Also shows she’s uneducated when it comes to singing. It doesn’t mean she doesn’t have a good tone just that she’s a “superficial musician” no knowledge of the intellectual aspect of singing
It’s a difficult note because of its placement and doing it in full voice like she wanted to for this song is very tough to execute; that note in particular and especially in a full voice and to keep it in tune on that octave and the next octave up too. Both both octaves E5/E6 in particular are difficult to execute on certain instruments as we’ll definitely on flute, piccolo, Eflat Saxophone and on trumpet. In band on that note the music instructor had to go to almost every student in the symphonic band and guide them individually on trying to perfect that note. And in choir that happened to with our choir professor most of us had to try and sing it in mix voice as belting consistently and in tune was no joke-not easy at at all!
It's funny how this note became her signature note. All throughout her albums. Every major song peaks with an E5. Candyman, Fighter, Mercy On Me, Bound To You etc.
@@matthewbates9629 Is that true?? I haven't listened to Christina's recent stuff so I genuinely wouldn't know. But, I've seen a not-so-distant performance of hers where she hit a lot of Eb5s singing "This is a man's world". So I don't think E5 is that hard for her.
@Mo_B1997 She over sang our vocal cords are delicate abuse them too much notes you hit with ease become a struggle to hit Mariah Carey has trouble with her whistle register now someone posted a video of Christina and she had trouble hitting the “high e “ which by the way is in the 6th octave not the 5 th octave and they thought she actually hit it 🙄 those producers didn’t know much about music
@@matthewbates9629 Do you even know anything about octaves and notes??🤦♂️ No one. Absolutely, NO ONE, can belt an E6. It's not at all humanely possible. The only way a person can hit E6 is by head voice/falsetto/whistle register. Also, they said high E above *middle* C. Middle C is C4, meaning high E above Middle C is E5.
They wanted Christina to hit the E5 the way SHE hit it, that's why just anybody wasn't called. Christina's belts tends to be more chesty and less mixed, and maybe that's exactly what they wanted. It's clearly obvious they could've asked others to do it, but they wanted her to hit it.
E. Brown I remember downloading it off limewire using my dial up net and it took at least 5 days 😂😂 I didn't remember them saying she had trouble hitting the note tho 👀
Seeing as though she can't sing those songs reliably and often resorts to lower notes and impressive runs, I'd think she'd surprise you with her actual thoughts.
Wilmer Pineda Celine Dion is a real singer and a true artist and she’s not hated. I think Christina lacks the likability factor. She is talented, yes, but she’s her own fan. She’s too obsessed with herself that it doesn’t leave room for us to be fans. She’s arrogant and rude to her fans and her team. It’s not jealousy. Christina is not a big star simply because people don’t want to deal with her. She has had MANY chances to go the distance over the past couple decades and she had ruined them all.
She has one of the best voices of all time. I can't imagine how great she would have been had she trained her voice more and used proper technique. I love her early work the most because she seemed to try and sing in a more traditional style. Much less distortion. Her natural tone is special and a beautiful gift.
Her first ever song. The first time I heard this song I was so little but I was like I gotta know this girl immediately. I heard she recorded this when she's around 17-18 years old and sounding like that just amazed me. Nobody can touch that song like she did it has her own touch.
I read it so many years ago that they (producers) consider Celine Dion for this song before the young Christina. But when Christina Aguilera sang in front of the producers, she instantly got the job. Funny how some comments here about Mariah or Whitney could've easily hit the note, it's not just about hitting the high notes, it's about on how you hit it. For a 17-year old, that's impressive! PS ; Oh after 22 years, she dropped the new version of Reflection. A semitone lower than the original but so much powerful and soulful. Congratulations, Christina! 👏👏👏
I remember reading that too but I remember saying that they did not want to consider Celine, Mariah or Whitney because they really wanted to find someone new and fresh to do it was their first choice and it turned out amazing.
Reading a lot of comments like "E5 note is not that hard to sing" are you guys for real? They were specifically looking for a singer who can belt E5 in full chest, not mixed. And hitting E5 note or any notes in 5th octave is hard especially in full chest voice.
Well if you have proper tranning, even in full voice, you can do it, but i don't think it's just the E5, this song is hard to sing on it's own. So belting throughout the song and then hitting that note that's what is pretty challenging. But just the note on it's own, it's true that it's not that hard when you have proper tranning. But when you don't, yes it seems impossible to sing. So maybe that's why people are saying that.
That happens when you watch too much Sohyang I mean not like her heady E5s are even pleasing to hear, they're too bland rather. I'd rather anticipate for her chesty yet youthful sounding and easy D5s.
