Post by Smitty. on May 25, 2021 4:05:33 GMT
David Eric Grohl (14 January 1969)
Associated Acts: Dain Bramage (1985 - 1987), Dees Gees (2021 - present), Scream (1986 - 1990), Nirvana (1990 - 1994), Late! (1992), Foo Fighters (1994 - Present), Queens of the Stone Age (2001 - 2002), Probot (2004), Them Crooked Vultures (2009 - ?)
Vocal Range: D2 - G5
{Vocal Summary By Susilupus}Dave Grohl: member of two of the most famous rock bands of the last few decades. As the drummer for Nirvana he helped to spearhead the grunge movement, and as the lead vocalist and guitarist for Foo Fighters he has solidified his place in both music history and in the mainstream. His music career had much more humble beginnings, starting off with various high school bands, including Freak Baby, who would later change their name to Mission Impossible and then Fast before breaking up. In late 1985 Dave joined Dain Bramage, a band which ended when Grohl left the band in 1987 to join Scream. He spent the next few years touring and recording with them, until their sudden dissolution mid-tour, after which Dave got an audition with future bandmates Kurt Cobain and Krist Novoselic through Buzz Osborne. He spent the next few years as a part of Nirvana, during which time he recorded his own solo album Pocketwatch, released under the pseudonym Late!. The band ended in 1994 after the tragic death of Cobain, and after Dave had spent some months mourning the loss of his friend, he recorded the first Foo Fighters album. After the album's release he recruited some band members and they quickly set to work, soon becoming one of the most popular rock bands of the modern day. Since their formation they have recorded multiple albums and have toured tirelessly, with their popularity only growing over the years. Alongside the Foos, Grohl has been a part of many projects, not least playing drums for Queens of the Stone Age, starting his own metal side project under the name Probot and starting Them Crooked Vultures with QOTSA frontman Josh Homme and ex-Led Zeppelin bassist John Paul Jones.
Dave's vocal style hasn't changed all that much over the course of his career. His high range has always been much more prominently used than his low range. He uses his high range most often up to around the upper fourth octave, with notes in the lower fifth being much rarer. Generally speaking, the higher he goes in his range, the more distortion he will tend to apply to his voice, particularly live. His lower range is fairly rare: most of the time he will only scrape the lower third octave, with second octave notes being rare and often sounding relatively uncomfortable for him. At the start of Foo Fighters career Grohl was lacking somewhat in vocal confidence, something that would only take a few years for him to deal with, as by the turn of the new millennium his singing was all the better for his newly found confidence. While he has occasionally used falsetto, he much prefers to use a chesty sounding technique in his upper register, often with distortion. Being a part of one legendary band is one thing. Being a part of two is quite something else, and that is something that Dave Grohl can claim to have achieved. Not that that ever goes to his head, as he is often referred to as the "Nicest Guy In Rock''. Dave, as the drummer for one band and the frontman for another, has more than earned his place as a permanent part of music history.
Dave's vocal style hasn't changed all that much over the course of his career. His high range has always been much more prominently used than his low range. He uses his high range most often up to around the upper fourth octave, with notes in the lower fifth being much rarer. Generally speaking, the higher he goes in his range, the more distortion he will tend to apply to his voice, particularly live. His lower range is fairly rare: most of the time he will only scrape the lower third octave, with second octave notes being rare and often sounding relatively uncomfortable for him. At the start of Foo Fighters career Grohl was lacking somewhat in vocal confidence, something that would only take a few years for him to deal with, as by the turn of the new millennium his singing was all the better for his newly found confidence. While he has occasionally used falsetto, he much prefers to use a chesty sounding technique in his upper register, often with distortion. Being a part of one legendary band is one thing. Being a part of two is quite something else, and that is something that Dave Grohl can claim to have achieved. Not that that ever goes to his head, as he is often referred to as the "Nicest Guy In Rock''. Dave, as the drummer for one band and the frontman for another, has more than earned his place as a permanent part of music history.
{Album Ranges}Smitty.
