Where'd you get that fast vibrato, Eleanor? I absolutely love it! Most people have slow vibratos at 6 pitch-variations per second, and to me that's too slow. Any vibrato lower than 6.25 pitch variations per second I consider an inferior vibrato. Yes, it's fast, but I can still count them (like you can count 32nd notes). Your vibrato is 7.5 or even faster, and the pitch actually varies quite a bit, which I love. If you listen to the 13-year-old Laura Bretan, this is one of the fastest yet deepest vibrato I've heard, coming in at dead-on 8 pitch variations per second. However, Cecilia Bartoli and Joyce DiDonato have the same type of vibrato. Though Snow White in the 1930's had a 10 vibrato. But on top of that your vibrato also has a slight volume variation to it, which gives a real dimention to your voice that I just love. You can also hear a friend of mine Cecelia Brady's volume vibrato if you click on my name you'll be directed to my channel. Even so, Cecelia has 6.5 vibrato. But take note that I'm a bagpiper, not a singer. In bagpiping, there's no such thing as air-vibrato, but there is finger vibrato. The faster finger-vibrato a piper has, the more dexterous they are. So this translates to the faster vocal vibrato a girl has, the more beautiful her voice is. Speaking of bagpipes, in Southern Italy they use the Zampogna bagpipes to accompany voices, specially sopranos. I'm going to purchase a few of these unique bagpipes within the next year or so... maybe we could arrange a voice/Zampogna duet! Cool! Here is a traditional bass Zampogna in key of F (soprano chanter, rarely-used sopranina drone, tenor drone and bass chanter) played by a man who is also an operatic tenor: th-cam.com/video/JBDOk1ZH_M0/w-d-xo.html A traditional bass Zampogna in G (soprano chanter, sopranina drone, tenor drone and bass chanter): th-cam.com/video/ZtP4EfUvk7w/w-d-xo.html A traditional soprano Zampogna in high C (soprano chanter, sopranina drone, tenor drone and alto chanter): th-cam.com/video/RASKy7FxfPs/w-d-xo.html And a collection of tunes on a contemporary tenor Zampogna in G (soprano chanter, tenor chanter and bass chanter, no sopranina): th-cam.com/channels/THkjd_79EMV-WBa5c2gHlw.html The tenor Zampogna is usually in the key of G, often played together with both a bass Zampogna in the same key and Ciaramelli which is the wife of the Zampogna, see here for a bass Zampogna, tenor Zampogna and Ciaramella: th-cam.com/video/dNcRNM-D3EQ/w-d-xo.html Often the Zampogna is the accompaniment to a soprano in traditional rustic Southern Italian music, the soprano will usually play ciaramella as well as sing, alternatively a tenor will usually play the Ciaramella and sing: th-cam.com/video/fv13sAvvbeA/w-d-xo.html By the way, there are several other singing voices I know you'll also really like. Some of these are in my liked videos, except for the last one Cecelia Brady. And all of the recordings, including the ones that aren't findable anymore, are in a big collection of amazing female voices I have entirely in MP3 format. Just feel free to ask me for the download link for that collection... you're in there! What they all have in common is a faster vibrato compared to the majority of singers. Thing is, too many opera singers grow up listening to slow vibratos from their teachers and unconsciously think that a slow vibrato is correct, not to mention of course not having the vocal agility for a fast vibrato given to them just by developing