Posted on 03/30/2010 9:58:08 AM PDT by SilvieWaldorfMD
Okay, I know I'm going to get reprimanded out here by many of you, but does anyone else notice that Sarah Palin's voice is just way too pitchy and high? I enjoy her speeches and such, but sometimes she screeches so high that it drowns out her message, and, in my opinion, she should tone down her voice/vocal levels just a bit.
When she does sit-down interviews, she's much better, although the high-pitch comes and goes there too. I was prepping dinner last night with FNC on, and they showed her at the McCain event. Her voice was so loud and unleveled that I almost cut my pinky finger with my Ginsu knife while cutting a tomato... I got a chill going up my shoulders. It's strange...
Can a voice coach help her through this?
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I’ve noticed that too, especially when she doesn’t have a good sound system in place and she’s straining to be heard. I think that all women have this problem to some extent. A vocal coach would probably do wonders.
On her worst day she can’t come close to the screeching of Hillary Clinton.
And she can’t come close to Hillary’s cackle.
Her voice is “pitchy”? What is this American Idol?
Posts like this give vanities a bad name.
My brother, an award-winning film and TV producer/director — has been making the same point for two years. Sarah needs help on this. I hope she is willing to get it. Everything else about her, by the way, is perfect.
The word “pitchy” gives American Idol a bad name among us singer types.
Ditto. Needs to growl more.
I think the unique voice could be a part of her schtick. It may make her more distinct.
I have said several times in the past that she needs a voice coach.
Yeah, I also hope she finds a vocal coach. My husband actually cringes every time she speaks, whether she's at a rally, or in a studio. We both LOVE Sarah, but - yeah - I do wish she'd "moderate" her voice a bit...
The overall effect is not harmonious, though in truth it is nearly as grating as that of Hillary Clinton, who on occasion sounds as though she is reporting an air-raid drill or a five-alarm warehouse blaze.
She isn’t a singer. She is someone from a part of the country where that is the way they speak. Get a grip and find something useful to worry about
she admittedly sounds shrill.....women have it tough, but she can improve, I am sure of it. after all, WHAT she is saying is so perfect.
And of course you can always sooth yourself with the dulcet tones of the One because voice quality is ALL that’s important
I am a vocal coach, a conservative, a Sarah fan, and you are correct.
I could help her. It has to do with vocal “placement”, and takes YEARS or training.
But she has more important things to worry about!LOL!
So the fact that Mrs Thatcher took positive steps to lower the pitch of her voice was a perfectly rational response to a real problem. Under the guidance of the National Theatre, she underwent training that included humming exercises aimed at lowering her previously natural pitch. Comparing recordings of speeches she made before and after tuition reveals a clearly audible difference. When played through a pitch and intensity analyser, the reduction in pitch came out at 46 Hz – a figure that’s almost half the average difference in pitch between male and female voices.
This significant decrease was all the more remarkable because it was achieved after Mrs Thatcher had already passed the age at which the pitch of women's voices tends naturally to rise: generally speaking, it falls up to the age of about forty-five, after which the it gradually starts to rise.
Margaret Thatcher and the evolution of a charismatic woman. Part I: Cultural and vocal challenges
“The word “pitchy” gives American Idol a bad name among us singer types.”
I had never heard the term “pitchy” before watching American Idol, and I wonder if Simon Cowell made this word up. It means that a singer is singing off pitch, so it really doesn’t apply to Sarah Palin, or anyone else, who is speaking in a high-pitched voice.
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