It's so good to see a video with the truth about ariana vocals cause recently things are messy.... Good video!!!!

Some of these notes were not strained, they were just unsupported, and that's not the same thing

For me. I’d definitely say that in many circumstances. Ariana doesn’t necessarily strain. Like below D5. Mainly. I feel like she just doesn’t support due to slight tension and/or overall shallow breaths and a weak support system. In terms of mix. Above Eb5 she definitely is one of the best mixers out there (while straining) due to her placement and lightening. Overall I definitely don’t think she deserves to be hated on for her technique because it’s actually not that bad. But she definitely could improve. She already has immense ease. A lot of potential and I hope she’ll get better :)

Also ppl need to know that there is a difference between strain and unsupport an unsupported note doesn't always mean that is strained cuz for example G#4 is a note that Ari doesn't strain

her adding dramatics to a note doesn't mean its strained..

none of the notes on this video were strained...

Its like stylistic choice, more pop than broadway, lets be honest you have to sound different than others

Her only issue is that she doesn't open up the back of her throat some times, and that she loses control of her larynx too sometimes, but apart from this she really a good grasp of support and breathing and that's why her belts keep weight even up to A5, and now with her recent improvements I'd say she's good up to D5/Eb5

Most of the "strained" notes are just unsupported, the only real example of a strained note here is the Eb5

*With all the misinformation that's going on recently, this video is definitely necessary!* There are even some who are claiming that simply breathing and hitting a note is "support" regardless of the significant tension that's present eg. jaw tension, tongue tension, a throaty placement, shoving one's larynx up etc. *Ariana Grande is a great vocalist and one of the few of this generation who are holding it down but those who are falsely claiming that she supports and resonates Bb5's and barely uses falsetto (Even going as far to claim that the Eb6 in "God Is A Woman is a supported head voice note 😅) need to stop misinforming people. What's laughable is that even though the lady herself says that she uses falsetto a lot these same people who claim to be her "stans" dismiss what she has to say about her own voice and delete comments that address this. Thanks for uploading this video 👏

good video as always ^^

U rlly don't know what strain is, it's okay that y'all think she can't support up to C5 consistently, but there's a big difference between "strain" n "tension". The only real example of "strain" is the eb5 from "I have nothing".

I really don’t understand. The D5’s... like the “strained” one sounded so much more open and resonant than the “supported” one

Im not gonna be like the rest of the comments but I like to see how she grew with her notes. That's why I usually like watching these

Awesome video ♥️❤️

Finally an accurate video and showcasing how high Ariana’s support is. She’s an amazing singer and vocalist but why do people have to lie about how high she supports? Like literally above Eb5 is strain Her Bb5 literally SCREAMS high larynx.... great video queen 😍

i know that the c#5 on imagine was sharp but it sounds so fucking good huhu

Why didn't u use any video from her last tour?

Can you please post videos if she supports any belts/notes from sweetener tour to her performances in 2021/2? Most of these clips are 4-10+ years old and I just wanna know how she approaches her mid-belts recently

I woulda put the eb5/e5. Just to let the peeps fig- decide over it🤭cus like dang, the beginning (sweetner, antwerp) sounds so supported... idk why people don't count it

was she sick in the first performance and 1:12? i've never seen her wince while singing a note

which performance was the breathing clip you used in your credits at the end from?

Is that strain? It kinda seems like she was trying to make her voice more high sounding and in the not strained ones she was trying to sound more deep and open? Sounds like a style choice..

Her theatrical phase was definitely one of her best vocally.

1:45 JAIL 😭

Ariana rarely strains but that doesn’t mean she always supports

Just because there is a rasp on the note does not mean that it is strained. As all of the notes from strained clips had a little rasp. The one at 1:35 did not but that was flat not strained. Most of the strained note were just not supported. And some of the strained ones were actually supported with rasp/distortion on the note

Thank you so much for this video! Le'ts fight the misinformation! One question: what's exactly the problem with her strained notes below C5 here? A throaty placement or too much jaw tension? Or both of them? Also I overall agree with the statements but I don't see significant tension on the B4 from "Sometimes". What was wrong with that note? Sorry for all the questions xD

This vid is a constant reminder that y'all have to remember that an unsupported note isn't always strained

0:39 . I can't believe you think this is strained . 💀💀

Baby girl… all of her mid belts are open and free never strained she’s a soprano who mixes heavily they’re just unsupported.. and unsupported isn’t the opposite of Strain get lessons on this kinda stuff and I’m pretty sure it’s just tension that she can improve on W those belts nothing else cause I’ve never actually heard her strain like ever

Awesome video but, some notes are supported, that is, grounded, the term "support" is a confusing term that not even singing teachers talk about it, since the support part is the duafragma and the breath engagement making effect, that is, it has nothing to do with notes without strain, that is, many notes are "" "supported" " G#4 - tense A4 - free Bb4¹- grounded, And the supported is Ringing Bb4² - grounded B4¹ - yeah tense B4² - 1:31 tense The rest is not B4³ - 1:52 free, not tense B4⁴ - Grounded B4⁵ - 2:28 2:29 free 2:30 tense C5 - tense C#5 - grounded D5 - free Eb5 - tense But good video

What song is that in her green outfit?