E5 ISN'T a hard note for a true soprano. Kelly Clarkson or Ariana Grande, for instance, could pop out an E5 in chest voice while hungover and taking a dump. Hell, I'm a tenor and can hit a solid E5 in chest-dominant mix. The fact that she as a girl of 17 struggled to the point that they had to bring in a vocal coach speaks volumes about her natural placement. She's always been a mezzo with an upper head-voice extension.
during that time youtube was not around,internet connection was suxx but when this song was first debuted on tv i instantly fell in love with her voice and still her fan until now
I wonder why they say they couldn't find a singer who could reach an E5, I'm sure there were other singers who could do it. And by the way, on the recording, it sounds like an Eb5 to me. Anyway, Xtina killed it.
That’s not a high e though high notes are usually in the 6th octave if you watch classical opera singers preferably sopranos those sing in the 6th octave that’s why they’re called high c etc Christina was nowhere close to the high E
@@matthewbates9629 C4 is referred to as the 'middle C; C5 is called the 'high C' and C6 is known as the 'soprano C'. A belted E5 would definitely be referred to as a high E
two things I found odd with this whole situation is 1) that E5 isn’t all that difficult a note for a soprano to mix and 2) the final note ended up being an Eb5.... maybe they lowered the song a half step? who knows lol
Slayriah the singer needs a broad enough vocal range to hit it. I mean, can you imagine reflection without it? It wouldn’t be the “reflection” everyone knows.
Because that's how the song was written. If the singer didn't have the range to hit the notes required as written (and that was the highest, climax note), then they would need to find another singer. Yes, singing it greatly (in a general sense) does not depend on hitting that exact note. Singing it the way the composers desired does.
Slayriah good point - and it doesn’t matter really (in my opinion) as you say, just one note in a nice melody...there’s many others available 😇 just makes for a memorable story I guess...and it’s a cool fact for 90’s kids to throw out on the playground because high notes must equal better singer...for some reason 😌
Not to mention that E5 is not that difficult to achieve for sopranos (especially during the making of this song when legendary vocalists still had it). Mariah for instance could've easily breathe E5 at the time lol
I think the couple of seconds of breath she could get on the climax of Run to You to hit the F5 wasn't enough to hit the E5 over C for the climax of Reflection
1. They need to do a 2019 or 2020 updated version of "Driven" & "Behind The Music". Hello Mickey Mouse Club, Backstreet, & former Teen Super Stars. 2. 17 years or so, when I was in school. I would sing in class trying to get a Freestyle Singing Scholarship and for fun, and an E5, E above middle C, and Eb5 is not easy to do, I had to lower it for my voice for the songs back then. Since I am an alto and falsetto mix, and I had to make it an E4 or Eb4, or even an E3 as a 16 year old. 3. It is not easy to do, watch footage online of the Backstreet Boys rehearsing, Kevin and Howie D. since they are at the extremes. 4. She recorded harder songs after this: 1. O Holy Night 2. Save Me From Myself 3. The Right Man 4. The Voice Within 5. Soar 6. Ain't No Other Man 7. So Emotional 8. Light Up The Sky 9. Christmas Time 10. What a Girl Wants 11. Genie in a Bottle 12. I Turn to You etc., & so many more, this was just her "Big Break".
Wow I’m shocked at all of the “E5 isn’t a hard note” comments. A lot of you clearly don’t understand nor appreciate how hard and taxing it can be to belt in the fifth octave. Yea plenty of professional singers can do it with “ease” but that doesn’t just come out of nowhere, it takes talent, persistence and drive. An E5 is a high belt and shouldn’t be scoffed at. How are y’all gonna tell people who actually do music for a living that singing that high isn’t hard? Lol just because you can hit the note don’t mean nothing. Obviously can’t hit it that well cause you’re here commenting on a TH-cam video about what you can do lol 😂
Akeem Wheat it’s the internet - no one is allowed to say something like “wow - that’s impressive, what a talented individual” 😌 it has to be either, “wow - that’s impressive, but another singer/myself/the neighbours cat is better” or “that’s not hard, another singer/myself/the neighbours cat can do it too”...internet law unfortunately 🙁
Jacquelyn Miller - exactly 😇 if being unnecessarily critical could somehow become a creative endeavour , the internet would be turning out masterworks daily...I like your videos by the way 😌
I don’t think anyone is understating how hard it is to belt an E5 or discrediting Christina’s talent. The main point I’m seeing here is that for a soprano like Christina, an E5 shouldn’t have been that hard of a note to belt to begin with. I mean, she belted a G#5 in Lady Marmalade. In terms of her tessitura placement, an E5 is right on her sweet spots. It’s even more impressive that she was able to actually belt the E5 considering that she really never had a solid belting technique which would’ve allowed her to belt with a lot more ease.