With Late!:
Pocketwatch (1992): C3 - B♭4
With Foo Fighters:
Foo Fighters (1995): B♭2 - B♭4 - B4
The Colour And The Shape (1997): G2 - C♯5 - D5
There's Nothing Left To Lose (1999): A2 - A4 - C♯5
One By One (2002): B2 - D3 - C5 - D5
In Your Honor (2005): B♭2 - B4 - E5
Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace (2007): B2 - A4 - D5
Wasting Light (2011): G♯2 - B4 - E5
Sonic Highways (2014): A2 - B4 - D5
Concrete And Gold (2017): B2 - B4 - E5
Medicine At Midnight (2021): G2 - G♯2 - B4 - E5
With Late!:
Pocketwatch (1992): C3 - B♭4
With Foo Fighters:
Foo Fighters (1995): B♭2 - B♭4 - B4
The Colour And The Shape (1997): G2 - C♯5 - D5
There's Nothing Left To Lose (1999): A2 - A4 - C♯5
One By One (2002): B2 - D3 - C5 - D5
In Your Honor (2005): B♭2 - B4 - E5
Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace (2007): B2 - A4 - D5
Wasting Light (2011): G♯2 - B4 - E5
Sonic Highways (2014): A2 - B4 - D5
Concrete And Gold (2017): B2 - B4 - E5
Medicine At Midnight (2021): G2 - G♯2 - B4 - E5
Significant High Notes:
G5 ("Stairway To Heaven" Live The Late Late Show 2000, "Show Me How To Live" Live Chris Cornell Tribute 2019)
F♯5 ("Gas Chamber" Live Warfield Theatre 1996)
F5 ("God Looks Down", "Rainy Day Women #12 & 35", "Two Headed Dog", "Weenie Beenie" Live @ The Phoenix 1995)
E5 ("Darling Nikki", "DOA", "Enough Space" Live Vienna 1997, "In Your Honor", "La Dee Da", "Let There Be Rock" Live BBC 1 Radio Lounge 2017, "Make It Right". "Mississippi Queen", "Maybe I'm Amazed" Live Kennedy Honors Center 2010, "No Way Back". "No Son Of Mine", "The Pretender" Live Wembley Stadium 2008, "Run", "Ramble On" Live Wembley Stadium 2008, "Stairway To Heaven" Live The Late Late Show 2000, "Walking A Line", "White Limo", "Weenie Beenie" Live @ The Phoenix 1995 + Montreal 1997)
E♭5 ("The Colour And The Shape" Live Montreal 1997, "Walking A Line")
D5 ("All My Life", "Breakout" Live The 10:30 Slot 1999, "Bridge Burning", "The Colour And The Shape", "Come Alive", "Congregation", "Darling Nikki", "Enough Space", "Holding Poison", "Monkey Wrench", "Making A Fire", "Miss You" Live @ The Cubby Bear 2014 + Life Is Beautiful Festival 2014, "Night Fever", "The Pretender" Live Wembley Stadium 2008, "Savior Breath", "Stacked Actors" Live Letterman 2015, "Under Pressure" Life Colonial Arena 2017, "Wind Up", "Wattershed" Live Vienna 1997, "White Limo")
C♯5 ("A Matter Of Time", "Arlandria", "Ace Of Spades" Live @ The Mid America Center 2011, "The Colour And The Shape", "Empty Handed", "Free Me", "FFL", "In Your Honor", "Monkey Wrench", "Night Fever", "Rock And Roll" Unused Take, "Stacked Actors", "Something From Nothing", "Two Headed Dog", "Wind Up", "Walk")
C5 ("Band On The Run", "The Colour And The Shape", "Fraternity", "FFL", "Frustrated", "Gas Chamber", "I Really Blew it", "In Bloom", "Kids In America", "Lonely As You", "Let It Die", "Have It All", "Maybe I'm Amazed" Kennedy Honors Center 2010, "The Pretender", "Rope", "Rock And Roll", "Stairway To Heaven" Live The Late Late Show 2000, "Savior Breath", "Tiny Dancer" Live On The Late Late Show 2001, "Vile", "Walking A Line", "Young Man Blues" Live Austin Texas 2008, "You're No Good At Life No More", "You Should Be Dancing")
