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Freddie’s vocal range started
in the F2, like an extraordinary note. He did not use to sing below
C3 (although we can listen to him in 'All Dead, All Dead',
'Don't Try Suicide', 'Bohemian Rhapsody', and 'Somebody To Love'
performing a choir harmony in F2). Thus, we are taking from
F2 to D6 as his vocal extension (46 tones). This means Freddie
owned a vocal range of approx. 3 octaves and a half.
Now, since falsetto isn't
actually part of your range, Freddie's actual full voice range was from
F2 to F5, a three octaves range.
The first note
highlighted in red, is the C3 that Freddie sings in, for example,'The
March Of the Black Queen'. He reaches the C3 at the point
when the song suffers a noticeable time change, and is transformed into a
slow song, with Freddie singing in falsetto. At a specific moment of the
section, Freddie does the backing vocals with a great deal of reverb in
which he reaches the C3, and from that moment on, he begins to
raise his voice in an ascending scale.
The second note
highlighted in red is the C5, the Tenor High C; a note Freddie used
to remain in using the falsetto; seldom does he sing it with his head
voice. You can now have access to audio segments with Freddie singing it
in the
Highest and Lowest Notes section.
The third highlighted
note is an Eb5. This is Freddie’s classic note at the end of
'Somebody To Love', which he sings in falsetto, and in 'Let's
Turn It On', 'The
Hitman', 'All
God's People' and
'Innuendo', headvoiced.
The fourth highlighted
note is a F5. This is the highest note he sang with his head
register. He reaches this note in ''All
God's People'. and
'Barcelona (Freddie's Vocal Slave)'.
The fifth highlighted
note is the Bb5. This is Roger’s last note in the operatic section
in 'Bohemian Rhapsody'. Freddie sings it in a backing vocal in
Let's Turn It On'
,
'Rock
In Rio Blues' and 'See
What A Fool I've Been'.
The last highlighted note
is a D6,
the highest note we ever heard Freddie sing.
He sings this one in an
Impromptu', at Japan 1985.
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