The reason she struggles with E5 Is that when she belts She doesn’t use her light original and authentic Soprano voice But instead To create a much bigger voice and larger sound she does this chesty belting voice that is much much darker and heavier than her real voice You can notice the difference between her modal voice (speaking voice) and singing voice It’s just because she doesn’t use her real tone
I could've imagined Christina before she got the record deal saying this to her mom. Christina: Ma, can I hit this very strange note they asked me to do? *finds it on the piano, tries to hit it perfectly*
Is nobody going to address the fact that the song doesn’t even have an E5 but an Eb5? (Literally a entirely different note/pitch/frequency/sound for anyone not familiar with those terms) This has always bugged me. And then for the clip they showed of her singing the note live, she was flat 😑 … and they said they were “relieved” she hit it… 🤦🏻♂️
Mariah had already done "When You Believe" with Whitney Houston for The Prince of Egypt Soundtrack that same year for a different company (Dreamworks, I think?), so they probably didn't want to ask her to sing a song for Disney, too. But Whitney or Mariah would have been incredible, too! I'm actually surprised Christina claimed to have trouble hitting the E5, since during her early career it seemed like E5-F#5 was her sweet spot/go-to that she can't really do as much. Usually now, she lowers the key in Beautiful to bring the G5 (may be an F#5) down to an E5 which seems to still be pretty comfortable for her.
Angel Johnson I doubt it- she's hit well beyond that in full chest voice, especially in her prime (90's). Her Christmas album is a pretty good vocal showcase (Jesus, What a Wonderful Child is a great example).
Blake Gill Puente I think they wanted a Stronger and sharper voice for the song!! Mariah would have been a bad choice,becuase her voice has a very soft yet heavier timbre.I think they should have asked celine dion instead.
In the movie version that last note is held. Maybe because of how good her voice is they did the run down instead as it seems like she may not have been able to hold it.
She said herself that was the top of her range at the time. Plus she was self-taught and only 17 so her voice wasn't fully developed yet. It's incredible to see how much her voice has grown and the acrobatics and ranges she can pull off. She's definitely one of a kind born with an unparalleled gift that no one can deny or take away from her.
Honestly if Jessica Simpson got this song first instead of Xtina, Jessica would have no trouble reaching that E5! In fact Jessica does PHRASED E5s in her song I Wanna Love You Forever that last for 20 seconds!! Way more than 1 second of Christina's E5 in Reflection!!! So there are other singers who can reach E5 not just Christina...
It is more understandable to put it this way. They were looking for a singer. Young singer probably that was specifically HAS TO BE WHITE and HAS TO HIT THAT NOTE so Christina checked that box at that time since she's with Disney before that so it was easy for her to get that deal. I think that was the case actually. A lot of female singers can reach Eb5 and it's really high actually but I believed they were looking for fresh blood, female, white with big voice
*Too bad for that vocal coach that they called in to help her. She didn't really helped her lmao. But that song was iconic. I preferred Lea Salonga's version technique wise so...*
I can sing Christina's version but lea's versions i cant. I dont know why, there are these times that when i heard lea's songs i can actually say that the fist time i hear it it sounds pretty easy to sing but when i actually sing it i cant do the notes and the runs, on the other hand christina's versions sounds hard but when i sing it its pretty much easy. Can someone explain to me why?
Nathan Cruz and I still manage to get girls is all shades of color and beauty, while you wait around looking like xtina vocals on a good day🤣🤣... I'm sitting comfortable Haha
Nathan Cruz yawn I haven't heard complaints yet so your comment does nothing for anyone, you and xtina can have a seat and listen to her national anthem on repeat🤣
No, the recording has an Eb5 lol but I guess people wanted her to try to hit the high E (E5), they were looking for a singer able to do that so that she could easily sing that Reflection note, which is Eb5.
For people sayng that the note is easy to lots of sings, it is NOT, an E5 is common, but NOT in full voice... The majority of singers do it in mix (That Aretha Frankling/Jennifer Hudson metallic sound). In full chest voice like they want not even a opera tenor can do.
You can tell they have no idea what they're talking about because he says .. can you hit the high e and octave above middle c .. which is e6 and not e5
I don't believe she couldn't hit a high Note because when she came out she was always able to hit a high note. that's why she was able to make genie in a bottle also that was her signature go to. that set her apart from other singers so I don't believe that she already was a good singer before the Mulan soundtrack, but I think that the 2020 version of reflections from the soundtrack didn't sound good at all. in fact the original 1998 sounded better and that doesn't shock me usually the original is always better.
she asked her mom at first if she herself was able to hit that E5? lmao so iconic
Vocals 4 U I KNOW lol
dead 💀
Vocals 4 U it made sense. Her mom was a musician.
