Post by falsetokaiba on Sept 23, 2019 13:47:52 GMT
Amanda Somerville (7th March 1979 -)Years Active: 1997 - present
Associated Acts: "Aina", "HDK", "Kiske/Somerville", "Trillium", "Exit Eden", "Avantasia", "Docker's Guild"
Vocal Range: C3 - C6
Significant High Notes:
C6 ("Coward", "Machine Gun")
B5 ("Machine Gun")
G♯5 ("Coward", "Fatal Mistake")
G5 ("Fatal Mistake", "Full Speed Ahead","Lights Out", "Stand Up", "System Overload", "Time To Shine")
F♯5 ("Alone" Live Rock Meets Classic, "Arise", "Hit Me", "Scream It")
F5 ("Fatal Mistake", "I Feel It", "Just Happened", "One Night Burning", "Rising Up", "Scream It", "Set A Fire", "Time To Shine")
E5 ("Clean", "Eternal Spring", "Hit Me", "How Had It Been", "Inner Whore", "Justifiable Casualty", "Last Goodbye", "Mayday", "My Song For You", "Ocean of Tears", "Right Now", "Shards", "Stand Up", "This And That (Or Might've Beens)", "A Thousand Suns", "Walk On Water")
E♭5 ("All That I Am", "Alone" Live Rock Meets Classic, "Bow To the Ego", "City of Heroes", "Cliché Freak Show", "Coward", "Fatal Mistake", "Fighting Fate", "Full Speed Ahead", "I Feel It", "If I Had A Wish", "Lights Out", "Mistaken", "One Night Burning", "Path of Least Resistance", "Point of Safe Return", "Purge", "Rain", "Request", "Scream It", "Slow It Down")
D5 ("After the Night Is Over", "Angel of Mine", "Arise", "Breaking Neptune", "Carnival", "Don't Walk Away", "Eternal Spring", "Fighting Fate", "Get Me", "Hit Me", "I Miss America", "Into the Dissonance", "Just Happened", "Mayday", "Mistaken", "Moth", "My Song For You", "Nocturna", "Nothing Left To Say, "Open Your Eyes", "Purge", "Right Now", "Rising Up", "Run With A Dream", "Salvation", "Set A Fire", "Shards", "Stand Up", "Still the Same", "Time To Shine", "Total Eclipse of the Heart" Live Rock Meets Classic 2013, "Utter Descension", "Walk On Water")
C♯5 ("Alone" Live Rock Meets Classic, "Blue Nothing", "Carnival", "Clean", "Cliché Freak Show", "Inner Whore", "I Write For Me", "Love Is An Illusion", "My Private Hell", "Ocean of Tears", "Out" "Point of Safe Return", "Puzzling Rapunzel", "Second Chance", "Slow It Down", "This And That (Or Might've Beens)", "Windows")
C5 ("Arise", "Bow To the Ego", "Breaking Neptune", "City of Heroes", "Coward", "Devil In Her Heart", "Don't Walk Away", "End of the Road", "Eternal Spring", "Fighting Fate", "Full Speed Ahead, "Hit Me", "How Had It Been", "I Feel It", "Just Happened", "Justifiable Casualty", "Last Goodbye", "Lights Out", "Lost In Space", "Machine Gun", "My Private Hell", "One Night Burning", "Open Your Eyes", "Path of Least Resistance", "Request", "Rising Up", "Run With A Dream", "Set A Fire", "Silence", "A Thousand Suns", "Utter Descension", "Walk On Water")
B4 ("Angel of Mine", "I Miss America", "Inner Whore", "Last Goodbye", "Love Is An Illusion", "Machine Gun", "Moth", "My Song For You", "Open Your Eyes", "Out", "Puzzling Rapunzel", "Scream It", "Shards", "Still the Same", "The Strength I Need", "Total Eclipse of the Heart" Live Rock Meets Classic 2013, "Windows")
B♭4 ("After the Night Is Over", "All That I Am", "City of Heroes", "End of the Road", "Into the Dissonance", "I Write For Me", "Nocturna", "Out", "Purge", "Rain", "Run With A Dream", "Second Chance", "Silence", "Slow It Down", "What Kind of Love")
Significant Low Notes:
A3 ("Arise", "Eternal Spring", "Fighting Fate", "Hit Me", "How Had It Been", "Just Happened", "Lights Out", "Mayday", "Ocean of Tears", "Rising Up", "Scream It", "Shards", "Still the Same", "This And That (Or Might've Beens)", "A Thousand Suns", "Time To Shine", "Walk On Water")
G♯3 ("All That I Am", "Angel of Mine", "Inner Whore", "I Write For Me", "Lights Out", "Love Is An Illusion", "Ocean of Tears")
G3 ("Arise", "After the Night Is Over", "Bow To the Ego", "Coward", "Devil In Her Heart", "End of the Road", "Fighting Fate", "Get Me", "How Had It Been", "I Feel It", "I Miss America", "Last Goodbye", "Moth", "My Private Hell", "Nothing Left To Say", "One Night Burning", "Purge", "Right Now", "Slow It Down", "A Thousand Suns", "Total Eclipse of the Heart" Live Rock Meets Classic 2013, "Walk On Water")
