From: owner-basia-digest@smoe.org (basia-digest) To: basia-digest@smoe.org Subject: basia-digest V6 #67 Reply-To: basia@smoe.org Sender: owner-basia-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-basia-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk X-To-Unsubscribe: Send mail to "basia-digest-request@smoe.org" X-To-Unsubscribe: with "unsubscribe" as the body. basia-digest Friday, August 17 2001 Volume 06 : Number 067 Today's Subjects: ----------------- RE: Four octaves so far ["Jeff Abrams" ] Re: Vocalise ["Navaira" ] Sheet Music [Lipman_Larry ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Thu, 16 Aug 2001 03:32:28 -0400 From: "Jeff Abrams" Subject: RE: Four octaves so far I presume by ""E" two octaves above middle C" and the subsequent F# you mention refers to F#6. Therefore, a "4 octave range" would require that her lowest note attained be F#2. I can assure you, she has never sung an F#2. F#2 is the bottom of my range and I'm a baritone. The lowest note I have found by casual research is somewhere in "Drunk on Love where she sings an F#3. It didn't sound like it was the absolute bottom of her range, but I doubt she could go more than a minor third below that - a far cry from an additional octave. However, the F#6 doesn't sound like the top of her range, either. I think that she could probably attain A6 without over-singing or entering and "falsetto" range. So, this puts her range at a thus far "proven" 3 octaves and a potential tritone beyond that for her extremes. Oops. Just noticed your update. The lyric "Oliwkowe drzewo moze spelnic twe marzenia". That note is not E2, it is E3 - the E just below middle C (C3) - --- Jeff Abrams clavier@bellatlantic.net SUPERCHARGED 2.5 liter 1993 Mazda MX-3 GS http://www.mazdamaniac.com Normally aspirated 1997 Mazda MX-5 Miata For centuries, people thought the moon was made of green cheese. Then the astronauts found that the moon is really a big hard rock. That's what happens to cheese when you leave it out. - -----Original Message----- From: owner-basia@smoe.org [mailto:owner-basia@smoe.org]On Behalf Of tom,kelly&jordan Sent: Tuesday, August 14, 2001 6:08 PM To: basia@smoe.org Subject: Four octaves so far Hello all, I've been listening to alot of Basia recently to find the highest and lowest notes that she sings. There is a lot of material to cover and it is rather difficult to listen to the pieces armed with a peak pitch mentality. In the Song "Drunk on love" at locater position 3:10 she hits an "E" two octaves above middle C and during the trumpet duet at 4:28 she does it again. That is way the hell up there. Now during my three beer analysis I noted that she does indeed peek even higher than that in the smash hit "Time and tide" at marker 2:58, hitting a remarkable "F#" a whole step above the "E". I dare anybody to to que up that song and try an hit it without going into falsetto. It is very possible the Basia is mimicking the sound of the berimba on the song "From now on" Band mix which is also a high "F" and that same berimba sound can be heard on the early Matt Bianco songs. Hmmmm..... As far as the lowest pitch i am still working on that . This may fall into a grey zone because the song "Give me that" has a very low, male-sounding "Give me that" which I am guessing is her voice running through An "Eventide Harmonizer" or if you will an "evn-rude harmenteaser". The Harmonizer is a pitch based device used to adjust an input signals pitch. You could use it to sound like the Chipmunks or like Darth Vader. I sampled that to my deck to try and pitch-up that male like voice but was unable to finish the task. So i'll keep at it. Tom Update; Olivetree 4:17 Low "E" way low "E". Two E's below middle C. So Basia's voice as far as I can tell is OVER FOUR OCTAVES!! not bad. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 16 Aug 2001 10:28:11 +0200 From: "Navaira" Subject: Re: Vocalise > Like she was straining before, and her vocal training > changed the way she used her voice so it was more > naturally reaching the notes. Something like that. > Sheesh, I wish I was better equipped with my sources > this time. :-( > > - --Leslie, 1/2 octave and froglike > Make international calls for as low as $.04/minute with Yahoo! Messenger Sheesh. I need a vocal trainer. I have a scale of four octaves too, by the way, only with an octave gap in the middle :/ I can do a low bass, I can do falsetto, but the middle range is, like, lost. *trying to think of something more Basia connected and less me connected* Suzanne Vega has a new album out at September 24th. *not very much Basia connected* Oh well, I tried. (-) Ray + find your mescaline at www.navaira.prv.pl ----------------------+ [ number one this week: basement jaxx "romeo" --------------------] ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 16 Aug 2001 21:01:26 -0500 From: Lipman_Larry Subject: Sheet Music Jim, Contact the publisher of the song...the company will be identified in the liner notes. LL At 01:15 AM 8/7/2001 -0400, you wrote: >Date: Mon, 6 Aug 2001 22:57:22 EDT >From: JPovlock@aol.com >Subject: (no subject) > >Hey folks, I need a little help here. I like to play my guitar along with my >favorite bands. I do a very respectable "Baby You're Mine", thank you :) >Over the years, I have bought books with the music in them, so that I can >sound similar to the band. These books often are labeled "piano vocals >chords", as they contain all those features. My problem is this - a lot of >these books are only printed once, and if you are too late, then you're out >of luck. I tried to get a book of a CD that is only three years old and the >owner of the music store I frequent told me the book was out of print >already. Can anyone suggest where on the web I can go to find this kind of >item? If anyone could help me out I would appreciate it - e-mail me off the >list at JPovlock@aol.com. >Thanks in advance. > >Jim P. ------------------------------ End of basia-digest V6 #67 **************************