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Tom Waits - Poor Edward: Vocal Range & Original Key

 

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Artist / From: Tom Waits (artist vocal range)
Title: Poor Edward
Original Key: C Minor
Vocal range: C2-C4
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The lowest note indeed seems to be C2. I've also changed the highest note and the key from F-minor to C-minor.

Mister Twister 2021-08-06 13:51

Waits very clearly goes way before a G#2 - I wrote C#2 (Dflat2) but you could argue that he starts from C2. I'm not sure where this original notation comes from. Here's the song on his official youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PuAMNIUFstg I also changed the genre because it's very clearly not rock in any way. Alice is a musical so it fits somewhat there, and I also chose folk because that's the only other descriptor I could think of.

Ryan C 2021-08-06 13:49

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