LMFAO!
The video above is slightly sharp. I took the audio into Audacity and slowed it down to around a quarter tone. That F6 is legit (it sounds sharp in the video).
Thanks for clearing that up Greg. I wouldn't know an F6 by ear if it sang to me wearing an F6 suit, but the whole thing just sounded a smidge too fast and a smidge too tight. I was quite prepared to be wrong though. It happens a lot.
Actually his lowest note was an A1(i'm going slightly mad is a good example).
So he still isnt a 4 octave singer until there is proof of him singing an A6.
I think there's a difference between just being able to hit an extremely high note and being able to actually USE that register and make melodies in it.
Fred got lower than that A on several songs: Bo Rhap (G), All Dead (F), Leroy Brown (Eb, D or C# ... either one of them is still lower than the A), etc.
FriedChicken wrote: I think there's a difference between just being able to hit an extremely high note and being able to actually USE that register and make melodies in it.
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It's still a legit note!
I think there's a difference between just being able to hit an extremely high note and being able to actually USE that register and make melodies in it.
Absolutely. But usage of the voice for melodic reasons comes down to artistic opinion. Measuring vocal range is a simple question of "can the singer hit the note or not?"
When millions of people were amazed with Mariah Carey's range in the 90s, I'm sure plenty of people thought her top couple octaves were ultimately useless and unmusical. But whether or not we liked it, she had a 5 octave range.
AFAIK, he hit a head-voiced E5 several times: I'm in Love with My Car, More of that Jazz, Modern Times Rock 'n' Roll.
AFA recorded examples go, his top note (AFAIK) is an E6 (Survival).
mike hunt wrote: alway's curious who hit the highest notes between Rob Halford and Roger Talyor?......rob obviously was the better overall singer.
Was Rob Halford the guy from the early Judas Priest? If so, well, I think he's quite a good singer, as far as the studio recordings are concerned - his singing was often exciting and thrilling.
Probably a matter of taste here.