Whitney Houston: No Resonance Over Eb5

[@SMAnthonyW]

Those damn sustained resonant G5s in “I am changing” snatch me every time.

[@darkcadence938]

Yea her upper register rival patties and Aretha in her prime..

[@LiTim17]

@@darkcadence938 I’d say it rivals Aretha’s, Patti’s upper register would eat Whitney’s alive.

[@denisluispereiradenis]

@@LiTim17 hater

[@LiTim17]

@@denisluispereiradenis not a hater, just not delusional.

[@ilovetati91]

aren't they technically F# but sound like G because of the tape distortion?

[@darkcadence938]

She had one of the best upper register, so powerful, fast, flexible, her vibrato in her upper register is incredible.. Her sustain G5 is perfection! She has a beautiful tone in her upper register, not piercing but resonant and bright, she was incredible..

[@dededejereme2284]

a bit piercing anyway. with brilliance I find .. I love it a bit like Celien Dion except that houston has 2 times more power

[@darkcadence938]

Whitney tone was gorgeous in her upper not annoying like some ..

[@JoseCarlos-cm4xi]

@@dededejereme2284 celine's upper belt is perfection too

[@whitneyhoustonstan2472]

Where would you say her passaggio was?

[@LiTim17]

@@whitneyhoustonstan2472 arguably between E-F#

[@ianchristiandr.villeno9610]

The reason why I came back to my old technique in singing. Before, I used to imitate the BELT sound modern pop singers employed in their voices because I had this notion that they have done the correct way. I used to follow their technique, sacrificing my classical, big pharyngeal sounding voice that I've acquired through training in our church choir when I was 9 years old. Hehe. Luckily, as I've grown up I used to realize that Whitney had done it the correct way and eventually came back to my abandoned singing ablity and lived through it. She was an inspiration to me in coming back to my pharyngeal voice in choir. Always, THE GREATEST FEMALE SINGER IN THE WORLD. Loving her deeply from the Philippines! 🇵🇭

[@dimanigo120]

She was the epitome of using both pop style n a solid classical foundation. She knew how to use it so well, thanks largely to her mother and family.

[@tasoslts3480]

Whoever says she hadn't resonance above Eb5 clearly has no ears!!

[@darkcadence938]

She has a underrated upper register, its fast clear and powerful one of the best

[@geisasantos3086]

E tinha sim

[@jeaneugeneguan6254]

Whoever said that needs repentance.

[@iyason6878]

She is scream queen, hurts my ears .... mediocre

[@glxde_]

@@iyason6878clean them nasty ears out since they must be full of wax boo

[@unomaster6828]

0:44 the best note I’ve ever heard

[@YolandaMorton-q2s]

Definitely gospel roots. The Lord shared her for a time to bless our ears with beauty and a perfect instrument. So sad her work is done here on this earth. Beautiful Whitney is at peace with the other Angels. Thank you Lord.

[@onedollarbleach6891]

0:41 is pure resonance

[@mynameissurya19]

Do you know where the E5 at 1:45 is from?

[@onedollarbleach6891]

Aide de serpent no, but it sounds like it’s from a im changing performance

[@aileelove1238]

@@onedollarbleach6891 I feel like it is from 'wonderful counselor', Idk which performace from tho.

[@onedollarbleach6891]

Aileelove123 I don’t hear it, but it’s probably like a new rare performance or something

[@pedro9107]

He i believe san diego 87

[@richiesol20]

0:46 for me, it's so resonant probably the best ever Eb5

[@SKMRify]

Vocal majesty.

[@tylerhackner9731]

Underrated queen of upper belts

[@darkcadence938]

100% agreed her upper belts rival Aretha and patti in her prime..

