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opera-ghosts · 3 months

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“ Probably no other singer ever remained on the stage as long as Patti, and none certainly ever succeeded so long in making every bar she sang, almost equal in value to a bar of gold.” New York Evening Post 1903.

“ She was a fine lady whose name was known the world over as having the most beautiful voice. She had lovely jewels, lovely palaces and lovely horses. There is a queen, maybe one in every country, but there is only one Queen Of Song. When Patti sang, she made the people forget all that was nasty and bad, huge crowds of people used to stand in the street just to hear her sing. To have a voice like Patti, was to walk about with heaven inside." Luisa Tetrazzini

Emma Calve.. “Patti’s charm and artistry are divine, almost miraculous. Her voice is like a string of luminous pearls, perfectly matched, every jewel flawless, identical in form and color.”

Luisa Tetrazzini.. “ Patti is a majestic being, more divine than human, so exalted that it was almost sacrilege to speak her name.”

Nellie Melba.. “ Patti has always been an idol, and her voice is perhaps the most golden I have ever heard: the timbre of it was exquisite, the diction crystalline.”

Jenny Lind: “ There is only one Niagara; and there is only one Patti.”

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gch1995 · 1 year

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yo what's your vocal range??

I’ve been taking private voice lessons under professionals in classical singing and musical theater since I was 15 years old, and now I’m almost 27-and-half, so it’s been almost twelve-and-a-half years since then. Technically, I’m capable of using a three octave vocal range from F#3-F#6/Gb6. I’ve learned arias and songs in which I’ve touched all three of those octaves at one point or another in private lessons. Of course, the extremes of the lower end (A3-F#3) and upper end (E6-F#6) aren’t notes I’m capable of singing when I’m on my period, I’m feeling exhausted, or I have a scratchy throat. I’d say I fall in the fach of light lyric soprano with a coloratura extension.

Range in and of itself doesn’t determine voice type, though There are sopranos who never sing higher than a C6. There are mezzos, contraltos, baritones, basses, and tenors who can hit notes well above and/or below their vocal passagio. Range is about the passagio your voice sits most comfortably. It’s not how many octaves you can produce. That being said, while it’s impressive for the average person with no professional vocal training, the average professionally trained singer can generally access about three octaves. Anything more than that is a rare gift.

#anonymous #vocal range #gb3-gb6 #classical training #lyric soprano #musical theater #coloratura soprano #I have a three octave vocal range #opera #light lyric soprano #I’ve been taking lessons for more than 10 years too

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lacepockets · 4 months

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I found a site that will measure pitch from your mic, so naturally I wanted to test it.

So here's my range I guess:

My comfortable range is C4 to E7, but I can go as low as A3 and as high as D8. Fun!

#for reference i am a light lyric coloratura soprano #personal

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kemetic-dreams · 10 months

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Minnie Julia Riperton Rudolph (November 8, 1947 – July 12, 1979) was an American singer-songwriter best known for her 1975 single "Lovin' You" and her four octave D3 to F♯7 coloratura soprano range. She is also widely known for her use of the whistle register and has been referred to by the media as the "Queen of the Whistle Register."

Minnie Riperton grew up in Chicago's Bronzeville neighborhood on the South Side. As a child, she studied music, drama and dance at Chicago's Lincoln Center. The youngest of eight children in a musical family, she embraced the arts early. Although she began with ballet and modern dance, her parents recognized her vocal and musical abilities and encouraged her to pursue music and voice. At Chicago's Abraham Lincoln Center, she received operatic vocal training from Marion Jeffery. She practiced breathing and phrasing, with particular emphasis on diction. Jeffery also trained Riperton to use her full range. While studying under Jeffery, she sang operettas and show tunes, in preparation for a career in opera. Jeffery was so convinced of her pupil's abilities that she strongly pushed her to further study the classics at Chicago's Junior Lyric Opera.

The young Riperton was, however, becoming interested in soul, rhythm and blues, and rock. In her teen years, she sang lead vocals for the Chicago-based girl group the Gems. Eventually the group became a session group known as Studio Three and it was during this period that they provided the backing vocals on the classic 1965 Fontella Bass hit "Rescue Me".

