Vocal Discussion of Yuki's Singers

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So I was just wondering if anyone knew the actual vocal ranges (in terms of specific notes e.g. middle C - high C, or even octave spans e.g. Tainaka Sachi has a 3&1/2 octave span) of each of Yuki's singers...

Also...it always confuses me because I've heard conflicting things, but is Wakana a soprano or mezzo-soprano, and are Kaori and Hikaru mezzo-sopranos or altos? (Is alto even a vocal range? :confu: or is there only contralto?)

And (sorry for so many questions) what vocal range is Yuki (or Fion I guess) herself?
 
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Cerise said:
So I was just wondering if anyone knew the actual vocal ranges (in terms of specific notes e.g. middle C - high C, or even octave spans e.g. Tainaka Sachi has a 3&1/2 octave span) of each of Yuki's singers...

Also...it always confuses me because I've heard conflicting things, but is Wakana a soprano or mezzo-soprano, and are Kaori and Hikaru mezzo-sopranos or altos? (Is alto even a vocal range? :confu: or is there only contralto?)

And (sorry for so many questions) what vocal range is Yuki (or Fion I guess) herself?
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I could ask a family member when she gets back from the Gondwana Chorale summer school; she's done 3 years of classical voice at Elder Conservatorium and should be able to figure it out, given some songs which illustrate the range of the vocalists.
 
^ I think Materialize for Wakana? Kaori is a bit harder since she has really wide range. as for Keiko.... lowest range in Zodiacal Sign, maybe? I'm not sure since it's been a long time. :XD:

my personal notes of the girls' vocal ranges is like this, though:
Yuriko Kaida = Sopran, but basically she can sing as Alto as well.
Wakana = Sopran. obviously weak on lower notes
Yuuka, Kaori, Hikaru = Mezzo-sopran.
Keiko = Alto, for sure.
 
i would like to know their vocal range in number of Hertz (frequency) so i can play with the equalizer :ohoho:
 
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^ I think Materialize for Wakana? Kaori is a bit harder since she has really wide range. as for Keiko.... lowest range in Zodiacal Sign, maybe? I'm not sure since it's been a long time. :XD:

my personal notes of the girls' vocal ranges is like this, though:
Yuriko Kaida = Sopran, but basically she can sing as Alto as well.
Wakana = Sopran. obviously weak on lower notes
Yuuka, Kaori, Hikaru = Mezzo-sopran.
Keiko = Alto, for sure.
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I agree with Yuki88. Keiko's ItoKubo voice can be classified as mezzo-soprano as well.

Even Kaori, Yuuka, and Hikaru are all Mezzo-soprano, Hikaru's voice range begins at the lower note than Kaori&Yuuka. She did well in Magia&Destination Unknown, while Yuuka may be the second (I said may be because I haven't found a song that she has a problem with singing as low as Hikaru did in After Eden), and I think Kaori is the highest. It sounds like she quite struggled with her part in Toki no even in the recording version. However, I'm quite sure that Kaori's voice range ended at the highest note among these three Mezzo-soprano girls. (You can tell from her perf. in YKlive :))
 
I don't think that the utahimes' vocal range could easily be decided by "She sings lower in this song and higher in this song, etc." because the measure of knowing people's vocal range is by the original key of the song they sing, and their octave range. Doesn't mean that because Keiko sings in higher pitch in ItoKubo her voice is counted as mezzo-soprano. I think Keiko's itoKubo's voice is still a contralto (Thanks to Murrue02 that keep saying contralto instead of alto,because contralto is the right one)

Yuki88's short explanation is somewhat right too. Because in one interview, Keiko, Hikaru and Wakana already told their vocal range.

Magia and Destination Unknown Hikaru is still higher than Kaori in synchronicity, though so I don't think that Hikaru's vocal range is lower than Kaori. Sure, between all of them I think Kaori and Yuriko are the utahimes that have the widest vocal range.
 
How do you tell mezzo-soprano and soprano apart? :confu: Cos I get the impression that Kaori can sing just as high as Wakana at time...:spotlight:

Or is it more concerning what range you sound the best in/are most comfortable in rather than how high/low you can physically sing even if you're uncomfortable?
 
@ritardando I think you're right about the vocal range in term of the singing capability which can be enhanced by practicing, but I see it in the aspect of natural vocal range which is an inborn property. Even Kaori has sung at the lower range than Hikaru, but her voice in that range sounds more struggling than usual, which I notice that it shouldn't be in her 'comfortable range', while Hikaru didn't show the big difference in her singing in Magia&D.U. comparing to other songs (so I think that they're still in somewhere around the lower edge of her comfortable range.)
 
I think it's doesn't matter whether it's natural born voice ability or not, because the measurement of knowing certain people's voice range is based on how low or how high they can sing in certain key. My teacher usually use G as basic key...

Mezzo soprano starts lower than soprano, and of course soprano is higher. Use the key of the song they sing, Kaori surely can sings in higher notes but Wakana's usually starts at higher key~
 
It also has to do with how high they can get to sing, Hikaru can do falsetto and enter a soprano range, but Wakana's register is definitely higher without exerting her voice so much. It's also good to keep in mind that the ranges overlap, which means that a mezzosoprano can sing the lower range of a soprano just as much as the soprano can, but she won't be able to reach the higher notes and the soprano won't be able to sing the lower notes of the mezzo's range. This might lead to some confusion because some girls like Kaida Yuriko have really wide ranges, but she's still a soprano. Same with Kaori, who is a mezzosoprano with a wide range.
 
According to my choir coach, Low notes are given, High notes are trained. Pushing your voice way too low than your original capability will ruin your high notes.

On side note, I think Kaori has lower range compared to Hikaru and Yuuka. She has really wide range of vocal, doesn't she. :XD:
 
^ Ahhh thank you minna for explaining :bow:

It seems to me Kaori can go higher than Hikaru more effortlessly though, but sounds breathier and not as full as Hikaru on the lower notes (even if she does go lower in e.g. synchronicity)

Well anyway, I've reached the conclusion that I'm probably pitch-deaf or tone-deaf or something so my ideas are probably way off :ohoho:
 
Hehe..ok..to make it clear. I think the part about Kaori that I wrote may sounds a bit confusing. I consider the vocal range in 2 aspects. The first aspect is what Ritardando said, the lowest&highest key that the singer can sing. As garnetjester&Yuki88 pointed out, the higher keys can reach by falsetto and staccato also help a bit to reach the lower keys. If you can do, it's included in your vocal range. Kaori has the widest range in this aspect.

But the 2nd aspect, the natural vocal range that I talked about, is just the narrow range lying inside the first vocal range. (It may have another specific technical term, but I don't know... :uh..: . I may be wrong for calling it as natural vocal range and making you confused...) It's the range that each people can sing most efficient,powerful, and effortless without the help from training or any techniques.

For example, in Magia, I don't include Wakana's Falsetto in the Chorus or her 'Toki no Koete' in Wakana's natural range. Keiko's chorus isn't her natural range as well, but her part in the bridge is. Kaori's vocal range in this aspect starts a bit higher than Yuuka&Hikaru IMO.

Hope that it'd be clear enough...Orz... I also think that Wakana's&Yuriko's vocal range in the 2nd aspect are also very wide.
 
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