Beyonces Voice is Okkay 2 me.. Not really impressive Like Tonis.. BUt no one has yet to touch me or impress me more than MARIAH CAREYS VOICE shes shown lower.. draker.. lighter tones,, and whistle/falsetto/ and head vocie register to the 7th octave
Sorry to meddle in guys, but I really doubt Mariah Carey is a soprano. She could even be a mezzo, but definitely not a full soprano. She can reach the upper notes, but that's not where her voice resonates. I'd say Mariah Carey is a contralto, probably a coloratura one. It's a very, very rare voice and that's probably why she doesn't sound like other contraltos (Lyric like Toni or Dramatic like Etta, I think) or any Mezzos. Her speaking voice is her comfort zone and it's below the fourth octave.
I forgot how much I loved Toni's voice. Think I got distracted by her over the top baby sister. LOL I gotta go to my laptop and put all those Toni Braxton songs from her old days back on my phone. Thanks for the reminder
@Dam112 There are no live notes from her above Eb5 unfortunately. She defintaely stays in her contralto territory. I wish she went over Eb5 in chest voice live.
@ThePianoguy89 I dont think thats a bad thing, she could but LOVE the fact she doesnt.. just cause you can hit notes dont mean you have to. More should take a page form her book lol.
@Dam112 I totally agree. I was wondeing if you can do a live range from her and I can link you the notes? I've been waiting so long for someone to make a live one for her.
TB's vocal timbre on her upper notes (particularly the sustained high G#) is not that of a deep contralto by any means. Contraltos and mezzos have a tough time sustaining softer dynamics on higher notes, which is actually one of Toni's greatest (if infrequently unused) skills. There are high sopranos who are capable of producing dark chest tones in their middle and bottom registers, so she would need to sing a demanding melody entirely in her head voice to reveal her true vocal placement.
toni braxton is a very talented singer her low velvety voice is warming to anyone who is willing to listen. although i am a boy i developed my lower vocal register by listening to her lalah hathaway and sarah vaughn... she is truely underated as a singer...plus she is hot
All I have to say is if you don't think she can do the high belty stuff without verve and zest, you have to listen to I BELONG TO YOU from her first album. This song could easily have been written for Whitney Houston or someone more in that category, she really is versatile.
Questa tendenza ad attribuire a cantanti,anche dotati di ottima estensione come T.Braxton, dei range esagerati è sciocca. Un'estensione di circa 2 ottave (escludendo il registro di testa) è per quasi tutto il repertorio pop, soul, R&B desiderabile; perciò la domanda è: cos'è che vi agita tutti a questa maniera quando si parla di questo? L'estensione vocale di un cantante di qualità comprende le note che egli può cantare con un agio accettabile. Perciò mi3-re5 è quello di Toni.
@AlessandroMenardi Uhm...no. Prima di tutto il registro di testa, che ti piaccia o meno, fa parte dell'estensione.
"Below E3 her's voice is not clear". Spero che tu non stia parlando sul serio. Il suo fraseggio e la sua risonanza nei bassi sono tra i migliori.
"Over D5 She isn't singing but shouting..." Ulteriore sbaglio. I suoi acuti sono pienamente supportati. Non mostra alcun segno di sollevamento laringeo o compressione della gola. Hai mai sentito parlare del growling? A quanto pare no.
No no nessuno sbaglio, lo stress laringeo si sente eccome (se si possiedono orecchio e educazione vocale classica, l'unica che significhi qualcosa qnd si parla di canto): il suono dopo re5 è "schiacciato", povero di armonici..
Poi per carità se vuoi considerare come estremi dell' estensione vocale anche rutti (growling) e il registro di fischio fai pure ma, credimi, sul Manuel Garcia, o sul Tosi, o sul Mancini ma nemmeno sul Juvarra non si dice nulla di simile.
@AlessandroMenardi No, la laringe è perfettamente rilassata su quelle note alte. Mantiene una gola aperta e un'ottima risonanza, ha pieno supporto di diaframma e un vibrato costante anche sulle note più acute. Il sollevamento laringeo ha effetti negativi sull'emissione che in Toni non si sentono: sforzo, assottigliamento dell'emissione (Toni mantiene risonanza) e suono gutturale.
E il growling non è un "rutto", come dici tu, ma solo un'aggiunta stilistica. Non implica alcuno sforzo.
Non sono d'accordo...abbiamo idee ben diverse su cosa sia un suono rilassato, il canto sul fiato, e "un'ottima risonanza" (cosa sorprendente da leggere dato che negli estremi acuti pare che abbia una mela infilata nei seni paranasali e frontali, ed inoltre il suono è ingolato).
Il growling non è una aggiunta stilistica ma una denuncia di mancanza di stile.
Forse sono io troppo severo (de- formazione belcantistica) o forse è Lei a trascurare l'importanza della qualità del suono.
@AlessandroMenardi Il suono non è ingolato. Se fosse ingolato il vibrato sarebbe incostante e avrebbe oscillazioni, e non è di certo il caso della Braxton. La sua gola è troppo aperta in quelle note per avere un'emissione ingolata.
"L'estensione vocale di un cantante di qualità comprende le note che egli può cantare con un agio accettabile." Uhm, no. Quella è la tessitura.
Toni non sforza le note più acute, ma in quanto contralto assoluto non ha lo stesso comfort che avrebbe Whitney.
" "L'estensione vocale di un cantante di qualità comprende le note che egli può cantare con un agio accettabile." Uhm, no. Quella è la tessitura."