B4 ("Arlandria", "Ain't Talkin Bout Love" Live @ The Xcel Energy Center 2015, "Breakout", "Baby Hold On" Live The Late Late Show 2000, "Back & Forth", "Congregation", "Cloudspotter", "Darling Nikki", "Dirty Water", "Enter Sandman" Live @ The Sprint Center 2018, "Enough Space", "Free Me", "The Feast And The Famine", "FFL", "Gas Chamber", "Goodbye Lament", "Halo", "Happy Ever After (Zero Hour)", "In Your Honor", "Jewel", "Let There Be Rock" Live BBC 1 Radio Lounge 2017, "My Poor Brain", "Miss The Misery", "Making A Fire", "Monkey Wrench" Live Tonight Show With Jay Leno 1997, "Mississippi Queen", "Night Fever", "Now I'm Here" Live Brixton Academy 1999, "Ozone", "Ramble On" Live Wembley Stadium 2008, "Run", "Something From Nothing", "The Sky Is A Neighborhood", "The Sign", "Spill", "Show Me How To Live" Live Chris Cornell Tribute 2019, "Two Headed Dog", "This Is A Call" Live Brixton Academy 1995, "Weenie Beenie", "Wind Up", "White Limo", "What Did I Do?/God As My Witness", "Young Man Blues" Live Austin Texas 2008, "You're No Good At Life No More")
B♭4 ("All My Life", "Better Off", "Born On The Bayou", "Bad Reputation", "The Deepest Blues Are Black", "Damn You, Damn Everyone" Live @ Lupo's Heartbreak Hotel 1998, "Fraternity", "Kids In America", "Lonely As You", "The Neverending Sigh", "Throwing Needles", "This Will Be Our Year", "Wattershed")
A4 ("Ain't Talkin Bout Love" Live Xcel Energy Center 2015, "Aurora", "Burn Away". "Band On The Run'', "Born On The Bayou'', "Best Of You'', "But, Honestly", "Baby Hold On" Live The Late Late Show 2000, "Bangin'", "Beelzeboss (The Final Showdown)", "Bitch" Live @ The Honda Center 2013, "Breakdown" live @ The U.S Bank Arena 2017, "Cheer Up, Boys (Your Make Up Is Showing)", "Congregation", "Cloudspotter'', "Come Alive", "The Deepest Blues Are Black", "DOA", "Disenchanted Lullaby", "Enter Sandman" Live @ The Sprint Center 2018, "For All The Cows'', "Free Me", "God Looks Down", "Hey, Johnny Park!", "Hey Bulldog" Live @ The Grammys Beatles Tribute 2014, "Have It All'', "Halo", "Hell", "Hell's Garden", "Happy Ever After (Zero Hour)", "In Bloom", "Jet" live @ The Fillmore Center 2012, "Live-In Skin'', "The Last Song", "Lyla" Live BBC Radio 1 2005, "Life Of Illusion", "Miss The Misery", "Medicine At Midnight'', "Mind Eraser, No Chaser", "Run", "Resolve", "Ozone", "Once & For All'', "Podunk", "New Way Home", "Once And For All" Demo, "The Pretender", "Rope", "I'll Stick Around", "The Sky Is A Neighborhood", "See You", "Stacked Actors", "Summer's End", "Something From Nothing", "Savior Breath", "Spill", "This Is A Call", "These Days", "Throwing Needles", "Two Headed Dog", "Times Like These" & "Times Like These" Acoustic Version, "Under Pressure" Live @ The Colonial Life Arena 2017, "War Pigs" Live Late Show With Letterman 2014, "Weenie Beenie", "Walk", "Wheels", "You're No Good At Life No More")
G♯4 ("Aurora", "Ace Of Spades" Live @ The Mid America Center 2011, "Arlandria", "Arrows", "A Matter Of Time", "Breakout", "Best Of You", "Bridge Burning", "Born On The Bayou", "Better Off", "Come Back", "Cheer Up, Boys (Your Make Up Is Showing)", "Cloudspotter", "Empty Handed", "Floaty", "Free Me", "God Looks Down", "Goodbye Lament", "Holding Poison", "In Your Honor", "I Am A River", "The Line", "Lyla" Live BBC 1 Radio 2005, "Monkey Wrench", "Make A Bet", "Make It Right", "Making A Fire", "My Hero", "My Poor Brain", "Mountain of You", "Mississippi Queen", "No Way Back", "Normal", "Now I'm Here" Live Brixton Academy 1999, Ozone", "Podunk", "Saint Cecilia", "Show Me How To Live" Live Chris Cornell Tribute 2019, "This Is A Call", "Wattershed", "Winnebago", "Wind Up", "Young Man Blues" Live Austin Texas 2008)
