Ellie Goulding - Vocal Profile/ Range

Ellie Goulding

Vocal Type: Soubrette
Vocal Range: 2 Octaves and a semitone F#3-G5
Whistle Register: No
Vocal Pluses:Whispy, airy, light voice that has a slight raspiness to its timbre. It jumps between registers with ease, and incredible flexibility, giving her vocal runs an interesting and unique styling.
Vocal Negatives: The slightly childlike/youthful timbre to her voice is not to everyone's taste, and the voice is at times nasal.


Audio:

Low Notes: F#3

C4


Chest notes: Bb#4


C5


E5


Head Notes: E5


G5

Ellie Goulding covers Sweet desposition

Ellie Goulding finds the perfect cover for her soft, impish voice. Watch as the electro-folk singer gives us her rendition of The Temper Traps'  

Sweet Disposition. Musical Panacea!

Review Ellie Goulding: Lights

Ellie Goulding in the video for Lights

Ellie Goulding's new single Lights, taken from the album Bright Lights, is a glouriosly dreamy track that ushers in the listener with twinkling, hypnotic, electronic sounds that can't help but make you picture  a night sky scattered with stars.

Ellie's Unique and delicate voice only exharebates the reverie, drawing you further into the beautiful song, with her emotive delivery and gorgeous lyrics.

Proof that Ellie Goulding is an artist that continues to grow can not only be heard in the vocal delivery and lyrics but also seen in the video for Lights, which has Ellie commanding our attention for the duration of the video single handedly with her star quality. Effortlessly brilliant.

Listen to Ellie Goulding cover Rihannah's "Only Girl (in the world)"

An organic makeover is given to Rihanna's Only girl (in the world) as folk-pop singer Ellie Goulding swaps the processed productions for a string quartet and piano.

As much as I love Ellie and acoustic versions of songs, I just don't think it works with Only girl as the original song gets so much of its clout from the music and not the vocal or lyrics. Therefore with the driving force behind the song removed the song falls apart.




Watch Ellie Goulding's acoustic version of Rihanna's Only girl in the world below. For anyone interested the highest note hit by Ellie Goulding here is a G5 in head voice at 3.41.

Currently Listening to: Ellie Goulding- Little Dreams

Little Dreams taken from the
 album Bright Lights

Singer Ellie Goulding was chosen as the worthy winner of the BBC's  sound of 2010. For all who are unaware of the accolade, its essentially an annual prediction, made by people in the know, of which artist  is going to be successful in the coming year. Previous winners include Adele in 2008 and Little Boots in 2009.


The public got to judge for themselves if the praise was warranted when Ellie's début album Lights reached the shops in March of 2010. Personally I was suitably impressed and found the album to be an exciting and successful combination of Ellie's Soft, folksy sensibilities and the producer's hard, edgy electro/pop sound. Definitely a worthy winner of the sound of 2010.

The Ellie Goulding song currently under heavy rotation on my MP3 player is Little Dreams and its taken from the aptly named Lights reissue, Bright Lights. I felt an affinity for Little Dreams on the first listen as it reminded me of the majestic Kate Bushs' classic Running up that Hill.  Both songs share a rhythmic, rolling beat at their heart and both conjure up a dream like scene with their melody and lyrics. Whether you agree with the comparison or not,  you have to agree this song is  a winner!