Scootaloo singing ability?

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I mean.. She doesn't sing great

She only sang a couple lines, and she didn't hold any notes.

But who knows, maybe scoots was taking singing lessons.

 

Well, "Scootaloo singing great" is more of an opinion, but she definitely sang with control and much better than she sang in the talent show.

 

Everybody seems to think that she takes singing lessons outside of what we have seen, but I don't think Scootaloo is the type to do that kind of thing and I think the MLP developers would somehow hint about said "lessons" if there were any.

[Galaxia 18]

Well, "Scootaloo singing great" is more of an opinion, but she definitely sang with control and much better than she sang in the talent show.

 

Everybody seems to think that she takes singing lessons outside of what we have seen, but I don't think Scootaloo is the type to do that kind of thing and I think the MLP developers would somehow hint about said "lessons" if there were any.

 

Okay, so if they aren't hinting at any lessons, and she's apparently "great" at singing it must be..

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-drumroll-

Over-analysing a kids show!

[Marceline 187]

I don't know if you can, but I can't start singing like a boss just because I wanted to learn how to sing sincerely. Also, it didn't mention anywhere that Scootaloo suddenly learned how to sing, and I had the mindset that they portrayed her throughout the show as a pony who can't sing.

 

It's like Sweetie Belle using magic out of nowhere without explanation when she has been portrayed as a pony who can't use magic (yet).

 

But they're developing and growing. They must, otherwise, well, there would be no character development. It would be all like, "Oh, it's already season 3, and Sweeite Belle can't even do just the tiniest spark of magic?"

 

Plus Scootaloo was initially trying to sing a rock ballad, which would require a different style of singing than this simple, poppy tune. She tried singing much too strongly initially, which is why her voice cracked and couldn't keep the correct pitch.

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But they're developing and growing. They must, otherwise, well, there would be no character development. It would be all like, "Oh, it's already season 3, and Sweeite Belle can't even do just the tiniest spark of magic?"

 

About developing, I see little to none in that aside Twilight and a couple others. All the fillies, foals, and mares haven't changed a bit in appearance or attitude it seems over the whole of the three seasons. Even though the developers of the show try to make it seem like Fluttershy tries not to be a doormat, she always comes out one in the end.

 

And also on that topic, if all the ponies were developing, how come Scootaloo hadn't been able to fly yet? Unless she is a flightless pegasus, which has not been mentioned or confirmed, I think she would learn (or try to learn) to fly first rather than finding the talent to sing.

 

Also, it doesn't seem that singing is something that just suddenly clicks over a course of your childhood. Usually people start out with the natural talent of singing or they take lessons and improve, and we know that Scootaloo didn't have that natural talent (like Sweetie Belle does) as seen in the talent show. Besides, the time period for this show doesn't seem like too much since the fillies haven't changed in their voices, maturity, or sizes at all.

 

Plus Scootaloo was initially trying to sing a rock ballad, which would require a different style of singing than this simple, poppy tune. She tried singing much too strongly initially, which is why her voice cracked and couldn't keep the correct pitch.

 

She started out the song a normal tune just like Babs Seed, and she sounded awful. However, in the newest song, she started out in that lower tune and sounded great. What's the difference?

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About developing, I see little to none in that aside Twilight and a couple others. All the fillies, foals, and mares haven't changed a bit in appearance or attitude it seems over the whole of the three seasons. Even though the developers of the show try to make it seem like Fluttershy tries not to be a doormat, she always comes out one in the end.

 

And also on that topic, if all the ponies were developing, how come Scootaloo hadn't been able to fly yet? Unless she is a flightless pegasus, which has not been mentioned or confirmed, I think she would learn (or try to learn) to fly first rather than finding the talent to sing.

