Whitney Houston: Supported Vocal Range (At her best) 

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The best head Voice

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The greatest

*THE BEST

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This video also proves that her gospel jaw is completely for show as she used vibrato with and without it.

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MrSkinnyJeanz3 yaass! I love wen she does lil Adlibs like that

What was the song from 9:52 to 10:08

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Same

@@evil8569 At 9:52 is _So emotional_ and I don't know 10:08

And resonance IMO

@@blogistuff4383 shes had great resonance but Celine Dion and Lara Fabian are th Queen of Resonance

@@bestvocalsbyvocalists849 no whiteny is best

@@bestvocalsbyvocalists849 Lara is the queen of resonance Celine Dion queen of headmix upper belts MC is the queen of whistles Whitney Houston is THE VOICE It's hard to categorize Whitney's voice CHEST to HEAD she's all unmatched in those crucial facets of voice Power and breath control OMG 😳

@@Swahili14 So what's wrong abt my comment?lol Celine,Lara,Barbra have the best resonance.

Tem muitos vídeos que ela foi até A#6 e já fazendo estaccato f#7

I really don't hear the "Spinto" in her voice. The early Whitney is clearly Light Lyric Soprano and the Prime Whitney Full Lyric, but real Spinto I can't hear from her.

She was a spinto in her prime. Her voice was too dark and her volume output was too big to be a lyric.

I wasn't talking about 1983 or very early Whitney. I'm talking about Whitney from 1987 and beyond she was in fact a spinto soprano.

Sorry but I don't hear "Spinto" (which is Italian for "pushed Lyric" which in English just means Full lyric) nor do I hear a Soprano. If anything, the voice can be called a Dugazon (another name for Light Lyric Contralto) -- Light and highly lyrical, with an utmost and unusual ease in rapid, fioritura passages or as we call in pop music "Melissimas", having a small to medium size amplitude, warm but light middle voice, colorful low register, middle tessitura with a high extension (for Whitney, she extended to a C#6). Her most powerful part of her voice was the middle range -- her mid range to upper belts (Bb4 to C#5/D5), anything after that was shrill and out of place.Though I honestly believe her vocal range is mezzo-soprano and other places have concluded that she is that as well. In fact long before she died a musicologist for pop music declared her voice to be a mezzo-soprano as well. Her operatic comparison would be Cecilia Bartoli. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE--HlaS-YhcfY.html

deadwalke You’ve continuously made the effort to try and prove Whitney to be something other than what she clearly is. I’ve seen you on multiple occasions and throughout a span of multiple years and on various videos. Give it a fucking rest already you fucking wack ass. She was a spinto soprano in her prime, based on ACCURATE (not ignorant/biased vocal analysis). Either you don’t know her voice at all, or your purposefully attributing incorrect characteristics to her.

i like her F5s than her Es tbh

Kayhaan Meer 2 different voice types so yeah...

Kay M something was wrong with Mariah’s mic.

I swear people hear what they want to hear. Nippy is a spinto, Mariah is a light lyric and uses different mic (also holds it further from her face), because some mics don't catch her airy tones well. Even including that, she didn't drown out Mimi, you can clearly hear them both, because Carey also has an exquisite skill in projecting and writers were smart enough to give her the higher, more piercing parts. Objectively, whether you like her tone and style, Mariah did a better job singing this particular song live, Whitney was more throaty and hoarse and her runs were very messy. Overall, they are equally good vocalists for different reasons, have different strengths and weaknesses. Mariah has better taste in runs, coloratura skills and better lows, and even without her beautiful whistle extends further up and down, while Whitney has a more even scale, best hv in the game, excellent dynamics and transitions from chest to head. As far as technical flaws go, Mariah abuses airy singing, while Whitney uses jaw vibrato, both get a bit too chesty in their belts sometimes.

Kay M something was wrong with Mimi’s mic lmao

Whitney’s microphone was obviously louder. In the other performance of this song - they sounded at the same volume.

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@BlackMamba Ok, I already corrected it👍

(A1) - A2 - A5(B♭5) - C♯6(G6) - (F7) ( )=notes not officially counts in her vocal range 3 octaves, 2 tones and 1 semitone

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Thank you! You're so sweet, and yeah! I'm currently working on Celine's video :)

Edgar Cárdenas hello,,to city paris french...when celine dion you re do video...

please when celine?? ^^

Exactly

Christina fan agreed

Davide Orsini well thought ariana could support at least f5 since her voice sits up there...

