Nihira & 2 octave singing:

Remember Nihira's 2 octave singing of Hare Rama Hare Krishna.??
Is singing at 2 octaves difficult, my 2 cents:
while 2 octave singing needs a good range control, It can be more difficult to sing a song with various crescendos: rising tempo & hitting low........without a time frame, latter needs very good breath control & superb modulation. In fact most of the imes it would be more difficult to sing latter than former.
Rangeela re was more difficult than HRHK, but somehow, latter got hyped more. While Nihira is flawless in most of the songs in terms of both range control & voice modulation, Himani's Kache dhaage was also quite good in this respect. There are other singers also who have this capability & need appreciation.
Hema is master of this art..I've seen him doing this quite a few times.
Credit also goes to ID who has consistently guided her in song selection very well.
Please note that this thread is purely to discuss a technical issue.

Originally posted by: musicbuff

Hi Niraj,
agree with you about Himani's performance in the "Kacche Dhaage" song...brilliantly controlled lower register...and then all that emotion...loved that performance.

It can be hard or easy to sing in different octaves...depending on the range in the singers voice. Training only helps so much...have to be born with the gift of range! Nihira and Hema do it woith ease, himani does it sometimes, as did Sharib...the rest of the singers struggle with it.

Originally posted by: vidyaah

Thanks Sinha for opening a post for my question...I was tired of everybody wowing abt it when other kids sang more difficult songs and were not appreciated. Kudos to ID for choosing that song during the audience voting round and nt during judges decision round.
Infact even if we try two octaves at home we can get it...Theres a singer called Anuradha Sriram. She's classical based and i thk she has done a few hindi somgs too. Theres this song in a tamil mve called Gilli, where she ahs two range between two completely high different high octaves, different pitches altogether. Thats two octave singing.
Vinit, during Fiza showed that he was not able to handle the sudden low notes after the high Fiza. His voice really shook badly.

ID is the most intelligent song selector perhaps

Originally posted by: Surpremi

N Sinha:

Are you sure mentors are doing song selections. I have my doubts. What makes you feel so?? It seems Mentors ahave backed off more mentoring the way ID remarks about his gharana folks. I am serious - mentors may be just enjoying like the rest of us.

ID is my fav mentor by the way.