[@thedivasofsupreme6190]

@@darkcadence938 You’re delusional lmaoo

[@rydercdaniels4475]

@@darkcadence938 um no. Aretha could belt and sustain up to A5s & Bb5s and Pattie could belt all the way up to D6. Whitney’s belting register was solid up to G5

[@sir3958]

@@rydercdaniels4475 Ummm your stüpïd äss is aware hitting a higher note has NOTHING to do with having more power. Like you seriously sound dümb

[@odumosuolusegun2781]

@@rydercdaniels4475 But with a weak coordination...Aretha might sing higher but what she is doing after a point is not a belt, those are falsettos placed in the mask and pushed forward... Patti could belt with a similar coordination as Whitney but even her moves to her nose past G#5...bel;ting is a chest function. Operatic tenors belt and it was gotten from them. What you guys call belting nowadays is not belting. eVEN aRETHA AND Patti did not use this masked falsettos until much later. Aretha in the 50s and 60s belted mostly chesty, she became nasal and twangy when she started having voice problems due to cigarettes.Patti during the labelle era hardly belted past F#5 because at that time she actually belted using a chest coordination...She adopted a nasal/twangy version much later to sing higher.. Patti is probably the only one who could belt with a chesty coordination but even her maxes out at G#5...but she has such big chest that she is able to sing by pulling her falsetto up instead of singing down with her falsetto like Aretha..

[@gabbo1536]

Best of all time!!! Period!!!

[@issakelly8071]

That f#5 @ 3:12 was powerful as hell. Lack of power my foot.

[@cyrusjbeast]

david kelly it RANG. The gworls don’t know about that

[@darkcadence938]

Its very poweful sound like a belted C#5 with its power and resonance..

[@AnimeMovement]

It's an F5.

[@odumosuolusegun2781]

@@AnimeMovement but fatter and bigger than any f5 you would hear from anyone. it is as big as her middle belts. superior quality

[@razzil2414]

That’s what you get if your chest voice is developed.

[@ondyandraandra5346]

80's whitney

[@lougomes2912]

People fail to realise she is a former soprano, hence her voice blooming the higher she goes.

[@diorrboyyyy]

exactlyyy

[@dimanigo120]

I feel it's like this: once a soprano, always a soprano. Age, technique, and life play huge factors but that freedom up in the rafters will always somehow be the sweet spot for anyone like that.

[@skip031890]

​@@dimanigo120 Whitney was an alto who could sing soprano notes if needed. Her voice shines in the alto range.

[@diorrboyyyy]

⁠@@skip031890 alto isnt a voice type….her voice shines above eb5

[@skip031890]

@@diorrboyyyy Alto is a voice type when describing popular music singers. This is not opera. Whitney's voice shined the most on Bb4 which is the note she sang on one of her most famous songs, I will always love you. That is the middle part of her voice.

3:16 she also sang a very resonant mixed G#5

[@odumosuolusegun2781]

THE NOTES THERE GO FROM F#5 TO G5?? WHERE is the g#5?

[@mrvocal21]

@@odumosuolusegun2781 At the very end its G#5. It actually goes F5-Eb5-G5-F#5-D5-C5-Bb4-D5-C#5-D5-F5-G#5

[@odumosuolusegun2781]

@@mrvocal21 Thank you!

[@speedycomet1692]

Does anyone know where that is?

[@klion3924]

A5

[@dededejereme2284]

the last g5 is supported long enough with a lot of chest I find

[@mrvocal21]

At 3:16, she actually goes up to G#5.

[@Imadeyoumad288]

G5

[@bestvocalsbyvocalists849]

@@Imadeyoumad288 it peaked G#5

[@maxpotential-4074]

@@Imadeyoumad288 No, it was G#5 (Ab5)

[@ilovetati91]

The audio is pitched higher because of tape distortion. It ends on G5

[@maxpotential-4074]

@@ilovetati91 No, it peaked at G#5 for a split second.

