LaShun Pace - Full Vocal Range (C♯3-D6-E♭6)

[@pebbie363]

A big sopranino!!! She can almost drown a whole choir with her voice

[@AlmedaRen]

Exactly.

[@geminikid1617]

Which is phenomenal considering how high and light her voice was. She could project better than most voices even heavier and lower than her. Case in point 1:03:48

[@McWhCl]

Her voice is so powerful yet very light. If it was not for her illness, she would be singing like she used too😭 but I'm very stunned the fact that she can still hit high notes although she is sick. A TRUE SOPRANO INDEED!!!

[@KajiVocals]

Her voice is higher than soprano!

[@thatboycjsings]

@@KajiVocals what kind of soprano is she? cause I always thought that too that her voice is higher than soprano

[@KajiVocals]

@@thatboycjsings Check the description.

[@AlmedaRen]

@@KajiVocals What do you think about D’atra Hicks?

[@chocolateangel8743]

@@KajiVocals There is no voice higher than soprano. Depending on the type, some can go higher than others (like Mariah Carey, Ariana Grande, and even Normani) .

[@ThePianoguy89]

Her lows are really good for a bright and girly sounding soprano such as a sopranino!

[@iss_iam809]

Her range is inhuman. The first time I heard LaShun was in the early 2000s. I was mesmerized by her tone and clarity. It reminded me so much of Whitney Houston's voice. LaShun Pace isn't just a legendary gospel artist. She is one of the greatest female vocalist of all time.

[@KajiVocals]

I think you mean inhuman. But yes, incredible vocalist.

[@iss_iam809]

@@KajiVocals yes typing too fast lol

[@alessandromoura3322]

I believe she's a superior belter. Whitney was superb but Lashun's technique was better overall.

[@odumosuolusegun2781]

The agility of this woman and in full voice not in collapsed registers! smdh!

[@klion3924]

She was the baddest soprano to ever do it gospel! Everytime back in the day she sung like it was her last time!!!!!!!!

[@THEE.apples]

Her agility is underappreciated

[@reggiemitchell5198]

VERY

[@bodleyhihou]

Yees

[@THEE.apples]

Great lower register considering how high her voice is. Her clarity and ease in belting is next level inhuman tbh

[@larissanascimento1035]

Great voice, one of my favorite singers of Gospel with a powerful growl! Rest in peace, great Lashun Pace!

[@Sttephy30]

She has a powerful chest voice w/ good agility.

[@marlonnash2066]

I wish she could coach me on how to belt, her voice is effortlessly powerful yet so light, bright and fluid the perfect vocal condition for belting in my opinion

[@thatboycjsings]

thanks for this❤️ she’s one the best sopranos ever! A legendary vocalist!

[@CH-Anointed]

Ever!

[@CH-Anointed]

If you really want to hear her go OFF in full stratospheric soprano mode type in DOROTHY NORWOOD FT.LASHUN PACE (HOLY SPIRIT) . This is one of the songs where she wanted to reach the heavens!

[@Cskitta]

Literally!!!!

[@BlkmansJackpot]

Yuppppppp

[@ladysasha90]

Ok listen, I’ve been waiting for someone to do this video FOREVER. This voice is on another LEVEL.

[@n25bast]

Vocally the Paces are such a unique family. All have such feminine voices, but LaShun's mastery of hers was second to none.

[@Hoodriah]

"AND I STEPPED IN THE WATER AND THE WA-WA-WA-WA-WATER WAS COLLLLD" She better sing

[@icybluemaya7372]

LaShun Pace Is The SUPER SAYIN OF GOSPEL!!! GOD REST HER LEGENDARY SOUL!

[@teegee7801]

Rest in Peace LaShun!!

[@bclislife]

Such an amazing talent. Thanks for this video!

[@teegee7801]

Act like you know know. LaShun is legendary for her vocal range. One of the few who can give consistent belts G5+. Her agility is crazy in that tessitura, too. She gets high and can do modulations to ever higher notes. That's difficult to go from mid chest to high mix in the same vocal line ala 52:37 and 1:05:02 maintaining vibrato at that high pitch!

[@KajiVocals]

Both timestamps are all belt, no mix there.

