Rock Vocals High Notes.........

[Deb]

Being a rock vocal junkie, I found this compilation interesting as heck...........

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HeKRkffQuOE

C5 - E5

1. Tenor Erik Grönwall of Swedish Idol fame hitting really powerful high note gliding up to E5 and then down to D#5 in a cover of Skid Row's "18 and Life".
2. Tenor Adam Lambert of American Idol fame first hitting great B4:s and then making an incredible glissando up to E5 in the cover of Led Zeppelin's "Whole Lotta Love".
3. Low tenor Bruce Dickinson from Iron Maiden hitting great C#5 in "Flight of Icarus".
4. High baritone Chris Cornell from Soundgarden hitting amazing D5:s in "Jesus Christ Pose".
5. High baritone Jimmy Gnecco from Ours hitting powerful E5:s which glide down to D#5, and then slides up to C#5.
6. Tenor Jeff Buckley hitting screamy but powerful D5 in the live version of "Dream Brother".
7. Tenor Tim Buckley hitting easy C5:s in "Down by the Borderline".
8. Tenor Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan going up to B4 and then up to screamy D5 in Peter Gabriel's "Passion".
9. High baritone Jeff Scott Soto sliding from G#4 up to powerful D#5 in Yngwie Malmsteen's "As Above, So Below".
10. Tenor Bobby Kimball from Toto hitting great C#5 and E5 in "Africa".
11. High baritone Ian Gillan from Deep Purple hitting great C5 in "Child in Time".
12. Tenor James LaBrie from Dream Theater hitting crystal clear C#5 and then E5 before sliding back to C#5, the song is "Under a Glass Moon".
13. Tenor Robert Plant from Led Zeppelin hitting great highs up to C5 and even touches E5 during them, the song is "Black Dog".
14. High tenor Roger Taylor from Queen hitting powerful C5:s and even one E5 in the cover of Led Zeppelin's "Rock and Roll".
15. Low tenor Freddie Mercury from Queen hitting amazing D5 in "The Show Must Go On".
16. High baritone Hansi Kürsch from Blind Guardian hitting powerful D#5:s and C#5:s in "Into the Storm".
17. High baritone (the highest baritone ever?) Graham Bonnet from Alcatrazz hitting C#5:s in Blackthorne's "Breaking the Chains".
18. Baritone Whitfield Crane from Ugly Kid Joe hitting powerful D#5 in "Madman ('92 Remix)".
19. Low tenor Jon Bon Jovi from Bon Jovi hitting great C#5 in "Bed of Roses".
20. High baritone/low tenor Ted Neeley of Jesus Christ Superstar fame hitting amazingly powerful D#5:s and E5:s in "The Temple" featured in Jesus Christ Superstar-movie version. (The first scream even touches F5!)
21. Tenor Steve Balsamo of Jesus Christ Superstar fame hitting incredible C5 and gliding up to E5 in "Immortal".
22. Tenor Lou Gramm from Foreigner hitting amazing, chesty highs topping at C#5, the song is "Juke Box Hero".
23. Tenor Steve Perry from Journey hitting great D5:s and one D#5, the song is "Mother, Father".
24. Baritone David Coverdale from Whitesnake doing an amazing glissando up to E5 in "Still of the Night".
25. High tenor Michael Jackson hitting A#4:s and powerful D5 in "Dirty Diana".
26. Low tenor Meat Loaf hitting powerful C5:s in the ending of "Bat Out of Hell".
27. Low tenor Paul McCartney from The Beatles/Wings (the lowest tenor ever?) hitting powerful C5 in "Live and Let Die" by Wings.
28. High baritone Richard Page(highest baritone ever along with Graham Bonnet?) from Mr. Mister hitting F4 and suddenly gliding up to great C5 in the live version of "Kyrie".
29. Low baritone Billy Gibbons from ZZ Top singing whole melody lines with powerful C5:s in "Bad Girl".
30. Low tenor Jared Leto from 30 Seconds to Mars hitting highs reaching C5:s, the song is "The Kill".
31. Baritone Mike Patton from Faith No More/Mr. Bungle hitting powerful highs first up to B4 and then up to screamy D#5, the song is "Star A.D.".
32. Tenor Paul Stanley from KISS hitting powerful D5:s in "God Gave Rock 'n' Roll to You II".
33. Tenor Michael Anthony from Van Halen hitting few C5:s and falsetto B5:s in the demo version of "Somebody Get Me a Doctor".
34. Baritone Eddie Vedder from Pearl Jam hitting powerful D5:s in the cover version of The Who's "Love Reign O'er Me".
35. And the original version of the song with baritone Roger Daltrey from The Who hitting powerful D#5:s.
36. High tenor Geddy Lee from Rush hitting E5:s pretty easily, the song is "The Twilight Zone".
37. Low baritone Axl Rose from Guns N' Roses hitting great glissando up to F5 in "Think About You".
38. Low tenor James Christian from House of Lords hitting great D5 in "Down, Down, Down".
39. Tenor Dave Bickler from Survivor hitting great highs up to C5 in "Eye of the Tiger".
40. Baritone Serj Tankian from System of a Down hitting C5:s and C:5:s in the intro of "Chic 'N' Stew".
41. Baritone Geoff Tate from Queensrÿche hitting E5:s in "Revolution Calling".