[@expertvocalcoach5712]

The run she did at 3:17 sound EXACTLY like the one celine did at the Divas concert with aretha in 98'. Agile queens

[@badbada3003]

Celine is more agile tho

[@edumx2015]

@@badbada3003 I prefer Whitney's agility impresses me more

[@badbada3003]

@@edumx2015 oh but whitney hasn't done 10-14 notes around 1 sec like Celine does

[@ce3540]

OMG IT SOUNDS SIMILAR TO THE G5 RUN IN MARIAH CAREY TOKYO DOME HERO

[@BlackMamba-yq2rs]

@@badbada3003 Whitney’s runs are more precise.

[@kilytv3286]

She using proper resonance ,It is the standard form of resonance

[@odumosuolusegun2781]

proper resonance not the bright weak nasal twangy sound people think is resonance because of mi amplification and reverb

[@richiesol20]

@@odumosuolusegun2781 hi odumosu, could you react to her kzbin.info/www/bejne/qXungmiQfrp-e7M and her high note at 1.00. Would you say that she is similar to Whitney?

[@diorrboyyyy]

Unlike certain vocalists

[@MariosPOS]

Some of these notes are so huge and ringing 😍

[@mathfreak2521]

All of them .

[@MariosPOS]

@@mathfreak2521 some more than others

[@mathfreak2521]

@@MariosPOS yes .

[@MariosPOS]

@Nessaj Hi, please shut the fuck up❤. I love Whitney and always have. I never said Whitney is consistently throaty or squeezes her belts. She has displayed inconsistencies in the quality of her support because of issues such as throatiness, yes, but every singer has. Some more than others. Whitney was, for the most part, excellent in her mix.

[@MariosPOS]

@Nessaj LMFAO the way I never said any of this plssssss

[@jymmirachael4316]

It’s funny that this person has absolutely no idea what they’re talking about. She was a natural flower. I’ve been training in bel canto technique for over four years now and what I’m hearing and seeing in her technique is resonance sustenance and power. A bright and lifted tone with an open throat and relaxed larynx throughout the whole voice. Beautiful diaphragmatic engagement for the most part. The only thing that she may have or could have done a little better at times is the engagement of the intercostals. And even then she made enough engagement of diaphragmatic breathing to make up for it. Not to mention with how far her jaw extended because of how loose it was, she opened up so much space in the oropharynx and while always utilizing her nasopharynx to make a free yet powerful sound.

[@tecnicoconcursado]

He was actually dismissing the claim by being ironic.

[@jymmirachael4316]

@@tecnicoconcursado oof my bad

[@Ignasimp]

The nasopharynx is fixed in it's volume. What creates huge resonance are two factors chest participation (a.k.a. thyroaritenioid muscle's engagement) and a low larynx (big pharyngeal space)

[@YolandaMorton-q2s]

Her voice flowed so naturally, that's what made it angelic. She didn't play games, no fear in her presentation. She just did what she was called to do and that was to simply sing. You were blessed Whitney. ❤❤❤

[@lolo17th]

Love the way she hit that note at 3:15

[@odumosuolusegun2781]

The point is, that is probably the best F5 you will ever hear. I have never heard anything as big and round as that up there and held. No one has hit that note with that kind of squillo and guts.; They all brighten their voice at that register by raising their larynx and reducing thyroarythenoid participation ( chest voice) and put in cricothyroid participation( falsetto) it gives them that pinched, hollow, white toned, nasal sound up there which they they called mixing, but it is just mixed registration with high larynx. you can here the ugly tone, bland noisy sound when they do that.

[@onedollarbleach6891]

That run hit me so hard 😍

[@nippyvocals928]

Gives me life

[@expertvocalcoach5712]

@@odumosuolusegun2781 Sounds identical to the run celine did at Divas night 1998 with aretha! Agile queens!

[@odumosuolusegun2781]

@@expertvocalcoach5712 but Celine did not have that big sound up there...Whitneys column of sound makes no sense .That is an f5 sharp to g sharp 5

[@wadegenwright4629]

The World's Greatest NO1

[@klion3924]

3:32 G5! Her soprano so high and effortless! She can belt as high as she wants!

