of Rihanna", "First Things First", "Give Me Just One Night (Una Noche)" The Sing-Off 2011, "God Only Knows", "God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen", "Greensleeves", "Hark! The Herald Angels Sing", "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas", "How Will I Know", "I Need Your Love", "Imagine", "It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas", "It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year", "Jingle Bells", "La La Latch", "Lean On", "Let It Go", "Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!", "Light in the Hallway", "Location" Elvis Duran Performing Arts Center ca. 2017, "Love Lockdown" The Sing-Off 2011, "Mary, Did You Know?", "New Rules/Are You That Somebody?", "No", "O Come, All Ye Faithful", "OMG" The Sing-Off 2011, "Oreo's 'Wonderfilled' Song", "Over the Rainbow", "Perfume Medley", "Problem", "Praying", "Pusher Love Girl", "Rather Be", "Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree", "Run to You", "Show You How to Love", "Sorry Not Sorry", "The Sound of Silence", "This Christmas", "Up on the Housetop", "Waltz of the Flowers", "We Are Ninjas", "We Are Young", "You Da One", "Your Love Is My Drug" The Sing-Off 2011)
B♭3 ("All Night", "As Long as You Love Me/Wide Awake", "Bohemian Rhapsody", "Britney Spears Medley" The Sing-Off 2011, "Cheerleader", "The Christmas Sing-Along", "The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire)", "Disney Love Medley", "Dose of You", "E.T." The Sing-Off 2011, "Evolution of Michael Jackson", "Feel It Still", "Gangnam Style", "Ghostbusters", "Go Tell It on the Mountain", "Got the Feeling", "Hallelujah", "Happy", "Here Comes Santa Claus", "The History of Wrong Guys", "I'll Be Home for Christmas", "Jolene", "Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!", "Light in the Hallway", "Little Drummer Boy", "Love You Long Time", "Making Christmas", "Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays", "Natural Disaster", "Never Enough" New York City ca. 2019, "New Year's Day", "NSYNC Medley", "O Come. O Come Emmanuel", "Oreo's 'Wonderfilled' Song", "Radioactive", "Ref", "See Through", "Since U Been Gone/Forget You" The Sing-Off 2011, "Sing", "Something Real", "Standing By", "The Star-Spangled Banner" Rupp Arena, Lexington 21 January 2017, "Stay", "Stuck Like Glue" The Sing-Off 2011, "That's Christmas to Me", "To the River", "Valentine", "When Love Takes Over", "Where Are You Christmas?", "Winter Wonderland/Don't Worry Be Happy", "The Wizard of Ahhhs")
A3 ("Angels We Have Heard on High", "Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy", "Break a Little", "Can't Help Falling in Love", "Daft Punk", "Despacito/Shape of You", "Edge of Glory", "Evolution of Ariana Grande", "Evolution of Rihanna", "The First Noel", "First Things First", "God Only Knows", "Havana", "Hey Guapo", "Hey Momma/Hit the Road Jack", "How Great Thou Art", "It Ain't Me" PrideFest, Pittsburgh 11 June 2017, "Jingle Bells", "Joy to the World", "Just for Now", "Listen to My Heart" Bohemian National Hall, New York City 22 October 2018, "Love Again", "Mary, Did You Know?", "Misbehavin'", "Naked", "Na Na Na", "Natural Disaster", "New Rules/Are You That Somebody?", "New Year's Day", "O Come, All Ye Faithful", "O Holy Night", "On My Way Home", "Papaoutai", "Perfect", "Perfume Medley", "Pretender", "Pusher Love Girl", "Rose Gold", "Say Something", "See It", "The Sound of Silence", "Starships", "Take on Me", "This Christmas", "Waltz of the Flowers", "What Christmas Means to Me", "When You Believe", "Where Are Ü Now", "White Christmas")
G♯3 ("Away in a Manger", "The Baddest Girl", "Bohemian Rhapsody", "Carol of the Bells", "Coldest Winter", "Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy", "Do You Hear What I Hear?", "Don't Leave Me Lonely" The Green Room 42, New York City 5 August 2019, "Evolution of Rihanna", "Feel It Still", "Ghostbusters", "Gold", "Got the Feeling", "Here Comes Santa Claus", "How Great Thou Art", "It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year", "Joy to the World", "Listen to My Heart" Bohemian National Hall, New York City 22 October 2018, "Little Drummer Boy", "Malibu" PrideFest, Pittsburgh 11 June 2017, "No", "NSYNC Medley", "Over the Rainbow", "Santa Claus Is Coming to Town", "Sleigh Ride", "Something Real", "Standing By", "Stay", "Stuck Like Glue" The Sing-Off 2011, "Take on Me", "Thrift Shop", "We Are Young", "The Wizard of Ahhhs", "You're a Mean One, Mr. Grinch")
G3 ("All Night", "Bad Weather", "Can't Sleep Love", "Carol of the Bells", "Deck the Halls", "Disney Love Medley", "The First Noel", "Gold", "Havana", "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas", "Hey Guapo", "Hey Momma/Hit the Road Jack", "It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas", "Joyful, Joyful", "Let It Go", "Making Christmas", "O Holy Night", "Papaoutai", "Perfect", "Save the World/Don't Worry Child", "Say Something", "Show You How to Love", "Stay" Highline Ballroom, New York City 26 March 2018, "What Christmas Means to Me", "Where Are You Christmas?", "White Christmas", "White Winter Hymnal", "You're a Mean One, Mr. Grinch")
F♯3 ("Aha!", "The Baddest Girl", "Confident", "Cracked", "Deck the Halls", "Do You Hear What I Hear?", "Evolution of Ariana Grande", "Evolution of Music", "It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas", "Just for Now", "Na Na Na", "On My Way Home", "Perfume Medley", "Praying", "Rather Be", "See Through", "Since U Been Gone/Forget You" The Sing-Off 2011, "Sing", "Somebody That I Used to Know", "The Star-Spangled Banner" Rupp Arena, Lexington 21 January 2017, "Starships", "That's Christmas to Me", "When You Believe", "Where Are Ü Now", "White Winter Hymnal", "Winter Wonderland/Don't Worry Be Happy", "The Wizard of Ahhhs")
F3 ("Aha!", "The Christmas Sing-Along", "Don't Leave Me Lonely" The Green Room 42, New York City 5 August 2019, "Evolution of Ariana Grande", "Hello", "Love You Long Time", "Water")
E3 ("Bad Weather", "Can't Hold Us", "Cracked", "Hey Guapo", "Joyful, Joyful", "Location" Elvis Duran Performing Arts Center ca. 2017, "Pretender", "Run to You", "Santa Claus Is Coming to Town", "Take on Me")
E♭3 ("Confident", "Sleigh Ride")
D3 ("Hello", "Water")