[@teegee7801]

@@KajiVocals Oh ok. I thought mix was head and chest together, a little bit of both, if you will. Fullness and power depending on the "ratio" of chest to headvoice. You should do education videos 😂

[@KajiVocals]

@@teegee7801 Think of it this way - belt is when you pull up your speaking register higher. Technically it does thin out and lighten of course, but there is no transition. Mixed voice is in theory done in the same mechanism as head voice but the way it is coordinated makes it so it sounds belt-like, yell-timbre, typically quite punchy and brassy. Basically a belt imitation. LaShun does it plenty, but she still belts far more. I’ll give you some timestamps for notes for that there are mixed, holdon. Mix and belt can sound quite similar but mechanically they are different. It takes a lot of ear training to be able to distinguish both on the same singer. Mix name comes from ‘mixing between registers’. Creating a voice that sounds like one register top to bottom.

[@KajiVocals]

44:17 44:45 58:54 59:00 1:01:32 1:04:15 only a few examples. There’s a LOT of mix in this vid but would take me forever to label all examples.

[@KajiVocals]

@Eno B It's because of the twang.

[@ameleazar]

amazing lashu pace I loved ❤😮

[@eleeveeayees3425]

So much volume and resonance for a light and small voice.

[@decholes95]

RIP Queen take your rest 🕊 ❤️

[@ThePianoguy89]

RIP to Lashun Pace. 😢

[@LiTim17]

I have watched this entire video over multiple times and I find myself coming back to the G#5 section almost daily to keep my sanity lol.

[@mansa_p]

OMG her voice ♥️♥️♥️

[@issakelly8071]

Will you ever do a Duranice Pace range video? Both are blessed to have high voices. What I wouldn't do with a high voice?

[@KajiVocals]

Maybe!

[@imNotZack_]

Amazing.. Amazing!!

[@foreighteen7797]

Finally finished watching the entire thing and I'm reeling in shock despite my familiarity with her. The way she just STAYS up there... Thanks, Kaji. By the way, I was wondering if your familiarity with contemporary divas includes Korean and Filipino singers. Who among them are the most technically superior or vocally well developed?

[@KajiVocals]

Thank you!! Yes, I am familiar with a lot of Filipino and Korean singers. I will have to think of the answer to your question though.

[@alessandromoura3322]

Hang Hong is classically trained. I believe Lee Sun-hee was too. Both are excelente singers. Regine Velasquez is great too.

[@zaenation4042]

Awesome video I love LaShun Pace🔥🔥🔥🔥💯🤩

[@vivifiedvocals4470]

I love me some Lashun!! 😇

[@imNotZack_]

i miss u

[@vivifiedvocals4470]

@@imNotZack_ 🥺

[@bestvocalsbyvocalists849]

She's a real sopranino!!!

[@theetreywright]

MY ABSOLUTE FAVORITE!!!!!!!

[@humbled92_Mister]

Thank you!!

[@blackispower1564]

Amazing video

[@hanon6437]

Thank you for this Kaji, great quality as always! I was wondering who are the other 5 women who can actually belt a C6 as you mentioned in the description? 1:16:11 LMAO THE SIDE EYE

[@KajiVocals]

I answered in another comment! And thanks!!

[@hanon6437]

@@KajiVocals Thank you! Did Aretha Franklin never belt a C6 or above was that just mixing?

[@KajiVocals]

@@hanon6437 I don’t think Aretha ever belted above Bb5.

[@odumosuolusegun2781]

@@KajiVocals Aretha never went past an Ab5 in full voice. tHIS WOMAN IS NEXT LEVEL. I do n to hear the C6 full voice but a lot of BB5S AND b5s full voice. It makes no sense

[@KajiVocals]

@@odumosuolusegun2781 I’ll timestamp which Cs are belted later. What I do like about her is that even her mix is quite belty. She approaches it by zipping up from chest and still takes most of that strength up there. Not like most do. Melba Moore has this approach to her mix too. Patti somewhat but her mix was lighter. I do recall hearing Aretha belt multiple A5s in her 1972 gospel concert. And a Bb5 in one of her earlier albums. Aretha’s mix (in her prime) was also one of those where she did in fact take strength from chest up there. You don’t hear many people mix like this.

[@klion3924]

I think she can go much higher than we even know back in the day!

[@KajiVocals]

I heard her crack into whistle before. Not countable of course but still shows her possible range.

[@klion3924]

@@KajiVocals Which video?

[@KajiVocals]

@@klion3924 Many. She cracks often after 2012. It is not countable range though.

[@klion3924]

I would count it

[@KajiVocals]

Counting a crack is somewhat of an insult to what true vocal range is.

[@guilhermefacanha6180]

One of the best vocalists ever.

[@ThePianoguy89]

She's belting those high notes like nothing!