G4 ("Alone + Easy Target", "Arlandria", "All My Life", "Big Me", "Bridge Burning", "Back & Forth", "Band On The Run", "But, Honestly", "Better Off", "Beelzeboss (The Final Showdown)", "Beer Drinkers and Hell Raisers" Live Cincinnati Ohio 2021, "Congregation", "Connection", "Concrete And Gold", "DOA", "Dirty Water", "The Deepest Blues Are Black", "End Over End", "Erase/Replace", "Empty Handed", "The Feast And The Famine", "For All The Cows", "February Stars", "Fraternity", "Good Grief", "Gas Chamber", "Have It All", "Hell", "Hell's Garden", "Home", "Halo", "Holding Poison", "Happy Ever After (Zero Hour)", "I Should Have Known", "Iron And Stone", "In Bloom", "Kids In America", "Keep The Car Running" Live BBC Radio 1's Six Weeks of Summer 2007, "Low", "Let It Die", "Long Road To Ruin", "Love Dies Young", "Let There Be Rock" Live BBC 1 Radio Lounge 2017, "The Line", "Life Of Illusion", "Miss The Misery", "Make A Bet", "Make It Right", "Making A Fire", "Medicine At Midnight", "Maybe I'm Amazed" Kennedy Honors Center 2010, "Miss You" Live @ The Cubby Bear 2014 + Life Is Beautiful Festival 2014, "The Neverending Sigh", "No Son Of Mine", "Over And Out", "Once & For All", "Outside", "The One", "The Pretender", "Resolve", "Run", "Rope", "Rainy Day Women #12 & 35", "Rockin In The Free World" Live @ The Global Citizen Festival 2021, "I'll Stick Around", "The Sky Is A Neighborhood", "Stacked Actors", "Statues", "Savior Breath", "Shame Shame", "Something From Nothing", "Sean", "Spill", "Times Like These", "T-Shirt", "This Will Be Our Year", "Tiny Dancer" Live On The Late Late Show 2001, "Up In Arms", "Under Pressure" Various Live Performances, "Vessel", "Vile", "Weenie Beenie", "Winnebago", "Walking A Line", "Walk", "Waiting On A War", "World", "War Pigs" Live Late Show With Letterman 2014, "Word Forward", "Wheels")
F♯4 ("A Matter Of Time", "Arrows", "Ace Of Spades" Live @ The Mid America Center 2011, "Breakout", "Best Of You", "Burn Away", "But, Honestly", "Baby Hold On" Live The Late Late Show 2000, "Bangin'", "Beelzeboss (The Final Showdown)", "Come Back", "Come Alive", "Congregation", "Dear Lover", "Dear Rosemary", "DOA", "Disenchanted Lullaby", "Drain You", "Everlong", "Easy Sleazy", "End Over End", "Enough Space", "The Feast And The Famine", "Floaty", "February Stars", "Fraternity", "Frustrated", "Fuck The Pain Away", "Gimme Stitches", "Goodbye Lament", "How I Miss You", "Hey, Johnny Park!", "Headwires", "Have It All", "Holding Poison", "I Am A River", "Keep The Car Running" Live BBC Radio 1's Six Weeks of Summer 2007, "The Last Song", "The Line", "Learn To Fly", "Lonely As You", "Live-In Skin", "La Dee Da", "Lyla" Live BBC 1 Radio 2005, "Monkey Wrench", "M.I.A", "My Hero", "My Poor Brain", "Miracle", "Normal", "New Way Home", "No Way Back", "Now I'm Here" Live Brixton Academy 1999, "The One", "Podunk", "The Pretender", "Resolve", "Rope", "Oh George", "Overdrive", "Over And Out", "See You", "Stranger Things Have Happened", "Saint Cecila", "Sean", "Savior Breath", "Shame Shame", "Spill", "The Sign", "Sabotage", "This Is A Call", "Times Like These", "T-Shirt", "Throwing Needles", "Under Pressure" Various Live Performances, "Wind Up", "White Limo", "Walk", "What Did I Do?/God As My Witness", "Waiting On A War", "Word Forward")
Significant Low Notes:
E3 ("Aurora", "Ain't It The Life", "Band On The Run", "Bridge Burning", "Baker Street" Live BBC 1 Radio 1997, "Come Alive", "Congregation", "Concrete And Gold", "Color Pictures Of A Marigold", "Chasing Birds", "Doll", "Dear Lover", "Dear Rosemary", "Exhausted", "Enough Space", "Floaty", "February Stars", "Friend Of A Friend", "Free Me", "Gimme Stitches", "Headwires", "Have It All", "Home", "Happy Ever After (Zero hour)", "If-Ever", "If I Were Me", "In The Clear", "Iron Rooster", "Keep The Car Running" Live BBC Radio 1's Six Weeks of Summer 2007, "Learn to Fly", "M.I.A", "Miracle", "Mantra", "Next Year", "Never Talking To You Again" Live Color Line Arena 2002, "No Son Of Mine", "Night Fever", "Outside", "Once And For All" Demo, "The Pretender", "Resolve", "Run", "Rock And Roll", "I'll Stick Around", "See You", "Summer's End", "Sister Europe", "Stranger Things Have Happened", "Stairway to Heaven" Live On The Late Late Show 2000, "The Sky Is A Neighborhood", "Something From Nothing", "Subterranean", "Show Me How To Live" Live Chris Cornell Tribute 2019, "Satans In the Manger" Live @ The Concert Hall 1996, "Soldier", "These Days", "T-Shirt", "Walking After You", "What If I Do?", "Walk", "What Did I Do?/God As My Witness", "Wheels")