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{Questionable Notes}B♭7 ("Emotions" iScott - Whistle Note^[1a])
F7 ("iKevin - Single Ladies Whistle Notes"^[1b])
F6 ("The Wizard of Ahhhs"^[1a])
C♯6 ("The History of Wrong Guys"^[1c])
A2 ("Water"^[2a])
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[1] Questionable representativeness
a. No musical context
b. Ambiguously pitched trills
c. Ambiguously pitched exclamations

[2] Questionable legitimacy
a. Uncertain pitch

Questionable notes are any notes with a questionable significance. In short, this spoiler acknowledges notes that I am aware exist, but do not want to contribute to the singer's range. These involve (but are not limited to) weak vocal fry, uncontrolled slides, very short notes, notes hit at an ambiguous pitch and notes where it is unclear who is singing.

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• Blue marks falsetto and whistle notes.
• Bold marks outstanding passages.
• Italics mark non-melodic notes.
• Underlines mark obscured notes.

[clem]

Dem feelz when the three highest notes are all A in different octaves

[RINGO]

I feel like this shouldn't be in Range Stuff considering a lot of the videos on their official YouTube channel haven't been checked by the looks of it.

Also, that backing vocal passage in "Water" has always been dodgy IMO and I've always leaned towards just spoilering it entirely myself.

[Baronessa]

Do they really have so much loose stuff that no few update posts could fix?

[RINGO]

Several dozen videos on their official channel + their Sing-Off appearances isn't really a small amount to overlook, especially given that this thread is a remake and both my and Dar's previous versions of this thread accounted for that material.

[Baronessa]

Sure, but I can just go through those in a moment, for what it's worth.

Moving on, how is the D3 dodgy and why ought it be spoilered?

[Alex61]

Nov 4, 2019 19:30:01 GMT RINGO said:

I feel like this shouldn't be in Range Stuff considering a lot of the videos on their official YouTube channel haven't been checked by the looks of it.

Please take the backseat modding to another forum, thank you :)

[RINGO]

lol I stated an opinion fam, if that's considered "backseat modding" then y'all are operating with a very loose definition.

