> I hear many singers tell me they have 4 or 5 octaves voices. Do > most singers have that many octaves or are they counting wrong?
Mythology. They're counting wrong. Seems like a lot of people make that mistake. From middle C to high C is 2 octaves, not 3. To have 4 or 5 octaves is pretty much a physical impossibility, with a few exceptions, such as a singer who can sing in the flageolet register up to C above high C, which would be 3 octaves.
> > Anyway, someone was telling me, that they're a trained singer and > that they know vocal classifications. So they said that Celine Dion > was a dramatic soprano. I really don't think she has that dark > timbre to be a dramatic soprano. Even when she does vocal exercises > that has opera overtones, she doesn't sound dramatic either.
ROFL! Ridiculous. Birgit Nilsson is a dramatic soprano. Celine Dion is a soprano of some unclassified type because you can't classify a voice that isn't evenly produced and lined up. If I had to guess, I'd place her in the miscellaneous lyric soprano category. She does nice things with phrases and seems musical and is one of the few singers who actually *sing* right now in popular music, so I give her lots of credit. I wish I had her bank account. :-)
> I'm > thinking this person doesn't really know what they're talking about.
I'm thinking you're right!
Gina
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