La Tessitura è la zona del proprio range in cui si può cantare con grande confort (non con un minimo di agio) e in cui si concentrano la maggiore quantità di note emesse dal cantante...sei un po' confuso forse.
Sul fatto che la voce negli estremi acuti sia un po' ingolata non c'è nulla da discutere, sarebbe sufficiente ascoltare.
@AlessandroMenardi Il growling non viene fatto solo da Toni, ma anche da molte altre cantanti che per tessitura o per estensione riescono a cantare note molto più acute. Mariah Carey usa il growling in note di media altezza come il mi quinto, pur avendo zero difficoltà nel raggiungerlo. Lo stesso vale per Whitney, Anastacia, Aretha, Beyoncé... Potrei andare avanti per anni.
@Stefano94x I can't believe that guy would say that! Toni Braxton never yelled or pulled her larynx up to emit her notes! She barely strained and she's famous for how beautiful her low notes are! What was this guy smoking?!
Ho dato un occhiata al Suo canale Stefano ed è tutto chiaro: non capivo bene quali fossero i perchè di una così ostinata difesa di posizioni diciamo "non accademiche" ed ecco tutto spiegato: "Christina Aguilera vs Anastacia", "Leona vs Anastacia" e via così...
Lei vive la musica come contrapposizione muscolare, come sforzo laringeo alla ricerca del guinnes dei primati o come arte ? A questo si riduce tutta la nostra discussione canora di cui sopra.
@AlessandroMenardi You don't know what you are talking about? Her voice is clear below E3 and her higher belts are controlled and applied with vibrato. She has a connected head voice, so that counts too. Nice try!
@AlessandroMenardi She does have a three octave range. Her true range spans from Bb2-Bb5. Under E3 is clear. She has a hallow sound in the second octave. "Over D5 She seems like She is stretching her vocal cords, not singing. Talking about head voice do6 and do diesis6 are exclamation..." Her Eb5, E5, and F5 belts are not stretched out! Do you hear any signs of strain? No! Do yo hear any sign of a pulled larynx? No! the full HV notes until Bb5 are connected! Bb2-Bb5 = 3 octaves! Next!
If I'm correct a mezzo soprano can go as high as a C6. Toni is considered a contralto but she can go up to a C6? So, Trentjones, are you saying contraltos have that rare ability to sing the soprano C?
@QuietStormMan vocal range does not make the vocal type; it's all about comfort zone/tessitura. Toni has a large range but her true comfort zone is in the 3rd octave. The same can be said for Mariah Carey.
@trentnjones Nope, Mariah's higher register is healthier than lower. She has an amazing low register, but low notes are ofter forced. She has more freedom in higher register as she is a soprano! (possibly dramatic) but not contralto
@fuckingbrill No. She can't be a soprano. Her middle register (upper 3rd, lower 4th) is WAAAYYYY to robust and full. What kind of a soprano can belt F4?
Mariah has a light voice, I'll give you that. But to be honest, Mariah's voice is only bright in her upper registers. And that's because she mixes her head voice into her chest voice. It gets huskier and darker below G4 when it's all full voice...and she doesn't actually start lose volume until F3.
I just know that it's virtually impossible for a soprano to sing in the 2nd octave.
@BlackLightning20101 Everyone has to mix head voice with chest to hit upper notes. And her voice looses volume until F3. She can hit it strong, but she has airy and weak lows as well. Even contraltos loose volume until these notes. And It's still impossible for contralto to sound so light like Mariah even if they mix. She has very, very light belting register and head voice. So bright.
@fuckingbrill mariah carey is an alto. she even says so herself along with her vocal coaches. people are classified into voice types depending on their vocal tone and their most comfortable singing tessitura. for mariah carey, that's within the alto range. have you ever heard her talk or laugh? her voice is seriously deep for a woman.
@ileavecommentshere Yes, it is, but her singing voice is way lighter that speaking. Beyonce's speaking voice is also very deep, but she still sounds like a mezzo soprano although she is mixing chest with head. Mariah doesn't even sound like a mezzo soprano. And yes, I heard Mariah said she is an alto, but it's impossible. She never sounded like an alto. Compare it to Toni, Alicia Keys, Anastacia. They are real contraltos. And Mariah never sounded like them.
@fuckingbrill i think you need to listen to a bit more mariah then. she can go way deeper comfortably than alicia or anastacia, and a bit deeper than toni. search for mariah carey you and i
it's a stevie wonder cover but she goes lower than him on the song with her runs.
@ileavecommentshere I've heard many many performances of her and I know her voice very well :) She can sound deep, but it isn't her natural voice. Her natural vice is soprano. There are some women that can sing even in Baritone! Good example is Violetta Villas (check her vocal showcase on my channel). She had very seep, strong and dark lows, way stronger and darker than Mariah, but she was soprano.
@Stefano94x Yep. It's plain even according to their vocal ranges. Beyonce hasn't gone as high as Anastacia. Beyonce is awesome at lows. She's the only one woman I know that projected Bb2.
@trentnjones true true, i'm baritone and can hit at least an D5. and adam lopez sings as a tenor but can hit a C8. and don't forget timber when considering vocal type. ^_^
@QuietStormMan Yeah, it's all about the tone. also contraltos have the longest & thickest vocal chords of all women, enabling them to have a wide range.
