The amazing thing about Whitney's upper mix/belts is how her voice is just as resonant as other high mix/belters but doesn't compromise any tonal quality or power...other singers have to add so much head voice to the mix that the notes sound less powerful, lighter, edgier and more nasal! She really was a gift!
@@accountuser4525 Before that era her upper belts (F#5S) where tense AND INCONSISTENT and she had zero G5S.. Whitney on the under hand really carried the same bulky weight up there...and she did not compromise her timbre...
@@odumosuolusegun2781 For me Mariah has better upper belt technique than Whitney but they are gifted singer rather than technical singer. Both F#5 and F5 often tense but Whitney is more consistent due to great support, watch this th-cam.com/video/aOnoeSK2FGU/w-d-xo.html
Whitney Houston was a masterclass Gold standard Vocalist.simply The Greatest Vocalist of All Time.no one can take her place.there will be only one Whitney never another.
Her voice was out of this world she had such a beautiful voice. Rich thick velvety full clear resonant middle belts and light bright and resonant with some velvety texture but crystal clear upper belts when she reaches about D5
She sounds yhe same wish people would understand her voice sounded so off because 1 she was actually raspy but 2 she sang her songs in lower keys, meaning lower notes, meaning different sound. Her sustained g4 in the 80s sounds exactly rhe same even tone wise in 2004. Her upper range was held back due to loss of breath control. So, no her voicw didnt change but the keys did change which is why in my opinion she sounds so mucb dofferent in later years. Im sure if she sang in the same keys she would produce the same sounds as before. Whitney was capable on upto A4 sustained note in 2010 sometimes Bb4 sustained vibrato too. The voice didnt disapear as whitney said it was all about wanting it and she didnt want it no more.
so the famous, "aaaaannnnndddd IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII" note is usually G#4 from 0:46 or A4 from 1:02 when she sang it? What note was in the recorded, "Bodyguard" version?
But that is the same texture all the high belters use past E5.. Squeaky ..high larynx yells. She hit it in another version with more neutral larynx. I can point you to that
Jonny Gardner. A "Spinto" (a pushed lyrical voice in Opera,) is an operatic Soprano, Whitney wasn't trained in Opera so therefore you can not describe her with operatic terminology. She wasn't a soprano either simply because Mezzo-Sopranos can go up to high C6s and beyond. Example: Cecilia Bartoli who vocalizes up to a F6, she is STILL a mezzo-soprano. The timbre of Whitney's voice screams a very lyrical and rich voice -- very dark as seen in her vocal maturation from 1991 to up until she died. The tone was very smooth and thick like molasses. And her vocal range is quite the most normal vocal range of all pop vocalists. She had 3.1 octaves of pure smoky sound but the tessitura of the voice loved the middle of her voice -- which is between C4 to C#5/D5, typical tessitura for a mezzo-soprano. Anything she sung after that lost its voluminous quality and thus became thinned out.
tonshaad1230 Her tessitura was noticeably higher up until the mid 90s; particularly during the 80s - her vocals on songs like You Give Good Love, You’re Still My Man, Love Will Save the Day, Thinking About You and Hold Up The Light and the way her mixed voice blossomed beyond E5 are evidence of this. By My Love is Your Love Whitney was a mezzo but she certainly didn’t debut as one.
Jonny Gardner When she recorded the first album, she was basically a child still recording at the age of 18-20 so of course notes would still be much easier to hit and more accessible due to her youth. That's not an argument to make though because at max, she belted F#5s in the studio recordings (with maybe one G5 from You're still my man). The voice eventually matured as early as 1987 when you compare her live performances to her 1985 Arista party performance -- the high notes are still opulent yet are richer than before and are starting to show her control (some strain is noted by criticism in her live performances but nothing to be worried yet in that time period.) By 1990-1992, the voice is naturally lower than her previous two albums at the time and starting to show a natural limit to her abilities. The tessitura from 1987 to 1992 was quite shockingly very restricted from an Eb3 to G5, your typical mezzo-soprano range.
@@tonshaad1230 No, in “I’m Every Woman” she’s hit high F’s and G’s, in “I’m You’re Baby Tonight” I believe she hit a G#5. These are all both while and after her voice has matured. She was a soprano during her first two albums, around the time her Bodyguard Soundtrack and I’m Your Baby Tonight albums came out, her voice was in the process of maturing. This was the time she began to use more effort to reach upper belts above E5’s and F5’s. After these transitions, she eventually became a mezzo soprano and mainly stayed below E5’s. So, I think we can say she was a soprano from 1985-1992 and from 1992-2012, a solid mezzo soprano.
