The Four Octave Range

 



Do you want to piss off a Canadian opera singer? I can think of two ways:

1) the first way is to make any mention of a certain Canadian singer. To protect her identity, I will refer to her simply as Canada's 'Queen Of Opera'. Oddly enough, the 'Queen' has never been a member of Canada's operatic Royal Family, though the media portrays her as such. Hackles tensed.

2) the second way is to mention Mariah Carey's four octave range. I've never seen the collective hackles of the opera community raised any higher than when discussing Ms.Carey's so-called four octave range.

A four octave range can be found on a keyboard, for sure, but is extremely rare in a human being. In canine/human terms, imagine the love child of James Earl Jones (Luke, I am your father) and a sheltie. Maybe, just maybe, that baby could do it.

So, sorry, Mariah, the experts say you don't have a four octave singing voice, so stop perpetuating it.