@QuietStormMan Exactly what TrentnJones said. She can hit the C6 but usually from D5 and up she mainly hits the notes by using her head voice and falsetto, thus making her vocal comfort range (i believe it's called tessitura) a contralto.
A contralto can have the common range from an F3 to F5....but of course there are exceptions to that as Ms. Braxton has proven in this video. Not too many female singer can sing past the 5th octave in chest voice, with the exception of Patti Labelle.....but I digress, sorry.
I watched the video again. unless you are saying the "head notes" are the really really high notes without falsetto then that is all down to whatever someone wants to call them some say head notes others say high notes. so your right there. :)
I love the video. probably the best one of these made as the notes are all the right ones unlike some of the other ones :) one thing the head notes the technical word is falsetto ive subscribed to you channel love it :)
What song is at 0:25 after her B2 (harm.) , and at 0:36-0:38, at 1:02, at 2:44, at 2:52, at 3:00, and lastly 4:29. I know this is a lot. I'm sorry =p. Thank yu in advance!!!
@DRzJAS I've got sort of the exact range. I've been told I'm a baritone. In your case, I guess it depends on your voice timbre and how high you can go in chest voice. I'd say you are a baritone since I've rarely heard about tenors going as low as E2. My guess is that you can go to about G4 comfortably in chest voice?
@svichky This is not her lowest note. Brandy is a light contralto and can go down to G2, so I have no doubt that Toni can at least meet that. I would be surprised if she could go lower.
@SugarStick77 This is not her lowest note. Brandy is a light contralto and can go down to G2, so I have no doubt that Toni can at least meet that. I would be surprised if she could go lower.
i think she could definately go lower but i think her voice is very heavy and if she would have gone lower it would have made her sound like a man which wouldn't have been good.
People like Mariah have got a heavy voice so if they go lower they still sound "womanly"
Great ballads and songs that she does a lot of belting: Unbreak My Heart, Seven Whole Days, In The Late of Night, Heart Never Had A Hero, Breathe Again, Let It Flow, Another Sad Love Song and Trippin. Plus many more ;)
love Toni. it will be very interesting to see what she brings to the table with her new album. she's still beautiful with a perfect body and i'm sure she can still kill it in studio so I say bring it on girl :)
one of the most recognizable voices in music love the low notes and i never knew ppl were saying alexadra burke is coming for her place i never saw that maybe i have to check her out more
Right on TIME! I've been on a TONI kick this past week! Listening to Secrets and The Heat everyday lately! Someone stole my Toni debut, I need to get that replaced! Classics like "Bestfriend", "Seven Whole Days"....OMG listen to her perform Seven... live, she blows it off the roof!!! She has been one of my top 3 vocalists since 90s, along side Mariah & Whitney! #1 Mariah, #2 Whitney, #3 Toni, #4 Celine, #5 Brandy, #6 Lara Fabian
She did a B2 in that other version of UBMH. Well, it was a slip. She sounds like a man when she sings in her natural bottom register, a transvestite in the middle and a woman in the belting and head registers. That's how I put it, anyway. One question though... Does harmonizing actually count? ...I meant to ask someone.
Harmonising does count because the singer is performing the notes in a layered format just to give the song a special effect; it can either augment a song (in the way that some rapper use a 'double' to emphasise certain words) or it can soften the song. In I Don't Want To (where I found the B2), she harmonised with her sisters - while one sang B3, she sang B2 in the background.
You used the right word: usually. However, Beyonce could hit B2 but she definitely is not Contralto. Same thing for Whitney who can go down to A2 and Celine who could hit Bb2. It's all about tessitura.
Beyonces Voice is Okkay 2 me.. Not really impressive Like Tonis.. BUt no one has yet to touch me or impress me more than MARIAH CAREYS VOICE shes shown lower.. draker.. lighter tones,, and whistle/falsetto/ and head vocie register to the 7th octave
jameld55 14 hours ago
Sorry to meddle in guys, but I really doubt Mariah Carey is a soprano. She could even be a mezzo, but definitely not a full soprano. She can reach the upper notes, but that's not where her voice resonates. I'd say Mariah Carey is a contralto, probably a coloratura one. It's a very, very rare voice and that's probably why she doesn't sound like other contraltos (Lyric like Toni or Dramatic like Etta, I think) or any Mezzos. Her speaking voice is her comfort zone and it's below the fourth octave.
daydreamdahling 2 weeks ago
@daydreamdahling Mariahs a Mezzo Soprano! Even tho shes more Comfortable with lower tones she sings up 2 the 7th octave!
jameld55 14 hours ago
Her head voice is everything!
MiamiChicky 3 weeks ago
I forgot how much I loved Toni's voice. Think I got distracted by her over the top baby sister. LOL I gotta go to my laptop and put all those Toni Braxton songs from her old days back on my phone. Thanks for the reminder
aaliyonce 1 month ago
People dont understand how high she can really go.i love her
wizk323 1 month ago
Any thoughts out there on her contralto catagory? Lyric/dramatic? Spinto? Coluratura?
TLPOMNIMEDIA 1 month ago
@TLPOMNIMEDIA Dramatic.
BlackLightning20101 3 weeks ago
what is the name of that song at 3:52??????????
laniedeshaun 2 months ago
Her lows have so much heft that she can sound like a baritone at times
shaunmike 2 months ago
Toni Can go to a B2 Live..
