![]() ![]() The authors’ methodology was also unique: They used a high-speed camera filming at over 4,000 frames per second to record a rock singer imitating Mercury’s singing style (in particular the “growling” or intentional distortion he would use to color some of his vocals) to give them an idea of how Mercury’s voice would have worked. “This could not be substantiated by the study,” the abstract reads, with Austrian voice scientist Christian Herbst declaring that Mercury’s voice range was “normal for a healthy adult – not more not less.” The late singer was “probably a baritone who sang as a tenor,” meaning his beautiful upper register and fluttering falsetto were the result of exceptional control over what singers call their “head” and “chest” voices and his ability to blend them. What did they discover? Well, first of all, they cast doubt on a commonly-recited fact: that Mercury had a four-octave singing voice. But the late singer’s inimitable voice was the subject of a study by a team of Austrian, Czech and Swedish authors who set out to analyze Mercury’s voice from archived recordings to figure out exactly what made it so memorable. So, now we’ve turned to science for help. Celebrity Science Has Finally Dedicated a Study to Freddie Mercury’s Voice Among other things, the study casts doubt on the oft-repeated rumor that Mercury had a four-octave singing voice By Alex Heigl Published on Ap03:45 PM Share Tweet Pin Email Photo: Dave Hogan/Hulton Archive/Getty It’s hard to find an adjective that hasn’t already been applied to Freddie Mercury’s voice.
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