comparing voices to instruments
comparing voices to instruments
#1comparing voices to instruments
Posted: 4/11/09 at 1:46am
this is potentially a strange topic, but since I'm more active than usual on BWW tonight, I thought I'd pose it.
whenever I listen to Passion, I'm reminded of how much I think Donna Murphy's voice sounds like a clarinet. there's something about her range and the timbre of her voice that just...reminds me of a clarinet. I have a hard time pinning anyone else's voice down so specifically, but I'm thinking Victoria Clark would be a violin. her voice is too warm to be something like a flute, and I think a violin is the string instrument pitched right to be compared to her voice.
anyway, has anyone else ever thought of this before? what singers and instruments do you compare?
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#2re: comparing voices to instruments
Posted: 4/11/09 at 1:52amWhen I hear Lucia Popp sing The Queen of the Night I think she sounds like a pipe organ.
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#3re: comparing voices to instruments
Posted: 4/11/09 at 2:06amThis may be obvious, but Harvey Fierstein sounds like a (plunger) muted trumpet when he belts. Though when he's low or soft it reminds me of a cello or bass.
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"If artists were machines, then I'm just a different kind of machine...I'd probably be a toaster. Actually, I'd be a toaster oven because they're more versatile. And I like making grilled cheese" -Regina Spektor
"That's, like, twelve shows! ...Or seven." -Crazy SA Fangirl
"They say that just being relaxed is the most important thing [in acting]. I take that to another level, I think kinda like yawning and...like being partially asleep onstage is also good, but whatever." - Sherie Rene Scott
#4re: comparing voices to instruments
Posted: 4/11/09 at 4:47pmI definitely would compare Harvey to a cello or bass. or, maybe more accurately, an old phonograph recording of a cello or bass, to get some crackles and pops in there.
When I see the phrase "the ____ estate", I imagine a vast mansion in the country full of monocled men and high-collared women receiving letters about productions across the country and doing spit-takes at whatever they contain.
-Kad
#5re: comparing voices to instruments
Posted: 4/11/09 at 7:01pmJudy Kuhn definitely sounds like a flute-- high or low.
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#6re: comparing voices to instruments
Posted: 4/11/09 at 7:05pm
"Judy Kuhn definitely sounds like a flute-- high or low."
Seth Rudetsky said the same thing!
#7re: comparing voices to instruments
Posted: 4/11/09 at 7:08pmWhoa-- I was just about to watch that video right now! I thought of Judy Kuhn because I saw the ad for Seth's video on the sidebar.
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