Hi! I just wanted to write some facts about Minnie’s voice. It’s important for all of you -Minnie fans- to know how and why Minnie was such an amazing vocalist.
She is a natural soprano, that’s pretty obvious once you hear her speaking voice.
In choral music she’s a First Soprano
In bel canto, she’d be a Coloratura Soprano.
She’s also called Piccolo Soprano (Beacause of her ease on singing high notes -above C6- on an almost mechanical way, like a Piccolo)
On her recorded music, her voice spans a little more than 4 octaves (From D3 -Close Your Eyes And Remember- to F#7 -Ruby Tuesday Live-).
Being clasically trained, she could use all of the voice registers (Low Chest Voice, Belted Chest Voice, Mixed Voice, Head Voice (Including Falsetto) and Whistle Register) and move with amazing ease between them.
She also had very amazing breathing techniques, her longest note is 25 Seconds! (And in Whistle Register!!) on her Adventures In Paradise song: Inside My Love.
She had a great diction… She could SPEAK in her Whistle Register! (I’m In Love Again, Here We Go, Oh By The Way….)
She could sing very VERY complicated vocal ornaments: Coloratura: to sing a secuence of notes very fast (Lovin’ You live @ Mike Douglas Show), Portamento: to sing a note, and move to a higher note (You Take My Breath Away)…
That’d be all!… If you want to know more, or want to have audio examples, email us!
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Peace & Love!
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