Love the sound!!! I just found this on Whitacre's blog. I love this! It's my favorite part. And your voice is so clear and pure and just great. I expect great things from you. Cheers, --Keegan.
your notes are really clean...this guy tried doing it and he was terrible...i was looking at all the different versions of this song...you are a very good singer and like your lessons...thanks...
I hate the fact that most sopranos go vibrato when the straight precise note sounds so much better. Your voice range is fantastic. Congratulations on reaching those really high notes! :) x
I have heard this song before and it is breath taking. You've got a good broad range. You sing beautifully. I"m not a vocal coach but being in choir and taking voice lessons I'd say it sounds like you're forcing those higher soprano notes. Don't get me wrong, it's beautiful, just do what this other person suggested and use head resonance. Good job and keep up the good work.
This is my favourite part too.. and I get all teary eyed everytime I hear it.. *Sniffles* Brings back memories from my high school choir, damn, I miss the bunch.
perfect tone for the piece... we did this in our choir and the sopranos couldn't eliminate the vibrato and it sounded sub-par.. but that was really good!
Woah man, thats an incredible breath at 0.36, looked like your whole body filled up lol. Don't worry bout vibrato, I love voices without vibrato, so much more pure and actually nice to listen to, plus everyone has vibrato these days and it gets boring. You have a lovely voice :D Thanks
That was REALLY GOOD! Last week, I had the opportunity to work with Eric Whitacre for this high school thing in Oregon and it was awesome! I'm also an alto and did the soprano part when we worked on sleep with him. It's so difficult. I cannot believe you were able to do that so well. It was so hard for me to control the notes. I did, but boy it takes the breath out of you. :P Great work. :]
Wonderful. I actually got to sing that song with a choir and it sounded divine. I was the soprano one part. Took me two tries to get it completley. Excellent job my dear.
That was very good vocal control on the high notes. I don't know why you're singing Alto, your choral director must be crazy.
I've sang that song under the direction of Weston Noble from Luther and am very familiar with that song. You sounded better than most of the sopranos there.
Keep up the singing. A few tips: work on your breathe support to help sustain those high notes. Also, don't worry about the vibrato. It'll come. the worst thing to do is force it. All around great job!
effortless! i thought it was an evanescence song when you started singing, but that was great. I loved the voice control and the dynamics, a real soprano voice.
girl you can sing!!! that is also my favorite part in this song, i can actually sing soprano one as well, and i am in fact a very straight male that normally sings baritone, but you really pulled it off amazingly. im very impressed.
that was beautiful.....in jealous of ur voice...very controlled.....thats my favorite part too by the way......but i do the alto part because i cant go that high....my voice hasnt matured all the way yet
You're a great soprano. This was literally music to my ears. I hate how many people post things on YouTube and think they're great. But you're amazing.
Considering you're an alto, you did a fairly good job. (I sang the soprano part for this song) Just work on breathing.. with the high note especially, and try to do the whole phrase without any gaps.. otherwise good job.
Great Job! Your tone is really great, and you hit those notes very well =] I'm an alto 2, so i'd never be able to do that with that great ofd a tone, haha.
One tip for video-making though; When you're singing, try not to look at the camera lens, because it might make you nervous. =]
awesome job! When it comes to sopranos, nothing sounds better to me in a choral setting than straight toning. maybe just round you vowels a little more. great video.
Ya know how you said sorry about not having vibrato? This piece isn't made to have vibrato so it's a-ok the way you did it. Better than the girls in my choir for sure ;)
I love how clean your notes are! (personally I can't stand how most sopranos go crazy with vibrato, I love a good clean straight tone) The only suggestion I have to help round out your sound is to move into a 'head tone' it helps to raise your soft palate (kind of like you're going to yawn) it takes some getting used to, but adding that technique would just send you way over the bar
Good job. the only things that I would say is to round your vowels and open your mouth some more. It will darken it up some and make it oh so much better. Once again good job.
nice! and btw its okay that you dont have vibrato in this song. Because the harmonys are so close in this piece, it would actually sound bad with vibrato. your supposed to sing it straight tone, way to go!!!!!
uhm...i know this peice is mostly straight tone but at the end spin a little vibrato to keep the phrase moving...pretty good just like that one person said...a more suprised look..."freshly goosed" if i may
i absolutely LOVE this song!!! I got to sing sop 1 on this song in a competition my freshman year and i learned that the highest voice is not always the star! i never forgot this song. great job. i was excited to hear that someone else loves this song as much as i do.
yea, try opening your mouth more. also make a "surprise" face, raising eye brow, which would help your facial muscles, making more space in your mouth. Also, breath support would help your pitch to stay stable while holding the high notes.
excellent form. you blend well with the choir. refresh my memory.... was that Jo Micheal-Schiebe's choir? by the way I met eric whitacre in san antonio in 2001 and that is my favorite part also.
