Which artist had the greatest vocal range - news article
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stevelondon20 · Member since
The whole article is pure crap.
scollins · Member since
lmfao this article is a joke and the journalist is as much use as stevie wonder playing table tennis? I wouldn't take much notice of this tripe. Its all plums lol
musicland munich · Member since
[QUOTE] [b]Chief Mouse wrote:[/b]
I can squeeze out a D5 (in full voice not falsetto) but I sound like crap. , [/QUOTE]
Actually that`s a well known problem for a lot of singers.
Reaching a note is the one thing....make it sound good or "work" with it, is the other thing.
dysan · Member since
'Sting's vocals on Money For Nothing'
Easy mistake to make :)
But yeah, that list is rubbish.
Chief Mouse · Member since
[QUOTE] [b]musicland munich wrote:[/b]
[QUOTE] [b]Chief Mouse wrote:[/b]
I can squeeze out a D5 (in full voice not falsetto) but I sound like crap. , [/QUOTE]
Actually that`s a well known problem for a lot of singers.
Reaching a note is the one thing....make it sound good or "work" with it, is the other thing.
[/QUOTE]
Yeah, exactly.
miraclesteinway · Member since
They explained their methodology in the article - they used sheet music song sheets to take the highest and lowest notes of the melodies of all the songs in the back catalogues of each singer for comparison.
OK fine, but most singers work their melodies within a limited range of course, all good and normal.
They haven't looked into the backing vocals......
Biggus Dickus · Member since
[QUOTE] [b]miraclesteinway wrote:[/b]
They explained their methodology in the article - they used sheet music song sheets to take the highest and lowest notes of the melodies of all the songs in the back catalogues of each singer for comparison.
OK fine, but most singers work their melodies within a limited range of course, all good and normal.
They haven't looked into the backing vocals......[/QUOTE]
Good point. Freddie went a lot higher in falsetto during live performances than he did in the studio. That's probably one reason why his range isn't as wide in that article as it really was.
Oscar J · Member since
I bet they only found sheet music of the hits too. Unlikely that they found the E6 in It's Late for example.
Biggus Dickus · Member since
[QUOTE] [b]Oscar J wrote:[/b]
I bet they only found sheet music of the hits too. Unlikely that they found the E6 in It's Late for example. [/QUOTE]
I agree. Of course some of the high notes might be absent from the sheet music anyway, like the high notes in Save Me. They're pretty buried in the mix.