An alto is NOT a voice type but a choir part. Whitney was a true soprano. I believe she started off as a lyric soprano and when her voice was is great shape around 1987 she became a real Spinto soprano!
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Whitney owned E5.
@@mynameissurya19 And C#5
And EB5
And every note
@@MusicLover-oq4iu pretty much
No C#5 and Eb5..Lara Fabian owned E5.
In the words of Mariah: Whitney was not to be toyed with! Incredible
Thats something for Mariah to say that
@@MarkSmithhhh they respected each other very much as in the words of Whitney in regards to Mariah; that girl can sang!
@@hoseasylvester2596 wow
Whitney's vibrato action was superb
her belting range was so beautiful
Her upper belts are underrated.
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yeah I hate when people say she had bad upper belts because she was chesty sometimes
Word.
@@omgmo854 Chesty belt only makes you tensed but if you had great support like Whitney, it will sounds great.
The amazing thing about Whitney's upper mix/belts is how her voice is just as resonant as other high mix/belters but doesn't compromise any tonal quality or power...other singers have to add so much head voice to the mix that the notes sound less powerful, lighter, edgier and more nasal! She really was a gift!
Yeah, Mariah and Whitney seem to be the only ones with a pleasant sounding balance
Agreed!
@@maximhamley6662 Agree! But in daydream era Mariah's belt become less powerful due to balance mix. She used to be chesty before daydream.
@@accountuser4525 Before that era her upper belts (F#5S) where tense AND INCONSISTENT and she had zero G5S.. Whitney on the under hand really carried the same bulky weight up there...and she did not compromise her timbre...
@@odumosuolusegun2781 For me Mariah has better upper belt technique than Whitney but they are gifted singer rather than technical singer. Both F#5 and F5 often tense but Whitney is more consistent due to great support, watch this th-cam.com/video/aOnoeSK2FGU/w-d-xo.html
Those midbelts gives me the shudders!!! Incredible belting from Whitney Houston one of the greatests.
2:04 g#4 - b4 ("I Believe In You And Me" Poland)
She had a perfect vibrato..
can you tell me which performances are in 1:54 and 4:24 please
@@Curtainstag_e The first one is a 1997 reharasal for one moment in time. The second is radio city 1993 you give good love
@@Curtainstag_e 1:54 is OMIT Rehearsal 1997,4:24 is Radio City 1993,YGGL.
awesome vid!!! The Bb's were my favorites
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imagine whitney houston doing the bodyguard in the 80's and singing i will always love you with her big voice
can you tell me which performances are in 1:54 and 4:24 please
@srnu964
One moment in time rehearsal 1997
And You Give Good Love Radio City Music 1993 live
Whitney Houston was a masterclass Gold standard Vocalist.simply The Greatest Vocalist of All Time.no one can take her place.there will be only one Whitney never another.
Her voice was out of this world she had such a beautiful voice. Rich thick velvety full clear resonant middle belts and light bright and resonant with some velvety texture but crystal clear upper belts when she reaches about D5
WHERE ARE THOSE A5 AND Bb5 FROM
Germozex the a5 is of course from a how will i know performance
Andy H. D. C. Thank you!!
the Bb5 is from one of her Wanna Be Starting Something performances. I’m not sure which one.
She sounds yhe same wish people would understand her voice sounded so off because 1 she was actually raspy but 2 she sang her songs in lower keys, meaning lower notes, meaning different sound. Her sustained g4 in the 80s sounds exactly rhe same even tone wise in 2004. Her upper range was held back due to loss of breath control. So, no her voicw didnt change but the keys did change which is why in my opinion she sounds so mucb dofferent in later years. Im sure if she sang in the same keys she would produce the same sounds as before. Whitney was capable on upto A4 sustained note in 2010 sometimes Bb4 sustained vibrato too. The voice didnt disapear as whitney said it was all about wanting it and she didnt want it no more.
so the famous, "aaaaannnnndddd IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII" note is usually G#4 from 0:46 or A4 from 1:02 when she sang it? What note was in the recorded, "Bodyguard" version?
The Bodyguard version was an A4 on record
The big famous climax part was an B4 on the Bodyguard record
The climax was a B4.
At the start of the song, it was an A4. After the key change, there goes the climax, which is a B4.