You fit the style of this very well; I can see why it'd be posted on the blog! Nice job. You've got a great choral soprano voice because vibrato = sticking out (which is bad), but if you want to do solo stuff vibrato can be your friend :) But it sounds great!
good voice, but it can be a bit shrill at times (not a criticism, but if you raise your soft palate, the resulting darkler sound will fit this piece better). Other than that, good job on a hard piece
You have an incredible voice with very, VERY good control. Eric Whitacre's masterpiece that is Sleep is one of my favorite orchestral/choral compositions and the section you selected is possibly the most intense thing I've ever heard. I'm impressed with your talent and taste in music. Excellent.
adorable. GOOD for you. keep up the work. If you are not familiar with Emma Kirkby you may be interested in her particular style of singing. Straight tone singing is difficult to do and stay on pitch. I can suggest that you lift the soft palate a bit more. This may cause your upper lip to be pulled in as well. SHAPING the tone more rounded. Keep the tip of your tongue at the back of the bottom teeth. ( I am a vocal instructor..not really a muziknoitall..my students gave me the title !!)
Hey good job. I played the arrangement for band when I was in high school. Love this song, and as a matter of fact, I haven't met a Whitacre composition I don't like.
I played many of his arrangements for band when I was younger.
Usually I don't comment on these things, but since we're using sleep in one of our upcoming episodes, I thought I'd say something.
That was quite good. The pitch was great, and at one point, I couldn't tell if it was you singing or the computer. For an alto, that was excellent and like the other person said, no vibrato is a more appropriate choice for this kind of literature. Great job.
My favorite part as well. Your color is more soprano than alto; I'd wager you could sing second soprano at least in any song where you weren't needed as a first alto. Alto voices have a darker, slightly more nasal/throaty quality; you are truly a mezzo if not a true soprano. Forget what you director says; he's just trying to fill parts.
You have the perfect choral voice. You're one of those filler voices that all choirs need to keep balance and density.
I think your vowels are a bit pinched, and if you lifted your cheeks higher/raised your eye brows, and took a truly great breath from your diaphram you'd have it. Just don't try to pinch the sound to make it more pure...your voice is pure enough without you trying to squeeze the sound out of a tiny hole.
Kudos for putting yourself out there..and for picking a wonderful song
wrong about needing a bigger breath and lifting the eyebrows. that may cause tension. if anything think more about direction of the phrase from beginning to end and moving more air through your vocal folds. don't psyche yourself out by taking in more air than you actually need. you sound beautiful, but try to spin the sound/breath to get more "ping." no need to manufacture that "pure" straight tone on whictacre's recordings. it can be very dangerous if done incorrectly. a little vibrato can help
I would say you are a mezzo-soprano... don't sell yourself short. Also, if you really are looking into singing... don't try to "develop" your own voice. To often you lead yourself astray. You hear something that is totally different than what we here. Let a voice teacher, that knows what they are doing, develop your voice.
Very nice. You have a gorgeous crystal clear tone. It suits this part nicely. I still think you are an alto though. I can hear a resonance that screams alto when you were in the lower register. Very nice though.
goosebumps!! I love this song, and this part, with the dissonance between the two soprano parts is pure genius.
your voice is ideal for this! don't change anything! amazing tone-stability! and you make it look easy!
I sing the bass 1 part of this, and am quite relaxed, so always have the chance to listen carefully to the sopranos in that part, and when they hit it right, my skin comes up in 2-foot goosebumps!! :-)))
HOLY CRAP! You have such an amazingly pure tone! I'm really impressed. I've been working on having a stronger falsetto (I'm a tenor) and I just can't get that pure, straight tone. And I LOVE LOVE LOVE everything Eric Whitacre!
WOW! You are like the best singer ever lol, how do you go so high? I have been doing singing lessons for 5 years now and i can't go that high no matter what. You should go on X-Factor, i rekon you would win. xD
people just dont realize how hard this part is to sing, i still believe you are an alto, i can hear the alto richness in your voice but you still sing this very well. good for you
BEAUTIFUL VOICE!!!!! Don't be so self concious, you're great! and I love Eric Whitacre's music, i've sang Lux Aremque and I THank YOu God For Most This Amazing Day (tenor 1), and a few others, and I love them. I'm in my Honors Chorale, and we sing a lot of his music, anyhow beautful voice, pitch, PERFECT keep it up girl!!!!
ok, my first comment that would help you a lot; open your mouth more. wats happening is that as youre singing the high notes, youre unknowingly stressing your vocal chords. and itll open your sound EVEN MORE. im sure you already kno this, but ensure your posture is better, the way youre singing ryt now, youre pretty much collapsing your airway. i kno when i sing this part with my choir, my upper/lower & pelvic ab area and lower back are burning bcuz of how much support i need to give this part.