[Deb]

A4 - C5

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0JQ08n0uAig

1. Tenor Thom Yorke from Radiohead sustaining a great B4, the song is "You".
2. High baritone Bono from U2 hitting powerful B4:s in the song "Pride (In the Name of Love)".
3. High baritone Billy Joel hitting powerful B4, the song is "The River of Dreams".
4. High baritone Layne Staley from Alice in Chains hitting amazing A#4:s in "Man in the Box".
5. High baritone Chris Cornell from Soundgarden hitting powerful A4:s, A#4:s and C5:s before sustaining great A4 in "Rusty Cage".
6. Low baritone Phil Anselmo from Pantera hitting great A4:s in "Cemetery Gates".
7. Low baritone Peter Steele from Type O Negative sustaining a powerful B4, the song is "Black No. 1 (Little Miss Scare-All)".
8. High baritone Kurt Cobain from Nirvana hitting screamy B4:s in the song "Rape Me".
9. High baritone Chad Kroeger from Nickelback (No comments about the band, thank you!) hitting great A#4:s in "Flat on the Floor".
11. Low tenor Brent Smith from Shinedown sustaining great A#4 and then powerful C5, the song is "Devour".
11. Low tenor Jared Leto from 30 Seconds to Mars hitting great A#4:s in "Kings and Queens".
12. Low tenor Freddie Mercury from Queen hitting great A#4:s in "The Great Pretender".
13. Low tenor Bruce Dickinson from Iron Maiden hitting amazing B4:s, the song is "Caught Somewhere in Time".
14. Tenor Richard Marx hitting great A#4:s in "Hazard", Marx has really raspy but strong high register.
15. Low tenor Tom Araya from Slayer hitting powerful A#4:s in "Raining Blood".
16. Baritone Tom Jones hitting really powerful A#4 in the song "Thunderball".
17. High baritone Roy Orbison hitting great A4, the song is "California Blue".
18. Tenor Paul Young from Mike & The Mechanics hitting B4:s in the song "Word of Mouth".
19. Baritone Roger Daltrey from The Who hitting great highs up to C5 in the live version of "Won't Get Fooled Again".
20. Low tenor Ronnie James Dio from Dio hitting powerful A4 in "Last in Line"
21. Low tenor Michael Bolton hitting really powerful B4:s and one C5 in the song "When a Man Loves a Woman".
22. Jon Bon Jovi from Bon Jovi hitting amazing A#4:s even touching B4 once, the song is "Santa Fe".
23. High baritone Graham Bonnet (Mostly known from Alcatrazz and Rainbow) sustaining great G#4 in the song "All Night Long".
24. Low tenor Dave Mustaine from Megadeth hitting highs topping at C5 in "À Tout le Monde".
25. High baritone Richard Page from Mr. Mister hitting great A#4:s in "Broken Wings".
26. Baritone Seal hitting A4 and G4:s in "Kiss from a Rose".
27. Baritone James Hetfield from Metallica hitting strong A4:s, the song is "The Day That Never Comes".
28. Baritone Eric Adams from Manowar hitting amazing highs up to B4 in the finale of "Nessun Dorma".
29. Baritone Jim Morrison from The Doors hitting G4:s and B4:s in "Break On Through (To the Other Side)".
30. Tenor Sting from The Police hitting easy A#4:s in "Roxanne".
31. Tenor Chester Bennington from Linkin Park hitting strong B4:s, the song is "Given Up".
32. Tenor Robbie Williams hitting G#4:s with a trill to B4 in "Angels".
33. Baritone David Bowie hitting A#4:s in "Life on Mars".
34. High baritone Gary Moore hitting great A4:s and touching C5 few times, the song is "Out in the Fields".
35. Tenor George Michael hitting A4:s and one C5 in "Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go".
36. Tenor Adam Lambert of American Idol fame hitting amazing C5 in the cover of Led Zeppelin's "Whole Lotta Love".
37. Tenor Brandon Saller from Atreyu hitting great A#4:s in "Blow".
38. Baritone Serj Tankian from System of a Down hitting highs up to A#4 in "Prison Song".
39. Low tenor Jason Paige doing Bon Jovi-impression and hitting powerful A4:s and C5, you all know the song.
40. High baritone Gene Simmons from KISS hitting powerful B4:s in "Not for the Innocent".
41. Tenor Paul Stanley from KISS sustaining great B4 too, the song is "Exciter", Gene and him have really powerful high notes.
42. High baritone Elvis Presley hitting amazing operatic A4 in "Hurt".
43. Tenor Steve Walsh from Kansas hitting two great B4:s, the song is "Carry on Wayward Son".
44. Low tenor Matt Bellamy from Muse hitting great A#4 and A4:s in "Feeling Good".