E♭3 ("Breakout", "Bad Reputation", "Good Grief", "The Line", "Lonely As You", "Love Dies Young", "Virginia Moon", "X -Static")
D3 ("A320", "Ain't It The Life", "Another Round", "But, Honestly", "Burn Away", "Bridge Burning", "Cloudspotter", "Doll", "Dirty Water", "Down In The Park" Live @ The Phoenix 1995, "Darling Nikki", "Everlong", "Enough Space", "February Stars", "Friend Of A Friend", "Generator", "Headwires", "Home", "In The Clear", "If-Ever", "I'm In Love With A German Film Star", "Low", "Let It Die", "Miracle", "Miss The Misery", "Medicine At Midnight", "Mantra", "Mountain Of You", "Oh George", "Overdrive", "New Way Home", "Next Year", "Requiem", "Razor", "Rope", "Statues", "Seda", "Show Me How To Live" Live Chris Cornell Tribute 2019, "Skin And Bones", "Soldier", "This Is A Call", "These Days", "World", "Walk", "Young Man Blues" Live Austin Texas 2008)
C♯3 ("A Matter Of Time", "Arlandria", "Arrows", "Bad Reputation", "Cheer Up, Boys (Your Make Up Is Showing)", "Everlong", "Goodbye Lament", "How I Miss You", "Kids In America", "Lonely As You", "Something From Nothing", "Saint Cecila", "Walking After You")
C3 ("Ain't It The Life", "Back & Forth", "Concrete And Gold", "The Deepest Blues Are Black", "End Over End", "Exhausted", "Friend Of A Friend" Pocketwatch Version, "Hotline Bling", "Miss You" Live @ The Life Is Beautiful festival 2014, "New Way Home", "Requiem", "Sister Europe", "Still", "Subterranean", "Shame Shame", "Stacked Actors" Live Letterman 2015, "Up In Arms", "World", "Virginia Moon", "X -Static", "You're No Good At Life No More")
B2 ("Arlandria", "But, Honestly", "Back & Forth", "Come Back", "Chasing Birds", "Dear Lover", "Drive Me Wild", "Dirty Water", "Disenchanted Lullaby" Acoustic Version, "Everlong", "February Stars", "For All The Cows", "Floaty" Live 2 Meter Sessions 1999, "Goodbye Lament", "Happy Ever After (Zero Hour)", "Holding Poison", "I'm In Love With A German Film Star", "Learn To Fly", "My Hero" Live The Howard Stern Show 1999, "Requiem", "Rope", "See You", "Stranger Things Have Happened", "Saint Cecilia", "Sean", "Spill", "This Is A Call" Live Letterman 1995, "Virginia Moon", "Walking After You")
B♭2 ("Better Off", "How I Miss You", "Still", "Walking A Line", "Word Forward", "X -Static")
A2 ("Back & Forth", "Disenchanted Lullaby" Acoustic Version, "Everlong" Acoustic Version, "Headwires", "Hotline Bling", "I'm In Love With A German Film Star", "Making A Fire", "Medicine At Midnight", "Seda", "Subterranean", "Spill", "What Did I Do/God As My Witness")
G♯2 ("Arlandria", "Cloudspotter", "Drive Me Wild", "How I Miss You")
G2 ("Dave Grohl On Kurt Cobain's Vocal Training", "Keep It Clean", "La Grange" Live Cincinnati Ohio 2021. "Medicine At Midnight", "Seda", singing the riff from "Concrete and Gold", "Up In Arms")
F2 ("Kids In America", "La Grange" Live Cincinnati Ohio 2021, "Podunk", "X-Static" Live @ The Phoenix 1995)
E2 ("Keep It Clean", singing the riff from "Something from Nothing")
D2 ("Keep It Clean")
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Blue denotes falsetto and whistle passages.