I'm actually not a soprano in choir (as much I really want to be one), I'm an Alto 1, but my teacher for some questionable reason won't switch me despite my ability to hit high notes.
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good tone. open your mouth and it will help your sound seem much more round(takes practice). if you notice, the singers probably arent singing with their teeth together.
As a low bass who ends up singing high tenor I know what you have to go through to hit the notes. Sadly Bass and Alto have (in my opinion) less sexy parts to sing so in the meantime we have to 'stretch' ourselves.
Sleep is etherial so keep going with it. The more you work on the high A's the softer they will come out and the more you will enjoy the piece
no need to apologize for lack of vibrato! I don't have a natural vibrato at all, and I never use it in choirs unless it's asked of me.
I know how hard diction and staying in tune can be up there! You should definitely be proud. Actually, my dad just heard it and he thought it was me!! Really pure sound, I like it
yes, you can sing this song, because your voice has, infact, "developed" enough for you to force your way through the passage. however, your tone is very thin, and if you opened up your throat, you would have a mature quality to your voice... which you will lack if you keep squeezing, if you know what i mean.
I wish that I could hit notes like those! I am a second soprano....This song doesnt need vibrato.. they actually go for a no vibrato sound mostlt... beautifully done!
I love this song!! I performed it last year in my college choir. I think you have a very clear tone, and should perhaps be a soprano instead of an alto (and that's a big deal coming from an alto, myself ;) Great job.
THAT was great! Remember to watch the catch breaths and make them natural, Whitacre is like Sondheim in that he doesn't tell you when to breath. That had great tone, and you kept it straight which a piece like Sleep requires.
Very good! You have an exellent voice. I agree that it may sound a little bit forced, but that's to be expected. This song is insanely hard, and you've hit it dead one! *applauds*
omg incredible. did this in high school with my chorale. ..
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Love the sound!!! I just found this on Whitacre's blog. I love this! It's my favorite part. And your voice is so clear and pure and just great. I expect great things from you. Cheers, --Keegan.
coasterdude1216 7 months ago
There's something very magical about a pretty girl singing!
RobertWeekes 9 months ago
Beautiful!
forshizzle1970 10 months ago
U hot the notes perfect keep going
18ilovetim 11 months ago
your notes are really clean...this guy tried doing it and he was terrible...i was looking at all the different versions of this song...you are a very good singer and like your lessons...thanks...
fellow singer
N.O.T.S
northofthesun 1 year ago
I hate the fact that most sopranos go vibrato when the straight precise note sounds so much better. Your voice range is fantastic. Congratulations on reaching those really high notes! :) x
kirakira2k 1 year ago
damn... i love your straight tone, nice and pure sound. very nice.
brdwaydreamr 1 year ago
1:26... ur face... makes me so happy. hahaha. =D
racheleepoo09 1 year ago
Beautiful chorister's voice and I agree with independencedayB.
actorman1 1 year ago
You kind of look like Rachel Berry
samanthaksa 1 year ago
:D yay for Soprano 1's, i'm one too! Congrats!
VocalsAblaze 1 year ago
I have heard this song before and it is breath taking. You've got a good broad range. You sing beautifully. I"m not a vocal coach but being in choir and taking voice lessons I'd say it sounds like you're forcing those higher soprano notes. Don't get me wrong, it's beautiful, just do what this other person suggested and use head resonance. Good job and keep up the good work.
LoveThroughSong 1 year ago
This is my favourite part too.. and I get all teary eyed everytime I hear it.. *Sniffles* Brings back memories from my high school choir, damn, I miss the bunch.
guitarguru134 1 year ago
Oh my this is so beautiful. your voice brings me tears. So clear!
jthameschoir 1 year ago
Wow, you sound great.
ryan7946 1 year ago
very good.
keep singing.
SOPRANO.
andrewoconnorblue 1 year ago
BE PROUD.
thats beautiful (:
0USED0FAN0 1 year ago
perfect tone for the piece... we did this in our choir and the sopranos couldn't eliminate the vibrato and it sounded sub-par.. but that was really good!
CJandNickmusic 1 year ago
Wow. That was pretty amazing. Good job!
mluna785 1 year ago
My choir is singing this song. You did pretty well. It's not an easy piece. :P It's easier for me to hit the high notes when I stand up.
LustLolita 1 year ago
perfect :) i'm a soprano 1 myself, glad to know you could train yourself to go that high. it takes real talent. beautiful job missy!
maffiosa 1 year ago
i think this is everyone's favorite part of this song. i love the tenors through this section. one of eric whitacre's best songs.