a trill. This is why there are only 30 or so opera singers that I've come across that sound good... including you! Not to mention jazz as well... again, I'm not a singer at all, just a bagpiper. Here are only a very few of the TH-cams of 185 or so amazing singers in my big collection: Cecilia Bartoli - professional coloratura soprano: th-cam.com/video/Idk5semjcco/w-d-xo.html th-cam.com/video/-Hlk8EDA02M/w-d-xo.html Nikki Yanofsky - young jazz scat singer: th-cam.com/video/LUMWif6IFWk/w-d-xo.html Abby Riccards - jazz: th-cam.com/video/VWsDEt-sCgM/w-d-xo.html th-cam.com/video/XVxKt-vid4I/w-d-xo.html th-cam.com/video/bLxPYPlJuVU/w-d-xo.html th-cam.com/video/lBZ2OKFSJQQ/w-d-xo.html th-cam.com/video/vagJR4qE3Bw/w-d-xo.html th-cam.com/video/maYzE_BTgnQ/w-d-xo.html Regina Zabos - jazz: th-cam.com/video/l0r0-DgG4FA/w-d-xo.html Sarah Brightman, 1988 (her vibrato has been slower since then): th-cam.com/video/LSoohKgaB4Q/w-d-xo.html Laura Bretan - my favorite young opera singer until recently when her vibrato too slowed down to a serious crawl: th-cam.com/video/JRE0OJBLjIQ/w-d-xo.html th-cam.com/video/rhZXEW5PhjI/w-d-xo.html th-cam.com/video/0h2jUYOvWxE/w-d-xo.html Jennifer Sgroe - opera: th-cam.com/video/TEMRzMvMxa0/w-d-xo.html Darina Kirilko (from Ukraine) - jazz: th-cam.com/video/bnLZLaI-ZE0/w-d-xo.html Shana Doyle - opera: th-cam.com/video/waoRi7Tk4oM/w-d-xo.html th-cam.com/video/7fWAa6ip7KU/w-d-xo.html Abby Becker - opera: th-cam.com/video/AWdioT1CsFo/w-d-xo.html th-cam.com/video/PNSsUaZDapg/w-d-xo.html th-cam.com/video/7ZbNOQqAe7c/w-d-xo.html Melissa Harrison - Musical Theater: th-cam.com/video/RTbpckGfHxM/w-d-xo.html th-cam.com/video/WsJ8cxF81H4/w-d-xo.html Donna Coquila - jazz: th-cam.com/video/83MsbKpwJpM/w-d-xo.html Becca Chii (from Korea) - Musical Theater: th-cam.com/video/-dxx3y8LJ4g/w-d-xo.html Hayley Marie Harder - Musical Theater, jazz and opera: th-cam.com/video/3_dGUIFrMNU/w-d-xo.html th-cam.com/video/QxbEjjEcv0c/w-d-xo.html th-cam.com/video/_v-VdVkh_QE/w-d-xo.html Kate Reynolds - opera: th-cam.com/video/1tN5yD7uNKo/w-d-xo.html Hannah Lee - opera th-cam.com/video/3idzCGi4atk/w-d-xo.html Abby Linig - opera: th-cam.com/video/c6xjCITy_Gw/w-d-xo.html th-cam.com/video/Um4pTmnsADQ/w-d-xo.html Emily Rice - Theater: th-cam.com/video/T62CZkDTS2c/w-d-xo.html Merissa Beddows - 12 years old, opera: th-cam.com/video/NlcrBsi_A6w/w-d-xo.html Julia Perry - musical theater, jazz: th-cam.com/video/UkbB2l-Gl40/w-d-xo.html th-cam.com/video/WTvky4D2Qwc/w-d-xo.html th-cam.com/video/jlAq0tYtTeg/w-d-xo.html Bri Ray - musical theater: th-cam.com/video/4cxwWIK4e1c/w-d-xo.html th-cam.com/video/V2vT1oQ2LFE/w-d-xo.html Nicola Klein - musical theater, opera: th-cam.com/video/JEJiRjbXZCo/w-d-xo.html th-cam.com/video/0EyBE_M2SaE/w-d-xo.html th-cam.com/video/m1-bYU1H54g/w-d-xo.html th-cam.com/video/tS33gs31Tpg/w-d-xo.html Finally - my recording of opera singer Cecelia Brady: th-cam.com/video/PJSlo9UeRqI/w-d-xo.html So who's your favorite? Eleanor, your vibrato rocks! Keep your fast vibrato, don't slow it down! Even on your low notes, it's still amazing. If all girls had this vibrato, that would be the best. And again your volume vibrato, just stunning. You also have quite a wide range too. If I were to suggest another piece to cover, it would be "O Mio Babbino Caro" for sure. There are at least 14 versions of this piece that I love, primarily just because their vibratos are relatively fast, which few opera singers unfortunately have.
