"WBRW" wrote in message
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As countless people agree, Norah Jones has an excellent voice and is a
skilled pianist and songwriter in her own right. But on the album,
her voice is suspiciously flat almost all the time; she constantly
seems to hit about a half-note below what the proper pitch would be.
It's one of those things that you might not notice at first, but when
you do, it becomes so obvious that you just can't ignore it anymore.


It's called expression', and can be done in both frequency and time domains.
In this case to provide a laid-back feel. Seems to have worked ....

However, I had the opportunity to hear Norah singing "Don't Know Why"
live on Saturday Night Live, and he was right on-pitch! She didn't
hit a single bad note, either vocally or on the piano, during the
whole performance, and I was very impressed.

Maybe it takes so much effort to acheive correctly, that she doesn't try the
pitch thing in live situtations.

So, the question is, who and *why* was Norah told to *purposely* sing
flat on her album? If that was just part of her "style", you'd expect
her to do it when singing live as well, but that's not the case.

She could have had that input *herself*. Not necessarily instructions from
producer.

Would she NOT have won so many Grammys if she had sung "Don't Know
Why" on-pitch? I don't think so....

Dunno, but less likely to have hit the same chord (so to speak) if the music
was done to a click and pitch-perfect. Would have sounded a little on the
sterile side maybe ...

geoff