That is her highest belt note from her hits period. While she rarely goes into "head voice" she hits what I believe may be higher than E5 towards the end of 1973's "Don't Mess With a Woman" when she sings "I'm a bigger FOOL than you..." at 2:20 - ruclips.net/video/CmSRoy4TdNk/видео.html. You can pretty much hear her whole range in "With Every Breath I Take" from 1998's "Center Stage" - I believe the high note is a D but the low notes are probably below F3 - ruclips.net/video/UZrsnkXimFY/видео.html.
+nubndigger . Thanks for the info! That is a *D5* in "FOOL" and a *F5* , glissando to D5 again "It's gonna bringin' nothing but _(couldn't discern the word)_ " in Don't You Mess With A Woman. As for With Every Breath I Take, I was going to include that originally but I went a bit too quick with this project. I can hear some *E3* in the song, though.
Regarding "Don't You Mess with a Woman", the F5 is definitely a vibrato kind of note she hit. I analyzed one of Helen's songs from Love Song for Jeffrey; "That Old American Dream". She also hits a solid, sustained F5 but is obscured by the backing vocals at around 1:16 in the duration of the secondly aforementioned song as well. I was able to extract channels and conclude that it is definitely Helen doing the higher note while the backing vocals harmonize. There is also a possibility that the note she hit may be rather higher than what one may have thought. Until then this video stands and I won't spam-upload with "updated version" or something. 👀👀
Thank heavens for someone who knows more about singing voices than these analyses. (Thank you, @nubndigger). The recorded notes are "within" a singer's range, but they do not represent the full range. Case in point: Aretha Franklin is described as having a 4 octave range, but she never recorded its low or high ends. And I agree that Helen rarely used her upper register, because she had the rare talent of a head voice that reached into the 5th octave.
She's such a great talent. What a beautiful voice, it calms me down! Listen to "peaceful" written by the late great Kenny Rankin. My ultimate favorite. George Fame sang it well too! Helen-xxxxx
I so completely agree with you, well written - thankfully her voice will live on for ever. Peaceful - for me, brings thoughts of early September mornings: Misty, calm, dew on the grass, trees just beginning to turn colour - yet with the promise of warm, golden autumnal sun breaking through - oh, so 'peaceful!' Written on the day Helen's passing was announced. 30th September 2020.
Admittedly, Helen sometimes could tend to sound shrill if she was using her upper register, she possessed a beautiful mid range. Songs like, And I love You so, Delta Dawn, Peaceful, I didn't mean to love you, Don't let it mess your mind and you know me, just to name a few, really showcased the richness in her mid and lower register. I've heard somewhere that she wanted to sing songs in a higher key to separate herself from her label mate, Anne Murray. Either way, Helen had great phrasing and when enthused with the material, could really sell a song. I was just listening to the I Am Woman album today. It really was a great piece of work, and although I have her entire catalogue, I think that album is probably Helen at her very best.
Shes not know as a belter (head voice) but on You are My World, she really belted out really high notes. Search it on RUclips. I believe it's a live Grammy performance
The best female pop singer of all time! If you watch this clip of Helen singing live, she hits amazing notes in Born Free, Love Story and other songs! ruclips.net/video/iO3mThPo2os/видео.html
Just checked; actually, G#4 in "If It's Magic", in a different enunciation than the given note assigned to a specific song (This Masquerade) No belting in the vocals, though I'd love to hear more of her belting. Highest note I can approximate for Helen in "Tell Me It's Not True" (studio version): C5
That is her highest belt note from her hits period. While she rarely goes into "head voice" she hits what I believe may be higher than E5 towards the end of 1973's "Don't Mess With a Woman" when she sings "I'm a bigger FOOL than you..." at 2:20 - ruclips.net/video/CmSRoy4TdNk/видео.html. You can pretty much hear her whole range in "With Every Breath I Take" from 1998's "Center Stage" - I believe the high note is a D but the low notes are probably below F3 - ruclips.net/video/UZrsnkXimFY/видео.html.
+nubndigger . Thanks for the info! That is a *D5* in "FOOL" and a *F5* , glissando to D5 again "It's gonna bringin' nothing but _(couldn't discern the word)_ " in Don't You Mess With A Woman.
As for With Every Breath I Take, I was going to include that originally but I went a bit too quick with this project. I can hear some *E3* in the song, though.
And BTW, thanks for doing this!!!
Regarding "Don't You Mess with a Woman", the F5 is definitely a vibrato kind of note she hit. I analyzed one of Helen's songs from Love Song for Jeffrey; "That Old American Dream". She also hits a solid, sustained F5 but is obscured by the backing vocals at around 1:16 in the duration of the secondly aforementioned song as well. I was able to extract channels and conclude that it is definitely Helen doing the higher note while the backing vocals harmonize. There is also a possibility that the note she hit may be rather higher than what one may have thought. Until then this video stands and I won't spam-upload with "updated version" or something. 👀👀
@@TheVeryBlondeOne the lyrics are "it's gonna bring you nothing but PAIN"
Thank heavens for someone who knows more about singing voices than these analyses. (Thank you, @nubndigger). The recorded notes are "within" a singer's range, but they do not represent the full range. Case in point: Aretha Franklin is described as having a 4 octave range, but she never recorded its low or high ends. And I agree that Helen rarely used her upper register, because she had the rare talent of a head voice that reached into the 5th octave.
She's such a great talent. What a beautiful voice, it calms me down! Listen to "peaceful" written by the late great Kenny Rankin. My ultimate favorite. George Fame sang it well too! Helen-xxxxx
I so completely agree with you, well written - thankfully her voice will live on for ever. Peaceful - for me, brings thoughts of early September mornings: Misty, calm, dew on the grass, trees just beginning to turn colour - yet with the promise of warm, golden autumnal sun breaking through - oh, so 'peaceful!' Written on the day Helen's passing was announced. 30th September 2020.
Admittedly, Helen sometimes could tend to sound shrill if she was using her upper register, she possessed a beautiful mid range. Songs like, And I love You so, Delta Dawn, Peaceful, I didn't mean to love you, Don't let it mess your mind and you know me, just to name a few, really showcased the richness in her mid and lower register. I've heard somewhere that she wanted to sing songs in a higher key to separate herself from her label mate, Anne Murray. Either way, Helen had great phrasing and when enthused with the material, could really sell a song. I was just listening to the I Am Woman album today. It really was a great piece of work, and although I have her entire catalogue, I think that album is probably Helen at her very best.
Great job
Shes not know as a belter (head voice) but on You are My World, she really belted out really high notes. Search it on RUclips. I believe it's a live Grammy performance
She was my guide!
HELEN REDDY (1941 - 2020)
QEPD Una gran cantante que no tuvo el reconocimiento que mereció.
A TRUE WOMAN!
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The best female pop singer of all time! If you watch this clip of Helen singing live, she hits amazing notes in Born Free, Love Story and other songs! ruclips.net/video/iO3mThPo2os/видео.html
She hit G#5 in "If it's magic"
Do you have a timestamp of which Helen hits a G#5 in that song? I can't seem to pin down the particular high note in the song.
uno it!
What about the song "get off me baby? " she hits some sustainable notes big time!
there's other songs she's made impressive notes. "Tell me it's not true" might be one of them...
Just checked; actually, G#4 in "If It's Magic", in a different enunciation than the given note assigned to a specific song (This Masquerade) No belting in the vocals, though I'd love to hear more of her belting.
Highest note I can approximate for Helen in "Tell Me It's Not True" (studio version): C5
Mezzo-Soprano
This is a soprano.