Vocal Range
Rhodes is a natural contralto, but self-trained her voice to reach the mezzo-soprano range singing along with Kate Bush's album "The Kick Inside" and Wendy Carlos' album "Switched-On Bach".
Her high voice can sound very similar to Kate Bush, and her highest recorded sung vocal phrase is D5, one octave above middle C (C4) in a live performance of the Queen song "Lily of the Valley".
She has sung higher notes as background vocals, singing nonsense syllables like "ah" and "la". Her highest example of this type of singing is in her song "Runners" from her album Equipoise, where she hits G-Sharp6, two octaves above middle C (C4).
Her low voice can sound similar to Annie Lennox, and her lowest recorded note is A2, one octave below middle C, in her song "Charlie" on her album Find Me.
Her songs "When the Rain Came Down" on the album Ecto, and "Winter" on Many Worlds Are Born Tonight exhibit this range.
A2 to G-Sharp6 (aka A-Flat6) gives Rhodes a total range of 4 octaves.
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