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Sent: 02 February 2003 08:11
Subject: [vocalist] Question
Correlating to Carey's latest record, in a back edition
> of the Guinness
> Book, Carey is credited with possessing a 7-octave range, meaning she
> is
> able to go from an A2 (eight full-scaled keys below the lowest
> possible note
> on a piano) to a G7#-note without deviating from perfect pitch and
> all in the
> time-span of one breath.
Not commenting on if she really can sing higher than the piano, but A2 is
actually an octave above the lowest note on the piano (that being A1). My
maths works out the above that she has a range of 6 octaves (minus one
semi-tone). Remember that is you can sing from A3 to A4, then that is a
range of 1 octave, not 2. Bearing this in mind, a tenor can sing over 90%
of the operatic repertoire with a range of 2 octaves (C below middle C to C
above middle C). To my mind this puts into perspective this faintly
ridiculous idea that super ranges somehow make a great artist!
Colin Reed, tenor
Newark, UK
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