 

Also, it doesn't seem that singing is something that just suddenly clicks over a course of your childhood. Usually people start out with the natural talent of singing or they take lessons and improve, and we know that Scootaloo didn't have that natural talent (like Sweetie Belle does) as seen in the talent show. Besides, the time period for this show doesn't seem like too much since the fillies haven't changed in their voices, maturity, or sizes at all.

 

 

 

She started out the song a normal tune just like Babs Seed, and she sounded awful. However, in the newest song, she started out in that lower tune and sounded great. What's the difference?

 

When you get right down to it, they still have their solid personalities; the bases for who they are. Fluttershy shows more assertiveness and aggressiveness than she has in the past. RBD and AJ are still rivals, but they seem to go about it better. It takes a long time for anyone to change, so, their basic personalities will always be evident.

 

Scootaloo is supposed to be handicapped.

 

It's not that it clicks . . . it's that people's voices are not always meant to sing all types of things. I can sing high and softly, but I can't sing low or powerfully, unless I freakin' scream. Scootaloo's voice type is not made for the powerful style she initially tried in that episode in season 1. She didn't sing normally, she was trying to belt it, and it didn't work for her. Babs Seed is softer, and so she used a softer voice, which was easier for her to control.

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It's not that it clicks . . . it's that people's voices are not always meant to sing all types of things. I can sing high and softly, but I can't sing low or powerfully, unless I freakin' scream. Scootaloo's voice type is not made for the powerful style she initially tried in that episode in season 1. She didn't sing normally, she was trying to belt it, and it didn't work for her. Babs Seed is softer, and so she used a softer voice, which was easier for her to control.

 

In the CMC song, there were lots of softer notes that she sang, whether it be loud (on stage) or a bit quieter (practicing outside the clubhouse by herself). And, as you saw in that episode, it all sounded horrendous. And there were some higher notes in the two parts she sang in Babs Seed that she was able to pull off, but wasn't able to pull off softer notes than those parts in the talent show.

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In the CMC song, there were lots of softer notes that she sang, whether it be loud (on stage) or a bit quieter (practicing outside the clubhouse by herself). And, as you saw in that episode, it all sounded horrendous. And there were some higher notes in the two parts she sang in Babs Seed that she was able to pull off, but wasn't able to pull off softer notes than those parts in the talent show.

 

But when you're in the middle of trying to sing that loudly and powerfully, the transition to softer notes (without considerable pause) ends in those notes being unnatural and broken.

 

Singing high doesn't mean you sing powerfully.

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But when you're in the middle of trying to sing that loudly and powerfully, the transition to softer notes (without considerable pause) ends in those notes being unnatural and broken.

 

Singing high doesn't mean you sing powerfully.

 

Even when she just started singing, starting out with some lower notes and in a generally neutral volume (same volume as Babs Seed) she still sounded awful. But first off, what is your definition of singing powerfully?

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Even when she just started singing, starting out with some lower notes and in a generally neutral volume (same volume as Babs Seed) she still sounded awful. But first off, what is your definition of singing powerfully?

 

The opposite of singing softly. Lol. Loud. Uhh . . . let's see if I can find decent examples.

 

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. The first one has a higher voice, but it is still powerful; whereas the second has a lower voice, but it is still powerful during the chorus. He sings more softly during the verses.

 

I wanted to show examples of both males and females singing both softly and powerfully, but I can't right now. Too much digging. But that takes me to my next point.

 

Women usually have higher voices. Higher usually means softer (but not always; you can sing high and powerful). Women naturally have softer voices in general. So the opposite goes for men.

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The opposite of singing softly. Lol. Loud. Uhh . . . let's see if I can find decent examples.

 

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. The first one has a higher voice, but it is still powerful; whereas the second has a lower voice, but it is still powerful during the chorus. He sings more softly during the verses.

 

I wanted to show examples of both males and females singing both softly and powerfully, but I can't right now. Too much digging. But that takes me to my next point.

 

Women usually have higher voices. Higher usually means softer (but not always; you can sing high and powerful). Women naturally have softer voices in general. So the opposite goes for men.