Hilarious
Also shows she’s uneducated when it comes to singing. It doesn’t mean she doesn’t have a good tone just that she’s a “superficial musician” no knowledge of the intellectual aspect of singing
- I wanna be a singer!
- Can you hit an E5?
- Mom can I hit an E5?
- Yes darling!
- Congratulations! This is your record deal!
LOL
If only it was that easy for us less talented mortals
@@tsxtina2919 E5 is not that high for female
As a belt
@@Hhjhfu247 for sopranos*
@@Hhjhfu247 in full voice not mix, I can hit A5 and B5 in mix but full voice E5 no.i can do full voice till B4 it's my limit on good days C5...
It’s a difficult note because of its placement and doing it in full voice like she wanted to for this song is very tough to execute; that note in particular and especially in a full voice and to keep it in tune on that octave and the next octave up too. Both both octaves E5/E6 in particular are difficult to execute on certain instruments as we’ll definitely on flute, piccolo, Eflat Saxophone and on trumpet. In band on that note the music instructor had to go to almost every student in the symphonic band and guide them individually on trying to perfect that note. And in choir that happened to with our choir professor most of us had to try and sing it in mix voice as belting consistently and in tune was no joke-not easy at at all!
It's funny how this note became her signature note. All throughout her albums. Every major song peaks with an E5. Candyman, Fighter, Mercy On Me, Bound To You etc.
Yeah and now she can’t even hit it anymore
@@matthewbates9629 Is that true?? I haven't listened to Christina's recent stuff so I genuinely wouldn't know. But, I've seen a not-so-distant performance of hers where she hit a lot of Eb5s singing "This is a man's world". So I don't think E5 is that hard for her.
@Mo_B1997 She over sang our vocal cords are delicate abuse them too much notes you hit with ease become a struggle to hit Mariah Carey has trouble with her whistle register now someone posted a video of Christina and she had trouble hitting the “high e “ which by the way is in the 6th octave not the 5 th octave and they thought she actually hit it 🙄 those producers didn’t know much about music
@@matthewbates9629 WHAT!!! They wanted someone that could belt an E6??!!!!!
@@matthewbates9629 Do you even know anything about octaves and notes??🤦♂️
No one. Absolutely, NO ONE, can belt an E6. It's not at all humanely possible. The only way a person can hit E6 is by head voice/falsetto/whistle register.
Also, they said high E above *middle* C. Middle C is C4, meaning high E above Middle C is E5.
They wanted Christina to hit the E5 the way SHE hit it, that's why just anybody wasn't called. Christina's belts tends to be more chesty and less mixed, and maybe that's exactly what they wanted. It's clearly obvious they could've asked others to do it, but they wanted her to hit it.
exactly, I personally like the less mixed sound
Agree. Just like Mariah and Whitney, Christina uses full chest when belting. Ariana for example used mix which is easier
@@jayZjamesvi Maria mixed a lot! Check her F#5 in If it’s over versus Christina’s F#5 in Understand. Whitney yes!!
I remember watching this as a kid. I was obsessed with her. Everything about her. And I still love her now. The nostalgia is unreal
Ryan Allen I videotaped all the Christina specials back in the day. The nostalgia is real
E. Brown I remember downloading it off limewire using my dial up net and it took at least 5 days 😂😂
I didn't remember them saying she had trouble hitting the note tho 👀
Me too!
Im crying watching this.
!!!
Same! Are you excited for her new music? ☺
She has nailed that note on many songs repeatedly. Lol
Adam Hawkins not live though. It comes out pushed or sharp or whatever. She can barely sustain that note much less support it
Yes, live actually.
Were you even alive back then? She had to perform this song live tens of times, and she hit the song several time, as well as in other songs.
But this was her first single.
I really love Xtina.
2:19 was a bad example as she went flat on that note their talking about lol
And right there, a legend was born.
I don't know what she thought about this video after recording:
1. Mercy on me
2. Sing to me
3. You Lost me
Steven Adrian I was particularly looking at songs she hit a sustained E5 in.
Because back then it was hard to hit E5
Sing for me
Seeing as though she can't sing those songs reliably and often resorts to lower notes and impressive runs, I'd think she'd surprise you with her actual thoughts.