[@bestvocalsbyvocalists849]

That was F#5

[@geisasantos3086]

@@bestvocalsbyvocalists849 G5

[@vyeagra420]

if she used lighter belting coordination she would easily belt a A5

[@akiyoshidai]

I would have killed to hear Whitney sing the aria of the Queen of Night from the Magic Flute Mozart. As she has a song called queen of the night herself 😘

[@1975stereo]

That would've been iconic

[@lovingmemories8902]

A masterclass.♥♥♥

[@klion3924]

3:18 you can hear her gospel roots!

[@sir3958]

yea this is highly fabricated.. And just with the past week here in April 2020 they’ve put half oh her 80s concert Audio. This lady definitely was able bring resonance into her entire belting register. Hell you clearly hear the ringing on her holding the notes

[@Ignasimp]

They hate that singers with developed chesvoice are much better than those with small mixed voices. So they fake the idea that too much chestvoice is bad.

[@YolandaMorton-q2s]

That lady sure could sing. ❤❤❤

[@jymmirachael4316]

Oh and her posture was always correct as well. Leaving her instrument’s mechanisms in the right position even while walking gracefully on stage to do all of what she’s doing correctly...and her solar plexus sounds pretty buoyant and flexible to me. Think about it in this aspect… If you twist a piano is it going to sound the same? No. And thus proving she has no rigidity… And rigidity and poor technique is what will cause a piercing tone and or shrill tone. So where is your logic mr hater? I don’t mean to be a condescending asshole because I’m quite genuine but this is definitely one of the best singers who walked the face of the earth. It’s one thing if you don’t like the way she sings. But making a whole video dissing her resonance and questioning her technique for belts above Eb5 is kinda petty and unbecoming. Decency has died with the evolution of the human race unfortunately.

[@odumosuolusegun2781]

who dissed her resonance? this video is challenging the illiterates who say she has no resonance..

[@mynameissurya19]

Great video!

[@CMF7692]

Don't EVER play with Ms. Houston.

[@Jenny-kz7qy]

Meine whitney houston ♥️ 🎤 ist die beste ♥️

[@sparkfly7923]

I love how whitney sings 'I love you' at that F5 note.. Anyway,what song it is? I would love to hear it

[@onedollarbleach6891]

Honey Dovey it’s the love medley from her Brazil concert in 1994

[@sparkfly7923]

@@onedollarbleach6891 great! Thanks

[@rosemont2283]

3:42!

[@bestwhitney]

1:45 nice

[@keanuarthur]

MOM ❤

[@JohnDoe-dt5cs]

3:11 is a f5 0:56 is e5

[@AnimeMovement]

3:11 is an F5, but 0:56 is an Eb5.

[@odumosuolusegun2781]

@@AnimeMovement are you sure .it is a very very sharp eb5 .it is closer to an E5 to me

[@AnimeMovement]

@@odumosuolusegun2781 It is a very sharp Eb5.

[@odumosuolusegun2781]

@@AnimeMovement exactly.. Closer to an E5. I would label it an E5 because it is over 50% sharp. The version at Super Bowl was an Eb5 that was centred and this os higher

[@maxpotential-4074]

@@AnimeMovement 3:11 was F#5, 0:56 was E5

[@senju451]

Where is 0:22 from? OMG so good

[@samuelking9497]

He/I believe Madison Square garden

[@jaymesEo6]

It wasn't as rich past Eb5, but who cares? I love her voice either way.

[@diorrboyyyy]

thats a whole lie

[@jaymesEo6]

@@diorrboyyyy *truthful statement

[@diorrboyyyy]

@@jaymesEo6 its not😭 its a reason f#5 is her money note….And how would that make sense if e5 to g#5 was rich???💀

[@jaymesEo6]

@@diorrboyyyy it isn't though her higher 4th octave up to Eb5 were always (consistently) buttery but after that her voice was much more shrill. Not bat because it's fucking Whitney but in comparison she lost a lot of resonance as she went up the to F5s and G5s. Her head voice was good everywhere in her range up to E6 but purely belting it was not as rounded and full sounding E5-G5. Many have noted this. Nbd just an observation.