C heart No one dragged whitney so why drag ariana

@@devinjm007 because ariana fans always seem to throw shade towards whitney

C heart Really? i’ve never seen that.. ariana’s fans love whitney and so does ariana herself

C heart The person who made the comment and I are two examples

Is Mariah.

@@Reikyellah you spelled "whitney houston" wrong.

Gray sang I didn’t spell it at all. I spelled MARIAH.

Gray sang she’s not . Mariah is wbk. 💅🏾

@@Reikyellah no

i'd say G#3-F#5/G5-C6 but yup.

Consistently : G3 - G5 - C#6 Inconsistently : D3 - G#5 - C#6

@@graysang5386 C6 definitely not consistent it's grainy and a bit shrill maybe B5 is the most accurate

@@ingropetinal3915 The times she belted G5’s during her prime, you don’t even know! Don’t forget that we have a really small portion of her live performances during her prime. Few shows from TBG and backward. Most of them have a bad audio. She has several good C#6’s and a marvellous run starting from Eb6, supported and all.

More like G3 - F#5 - B5

Chaîne Inactive can you send me the link?

She doesn't support anything below F3

@ohhh hhh it wasn't even supported it's shrill and airy

ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-JaQWncNSmUg.html Is a D3 supported

@@henriquecordeiro2891 nopee

@Stargate Messiah Yes I saw that interview!!!

in I Wanna Dance With Somebody, in Brunei, she hits a A6-G♯6's

@@henriquecordeiro2891 A6 is higher than G6

kayteeelle makes me kinda feel like she is overrated. She just had amazing belts and a beautiful head voice.

Edward Wheeler Yikes 😳. I wouldn't go that far lol, Whitney had a position and had to play it at all times...which was almost like a straitjacket for her tbh.

@@edwardwheeler197 Overrated? No. Lows are cool but not all that. Mid's and head >>>

Stephy I prefer a well developed voice. Lows are just as important as highs to ME. Aretha had them BOTH!!!!

@@edwardwheeler197 Aretha is a better technical vocalist. She's a mezzo in the rare form.

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I mean, you can't really prevent your larynx from lowering as you go low. That's just how vocal anatomy works. Unless you are lowering your larynx so much that you can't resonate properly, then that's alright.

Such a soprano

There are not gaps. She was much more consistent than Mariah up there.

TayTay BeyNippy you love negatively bringing up Mariah don’t you 🤨. First of all Whitney’s upper chest mix was WAY too chesty especially for a once was soprano, so no she does not give Mariah nor Aretha a run for their money, Aretha has one of the best mixes if not the best mix in upper belts in pop music. Mariah was much more resonant in upper belts than Whitney & had a better mix. Like bye stick to standing Beyoncé overrated ass 😂.

1)Mariah's inconsistent upper register has been right there staring at you since ever!!Strained F5's & F#5's and 3 G5's and 0 G#5! 2)Whitney maintains the same huge column of sound from top to bottom.As i said,she does not drop support and resonance along the way.She beats her in terms of resonance and consistency.The technique Whitney used WORKED FOR HER!!She is THE VOICE FOR A REASON!And her technique offered her consistently support and resonance .... Do you get that? 3)Whitney belted 5X more G5's and G#5 than Mariah!!!I am talking about live perfromances.This is the real test.Mariah had 0 G5's during the first years of her prime!How can she be better than Whitney?lol Let's see. Mariah's upper register. -ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-MZlNXH8KN3o.html @2:27 undubbed version.Weak F5's.She fixed them later on! @2:34 "just look over your shoulder " F5's are not supported.!! @3:38 "No,no" F5's are not supported!! @2:44 "No" F5 is not supported. @2:57 Whipped,weak F5's. @3:17 ???? Please. @5:41 She fixec by adding G#5 ... .... ... ... She never hit that note live! @7:18 @7,20 @7:23 Super strained F#5... @7:27 same there,@7:37 super strained,small F#5!@7:44 ? lol @8:07 strained F#5.@9:11 strained. Finally, F#5's at 9:56 - at 11:03 But at 11:39 that F#5 ...at 12:13 As you can see and hear,She is not better than Whitney,Patti Labelle,Minica Naranjo,Aretha,SoHyang,Natalie Cole,Lisa Fischer,Lara Fabian and so many others ABOVE Eb5! Mariah had issues on an F5! during the first years of her prime!She was more off than on!That live performance at the Grammys was amazing,but most of her live performances were off.Weak F#5's,no G5's till 1994 and 0 G#5's!!!! Also,Beyonce has a superior volume control,lower register & head voice. Thank you.:)

*Mariah was much more resonant in upper belts than Whitney* The little bird next to the Spinto? Whitney's resonance in the upper register is superior. - ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-MZlNXH8KN3o.html ??? And you can not have superior resonance when you drop support!