JKSCHERMAN 1 year ago
Actually my favorite part is 1:55 in watch?v=qhCS7etNEbU&feature=related
IMO it has a more emotional, dark sound, however the part she sang is the climax of the song
Blashyrkh22 1 year ago
that was awesome!
it was so so beautiful and honestly, I think it sounds better without the vibrato, the way you did it.
thanks for posting!
FCGDAEB54321 2 years ago
Oh my god...that's incredibly high pitched. I'm only Alto 2, I wouldn't dare go that high, haha. Very well done, very well done indeed.
samuraichikx 2 years ago
wow this was amazing :D i love loovee loooveedd it :D
brown12019 2 years ago
Woah man, thats an incredible breath at 0.36, looked like your whole body filled up lol. Don't worry bout vibrato, I love voices without vibrato, so much more pure and actually nice to listen to, plus everyone has vibrato these days and it gets boring. You have a lovely voice :D Thanks
rivershade24 2 years ago
What a beautiful and sensitive young woman you are. Lovely singing- very moving! God bless you.
charliemoose74 2 years ago
I'm impressed! good job. :)
CaptainVictoryXavier 2 years ago
That was REALLY GOOD! Last week, I had the opportunity to work with Eric Whitacre for this high school thing in Oregon and it was awesome! I'm also an alto and did the soprano part when we worked on sleep with him. It's so difficult. I cannot believe you were able to do that so well. It was so hard for me to control the notes. I did, but boy it takes the breath out of you. :P Great work. :]
Mikli7 2 years ago
wow, you sound amazing....really, i had shivers the whole time
awesumblonde84 2 years ago 2
i love this! you'd be an asset to any choir =)
beautiful
cdaae3 2 years ago
onufAOWEFHPIue;jansg;adskjfgk THIS IS HOT
evanphotograph 2 years ago
Wonderful. I actually got to sing that song with a choir and it sounded divine. I was the soprano one part. Took me two tries to get it completley. Excellent job my dear.
Kittyonastring13 2 years ago
Now I remember why I subscribed to you =)
jordanskie 2 years ago
That was very good vocal control on the high notes. I don't know why you're singing Alto, your choral director must be crazy.
I've sang that song under the direction of Weston Noble from Luther and am very familiar with that song. You sounded better than most of the sopranos there.
Keep up the singing. A few tips: work on your breathe support to help sustain those high notes. Also, don't worry about the vibrato. It'll come. the worst thing to do is force it. All around great job!
sparbj 2 years ago
just great ! God bless you!
SimoPepi11 2 years ago
amazing!
alfalfasprout69 2 years ago
effortless! i thought it was an evanescence song when you started singing, but that was great. I loved the voice control and the dynamics, a real soprano voice.
grave60 2 years ago
girl you can sing!!! that is also my favorite part in this song, i can actually sing soprano one as well, and i am in fact a very straight male that normally sings baritone, but you really pulled it off amazingly. im very impressed.
ForaminisBand 2 years ago
haha me too! and I agree with your comment
dramakingraj13 2 years ago
What does sexual orientation have to do with being able to a pull off countertenor? xD
vampirereconsint 2 years ago
that was beautiful.....in jealous of ur voice...very controlled.....thats my favorite part too by the way......but i do the alto part because i cant go that high....my voice hasnt matured all the way yet
thissi234me567to 2 years ago
im in love with your sopranoness.!
MrJesusSierra 2 years ago
wow THAT WAS AMAZING!!! most soprano 1 are like struggling . and you look like its nothing. i think im in love =]
MrJesusSierra 2 years ago 2
You're a great soprano. This was literally music to my ears. I hate how many people post things on YouTube and think they're great. But you're amazing.
kyokat130 2 years ago
Considering you're an alto, you did a fairly good job. (I sang the soprano part for this song) Just work on breathing.. with the high note especially, and try to do the whole phrase without any gaps.. otherwise good job.
nessOmatic 2 years ago
You did just fine. As far as I'm concerned, there should be NO vibrato on this song at all, so your voice was perfect.
VERY good tone. :)
ZachKing88 2 years ago
BEST SONG my chorus has EVER done. i was soprano one, way to gooo :)
lalouxox42 2 years ago
Gorgeous...would love to hear you with a full chorus.
wickedphant0m 2 years ago
Beautiful. I think I am in love with you! :)
jmannatyork 2 years ago
You're great! Whitacre's cluster chords are too much with vibrato, so your voice fits perfectly.
arewe79 2 years ago
I was very surprised. Wayy better than I expected. U have great talent :)
drdoodle2006 2 years ago
My choir is doing this song.
CASTiLL0H 2 years ago
WHOA. That's so cool. ^.^
brimxy 2 years ago
FUCK YEAH, Sleep!!!
tiyenin 2 years ago
I love how you can stay right on pitch... Perfect. 100/100!! I love your voice.