I don’t know if my voice strained it how do I fix it

So this is that one video huh👀😬🤭

Some of these notes were not strained, they were supported and some of the "supported" notes were resonanced

i wonder if she really strains that often then how come she hasnt show any signs of deterioration after a lot of touring ? dont come at me, instead, explain it .

4:02 song ?

That A4 of ariana was supported why is it strained for u?

Omg it’s amazing how she supported a C5 when she was 14 years old! I don’t blame her though. She did that performance after a panic attack so

The vedio is mostly wrong tbh. 😒 The only notes that sounded somewhat hoarse were perhaps the first C5, the first C#5, and the first Eb5, but it would be a stretch to actually call them "strained". As for the 4th octave notes, all of them were supported despite a couple of clips seeming lacking "optimum projection". That could be due to a lot of factors, even outside of the realm of Ariana Grande's control. Such factors that would be outside of Ariana Grande's control include the music being too loud, and technical difficulties with the microphone. Really, a better name for this vedio would have been "Ariana Grande: Optimum Projection vs. Regular Projection Vocal Battle", or something along those lines tbh.

This is more like support vs resonance

Hahaha I can’t even debate with people cause they delete their own comments 😂😂 this is a sample of no arguments. BYEE

So is she getting better?

0:36 song name? Please

3:40 title song?

i can't see the difference between the both 😢

I thought this was more like Support with Strain vs Support with Resonance

this vid should be called “resonant and non-resonant notes comparison” hahah like literally almost (!!!) all of em were supported they were just not resonant and u took some of key ones but thts it. periodt. its the ✨uneducated✨ for me dahlin

0:48 song?

4:09 Eb5

Tf is flat note same as strain?

Not the C5 U CALL IT STRAINED?????? WTFF

You aren’t using support correctly. If her support was so low she wouldn’t be able to hit her higher notes. The word “support” has been misused and lost it’s actual meaning. Her support is much higher. Her highest support isn’t Eb5/E5. It’s higher. That’s why actual vocal coaches say she has great support on notes like G#5’s. You are just misleading ppl and telling them wrong information. That’s what makes ppl have wrong information

I can't believe he said that "Bb4" and "D5" are strained lmaooo Dislike so misleading

All of the 4th octave belts were supported she just used a chestier placement on the ones you said were unsupported. The Wizard & I C5 was unsupported. The Imagine C#5 was unsupported. The SOTR D5 was better executed than the Imagine C#5. I would consider it partially supported. And the Eb5 was unsupported.

The first D5 was not strained, I think that note is supported

Are we really doing this? Unsupported does NOT equal strained. Also I see some of your replies in the comments of others, talking about how Ariana grande fans think she can support way higher than she does. She may choose not to support a note as a stylistic choice. I only heard strain on a few of the notes you claimed were strained. The rest were just unsupported. Your page is so needlessly hateful…

Im sorry but this is kinda wrong

you’re really wrong about a lot of notes here, for etc the Bb4 is supported the only difference is that in the old clip you used she’s resonating and in the new one she’s not. 70% of the notes you’ve shown are in fact supported, just not resonated. another thing i wanna say is that you only show 2016 and older clips but not any clips from 2019 which is pretty weird since 2019 is her vocal peak so far. then you also have the nerve to say she isn’t consistent up to B4 when she’s in fact 100% consistently supporting up to C5/C#5 and have gone even ABOVE that several times. not up to Bb5 tho, that’s a big ass lie but she has been able to almost support up to F#5 on the sweetener tour SEVERAL TIMES. especially D5s, Eb5s, E5s and F5s.

So many of the strain notes in this video are not even strained, please get your facts right before making a video claiming to understand the difference.