As for the D3, personally I think it's rather unclear where exactly it bottoms (I hear something drift down to C3, and arguably since it's an octave unison it might even dip down to A2). I also recall some discussion on the old thread(s) about whether that was Kirstin or not, it's not impossible that it's Mitch or someone like that singing quietly.

[Baronessa]

Are you sure that the D3 doesn't actually rise up to F3 as opposed to dipping further down there?

[RINGO]

I'm not sure but the ambiguity is why I spoilered/ignored the note when I had this thread back in the day. I guess IMO if you count the note then maybe it would be worth putting an A2 in the spoiler to emphasize that it's an octave unison which might bottom lower than D3, but it's impossible to tell for sure. That would take care of both perspectives, if you catch my drift.

[Baronessa]

I suppose that's fair, yeah. :P

[Baronessa]

Righty-ho, the material requested above should be more or less covered now.

[RINGO]

Sexy beast of a thread, now here's hoping the other PTX/a cappella threads can meet this standard going forward.

[restacks]

Hi! Here are some rare catches that you might have missed:

Don't You Leave Me Lonely Tonight
High Hopes
The History of Wrong Guys
It Ain't Me
Listen to My Heart
Location
Malibu
Never Enough
Pretender
Stay
And she belted a bunch of E5s in Sorry Not Sorry on tour, here's some links X X X

Excellent thread btw! Thank you for that bolded E, that note gets me everytime I listen to the song

[RINGO]

Oh yeah, she has a hell of a sustained backing E5 in "Can't Hold Us", around the 3 minute mark.

[Baronessa]

It sounds kind of similar to Mitch's lead E5 prior. You sure that isn't him?

[RINGO]

I'm pretty confident in saying that it's her, it's not as shrill as Mitch's voice and it sounds like a stronger mix than Mitch's E5 from earlier as well. Tone-wise it sounds like Kirstin to me.

[Baronessa]

Anutha bold it is then.

Edit: restacks the stuff you linked is now on the OP, too. :)

[restacks]

Any reason why you didn't include the E3 in Pretender? Also, there's a little run down to E3 in Location. Here's another video where it's much more clearer, since it's kind of hidden by the guitar on the linked video. And wow you're fast! :)

[jessicavey]

Hmm I agree with what others said in other threads: Some things are handled very inconsistently here. While some singers get denied certain notes because of a range gap of half an octave or less, she has two range gaps of a whole octave, and only hit the respective notes once. I don't say that you should remove her notes, but somethings should be harmonized here and applied equally for all singers

[Baronessa]

Nov 19, 2019 17:51:32 GMT restacks said:

Any reason why you didn't include the E3 in Pretender? Also, there's a little run down to E3 in Location. Here's another video where it's much more clearer, since it's kind of hidden by the guitar on the linked video. And wow you're fast! :)

I was zoned out during that run down in "Location". The E3 is there now though. :)

The "Pretender" E3 sounds like Mitch switching parts up with Kirstin, honestly. The reason I say that is because, not only is there a noticeable cut between the two passages conjoining Kirstin's introduction and the E3, Mitch's E3s tend to sound more 'neutral' as opposed to Kirstin's who has to normally go for a more 'laryngeal' sound when reaching that low -- not to mention that strongly. I'm a bit unsure however, so other opinions are welcome. (:))

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jessicavey if you have a gripe with a moderation decision, you ought to privately message the Staff member in question with your point of view or provide constructive feedback or ask questions on the Q & A thread. Otherwise that isn't much to work with.

[BAZanine]

Range gaps are only an issue if there are other issues with the note as well. For example, if a singer peaks at A5 for the most part but has a shrill, brief, and shrieked F6, it's getting spoilered because of the crappy qualities of the note IN ADDITION to the range gap making it all the more misrepresentative. On the other hand, if a singer peaks at A5 for the most part but has a whistle A6 that's sustained well and would be counted in any other context, then the range gap isn't relevant.

[restacks]

For me that E3 has the same quality as the second E3 in Bad Weather ("ooh i never knew about me / LIKE they do"). The vibrato at the end of the phrase also screams Kirstie to me. But I guess it'll be all more clear with a live performance of the song X

And as my way to hop on the discussion, here are some whistle notes she hit earlier this year. As underused as they are I do not expect the best control (and imo these don't really deserve a place on the thread) but she still has them and I agree with the comment above.

[RINGO]

The "Pretender" E3s are 100% Kirstin to my ears.

[Baronessa]

A'ight, 'tis now on the OP. The weird tonal shift just throws me off there. I agree it sounds kind of like the "Bad Weather" E3 anyways. :P