Shabers128 2 years ago
I loved it thank you.
Djoanng 2 years ago
amazing!
I do alto 2 in that song
I'm actaully meeting eric whitacre in june so it should be exciting =]
XCrypticSoulX 2 years ago
Great Job! Your tone is really great, and you hit those notes very well =] I'm an alto 2, so i'd never be able to do that with that great ofd a tone, haha.
One tip for video-making though; When you're singing, try not to look at the camera lens, because it might make you nervous. =]
LovelyInsane15 2 years ago
awesome job! When it comes to sopranos, nothing sounds better to me in a choral setting than straight toning. maybe just round you vowels a little more. great video.
Superfootx 2 years ago
Ya know how you said sorry about not having vibrato? This piece isn't made to have vibrato so it's a-ok the way you did it. Better than the girls in my choir for sure ;)
xAIDSx 2 years ago
Very nice :D Thank you for doing justice to one of my favorite Whitacre songs :)
Firewolf23 2 years ago
Good clear tone!! Just open you mouth some more and make sure the corners of your mouth arent spread make every vowel with an oval type shape
I love how you can control your vibrato and not sound like a rampaging maniac lol
hsonman7275 2 years ago
wow!!!! that is good stuff... Keep it up...
SourceofDugan 2 years ago
nice voice, fantastic
maitanecantautora 2 years ago
I love how clean your notes are! (personally I can't stand how most sopranos go crazy with vibrato, I love a good clean straight tone) The only suggestion I have to help round out your sound is to move into a 'head tone' it helps to raise your soft palate (kind of like you're going to yawn) it takes some getting used to, but adding that technique would just send you way over the bar
kudos to your fantastic voice!
independencedaybaby 2 years ago 8
wow!! you are blessed with a really nice voice.
BlakkGlovez 2 years ago
Good job. the only things that I would say is to round your vowels and open your mouth some more. It will darken it up some and make it oh so much better. Once again good job.
Redcorn84 2 years ago
omg...when i clicked on this...i thought it was gunna suck usualy it does..
YOU WERE AMAZINGGG
shanece12 2 years ago
Wow. That G# was way in tune. And virtually no vibrato either, which makes me very happy.
mattmpg23 2 years ago
oh my gosh. when i clicked this, i thought it was going to be terrible, and not do justice to this song,
I have been blow away. An Alto who can sing that high, THAT good?! i am jealous :-)
Thats my fav part of the song too, but i sing alto 2/ tenor 1 (and im a girl, lol) i cant even dream of going that high,
You are superb, (and it looked like you were doing nothing out of the ordinary! you pulled it off like it was nothing at all to do so well :P)
Great Job
hinatapyualover 3 years ago
haha i don't think she's an alto anymore =P
and we have female tenors in my choir, it's not that rare =D
closetrebel 2 years ago
LOVE ERIC WHITACRE.<3
walkingggSIN 3 years ago
that was awesome
:)
j565c 3 years ago
You can scream AND sing Eric Whitacre stuff? Marry me? :)
ljuglampa 3 years ago
You can scream AND sing Eric Whitacre stuff? Marry me? :)
ljuglampa 3 years ago
i'm imprissed. i'm an alto too, and there's no chance i'd ever be able to hit those notes.
jhartman09 3 years ago
very nice, well done 5 *'s
DeckChimp 3 years ago
be happy you had no vibrato. clear pure tones are supposed to be sang in this song anyway. ^-^ you did lovely.
semiunconscious 3 years ago
GAH!!! *wipes tears from cheeks* that was beautiful!!!
mykidshateitwhen 3 years ago 5
really super pretty!!!
brdwybnd08 3 years ago
nice! and btw its okay that you dont have vibrato in this song. Because the harmonys are so close in this piece, it would actually sound bad with vibrato. your supposed to sing it straight tone, way to go!!!!!
ler1692 3 years ago
the long sustained high note is an A.
very good tho.
FrostmourneReap3r 3 years ago
Aflat actually
stevtomato 3 years ago
Be careful on the G. It was really good though. G is just a really bad note.
nicoe26 3 years ago
Just beautiful, great work.
drmhouse 3 years ago
I love how she looks at the camera like that haha. Great job
mdallen13 3 years ago
I love Eric Whitacre.
dirulovely 3 years ago
beautifully done!
drumlinerobertson 3 years ago
Open your mouth a little more; some of the high notes come out VERY sharp. ;)
MeeluMaru 3 years ago
uhm...i know this peice is mostly straight tone but at the end spin a little vibrato to keep the phrase moving...pretty good just like that one person said...a more suprised look..."freshly goosed" if i may
Stradivarious2010 3 years ago
i absolutely LOVE this song!!! I got to sing sop 1 on this song in a competition my freshman year and i learned that the highest voice is not always the star! i never forgot this song. great job. i was excited to hear that someone else loves this song as much as i do.
