Kristin Chenoweths Range?
Kristin Chenoweths Range?
#0Kristin Chenoweths Range?
Posted: 6/10/05 at 11:29pm
I am curious - so I thought I'd ask.
Does anyone know how many octaves Kristin has in her voice? Or can someone make an estimation?
I've been wondering about this lately, so anyone know?
#1re: Kristin Chenoweths Range?
Posted: 6/10/05 at 11:29pmHer website said three.
apdarcey
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/10/04
#3re: Kristin Chenoweths Range?
Posted: 6/10/05 at 11:30pm
I was definetly thinking about 3 or 4.
I wonder if singers like Mariah Carey REALLY have a 5 octave range?
#4re: Kristin Chenoweths Range?
Posted: 6/10/05 at 11:32pmFrom what I've heard of her voice, three sounds about right...it's pretty good. Many people who supposedly have 4 octave ranges are greatly exaggerating.
#5re: Kristin Chenoweths Range?
Posted: 6/10/05 at 11:32pm
Kristin has a 4 octave range. Her highest note in her usable range is an Eflat 3 octaves above middle C. I've never asked her what her lowest note is, but it's a good question.
http://www.bernadette-peters.com/cgi-bin/pmessage.pl?action=read&fid=theat&mid=1183
I Googled it.
#6re: Kristin Chenoweths Range?
Posted: 6/10/05 at 11:33pmmariah only has a 5 octave range because she can go into her whistle register, which most people cant do. its not real singing (IMO)
#7re: Kristin Chenoweths Range?
Posted: 6/10/05 at 11:33pm
I wouldn't doubt that Mariah has five octaves.
ETA: Actually, Kristin hit an E natural is "Steel Pier", and probably went even higher in "Candide".
Updated On: 6/10/05 at 11:33 PM
#8re: Kristin Chenoweths Range?
Posted: 6/10/05 at 11:33pm
The misunderstanding about 3/4 octave ranges that people have is how they count them.
Middle C to High C is ONE octave.
Middle C to an octave above High C is TWO octaves. Most everyone counts it as three since there are 3 C's "involved".
#9re: Kristin Chenoweths Range?
Posted: 6/10/05 at 11:36pm
Interesting info. Thanx guys!
And she really does have perfect pitch right?
PJ
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/15/03
#10re: Kristin Chenoweths Range?
Posted: 6/11/05 at 12:02amShe said in an interview once that she has a 4 octave range.
#11re: Kristin Chenoweths Range?
Posted: 6/11/05 at 12:06am
E THREE octaves about middle C?? Seriously?? Holy crap. That's an entire octave higher than my highest note, on my best day. You sing it, sistah!
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#12re: Kristin Chenoweths Range?
Posted: 6/11/05 at 12:12amDoesn't Shoshana Bean use her "whistle register" on the Hair Cd (Actor's Fund) when she is riffing on "I Believe in Love"?
Mythus
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/16/04
#13re: Kristin Chenoweths Range?
Posted: 6/11/05 at 12:21amI haven't heard that, larry2, but I doubt it. Whistle tone is way up there. It sounds like whistling (obviously).
#14re: Kristin Chenoweths Range?
Posted: 6/11/05 at 12:23amIs the high E the last note in The Phantom of the Opera song sung by Christine Daae? jms, I've never seen the sheet music.
#15re: Kristin Chenoweths Range?
Posted: 6/11/05 at 12:41am
yes, its an E....and to get technical...*pulls out her Harvard Dictionary of Music*... Middle C is the first ledger line below the treble staff. The next C is the 3rd space or Treble C, then the next C is "High C".....
"Middle C to High C is ONE octave. "
Middle C to High C is actually TWO octaves.
#16re: Kristin Chenoweths Range?
Posted: 6/11/05 at 12:45amThats weird, I thought high E was higher than that. when you sing it (i dont know how many colorturas there are out there) but the E at the end of POTO that Christine sings feels much higher than high C. You use a whole new way of singing, instead of normal head voice. The first time i hit it it didnt even feel like singing, but i dont think it was a "whistle" either.
#17re: Kristin Chenoweths Range?
Posted: 6/11/05 at 12:48am
"Middle C to High C is actually TWO octaves."
Which is why it's so randomly cool that Kristin can hold High C and crack her knuckles, one by one, simultaneously.
#18re: Kristin Chenoweths Range?
Posted: 6/11/05 at 12:50amI pulled out the phantom score to look. It is a High E natural. It may just feel higher because of your placement. I am a coloratura but I don't have a "whistle range".
#19re: Kristin Chenoweths Range?
Posted: 6/11/05 at 12:52amI just didnt realize it was just a couple ledgers above the staff. I definately dont know what a whistle range is i know i dont have it because Mariah Carey sounds completely different up high than I do.
#20re: Kristin Chenoweths Range?
Posted: 6/11/05 at 12:53amwell, its 3 ledger lines above the staff. lol yeah. i sound nothing like mariah carey. i don't particularly care for her *whistle range* which isn't even really a proper term.
#21re: Kristin Chenoweths Range?
Posted: 6/11/05 at 12:56amTheatreDiva -- Out of curiosity, is there a proper term for the "whistle range" and, if so, what is it?
#22re: Kristin Chenoweths Range?
Posted: 6/11/05 at 1:05am
This makes no sense - " Which is why it's so randomly cool that Kristin can hold High C and crack her knuckles, one by one, simultaneously."
Anyways. Superhead Voice is usually used instead of a whistle range. It is just a higher tessitura, agility, and light registration.
#23re: Kristin Chenoweths Range?
Posted: 6/11/05 at 1:08am
Kristin was on Letterman or some other late night show and, for no real reason, sang a high C while cracking her knuckles one by one. It just amused me.
Simple minds, simple pleasures. :)
#24re: Kristin Chenoweths Range?
Posted: 6/11/05 at 1:09amoh okay, lol, that's funny.....Christina Applegate was on Conan tonight.
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