[DrFU]

Jeff is in the top ten ... and SP is ... not

I hear the muttering and cudgel-gathering starting ...

[Deb]

Jeff is in the top ten ... and SP is ... not

I hear the muttering and cudgel-gathering starting ...

LOL! You baiter, Fufu! It's not in any kind of order, just in how they appear in the clip. LOL I love me some rock vocals but I don't know squat technically about it, just know what I like to hear. So I found it even interesting just to see who is categorized as......high/low baritones and high/low tenors.

There is other rock vocal compilations from the same user too......

[DrFU]

Jeff is in the top ten ... and SP is ... not

I hear the muttering and cudgel-gathering starting ...

LOL! You baiter, Fufu! It's not in any kind of order, just in how they appear in the clip. LOL I love me some rock vocals but I don't know squat technically about it, just know what I like to hear. So I found it even interesting just to see who is categorized as......high/low baritones and high/low tenors.

There is other rock vocal compilations from the same user too......

Yeah, I'm a master at it ... Didn't click the link, just read the list, so I assumed a hierarchy; my bad. Strickly a consumer here too; fun list; I wonder if any of the singers would argue with the characterizations of their range.

[S2M]

Willie D. of the Wild Boyz on the song 'Forever'...at the end of the song...would top that list. Look it up on YouTube...I can't do it with my phone....

[squirt1]

Deb- Steven Tyler & Freddie Curci ? That was a ton of work ! Much appreciated !

[BobbyinTN]

Being a tenor, it's always been hard for me to count notes hit in falsetto. I know, I know, they hit them and it's not easy, but to me a full voice hitting a high note is WAY better than a falsetto one. It's like a girl singing Steve Perry and thinking she's done something exceptional. LOL

[stevew2]

Being a tenor, it's always been hard for me to count notes hit in falsetto. I know, I know, they hit them and it's not easy, but to me a full voice hitting a high note is WAY better than a falsetto one. It's like a girl singing Steve Perry and thinking she's done something exceptional. LOL

You re a sweethart Bobby

[Voyager]

Rob Halford has them all beat:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=haML4OnTPnE

[BobbyinTN]

Being a tenor, it's always been hard for me to count notes hit in falsetto. I know, I know, they hit them and it's not easy, but to me a full voice hitting a high note is WAY better than a falsetto one. It's like a girl singing Steve Perry and thinking she's done something exceptional. LOL

You re a sweethart Bobby

Stop it! Flattery will get you somewhere. LOL

[SF-Dano]

Uhm! Unless I missed him - Rik Emmet is a glaring omission on those lists. Mark Slaughter?