DontLookHereMang! Oh my Lord....LMAAAAAAAOOOOOO
Candyman :D
A true artis ,a real singer that's why she been hated for many
Wilmer Pineda Celine Dion is a real singer and a true artist and she’s not hated. I think Christina lacks the likability factor. She is talented, yes, but she’s her own fan. She’s too obsessed with herself that it doesn’t leave room for us to be fans. She’s arrogant and rude to her fans and her team. It’s not jealousy. Christina is not a big star simply because people don’t want to deal with her. She has had MANY chances to go the distance over the past couple decades and she had ruined them all.
@@PhoenixMinistry...wrong
She has one of the best voices of all time. I can't imagine how great she would have been had she trained her voice more and used proper technique. I love her early work the most because she seemed to try and sing in a more traditional style. Much less distortion. Her natural tone is special and a beautiful gift.
I love how your comment implies that she trained her voice. A lot of people tend to want to say she never trained her voice.
Her first ever song. The first time I heard this song I was so little but I was like I gotta know this girl immediately. I heard she recorded this when she's around 17-18 years old and sounding like that just amazed me. Nobody can touch that song like she did it has her own touch.
I read it so many years ago that they (producers) consider Celine Dion for this song before the young Christina. But when Christina Aguilera sang in front of the producers, she instantly got the job. Funny how some comments here about Mariah or Whitney could've easily hit the note, it's not just about hitting the high notes, it's about on how you hit it. For a 17-year old, that's impressive!
PS ; Oh after 22 years, she dropped the new version of Reflection. A semitone lower than the original but so much powerful and soulful. Congratulations, Christina! 👏👏👏
I remember reading that too but I remember saying that they did not want to consider Celine, Mariah or Whitney because they really wanted to find someone new and fresh to do it was their first choice and it turned out amazing.
The new version is amazing too and yes a half a step note lower.
I cried instantly at the 2020 version.
3:41 Wow that note was quite powerful and effortless!
And now, 20 years later, she is still able to hit it. Listen to Fall In Line. ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
so proud to hve followed her since 1999! and dang teen xtina was too cute. voice was still huge then lol
I lover her so much.she my one and only idol
Now 20 years later the song became iconic.
She is gorgeous and has a gorgeous voice.
Nothing is impossible for Xtina ❤️
you know she also went a bit sharp in that live E5 at the end of this video, it was almost F5
it seemed flat, not sharp
@@alessandroiannonemusic “at the end”
Hitting an e5 isnt hard for them. But its the notes that come before and after e5 that makes it difficult. So it was a technique problem
Reading a lot of comments like "E5 note is not that hard to sing" are you guys for real? They were specifically looking for a singer who can belt E5 in full chest, not mixed. And hitting E5 note or any notes in 5th octave is hard especially in full chest voice.
Well if you have proper tranning, even in full voice, you can do it, but i don't think it's just the E5, this song is hard to sing on it's own. So belting throughout the song and then hitting that note that's what is pretty challenging. But just the note on it's own, it's true that it's not that hard when you have proper tranning. But when you don't, yes it seems impossible to sing. So maybe that's why people are saying that.
That happens when you watch too much Sohyang I mean not like her heady E5s are even pleasing to hear, they're too bland rather. I'd rather anticipate for her chesty yet youthful sounding and easy D5s.
E5 ISN'T a hard note for a true soprano. Kelly Clarkson or Ariana Grande, for instance, could pop out an E5 in chest voice while hungover and taking a dump. Hell, I'm a tenor and can hit a solid E5 in chest-dominant mix. The fact that she as a girl of 17 struggled to the point that they had to bring in a vocal coach speaks volumes about her natural placement. She's always been a mezzo with an upper head-voice extension.
I don’t know why it’s not a hit in the US, reflections is a huge hit in the Philippines
Because of Lea, not Chrsitina
during that time youtube was not around,internet connection was suxx but when this song was first debuted on tv i instantly fell in love with her voice and still her fan until now
Raw talent! That’s why she’s a legend.
I wonder why they say they couldn't find a singer who could reach an E5, I'm sure there were other singers who could do it. And by the way, on the recording, it sounds like an Eb5 to me. Anyway, Xtina killed it.
It is an Eb5, not an E5. I've checked it on a piano
That’s not a high e though high notes are usually in the 6th octave if you watch classical opera singers preferably sopranos those sing in the 6th octave that’s why they’re called high c etc Christina was nowhere close to the high E
@@matthewbates9629 C4 is referred to as the 'middle C; C5 is called the 'high C' and C6 is known as the 'soprano C'. A belted E5 would definitely be referred to as a high E
it’s not easy to find singer who can sing it in full voice.. most singers mixed the note with head voice..
