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Subject: Re: 7 octaves (to Sabrina)
From: Jessica
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Sabrina wrote, ragrding the report Mariah Carey has an impossible seven
octaves:

>> To anyone who thinks that 7 octaves is impossible they are wrong...I can
> hit (I know for sure) 5 octaves. I'm not bragging or anything but i think
> that it is possible.

Sabrina,
Without having heard your voice I certainly can not know, but are you sure
you have a full 5 octave range? That means you can hit 6 different Cs, or
six different Es or six different whatevers to give you five full octaves in
beween your highest and lowest notes? Three octaves is considered a very
good range. Four octaves is rare, though not completely unheard of. I
don't believe I have ever even heard of someone who truly has five octaves.
If so, I'd love to hear that sometime! Please let us know.

Jessica