@@lordvoldemort5725 can you tell me which performances are in 1:54 and 4:24 please
1:16 😲
Vibrato queen
Where is 0:39
Her mid belts are glory.
damn that Bb5 was hella squeaky XD i thot it was an A5 tho
But that is the same texture all the high belters use past E5.. Squeaky ..high larynx yells. She hit it in another version with more neutral larynx. I can point you to that
@@odumosuolusegun2781 she should have gone for a5 belts and above. Not only up to g#5
can you tell me which performances are in 1:54 and 4:24 please
@@odumosuolusegun2781 can you tell me which performances are in 1:54 and 4:24 please
Does anyone know where can i find Where do broken hearts go Bb4?
Check her Birminham 1988 concerst and boston 1988 and may be MSG 1988..
@@odumosuolusegun2781 which is the best bb4 from all these performances?
@@Curtainstag_e MSG the best
Where is this at 4:38?
It's 1993 but i don't know where it is :(
It’s 1992
92,its time
@@pedro9107 where did she perform that?
@@accountuser4525 soul train if im not mistaken
What song is 5:08
Where is the 2010 concert with the green coat?
Moscow
@@amirlewis7662 thank you!
The I Am Changing clips were lowered a step down.
no. In san fransisco and london she really sang i am changing one semitone lower than new york performance
4:26 songgg?
3:25
A full belting range of three octaves almost.
Eb3 - Bb5. Pure mezzo-soprano goodness!
She was a Spinto Soprano up to the mid 90s
Jonny Gardner. A "Spinto" (a pushed lyrical voice in Opera,) is an operatic Soprano, Whitney wasn't trained in Opera so therefore you can not describe her with operatic terminology.
She wasn't a soprano either simply because Mezzo-Sopranos can go up to high C6s and beyond.
Example: Cecilia Bartoli who vocalizes up to a F6, she is STILL a mezzo-soprano.
The timbre of Whitney's voice screams a very lyrical and rich voice -- very dark as seen in her vocal maturation from 1991 to up until she died. The tone was very smooth and thick like molasses. And her vocal range is quite the most normal vocal range of all pop vocalists. She had 3.1 octaves of pure smoky sound but the tessitura of the voice loved the middle of her voice -- which is between C4 to C#5/D5, typical tessitura for a mezzo-soprano.
Anything she sung after that lost its voluminous quality and thus became thinned out.
tonshaad1230 Her tessitura was noticeably higher up until the mid 90s; particularly during the 80s - her vocals on songs like You Give Good Love, You’re Still My Man, Love Will Save the Day, Thinking About You and Hold Up The Light and the way her mixed voice blossomed beyond E5 are evidence of this.
By My Love is Your Love Whitney was a mezzo but she certainly didn’t debut as one.
Jonny Gardner When she recorded the first album, she was basically a child still recording at the age of 18-20 so of course notes would still be much easier to hit and more accessible due to her youth. That's not an argument to make though because at max, she belted F#5s in the studio recordings (with maybe one G5 from You're still my man).
The voice eventually matured as early as 1987 when you compare her live performances to her 1985 Arista party performance -- the high notes are still opulent yet are richer than before and are starting to show her control (some strain is noted by criticism in her live performances but nothing to be worried yet in that time period.) By 1990-1992, the voice is naturally lower than her previous two albums at the time and starting to show a natural limit to her abilities. The tessitura from 1987 to 1992 was quite shockingly very restricted from an Eb3 to G5, your typical mezzo-soprano range.
@@tonshaad1230 No, in “I’m Every Woman” she’s hit high F’s and G’s, in “I’m You’re Baby Tonight” I believe she hit a G#5. These are all both while and after her voice has matured. She was a soprano during her first two albums, around the time her Bodyguard Soundtrack and I’m Your Baby Tonight albums came out, her voice was in the process of maturing. This was the time she began to use more effort to reach upper belts above E5’s and F5’s. After these transitions, she eventually became a mezzo soprano and mainly stayed below E5’s. So, I think we can say she was a soprano from 1985-1992 and from 1992-2012, a solid mezzo soprano.
Where is her second F#5 from ?
iT IS FROM 1992
@@odumosuolusegun2781 which performance
she is an alto/contralto from 1993to2011 or 1994/2011 or after 1994
Hell no. She was never a contralto. Get real!
An alto is NOT a voice type but a choir part. Whitney was a true soprano. I believe she started off as a lyric soprano and when her voice was is great shape around 1987 she became a real Spinto soprano!
ok she did confirm she was a soprano
Hahahahaha Whitney Houston a contralto?? Definetely no.
@@mcx930 without being able to support below G3 lol