[@whitemumbo5766]

13 minutes of g#5 lol, def her money note!!

[@blackispower1564]

RIHP to one of the best Gospel singers in the world.

[@ShawnWilliams1987]

LaShun Pace has passed away today at 60.

[@aismith1993]

Kaji, could you do a vocal range video on Fred Hammond? I love your work on all the vocalists you’ve made videos on so far.

[@2012Cherubim]

Frightening

[@KajiVocals]

In a good way I hope?

[@2012Cherubim]

@@KajiVocals absolutely... I just don't know what to say. whew

[@eleeveeayees3425]

The resonance and power is frightening for a light soprano.

[@2012Cherubim]

@@eleeveeayees3425 correct!

[@dawnbryant6784]

She has the highest chest voice I've ever heard. The only other singer that comes close is Karen Clark Sheard and her daughter. Anointed and amazing!!!

[@randall4528]

Karen Clark Sheard actually uses mixed voice!

[@KajiVocals]

@randall4528 She takes M1 to A5s often.

[@randall4528]

@@KajiVocals Hey, Kaji! I respectfully disagree with you. If she was hitting A5s in full chest, then she would've lost her voice!

[@KajiVocals]

@@randall4528 Who said anything about full chest? M1 ≠ full chest.

[@randall4528]

​@@KajiVocals Doesn't Kierra Sheard use some density in her A5s?

[@rororin_mochikoko1533]

Im not one to really care for the high notes but her tone is EVERYTHING

[@icybluemaya7372]

YAAAAAASSS

[@Jay2k2323]

One of the highest sopranos in gospel music if not the highest

[@KajiVocals]

Yes, the highest. Along with young Sandi Patty (her voice has lowered considerably since). Francine Jones’ voice is very high but it is lower than both of them. She just has an approach which allows her to sing that way.

[@Jay2k2323]

@@KajiVocals I would argue that her voice is even higher than karens. karens chest voice doesn't go as high as hers lashun uses mix much later in her range to me

[@KajiVocals]

@@Jay2k2323 Oh absolutely. Listen to their duet. Lashun’s voice is considerably higher. 2-3 semitones. Lashun is higher than high soprano. In old classical this was called sopranino or soprano-sopracuto. It is a separate category from soprano. More similar to a treble than soprano. And keep in mind, Karen’s chest voice is underdeveloped. With proper development she’d sound quite darker and richer in tone. Also Lashun barely mixes. Most of her Cs are belted, which is scary.

[@Jay2k2323]

@@KajiVocals right!!🤯 even kierras chest is more developed than her mother's.

[@guilhermefacanha6180]

@@KajiVocals Lashun has the same Voice Type as Kristin Chenoweth, right?

[@bafbaas1210]

Would u do minnie riperton? I feel the belters are gettibg all the attention

[@LiTim17]

It’s astonishing how her G#5s are so much better in quality than her F5s

[@KajiVocals]

I would say it’s moreso simply because she sings more often around G#.

[@mississippibwoy4830]

Lashun and Tiffany Mosley are the queens of belting

[@KajiVocals]

Tiffany doesn’t belt!!

[@carselevators930]

She did belt in total praise

[@KajiVocals]

No, it’s mixed voice.

[@Girlygirl24]

@@KajiVocals Daamn! Can someone kindly explain to me the difference between Belting and mixing with examples because I got it all mixed up🤔

[@reggiemitchell5198]

@@Girlygirl24mixing is a technique where you mix your chest and head voice together to achieve higher notes. Belting is bringing your chest voice in those higher notes. 2 examples Karen’s clark sheard is high sopranos who mixes most of her high notes Her daughter kierra is high soprano who belts all of her notes

[@piyawatcarey7149]

Are there other singer whose tessitura sit higher or as high as her ?

[@KajiVocals]

Syreeta whom I covered a few days ago on here.

[@cockyhelmcorv1719]

1:13:08 how did she go up the scale while speaking..my god please link me to this

[@KajiVocals]

Is Your All On The Altar

[@ri260]

💖

[@vyeagra420]

wait..what r the names of the ppl that can belt a C6?cuz i only know eydie and leshun can do it

[@Destined36]

Aretha, Karen, Kelly Coko, Keke, Patti, Jennifer even Erykah, Chaka most lyric and dramatic sopranos do it with ease often!

[@KajiVocals]

None of them ‘belt a C6 with ease’. In fact not a single of them except Karen has actually belted a C6. Mix =/= belt.

