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Post by lelemaple on Jul 2, 2018 22:30:32 GMT -5
Sounds like Rami is depicting a really good Freddie. And I'm so glad he and this group are seeing Adam perform live with QAL. I imagine Rami was suitably impressed. I think this is about his 4th time seeing them live. He is a fan like the rest of us!
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Post by cassie on Jul 2, 2018 22:30:36 GMT -5
cassie, a technical wondering here. It seems that he can handle, and handle extraordinarily, anything in the Queen catalog. It has been said that their catalog is extremely difficult, both in range and variety of styles. What do you think is there out there that would challenge him to the breadth/depth of his abilities? Would that be opera? Not suggesting he sing opera, just wondering what you might think would be close to the limits of his abilities, if there is anything. Thanks, cassie, once again. By the way, I was trying to look up the hardest rock or pop song to sing and kept running into Bohemian Rhapsody, which we already know Adam handles with ease. Another repeater was Unchained Melody. What are the hardest rock or pop songs to sing? Many times it seems that the answer is songs with very high notes and songs with great power. But, honestly, a soft, tender song is often more difficult to sing than a big belter. It requires finesse, exactitude, fine control and support. The singer is very exposed and there is nowhere to hide. Other things that make a song difficult: * a wide range from bottom to top. If you start it in a key where you can strongly sing the low notes, you may crack and squawk trying to hit the top notes. * melody that moves up and down thruout the range across the parts where the singer's voice naturally breaks. It is difficult to maintain a consistent sounding tone when going from low chest, to mid chest, to mixed, to head, and back and forth *a melody that moves quickly from note to note, requiring rapid adjustment * a melody that jumps back and forth from low to high, quickly. Again, it requires the singer to adjust from one part of their range to another and back while maintaining tone quality and volume * a song that has an arc that goes from delicate and intimate to strong and powerful, and back. A song with great nuances of emotion * a song with a quick melody, fast words to enunciate clearly * a song with long sustained phrases or notes requiring superior breath control * a song with unusual intervals or harmonies that require a very fine sense of pitch If you review that list, you will notice that those features do not appear often in pop music. Pop music is often designed to be easy for most people to sing or sing along to. As to what genres or types of music would be the most challenging for Adam to sing, yes, I would think opera or classical art songs. Angelina has assured me many times that Adam has the voice and the technique to perform opera. His basic technique is masterful and can be applied to classical music as much or more so than Queen's catalog. That ain't never gonna happen. But it could. I don't know of any style of music Adam could not sing, provided it was in the tenor range.
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Post by cassie on Jul 2, 2018 22:35:58 GMT -5
The Whyyyyyyyy in Under Pressure sounded off to me (~2:40), then he split the note, or added a note (~2:43) and that sounded strange too. Not criticizing, just wondering if others heard it as I did. cassie? Oops. Not so much that the note was off, but he glided up to it too soon, before the instrumental harmony settled on the chord that fit that note. So, he stopped singing it, then realized the right chord was now present, and hit it again. Maybe?
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Post by marionm on Jul 2, 2018 22:39:48 GMT -5
cassie many thanks for your insights. Much appreciated
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Post by red panda on Jul 2, 2018 22:42:11 GMT -5
Thanks, cassie! Seems that Bohemian Rhapsody requires all those skills. I appreciate the way you can talk technicalities, but not make it so esoteric. And maybe I have learned a thing or two from you! And more surprising, retained some of it.
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Post by pi on Jul 2, 2018 22:44:37 GMT -5
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Post by red panda on Jul 2, 2018 22:47:53 GMT -5
The Whyyyyyyyy in Under Pressure sounded off to me (~2:40), then he split the note, or added a note (~2:43) and that sounded strange too. Not criticizing, just wondering if others heard it as I did. cassie? Oops. Not so much that the note was off, but he glided up to it too soon, before the instrumental harmony settled on the chord that fit that note. So, he stopped singing it, then realized the right chord was now present, and hit it again. Maybe? Oh dear, just when I thought i was gaining ground! The simple concept of music and vocal needing to be at the same place at the same time didn't occur to me. Thanks for the explanation.
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Post by pi on Jul 2, 2018 22:52:01 GMT -5
The Whyyyyyyyy in Under Pressure sounded off to me (~2:40), then he split the note, or added a note (~2:43) and that sounded strange too. Not criticizing, just wondering if others heard it as I did. cassie? Oops. Not so much that the note was off, but he glided up to it too soon, before the instrumental harmony settled on the chord that fit that note. So, he stopped singing it, then realized the right chord was now present, and hit it again. Maybe? I've noticed that he started singing the "why" a little differently than before in the recent shows, and wondered why he changed it up like that. It was sounding great before when he sang it, and now it doesn't sound quite right to my ears either.. I'm trying to play catch up as I've been traveling, so I'm not exactly sure when he started singing it this way.. cassie any thoughts?
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Post by seoulmate on Jul 2, 2018 23:14:29 GMT -5
ooooooh..... Can someone post a saveable version of this one? Seoulmate here it is to save: I posted it above but was afraid you wouldn't see it so I quoted you so you would see it.
awww, THANK YOU, bb!!
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Post by cassie on Jul 2, 2018 23:30:25 GMT -5
Oops. Not so much that the note was off, but he glided up to it too soon, before the instrumental harmony settled on the chord that fit that note. So, he stopped singing it, then realized the right chord was now present, and hit it again. Maybe? I've noticed that he started singing the "why" a little differently than before in the recent shows, and wondered why he changed it up like that. It was sounding great before when he sang it, and now it doesn't sound quite right to my ears either.. I'm trying to play catch up as I've been traveling, so I'm not exactly sure when he started singing it this way.. cassie any thoughts? I am not clear about what change you are speaking of. Previously, Adam would glide on WHYYYYYYY up to a high D, hold it, and then stop singing when the band changed chords and started singing "Love, love, love...: youtu.be/YPQPcH1jcJs?t=2m25sThis tour, he glides up to the D, holds it, then when the band changes chords continues to glide up to a high E. youtu.be/K223qhFAZW4?t=2m33sAlso, a couple of times, he would slow down the glide so he hits the D and keeps going to the E without stopping, but hitting the E at the chord change. youtu.be/ai4G2f6lClINot su re I am explaining it clearly. It is a very subtle difference.
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