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Post by nica575 on Jul 3, 2014 13:30:51 GMT -5
wonderful post, cassie!
I also leaned something new for me: "decrescendo" term... I always used "diminuendo" and actually I am not clear on the difference even after doing some Google digging...
Do you think decrescendo is used more in vocal circles and diminuendo in instrumental?
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Post by cassie on Jul 3, 2014 13:49:41 GMT -5
wonderful post, cassie! I also leaned something new for me: " decrescendo" term... I always used " diminuendo" and actually I am not clear on the difference even after doing some Google digging... Do you think decrescendo is used more in vocal circles and diminuendo in instrumental? Thanks for the compliment. Decrescendo? Diminuendo? "You say potato, I say potahto". I have never heard anyone distinguish between them. I just used the one that came to mind first. |
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Post by seoulmate on Jul 3, 2014 15:57:17 GMT -5
WOW, CASSIE!!! THANK YOU FOR THIS! THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU!!!  
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Post by toramenor on Jul 4, 2014 0:30:11 GMT -5
I have so enjoyed reading this vocal masterclass thread (it did take me days, but it was worth it). Thanks to everyone, especially cassie! Keep on writing and analyzing-- I live!  |
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Post by cassie on Jul 4, 2014 0:35:11 GMT -5
I have so enjoyed reading this vocal masterclass thread (it did take me days, but it was worth it). Thanks to everyone, especially cassie! Keep on writing and analyzing-- I live! AWwwwww. Thanks! And  Join in the fun. |
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Post by toramenor on Jul 4, 2014 12:22:24 GMT -5
cassie, when you find the time, could you break down the notes Adam hit in his riffs/vocal gymnastics during the LA performance of Somebody to Love, especially that one when he literally had to pull the microphone down to his stomach (presumably so that he would only metaphorically and not literally blow people's minds  )? |
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Post by cassie on Jul 4, 2014 12:41:17 GMT -5
cassie, when you find the time, could you break down the notes Adam hit in his riffs/vocal gymnastics during the LA performance of Somebody to Love, especially that one when he literally had to pull the microphone down to his stomach (presumably so that he would only metaphorically and not literally blow people's minds )? Sure thing. Just give me a bit. But I can tell you most of the high notes are Eb5s. The super high note that you refer to (yes, backing off the mic to keep from blowing it out or distorting the tone) is a Gb5. I think that is the highest note of the concert, tho' not the highest we have heard. Remarkably, Adam doesn't really go for as many stratospheric notes as he has in concerts past (GNT and others). I think he realizes he doesn't need to hit soprano notes frequently to impress. He has so much power, and anything over about an A4 in full voice puts him in a very exclusive club for male singers. Anything C5 or higher makes him close to superhuman. He routinely throws in D5s and Eb5s, which is more than enough to blow the minds of the audience when he sings them with such power, confidence and seeming ease. |
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Post by cassie on Jul 5, 2014 0:19:55 GMT -5
cassie, when you find the time, could you break down the notes Adam hit in his riffs/vocal gymnastics during the LA performance of Somebody to Love, especially that one when he literally had to pull the microphone down to his stomach (presumably so that he would only metaphorically and not literally blow people's minds )? Actually, thinking about your request, what is it that you want to know, specifically? I do not have a computer app to create musical transcriptions, sorry. So I cannot write out the phrases unless I do it by hand and scan it into the computer. I CAN do that, if that is what you want, but, maybe you don't even read music? In which case I do a lot of work and don't give you anything useful. Or do you want something else? I can name the notes in the riff, if that is what you are looking for. Or tell you the highest and lowest. If you are wanting to know music theory, I think my musician sister said they are riffs off the pentatonic scale, but I could check with her on specifics. I want to answer your question, but I am still a bit foggy on what it is. |
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Post by toramenor on Jul 5, 2014 1:37:02 GMT -5
cassie, when you find the time, could you break down the notes Adam hit in his riffs/vocal gymnastics during the LA performance of Somebody to Love, especially that one when he literally had to pull the microphone down to his stomach (presumably so that he would only metaphorically and not literally blow people's minds )? Actually, thinking about your request, what is it that you want to know, specifically? I do not have a computer app to create musical transcriptions, sorry. So I cannot write out the phrases unless I do it by hand and scan it into the computer. I CAN do that, if that is what you want, but, maybe you don't even read music? In which case I do a lot of work and don't give you anything useful. Or do you want something else? I can name the notes in the riff, if that is what you are looking for. Or tell you the highest and lowest. If you are wanting to know music theory, I think my musician sister said they are riffs off the pentatonic scale, but I could check with her on specifics. I want to answer your question, but I am still a bit foggy on what it is. Oh, no need to trouble yourself with musical transcription! I was actually just asking if you would name the notes. I've seen every rendition of Somebody to Love that Adam did with Queen and I love every single one of them, but he always does different riffs in the middle and I just LOVED this one. Though, I don't think anything will really compare (in my mind) to his performance in Hammersmith, London, Day 3, when he did that part "somebody to..... loooove" when he went down and up and had that beautific smile on his face, a smile of pure joy because of the sounds he was creating with just his voice, and the crowd went wild. You know the one I mean--here's the video (at about 4 min mark) |
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Post by cassie on Jul 5, 2014 12:55:19 GMT -5
What notes is he singing? Here is a rough approximation. He bends the notes in such a gospel-blues way that I cannot transcribe them accurately. When you see, for example, Eb--Gb--Eb, that means he starts on a note, slides up to the next, and then slides back to the first, so they are not three distinct notes. All notes are in the 4th octave except where noted (Eb, for example, means Eb4). I don't know if the whole thing makes any sense, but at least you will see he is playing with a hella lot of notes.
Eb C C DbDbEb Ab Ab Ab Ab Gb Eb Eb F Db C Eb-Db C--Ab3
CAN ANYBODY FIND MEEEE____________________________
Ab AbAbAbAb C5 Ab Gb--Eb Ab Ab Ab AbAbAbAb C5 Ab-Gb-Eb Ab-Gb-Eb
CAN ANYBODY FIND ME___ I SAID CAN ANYBODY FIND MEEEEEEEE_______
Ab AbAbAbAb C5 Db5 Eb5
CAN ANY BODY FIND ME YEAH
Ab AbAbAbAb C5 Db5 EB5--Gb5 --Eb5
CAN ANYBODY FIND ME YEAH -EH-EH
C C C DbDb Eb Ab--Gb--Eb
CAN ANYBODY FIND MEEEEEEEEEEE
C5 C5Bb Eb5
SOMEBODY TO
Eb5 Eb5 Eb5 Eb5 Db5 B Ab Db B Ab B Ab
LOVE_______________________
P.S. It would be a lot easier to write and read if he had sung it either up one half step or down a half step. Would have saved me a lot of flat (b) symbols.
P.P.S. Glampoon, don't laugh at my attempt. You haven't been around to ask to transcribe this. You would have done much better, I know.
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