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When people are talking about Michael Jackson, what is vibrato?
 
StaceyMJ said:
The kind of waver in the voice, towards the end of the words mostly on some of the tracks on Michael.
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Yes, this. Some people can hold a note for a long time before it quivvers off (i.e. MJ in You Are Not Alone), or it can be purposely used to create effect. It's when you run out of breath during a note and so the pitch of your voice flutters up and down.
 
I hear the word falsetto too. What does that mean if I spelled that right?
 
That was spelled correctly, this term is a little more technical to explain, but falsetto is a type of vocal register (think of the different types of vocal ranges), particularly achieving and demonstrating a true falsetto is a sign of a trained or gifted vocalist as the range itself is used to sing notes that are outside of normal vocal range. An important note to remember is that technically only males are able to use this register, typically to replicate or sing in the pitch of a woman.

You've probably heard it a lot around hear lately because Michael has one of the most recognizable and strong falsetto.

A few songs that demonstrate this by Michael would be "Butterflies", "DSTYGE", and my personal favorite "Someone Put Your Hand Out"
 
SeriousEffect. said:
That was spelled correctly, this term is a little more technical to explain, but falsetto is a type of vocal register (think of the different types of vocal ranges), particularly achieving and demonstrating a true falsetto is a sign of a trained or gifted vocalist as the range itself is used to sing notes that are outside of normal vocal range. An important note to remember is that technically only males are able to use this register, typically to replicate or sing in the pitch of a woman.

You've probably heard it a lot around hear lately because Michael has one of the most recognizable and strong falsetto.

A few songs that demonstrate this by Michael would be "Butterflies", "DSTYGE", and my personal favorite "Someone Put Your Hand Out"
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Thank you. Thw whole discussion about vocals became confusing at times when people would talk about vibratos and falsettos at times.
 
According to Seth Riggs (his famous vocal coach)

He’s a high tenor with a three-and-a-half octave range. He goes from basso low E up to G and A-Flat above high C. A lot of people think its falsetto, but it’s not. It’s all connected, which is remarkable.

Technically, Michael has one of the finest voices in contemporary music. His first advantage is the natural speed of his voice. He has the ability to sing in staccato, and sing complex rhythms in perfect timing. The best recorded example of this is the title track from his 1979 album, Off The Wall.

Michael possesses a 4 (!!!) octave vocal range. (Christina Aguelira has a 3 1/2 octave range, Whitney 3, just to give you an example of great voices). His voice goes from two E's below middle C, to two B's above middle C, or 44 notes. This is an EXTREMELY rare range amongst adult male singers. Essentially, Michael is able to reach octaves that other tenors cannot attain with their natural voice. His voice is NOT falsetto, as many people believe. Of course, MJ does use falsetto, but this is the range of notes he can sing in full voice. If you listen to the butterflies acapella, you can hear that all those high notes are in full voice and not falsetto.
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SeriousEffect. said:
An important note to remember is that technically only males are able to use this register, typically to replicate or sing in the pitch of a woman.
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Never really heard that before. Just looked it up in Wikipedia - it says there is controversy, but that it is an established fact that women have a falsetto register. I'm female, and I know that I have used my falsetto register, and only my falsetto register, in school choir as a young teenager (which was ages ago). That's a whole different way of singing and I don't know, I even have this "vocal break" when I change from modal voice to falsetto. Am I a man in a female body? :wild:
 
Milka said:
Never really heard that before. Just looked it up in Wikipedia - it says there is controversy, but that it is an established fact that women have a falsetto register. I'm female, and I know that I have used my falsetto register, and only my falsetto register, in school choir as a young teenager (which was ages ago). That's a whole different way of singing and I don't know, I even have this "vocal break" when I change from modal voice to falsetto. Am I a man in a female body? :wild:
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LOL! I know what you mean though, my voice does the same thing.

Reading that passage about Michael's voice is amazing. I don't think enough credit is actually given to Michael as a vocalist.
 
StaceyMJ said:
LOL! I know what you mean though, my voice does the same thing.
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What's wrong with us? ;) But seriously, I consider that sexist, not the poster, because I don't know where he/she got that from, there always have to be things that only men can do, right? But I know that I have falsetto (and you hear female singers use it all the time too). And I can't be an "accident"? Science might be interested in me, lol.
 
StaceyMJ said:
I don't think enough credit is actually given to Michael as a vocalist.
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My God, definately.

That's why I'm a fan. Everything else is secondary. The incredible songwriting, the dancing, the theatrics, the music videos... all great stuff - but I'm a fan first and foremost because of THAT voice.

When I played Slave To The Rhythm to my wife she said "you don't normally listen to this kind of music, you're only listening to it because it's Michael."

My reply was "Nobody else could sing it like Michael. That man could make the yellow pages sound funky!"