F♯3 ("Angel of Mine", "Blue Nothing", "Carnival", "Clean", "Full Speed Ahead", "I Miss America", "Inner Whore", "Mayday", "Mistaken", "Nocturna", "Scream It", "Still the Same", "Windows")
F3 ("Alone" Live Rock Meets Classic, "Carnival", "Cliché Freak Show", "Devil In Her Heart", "Get Me", "Love Is An Illusion", "My Private Hell", "Point of Safe Return", "Run With A Dream", "Second Chance", "Stand Up")
E3 ("Blue Nothing", "Cliché Freak Show", "Hit Me", "Justifiable Casualty", "Machine Gun", "Mayday", "Mistaken", "Moth", "My Song For You", "Puzzling Rapunzel", "Shards", "Still the Same", "The Strength I Need", "This And That (Or Might've Beens)", "Total Eclipse of the Heart" Live Rock Meets Classic 2013, "Utter Descension")
E♭3 ("All That I Am", "Path of Least Resistance", "Second Chance", "The Strength I Need", "Windows")
D3 ("Fighting Fate", "Full Speed Ahead", "My Song For You", "Path of Least Resistance", "Purge")
C♯3 ("Point of Safe Return")
C3 ("Coward", "Purge")
{Questionable Notes}
B♭5 ("Set A Fire" [4a])
A5 ("Set A Fire" [4a])
G5 ("Nocturna" [2], "Shards" [2])
F♯5 ("Fighting Fate" [2])
D3 ("Clean" [3], "Stand Up" [2])
C♯3 ("Inner Whore [2])
C3 ("Mistaken" [2], "Path of Least Resistance" [4])
B2 ("Utter Descension" [2][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.
a. These notes honestly may just be my imagination- or I could be generous and call it an implied harmony. Either way, they might turn up in the choruses of this song, but I genuinely suspect it's me hearing things.
[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 ("Set A Fire" [4a])
A5 ("Set A Fire" [4a])
G5 ("Nocturna" [2], "Shards" [2])
F♯5 ("Fighting Fate" [2])
D3 ("Clean" [3], "Stand Up" [2])
C♯3 ("Inner Whore [2])
C3 ("Mistaken" [2], "Path of Least Resistance" [4])
B2 ("Utter Descension" [2][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.
a. These notes honestly may just be my imagination- or I could be generous and call it an implied harmony. Either way, they might turn up in the choruses of this song, but I genuinely suspect it's me hearing things.
[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.
{Album Ranges}Solo:
In the Beginning There Was... (2000): E♭3-F5
Never Alone (EP) (2000): Note - Note
Windows (2008): C♯3-E5
With Aina:
Days of Rising Doom (2003): Note - Note
With HDK:
System Overload (2008): Note -G5 (unfinished, tracks 1-3) (most of her vocals on this album consist of whispers layered in the mix)
Serenades of the Netherworld (2014): Note - Note
With Kiske/Somerville:
Kiske/Somerville (2010): E♭3-F♯5
City of Heroes (2015): F3-G5
(note that whether or not the highest/lowest notes on this album were underlined or not has not been noted, since so much of the singing is done in harmonies.)
With Trillium:
Alloy (2011): C3-C6
Tectonic (2018): D3-G5-G♯5
With Exit Eden:
Rhapsodies in Black (2017): Note - Note
In the Beginning There Was... (2000): E♭3-F5
Never Alone (EP) (2000): Note - Note
Windows (2008): C♯3-E5
With Aina:
Days of Rising Doom (2003): Note - Note
With HDK:
System Overload (2008): Note -G5 (unfinished, tracks 1-3) (most of her vocals on this album consist of whispers layered in the mix)
Serenades of the Netherworld (2014): Note - Note
With Kiske/Somerville:
Kiske/Somerville (2010): E♭3-F♯5
City of Heroes (2015): F3-G5
(note that whether or not the highest/lowest notes on this album were underlined or not has not been noted, since so much of the singing is done in harmonies.)
With Trillium:
Alloy (2011): C3-C6
Tectonic (2018): D3-G5-G♯5
With Exit Eden:
Rhapsodies in Black (2017): Note - Note
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Underlines mark notes that are obscured in the song mix.
Italics mark non-melodic notes.
