Haley's Vocal Range

[My Alter Ego]

Haley's a normal alto .As for Zonette doing whistle tones I think that the CIA might consider using those as an enhanced interegation option for suspected terrorists.

Musical waterboarding Good idea

Coral groups use 4 parts - Bass, Tenor, Alto, & Soprano, but when they classify pop (as in non-classical music) singers, I've always seen them use a simplified version of classical music categories which is:

Male Voices
Bass - Barry White for example
Baritone - (Most common male voice) - Jim Morrison, David Bowie
Tenor - Michael Jackson
& occasionally Countertenor - (Rare exceptionally high tenor) - Geddy Lee

Female Voices
Contra-Alto - Amy Winehouse, Stevie Nicks, Annie Lennox, Nina Simone

Mezzo Soprano - (Most common female voice) Sheryl Crow, Dusty Springfield, Aretha Franklin, Pat Benatar

Soprano - Kate Bush, Ellie Goulding, Jewel, Christina Aguilera

I thought listing a few examples might help. I just mentioned singers that I've only seen listed as that type of voice. Like both Mariah & Pia (really but Haley doesn't rate a listing?) are listed as sopranos but I've seen both of them listed under Mezzo Soprano before too so..

Also here are a few links that describe each voice type, which might help.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_sop...ical_music
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_mez...ical_music
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_con...ical_music

Btw, I've tried to figure this out before just using vocal range & couldn't do it. I'm 99% sure she's either a Mezzo-Soprano or a Soprano, but don't know which.

Camden, I'd agree with the mezzo soprano range for Haley. The mezzo soprano range is generally A3 to A5. Some of the vids regarding Haley's range that can be found (in a google search, aren't, I think, indicative of her full range, but it seems that the range she used on Listen Up is a little over an octave and a half (beginning with G#3). I don't think that her complete upper range is fully utilized on LU. One of the things that I noted in a post over a year ago is that when Haley switches from her lower to upper register (or chest voice and head voice, if you prefer), it's immediately obvious -- at least to me -- because her signature "raspiness" is gone.

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My knowledge of voice characteristics is very limited but over the past year or two I've found these interesting. Lots of discussion of her range and the consensus seems to be that she's a soprano. Someone described her as a "raspy soprano." Comments?

John, as I mentioned above (and last year), when Haley sings in her lower register, she has that "husky/raspy" quality, but when she switches into her head voice, it's "crystal clear." I can't imagine, when she was singing in choir (high school, maybe college), that she wasn't singing soprano.

OK -- so I've just watched the first video John posted which has Haley singing up to an E6, which means she's just shy of 3 octaves. That doesn't mean that she doesn't really have 3 octaves in her -- just that we may not have heard it.