Freddie Mercury - Queen / Queen II tours VOCAL RANGE

[@carloseugeniocarlos4287]

Freddie at the peak at his powers! Wonderful high notes!

[@burakbayrakcoglu2917]

His falsetto tone are amazing it’s so soft and beatifull 😍

[@nebgrotte8613]

Freddie hit a D6 on Birmingham 27/11/73

[@diagnaz9934]

Pls video

[@luisxd3708]

@@diagnaz9934lo encontraste?

[@luisxd3708]

Freddie hace un C#6 en new York también

[@max101victory]

What song? ​@@luisxd3708

[@killerchilll1163]

Damn, he's falsetto in this tour is so good

[@rickysld]

True! No nodules yet!

[@killerchilll1163]

@@rickysld i have a question, did nodules affect falsetto?

[@rickysld]

@@killerchilll1163 Yeah. They affected the voice in general. It reduced vocal stamina (meaning that the voice got tired more quickly) and as a consequence, Freddie had to adjust his live singing style in order to preserve his voice, removing the most daring things from his singing (like falsetto and very high chest notes). That doesn’t mean he couldn’t hit those notes anymore (see studio performances), but he just didn’t go for them in live performances in order to preserve his voice. With time he got better as a singer and you can really tell that his technique improved in the magic tour, where he sang his ass off, but at the same time being so consistent in terms of vocal shape.

[@killerchilll1163]

@@rickysld ah i see, ty for the information

[@ZENOBlAmusic]

@@killerchilll1163 It is highly debatable if Freddie actually had nodules, according to the Queen podcast he never had nodules. No singer on earth sings the same notes as they do on their albums. Freddie's falsetto was not affected, even when his chest voice was very tired he could still easily sing high falsetto. He sang far more in falsetto in the 80's then in the 70's. Freddie's voice became tired because he was constantly singing in full chest voice. It is very, very difficult to constantly sing in full chest voice. It is the register that is the harshest on your vocal folds. It is your lowest voice, but it is also your most powerful and loudest voice. Freddie liked the idea of singing with power, and the size of the audience likely played a role as well. If you are going to sing to big crowds, you likely want a big and powerful sound. He could also have used chest voice, to be able to hear himself on stage, he always moved around a lot on stage, you cannot place monitors everywhere. Freddie had a rare chest voice, his full chest voice was very high. It was so high that he really ignored mixed voice practically for his whole career. Most singer are able to sing high notes, because they use mixed voice. It is far easier to sing high notes with mixed voice. A lot of tenors cannot sing C5 notes in full chest voice. The only other singer who sometimes like to sing with a lot of full chest voice is Bruno Mars. The fact that Freddie was able to constantly sing in full chest voice, shows that his voice was incredibly robust to withstand this though the years, he pushed his chest voice up. Tenors are taught to start using mixed voice from G4 or even from F4. The voice have two registration points, where it switches over to a lighter register, it is called the passaggio. This helps to make it easier to sing higher, so your voice naturally switches or breaks into falsetto, at those points, depending on your voice type. Freddie Mercury had the typical registration point of a tenor at G4, this is basically why tenors can sometimes struggle a bit with G4 notes. When you use full chest voice, you are basically using brute force to push your voice past that registration point. That is why Freddie's voice could break at times, it meant he did not use enough force to push past that switch, and his voice broke into falsetto. It is a very forceful way to sing that requires a lot of power and strength. Freddie's voice had enough power and strength to withstand a lot of full chest voice. But if you are going to do a long tour, your voice will get tired if you constantly sing like this. Queen toured a lot, they were a hard working band, they released a lot of album and they practically always did tours for these albums. if you compare Queen's output to most artists or bands of the era you will see that they had quite a high output. It is easier to sing in mixed or in falsetto, Freddie actually sang in a more difficult manner then what was necessary. There are some rare occasions when Freddie used mixed voice, but generally his chest voice was high enough to skip the use of mixed voice. This changed near the end of Freddie's life, his voice lost power due to his illness. When Freddie was recording Innuendo his voice just did not have the strength to sing past his passagio that much. Freddie had to use mixed voice on Innuendo, the whole album is just full of mixed voice. It is a lighter sound then Freddie's usual full chest voice sound.

[@G真澄]

The greatest singer Freddie…. I love everything about his works whenever he had not good singing with voice problems.