After graduating from Hyde Park High School (now Hyde Park Academy High School), she enrolled at Loop College and became a member of Zeta Phi Beta sorority. She dropped out of college to pursue her music career.

Her early affiliation with the legendary Chicago-based Chess Records afforded her the opportunity to sing backup for various established artists such as Etta James, Fontella Bass, Ramsey Lewis, Bo Diddley, Chuck Berry and Muddy Waters. While at Chess, Riperton also sang lead for the experimental rock/soul group Rotary Connection, from 1967 to 1971.

On April 5, 1975, Riperton reached the apex of her career with her No. 1 single "Lovin' You". The single was the last release from her 1974 gold album titled Perfect Angel. Riperton's third album, Adventures in Paradise was released in 1975. Despite the R&B hit "Inside My Love", some radio stations refused to play "Inside My Love" due to the lyrics.

Her fourth album for Epic Records, titled Stay in Love (1977), featured another collaboration with Stevie Wonder in the funky disco tune "Stick Together".

In 1978, Richard Rudolph and Riperton's attorney Mike Rosenfeld orchestrated a move to Capitol Records for Riperton and her CBS Records catalog. In April 1979, Riperton released her fifth and final album, Minnie. "Memory Lane" was a hit from the album.

Riperton provided backing vocals on Stevie Wonder's songs "Creepin'" from 1974's Fulfillingness' First Finale and "Ordinary Pain" from 1976's Songs in the Key of Life. In 1977, she lent her vocal abilities to a track named "Yesterday and Karma", on Osamu Kitajima's album, Osamu.

In January 1976, Riperton was diagnosed with breast cancer and, in April, she underwent a radical mastectomy. By the time of diagnosis, the cancer had metastasized and she was given about six months to live. Despite the grim prognosis, she continued recording and touring. She was one of the first celebrities to go public with her breast cancer diagnosis but did not disclose she was terminally ill.

In 1977, she became a spokesperson for the American Cancer Society. In 1978, she received the American Cancer Society's Courage Award, which was presented to her at the White House by President Jimmy Carter.

Riperton died of cancer on July 12, 1979 at the age 31.

During the 1990s, Riperton's music was sampled by many rap and hip-hop artists, including Tupac Shakur, Dr. Dre, A Tribe Called Quest, Blumentopf, The Orb

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oh-great-authoress · 9 months

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Hello, people who follow me.

After being here on this hellsite for almost four years (darn, I’m getting old), I wanted to share with all of you one of the other things that I am crazy about—so crazy about it, that I went to SCHOOL for it—music.

I’ve mentioned it before, but just in case you didn’t see my posts talking about this, I am a classically trained singer; a light lyric coloratura soprano, to be precise.

That’s a really fancy way to say I have a “voice that has a warm quality with a bright, full timbre that can be heard over an orchestra.”

And the coloratura means that I have an even higher “extension” to my voice—that I can sing even higher than a plain light lyric soprano can, that my voice is agile, and can handle runs.

However, this song here is not an aria or any sort of classical repertoire, but it is a song from one of the many genres that I also trained for—jazz standards.

In fact, my senior recital was half classical, half jazz, my collaborative musicians some of the best in my area.

(My jazz pianist was my music theory and composition mentor—[thanks Mr. B!]—yes, I also compose; I have a really nice piano piece and Catholic Mass Setting under my belt if I do say so myself)

I recorded this in my church, after the Mass I regularly sing at, and the echo in the church, along with the microphone reverb kind of lends itself to a certain ambiance.

I hope you enjoy!!

On an aside, I also am posting this as a teaser for the next story that I hope to post soon on my fanfiction sideblog, @the-authoress-writes.

No spoilers, but this probably likely is a gigantic clue, I’ll be honest, 🤣!

Tagging some people whom I really want to see this:

@welsharcher

@valmare

@batmantaking-hobbits2gallifrey

@justhereforfandomandfriends

@musewrangler

#nadia sings #music #singer #classical musician #classical musicians #jazz #jazz standard #jazz standards

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madamlaydebug · 1 year

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REMEMBERING MINNIE RIPERTON

Photograph of Minnie Riperton with her daughter actress Maya Rudolph and her son Marc Rudolph.