I always thought E5 is easy, especially for singers like Christina, Mariah, Celine or Whitney who are known for singing high notes?
Senju Me too
Senju Yeah it was easy but they only make it big deal as if she's hitting a E6 lol
KennethSNSDSone SMTOWN i died 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
so you say
Senju E5 is childsplay for sohyang
two things I found odd with this whole situation is 1) that E5 isn’t all that difficult a note for a soprano to mix and 2) the final note ended up being an Eb5.... maybe they lowered the song a half step? who knows lol
Right. I was so confused. They were talking about it as if it was belting out an E6.
I've watched this 100 times as a kid but never remembered them saying she had trouble hitting the note
They need chest dominant belter.. not light soprano mix
easy even for Taylor swift :v
Exactly!
She looked beautiful with the shorter hair.
Queen
Why was it that important to hit that exact E5 note? Like, singing a song greatly shouldn’t depend on hitting that one “exact” note.
Slayriah the singer needs a broad enough vocal range to hit it. I mean, can you imagine reflection without it? It wouldn’t be the “reflection” everyone knows.
Because that's how the song was written. If the singer didn't have the range to hit the notes required as written (and that was the highest, climax note), then they would need to find another singer. Yes, singing it greatly (in a general sense) does not depend on hitting that exact note. Singing it the way the composers desired does.
Marco Murillo "everyone knows"???
No one knows this song exeptc her fans...
Slayriah good point - and it doesn’t matter really (in my opinion) as you say, just one note in a nice melody...there’s many others available 😇 just makes for a memorable story I guess...and it’s a cool fact for 90’s kids to throw out on the playground because high notes must equal better singer...for some reason 😌
Not to mention that E5 is not that difficult to achieve for sopranos (especially during the making of this song when legendary vocalists still had it). Mariah for instance could've easily breathe E5 at the time lol
I think the couple of seconds of breath she could get on the climax of Run to You to hit the F5 wasn't enough to hit the E5 over C for the climax of Reflection
She's both talented and lucky
Chubi Del Rosario that's what u really need in the industry
I'm Stuck yeah talent is not enough
OMG. WHY I DONT BORN WITH THE TALENT?😢
@@Najain u were born to do something else..
1. They need to do a 2019 or 2020 updated version of "Driven" & "Behind The Music". Hello Mickey Mouse Club, Backstreet, & former Teen Super Stars. 2. 17 years or so, when I was in school. I would sing in class trying to get a Freestyle Singing Scholarship and for fun, and an E5, E above middle C, and Eb5 is not easy to do, I had to lower it for my voice for the songs back then. Since I am an alto and falsetto mix, and I had to make it an E4 or Eb4, or even an E3 as a 16 year old. 3. It is not easy to do, watch footage online of the Backstreet Boys rehearsing, Kevin and Howie D. since they are at the extremes. 4. She recorded harder songs after this: 1. O Holy Night 2. Save Me From Myself 3. The Right Man 4. The Voice Within 5. Soar 6. Ain't No Other Man 7. So Emotional 8. Light Up The Sky 9. Christmas Time 10. What a Girl Wants 11. Genie in a Bottle 12. I Turn to You
etc., & so many more, this was just her "Big Break".
Omg I finally understood what a high c above a middle c is 🥳🥳🥳
Wow I’m shocked at all of the “E5 isn’t a hard note” comments. A lot of you clearly don’t understand nor appreciate how hard and taxing it can be to belt in the fifth octave. Yea plenty of professional singers can do it with “ease” but that doesn’t just come out of nowhere, it takes talent, persistence and drive. An E5 is a high belt and shouldn’t be scoffed at. How are y’all gonna tell people who actually do music for a living that singing that high isn’t hard? Lol just because you can hit the note don’t mean nothing. Obviously can’t hit it that well cause you’re here commenting on a TH-cam video about what you can do lol 😂
Akeem Wheat it’s the internet - no one is allowed to say something like “wow - that’s impressive, what a talented individual” 😌 it has to be either, “wow - that’s impressive, but another singer/myself/the neighbours cat is better” or “that’s not hard, another singer/myself/the neighbours cat can do it too”...internet law unfortunately 🙁
And just because you can hit the note, doesn't mean you also have a nice/appropriate tone
Jacquelyn Miller - exactly 😇 if being unnecessarily critical could somehow become a creative endeavour , the internet would be turning out masterworks daily...I like your videos by the way 😌
I will make a law. To ban internet for those idiot and haters Lmao
I don’t think anyone is understating how hard it is to belt an E5 or discrediting Christina’s talent. The main point I’m seeing here is that for a soprano like Christina, an E5 shouldn’t have been that hard of a note to belt to begin with. I mean, she belted a G#5 in Lady Marmalade. In terms of her tessitura placement, an E5 is right on her sweet spots. It’s even more impressive that she was able to actually belt the E5 considering that she really never had a solid belting technique which would’ve allowed her to belt with a lot more ease.
