adamlambert Adam Lambert
a lil music education moment: FALSETTO. It's not full, belted out chest voice. It's small, light pretty head voice. Widely misunderstood.
adamlambert Adam Lambert
...not to b rude - but it's so often used to describe my voice but I hardly ever use my falsetto. Jus' sayin'
adamlambert Adam Lambert
One of my fav examples of a wicked falsetto is "Kiss" by Prince. A full tenor chest voice is "Open Arms" by Journey. get the distinction?
go4itanywy Go4ItAnyway
@adamlambert what is it called when the voice "shakes" a little on high notes?
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adamlambert Adam Lambert
@go4itanywy that's called Vibratto.
adamlambert Adam Lambert
“@lestermendez: @adamlambert BUT, when you do sing falsetto, its pure and utter win!”
hahah thanks Lester!!nrhgardner Nick Gardner
@adamlambert You're belts are mixed though aren't they? As in not all out chest? Sounds craaaazzzy whatever it is.
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@nrhgardner naw I don't do much of a mix. (prob would be 'safer' for my voice, but..)
adamlambert Adam Lambert
Haha this is fun. All you singers know exactly what I'm talking about.
PersianGlamDr morvarid ma
@adamlambert in which one of ur sings u've used FALSETTO?!:D
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@adamlambert Adam Lambert
@persianglamdr on the last album i used falsetto in Broken Open, A Loaded Smile and the "eyes baby eyes" part of Music Again.
CazGlambert_ **Caz Kelly**
@adamlambert I THOUGHT FALSESETTO WAS WAN U WENT REALLY HIGH.
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adamlambert Adam Lambert
@cazglambert_ only when it's high and really light. If its powerful and loud it's called a "belt" "full" or "chest voice".
AhhhAdam AhhhAdam
@adamlambert And on "nervous" in Mad World.
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adamlambert Adam Lambert
@ahhhadam yes. Good example. The "nervous" line. But the big "look right thru me aaaaand..." was a belt.
adamlambert Adam Lambert
BTIKM is def not falsetto. It's fuckin high! Def tricky.
but it feels so great to wail that out. Cathartic.
adamlambert Adam Lambert
The difference isn't so much about the note being hit, it's HOW it's being hit. Bass/alto/tenor/soprano are vocal ranges.
adamlambert Adam Lambert
Ok. Nuff of all that. I'm such a nerd.
adamlambert Adam Lambert
But if u wanna hear more great falsetto check out Jeff Buckley, Matthew Bellamy of Muse and Radiohead.
JoStBeans Jo Adams
@adamlambert Bee Gees!
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@jostbeans haha yes. The BeeGees sang most of their tunes in Falsetto.
adamsminion Adam's Minion
@adamlambert At your next class can you explain what a bridge, hook, etc are? Pros talk about the bridge in BTIKM. What is it? *feelin dumb*
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@adamsminion ok! A bridge is the middle section of a song that is diff from the rest. the bridge in BTIKM starts w "I get kinda dark"...
@adamsminion a hook is the catchy part that gets stuck in your head. Usually they're in a chorus, and sometimes they're elsewhere.
@adamsminion the hook in WWFM is the line "whattaya want from me". The guitar plays it at the beginning and it's in a post-chorus.
adamlambert Adam Lambert
Another GREAT falsetto singer is Justin Timberlake. He uses it all the time. And he's real good at it.
AidanMcEwan Aidan McEwan
@adamlambert Thought that was the Middle 8?
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@aidanmcewan middle 8 and bridge are the same thing. Two different names.
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Another example of falsetto is the incredibly sexy jam "Hypnotize U" by N.E.R.D. Pharrell werks that vocal out!
adamlambert Adam Lambert
It Will Rain by Bruno Mars is in chest voice. The only part that's falsetto is the OOOOh's. He has got one hell of a voice! Big fan.
nieceyE niecey
@adamlambert What's the difference between a run and a riff?
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adamlambert Adam Lambert
@nieceye another interchangeable term. Means the same thing.
allakovalkova Alla Kovalkova
@adamlambert And what do you think about Mika's voice?
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@allakovalkova yeah Mika!! Another good example of falsetto.
reevecarney Reeve Carney
@adamlambert I'm with you. Bruno is great. And so are you.
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@reevecarney thanks Reeve!
adamlambert Adam Lambert
My morning!
www.997now.com/adamlambert2 minutes ago F
@stefdwe: Adam Lambert at my gate at SFO. (For American Idol fans) @ San Francisco International Airport (SFO)
instagr.am/p/i71C8/
Adam's at SFO while tweeting.
great catching up!!