Pedro jorge Pedro jorge okay well i see you think you’re a vocal expert from watching a few performances on RU-vid. 1) Whitney does not have resonance above F#5, while she retain some tonal quality & her support is questionable at times but her vibrato makes it seem like she is always supporting even when she’s not. 2) Whitney is a soprano & using a chesty mix above Eb5 & that’s can be harmful to a soprano voice. 3) Mariah strained in her debut, 1994-1996, she was FAR superior to Whitney in upper belts because she had a lot more resonance & a lot more ease as well as used a healthier mix. 3) Whitney uses a larynx vibrato, she moves her larynx up & down in prefer to create her vibrato & on top of that used her jaw as a dramatic affect which can add unnecessary jaw tension when singing. 4) Whitney lower register was horrible, her Lowe register is inaudible without a microphone compare to Mariah’s & while Mariah’s wasn’t much better it was superior to Whitney’s lower register. 5) Whitney does NOT have more resonance than Mariah. Mariah has more resonance than Whitney in the upper register. 6) Mariah has more agility, resonance, better upper belts than. Beyoncé & Whitney. Thank you 😬

pls link the performance i been waiting to find itt

it's from Don't Cry For Me :P

It’s from a charity event for AIDS in 1994. Hey does some of the notes seem off to u? Like not Whitney. Like the labeling of the notes. Some are a lil inconsistent

Jymmi Rachael 8:14 sounds like an Eb5

I like Whitney Very much but Tay is not talentless -____-

Christian Jaramillo rather please take away Selena Gomez!

Christian Jaramillo dumbass, Taylor isn't even a vocalist and of course Whitney is miles away

Christian Jaramillo why are you wishing death on someone else?

Taylor is a master lyricist!

Its the ease and power for me.

All notes in 5th octave aren't full chest, they are mixed. It's just her mix is chest dominant.

@@graysang5386 in real her mixed voice it's balanced/chesty balanced.

@@lipro9575 i agree, but she's leaning more on chesty balanced though.

@@graysang5386 Those were full chest belts not mix, Whitney rarely mixed. You can hear as she ascends the sound and quality remain the same from G4-G5.

@@graysang5386 Whitney doesnt mix

Mợ Whit sup consistent tới F5 thôi, F#5 và G5 mình thấy bị high larynx

@@hanhnguyenthi8003 đúng thật , Whitney supported note cao nhất là đến F5 nhưng về head voice thì phải nói là amazing

@@hanhnguyenthi8003 because her chest voice goes to g#5…. so she wont be able to do too much past that in chest voice

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Thank you so much. I’m just looking up a song for practising.

Thiện Mai Chí Your welcome! And good luck!

so emotional

huge sound difference but the resonanceeee

One Dollar Bleach First one is All at once from 1987 Italy and second one is How will I know

6:22 Didn't We Almost Have It All, Argentina 1994 8:37 Didn't We Almost Have It All, 1988

@@henriquecordeiro2891 I already know where they’re from now but thx anyway. And btw I think the DWAHIA performance is from 1988

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dario sassaroli G3 - G5 - C6, in short.

@@SuperPianogirl123 wow, she can support G5????

Gray sings She did once. Consistently she has E5/F5.

@@SuperPianogirl123 Still incredible. Probably, mix and pushing are only her main issues. I'm getting interested on her

SuperPianogirl123 The C6 is from ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-oPRc11pYCqg.html And doesn’t she have few F#3s too?

F3 - F5 - C#6 Her F#5 and G5’s were too tight. Some were free, but not supported. Unless she has some good F#5/G5’s not listed in this video (which is completely possible). The C#6 here was just free/relaxed, but I do believe she has a supported C#6.

I think she was consistent with F#3/G3 - Eb5 - B5

its only one note😭

I think so!

Edgar Cárdenas okay, I'm excited for the Beyoncé one! Btw could you do one for Natalie Weiss?

Edgar Cárdenas add some of Beyoncé's Coachella performance notes

How. Please explain

@@johanbrisbon6539 No need for an explanation when you have ears, 9:21 sounds nasal and 9:19 doesn't

@@TheInsaneBEAST1 But isnt 9:19 and 9:21 from the same performance

@@johanbrisbon6539 I meant to say 8:56 and 9:21, mistype lol

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so emotional, love will save the day, saving all my love for you 10:07 a quiet place