Mcvideos92 2 months ago
There's a higher harmonized belt alongside her F5, is that her or a background singer?
mAnNyElLaTiNo33 3 months ago
Female alto RnB singer. (my version of Toni's "Seven Whole Days")Come check out my page RATE and COMMENT. thanks
ToniTurner22 4 months ago
Her F5 is very Whitney I think.. are you by anychance going to do a live version?
Dam112 5 months ago
@Dam112 There are no live notes from her above Eb5 unfortunately. She defintaely stays in her contralto territory. I wish she went over Eb5 in chest voice live.
ThePianoguy89 4 months ago
@ThePianoguy89 I dont think thats a bad thing, she could but LOVE the fact she doesnt.. just cause you can hit notes dont mean you have to. More should take a page form her book lol.
Dam112 4 months ago
@Dam112 I totally agree. I was wondeing if you can do a live range from her and I can link you the notes? I've been waiting so long for someone to make a live one for her.
ThePianoguy89 4 months ago
@ThePianoguy89 Yeah I would love too, if you know notes inbox me them and ill get started tonight.. If @trentnjones isnt making one.
Dam112 4 months ago
Good job very nice
jstvens 5 months ago
TB's vocal timbre on her upper notes (particularly the sustained high G#) is not that of a deep contralto by any means. Contraltos and mezzos have a tough time sustaining softer dynamics on higher notes, which is actually one of Toni's greatest (if infrequently unused) skills. There are high sopranos who are capable of producing dark chest tones in their middle and bottom registers, so she would need to sing a demanding melody entirely in her head voice to reveal her true vocal placement.
ryan33bttm 5 months ago
Toni has an amazing low register : > one of best contraltos for me : >
Fangir120 6 months ago
I admire her so deep then so high!!1 GASP
7Xtremz 6 months ago
What song is played at 1:18?
cherubina 6 months ago
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ThePianoguy89 7 months ago
her upper ranges sounds like whitney houston....especially when she was younger
musoph21 7 months ago
@musoph21 LOL
Stefano94x 7 months ago
toni braxton is a very talented singer her low velvety voice is warming to anyone who is willing to listen. although i am a boy i developed my lower vocal register by listening to her lalah hathaway and sarah vaughn... she is truely underated as a singer...plus she is hot
momoney020 8 months ago
She is my favorite singer!
ThePianoguy89 8 months ago 11
i'm a d but not sure how deep of a D i am. A pianist told me this.
96NoLimits96 8 months ago
All I have to say is if you don't think she can do the high belty stuff without verve and zest, you have to listen to I BELONG TO YOU from her first album. This song could easily have been written for Whitney Houston or someone more in that category, she really is versatile.
rlee1976 9 months ago
The real vocal range of Toni Braxton is E3-D5.
below E3 her's voice is not clear.
Over D5 She isn't singing but shouting...
AlessandroMenardi 9 months ago
@AlessandroMenardi Or not. Nice try though.
Stefano94x 9 months ago
@Stefano94x
Questa tendenza ad attribuire a cantanti,anche dotati di ottima estensione come T.Braxton, dei range esagerati è sciocca. Un'estensione di circa 2 ottave (escludendo il registro di testa) è per quasi tutto il repertorio pop, soul, R&B desiderabile; perciò la domanda è: cos'è che vi agita tutti a questa maniera quando si parla di questo? L'estensione vocale di un cantante di qualità comprende le note che egli può cantare con un agio accettabile. Perciò mi3-re5 è quello di Toni.
AlessandroMenardi 9 months ago
@AlessandroMenardi Uhm...no. Prima di tutto il registro di testa, che ti piaccia o meno, fa parte dell'estensione.
"Below E3 her's voice is not clear". Spero che tu non stia parlando sul serio. Il suo fraseggio e la sua risonanza nei bassi sono tra i migliori.
"Over D5 She isn't singing but shouting..." Ulteriore sbaglio. I suoi acuti sono pienamente supportati. Non mostra alcun segno di sollevamento laringeo o compressione della gola. Hai mai sentito parlare del growling? A quanto pare no.
Stefano94x 9 months ago
@Stefano94x
No no nessuno sbaglio, lo stress laringeo si sente eccome (se si possiedono orecchio e educazione vocale classica, l'unica che significhi qualcosa qnd si parla di canto): il suono dopo re5 è "schiacciato", povero di armonici..
Poi per carità se vuoi considerare come estremi dell' estensione vocale anche rutti (growling) e il registro di fischio fai pure ma, credimi, sul Manuel Garcia, o sul Tosi, o sul Mancini ma nemmeno sul Juvarra non si dice nulla di simile.
Con simpatia. ;)
AlessandroMenardi 9 months ago
@AlessandroMenardi No, la laringe è perfettamente rilassata su quelle note alte. Mantiene una gola aperta e un'ottima risonanza, ha pieno supporto di diaframma e un vibrato costante anche sulle note più acute. Il sollevamento laringeo ha effetti negativi sull'emissione che in Toni non si sentono: sforzo, assottigliamento dell'emissione (Toni mantiene risonanza) e suono gutturale.
E il growling non è un "rutto", come dici tu, ma solo un'aggiunta stilistica. Non implica alcuno sforzo.
Stefano94x 9 months ago
@Stefano94x
Non sono d'accordo...abbiamo idee ben diverse su cosa sia un suono rilassato, il canto sul fiato, e "un'ottima risonanza" (cosa sorprendente da leggere dato che negli estremi acuti pare che abbia una mela infilata nei seni paranasali e frontali, ed inoltre il suono è ingolato).
