Talk:Minnie Riperton

message: Several websites list her as having a five octave vocal range (all I had to do was a quick Yahoo! search), the biggest being MSN Music (http://music.msn.com/artist/?artist=16074698). Now six is a stretch obviously (but maybe), do the math. I admit, she is my FAVORITE artist (mildly biased :-D ), but if we count starting at C3 (the bottom of the alto range), five octaves takes us to the top of the piano (a C8, or over ALL of the seventh octave). . This makes a five octave claim very plausible. At this point, there is no reason to make her any bigger than she is; she was an R&B artist and thus primarily a niche artist (not full blown pop act like say Mariah Carey), so while yes, the promotional material is THAT, it doesn't inherently make it infactual since not much is to be gained from any embellishments (at this point, you either love her music or you don't).
*I heard that she has hit notes that are higher than those produced by a piano. This was mentioned by a professional vocal coach whose name I've forgotten. Also, shes hit am A2 at the end on My All.
Some sites to consider:
http://music.msn.com/artist/?artist=16074698 http://www.vh1.com/artists/az/riperton_minnie/artist.jhtml http://www.soul-patrol.com/funk/minnie.htm
Also this one, http://jayepurplewolf.com/RIPERTON/minnieriperton1.html
The first three are well known sites, not geocities and the like.
Antares33712 23:54, 25 February 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Why is everyone using confusing terminology to describe Minnie's vocal range? To me A2 is the chord of A with an added B above the root, F7 is Eb above F, F#7 is the same as F7#, and to the average reader it's all gibberish.  Either state octaves above middle C, which I believe everyone thinks of as the middle note on the piano (Even if it's not...), or middle A which I believe was once thought to be the middle of the audible scale (Not even close, even if there was such a thing as the audible scale...). Deke42 (talk) 14:51, 17 April 2010 (UTC)

text: I think there is an underlying misunderstanding here. Let's take "Middle C" (C4 International nomenclature or c' Helmholtz System). She could sing a pitch "c" at five different octave heights. But that is a range of four octaves. Graham 2003:EE:F24:B77F:842D:23C0:8033:5515 (talk) 09:40, 13 December 2023 (UTC)
thread_title: Possession of a five octave range

message: The article currently claims that Lovin' You is "a ballad to her then-two-year-old daughter Maya".  How can that be true?  The lyrics are clearly about sexual love with an adult man: e.g. "Making love with you ...", "And everytime that we OOOH, ... I'm more in love with you", "Stay with me while we grow old".    TheSeven 19:33, 25 October 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Lovin' You and Maya 

message: The link goes to Lincoln Center in New York City. I don't know if Minnie Riperton studied there at some point, or at a similarly-named place in Chicago, or neither. JMeggett (talk) 14:30, 2 October 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  "Chicago's Lincoln Center"? 

message: The photo used for Minnie Ripteron is not Minnie Riperton. It looks like Maxine Nightingale  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.111.50.130 (talk) 08:04, 28 June 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  photo used for Minnie Riperton 

message: As always there's seems to be a problem with acknowledging Ms. Riperton's vocal talents.  Reading the latest version of the article there's only a mention of her five and a half vocal range, if I'm not mistaken no even the term whistle register was mentioned.  Seriously I think this makes the article incomplete and does not offer people the precise and accurate information an encyclopedia should provide.  Her vocal talents set her aside and although her success in mainstream popular music was limited, those special vocal talents served as inspiration to other singers and was central in her singing style.  I've read articles of other singers here in Wikipedia which contain much more information than what's presented here in this particular section.  Certainly lack of verifiable information has not been the issue if you take a minute and read the discussion page.  I suggest to whomever has edited the article in this manner to restore the Voice section as soon as possible, otherwise we risk compromising the integrity of the article.  I've taken no action myself in editing and restoring the section, but I'll be monitoring the progress of this article periodically and may edit it if I feel it necessary to present a competent piece of work.  This is an old and tired topic regarding this article.  Ms. Riperton had extreme vocal talents that should be merited and mentioned, any action to diminish or eliminate completely such information seriously damages the credibility of the article and of Wikipedia.  Rebel.crusader (talk) 11:24, 19 July 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Vocal ability and descriptions removed 

message: When the media first reported Minnie's death here in Sydney, Australia, they said she died of throat cancer.  Probably a symptom of a late metastasis.  Just my 2c worth.  johnr_roberts 10:50, 30 September 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Cause of death as originally reported 

message: Warner Music Group [] Search: Thomas J Mitchell Loving You (1971)--Pop r&b 70s (talk) 08:27, 11 February 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Warner Music Group. 

message: How to pronounce Riperton? No one seems to know? Some say rip, some say ripe, some say reap. There's a Wikipedia thing where you can put audio of someone pronouncing a word next to the word in question. I'll do it if anyone knows what I should say. 82.152.253.96 (talk) 22:57, 24 August 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  how do you say her name? 

message: Minnie was not an American singer, she was an African-American singer. That's a BIG difference! 93.219.164.187 (talk) 08:17, 26 January 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  African-American 

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message: I was 21. I lived in an apt with my husband and baby David. Minnie babysat. Please email me. Shuminsky@gmail.com 72.35.50.162 (talk) 00:19, 26 September 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: Your personal experiences are of no value to this encyclopedia article. Please see No original research. Cullen328 (talk) 00:29, 26 September 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Knowing Minnie