Yesung - Super Junior’s Vocal Analysis

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Vocal Range

G2 ~ G#5 (3 Octaves and 1 Semitone)

Supported Range

C#3/C3 ~ G4/G#4

Voice Type

Light Lyric Tenor

Strengths/Achievements Third strongest vocalist in Super Junior Consistently able to produce resonance in his mixed voice Support is consistent up until G4/G#4 Has been able to produce a connected head voice up to G5 Supports voice down to C3/C#3 consistently Good control of dynamics and vocal effects Improvement from debut until now Weaknesses Vocal runs are often sloppy and lack a clear musical idea Resonance can be pushed Overly chesty-mix, lacks freedom and sounds throaty Voice can get whiny at times Head voice can sound tight and not well supported Mostly uses a throaty husky falsetto Notes below C3 are produced with vocal fry at times Jaw tension when using vibrato Registers Lower register: Somewhat well supported, connection between the vocal cords is often present and the tone produced has projection, but sometimes due to stylistic reasons, it can become muffled and unclear. Below C3, the voice generally sounds quieter and a lot more vocal fry is used to generate tone in that range. Mixed register: Very consistent resonance up to G4/G#4 and support is present up to A4, with occasional resonance. Sometimes can strain within his supported range due to pushing and an overly chest-dominant mixed voice, which hinders his mixed range above A4, often sounding shouty and constricted. Upper register: Not used as often as necessary, often opting for a belt in place of a falsetto or head voice note. A head voice is present but isn’t consistently used and lacks support and openness. The falsetto register is used more often and often sounds scratchy and husky. Agility

Possessing a voice that carries a lot of weight, for one to have flexibility and agility, it would be hard to sing through challenging quick passages when singing with more weight than normal, just like running with more weight causes the body to go slower, carrying up too much weight in the mix voice can cause a similar effect. Due to the fact that Yesung’s voice carries a lot of chest voice up in his mixed voice, it hinders his flexibility and ability to fully allow freedom into his vocal ornaments. When he does very quick and subtle trills between notes, Yesung is able to create the proper bouncing technique to differentiate and separate his notes properly, for an example “Paper Gray“, however when it comes to slightly more elaborate runs, his voice becomes slow and the result is usually sloppy runs where the accuracy for each note to be hit isn’t present anymore, such as in “Polaris“, “해줄 수 없는 일” and “가슴아파도“.

Overall analysis

Debuting as the main vocalist of Super Junior in 2005 alongside Ryeowook, later joined by Kyuhyun and forming Super Junior KRY, amongst other sub-units, Yesung is a highly acclaimed and well praised vocalist in the idol world. Possessing a more husky and heavier tone than usual, his voice can often be highly appealing and create a sense of effort and emotions to a degree that generally pleases the audience and his fans. Possessing a heavily chest-dominant mixed voice but a somewhat high tessitura, Yesung’s vocal fach has always been a reason for discussion amongst vocal peers due to its ambiguity in both tone and quality. Due to how much chest voice it’s present in his mixed voice, it is possible that he could turn out to be a heavier or lighter voice type with proper training but for the purpose of this analysis, Yesung would most likely better be classified as a light lyric tenor due to the higher tessitura he sings in most of the time, as well as general repertoire and overall ease he possesses in the tenor range, compared to a baritone or heavier tenor voice.

The lower part of his chest has a somewhat well developed sound, with connection of the vocal cords and presence of projection. However so, there’s a lack of clarity of tone due to a husky stylistic approach present in Yesung’s singing, that may at times hinder the full tone and projection of his lower range and cause a more muffled sound to come through. He is nonetheless able to produce well supported notes down to C3, such as the C3’s and D3’s in “한남자“, C#3’s in “서시” and D3’s in “I Do“. Whenever Yesung descends below C3, however, there’s a considerable drop in chest voice tone to his lower range and an excessive use of a thicker vocal fry-like quality, mixed in with his chest voice, causing the tone to sound less natural and less connecte

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