Il growling non è una aggiunta stilistica ma una denuncia di mancanza di stile.
Forse sono io troppo severo (de- formazione belcantistica) o forse è Lei a trascurare l'importanza della qualità del suono.
AlessandroMenardi 9 months ago
@AlessandroMenardi Il suono non è ingolato. Se fosse ingolato il vibrato sarebbe incostante e avrebbe oscillazioni, e non è di certo il caso della Braxton. La sua gola è troppo aperta in quelle note per avere un'emissione ingolata.
"L'estensione vocale di un cantante di qualità comprende le note che egli può cantare con un agio accettabile." Uhm, no. Quella è la tessitura.
Toni non sforza le note più acute, ma in quanto contralto assoluto non ha lo stesso comfort che avrebbe Whitney.
Stefano94x 9 months ago
@Stefano94x
" "L'estensione vocale di un cantante di qualità comprende le note che egli può cantare con un agio accettabile." Uhm, no. Quella è la tessitura."
La Tessitura è la zona del proprio range in cui si può cantare con grande confort (non con un minimo di agio) e in cui si concentrano la maggiore quantità di note emesse dal cantante...sei un po' confuso forse.
Sul fatto che la voce negli estremi acuti sia un po' ingolata non c'è nulla da discutere, sarebbe sufficiente ascoltare.
AlessandroMenardi 9 months ago
@AlessandroMenardi Il growling non viene fatto solo da Toni, ma anche da molte altre cantanti che per tessitura o per estensione riescono a cantare note molto più acute. Mariah Carey usa il growling in note di media altezza come il mi quinto, pur avendo zero difficoltà nel raggiungerlo. Lo stesso vale per Whitney, Anastacia, Aretha, Beyoncé... Potrei andare avanti per anni.
Stefano94x 9 months ago
@Stefano94x I can't believe that guy would say that! Toni Braxton never yelled or pulled her larynx up to emit her notes! She barely strained and she's famous for how beautiful her low notes are! What was this guy smoking?!
ThePianoguy89 9 months ago
@Stefano94x
Ah...ho capito tutto ora!
Ho dato un occhiata al Suo canale Stefano ed è tutto chiaro: non capivo bene quali fossero i perchè di una così ostinata difesa di posizioni diciamo "non accademiche" ed ecco tutto spiegato: "Christina Aguilera vs Anastacia", "Leona vs Anastacia" e via così...
Lei vive la musica come contrapposizione muscolare, come sforzo laringeo alla ricerca del guinnes dei primati o come arte ? A questo si riduce tutta la nostra discussione canora di cui sopra.
Saluti.
AlessandroMenardi 9 months ago
@AlessandroMenardi You don't know what you are talking about? Her voice is clear below E3 and her higher belts are controlled and applied with vibrato. She has a connected head voice, so that counts too. Nice try!
ThePianoguy89 9 months ago
@ThePianoguy89
Braxton's note under E3 are NOT clear, if you want listen to a real contralto try Sarah Vaughan...
Over D5 She seems like She is stretching her vocal cords, not singing. Talking about head voice do6 and do diesis6 are exclamation...
Despite everything I think She is a good singer: good range (but not 3 octave range).
AlessandroMenardi 9 months ago
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@AlessandroMenardi She does have a three octave range. Her true range spans from Bb2-Bb5. Under E3 is clear. She has a hallow sound in the second octave. "Over D5 She seems like She is stretching her vocal cords, not singing. Talking about head voice do6 and do diesis6 are exclamation..." Her Eb5, E5, and F5 belts are not stretched out! Do you hear any signs of strain? No! Do yo hear any sign of a pulled larynx? No! the full HV notes until Bb5 are connected! Bb2-Bb5 = 3 octaves! Next!
ThePianoguy89 9 months ago
Could you please tell me the name of the song where she hits the first D5?
iRonta13 10 months ago
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Stefano94x 10 months ago
Damn to whoever put this together..this is some goooooood shhh!!! wow
MsBrownDuh15 11 months ago
Whats the name of the song with her hitting that F#5 and A5 (the one she holds for like 2 seconds). :) :)
EmmanuelxMusic 1 year ago
Hm.......contralto......
toni7777ful 1 year ago
If I'm correct a mezzo soprano can go as high as a C6. Toni is considered a contralto but she can go up to a C6? So, Trentjones, are you saying contraltos have that rare ability to sing the soprano C?
QuietStormMan 1 year ago
@QuietStormMan vocal range does not make the vocal type; it's all about comfort zone/tessitura. Toni has a large range but her true comfort zone is in the 3rd octave. The same can be said for Mariah Carey.
trentnjones 1 year ago 12
@trentnjones good point...I have been trying to explain that to some people for a while now about singing and Toni lol!!!
raindroppz 1 year ago
@trentnjones Nope, Mariah's higher register is healthier than lower. She has an amazing low register, but low notes are ofter forced. She has more freedom in higher register as she is a soprano! (possibly dramatic) but not contralto
fuckingbrill 4 months ago
@fuckingbrill No. She can't be a soprano. Her middle register (upper 3rd, lower 4th) is WAAAYYYY to robust and full. What kind of a soprano can belt F4?
BlackLightning20101 3 weeks ago
@BlackLightning20101 So what type of voice Mariah has? It's impossible to have so light and bright voice like that and not to be a soprano.
fuckingbrill 3 weeks ago
@fuckingbrill I don't know...I really don't.