Where'd you get that fast vibrato, Eleanor? I absolutely love it! Most people have slow vibratos at 6 pitch-variations per second, and to me that's too slow. Any vibrato lower than 6.25 pitch variations per second I consider an inferior vibrato. Yes, it's fast, but I can still count them (like you can count 32nd notes). Your vibrato is 7.5 or even faster, and the pitch actually varies quite a bit, which I love. If you listen to the 13-year-old Laura Bretan, this is one of the fastest yet deepest vibrato I've heard, coming in at dead-on 8 pitch variations per second. However, Cecilia Bartoli and Joyce DiDonato have the same type of vibrato. Though Snow White in the 1930's had a 10 vibrato. But on top of that your vibrato also has a slight volume variation to it, which gives a real dimention to your voice that I just love. You can also hear a friend of mine Cecelia Brady's volume vibrato if you click on my name you'll be directed to my channel. Even so, Cecelia has 6.5 vibrato.
But take note that I'm a bagpiper, not a singer. In bagpiping, there's no such thing as air-vibrato, but there is finger vibrato. The faster finger-vibrato a piper has, the more dexterous they are. So this translates to the faster vocal vibrato a girl has, the more beautiful her voice is.
Speaking of bagpipes, in Southern Italy they use the Zampogna bagpipes to accompany voices, specially sopranos. I'm going to purchase a few of these unique bagpipes within the next year or so... maybe we could arrange a voice/Zampogna duet! Cool! Here is a traditional bass Zampogna in key of F (soprano chanter, rarely-used sopranina drone, tenor drone and bass chanter) played by a man who is also an operatic tenor:
th-cam.com/video/JBDOk1ZH_M0/w-d-xo.html
A traditional bass Zampogna in G (soprano chanter, sopranina drone, tenor drone and bass chanter):
th-cam.com/video/ZtP4EfUvk7w/w-d-xo.html
A traditional soprano Zampogna in high C (soprano chanter, sopranina drone, tenor drone and alto chanter):
th-cam.com/video/RASKy7FxfPs/w-d-xo.html
And a collection of tunes on a contemporary tenor Zampogna in G (soprano chanter, tenor chanter and bass chanter, no sopranina):
th-cam.com/channels/THkjd_79EMV-WBa5c2gHlw.html
The tenor Zampogna is usually in the key of G, often played together with both a bass Zampogna in the same key and Ciaramelli which is the wife of the Zampogna, see here for a bass Zampogna, tenor Zampogna and Ciaramella:
th-cam.com/video/dNcRNM-D3EQ/w-d-xo.html
Often the Zampogna is the accompaniment to a soprano in traditional rustic Southern Italian music, the soprano will usually play ciaramella as well as sing, alternatively a tenor will usually play the Ciaramella and sing:
th-cam.com/video/fv13sAvvbeA/w-d-xo.html
By the way, there are several other singing voices I know you'll also really like. Some of these are in my liked videos, except for the last one Cecelia Brady. And all of the recordings, including the ones that aren't findable anymore, are in a big collection of amazing female voices I have entirely in MP3 format. Just feel free to ask me for the download link for that collection... you're in there! What they all have in common is a faster vibrato compared to the majority of singers. Thing is, too many opera singers grow up listening to slow vibratos from their teachers and unconsciously think that a slow vibrato is correct, not to mention of course not having the vocal agility for a fast vibrato given to them just by developing a trill. This is why there are only 30 or so opera singers that I've come across that sound good... including you! Not to mention jazz as well... again, I'm not a singer at all, just a bagpiper. Here are only a very few of the TH-cams of 185 or so amazing singers in my big collection:
