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Reply #30 posted 03/08/06 3:00am

Illustrator

Payt said:

Astasheiks said:



Yea, whatever it is its High.


it's about 1,57 meters.. or 5 feet something wink

So if Prince wasn't wearing heels,
he wouldn't be allowed on the 'big' amusement park rides
unless he was accompanied by his voice(?).
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Reply #31 posted 03/08/06 11:22am

Ice9sFine

RealMusician said:

Ice9sFine said:

Yeah, RealMusician, I would probably agree with you on "Diamonds and Pearls." The low D is really more of a hint than anything (low D played by bass in line "you will hear me say...that I will never run away..." implies Prince's D). Other than that, the Eb's in the songs you mentioned are about his max (or min, or whatever).

See, I never know whether to take whistle register into account. This Australian guy who sang backups for Mariah Carey could sing every note she could in whistle register, just like she does. He even hit a high B above C alt altissimo (a maj 7th above the piano's highest C!). It was pretty crazy, although it sounded more like radar than anything. I'm pretty sure only bats and dogs could really hear it! His voice was otherwise a baritone-bass, and his lowest note was the C two octaves below middle C (a minor third below Prince's lowest Eb). Techincally, his range would be just short of seven octaves.

That's very extreme. I'm not sure where I heard some sound clips of him before. His name is Adam Lopez, I think. On the same website, I heard that guy, I don't remember his name, but he's one of those Russian Basso Profundo singers, hit a G two and a half octaves below middle C. That was the strangest sound I've ever heard. It was like a growl, but yet still a low G.


Also, check out J.D. Sumner, who used to sing backing vocals with Elvis Presley in the 70's. In the song "Way Down", on the very last note, he sings a C that's actually three octaves below middle C...
[Edited 3/8/06 2:45am]

No kidding!? Now that I've really got to hear!

Reminds of some story/joke kinda thing I heard once:

This famous opera singer was performing in one of Mozart's operas and he hits and sustains a low C. Immediately, one of the audience members shouts out "BRAVO!" exactly one octave below the note the opera singer hit.

Come to think of it, I have no idea what the point of this anecdote was... confused
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