Pharrell Williams (7,941 views)

[Gilad]

Pharrell Lanscilo Williams
Also Known As: Pharrell, Skateboard P
Associated Acts: N.E.R.D, The Neptunes
Vocal Range: E2 - B♭5

Significant High Notes:
B♭5 ("Breakout")
A5 ("Freedom", "It Girl", "Rollinem 7's")
G♯5 ("Freedom", "Put 'Em Up", "Secret Life of Tigers", "Sooner or Later")
G5 ("Able", "Backseat Love", "Blast Off", "Help Me", "How Does It Feel?", "Let's Stay Together", "Locked Away", "Pomegranate", "Stay Together")
F♯5 ("Don't Worry About It", "Hot Sauce to Go", "Pop Shit", "Popular Demand (Popeyes)", "Stay Together", "Victory", "Windows")
F5 ("ESP", "Gust of Wind", "Jump", "Kill Joy", "Kites", "Laugh About It", "Preservation", "Secret Life of Tigers", "Show Me Your Soul", "There's Something Special")
E5 ("Angel", "Baby", "Entrepreneur", "Frontin'", "Hit the Freeway", "How Does It Feel?", "I Just Wanna Love U (Give It 2 Me)", "I Say a Little Prayer", "It Girl", "Keep It Playa", "Kill Joy", "Maybe", "Neck & Wrist", "Paperwork", "Pass the Courvoisier Part II", "Popular Demand (Popeyes)", "Runnin'", "Sacred Temple")
E♭5 ("Brand New", "Everyone Nose (All the Girls Standing in the Line for the Bathroom)", "Heatstroke", "I'm Good", "The Man", "Marilyn Monroe", "She Wants to Move", "Yellow Light", "Young Girl/I Really Like You")
D5 ("Able", "Celebrate", "Chariot of Fire", "Come Get It Bae", "Crave", "Feels", "Finna Get Loose", "Frontin'", "Get Lucky", "Hit the Freeway", "Hot Damn", "Hunter", "Laugh About It", "Lifting You", "Lost Queen", "Prettiest Girls", "Smile", "There's Something Special", "Victory", "WTF (Where They From)")
C♯5 ("Angel", "Beautiful", "blazed", "Chanel", "Everyone Nose (All the Girls Standing in the Line for the Bathroom)", "Excuse Me Miss", "Fun, Fun, Fun", "I Say a Little Prayer", "It Girl", "It's in the Air", "Just a Cloud Away", "Lose Yourself to Dance", "Know Who You Are", "Special", "Take It Off")
C5 ("Best Friend", "Blast Off", "Breakout", "Chanel", "Change Clothes", "Drill Sergeant", "Entrepreneur", "Fly or Die", "God Bless Us All", "Happy" Pharrell song, "Happy" N.E.R.D song, "Hot Sauce to Go", "Hunter", "Kites", "Lil' Homie", "Love Bomb", "The Mantra", "MMG the World Is Ours", "My Drive Thru", "Our Father", "Paperwork", "Run to the Sun", "Sooner or Later", "Squeeze Me", "Tease", "Waiting for You", "Yeah You")
B4 ("Aries (YuGo)", "Blow Remix", "Blue Magic", "Bobby James", "Brain", "Crave", "Fly or Die", "Fun, Fun, Fun", "Get Lucky", "God Bless Us All", "Gush", "Hypnotize U", "I Just Wanna Love U (Give It 2 Me)", "IFHY", "I've Seen the Light/Inside of Clouds", "Jump", "Know Who You Are", "Lapdance", "Let's Get Blown", "Let's Stay Together", "Letter to My Godfather", "Nothing on You", "Number One", "Provider", "Stay With Me" Pharrell song, "Stay With Me" Calvin Harris song, "That Girl", "Thrasher", "The Way She Dances", "What's Yo Name", "Yellow Light", "You Can Do It Too", "You Know What")
B♭4 ("1000", "Able", "Backseat Love", "Chariot of Fire", "Come Get It Bae", "Drill Sergeant", "Find My Way", "Freedom", "Gust of Wind", "Happy" N.E.R.D song, "Kill Joy", "Lightning Fire Magic Prayer", "Lose Yourself to Dance", "Lost Queen", "Margarita", "Marilyn Monroe", "Perfect Dance", "Pomegranate", "Rollinem 7's", "Sex 'n' Money", "Smile", "Water", "Wonderful Place", "Yellow Light")
A4 ("Am I High", "Aries (YuGo)", "The Art of Noise", "Chariot of Fire", "Chasin' Paper", "Crave", "Deep Down Body Thrust", "Don't Worry About It", "ESP", "Feels", "Fly or Die", "Frontin'", "Gush", "Help Me", "I Say a Little Prayer", "I Wanna Jam", "It's in the Air", "I've Seen the Light/Inside of Clouds", "Just a Cloud Away", "Kill Joy", "Know Who You Are", "Letter to My Godfather", "Life as a Fish", "Locked Away", "Lost Queen", "Love Bomb", "Mr. Baller", "One (Your Name)", "Our Father", "Patrick Star", "Play It Off", "Pomegranate", "Preservation", "Prettiest Girls", "Provider", "Rocket's Theme", "Runnin'", "Sacred Temple", "Safari", "Shine", "Sing", "S.N.I.T.C.H.", "Spaz", "Stay With Me" Pharrell song, "Stay With Me" Calvin Harris song, "Surfin'", "That Girl", "There's Something Special", "Victory", "The Way She Dances", "You Know What")
G♯4 ("10 Missed Calls", "Blast Off", "blazed", "Boys - