Ayu's vocal range

[Andrenekoi]

Originally Posted by Chibi_Venus

The highest I've ever heard her sing was an "F" (F5, an octave above middle "F") and the lowest I've ever heard her sing was a low "F" (F3, an octave below middle "F").

But the highest she's been hitting recently is an E flat ("GREEN," "Rule"), two half steps below the "F" she used to hit.

So, seems like she has a little under three octaves...

But that's just the information I can gather as a singer myself. This isn't from any other kind of source.

may i ask the songs that she hits those notes?^^

[ストロボ・EdGE]

It's probably constantly changing, no? She used to be able to hit certain notes back in the day but now she's huskier.

I don't know anything about vocal range or octaves, but the once immensely popular Jpop singer (who is still active) named Misia has a five octave vocal range and she sings well, really amazing and can hit notes that most can't. What I'm trying to get to is that Ayu's is probably lower (?).

[PEARL]

Yes. MISIA is like omg.
she always use her 5 octave in her songs..<3

[Chibi_Venus]

Originally Posted by Andrenekoi

may i ask the songs that she hits those notes?^^

Sure!

She hits an F in kanariya (nakanai to kimeta dake / ka mo shirenai to).

She also hits an F in TO BE, at the end of the chorus (kimi ga inakya).

Oh, and Duty (shritaku nakatta n da).

Those are all the songs I can think of off the top of my head...

Her range has certainly decreased, even within a year or so. In her I am... album, she goes up to an E (Connected: kimi to datte mou sude ni) and an E flat (I am...: ikiisogu sama wa; Dearest: Ah- deatta ano ko ro wa; A Song is born, last chorus: mou ichido dake).

The lowest I ever heard her sing was an F, which can be heard in forgiveness (kao wo shite arukidasu).

And, now, she's certainly getting back up there. She hits an E flat at the end of GREEN's final chorus (kono omoi tsutae you ka) and at the last "yeah" at the end of Rule.

(Oh, and since I have a feeling people are wondering or may ask, the highest she hits in M is an E flat. )



I hope this helps!

[waterballoon]

^ Wow... I've noticed your sig used to have a line speaking of a thread coming soon... about which key/scale her songs are in? Is it still on? I'm really interested in that lol

[Chibi_Venus]

^ Yeah, I really want to make a thread which lists what key each of Ayu's songs are in. I put it on hold for a little bit, but I will continue to work on it. Just slowly. XD Some songs I'm pretty sure I figured out, but there are plenty of others for me to figure out.