Freddie was a bariton. (And you can hear that quite well, in my opinion... In the early 70s he sounded like a Tenor, in the late 80s/early 90s he sounded like a tenor-ish singer, in the mid 80s he sounded like a bariton)
Listen to him sing on stuff like Bycicle Race (those harmonys go down to G2s and they sound pretty strong) he also sings a few A2s on I`m Going Slightly mad (And they sound pretty strong)
His highest full voiced note was a F5 on All Gods People.
Its rubbish that people say that a bariton cant ever hit C5s...
When i do some singing myself it depends on it, sometimes i cant go higher than an A4 before having to switch to falsetto/headvoice. But there are also some times in wich i can hit C5s and D5s without real big problems (Yeah, they tend to sound a bit screamy, but still)
And, a few days a go i nailed the Innuendo Eb5(And that was in my chest voice). So its not true that baritons cant have big ranges/cant sing high notes.
What made Freddie so unique was his vocal abbilities, and the timbre of his voice, he wasnt exactly a bariton, but he wasnt exactly a tenor either, it depends on the era.
On the Barcelona album he sounds like a full blown Bariton to me.
But on Innuendo he sounds like a Tehor (especially on Days Of Our Lives and I Cant Live With You)
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