Green denotes harshly distorted passages.
Boldface denotes outstanding passages.
Italics denote non-melodic and spoken passages.
Underlines denote obscured and background passages.
{Questionable Notes}B♭5 ("The Colour And The Shape" [4])
G5 ("Gas Chamber" Live Brixton Academy 1995 [3], "Mississippi Queen" [5])
F♯5 ("This Is A Call" Live Letterman 1995 [3], "Weenie Beenie" Live Montreal 1997 [4])
F5 ("Wind Up" Live Vienna 1997 [4])
E5 ("I Am A River" [2], "Making A Fire" [2])
E♭5 ("The Colour And The Shape" [1], "Wattershed" Live Vienna 1996 [5])
D5 ("Band On The Run" [2], "Rock And Roll" Unused Take [1])
C♯5 ("Kids In America" [1])
B4 ("T-Shirt" [2])
A4 ("Everlong" [2], "Make It Right" [2])
G4 ("In The Clear" [2], "Iron Rooster" [2])
D3 ("Erase/Replace" [2])
B2 ("The Feast And The Famine" [2], "Lonely As You" [4])
A2 ("Chasing Birds" [4], "Shame Shame" [3])
G♯2 ("Come Back" [4])
G2 ("Word Forward" [4])
G♯1 ("Cloudspotter" [3][5])
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[1] marks yelps and short trills in high range or anacrusis and short dips in low range.
[2] marks notes of questionable identity that cannot be confirmed to be the singer in question.
[3] marks non-melodic notes that don't have a significant enough pitch to warrant inclusion.
[4] marks notes that possess uncertain pitch or have been pitch-shifted.
[5] marks notes that do not fit the previous criteria but are not of a substantial enough quality to warrant counting towards the singer's range.
G5 ("Gas Chamber" Live Brixton Academy 1995 [3], "Mississippi Queen" [5])
F♯5 ("This Is A Call" Live Letterman 1995 [3], "Weenie Beenie" Live Montreal 1997 [4])
F5 ("Wind Up" Live Vienna 1997 [4])
E5 ("I Am A River" [2], "Making A Fire" [2])
E♭5 ("The Colour And The Shape" [1], "Wattershed" Live Vienna 1996 [5])
D5 ("Band On The Run" [2], "Rock And Roll" Unused Take [1])
C♯5 ("Kids In America" [1])
B4 ("T-Shirt" [2])
A4 ("Everlong" [2], "Make It Right" [2])
G4 ("In The Clear" [2], "Iron Rooster" [2])
D3 ("Erase/Replace" [2])
B2 ("The Feast And The Famine" [2], "Lonely As You" [4])
A2 ("Chasing Birds" [4], "Shame Shame" [3])
G♯2 ("Come Back" [4])
G2 ("Word Forward" [4])
G♯1 ("Cloudspotter" [3][5])
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[1] marks yelps and short trills in high range or anacrusis and short dips in low range.
[2] marks notes of questionable identity that cannot be confirmed to be the singer in question.
[3] marks non-melodic notes that don't have a significant enough pitch to warrant inclusion.
[4] marks notes that possess uncertain pitch or have been pitch-shifted.
[5] marks notes that do not fit the previous criteria but are not of a substantial enough quality to warrant counting towards the singer's range.