[@vyeagra420]

I'm gonna assume u have some hearing disability or ur just old, obvi a midbelt is gonna sound different from a upperbelt, her upperbelts were literally metallic so how can u say it wasn't "as rich" above eb5

[@dededejereme2284]

I find that her song resembles that of celine dion with a lot of chest .... at its beginnings. we hear a piercing sound with brilliance i find ... i love a bit like celine dion except that houston has twice as much power

[@odumosuolusegun2781]

Celine resembles her..not the other way round

[@Sttephy30]

@@odumosuolusegun2781 period! lmfao

[@dededejereme2284]

@@odumosuolusegun2781 agree ^^

[@odumosuolusegun2781]

@@Sttephy30 hahahahahah

[@richiesol20]

@@odumosuolusegun2781 does patti labelle belt like whitney? are they both using pharyngeal resonance?

[@johnpauldagondong2720]

She really had some good F5 moments, but I don't know some of her F#5s and G5s sound strained to me. Well, understandably those are really high. But her A4-E5 notes?? GOLD!

[@diorrboyyyy]

Nowhere are they strained….she brings her chest voice up higher

[@edumx2015]

I like her F5s

[@Dr__Feelgood]

Naughty yet clever clickbait title worked 😂😈

[@noncatholiccatholicrat6309]

It’s resonate, just not at much as her other notes

[@bestvocalsbyvocalists849]

How?she doesn't use bright resonance,this video shows the proper way to resonate notes

[@klion3924]

3:54 is an A5 and 4:04.

[@jamaalshelton6793]

Omg!! Where is the e5 audio from at 1:45?

[@onedollarbleach6891]

Jamaal Shelton it sounds like it comes from an I am changing performance but I’m not sure

[@pedro9107]

Ad libs before she starts he i believe in san jose california

[@I-AM-BELIEVER]

Her voice during 88-89 was her ultimate best in history to me. Sorry but not sorry.

[@Gievyji]

“Over Eb5” starts at 1:20

[@whitneyandmariahremasters8597]

3:14 What performnace please!!

[@justwatchingvideos4595]

Saving all my love live in London

[@rudolphmcneill515]

Obviously, most people don't know what resonance means as it pertains to tone quality.

[@edumx2015]

She supports A5s!!!

[@badbada3003]

No

[@edumx2015]

@@badbada3003 Yes, She supports A5s

[@badbada3003]

@@edumx2015 in belting? Where

[@thedivasofsupreme6190]

Lmao

[@edumx2015]

@@thedivasofsupreme6190 Is true

[@lolitsskelly]

1.06 which song is that

[@moonlightespt3818]

That's ridiculous, every sound has resonance.

What's the concert at 3:11 (You Give Good Love)?

[@JohnDoe-dt5cs]

Rômulo Rocha London 1986

[@ylieszeg4106]

All the G5 are F#5... whitneys sings G5 ans G#5 in "bridge over troubled water" with Natalie cole

[@jantralee5800]

Liar! Check the key on the piano before you commented anything!

[@ylieszeg4106]

@@jantralee5800 hmm no, try again

[@odumosuolusegun2781]

Not all. Only 2. tHE ALL THE MAN I NEED NOTE where she says more...and one other one. The others are G5s

[@ln687]

Ti si gospod! Ti si 'RE!

[@wifeofrenebaebae7557]

0:42

[@lambilisiouss4078]

0:17 what song is this ?

[@JuanPerez-tg4rr]

It's "he/I believe" a very beautiful song. I don't know from which performance it's from though

[@ronaldopedro7701]

@@JuanPerez-tg4rr ❤❤❤❤😢😭

[@humanbeing8309]

The lambs should watching this.