[@me8797]

Queen II is with Innuendo and The Miracle one of my three favorite Queen's albums. Actually my favorite song from that is "Nevermore"

[@max101victory]

So excited for this one! I always loved Freddie's early performances, they just have a specific kind of flare that was so incredible. Especially how light his voice was at times.

[@CookieFXTM12]

4:39 great

[@connor3902]

Amazing! Thanks for this! Love Freddie’s earlier voice, it was so clean and fresh.

[@ssss-yr2mi]

Pre nodes vocals are godlike

[@comneno100]

All-encompassing research! Looking forward to the Jazz tour vocal range video 🥰

[@CookieFXTM12]

this is the video I've been waiting for the most from this series, thank you so much for making these videos, they're amazing, can't wait for the Jazz tour edition hahaha

[@duarteferreira5496]

This channel it's the must underrated in youtube

[@ZENOBlAmusic]

Fantastic work, this is a lot of hard work! It great to see someone looking into this period! This show how Freddie always performed See What A Fool I Ve Been quite well. I don't understand why they interfered so much with the Rainbow recording. Just because you have the technology to do it, doesn't mean it should be done. The Fairy Feller's Master-Stoke is an insanely difficult song to sing, it requires incredible agility, you are never going to recreate the studio version live.

[@burakbayrakcoglu2917]

6:14 and 7:34 my favorite parts

[@proi07]

Hate to say it but the first one is HEAVILY auto tuned

[@luiseliendo2007]

@@proi07 Autotune didn't exist in that era... WTF?

[@proi07]

@@luiseliendo2007 i know but later on in 2014 when the concert was released, the folks over at QPL decided to put some very noticable autotune/pitch correction on it

[@Stoneszr]

4:51 The only time he go the two “Liar” B4’s

[@Jdud.]

In 13/9/1973 he get it ?

[@worldofvocalrange]

Newcastle 1979?

[@syarifd5605]

Not really, some show in 1972 until 1974 he nails two Bb4

[@sharonhalliday3180]

See What a Fool I've Been is really exceptional. Also exceptionsl is Impromptu from 2nd night 1986 Wembley years later.

[@spider-man120]

That Bb5 in SWAFIB is amazing

[@carloseugeniocarlos4287]

7:48 fantastic C6

[@sub-ne8qv]

Dude Freddie's tone though is insanely beautiful in this tour probably the best. I think this could've been the best tour vocally if Freddie was more confident since this is the pre nodules era and the modern times rock n roll G4s is the best I've ever heard from him, very clean and effortless. About the Fairy Feller C5 in my heart I think he hit it but let's face it it could be an A4 that was pitch corrected or a flat C5. Anyways Amazing video!!

[@ZENOBlAmusic]

Listen to the Queen podcast according to them Freddie never had nodules. He sang better in the 80's then the 70's. People just like the 70's tone.

[@rickysld]

I’ve heard a couple of times Freddie Mercury himself mentioning about him having nodules.. Anyways thanks for the info!

[@sub-ne8qv]

@@ZENOBlAmusic wait really?

[@sub-ne8qv]

@@ZENOBlAmusic then why did he actually kept struggling and kept cracking in 1975 after the false news

[@sub-ne8qv]

@@rickysld and also dude what's your next vid?

[@JS-xb2bi]

This is so cool!!

[@infernow2125]

Ive been waiting for an old singing tech range vid of fred thank you so much

[@elpetisocebamate6873]

Very interesting to see Queen in its beginnings Greetings from Argentina.

[@killerchilll1163]

This is unexpected, well thanks for the video and also congrats on 1,000 subscribers

This felt quite bizzare bc when talking about Fred's vocal range, one would think of his prime tours (Crazy-Euro Hot Space)

[@elizabethkorf8655]

Потрясающий вокал Фредди👏👏👏

[@Jdud.]

Is Freddie a bit shy in some of the early concerts Great video Ricy

[@rickysld]

Yeah, you can surely see he’s a bit shy in those early shows if you compare him with his 80s self.

[@Jdud.]

@@rickysld In the 80's Freddie was an expert and knew how to handle his voice, what I don't understand is what happened in '82, his nodules tripled

[@ZENOBlAmusic]

@@Jdud. Too much touring. Queen were a very hard working band who toured a lot. No voice can withstand that much touring. It is debatable if he actually had nodules, his voice was always fine as soon as he had some vocal rest.