[@vyeagra420]

@@KajiVocals yeah this is a common issue i see in the vocal community...ppl cant hear the difference between belt and mix

[@Hhjhfu247]

​@@vyeagra420belt sounds better

[@mattvieira2645]

Please please, make a Stevie Wonder vocal range video! 🙏🙏

[@Kc20243]

Is she like the female version of James.Moore? Who I think is higher than a tenor?

[@teegee7801]

Gospel is like the only genre where they keep a mix up where whistle starts 😲😲😲. That techinique should be studied even though it may not be "proper" technique. It's quite common. Gospel and RnB bought high belting to pop but even then, the great gospel singers can still outsing the pop people. Imagine LaShun singing with Ariana Grande. No offense, it's just that she is a pop high belter I can think of. Jennifer comes from that background. I think LaShun is comparable to Vanessa Amorossi in pop. Aretha really brought gospel to pop music. That's when high belting came from the church to pop, I think.

[@KajiVocals]

Lashun actually has a classical squillo in her voice at points. It is visible on a spectrogram if you look on her voice there. Example 47:11

[@teegee7801]

@@KajiVocals LaShun is untrained, correct?

[@KajiVocals]

I believe so, yes.

[@teegee7801]

@@KajiVocals Side bar: Do you think black women have darker voices, on average?

[@KajiVocals]

@@teegee7801 I think it’s too large of a group to make a conclusion like that. Maybe geographically you could I suppose but overall no. And I don’t think the answer would be different from the overall population regardless which is a typical midweight soprano being the average.

[@whitneycarey8324]

omg I never heard a higher chest voice than this one! Im shocked! You are helping us all so much with all your videos to discover underrated treasures that deserve all the admiration and recognition. Could I talk with you to ask you some questions? I plan to make a youtube video about the best sustained notes but I have some questions. Are you in any server with other people who tallk about voices and vocals? Could I ask you there?

[@KajiVocals]

Sure, here you go discord.gg/8vh66JPm

[@reggiemitchell5198]

@@KajiVocals can u send the link again

[@KajiVocals]

@@reggiemitchell5198 discord.gg/nbWEzQHV

[@pebbie363]

51:23 i think that was during the 80s?

[@KajiVocals]

Yes

[@mansa_p]

Btw Kaji what do you think of Florence + The Machine

[@KajiVocals]

I like her

[@Jay2k2323]

What type of soprano is her sister duranice? I was thinking light lyric or spinto. There's a clip of her singing e5s without a mic and she still could be heard throughout a big church

[@KajiVocals]

Always just sounded like a typical soprano to me. Crazy low range though. But that’s just the Paces in general.

[@Jay2k2323]

@@KajiVocals lol yes agreed

[@Destined36]

Duranice was a dramatic mezzo

[@reggiemitchell5198]

@@Destined36definitely not

[@reggiemitchell5198]

@@Destined36the only mezzos in the family of the pages are Phyllis and dejuaii. The rest of the sisters are natural sopranos high ones at that. Duranice was regular soprano

[@PauloHcloplin]

1:17:09 - what is the song?

[@KajiVocals]

On Time Jesus

[@PauloHcloplin]

@@KajiVocals Thank you!!

[@aduhaduh4426]

To be honest it starts to sound unpleasant for me and her higher range

[@thatboycjsings]

I know this is off topic but are we still gonna get a Kim Burrell Vocal Range Video?

[@KajiVocals]

Yes.

[@thatboycjsings]

@@KajiVocals can you do one of these for Chrystal Rucker!

[@reggiemitchell5198]

Can we get a duranice vocal range as well?

[@vivifiedvocals4470]

Who are the 5 women you've heard belt up to a C6?

[@KajiVocals]

Lashun Pace, Eydie Gorme, Tina Watson, Melba Moore and Francine Jones.

[@pebbie363]

Kcs and sohyang have actually belted c6 i think

[@humbled92_Mister]

Tiffany Mosely

[@KajiVocals]

@@humbled92_Mister Tiffany’s never belted above Eb5. She mixes everything.

[@teegee7801]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/g4PIhWWHoZeKY8U I know you don't like her voice but is this a belt to C6 at 3:07?

[@Kc20243]

Tina Watson may be like her a sopranino too because they both belted a c6

[@Destined36]

Id say Tina is a Dramatic Soprano, she has a more weight in her timbre and more ability to sing in head operatically?

[@Kc20243]

@@Destined36 I would say dramatic coloratura soprano because her voice is not like a regular dramatic soprano

[@Destined36]

@@Kc20243 idk about that, never heard her do sticatto passages like that of a Coloratura?