Mariah has a light voice, I'll give you that. But to be honest, Mariah's voice is only bright in her upper registers. And that's because she mixes her head voice into her chest voice. It gets huskier and darker below G4 when it's all full voice...and she doesn't actually start lose volume until F3.
I just know that it's virtually impossible for a soprano to sing in the 2nd octave.
BlackLightning20101 3 weeks ago
@BlackLightning20101 Everyone has to mix head voice with chest to hit upper notes. And her voice looses volume until F3. She can hit it strong, but she has airy and weak lows as well. Even contraltos loose volume until these notes. And It's still impossible for contralto to sound so light like Mariah even if they mix. She has very, very light belting register and head voice. So bright.
fuckingbrill 3 weeks ago
@fuckingbrill mariah carey is an alto. she even says so herself along with her vocal coaches. people are classified into voice types depending on their vocal tone and their most comfortable singing tessitura. for mariah carey, that's within the alto range. have you ever heard her talk or laugh? her voice is seriously deep for a woman.
ileavecommentshere 3 weeks ago
@ileavecommentshere Yes, it is, but her singing voice is way lighter that speaking. Beyonce's speaking voice is also very deep, but she still sounds like a mezzo soprano although she is mixing chest with head. Mariah doesn't even sound like a mezzo soprano. And yes, I heard Mariah said she is an alto, but it's impossible. She never sounded like an alto. Compare it to Toni, Alicia Keys, Anastacia. They are real contraltos. And Mariah never sounded like them.
fuckingbrill 3 weeks ago
@fuckingbrill i think you need to listen to a bit more mariah then. she can go way deeper comfortably than alicia or anastacia, and a bit deeper than toni. search for mariah carey you and i
it's a stevie wonder cover but she goes lower than him on the song with her runs.
ileavecommentshere 3 weeks ago
@ileavecommentshere I've heard many many performances of her and I know her voice very well :) She can sound deep, but it isn't her natural voice. Her natural vice is soprano. There are some women that can sing even in Baritone! Good example is Violetta Villas (check her vocal showcase on my channel). She had very seep, strong and dark lows, way stronger and darker than Mariah, but she was soprano.
fuckingbrill 3 weeks ago
@fuckingbrill Anastacia isn't a contralto lmfao. She has always been a mezzo.
Stefano94x 1 week ago
@Stefano94x Okay, mezzo soprano, but her voice is really deep. Beyonce is more like deep mezzo but she never sounded as heavy as Anastacia.
fuckingbrill 1 week ago
@fuckingbrill Anastacia is a deep mezzo, but Beyonce's tessitura is even deeper than Anastacia's.
Stefano94x 1 week ago
@Stefano94x Yep. It's plain even according to their vocal ranges. Beyonce hasn't gone as high as Anastacia. Beyonce is awesome at lows. She's the only one woman I know that projected Bb2.
fuckingbrill 1 week ago
@fuckingbrill Brandy has a Bb2 with vibrato as well, and she's hold a G2 in the bg vocals of A Capella.
Stefano94x 1 week ago
@fuckingbrill Have you heard of Stevie Nicks? She's projected a Bb2. I'd link you too the performance but I can't remember what performance it was.
hessounusual95 1 week ago
@trentnjones thats true. mariah is more of an alto then anything else but her range is fairly extensive to the point of going past her type.
caciquepadilla 4 months ago
@trentnjones true true, i'm baritone and can hit at least an D5. and adam lopez sings as a tenor but can hit a C8. and don't forget timber when considering vocal type. ^_^
TLPOMNIMEDIA 1 month ago
@QuietStormMan Yeah, it's all about the tone. also contraltos have the longest & thickest vocal chords of all women, enabling them to have a wide range.
apnixlover900 10 months ago
@QuietStormMan
Yes... even in the opera category, true contraltos (see Ewa Podles) can sing a high C.
rlee1976 9 months ago
@QuietStormMan Exactly what TrentnJones said. She can hit the C6 but usually from D5 and up she mainly hits the notes by using her head voice and falsetto, thus making her vocal comfort range (i believe it's called tessitura) a contralto.
paulipaz 4 months ago
A contralto can have the common range from an F3 to F5....but of course there are exceptions to that as Ms. Braxton has proven in this video. Not too many female singer can sing past the 5th octave in chest voice, with the exception of Patti Labelle.....but I digress, sorry.
QuietStormMan 4 months ago
woops sorry i just realized i repeated pretty much what you'd said. sorry. :)
paulipaz 4 months ago
Can someone tell me the names of all songs in this video?
babylovemeonemoretim 1 year ago
Contraltos can at least reach up to Bb5 in head voice, but she is the ultimate deep contralto. I also compare her to Jazmine Sullivan.
ThePianoguy89 1 year ago
Hasn't she gone lower than a B2?
Android18uk 1 year ago
What a sexy and beautiful voice she has!
ThePianoguy89 1 year ago
I watched the video again. unless you are saying the "head notes" are the really really high notes without falsetto then that is all down to whatever someone wants to call them some say head notes others say high notes. so your right there. :)
LadyMikala 1 year ago
I love the video. probably the best one of these made as the notes are all the right ones unlike some of the other ones :) one thing the head notes the technical word is falsetto ive subscribed to you channel love it :)
LadyMikala 1 year ago
i love me some toni. thanks for the post.
mocatristao 1 year ago
Trent could you please make a list of the songs played in this video?
