Back when I posted this thread, there were multiple threads about his vocal type that kept derailing into random subjects! I wanted to at least have one thread that stayed on the general subject so everybody could type what they wanted in the thread (hence the "official" part)! Don't see anything pretentious about that to be honest.
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Penetration_Guru wrote:
Is there anything more pretentious than a self-appointed "Official Thread"?
not a nice comment, I would delete you
attaboy_jhb wrote:
Penetration_Guru wrote:
Is there anything more pretentious than a self-appointed "Official Thread"?
not a nice comment, I would delete you
Don't you believe in free speech?
Gregsynth wrote:
Back when I posted this thread, there were multiple threads about his vocal type that kept derailing into random subjects! I wanted to at least have one thread that stayed on the general subject so everybody could type what they wanted in the thread (hence the "official" part)! Don't see anything pretentious about that to be honest.
While I commend your memory of the five year old context, I find it unlikely that a thread is any more or less likely to "stay on the general subject" as a consequence of being randomly described as "official".
As I believe I am now proving
Hmmmm, guess putting "official" into a thread doesn't help with organization!
I'll edit the title to make the context clearer!
I'll edit the title to make the context clearer!
Brilliant.
I think you're about right if you're going on the classical definitions of voice type. If Freddie had trained as an opera or lyric singer instead of being a rock singer, he'd have probable sang tenor roles, or, say, Schubert lieder in the original high key. In a classical tenor singing this type of repertoire, there is a lot of mixing between what people traditionally say is falsetto and chest voice (not really helpful definitions, we know now), and of course there is in rock, too, but it works in a slightly different way because the larynx tends to be in a higher position.
I think he would be described in modern terms as a rock tenor. Greg, you're right with your description, but I think rock tenor covers it quite accurately. He could do some pretty good low notes too.
The voice type is not only the range of the voice but the quality of the voice, hence a baritone can actually sing a top C (a classical baritone), but it's too 'heavy' sounding to be classed as a tenor.
I think he would be described in modern terms as a rock tenor. Greg, you're right with your description, but I think rock tenor covers it quite accurately. He could do some pretty good low notes too.
The voice type is not only the range of the voice but the quality of the voice, hence a baritone can actually sing a top C (a classical baritone), but it's too 'heavy' sounding to be classed as a tenor.
^ +1
imho natural light lyric baritone~
If you define a voice type as the range, Freddie didn't fit into any description.
If you define it by the texture/sound of the voice, Freddie was clearly a tenor.
If you define it by the texture/sound of the voice, Freddie was clearly a tenor.
That's the point - a tenor and a baritone can actually have the same range, but it's the weight in the voice, if you like, that determines the classification. A baritone will have a 'heavier' voice than a tenor. It's like the difference between mezzo soprano and soprano. By the way, Caballe keeps on being referred to as a mezzo soprano in the Queen camp, but she's not a mezzo. She's a soprano.
Freddie could sing opera with the best of them, here's proof :)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8sXLwLRXkEs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8sXLwLRXkEs
4 x Vision wrote:
Freddie could sing opera with the best of them, here's proof :) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8sXLwLRXkEs