Qestion about eddies range

leethal

Im a guitar player not a singer and i don't know a great deal of theory...

I've heard that most people have a vocal range of 2 and a half octaves. What is eddies range? I've heard eddie hit a low D (Dead Man) and a high A (In hiding) what is his range then?

HailHailVitalogy

he's deffinantly hit higher...i'm not a singer either so I don't know what his range is

enharmonic

Ed's a baritone with about 2.5 octaves of good voice. when I say good, I mean sounds that his voice will make without him having to push above his range. He has more notes, but they are not a natural part of his voice.

Dirty Mosquito

enharmonic wrote:

Ed's a baritone with about 2.5 octaves of good voice. when I say good, I mean sounds that his voice will make without him having to push above his range. He has more notes, but they are not a natural part of his voice.

So if I can hit every note that Eddie hits on all the songs and hit most of Chris Cornell's notes, would you say that that is pretty good? If I practive for at least a week I can sing along with Chris on Hands All Over, which is really tough for me to hit.

leethal

I aggree with what your saying about eddie having about 2.5 octaves of good voice. That makes sense.

Is it true then what i heard about the average person being capable of 2.5. Because to me it seems like eddie has a huge range (not compared to some obviously but compared to a non singer definitely) I just don't see how the average person with a baritone could sing in hiding. I suppose its not all about your range its more about your tone and your control etc

leethal

HailHailVitalogy wrote:

he's deffinantly hit higher...i'm not a singer either so I don't know what his range is

Do you know where? I agree with you but in hiding was the highest i could think of. But Dead Man im pretty sure is as low as he's been

DOSW

Dirty Mosquito wrote:

So if I can hit every note that Eddie hits on all the songs and hit most of Chris Cornell's notes, would you say that that is pretty good? If I practive for at least a week I can sing along with Chris on Hands All Over, which is really tough for me to hit.

Slaves and Bulldozers is a cakewalk for me.

Dirty Mosquito

DOSW wrote:

Slaves and Bulldozers is a cakewalk for me.

Awesome song! I loved that band. I tell you, I am not a great singer, but I have a lot of potential.. I swear if I just quite smoking and practiced more...id be so much better.

DOSW

Dirty Mosquito wrote:

Awesome song! I loved that band. I tell you, I am not a great singer, but I have a lot of potential.. I swear if I just quite smoking and practiced more...id be so much better.

Definitely. But I feel like gouging my ears out when I even *think* of me trying to hit some of those notes. I'm not a good singer at all. It's not like I'm trying to get better though, so I shouldn't complain.

Dirty Mosquito

DOSW wrote:

Definitely. But I feel like gouging my ears out when I even *think* of me trying to hit some of those notes. I'm not a good singer at all. It's not like I'm trying to get better though, so I shouldn't complain.

The PJ song I struggle with most is Do The Evolution. I don't know why either, because it's not the highest or lowest tone song, I think it's just the key it's in. Some of the notes are hard for me to hit, but if I practice it alot or listen to it enough, it gets easier.

DOSW

Dirty Mosquito wrote:

The PJ song I struggle with most is Do The Evolution. I don't know why either, because it's not the highest or lowest tone song, I think it's just the key it's in. Some of the notes are hard for me to hit, but if I practice it alot or listen to it enough, it gets easier.

Just scream it at the top of your lungs. That should work, right?

But really, I'd say that song is more effective because of the passion delivered through the singing as opposed to the notes themselves.

harrisonmerwin

i have a nice mid range and high range. i cant sing real low like eddie or anything. I can almost hit everything cornell does. I feel i have an average voice right in the middle, which i like.

Dirty Mosquito

harrisonmerwin wrote:

i have a nice mid range and high range. i cant sing real low like eddie or anything. I can almost hit everything cornell does. I feel i have an average voice right in the middle, which i like.

I know it's cliche, but tea with honey really helps me, especially cutting down on the smoking on days I know I will be singing.

harrisonmerwin

Dirty Mosquito wrote:

I know it's cliche, but tea with honey really helps me, especially cutting down on the smoking on days I know I will be singing.

im not much of a low singer anyways...every song i write i make sure i can sing well just so i don't have to really adapt myself. I keep it to fairly simple melodies as well because were a 3 peice and i have quite teh guitar duties to keep up with.

Dirty Mosquito

harrisonmerwin wrote:

im not much of a low singer anyways...every song i write i make sure i can sing well just so i don't have to really adapt myself. I keep it to fairly simple melodies as well because were a 3 peice and i have quite teh guitar duties to keep up with.

That's cool. I am still trying to find a band. I've been a one man band working on a record for over 3 years, and I have so much material, but nothing really finished.

enharmonic

Dirty Mosquito wrote:

So if I can hit every note that Eddie hits on all the songs and hit most of Chris Cornell's notes, would you say that that is pretty good? If I practive for at least a week I can sing along with Chris on Hands All Over, which is really tough for me to hit.

I couldn't say it's good or bad because I don't know if you're going about it the right way. I can do it too, but not the right way, so that doesn't make it good because ultimately it leads to the kind of voices they both have today vs. what they had.

enharmonic

leethal wrote:

I aggree with what your saying about eddie having about 2.5 octaves of good voice. That makes sense.

Is it true then what i heard about the average person being capable of 2.5. Because to me it seems like eddie has a huge range (not compared to some obviously but compared to a non singer definitely) I just don't see how the average person with a baritone could sing in hiding. I suppose its not all about your range its more about your tone and your control etc

I'd say that the "average" (whatever that is...but I follow you) person is not a singer. Good is relative. Lets say this. A competent singer has at least a 2 octave range. That's only 16 notes, but most of western music doesn't use much more than 2 octaves from a compositional standpoint, so 2 octaves is a good standard.

moster78

enharmonic wrote:

I'd say that the "average" (whatever that is...but I follow you) person is not a singer. Good is relative. Lets say this. A competent singer has at least a 2 octave range. That's only 16 notes, but most of western music doesn't use much more than 2 octaves from a compositional standpoint, so 2 octaves is a good standard.

We can't all be Jeff Buckley and have a 4 octave range!

enharmonic

moster78 wrote:

We can't all be Jeff Buckley and have a 4 octave range!

Jeff's range was not a pure 4 octaves. He had extraordinary control over his falsetto.

moster78

enharmonic wrote:

Jeff's range was not a pure 4 octaves. He had extraordinary control over his falsetto.

I used to date a singer, so some of the terminology is familiar, but brings back bad memories. I just remember reading somewhere that he was anywhere between 3.5 to 4.

enharmonic

moster78 wrote:

I used to date a singer, so some of the terminology is familiar, but brings back bad memories. I just remember reading somewhere that he was anywhere between 3.5 to 4.

At most, I heard him use 2.5. Perhaps he had a wider range than he recorded or performed with.