musicluvindiva 3 years ago
Muy bueno!
ariste666 3 years ago
yea, try opening your mouth more. also make a "surprise" face, raising eye brow, which would help your facial muscles, making more space in your mouth. Also, breath support would help your pitch to stay stable while holding the high notes.
this was really good
ian1333 3 years ago
Great job! try opening your mouth more. I know it feels awkward but it will seem so much easier. Sounds really good! I love eric whitacre too haha
innocentlyxinxlove 3 years ago
this year for our marching show the brazoswood marching band is playing parts of stolen child by eric whitacre
guyguyguyguy123 3 years ago
taller vowels but besides that you did great!! i'm soprano 1 and i think you have a better tone than i do.
purpleindian129 3 years ago
this is the best part of the song.. really good
sirtom23 3 years ago
excellent form. you blend well with the choir. refresh my memory.... was that Jo Micheal-Schiebe's choir? by the way I met eric whitacre in san antonio in 2001 and that is my favorite part also.
robbiep05 3 years ago
such a sweet and clear voice! im impressed with your range.
sarahannedipity 3 years ago
almost blew up my speakers. great voice :)
gogeta126 3 years ago
one of my all time favorite songs ever.
u did great
mariexox15 3 years ago
you're totally great at that
haha; i'm totally alto
&& tried to sing that part
&& murdered it
haha; but you're doing reallly great at it :)
jessyluvs 3 years ago
perfect. i sing this part too for my choir. definately better than me. good job! no. great job!
LadyxMoonxGoddess 3 years ago
You fit the style of this very well; I can see why it'd be posted on the blog! Nice job. You've got a great choral soprano voice because vibrato = sticking out (which is bad), but if you want to do solo stuff vibrato can be your friend :) But it sounds great!
Ramberta 3 years ago
taller vowels besides that you sound beautiful!!
princesstay81791 3 years ago
good voice, but it can be a bit shrill at times (not a criticism, but if you raise your soft palate, the resulting darkler sound will fit this piece better). Other than that, good job on a hard piece
soccerfoot11 3 years ago
You have an incredible voice with very, VERY good control. Eric Whitacre's masterpiece that is Sleep is one of my favorite orchestral/choral compositions and the section you selected is possibly the most intense thing I've ever heard. I'm impressed with your talent and taste in music. Excellent.
VinceBlood 3 years ago
join a choir
choirkid15 3 years ago
I love sleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeep <333 Eric Whitacre gives me chordgasms
EmmyHen 3 years ago 2
haha me too!!!
hahaha, chordagsms. lmao!
xinanutshellx 3 years ago
:lots of clapping: good job!=D thats my faveorite part! lovely voice.
MaddogMaddy123 3 years ago
beautiful voice. very nice.
the only thing I would suggest is a little more articulation to make the lyrics a little easier to understand in "As I surrender unto sleep..."
onewiththepiano 3 years ago
wow that was really good.
my chorus is doing this song.
You have a very good voice.
The notes were perfect.
Great job
xinanutshellx 3 years ago
wow very nice
jkhurrr 3 years ago
i love this song!!! i sing this in my choir!!! where did you get the song that's playing? i really wanna practice with it!
RachelLynn15 3 years ago
You have a good start. Your tone is good. You also seem very unsure, and you're pulling your lower jaw back a little too much.
daveyjazz72 3 years ago
No shes not. She has an overbite.
akaulanav 3 years ago
alright.. i was getting ready to say something bad about this.. but i loved it...
I also sing Alto 1 but sometimes soprano 2... amazing... again...
theangrynymph 3 years ago
adorable. GOOD for you. keep up the work. If you are not familiar with Emma Kirkby you may be interested in her particular style of singing. Straight tone singing is difficult to do and stay on pitch. I can suggest that you lift the soft palate a bit more. This may cause your upper lip to be pulled in as well. SHAPING the tone more rounded. Keep the tip of your tongue at the back of the bottom teeth. ( I am a vocal instructor..not really a muziknoitall..my students gave me the title !!)
muziknoitall 3 years ago
süß und sauber!
yuehchopin 3 years ago
Awesome Straight Tone!!!!!
jbustama001 3 years ago
YOU are AMAZING!
christoperfect 3 years ago
You don't vibrato there anyhow.
fkntoothpaste 3 years ago
The Way that the sopranos in that song sing is with no vibrato, it's very clear, and straight
musicuseit 3 years ago 2
Hey good job. I played the arrangement for band when I was in high school. Love this song, and as a matter of fact, I haven't met a Whitacre composition I don't like.
