Acoustic Analysis - Freddie Mercury

Compared to Amazon Discussions, CR4 is a beacon of lucidity, but there are lapses that cater to trolls.

was I just insulted?

I don't know, ask the guy in the mirror!

No. I agree with many of your posts, even if not all.

My apologies. Although the subject matter of the analysis is more social - I thought the analysis was well done and quite interesting - so I thought I'd share.

Torn between this thread and:

This "Flexible Sheet Camera" Can Wrap Around Curved Surfaces animation.

I'll ask my therapist what she thinks, as soon as I can coax her down out of the neighbor's tree.

Wow...now that's a fan with dedication....

So, all this to say that his median singing vocal frequency was much higher than his median normal speaking vocal frequency.

Not many with a 4-octave range.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5fk0Y6Lu_uA

You.... shall not,,,, pass!!! --> Sir Ian Mckellen has much better voice than Freddy Mercury.

Four-octave range, that is impressive, almost superhuman.

The typical human has a 2-octive range.

Fun fact; The Star Spangled Banner, when sung correctly, covers a 2.1 octave range⁽¹⁾. That's why most people, and even many professional singers, end up murdering it. You need a range of THREE octaves to sing it right.

Notes:

1. That's how its described, even though you should not use decimal notation to describe an octal progression. I'm assuming they're saying "two and a tenth" because it's close to what it probably is, "two and an eigth;" two full octaves, and the lowest note in the third octave up.
   

Fun fact; The Star Spangled Banner, when sung correctly, covers a 2.1 octave range⁽¹⁾.

It only comes close to that when the sporting-event singers choose to hit the high note at the end--the written tune's range is an octave + a fifth. We definitely have one of the most difficult anthems for singability, but IMO it's the murderous intervals that do it. Not many amateur singers can find a ascending or descending 6th (lots of these in the SSB) or an ascending 10th. Similar to a big room singing Happy Birthday--about 80% will sing a 6th or 7th on the octave jump near the end. It's just not something that hangs around in the average person's ears--singing close intervals is much easier.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Star-Spangled_Banner#/media/File:2_Star_Spangled_Banner.png

"Similar to a big room singing Happy Birthday--about 80% will sing a 6th or 7th on the octave jump near the end."

Not to mention everyone slowing down the tempo so they can 'follow' everyone else. That turns a chipper tune into a dirge. My old summer camp pointed out the depressing done of large-group 'hallp birthday' with their own birthday song. Not only was if sung slow and in a low register, and only using half an octave, but the lyrics were depressing too:

"Haaappy BIIIIRTHday (BAM)⁽¹⁾, Haaappy BIIIIRTHday (BAM). People dying every where, mis-er-y is in the air. Haaappy BIIIIRTHday (BAM), Haaappy BIIIIRTHday (BAM)."

Made me so glad my birthday was in the Winter.

Notes:

1. Pound fist on the table once, like the slow beat of the slavedriver's drum.
   

"Just gotta get out, just gotta get right out of here..." with accompanying riffs by Brian May....

I wonder if this paper is a candidate for an Ig Nobel award.

All this means breakfast can wait, while I cry a purple rain, and my guitar gently weeps.