# What note (High note in the song "Sad Eyes")

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**Created:** [July 21, 2011, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-note-high-note-in-the-song-sad-eyes/589913 "2011-07-21T23:14:25Z")\
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**Author:** ![gytalf2000](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ac91a4/32.png) [@gytalf2000](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gytalf2000)\
**Post date:** [July 21, 2011, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-note-high-note-in-the-song-sad-eyes/589913/1 "2011-07-21T23:14:25Z")

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Here is the Youtube video:

[![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/oszGBSVNlgs/hqdefault.jpg "Sad Eyes - Robert John") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oszGBSVNlgs)

What note is Robert John hitting at 2:50?

What about at the 3:15 mark?  
Any info, as always, would be most appreciated.

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**Author:** ![Pasta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ecccb3/32.png) [@Pasta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pasta)\
**Post date:** [July 22, 2011, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-note-high-note-in-the-song-sad-eyes/589913/2 "2011-07-22T01:25:20Z")

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If at 3:15 you mean just after that (3:20-ish) – F#

At 2:50+ – the G just above that F#.

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**Post date:** [July 22, 2011, 8:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-note-high-note-in-the-song-sad-eyes/589913/3 "2011-07-22T08:25:29Z")

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> [@Pasta](#):
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> If at 3:15 you mean just after that (3:20-ish) – F#
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> At 2:50+ – the G just above that F#.

And if you need to know the octave, that’s F#5 and G5 in [scientific pitch notation](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scientific_pitch_notation), or the top line and just above the treble cleff. It is the highest F# and G that most sopranos (high female singers) can hit, although it’s not too rare to be able to hit G6, albeit usually using [whistle tone](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whistle_register).

That said, it’s not unusual for men to be able to hit the notes you offered. I can hit it, although it’s outside of my “singable” range (meaning it sounds nasty). But it was in my singable range before I started lowering my falsetto to improve my tenor (high male voice) range.

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**Post date:** [July 22, 2011, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-note-high-note-in-the-song-sad-eyes/589913/4 "2011-07-22T13:26:34Z")

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Thank you for the information. I can go pretty high myself, but I don’t sound that good. Voices fascinate me, especially male voices that can operate well at a high range lie that (Robert John, Frankie Valli, Barry Gibb, etc.).