I played many of his arrangements for band when I was younger.
fkntoothpaste 3 years ago
Great voice! :) this is my favorite part of this song too.
David61791 3 years ago
Usually I don't comment on these things, but since we're using sleep in one of our upcoming episodes, I thought I'd say something.
That was quite good. The pitch was great, and at one point, I couldn't tell if it was you singing or the computer. For an alto, that was excellent and like the other person said, no vibrato is a more appropriate choice for this kind of literature. Great job.
GRMedia 3 years ago
open your mouth more.
jennafostermusic 3 years ago
PS- that's MY favorite part, too. :)
DrovShorna 3 years ago
My favorite part as well. Your color is more soprano than alto; I'd wager you could sing second soprano at least in any song where you weren't needed as a first alto. Alto voices have a darker, slightly more nasal/throaty quality; you are truly a mezzo if not a true soprano. Forget what you director says; he's just trying to fill parts.
DJLiko81 3 years ago
Thank you...now tell him that. lol
xoclkox 3 years ago
Good job, good job! I sang soprano 2 in Sleep once. My college choir did it, and it's really a beautiful song. Good job.
DrovShorna 3 years ago
Very nice job.
That is a touch song for choir.
Our Band and Chamber singers played together.
You did a great job. Kee up the good work. :]
ZebraBand1 3 years ago
You have the perfect choral voice. You're one of those filler voices that all choirs need to keep balance and density.
I think your vowels are a bit pinched, and if you lifted your cheeks higher/raised your eye brows, and took a truly great breath from your diaphram you'd have it. Just don't try to pinch the sound to make it more pure...your voice is pure enough without you trying to squeeze the sound out of a tiny hole.
Kudos for putting yourself out there..and for picking a wonderful song
Ribaldi1 3 years ago 2
wrong about needing a bigger breath and lifting the eyebrows. that may cause tension. if anything think more about direction of the phrase from beginning to end and moving more air through your vocal folds. don't psyche yourself out by taking in more air than you actually need. you sound beautiful, but try to spin the sound/breath to get more "ping." no need to manufacture that "pure" straight tone on whictacre's recordings. it can be very dangerous if done incorrectly. a little vibrato can help
MattQ88 3 years ago
I would say you are a mezzo-soprano... don't sell yourself short. Also, if you really are looking into singing... don't try to "develop" your own voice. To often you lead yourself astray. You hear something that is totally different than what we here. Let a voice teacher, that knows what they are doing, develop your voice.
Mikied89 3 years ago
First the composer then the song!
Chrysopylae 3 years ago
great job.
BUT
you need to work on your vowels,
your too spread on the high notes.
and your right not to use vibrato.
:)
cbeth625 3 years ago
Very nice. You have a gorgeous crystal clear tone. It suits this part nicely. I still think you are an alto though. I can hear a resonance that screams alto when you were in the lower register. Very nice though.
dilaciouskiller 3 years ago
omg you are so good! can you please com teach our sopranos????
musikid4990 3 years ago
sooo pretty
:D
Xtrakoolness 3 years ago
Wow you sang the part with the biggest role in the "climax" and it was beautiful!
M4st3rB4ss3r 3 years ago
goosebumps!! I love this song, and this part, with the dissonance between the two soprano parts is pure genius.
your voice is ideal for this! don't change anything! amazing tone-stability! and you make it look easy!
I sing the bass 1 part of this, and am quite relaxed, so always have the chance to listen carefully to the sopranos in that part, and when they hit it right, my skin comes up in 2-foot goosebumps!! :-)))
gcbosma 3 years ago
HOLY CRAP! You have such an amazingly pure tone! I'm really impressed. I've been working on having a stronger falsetto (I'm a tenor) and I just can't get that pure, straight tone. And I LOVE LOVE LOVE everything Eric Whitacre!
SomberSinger 3 years ago 3
I LOVE this song.
I was just humming it in my head. :)
That's my favorite part too lol.
kaneischampion 3 years ago 3
that is awesome.
you have great voice
sxcbexylilbitch 3 years ago 2
You are an amazing singer, I love your voice
logicandchaos 3 years ago 2
WOW! You are like the best singer ever lol, how do you go so high? I have been doing singing lessons for 5 years now and i can't go that high no matter what. You should go on X-Factor, i rekon you would win. xD
heatherheronia 3 years ago
people just dont realize how hard this part is to sing, i still believe you are an alto, i can hear the alto richness in your voice but you still sing this very well. good for you
gallaapple 3 years ago
you have NO reason to apologize for not having vibrato on those high notes.
For being that high in your range, and singing an whitacre song, vibrato is not necessary, or a good idea.