[Babyblue]

Being a tenor, it's always been hard for me to count notes hit in falsetto. I know, I know, they hit them and it's not easy, but to me a full voice hitting a high note is WAY better than a falsetto one. It's like a girl singing Steve Perry and thinking she's done something exceptional. LOL

You re a sweethart Bobby

Stop it! Flattery will get you somewhere. LOL

[Frontiers65]

Rob Halford has them all beat:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=haML4OnTPnE

Yep!

[Deb]

Uhm! Unless I missed him - Rik Emmet is a glaring omission on those lists. Mark Slaughter?

Michael Sweet, too. But these youtubes aren't the "highest notes hit" or highest range vocalists, heck JBJ and Chad Kroeger are on there. They are just giving examples of what certain notes are, using rock vocalists, which I thought is kind of cool considering I wouldn't know my A4 from my C5.

[S2M]

I see nobody looked up that Wild Boyz song....

[Deb]

I see nobody looked up that Wild Boyz song....

Sorry Sean, I look up enough links for my open friggin posts, you're on your own.

But alright, here ya go....... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fzo-1ILpIeQ

[Melissa]

Willie D. of the Wild Boyz on the song 'Forever'...at the end of the song...would top that list. Look it up on YouTube...I can't do it with my phone....

Even Matijevic from Steelheart? That guy hit some crazy ones.

I read a while ago Mark Slaughter had a pretty incredible range too.

[artist4perry]

Love the list. High notes are a pain for both genders. I cannot hit as high as I used to. My mom makes me go for the higher notes in church, if I drop to a lower one she turns around and gives me the eye. LOL! Sopranos suffer the same pains as Tenors. I have more problem in the lower ranges, though I am improving. I feel for you guys. Bobby you did fine on that tape.

[S2M]

Willie D. of the Wild Boyz on the song 'Forever'...at the end of the song...would top that list. Look it up on YouTube...I can't do it with my phone....

Even Matijevic from Steelheart? That guy hit some crazy ones.

I read a while ago Mark Slaughter had a pretty incredible range too.

If I was judging on mark's work with Vinnie Vincent alone...I would have to say Fleischman has him beat...but Mark can hit some nutsqueezing notes....

[BobbyinTN]

Love the list. High notes are a pain for both genders. I cannot hit as high as I used to. My mom makes me go for the higher notes in church, if I drop to a lower one she turns around and gives me the eye. LOL! Sopranos suffer the same pains as Tenors. I have more problem in the lower ranges, though I am improving. I feel for you guys. Bobby you did fine on that tape.

Which tape?

[artist4perry]

Love the list. High notes are a pain for both genders. I cannot hit as high as I used to. My mom makes me go for the higher notes in church, if I drop to a lower one she turns around and gives me the eye. LOL! Sopranos suffer the same pains as Tenors. I have more problem in the lower ranges, though I am improving. I feel for you guys. Bobby you did fine on that tape.

Which tape?

You tube singing Karaoke. Wasn't that you?

[stevew2]

Love the list. High notes are a pain for both genders. I cannot hit as high as I used to. My mom makes me go for the higher notes in church, if I drop to a lower one she turns around and gives me the eye. LOL! Sopranos suffer the same pains as Tenors. I have more problem in the lower ranges, though I am improving. I feel for you guys. Bobby you did fine on that tape.

Which tape?

You tube singing Karaoke. Wasn't that you?

Dont ever mention tape anywhere near a Journey forum

[BobbyinTN]

Love the list. High notes are a pain for both genders. I cannot hit as high as I used to. My mom makes me go for the higher notes in church, if I drop to a lower one she turns around and gives me the eye. LOL! Sopranos suffer the same pains as Tenors. I have more problem in the lower ranges, though I am improving. I feel for you guys. Bobby you did fine on that tape.

Which tape?

You tube singing Karaoke. Wasn't that you?

Yeah, I posted my videos of karaoke from last Saturday. Separate Way, Foolish Heart and When I'm Back On My Feet Again.

Did you see them?

[BobbyinTN]

Love the list. High notes are a pain for both genders. I cannot hit as high as I used to. My mom makes me go for the higher notes in church, if I drop to a lower one she turns around and gives me the eye. LOL! Sopranos suffer the same pains as Tenors. I have more problem in the lower ranges, though I am improving. I feel for you guys. Bobby you did fine on that tape.

Which tape?

You tube singing Karaoke. Wasn't that you?

Dont ever mention tape anywhere near a Journey forum

LMAO!!