E5 isn’t hard for a soprano but the distinction is in “full voice”. Most non sopranos are in mix by D to E5
The reason she struggles with E5
Is that when she belts
She doesn’t use her light original and authentic Soprano voice
But instead
To create a much bigger voice and larger sound she does this chesty belting voice that is much much darker and heavier than her real voice
You can notice the difference between her modal voice (speaking voice) and singing voice
It’s just because she doesn’t use her real tone
I love. Her recording voice, but somehow live she is all over the place, sounds raspy and angry
She's so dam incredible!
She is perfect !! I love her i have been a fan since Reflection came out and still s fan now
born to sing reflection.
Christina Aguilera was doing her music video Refletion from Mulan at Epcot from June 1998 to September 2000 on the Disney Channel.
A legend
I could've imagined Christina before she got the record deal saying this to her mom.
Christina: Ma, can I hit this very strange note they asked me to do?
*finds it on the piano, tries to hit it perfectly*
Her Voice is Different More Powerful that Some People Think She's Screaming.
she have POWERFULL VOICE. VERY RARE ❤
I watched this on TV... 🤣😂🤣😂
Is nobody going to address the fact that the song doesn’t even have an E5 but an Eb5? (Literally a entirely different note/pitch/frequency/sound for anyone not familiar with those terms) This has always bugged me. And then for the clip they showed of her singing the note live, she was flat 😑 … and they said they were “relieved” she hit it… 🤦🏻♂️
Man ..if they wanted E5 they could have easily ask Mariah at that time
Mariah had already done "When You Believe" with Whitney Houston for The Prince of Egypt Soundtrack that same year for a different company (Dreamworks, I think?), so they probably didn't want to ask her to sing a song for Disney, too. But Whitney or Mariah would have been incredible, too! I'm actually surprised Christina claimed to have trouble hitting the E5, since during her early career it seemed like E5-F#5 was her sweet spot/go-to that she can't really do as much. Usually now, she lowers the key in Beautiful to bring the G5 (may be an F#5) down to an E5 which seems to still be pretty comfortable for her.
Mariah would have moved to hit the e5
Mixed not moved
Angel Johnson I doubt it- she's hit well beyond that in full chest voice, especially in her prime (90's). Her Christmas album is a pretty good vocal showcase (Jesus, What a Wonderful Child is a great example).
Blake Gill Puente I think they wanted a Stronger and sharper voice for the song!! Mariah would have been a bad choice,becuase her voice has a very soft yet heavier timbre.I think they should have asked celine dion instead.
Damn they tried to make her look like Celine Dion daughter😂
Hugh W omg your right!! I was always wondering why her was butchered! Lol
In the movie version that last note is held. Maybe because of how good her voice is they did the run down instead as it seems like she may not have been able to hold it.
She said herself that was the top of her range at the time. Plus she was self-taught and only 17 so her voice wasn't fully developed yet.
It's incredible to see how much her voice has grown and the acrobatics and ranges she can pull off. She's definitely one of a kind born with an unparalleled gift that no one can deny or take away from her.
Christina has angelic voice
hin-SIYYIYEAeh-iiiiiide
The run at 01:07😍 is it from What a girl wants?
yes
I always loved the WAGW run!
i also loved her run at the very start of this vid.
Rachael Parker Yeah I love her runs from this song though WAGW is one of my least favorite songs from her🤭
Bless herself
Ming-Na Wen 🌺🌺🌺
Honestly if Jessica Simpson got this song first instead of Xtina, Jessica would have no trouble reaching that E5! In fact Jessica does PHRASED E5s in her song I Wanna Love You Forever that last for 20 seconds!! Way more than 1 second of Christina's E5 in Reflection!!! So there are other singers who can reach E5 not just Christina...
It is more understandable to put it this way. They were looking for a singer. Young singer probably that was specifically HAS TO BE WHITE and HAS TO HIT THAT NOTE so Christina checked that box at that time since she's with Disney before that so it was easy for her to get that deal. I think that was the case actually. A lot of female singers can reach Eb5 and it's really high actually but I believed they were looking for fresh blood, female, white with big voice
I agree. I don't think they wanted any non-white ethnicity.
Why didn't they mention that the song was originally sung by another person?