Seriously, it's all about the voice. I mentioned Slave To The Rhythm and that's a perfect example of what I'm talking about. Just listen to the end of that song, where he sings "She danced to the beat of her oooo-wwwn!" - and you have the handclaps and everything. He's just incredible. NOBODY ELSE can sing like that. No-one.
 
MattyJam said:
My God, definately.

That's why I'm a fan. Everything else is secondary. The incredible songwriting, the dancing, the theatrics, the music videos... all great stuff - but I'm a fan first and foremost because of THAT voice.

When I played Slave To The Rhythm to my wife she said "you don't normally listen to this kind of music, you're only listening to it because it's Michael."

My reply was "Nobody else could sing it like Michael. That man could make the yellow pages sound funky!"

Seriously, it's all about the voice. I mentioned Slave To The Rhythm and that's a perfect example of what I'm talking about. Just listen to the end of that song, where he sings "She danced to the beat of her oooo-wwwn!" - and you have the handclaps and everything. He's just incredible. NOBODY ELSE can sing like that. No-one.
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That's the part I go CRAZY over! 'She danced to the beat of her ooooo-wwwwn'!! 'Sir, I must be home TO-NOOOOIGHT!!'...If there were no music to that song, it'd kick ass just because of that powerhouse voice!
 
Arklove said:
'Sir, I must be home TO-NOOOOIGHT!!!
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I actually laugh at that bit. I mean, who else does that? Singers don't do that these days. When Michael sings a song, he considers every syllable of every word.

That's why I feel like I know for sure what IS and what isn't Michael Jackson singing.
 
Falsetto is the head voice that men use when they have to sing up high....it's a "false voice"...hence the name Falsetto. It's not the singers natural range....higher than their natural range.
 
Arklove said:
That's the part I go CRAZY over! 'She danced to the beat of her ooooo-wwwwn'!! 'Sir, I must be home TO-NOOOOIGHT!!'...If there were no music to that song, it'd kick ass just because of that powerhouse voice!
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MattyJam said:
I actually laugh at that bit. I mean, who else does that? Singers don't do that these days. When Michael sings a song, he considers every syllable of every word.

That's why I feel like I know for sure what IS and what isn't Michael Jackson singing.
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:punk::punk::punk:

To me, Mike's voice is what make STTR works.
 
MattyJam said:
I actually laugh at that bit. I mean, who else does that? Singers don't do that these days. When Michael sings a song, he considers every syllable of every word.

That's why I feel like I know for sure what IS and what isn't Michael Jackson singing.
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Very true words...That pronunciation, the play on words....He was a master at that.....No one can duplicate it...

love is magical said:
:punk::punk::punk:

To me, Mike's voice is what make STTR works.
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That's exactly it!
 
Can any of you musos tell me why he pronounces 'does it' in Stranger in Moscow so differently? I gather it is to sound better overall. I have seen him do this with certain pronouciation of words in singing practice with Seth Riggs.

Still Im wondering why the words such as "does it" are hard or not as good to say correctly? ..., I guess I have sort of answered my own question, but can anyone share their views?

Here is an acappella of S.in.M

www.youtube.com/watch?v=7e1RIaWsXs4&feature=related
 
Miche said:
Still Im wondering why the words such as "does it" are hard or not as good to say correctly?
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Funny you should say that, when I was younger I used to think it sounded like he was singing "how cut it feel..."
 
Miche said:
Can any of you musos tell me why he pronounces 'does it' in Stranger in Moscow so differently? I gather it is to sound better overall. I have seen him do this with certain pronouciation of words in singing practice with Seth Riggs.

Still Im wondering why the words such as "does it" are hard or not as good to say correctly? ..., I guess I have sort of answered my own question, but can anyone share their views?

Here is an acappella of S.in.M

www.youtube.com/watch?v=7e1RIaWsXs4&feature=related
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I think 'how does it feel?' is just the correct form to ask first... but second many use the word 'do' like for example in 'I do feel your love' often to emphasize how intense they feel... and that's to me underlined by Michaels pronounciation and 'harder melodic' pronounciation somehow of 'does it' ... because it's supposed to be a really very strong intense feeling.
 
Mechi said:
I think 'how does it feel?' is just the correct form to ask first... but second many use the word 'do' like for example in 'I do feel your love' often to emphasize how intense they feel... and that's to me underlined by Michaels pronounciation and 'harder melodic' pronounciation somehow of 'does it' ... because it's supposed to be a really very strong intense feeling.
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Hi Mechi, (and everyone) :wild:

I have 5.1 speakers on my pc so Im a bit spoilt and can hear the sounds quite clearly and what I hear at around 2.08 and onwards sounds like 'how doth it feewl' ...There is a definate ''accent'' and ''play'' on the words to distort them to an extent... for whatever reason?

Is that how anyone else hears it now that I point it out?

Is that type of pronounciation what you mean by "melodic" Mechi?
 
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