FloridianWolf 1 year ago
Great video!!! :D Can you please post the names of the songs in which she hits her high notes using her head voice? Thank you so much!!!
emmanuel27noriega 1 year ago
im a tenor and i can A5 in falsetto and i think i can go higher
douglaswri 1 year ago
Im a tenor and i can hit A5 in falsetto
douglaswri 1 year ago
She betta work.
But i believe that she could go lower as well as higher...
Ms. Toni just needs to demonstrate her range live! lol
Both end notes were hit so flawlessly.
homoalways1 1 year ago
What song is at 0:25 after her B2 (harm.) , and at 0:36-0:38, at 1:02, at 2:44, at 2:52, at 3:00, and lastly 4:29. I know this is a lot. I'm sorry =p. Thank yu in advance!!!
dictionopolis 1 year ago
what is song at beg? 0:41?
HildaMcFumble 2 years ago
wow... thas all i got 4 this video
say i got a question
wat iz ma vocal range exactly??
herez ma range
E2-A5
and ma voice soundz like michael jackson and ne-yo
DRzJAS 2 years ago
@DRzJAS I've got sort of the exact range. I've been told I'm a baritone. In your case, I guess it depends on your voice timbre and how high you can go in chest voice. I'd say you are a baritone since I've rarely heard about tenors going as low as E2. My guess is that you can go to about G4 comfortably in chest voice?
kevcad 1 year ago
@kevcad well in middle voice or mix w/e term floats ya boat, ma highest note iz C5.. but ur right, chest voice alone iz G4
DRzJAS 1 year ago
she can go higher than this for sure...that C#6 sounded so easy for her to hit...strange that she can't or didn't go lower than Bb2...
svichky 2 years ago
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@svichky This is not her lowest note. Brandy is a light contralto and can go down to G2, so I have no doubt that Toni can at least meet that. I would be surprised if she could go lower.
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SugarStick77 2 years ago
@SugarStick77 This is not her lowest note. Brandy is a light contralto and can go down to G2, so I have no doubt that Toni can at least meet that. I would be surprised if she could go lower.
blktrekie29 2 years ago
that makes sense...
svichky 2 years ago
thats because Mariah has a larger octave range though.... .pretty obvious.
squirebuffy 2 years ago
@SugarStick77
same. its probably Toni has a much darker, heavier tone to her voice which makes her singing sound lower than it is.
blackstarlight321 1 year ago
TONI BRAXTON IS THE SHIT
uniqueman1981 2 years ago
what about Toni's high note at the end of "the christmas song" on her album?- thats her most beautiful note to me.
elarinque 2 years ago
just amazing
but alexandra is on her way
i know her album is pop influenced r&b
but when she evolves musicallly
she'll be england's toni/whitney
greatmusic1001 2 years ago
what the name of the song before give you my heart?
kblack177 2 years ago
"Santa Please" off of her Christmas album.
TheErleevis 2 years ago
What's the song from :38 - 1:01? Btw I subscribed I like your videos.
MadeItHere 2 years ago
I Wanna Be (Your Baby) from the Libra Album (2005).
trentnjones 2 years ago
I love her <333 (:
nippyme 2 years ago
i subscribed cool video
laceleatherxxx 2 years ago
what is the name of the song at 2:35
podevil 2 years ago
Best Friend from her debut album (1993)
trentnjones 2 years ago
i think she could definately go lower but i think her voice is very heavy and if she would have gone lower it would have made her sound like a man which wouldn't have been good.
People like Mariah have got a heavy voice so if they go lower they still sound "womanly"
happylarry 2 years ago
Gladys Knight needs one
happylarry 2 years ago
Her vocal range is amazing to be a contralto. Her voice is not as fluid as Alex's though
mudisco 2 years ago
what do you mean by 'fluid'
happylarry 2 years ago
Exclamation not in range, range is notes sung
kouldeliee 2 years ago
mariah can go lower.....F2.....
murtazamurad1994 2 years ago 2
lol @ "It's Toni Mother F@*kin' Braxton". YES, TONI IS THA SHHHHH!!!!
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ThaRealMckoy3 2 years ago
She's a pure contralto... Great range
WestVoice 2 years ago 15
love her voice
laceleatherxxx 2 years ago
What Trent is your top 5 Toni songs (I'm trying to get into her more but I only like songs "How could an angel break my heart")
eternalsilverlight 2 years ago
Unbreak My Heart, Seven Whole Days, Another Sad Love Song, He Wasn't Man Enough For Me and Let It Flow are SOME of my favourites :)
trentnjones 2 years ago
I'm look them up. Do you have the song Speaking in tongues?
eternalsilverlight 2 years ago
From the little clip you have here it sounds awesome(When contralto's sing slow and sexy it makes love to my ears)
eternalsilverlight 2 years ago
Of course I do ;) Also get Rock Me Roll Me, Stupid, Trippin', In The Late Of the Night (I LOVE this one) and Please!
trentnjones 2 years ago
If you have them can you send them to me?Or tell me where I could download them?
eternalsilverlight 2 years ago
her voice is melting hot, can u tell more of her ballad songs, plz
VioletKrystal 2 years ago
Great ballads and songs that she does a lot of belting: Unbreak My Heart, Seven Whole Days, In The Late of Night, Heart Never Had A Hero, Breathe Again, Let It Flow, Another Sad Love Song and Trippin. Plus many more ;)
trentnjones 2 years ago
Toni is number two on my list of favorite vocalists, but I had no idea she had such a varied range.