Siempre he buscado ese perfomnace de reflection pero no he podido encontrarlo.... lo quiero
Can you tell me the name of this tv special? I wanna watch it full
*Too bad for that vocal coach that they called in to help her. She didn't really helped her lmao. But that song was iconic. I preferred Lea Salonga's version technique wise so...*
KennethSNSDSone SMTOWN is that the singer in the Disney film itself?
Neo Android yep. Also the singing voice of Jasmine in Aladdin. Inducted as a Disney Legend.
Jonelle L T yeah I know that but I mean Lea did it better than Xtina. Both Legends btw 💕
Xtina is the best! What ??Are you crazy???
Sara In your standard maybe yes but technique wise no.
I can sing Christina's version but lea's versions i cant. I dont know why, there are these times that when i heard lea's songs i can actually say that the fist time i hear it it sounds pretty easy to sing but when i actually sing it i cant do the notes and the runs, on the other hand christina's versions sounds hard but when i sing it its pretty much easy. Can someone explain to me why?
Why this video poppin' on my browser? I like old documentary, ugh my first fave song of her.
whered you find this
Jessie J just owned this song on Singer.
Nathan Cruz neither does your mother, but yet she's stuck with you
Nathan Cruz and I still manage to get girls is all shades of color and beauty, while you wait around looking like xtina vocals on a good day🤣🤣... I'm sitting comfortable Haha
Nathan Cruz yawn I haven't heard complaints yet so your comment does nothing for anyone, you and xtina can have a seat and listen to her national anthem on repeat🤣
She is struggling
She's so cute
does she lower the key of the song live ? bc it’s usually an eb5
No, the recording has an Eb5 lol but I guess people wanted her to try to hit the high E (E5), they were looking for a singer able to do that so that she could easily sing that Reflection note, which is Eb5.
what word is that e5?
it's hard when you're not using your real voice
She had had no previous experience of vocal lessons prior to her landing the job bw
Run To You has no E5s tho!!! Arent the bridges notes F5's??
She probably just lowered the key
0:45 😂
what documentary is this from?
I think it was 'Driven' on VH1.
But she didn’t sing reflection in the movie it was lea solanga
Hey I’ve a question...is cheats is the most difficult?more than head voice?
Filter Paper yes,chest voice has a limit, with head voice we can go very high
Queen Xtina mizo but I thought head voice is the hardest?
Filter Paper not for me,head voice and whistle is the easiest for me,
Filter Paper bringing too much chest voice down could cause strain. Head voice could lighten up and free the voice. That's why mix is important.
For people sayng that the note is easy to lots of sings, it is NOT, an E5 is common, but NOT in full voice... The majority of singers do it in mix (That Aretha Frankling/Jennifer Hudson metallic sound). In full chest voice like they want not even a opera tenor can do.
What's the song at the VERY first beginning?
What A Girl Wants
I’m confused. She hits G5s on her album
Young Xtina’s voice was so much better. The clarity , range . If she continued training her voice would be unstoppable
i just wish she wouldnt strian and wobble her jaw...she is a rocker!
You can tell they have no idea what they're talking about because he says .. can you hit the high e and octave above middle c .. which is e6 and not e5
No he's right.Middle C is C4.an octave above C4 is C5, High E is the E an octave above middle C.
I thought E5 is easy...
They were trying to make xtina happen in 1998
It's all publicity for how amazing Christina's voice is. That's all. Even if her technique is awful. Comparing Christina to Whitney.
It's not an E5 though. It's an Eb5 :/ Was the song transposed down because she couldn't hit the E, or are they all tone-deaf?
And all of her haters especially those that bullied her feel really stupid now and for all time and live crappy lives…😂😂😂😂
Lol An E5 Myghad Any Soprano Can Really Hit That,I Can Hit That Too So Easily Myghad
But... But... It's a Eb5, she lied ahahahaahbabababbaba
Wait is it that hard like they say it is cause I could do it easily
I don't believe she couldn't hit a high Note because when she came out she was always able to hit a high note.
that's why she was able to make genie in a bottle also that was her signature go to.
that set her apart from other singers so I don't believe that she already was a good singer before the Mulan soundtrack, but I think that the 2020 version of reflections from the soundtrack didn't sound good at all.
in fact the original 1998 sounded better and that doesn't shock me usually the original is always better.
can she even support a E5?
I can't read notes
Funny how they are talking as if E5 is a very high note HAHAHA!
It is a high note not everybody can hit it. not even some sopranos. Because some sopranos can it doesn't mean all can
It cant be that hard. Im a male and I can hit the F in I Want to Run to You 😅
It wasn't a big hit? Excuse me?
Bahahahaha.... ok...
Lea sang it