Saturday, November 24, 2012

Vocal Range and Profile: Britney Spears



Range: B2 - G5(?)- Eb6 (F#6)
Vocal Type: Soubrette (3 octaves, 2 notes)
Vocal Rating: D
Recommended Listenings: Everytime


Positives: 
Instantly recognizable voice. Britney can manipulate her voice to give it different styles while maintaining its signature sound. Her pronunciation of words also gives her a very unique vocal styling. Very dark low notes combined with a light and airy head voice, that is sweet and pleasant. Mid-register belts can carry some weight.

Negatives: 
Incredibly nasally voice, that gets thinner as it gets higher. Smoking has damaged her voice over the years, which is shown by her heavy reliance of auto-tune and lip-synching. She also hasn't used much of the range seen in her earlier recordings. The voice overall can be very unpleasant to the ear with its "croaky" characteristics.