Sunday 10 February 2013

[Vocal Profile] Delta Goodrem


Delta Goodrem

Vocal Type: Lyric Soprano
Vocal Range: 3 Octaves notes (D3-D6)
Whistle Register: No
Vocal Pluses: Delta Goodrem possesses a naturally agile and fulsome soprano voice. Marked by a direct yet rounded and clean tone, the entirety of the range is known to be void of any harshness or crackling in its tone.

The lower end of the range is husky and velvety, whilst still being reasonably audible- a rare feat for most sopranos. This part of the voice is also marked by a darkness in timbre not evident in any other part of the range

The middle section is surprisingly confident and rich, which adds a warmth to the tone, while her distinct intonation marks it as instantly identifiable. Her fourth octave register retains a velvety texture and is well connected to her lower range, ensuring a fluidity right from the bottom to the top.

Goodrem, however, comes into her own with her upper belts and head-voice. This part of the range adds a soft and full penetrating timbre, that is of a healthier quality than that produced in the lower extremes of the voice. Her belts, taken from C5 right up to G5, are robust, clean and delivered by an even and striking vibrato. Of her head-voice, accessed from approx A 5/ B5, it would be classified as warm, illuminating and potent in quality.

Overall, Delta has a strong and characterful voice which traverses its higher regions with what appears to be great ease, all whilst producing a pleasurable and healthy sound throughout the registers (bar the extreme lows). The result is a voice that has both a high standard of musicality and natural raw ability.

Vocal Negatives: Some have described the tone in Delta Goodrem's upper registers to be slightly whiny and immature at times, often as if she is crying in a high tone. Also as the voice is clean of grit and lacking in overt power it has been claimed she is somewhat “boring” to listen to vocally.




Delta Goodrem's D6 at the end:



Thanks to Stuey for writing this profile!

24 comments:

  1. The video made me like Celine voice again especially the lower range, but Delta Goodrem is amazing vocally and dang DD why must you have so many pretty faces and angelic voices its so hard to stay committed to Kimbra

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  2. Thanks for posting this! I have been loving her for a while now, the tone in her voice is one I can listen to for days at a time and not end up with a stinking migraine lol

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  3. Oddly, Celine impressed me more on that video than Delta did.

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  4. I must agree

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  5. Hmm I can only really judge taste wise and indeed...this sent me to listen to Celine. Not so much Delta. I can hear she is an excellent singer but the voice itself is not capturing my heart.
    But thanks for the profile Stuey(DD).
    Least I know who Delta Goodrem is now. :-)

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  6. You know, listening to Celine's songs don't do it for me, but her individual notes occasionally send chills down my spine. I'm really left wondering why.

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  7. Comparing Delta to Celine was a bad idea. Mainly because it shows how little resonance Deltas voice actually has. I mean she doesnt have NONE and her voice is technically sound. But I feel she plays it too safe. She doesnt seem to project much and her headvoice sounds teeny and unprojected. Celine is known for having holy momma projection so...yeah.

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  8. I only have one criticism about Delta, which is she tends to get very nervous when approaching a high belt or money note when performing live and often goes flat or misses entirely, despite the note easily sitting within her range. For example; http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8p2DxDHR1JY at around 2:50 (watch from 2:45, i think the note is at 2:51) - she fails to hit or simply doesn't go for that high note in all of her live performances, despite it not being overly high for a voice as light and high as Delta's. Although, may I just add... Delta looks phenomenal in that video. Stunning. And here, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2WbWGt82jU8 in Born to Try at around 4:13 she really screeches that high note. You can see afterwards and in the build up she really gets nervous and, after all, nerves can easily be a performance ruiner. Because of the nerves, her usually unimpeachable technique isn't used and she really clings to a lot of throat and root tongue tension.


    However, they are small in consideration. She's a stunning girl, a talented songwriter, has a beautiful crystal clear voice that doesn't use the nasal resonance Celine is so fond of (i'm not saying this is a bad thing, it's how Celine works her voice) and is ALSO an incredible pianist. Girl can play. Haha. Love my Aussie Divas!

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  9. I know the feeling. There are several artists out there whose voices I really like but whose material I cannot stand. And then there's Elvis Costello. A dude whose material I absolutely love but whose voice I cannot stand for more than a few seconds. I don't know why but I find the latter infinitely more regretable than the former.

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  10. Couldn't agree more with your analysis there!

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  11. I agree with you, not only is it never good to compare someone to the likes of Dion, Carey or Houston (being that those are the triad of legendary vocalists in time and space) its also non-constructive.


    I also get you with the lacking of projection, I think thats why I am able to listen to her for extended periods of time lol there is little or no brutality involved in her singing, its very refreshing! She does for me otherwise have one of the most pleasing soprano voices out there, next to Kelly, Charlotte ect (Who's profile I will attempt next)

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  12. For those unwise of her works here is a few good songs worthy of your ear for a few minutes! (I feel like a Delta pusher here lol) Enjoy (You bloody better haha)

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fPNhnhUphwM
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HGMe0wGdqjk
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YkTfHRAn408
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8rNWWePQSDY
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g21KpXu1KIg
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MJM3vhnf-3Q
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u9yEeZ4Bw_s
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7aIMLEID2Ns
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YMYUYtsUGgg
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dE-Tbd0LRPw&list=UUVtaB79f0OchXdQK6erRCCg&index=8

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  13. Lol couldn't decide on which one to post and decided to go for all? ;-D

    But good idea Stuey. I often feel these profiles would benefit from adding one or two videos of full songs. Especially the not so world wide household names.

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  14. Haha I just noticed now how much my love of her is worth! I did have a list of more songs but DD might have put me on the naughty step for overdoing it!


    I totally agree, some people I am like "who is this?, what did they sing?" but I am usually too lazy to open a tab then hit youtube lol

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  15. Lol I usually do check. But then again...you are a hard working guy. I am a Lady of Leisure. ;-)

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  16. I do try to work as hard as I can but dont think for a minute I dont envy you....leisure sounds amazing right now, although I am off this week for the term holidays so I shouldn't complain, more DD and various other interests time! ;)

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  17. Just because someone is a soprano doesn't mean they can access their whistle voice. vocal cords have to be very flexible to achieve this

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  18. I don't nearly have pitch perfect hearing, but from what I hear, she goes well above D6 in the song 'Safe to Believe' off her latest album (at 3:48...)

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  19. Ricky Yong Chin Yuan19 June 2013 at 17:55

    Ohmygod @Stuey thanks for this! Never knew it existed. Never really checked the list since last year.

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  20. No problem, I really enjoyed making up this profile. I love me some Celine too but I agree, Delta is a more enjoyable listen vocally its less about the potent belts and more about the gentle emotive delivery and small nuances in her voice for me :)

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  21. Oh lord someone get me a dance floor NOW!!! Lol the new song is shamazingness!!!

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Nz100NBYAA

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  22. Ricky Yong Chin Yuan20 June 2013 at 07:10

    I have a feeling I'll be stuck with this song for a period of time...

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  23. Charlotte Church :)

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  24. Delta has a whistle register! you cud listen to her "safe to believe"!

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