Remember that vibrato is not the be- and end-all of good singing!
stolensea 3 years ago
that was niice.
you're veryy prettyy btw. =D
awebulous 3 years ago
you better sing it.Gurl!!!!!!! that was goood.
devybear14 3 years ago 2
Beautiful voice and your intonation is very good. Keep singing, sweetheart!
hippiesinger 3 years ago 2
I think you sound really awesome
I would just watch your vowel shapes
x2manyflawsx 3 years ago
BEAUTIFUL VOICE!!!!! Don't be so self concious, you're great! and I love Eric Whitacre's music, i've sang Lux Aremque and I THank YOu God For Most This Amazing Day (tenor 1), and a few others, and I love them. I'm in my Honors Chorale, and we sing a lot of his music, anyhow beautful voice, pitch, PERFECT keep it up girl!!!!
codabowsrock 3 years ago
Good but work on dicktion
Souraltoidsa 3 years ago
isn't that note only an A or A flat?? I always thought that was a soprano standard
no vibrato is perfectly fine! I don't have vibrato period unless I fake one. And Whitacre pieces are always straight toned.
borne4broadway 3 years ago
ok, my first comment that would help you a lot; open your mouth more. wats happening is that as youre singing the high notes, youre unknowingly stressing your vocal chords. and itll open your sound EVEN MORE. im sure you already kno this, but ensure your posture is better, the way youre singing ryt now, youre pretty much collapsing your airway. i kno when i sing this part with my choir, my upper/lower & pelvic ab area and lower back are burning bcuz of how much support i need to give this part.
nothearinu 3 years ago
that was really good. I'm a soprano but im not a soprano 1 like you so i couldnt get it. good job
xJayAwsomex 3 years ago
I'm actually not a soprano in choir (as much I really want to be one), I'm an Alto 1, but my teacher for some questionable reason won't switch me despite my ability to hit high notes.
xoclkox 3 years ago
Okay, I'm an Eric Whitacre fan..and you really hit those notes very well. The dissonece is so peircing.
i loved it.
xoxoxoxoxo
nikkis0 3 years ago
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girl124556 3 years ago
sniff sniff....
fantastic...
rayrecon 3 years ago
Wow, that was...amazing...truly angelic...and congrats on getting posted on that blog! ^^
MoonlitFox 3 years ago
good tone. open your mouth and it will help your sound seem much more round(takes practice). if you notice, the singers probably arent singing with their teeth together.
allstopspulled1 3 years ago
I'm an alto one in my select chorale, and we sang this piece by the amazing eric whitacre!
That whole section is also my favorite part, but i love the chord on the word bed, if you know it. By the way great job!
AmericanBeauty317 3 years ago
i love the fact that you can sing like evanescenes
dragonrow3 3 years ago
You're doing great... your pitch from what I can hear is almost flawless... stop with the apologetic attitude.
Confidence.
ningzhen 3 years ago
you have such a beautiful voice!
imescited 3 years ago
:-)
As a low bass who ends up singing high tenor I know what you have to go through to hit the notes. Sadly Bass and Alto have (in my opinion) less sexy parts to sing so in the meantime we have to 'stretch' ourselves.
Sleep is etherial so keep going with it. The more you work on the high A's the softer they will come out and the more you will enjoy the piece
:-)
chizling 3 years ago
no need to apologize for lack of vibrato! I don't have a natural vibrato at all, and I never use it in choirs unless it's asked of me.
I know how hard diction and staying in tune can be up there! You should definitely be proud. Actually, my dad just heard it and he thought it was me!! Really pure sound, I like it
borne4broadway 3 years ago
yes, you can sing this song, because your voice has, infact, "developed" enough for you to force your way through the passage. however, your tone is very thin, and if you opened up your throat, you would have a mature quality to your voice... which you will lack if you keep squeezing, if you know what i mean.
doomveg 3 years ago
I wish that I could hit notes like those! I am a second soprano....This song doesnt need vibrato.. they actually go for a no vibrato sound mostlt... beautifully done!
justanothahgirl 3 years ago
I love this song!! I performed it last year in my college choir. I think you have a very clear tone, and should perhaps be a soprano instead of an alto (and that's a big deal coming from an alto, myself ;) Great job.
robertsa12386 3 years ago
THAT was great! Remember to watch the catch breaths and make them natural, Whitacre is like Sondheim in that he doesn't tell you when to breath. That had great tone, and you kept it straight which a piece like Sleep requires.
Props.
granvaldeezy 3 years ago
That was a surprising relief. I wasn't expecting it to be anywhere near that good.
thedoorman22 3 years ago
Nice intonation.
dcibarra 3 years ago
Very good! You have an exellent voice. I agree that it may sound a little bit forced, but that's to be expected. This song is insanely hard, and you've hit it dead one! *applauds*
jasonk387 3 years ago