Freddie's complete vocal range

Greg, it has G#2s :P Trust me.. they`re there.

The song has multiple modulations throughout, it starts in Dminor for example, but for the chorus it modulates to Dmajor.

The bridge is in F#major, and the last chorus is in Emajor.

The Chorus chord progression is:

D Ddim Gm/d D Ddim Gm/e
I’m going slightly mad I’m going slightly mad
F Em
It finally happened, happened, It finally happened ooh woh
F G#dim Gm7 Dm
It finally happened, I’m slightly mad, oh dear

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hn4k6TE-C4Y
0:57. the word "Going" is on the Ddim which exists out of a D an F and a G#, so the G# fits perfectly onto that chord.

BradMay is completely right.

Fred's intonation is a little off on the Ab of 'SLIGHTly' in a couple of places, but it's definitely an Ab in the melody there, and he definitely hits it a few times.

Similarly, 'when the outside temperature riSES' is meant to be an A, not a G. Fred seems to overdo it a little bit and end up a little bit flat at somewhere around the Ab. But the melody is definitely meant to go to an A, not a G there.

If he would`ve hit the G#2 or the G2s in the verse it would be weird sounding (Because of the Dminor, it would`ve made it a 7th or 6th in the chord, which would probably end up ugly (With the diminished chords and the Gmin/E chord)

On 'rises' the chord is Dm (D-F-A), so a G doesn't make any sense - it'd sound awful!

On 'slightly' the chord is Ddim (D-F-Ab), so the Ab is in fact part of the triad.

Heh. I need to go back to listen to these notes. My head's not full of drinks!

Hang on, NOW I hear it. I was completely lost (that's why I shouldn't look for notes while having a few margaritas).

I hear A2 on the temperature "rises" line (which drifts into an Ab2), he then hits an Ab2, and mumbles a random G2 just before "and the meaning is oh so clear."

On the chorus I hear A2 on "going" then the Ab2 on "slightly mad."



I don't think I should note-watch stuff while drinking! :D

To be fair, even I have trouble singing those notes without wavering :P

I can't even hit those regardless!

Great work! Thank you for your hard work. :)
In terms of octaves, is that 4 octaves or something like that?

Yep! His sung range (not counting growls, fry, speaking, etc) is four octaves and a major 3rd!

Does that include his whistle notes? How about his total range... 4.5 octaves? Sorry, I know little about the subject but I like what's being discussed. It's just a small part of what made him so great, thank you again for your time and effort.

[QUOTE] [b]Bruno P. wrote:[/b]

Does that include his whistle notes? How about his total range... 4.5 octaves? Sorry, I know little about the subject but I like what's being discussed. It's just a small part of what made him so great, thank you again for your time and effort.[/QUOTE]

Yeah, his sung range includes his whistle notes. If every single note was counted (including his speaking, fry notes, etc) he would have a total range of five octaves and a semitone!

Yes, his range was great--but that's just a small part of why Freddie's the man!

Yeah Greg, but that's flogging a dead horse: those who've got half a brain and some sense already know range is just one of the many factors involved in a person's vocal quality (or lack thereof), and those who're stupid enough to think range is all that matters won't change their minds by you informing them otherwise.

[QUOTE] [b]Sebastian wrote:[/b]

Yeah Greg, but that's flogging a dead horse: those who've got half a brain and some sense already know range is just one of the many factors involved in a person's vocal quality (or lack thereof), and those who're stupid enough to think range is all that matters won't change their minds by you informing them otherwise.[/QUOTE]

You won't believe some Youtube comments that I've seen concerning Freddie's range! I saw someone write down that Freddie had an 8 octave range (the funniest was 32 octave range) and has the widest range ever!

Hahahahaha! Thank you for that. Thing is - he had the range but knew exactly how and when to use the higher and lower notes more than anybody else. That being said, 5 octave range is really impressive.