![]() Linda Ronstadt is an American rock singer born in 1946. In one music critic’s words, Elvis is “a high baritone, calculating his range as two octaves and a third, from the baritone low G to the tenor high B, with an upward extension in falsetto to at least a D-flat.” Even though Freddie has a higher range, he has been inspired and influenced by Plant’s singing style.Įlvis Presley is both a tenor and a baritone. Both Freddie Mercury and Roger Taylor could sing as high as Plant but they could also go much lower (A1 for Roger Taylor and E1 for Freddie Mercury. ![]() While Led Zeppelin singer Robert Plant was great at singing high notes (for instance E4), he couldn’t sing very low. He frequently contributed to the band’s songwriting process and he even sang lead vocals for the songs he created himself. Roger Meddows- Taylor is the Queen drummer and he provided back-up vocals as well. His range included F2 - E6, to F6 and F5.įreddie’s vocals were over a four-octave range. The Rock Vocalistsįreddie Mercury was the singer/songwriter/piano player of the highly popular and critically acclaimed rock band Queen from the time the band was formed in 1971 until his death in 1991.įreddie’s speaking voice was in the baritone range but he preferred singing in the tenor range. For Women: it is C4- C6 for Soprano, A3 - A5 for Mezzo-soprano and F3 – F5 for Contralto. Since letters and numbers are used for classifying vocal ranges according to voice type, I should list those notations and what they represent before bragging about some of rock’s diverse vocals.įor men: it is C3- C5 for tenor, F2- F4 for baritone and for bass, it is E2- E4. For men, there are four types: countertenor, tenor, baritone, and bass. For women, the main three types are soprano, mezzo-soprano, and contralto. Vocal ranges are used to determine voice types. Sometimes it is about “talent” and sometimes can be an obligation or a choice, as singers of different genres may use aids for singing (microphones, talk-boxes and such) and they may choose to sing in different ranges. Basically, it is how low and how high a note a voice can produce while singing. Vocal Range is basically “the measure of the breadth of pitches that a human voice can” vocalize (Wikipedia definition). However the most successful bands/singers are usually the ones who manage to combine quality music, meaningful lyrics and a great vocal range. Some are willing to ignore the singer’s range and the lyrics for the sake of the music. For many listeners, the most important thing is the music or beat. Not everyone listens to music to admire the voice and the vocal range of the leading singer. ![]()
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