[@KajiVocals]

Being a coloratura has not much to do with staccati. And dramatic soprano and dramatic coloratura are a world apart in terms of both the tessitura and what they are required to do.

[@imNotZack_]

Oh yeah, where can I find 1:16:04

[@thatboycjsings]

Is Late 90’s or early 90’s Prime LaShun??

[@KajiVocals]

Early to mid.

[@TruthSerum101]

She has a wide range but I can't listen to her beyond a few seconds.

[@KajiVocals]

I get that. I recommend checking out her more subtle performances such as My Times kzbin.info/www/bejne/i2WZXpShpspkrqc or We Worship You where she sings in ala-classical style in soprano range without the use of head voice kzbin.info/www/bejne/nKCak4Npi62lgJY

[@shabrethajennings7291]

Lol I love the timbre of her voice much like Deniece Williams, but I have to be in the mood because really high voices aren't my favorite.

[@duckyu6573]

I thought those F#5s were never going to end

[@introvertsounds7083]

8:09 link???

[@pebbie363]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/q6TUXoCpnJ6thbc

[@whitemumbo5766]

@@pebbie363 anyone who got on that show do know how to project!!!

[@iiviiimitski]

where's the link

[@PauloHcloplin]

1:13:40 - what is the song? 👀

[@KajiVocals]

He's a Shelter.

[@PauloHcloplin]

@@KajiVocals Thanks! ♥️

[@fergusmurray1828]

When was she diagnosed with AIDS? Would you say it affected her voice really?

[@THEE.apples]

Pregnancies and surviving cancer twice affected her voice the most

[@KajiVocals]

Somewhere in the 90s I assume. Probably a bit before the death of her husband. Not sure when that happened.

[@ericthompson5908]

@@KajiVocals No, in a recent interview. She mentions that something in her thyroid is messed up which is the reason she can't sing as high as she used to

[@KajiVocals]

Those issues aren’t related. Lashun has spoken up publicly in many of her ministries about being diagnosed with AIDS 20 or so years ago and winning that fight (or so she says anyways). It’s not really a rumour. Her thyroid issues are likely a new issue. I doubt AIDS has impacted her voice much as her main vocal issues started really happening after 2005.

[@AlmedaRen]

I never knew she had it…

[@sophiamoe2351]

Most of the sopranos in choirs are sopraninos!

[@KajiVocals]

Incorrect.

[@sophiamoe2351]

@@KajiVocals Most of the sopranos in choirs are sopranos and most altos are sopranos too.

[@reggiemitchell5198]

@@sophiamoe2351 most women in choirs in general are naturally sopranos and some are mezzos. Most contraltos In choirs are true mezzos

[@sophiamoe2351]

@@reggiemitchell5198 I agree with you!

[@Destined36]

Not true very rare voice type !

[@Hoodriah]

Random think I wish mariah would've let go more often with her voice when she was younger 😭😩

[@DaddysLiquors]

Isn't she a mezzo?

[@KajiVocals]

@@DaddysLiquors Mariah's a soprano.

[@McWhCl]

She has nodules that's why she's very cautious

[@odumosuolusegun2781]

​@@McWhCl She can not belt like this. Her voice development is not on this level

[@McWhCl]

@@odumosuolusegun2781 yes that too, but she doesn’t need to belt like lashun. Mariah ain’t a belter, she already claim that.

[@whitemumbo5766]

Lol the tonal change on that g3kzbin.info/www/bejne/Z5ithKGPjtl2msk

[@whitemumbo5766]

Also that godly bb5 in full voicekzbin.info/www/bejne/Z5ithKGPjtl2msk

[@klion3924]

I heard she belt F6 or G6

[@KajiVocals]

It is impossible to belt an F6 or G6. Mix is possible.

[@imNotZack_]

maybe when she was a child lol

[@whitneyhouston1122]

When was she in her prime?

[@whitneyhouston1122]

@@reggiemitchell5198 Oh got it.

[@geminikid1617]

More like the 90s to early, maybe mid 2000s. Which is when most of the live videos are from.

[@whitneyhouston1122]

@@geminikid1617 I don't think her prime was in the 2000s at all. I think it was mostly during the late 1980s-1990s.

[@reggiemitchell5198]

@@geminikid1617I would say moreso early 90s. Not 2000s tho

[@geminikid1617]

@@whitneyhouston1122 I hear you. But I think she maintained that momentum vocally til around 2000 or 2001.

[@PauloHcloplin]

Amazing!