[@odumosuolusegun2781]

Don't put a whole population into depression. They will be very upset especially because she has no note held past Eb5. She hits notes from E5 to G5 by touch and go. She has never held a note at that range and held it in a live setting never.

[@humanbeing8309]

@@odumosuolusegun2781 you talk too much.. Watch this video and you'll get the answer. She didn't just touch the note but hold it with incredible resonance.

[@odumosuolusegun2781]

@@humanbeing8309 I am not referencing the video. I am referencing the artist Lambs rever. Please read and have comprehension skills. Whitney off course held all her notes . can't say that for the artist Lambs worship.

[@odumosuolusegun2781]

and if you scrolled down you will see I posted videos of Whitney holding notes , so please read before jumping into conversations

[@humanbeing8309]

@@odumosuolusegun2781 oh okay my bad. Sory for misumderstanding. I thought you said about whitney.

[@davidanderson7867]

3:12 it is F5 without #

[@maxpotential-4074]

It was just BARELY an F#5. You can check the pitch, it was F#5.

[@jeremiahterry5454]

What song is @ 3:52?

[@odumosuolusegun2781]

heart to heart 1986

[@labbecedario1579]

Subtitle: Whitney Houston, absolutely not a soprano in her prime

[@thewonderfullland572]

What concert was 3:15

[@odumosuolusegun2781]

Whitney live webley Oct 19 1986. this is the clip] kzbin.info/www/bejne/nJ7YfZ2OerN4f9k The big F5 is at 4:07. I think what is sad is that Mariah or no one even Celine ever had that kind of big sqwuillo on such a high belt. Only Patti could sound as big as that up there. You can here the core chest sound in her belts..and how she coordinated it with her glorious head sound. Only she and Patti mastered this technique. Celine tried it but she gets strained when she does it and she resorts to the twang raised larynx technique which makes the voice loose core and makes it pinched, small and hollow.

[@brianjohnson8396]

The wonder Full land kzbin.info/www/bejne/b5XCeJ2dZquJhNU 7:34-7:36

[@philipcohen958]

@@odumosuolusegun2781 Mariah did not have squillo, but she for sure had the ring. Both are forms of resonance.

[@whitneyandmariahremasters8597]

@@philipcohen958 But the other resonance is a fake resonance. Every singer knows that. It is make by amplificattions of mics, I love them both, but technically if we putt off mics, Whitney wins by far because of her squillo.

[@philipcohen958]

@@whitneyandmariahremasters8597 That's absolutely wrong. You are talking about Beyonce who uses reverb. Mariah's resonance is a tonal resonance. It's the way her vocal cords vibrate that produce overtones, and forms a sort of cloud around the central note. Example, look at Endless Love at TOTP "They tell me how much you CARE". At Care you see the tonal resonance. That's what is a ring or cloud. Squillo is the technical operatic resonance, which is obtained by singing with direct participation of some muscles. We are talking about pop, and pop doesn't care about operatic techniques. What we are concerned about is sound alone. How it was produced is a concern for opera singers. Whitney's resonance is a clear overtone attached to the note (squillo). Mariah's resonance is a cloud of overtones attached to the note (which I call ring or cloud). Beyonce's resonance is an overtone from the mic reverb (fake resonance as you put)

[@robertmonthe9750]

We all know whitney mid belts were lid

[@darionstrickland1314]

Song? 0:18

[@sparkfly7923]

He/I Believe m.kzbin.info/www/bejne/fIi7mYqil7ShoKs

[@trungpham9293]

What is the song in 3:52?

[@jarnellwatson2983]

Heart to heart

[@malibupromqueen]

0:41

[@MIXANDMTCH]

3:36 where is this from?

[@MIXANDMTCH]

@Richard Bryan thank you!!

[@razzil2414]

You Give Good Love at Johnny Carton Show 1985 The dynamics there is crazy!