0:39 that one was actually supported

This video is just wrong. But i applaud the effort 💖

Ariana Grande Vocal Analysis (2024) Voice type: Light-Lyric Soprano Vocal range: C3-B5-E7 (4 octaves and 2 notes) Range with the most consistent quality, comfort, and technique: G3-C#5/D5-G#5/A5 At best: F3-F5-C6 Lower register: (7/10) Low notes are bright and clear and have a good projection up to G3 consistently and F3 at best. Quite surprising for someone with a high tessitura considering her high sitting voice. However, she loses consistency, projection, and becomes airy and weak F3 and below. Mid-belts and mix: (7.5/10) Mid belts are surprisingly strong for someone who frequently utilizes a heady mix in her belts. Her approach in her mid-belts during her later years (2019 - ) is more balanced compared to her honeymoon era (2014-early 2016) where her approach is more heady and dangerous woman era (late 2016-2017) where her approach is chestier. She has good control over her mid-belts and it is more balanced, consistent, accessible, and more tensionless than people assume resulting in an open, free, well-projected, and controlled sound consistently especially from G#4-D5. Upper-belts/mix: (7/10) As a soprano like her, her ease and control in this area are good. She may not be the very best and the pinnacle of upper-belting out there, as some of her diehard fans tend to believe, but her consistency and stamina in this area is no joke. Although not consistently, she produces the best and balanced quality from Eb5-F5. As she goes higher beyond F5, she tends to sound thinner but still often avoids straining and too much tension up to G#5 (her signature upper-belting/mix note). However, she loses consistency when she reaches A5 and above which can sometimes be prone to tension, although this doesn't happen much as she was still able to possess a decent quality up to Bb5 especially in her be my baby and breathin performances most of the time. This ease and consistency in her upper-belting range is due to her heady approach with her mix and mixed-belts. Nowadays, she utilizes a more balanced approach (balanced head and chest mix) to her upper-belts/mix especially in her thank u, next and yours truly era. This balanced approach is evidently showcased especially in her sweetener tour and 2023 yours truly 10 year anniversary live performance where she produced a decent but balanced mix. Upper-register (head voice and falsetto): (7.5/10) Contrary to popular belief, Ariana utilzes her head voice just as much as she utilizes her falsetto. Her falsetto is probably one of the best that pop music has to offer. It is polished, smooth, controlled, and easily accessible. On the other hand, her head voice is also good and is consistently well-coordinated and connected up to A5. Performances such as moonlight, thinkin bout you, be alright, get well soon, and many more including song covers such as no one mourns the wicked and I wanna dance with somebody showcases her control and consistency in her head voice. She may not possess the best and most developed head voice in the music industry, but she can still keep up. Her head voice possesses a bright, strong, and roundness quality consistently up to F#5 and sometimes up to A5. However, her head voice can sometimes sound airy which limits her true potential. Further analysis with her head voice after the wicked (2024) movie will come out with her role as Glinda the good witch. Vocal Agility: (7.5/10) This may be the vocal skill she possess that has consistently improved over the years. She may not be as good as the best riffers out there like Mariah Carey, Tori Kelly, Beyonce, JoJo, and many others, but her vocal agility is definitely above average and is an integral part of her singing style. She can consistently execute vocal riffs and runs that are precise, fast, and complex with good creativity and musicality. The only downside is that there are few performances where she sounds pitchy and unstable and her vocal runs are sometimes repetitive. Lastly, during her early years, she tends to move her jaw a lot and fortunately, she got rid of that habit almost entirely. Whistle register: (9.5/10) One of the best whistle register user in her generation. Able to control her whistle with ease and is also able to create vocal runs and vocal phrases with it. Vocal Dynamics: (6.5/10) She has showcased vocal dynamics from time to time where she sang from pianissimo up to fortissimo. This is greatly showcased in her 2023 yours truly 10 year anniversary live performance. However, there are very rare cases of her showcasing crescendo and decresendo. Vibrato: (10/10) Her vibrato is one of the most controlled and well-developed that pop music has to offer. It can range from soft/subtle to aggressive/intense and can even shift to it smoothly. This great vibrato is also evident throughout all her register especially in her belts and upper-register. Vocal transition: (9/10) Able to easily and smoothly transition between registers from chest to head to whistle and with great control. Pitch: (8/10) Her wide vocal range allows her to hit high notes and low notes with good pitch accuracy. She rarely gets off-key and goes sharp/flat. Note: this analysis is based on an educated opinion and knowledge about vocals and music. Hence, this analysis is based on what I hear from the vocalist's live performances throughout the years. Overall: 79.5/100 Overall comment: She is not as bad as critics say she is and also not as great as diehard fans made her out to be. Her development is distributed fairly evenly throughout range with her mid-belts and upper-register being currently the most developed register. Her major weakness may be that she tends to sing beyond her range with the most consistent quality, comfort, and technique. Fortunately, notes beyond her consistency are rarely strained, tensed, or weak. Lastly, her biggest asset may be her whistle register, musicality/creativity, vocal transition, and vibrato.