Most people have a modest two-octave vocal range when they sing, but some rare talents can manage five octaves or more. Think the late great, Freddie Mercury of Queen, or Guns N’ Roses’ Axl Rose, ...

Vocal cords are able to produce a wide range of sound frequencies because of the larynx’s ability to stretch vocal cords and the cords’ molecular composition, report researchers. Picture a singer, ...

Freddie Mercury might be regarded as one of the greatest vocalists of all time, but as far as vocal range goes, he was nothing out of the ordinary. At least, those are the findings of a group of ...

When songwriters have a limited singing range, they have a limited perspective of what they can really write. “Hey Jude” would’ve never been written by many songwriters today because they can’t ...

In the pop category, it comes as no surprise that Mariah Carey has the biggest vocal range among her competitors, hitting her lowest note (an F2) in 'Sweetheart' and reaching her highest in 'Emotions' ...

If there’s one thing Mariah Carey, the Elusive Chanteuse, is known for, it’s her vocal range*. Who hits a high note like Mimi? That’s why it may come as a surprise that Mariah does not, in fact, top ...

Every summer the young singers arrive for the Merola Opera Program and fit into the neatly marked categories - the sopranos with their clarion high notes over here, the basses with their deep, ...

Picture a singer, accompanied by a grand piano. As the singer's voice dances through multiple octaves of range, the pianist's fingers trip from one end of the keyboard to the other. Both the singer's ...