Hendrix

Yeah, I know..Lopez's is just more, only Guinness hasn't verified it for themselves yet.

And the G10 thing..they were verifying a sound they couldn't hear with instruments, which is just suspect within itself. They should have been using a computer. Fast and Discrete Fourier Transforms are much more accurate at identifying frequencies than an analog device.

DontRunMeOver

I just looked this up too. About Georgia Brown in the Wikipedia (wiki again...)

"Georgia Brown is a Brazilian R&B and soul artist notable for her amazingly extensive vocal range. She is the current Guinness World Record holder for singing the highest recorded vocal note and also possessing the largest recorded vocal range, which spans exactly 8 octaves from G2-G10. The G10 is out of human hearing range; thus, it has been verified by comparing the frequency of the note to that of a piano, a violin, and a hammond organ, according to the Guinness Book of World Records."

She sings out of human hearing range. That's hilarious! I'm not sure how they compare the frequency to a piano etc. themselves if they can't hear it though... shouldn't they be using some kind of physical wave-measuring device instead?

EDIT: This post is late, I see...

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Don

Hendrix, another thing you missed when talking about tone was vibrato and mellisma techniques, etc. Dont you feel they're extremly important too?

Hendrix

exactly. If you can't hear something, you should be using a digital device, not an analog device. Digital devices can pick up stuff nobody can hear.

and Wikipedia is also edited by regular peoples. You could go on there right now, click on "Edit Page" and add whatever you want in there.

Don

omg, you know about fourier series...I love you. lol

Hendrix

Vibratto and Mellisma are pretty natural too. You can develop them, but if you don't have them and try and do them, it may sound like crap.

Vibratto isn't necessarily important unless you're doing opera or certain types of classical and jazz music. Certain types of music have certain types of vibratto "periods" they use. It's really a preference thing though after that. I know people who hate slow vibratto and some people who love it.

Mellisma is the same thing. I have that great, like an R&B singer, but a lot of people don't, but it doesn't make them any less of a singer than me.

Hendrix

yea, I'm a computer science student too, so I tried to create an MP3 to MIDI converter when I was a senior in high school. So I studied this stuff for it, at least tried.

boo boo

What makes you think LaBrie does so well in those, compared to other vocalists?

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Don

I sorta disagree. I reckon vibrato is vital in creating moods in any musical genre. Same with mellisma. It's hard for me to write out an example though.

Hendrix

Straight tone can create the same moods though.