CuntyonMars 2 years ago
why cant i hear the bb2?
death2hakz 2 years ago
Because it was so fast. It comes from the song Talking In His Sleep. Give the track a listen.
trentnjones 2 years ago
what was the song in 1:23
aarion17 2 years ago
Speaking In Tongues from The Heat (2000).
trentnjones 2 years ago
@trentnjones Can you do a live version of Toni's range?! I can link you her best notes! She showcased 3 octaves!
ThePianoguy89 5 months ago
6:01 - 6:10 is amazing!
paperorpaper 2 years ago
love Toni. it will be very interesting to see what she brings to the table with her new album. she's still beautiful with a perfect body and i'm sure she can still kill it in studio so I say bring it on girl :)
nippyme 2 years ago
I love Toni.. but I think Anita B is my favorite Alto..
prinzcharm 2 years ago
toni braxton slays all w/ her range!!!
jaybee316 2 years ago 3
That G5 @ 5:54 is no joke.
Lol.
It's not a game son!
That is ridiculous.
-Beloved
Woo88 2 years ago 3
She reminds me so much of Gladys knight ,both have deep and soulful voices
ZanDTV 2 years ago
I concur with that she does have some similarities with the legendary Gladys Knight......
"let it flow is such a sweet song"!!:)
nippyme 2 years ago
on top of loving her voice, I think she has an awesome swag (lol).....to think after all these yrs she still look so freakin good!!:)
nippyme 2 years ago
surely she has gone lower live?
calvin999999999 2 years ago
I just noticed, did Toni hit like 5-6 F5's back to back? If so, Amazing!
Drich18 2 years ago
Tony, Brandy & Monica both came back to us, please drop an album and remind us why we enjoyed listening to your music!!:)
nippyme 2 years ago
Very rare voice, amazing vocalist
carem1985 2 years ago
one of the most recognizable voices in music love the low notes and i never knew ppl were saying alexadra burke is coming for her place i never saw that maybe i have to check her out more
bajeboi 2 years ago 2
People said that after Alexandra covered Unbreak My Heart on X-Factor.
trentnjones 2 years ago
is the C6 part of her range?
dungaboyd1 2 years ago
Toni's range? I think she may be able to manipulate the note if she choose but for now, the most she has done with C6 is exclaim.
trentnjones 2 years ago
checked out alexandra i see it now with some more time she will be great
bajeboi 2 years ago
C#6 in HV? *Mouth drops* Toni is a beast. Just brilliant.
FemaleVocalLover1975 2 years ago 5
Right on TIME! I've been on a TONI kick this past week! Listening to Secrets and The Heat everyday lately! Someone stole my Toni debut, I need to get that replaced! Classics like "Bestfriend", "Seven Whole Days"....OMG listen to her perform Seven... live, she blows it off the roof!!! She has been one of my top 3 vocalists since 90s, along side Mariah & Whitney! #1 Mariah, #2 Whitney, #3 Toni, #4 Celine, #5 Brandy, #6 Lara Fabian
uniquebfly 2 years ago
Love Toni's Voice, It's Deep, Soulful & Unique.
DivasForeverChannel 2 years ago
cant stand her, nothing against your video trent, but this man gets on my absolute wick!!!
starpeem 2 years ago
Then why watch the video? Anyway Trent I wish you would have put me and my boyfriend. The very end of the song listen carefully.
MeandShaunforever 2 years ago
I love Tony and her voice (very unique). still listen to her old sonds & if/when she comes out with a new album there is no doubt I will buy it!!:)
nippyme 2 years ago
my bad.....*songs*
nippyme 2 years ago
I actually don't like many of toni's songs except how could an angel break my heart and please but I satill think she is amazing
eternalsilverlight 2 years ago
I love that song too along with: unbreak my heart, 7 whole days & breath again (thats my fav)!!:)
nippyme 2 years ago
oh the song she did with babyface (give you my heart) is awesome too!!
nippyme 2 years ago
oh & it's just another sad love song" lol you get my point, I loves me some Tony (old school)!!(:
nippyme 2 years ago 2
Great Video!
islandlife89 2 years ago
Awesome vid, Trent! You used all of the belted notes that I listened to, but decided to leave out, LOL. I enjoyed your version. =]
FurImmerLamm 2 years ago 2
Damn I love a contralto's belting they always sound so powerful
eternalsilverlight 2 years ago 5
another great video trent!
raveoni926 2 years ago 2
TONI!
Chimier 2 years ago 4
She did a B2 in that other version of UBMH. Well, it was a slip. She sounds like a man when she sings in her natural bottom register, a transvestite in the middle and a woman in the belting and head registers. That's how I put it, anyway. One question though... Does harmonizing actually count? ...I meant to ask someone.
highnote32 2 years ago
Harmonising does count because the singer is performing the notes in a layered format just to give the song a special effect; it can either augment a song (in the way that some rapper use a 'double' to emphasise certain words) or it can soften the song. In I Don't Want To (where I found the B2), she harmonised with her sisters - while one sang B3, she sang B2 in the background.
trentnjones 2 years ago
She did an individual B2 @ 1:10-1:11. It was a very nice B2, it was the other version of UBMH. Usually, if you can sing a B2, you are a Contralto.
highnote32 2 years ago
You used the right word: usually. However, Beyonce could hit B2 but she definitely is not Contralto. Same thing for Whitney who can go down to A2 and Celine who could hit Bb2. It's all about tessitura.
trentnjones 2 years ago