 

But, when starting out singing in the talent show and also when she was just practicing outside the CMC clubhouse, she wasn't singing powerfully or anything and still couldn't sing good. Since you said that singing powerfully is loud, and she wasn't singing loudly at most parts, then she wasn't singing powerfully, and she didn't sing well during that time period either. Even some times during the talent show, while singing, the notes weren't loud or powerful (actually more on the soft side) and she still failed.

 

Long story short, you say she didn't sing well because she was singing powerfully or the transition from higher notes to lower notes messed her vocals up, but when she started out with singing it wasn't loud or powerful and she also didn't transition from any high note. All that was during the talent show and resulted in bad singing. However, when she sang in Babs Seed, she sounded fine at the same notes as she sang in the beginning of the CMC song.

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But, when starting out singing in the talent show and also when she was just practicing outside the CMC clubhouse, she wasn't singing powerfully or anything and still couldn't sing good. Since you said that singing powerfully is loud, and she wasn't singing loudly at most parts, then she wasn't singing powerfully, and she didn't sing well during that time period either. Even some times during the talent show, while singing, the notes weren't loud or powerful (actually more on the soft side) and she still failed.

 

Long story short, you say she didn't sing well because she was singing powerfully or the transition from higher notes to lower notes messed her vocals up, but when she started out with singing it wasn't loud or powerful and she also didn't transition from any high note. All that was during the talent show and resulted in bad singing. However, when she sang in Babs Seed, she sounded fine at the same notes as she sang in the beginning of the CMC song.

 

No no no no no, I don't think you get what I'm saying at all. @_@ It's the way she was trying to sing . . . I'm going to assume you don't analyze vocals, so it's hard for me to explain, quite honestly. :s But the notes in the CMC talent show song and Babs Seed are different . . . there's more than just high and low notes, there's soft, there's loud, there's stuff in between; and powerful doesn't always mean loud, per se.

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I am not an expert for musical numbers. But aren't they meant to express the characters feelings rather than being part of the actual plot? Means: Who sings a musical number perfectly must not necessary be able to sing at all during the show. It's rather "the for entertainment songified emotions" of the CMC than part of their reality.

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Yeah, I noticed that when I re-watched it today. She actually learned a few 'new' abilities during that episode, she flew a few times (maybe only a second, but still) and as you said, the singing. I thought I was better at singing than someone for a bit, too

[Wingnut 6,994]

The only thing I can add to this is that even superstar singers often sound better in the cozy confines of a recording studio than they do live on stage.  Firework is one of Katy Perry's most popular songs yet she isn't able to sing it in tune live.  And for tonight's Rockefeller Tree Lighting program, Mariah lip synched All I want for Christmas is You. 

 

Maybe Scootaloo is one of those singers who only sounds good in a studio? 

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I thought I would just add on something here:

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_rZQfgHCzEw

 

Exactly 34 minutes (minutes, not seconds) in, Michele Creber tells of the singing talents of each of the CMC. Let me quote her, though,

 

"She's not as bad as Scootaloo, who basically screams when she sings!"

 

This just confirms that they had intended for Scootaloo to be a bad singer, but they went ahead and made her a good singer anyway in Babs Seed.

[TailsIsNotAlone 3,695]

Her singing was just bad in Show Stoppers for comic relief. Just like Sweetie Belle's uncommonly bad singing in "Sleepless," I suppose.

 

(Beyond Equestria...Scoots' VA Madeleine Peters is a very good singer in real life, which is why she's able to belt out a tune when the script calls for it. She's so good that it's hard for her to sing badly, so they had to autotune her voice to make it more off-key in Show Stoppers. Not kidding!)

Edited December 22, 2012 by TailsAlone

[Dusty Soul 2,611]

Well, I guess it's a later episode, so they just made her learn to sing between episodes.  Either that or it wasn't Scootaloo at all, it might've been that she was screaming out the vocals.