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Subject: Re: Vocal range
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Date: Sat, 10-Jan-87 18:45:00 EST
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Posted: Sat Jan 10 18:45:00 1987
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Dave Rickel may have a vocal range of two octaves.
Kate Bush definitely has a much wider range than that.
How on earth did you come up with a range of only two
octaves for Kate? Hell, even I can span three octaves
and a note or two beyond, and I is DEFINITELY no singer.

As far as I knows, Kate's highest note is heard on
"Don't Put Your Foot on the Heart Brake", from Lionheart.
The passage in question is a background vocal in which
she sings "She's losing, she's losing, she's losing, she's losing..."
As posted earlier, her lowest note may be heard on the lowest
vocal harmony track of the twelve-inch version of "Running Up That
Hill", during the extended "C'mon, c'mon baby" passage. The difference
between these notes is definitely more than two octaves, but the
ease and clarity with which Kate sings the high notes on "Heart Brake"
indicate that she is capable of singing a good deal higher, albeit
perhaps not so beautifully or with sufficient control.

-- Andrew Marvick