Cecilia Bartoli - professional coloratura soprano:
th-cam.com/video/Idk5semjcco/w-d-xo.html
th-cam.com/video/-Hlk8EDA02M/w-d-xo.html
Nikki Yanofsky - young jazz scat singer:
th-cam.com/video/LUMWif6IFWk/w-d-xo.html
Abby Riccards - jazz:
th-cam.com/video/VWsDEt-sCgM/w-d-xo.html
th-cam.com/video/XVxKt-vid4I/w-d-xo.html
th-cam.com/video/bLxPYPlJuVU/w-d-xo.html
th-cam.com/video/lBZ2OKFSJQQ/w-d-xo.html
th-cam.com/video/vagJR4qE3Bw/w-d-xo.html
th-cam.com/video/maYzE_BTgnQ/w-d-xo.html
Regina Zabos - jazz:
th-cam.com/video/l0r0-DgG4FA/w-d-xo.html
Sarah Brightman, 1988 (her vibrato has been slower since then):
th-cam.com/video/LSoohKgaB4Q/w-d-xo.html
Laura Bretan - my favorite young opera singer until recently when her vibrato too slowed down to a serious crawl:
th-cam.com/video/JRE0OJBLjIQ/w-d-xo.html
th-cam.com/video/rhZXEW5PhjI/w-d-xo.html
th-cam.com/video/0h2jUYOvWxE/w-d-xo.html
Jennifer Sgroe - opera:
th-cam.com/video/TEMRzMvMxa0/w-d-xo.html
Darina Kirilko (from Ukraine) - jazz:
th-cam.com/video/bnLZLaI-ZE0/w-d-xo.html
Shana Doyle - opera:
th-cam.com/video/waoRi7Tk4oM/w-d-xo.html
th-cam.com/video/7fWAa6ip7KU/w-d-xo.html
Abby Becker - opera:
th-cam.com/video/AWdioT1CsFo/w-d-xo.html
th-cam.com/video/PNSsUaZDapg/w-d-xo.html
th-cam.com/video/7ZbNOQqAe7c/w-d-xo.html
Melissa Harrison - Musical Theater:
th-cam.com/video/RTbpckGfHxM/w-d-xo.html
th-cam.com/video/WsJ8cxF81H4/w-d-xo.html
Donna Coquila - jazz:
th-cam.com/video/83MsbKpwJpM/w-d-xo.html
Becca Chii (from Korea) - Musical Theater:
th-cam.com/video/-dxx3y8LJ4g/w-d-xo.html
Hayley Marie Harder - Musical Theater, jazz and opera:
th-cam.com/video/3_dGUIFrMNU/w-d-xo.html
th-cam.com/video/QxbEjjEcv0c/w-d-xo.html
th-cam.com/video/_v-VdVkh_QE/w-d-xo.html
Kate Reynolds - opera:
th-cam.com/video/1tN5yD7uNKo/w-d-xo.html
Hannah Lee - opera
th-cam.com/video/3idzCGi4atk/w-d-xo.html
Abby Linig - opera:
th-cam.com/video/c6xjCITy_Gw/w-d-xo.html
th-cam.com/video/Um4pTmnsADQ/w-d-xo.html
Emily Rice - Theater:
th-cam.com/video/T62CZkDTS2c/w-d-xo.html
Merissa Beddows - 12 years old, opera:
th-cam.com/video/NlcrBsi_A6w/w-d-xo.html
Julia Perry - musical theater, jazz:
th-cam.com/video/UkbB2l-Gl40/w-d-xo.html
th-cam.com/video/WTvky4D2Qwc/w-d-xo.html
th-cam.com/video/jlAq0tYtTeg/w-d-xo.html
Bri Ray - musical theater:
th-cam.com/video/4cxwWIK4e1c/w-d-xo.html
th-cam.com/video/V2vT1oQ2LFE/w-d-xo.html
Nicola Klein - musical theater, opera:
th-cam.com/video/JEJiRjbXZCo/w-d-xo.html
th-cam.com/video/0EyBE_M2SaE/w-d-xo.html
th-cam.com/video/m1-bYU1H54g/w-d-xo.html
th-cam.com/video/tS33gs31Tpg/w-d-xo.html
Finally - my recording of opera singer Cecelia Brady:
th-cam.com/video/PJSlo9UeRqI/w-d-xo.html
So who's your favorite?
Eleanor, your vibrato rocks! Keep your fast vibrato, don't slow it down! Even on your low notes, it's still amazing. If all girls had this vibrato, that would be the best. And again your volume vibrato, just stunning. You also have quite a wide range too. If I were to suggest another piece to cover, it would be "O Mio Babbino Caro" for sure. There are at least 14 versions of this piece that I love, primarily just because their vibratos are relatively fast, which few opera singers unfortunately have.