QueenZone discussion #1003456
Roger's vocal range.
| deleted user 02.06.2007 07:06 |
I'm not a musical expert but I'm intrested in vocalists. So would you class Roger as a singer who can/used to be able to sing in the highest vocal register known as the 'whistle register'? I know not very many male singers can but Roger can sing incredibly high without much aide of machines or helium so I was wondering. |
| Poo, again 02.06.2007 09:09 |
Most men can reach the whistle register, I think, but very few actually use it to sing. ? |
| Sebastian 02.06.2007 09:13 |
I don't think he used the whistle register. He did use falsetto several times though. Roger's range was quite large, actually, since he could hit very high notes without falsetto (such as the high E in 'More Of That Jazz'), but he could get them quite low as well ('Strange Frontier', 'I Wanna Testify'). |
| Matias Merçeauroix 02.06.2007 11:49 |
roger's range is A0 - Ad infinitum |
| goodco 02.06.2007 12:26 |
All I know, is that within 10 minutes of playing 'In The Lap Of The Gods', half the neighborhood dogs would be on our front yard. |
| sparrow 21754 02.06.2007 14:10 |
goodco wrote: All I know, is that within 10 minutes of playing 'In The Lap Of The Gods', half the neighborhood dogs would be on our front yard.that song came to mind when i saw this thread! XD |
| deleted user 02.06.2007 14:54 |
As far as I know the note at the start of "In the Lap of the Gods" is only an A5. Freddie hits at least a G5 (one note under that) in the intro to "Rock in Rio Blues". I think it's "just" falsetto. Unless the sound has been "tampered with" - it just doesn't sound like the squeak / shriek of whistle register to me. |
| john bodega 02.06.2007 15:13 |
Pretty sure Roger never used whistle register. Not on record, anyway! |
| Sebastian 02.06.2007 20:04 |
Both Roger and Freddie sang higher notes than the 880 Hz A on recordings. And I'm quite sure they both could get higher than their recorded notes. |
| BradJarre 04.06.2007 11:10 |
well. i dont think so. because you can hear freddie in japan doeing a d5 and i think that he cannot do higher. maybe f5 but thats it. and roger cannot go higher then his f4 on bohrap. thats almost impossible |
| john bodega 04.06.2007 12:20 |
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| deleted user 10.06.2007 11:15 |
Zebonka12 wrote:LOLinnuendo1990 wrote stuffPlease don't. This thread was going fine. |
| Sergei. 10.06.2007 14:40 |
Zebonka12 wrote:I'm surprised he didn't put GREETZ on the end of the message. xDinnuendo1990 wrote stuffPlease don't. This thread was going fine. |
| you_rock_my_socks06 11.06.2007 07:48 |
Zebonka12 wrote:LMAO!!innuendo1990 wrote stuffPlease don't. This thread was going fine. |
| FriedChicken 11.06.2007 08:08 |
I can sing about 13 octaves below the middle C. The only thing is that I can't prove it, because you wouldn't be able to hear it |
| john bodega 11.06.2007 10:24 |
Was Freddie a baritone or a tenor? :) |
| FriedChicken 11.06.2007 10:32 |
He was gay |
| turini 11.06.2007 10:38 |
Listen to rainbow 74 in the lap of the gods roger owns that "aahhhhhh" |
| Sebastian 11.06.2007 10:51 |
Indeed that's always been a neverending debate. I'm positive he was a tenor: neither his speaking voice nor his singing matched that of a baritone. Montserrat's comment could be a misquote or she simply didn't take enough time to study his voice and properly classify it. |
| john bodega 11.06.2007 13:10 |
Sebastian wrote: Indeed that's always been a neverending debate. I'm positive he was a tenor: neither his speaking voice nor his singing matched that of a baritone. Montserrat's comment could be a misquote or she simply didn't take enough time to study his voice and properly classify it.Well I was just trying to see if anyone would go for the bait (as this has been one of those muchly-argued topics over the years) but thanks for the food-for-thought. I always rather figured that those definitions were more aimed at classical singing? I never found them very valid concerning Freddie, or other rock singers, who *really* don't do opera very well in the traditional sense. I'm not bagging his work on Barcelona for a second; I loved it. However.... it really is just a rock singer singing prettier songs. |
| FriedChicken 11.06.2007 14:01 |
[Average Queenzoner modus on] NO! NO! NO!@!!!!!! You go to hell and you die! Freddie was a god he was a rock singer who could also sing opera very well, he is the best singer of all time and there never will be a better singer!!!!!! [/Average Queenzone modus off] |
| goodco 11.06.2007 15:50 |
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| Sebastian 12.06.2007 08:27 |
Zebonka12 wrote:I loved 'Barcelona' too, but I'm aware that it shows that Montserrat's technique goes light years beyond Freddie's. Since pop/rock singers usually employ head voice most of the time, rather than chest, indeed the ranges involved are different, and so are the tracks themselves. Freddie was an extraordinary vocalist but of course he'd got loads of flaws.Sebastian wrote: Indeed that's always been a neverending debate. I'm positive he was a tenor: neither his speaking voice nor his singing matched that of a baritone. Montserrat's comment could be a misquote or she simply didn't take enough time to study his voice and properly classify it.Well I was just trying to see if anyone would go for the bait (as this has been one of those muchly-argued topics over the years) but thanks for the food-for-thought. I always rather figured that those definitions were more aimed at classical singing? I never found them very valid concerning Freddie, or other rock singers, who *really* don't do opera very well in the traditional sense. I'm not bagging his work on Barcelona for a second; I loved it. However.... it really is just a rock singer singing prettier songs. |
| john bodega 12.06.2007 11:40 |
FriedChicken<br><font size=1>The Almighty</font> wrote: [Average Queenzoner modus on] NO! NO! NO!@!!!!!! You go to hell and you die! Freddie was a god he was a rock singer who could also sing opera very well, he is the best singer of all time and there never will be a better singer!!!!!! [/Average Queenzone modus off]You do that *very* well! |
| Poo, again 12.06.2007 15:53 |
omg omg Freddie was gay. |
| Micrówave 12.06.2007 16:32 |
<font color=brianJM>RollingBowieQueen wrote: Roger as a singer who can/used to be able to sing in the highest vocal register known as the 'whistle register'?Actually on Sheer Heart Attack there are many vocal parts by Roger that we as Humans cannot hear. Play the album and watch your dog carefully, particularly Tenement Funster. |
| Poo, again 12.06.2007 16:55 |
Roger has an infinite range. |