Vocal Type: Soprano
Vocal Range: 3 octaves and 1 notes. D3- E6
Vocal Pluses: Incredibly high chest register which is full of power and emotion. Strong, and robust head voice that's bright, and weighty.
Vocal Negatives: I couldn't possibly speak ill of Ms Patti.
Vocal Range: 3 octaves and 1 notes. D3- E6
Vocal Pluses: Incredibly high chest register which is full of power and emotion. Strong, and robust head voice that's bright, and weighty.
Vocal Negatives: I couldn't possibly speak ill of Ms Patti.
i love her voice in high tones.
ReplyDeleteGreat Power in the High Rgister
ReplyDelete...you couldn't possible speak ill of miss patti? Well allow me. Patti lacks vibrato...controlled vibrato. And her singer/screaming are almost one and the same. How's that?
ReplyDeletePhenomenal singer, but you couldn't think of a negative? Sometimes she's shouty.... If you can come up with a negative for Kelly Clarkson you can come up with one for Patti. Love Patti, and your blog by the way. I am enjoying going through all of my divas.
ReplyDeleteI appreciate you taking the time to do so and comment
ReplyDeletelol. thanks
ReplyDeleteAh.. Yes. Probably one of the most vocally talented non-classical singers I've ever heard.
ReplyDeleteI remember recently watching her performance of Over The Rainbow from her One Night Only tour. Comparing it with her performance of the same song at the NYC Apollo in 1991, I was amazed. Other than the obvious darkening of her voice due to age, it still gave me shivers. The C6's in head voice were amazing.
She does have controlled vibrato, both in head and chest resonance/voice. I would hardly call her singing screaming. But those that do probably have not heard her earlier recordings and performances. Her recent performances I do believe, is subject to those criticisms. I do agree that she does tend to sound shrill at times, especially when she forgoes vibrato and projects her voice with full might. She also does tend to let her voice get a tad uncontrollable, especially with high chest belting in the D5 to G5 range.
Her voice has of course, weakened along the years, but even with the aging, her voice is still astounding enough to rival that of Jennifer Hudson as well as that of Whitney in her prime. Believe me, I've taken piano and followed her singing note by note in some videos. I was amazed that in her 60's, she was still able to belt a G#5, a truly gifted dramatic soprano in modern music I might add.
Thanks for that thoughtful comment. Her vocal profile is in need of an overhaul and expansion and your post gave me some great points!
ReplyDeleteYou're welcome. I believe in trying to comment in polite and constructive ways. Unlike some people that I will not mention, who spout rude comments because they're offended that their favourite singers have negative qualities. Lol.
ReplyDeleteI recommend listening to this video of Patti singing: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DH3R2Kh9GDk . I think she was nearing 50 then. She reaches a G5 at 1:33 and ascends to a Bb5 at 1:35 so effortlessly. Of course the operatic C6 at 1:50 was a total eargasm. :D
I think personally the only negative I could find is she needs to work more on her head voice. I did a little research on her after reading this to see if she was really as good as this says and i must admit, she is expertly talented - but far from perfect. Everyone has weak points to their voices because if they didn't, there would be no comparison because everyone would be perfect. So as said before, she has a weaker head voice (and in no way do i mean weak) than her full voice - on occasion, sounding too shrill and overbearing. Hope this helps
ReplyDeleteAlso, i think another negative is that in every song of hers - live that is - she belts an awful lot and i don't know about anybody else, but i was bored after a few songs.
ReplyDeletehahahahaha her chest voice is incomparable
ReplyDeletei think shes not only an incredibly talented person but she is also humble and genuine
- nice on the vocal negative lol
That's right. You better not write one flaw on MaMa Patti, or we are gonna get you.
ReplyDeleteI just stumbled on this...
ReplyDeletehttp://youtu.be/iPooE7lW_iU
My dear lord this woman has one incredible voice. She is one of the very few singers that I would immediately label 'Dramatic' Soprano for sure! The power just pours so effortlessley out of her.....Jennifer Hudson should take note, this is how its done!!
OMG STUEY! You are brining all these profiles that deserve updating to my attention. I think I'm gonna have a stroke! lol
ReplyDeleteHehehe sorry, I couln't resist...It's becoming an addiction...I need rehab me thinks lol
ReplyDeleteHi again!
ReplyDeleteI'm not sure whether she has her place here, but what about another Patti? As in Smith? Saw her in concert last October, she was then pushing 65, and, well, OMG!!! Maybe not so much of a range though. Dunno, but I'd certainly like to read your analysis on her voice.
Thx again for this wonderful site DD
Gaëlle
No flaws for Patti Labelle? Nobody is perfect. I can come up with a lot of weaknesses in her voice. She's one of the most amazing singers to ever exist but that doesn't excuse her from having flaws of her own. Her tone quality? Her upper belts? Nothing?
ReplyDeleteThis whole thing needs redoing. Feel free to contribute. Will update...eventually..lol
ReplyDeletedoes she has whistle register????
ReplyDeletenope! But a really strong head voice
ReplyDeletetoo bad..she has such amazing potentials, but unfortunately she completely lacks of musicality. She is so full of herself that she completely forgets about the melody..and this is when she starts screaming..like a psycho mother yelling at her kids.Yes, all moms can hit these notes the way she does. Her national anthem perfomances is a proof of that(I laughed so hard). And I am not a hater, not even a fan of any singer. I just never got the chance to listen to her live and I spent today 5 hours listening carefully to her live perfomances, because I heard so many about her wonderful voice.I was so disappointed. I'm sorry I wasted so much time on her.
ReplyDeleteYou need to listen to her and Cyndi Lauper singing Time After Time and you tell me where she lacks musicality. The answer is she doesn't. You can't adlib like that without musicality.
Deleteidc because in my eyes patti is flawless
ReplyDeletePatti really has no faults in her technique, she can keep a nice even mix up to D6 and maintain vibrato up to the soprano high C when belting. And her glissandos into the higher reaches of her range are astounding. Not to mention her head voice, I'm sure she could knock a hole through a brick wall with one of those considering how much power she has behind them.
ReplyDeletePatti's only fault is musicality, in a stand point of technicalities though she knows what she's doing.
That is incorrect. Her musicality has shown when she covers other people's songs...its on her own songs that she takes complete liberty (a machismo and bombastic amount of liberty) with and can care less, but listen to her and Cyndi Lauper sing time after time and tell me she lacks musicality.
DeleteActually Patti is still able to sustain up to C#6 in her 60s, her voice while it has weakened still stands strong and is one of the best examples of preserving the voice over the years through proper technique :)
ReplyDeleteYou could speak ill of Whitney or Aretha, but not on Patti? Tone quality, agility of the voice (her runs), incredibly shrilly tone. Except of her belting technique (and mixing technique), the rest is truly atrocious. Personaly I couldn't say a negative thing about Aretha or Whitney (whose voice was compared to a stradivarius by Time Magazine)
ReplyDeleteFor here to have such power at her age means that she knows what she is doing
ReplyDeleteSince when is someone's own vocal style "full of themselves"?
ReplyDeleteSimply put, her vocal style is not your cup of tea. Nothing more.