[@Jdud.]

@@ZENOBlAmusic On the return of '82 to Montreal Freddie something was wrong with the his voice he was in a good shape but had quite cracks The same after the saturday night concert where fred was even worse that the 79 gigs with Japan 82 Fred had a month of rest and he was still not fully recovered

[@giovanniguzman3507]

Please vocal range in the NOTW tour

[@jovipz0314]

No entiendo nada de notas musicales pero de la garganta o de su voz de Freddie Mercury saliean todas las notas musicales y sonidos instrumentales jajajaja 🤣 simplemente Freddie Mercury era espectacular, el mejor 👏

[@criscergacar520]

0:52 What is the song?

[@max101victory]

Bama lama Bama loo

[@MrFusion]

That C5 in Fairy Feller's, I think there is a pretty strong possibility it's legit, since Freddie's voice isn't affected by nodules yet, and this is their first headlining gig, so I'd imagine Fred would try a lot harder. Plus, it doesn't sound like he perfectly nailed it, like there's a little break on the note. Maybe there's some other factors I'm not aware of that might make it unlikely he got it, but that's my thoughts on it.

[@Maxim777-m7v]

Is it me or that some notes in the phrase sounds unnatural

[@edgarferrer8084]

To me, the slight break just sounds like the distortion of his voice after the pitch correction. Some think he went for lower notes.

[@ZENOBlAmusic]

Freddie's "nodules" is a none issue. He was diagnosed with nodules, and then he got a second opinion who said it wasn't nodules he just needed vocal rest. This issue is discussed on the Queen podcast, and some members from this podcast have been working alongside Queen for years. Nodules does does not disappear with some vocal rest. Freddie sang higher in the 80's after so called years of nodules then he did in the 70's. He sang far more C5 notes in the 80's then in the 70's. His voice was just lighter and more high pitched in the 70's. In the 80's his voice had more lower frequencies, depth, richness and power but it was actually higher.

[@Jdud.]

@@ZENOBlAmusic yeah I never understood that Fred had nodules I have investigated on KZbin how they look and if Freddie had not been able to keep a G4 they let the air escape constantly which to sing high notes you simply cannot have them if he do get it in the american leg of Sheer heart attack tour they would be really small enoguth to close correctly (with far more efort) and to say that he had really big noduls be that he had a ball in the vocal cord (i saw it and looks really bad and nasty) which I doubt a lot that with rest does not go away In 1984 it could get worse because of that monster abuse and that could explain the why in sun city gigs he spet blood because the noduls just burst and thats whay he would be in that shape in the tape sun city gig

[@PencilllCase]

It was autotuned too much for no reason

[@debramoore7513]

Very interesting!! I know very little of vocal range, octaves, pitch, & all that other good stuff but listening to Freddie’s vocals is always a treat. 💝💝💝💝

[@FreddieBechiarelli]

J’adore it’s great ❤

[@Hiratsukaken-ichi]

4:39 I think this is falsetto.

[@verybadguy4427]

Thanks for adding my idea in video)

[@CookieFXTM12]

Ricardo, when you do the News Of The World version of this series, please, don't forget the C#5 on It's Late, live in Philadelphia it's so great

[@politicsnerd0311]

Where is the C#5?

[@CookieFXTM12]

@@politicsnerd0311 kzbin.info/www/bejne/oXq9Z4KsdslkitU (19:47)

[@politicsnerd0311]

@@CookieFXTM12 Thanks!

[@frannpoveda]

hey where is the c#5?

[@GTAVREB]

Thanks for sharing

[@FreddieBechiarelli]

Queen II magnifique

[@tonjametanoia]

5:14 is not controversial at all, it's so obvious that was a bad autotuning attempt. And many of the C5s were actually B4s

[@CookieFXTM12]

I would add White Queen's E3s to this list

[@tomgallagher655]

I think on 5:03, he would’ve hit an A4 rather than a C5 then go down to E4 on ‘boy.’ But I don’t know if he did that or went for the studio phrasing but cracked or hit it flat.

