Comments on: Pop Music and Vocal Range http://www.mcmains.net/2009/10/27/pop-music-and-vocal-range/ Come for the words, stay for the...HEY! Come back! Tue, 20 Dec 2011 04:04:01 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 By: Sean McMains http://www.mcmains.net/2009/10/27/pop-music-and-vocal-range/comment-page-1/#comment-88463 Sean McMains Tue, 03 Nov 2009 17:00:45 +0000 http://www.mcmains.net/?p=1269#comment-88463 Well, it's been a week. Time to declare a winner. In first place, with a sharp hat and a 2 and a 5th octave range, Jason Young, singing "Take on Me" by A-Ha! In second, the polymath Greg Pierce and his haunting 2 octave rendition of "Crying" by Roy Orbison. Running up, we have the inimitable Barry Brake with his octave and a half version of "The Star Spangled Banner" (play ball!) and Chris Morris and Jonatha Brooke's lovely duet, "Is This All". (Go buy Chris' new CD, by the way:http://pianoalbum.us/) Jason, the monkeys will be flying your prize out to you shortly. Thanks to all for playing. It was fun! Well, it’s been a week. Time to declare a winner.

In first place, with a sharp hat and a 2 and a 5th octave range, Jason Young, singing “Take on Me” by A-Ha!

In second, the polymath Greg Pierce and his haunting 2 octave rendition of “Crying” by Roy Orbison.

Running up, we have the inimitable Barry Brake with his octave and a half version of “The Star Spangled Banner” (play ball!) and Chris Morris and Jonatha Brooke’s lovely duet, “Is This All”. (Go buy Chris’ new CD, by the way:http://pianoalbum.us/)

Jason, the monkeys will be flying your prize out to you shortly.

Thanks to all for playing. It was fun!

]]> By: Mark McFail http://www.mcmains.net/2009/10/27/pop-music-and-vocal-range/comment-page-1/#comment-88285 Mark McFail Fri, 30 Oct 2009 03:39:40 +0000 http://www.mcmains.net/?p=1269#comment-88285 Ian Gillan from Deep Purple comes to mind..."Child in Time" shows his vocal range to be at least a high C... Ian Gillan from Deep Purple comes to mind…”Child in Time” shows his vocal range to be at least a high C…

]]> By: Greg Pierce http://www.mcmains.net/2009/10/27/pop-music-and-vocal-range/comment-page-1/#comment-88186 Greg Pierce Tue, 27 Oct 2009 17:23:45 +0000 http://www.mcmains.net/?p=1269#comment-88186 Roy Orbison immediately jumps to mind. Google tells me "Crying" is an F#3-F#5 vocal range...and I'm not sure that's the broadest range of one of his melodies. That, I would say is pure melody as well, not just vocal acrobatics, which I assume are not being counted. Roy Orbison immediately jumps to mind. Google tells me “Crying” is an F#3-F#5 vocal range…and I’m not sure that’s the broadest range of one of his melodies. That, I would say is pure melody as well, not just vocal acrobatics, which I assume are not being counted.

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