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Old 26th April 2011, 12:53 PM
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High pitched "i"s get abit annoying during her early debut days HAHAHA.
Try listening to TO BE from her concert tour 2000. I almost fainted XD
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Old 26th April 2011, 01:22 PM
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Old 26th April 2011, 01:43 PM
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her i's sound fine, i do have trouble singing to her songs when it ends with "e" though, specially with vibrato XD it is so hard for me to sing eEeEeEeEeE without going nasal LOL
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Old 26th April 2011, 02:01 PM
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Lol, I like it sometimes (like in Still alone) but sometimes it can make your ears bleed.. lol
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Old 26th April 2011, 02:45 PM
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her i's sound fine, i do have trouble singing to her songs when it ends with "e" though, specially with vibrato XD it is so hard for me to sing eEeEeEeEeE without going nasal LOL
I can totally relate! I have no trouble singing with vibrato but when it comes to the "e"'s wow! Mine goes like this : eEeEEEEeEeeEeEeEiEieeEiE hahahalol
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Old 26th April 2011, 03:13 PM
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I love them. Sometimes it makes it go chills down my spine. I remember a dearest live she did... I think it's 19 December 2001 [Acoustic piano version] (130 Million People Choose Best Artist) dearest performance, her IIIIs are incredibly sharp but also so emotional. I couldn't find it on youtube, it's a wonderful performance if you like her Is especially.

Actually, it's common in western singing technique to make the "I" sound rounded to soften it, (like german ü).
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Old 26th April 2011, 03:35 PM
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Her vibrato is epic. I love it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tztIr...eature=related
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Old 26th April 2011, 03:54 PM
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oh yeah I noticed that too!!
Ayu has really a high pitched voice during her early debut days which For My Dear... song really hurt my ears. but now I'm so used to her songs already I think it's a quality of Ayu to sing with a high pitch using 'i'. and she really writes her lyrics well using that 'i' sound for it. =)
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Old 26th April 2011, 05:42 PM
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Her "I's" were intolerable back in the day, it was definitely something you had to get use to. I think they're fine now though.
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Old 26th April 2011, 06:56 PM
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Two words: No earplugs.

I really love her high pitched I's, but damn, it can be hurtfull for the ears xD
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To be quite honest I've always liked her high pitched 'I''s . It's part of what made me like her voice in the first place...I'm kind of a sucker for high notes...I love the way they sound.

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Lol, I like it sometimes (like in Still alone) but sometimes it can make your ears bleed.. lol
Ok now if I had to choose one song where Ayu's voice got abnormally shrill it would be that one...It's a beautiful song but sometimes towards the end I start to flinch a little. I remember I tried to sing that song a couple times and not only did my voice crack but it hurt my throat lol.
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Old 26th April 2011, 07:00 PM
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I think she overdid it with her vibrato in that video.

edit: I love what she did at 1:45 though. That "i" with the added vibrato
edit2: I HATE what she did at 2:29 with her vibrato.

anyway, her voice sounds really off in this performance, maybe she was experimenting or something ?
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Old 27th April 2011, 07:49 PM
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I like them I guess.

I like them most in remixes when they extend her iiiiiiiii
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Old 27th April 2011, 09:05 PM
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don't like here high pitch iiis give me headache don't like the way she sings this sorry not good.
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Old 27th April 2011, 09:32 PM
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It depends on the song.
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Old 27th April 2011, 09:32 PM
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I love it, especially in HAPPY ENDING.
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Old 27th April 2011, 11:39 PM
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I thought the way she did it in About you (or was it rainy day... cant remember) in rock n roll circus was epic... she did really good with that "i"
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Wow, I thought I was the only one thinking about this!

I love it very much; usually I try to find "i" sounds in her songs and be amazed at how she pulled them off. I mean really; who else sings like that?

This is one of the things that attract me to Ayu: her high pitched "i"s, her forceful voice and her unique vibrato.

Love 'em.
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Old 25th June 2011, 09:31 PM
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It gives me the most beautiful headache.
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Old 25th June 2011, 11:43 PM
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She did that on Now way to say and i liked it too ^^
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