[@rickysld]

Agreed. I guess we’ll never know for sure what went on there

[@nose-zs6st]

fucking autotune

[@spider-man120]

This is pretty pog

[@dianecourtney2724]

He worked hard for the money!!! I love Freddie 💛

[@almamaciel5180]

Real maravilla, único !!!

[@anshshah4927]

Why no videos since a year?

[@FreddieBechiarelli]

It’s opera rock j’adore

[@angelesllorentellorente8648]

Bueno da igual, es sin palabras o para muchas palabras jajajajaja

[@diagnaz9934]

NICE)

[@killerchilll1163]

Another question(sorry for my annoying question), is the rainbow concert is only the time that FFMS was play live?

[@rickysld]

No, it’s not the only time it was played live, but I’m pretty sure it’s the only recorded performance of it. Or at least, it’s the only performance of the song I’ve heard.

[@killerchilll1163]

@@rickysld ty(sorry for my annoying question)

[@rickysld]

@@killerchilll1163 No question is annoying! If you want a better conversation, feel free to message me on discord: ☆Ricky28☆#3003

[@angelesllorentellorente8648]

Algún comentarista en Spain ???

[@happylemming6343]

What will be the next on this series?

[@rickysld]

Jazz tour! I made a poll the other day and that tour won by far

[@happylemming6343]

@@rickysld ok

[@happylemming6343]

@@rickysld hope it's bigger than this one

[@rickysld]

@@happylemming6343 Yeah, this video came out a bit short, but this is really all I could find. Unluckily we have very few shows recorded from this era and the shows we have recorded, have a very short setlist so yeah, there’s not really a lot of material.

[@happylemming6343]

@@rickysld recorded or available?

[@angelesllorentellorente8648]

El falsete lo realizaba como el rubato en piano, de forma tan natural, que seguimos impresionandonos.

[@jdgigaz6813]

NOTW tour pls

[@anshshah4927]

5:03 looks like pitch correction to me it sounds quite artificial to me

[@alvinndarmawann]

name song 5:15 ?

[@Dr-Sardonicus]

Fairy Feller's Master Stroke

[@alexsentertainmentplace809]

YESSS

[@GrandTheftProductions]

Freddie voice 1970/80 is best.

[@erdave2309]

Che ne pensi di un Live Aid vocal range? Ci sarebbe tanto materiale da inserire, fino addirittura al C#5 (in Hammer to fall) in più avresti le note basse da CLTCL e ITTWWC. Diciamo che la condizione straripante di Freddie di quel giorno permetterebbe la creazione di un video così :)

[@me8797]

C#5 in Hammer To Fall al Live Aid?

[@erdave2309]

@@me8797 "till one day they'll call your name YEAHH" C#5

[@me8797]

@@erdave2309 Ah giusto. Anche se un po' distorto, mi pare che sia l'unica volta che prende un C#5 in Hammer To Fall

[@erdave2309]

@@me8797 sì credo di sì. Distorto ma sempre C#5! Nello "YEAHH" successivo prende un C5

[@me8797]

@@erdave2309 Si è vero. Possibilmente la nota più alta a voce piena (se così la consideriamo) del The Works Tour (sempre se consideriamo Live Aid nel The Works Tour).

[@verybadguy4427]

Riccardo Solda can you read my comment in Roger Taylor congratulation please and add notes that I found

[@CookieFXTM12]

i think that he hit the C5 but probably flat in the live concert.

[@syarifd5605]

Meanwhile freddie voice in 1969☠️

[@hondok6931]

He did hit A5s

[@syarifd5605]

@@hondok6931 yes, he hits all the notes of the 5th octave 💀

[@somekindofmonkeyapprentice8697]

Z😀Ⓜ️

[@davideballuchi1375]

Riccardo hai deluso tutti i tuoi fan che hanno votato per il jazz tour😔 Però bel video

[@rickysld]

Haha lo faccio, lo farò. Someday. One day. Eventually…

[@luisxd3708]

@@rickysld:/

[@proi07]

fyi a lot of the high notes are HEAVILY auto tuned

[@alexsentertainmentplace809]

He has the least vocal range so far

[@Stoneszr]

Well only because Freddie wasn’t as confident as he was in the 80’s

[@ZENOBlAmusic]

@@Stoneszr Freddie sang better in the 80's, you can see this on the studio albums as well. The music from the 80's was generally much high then in the 70's.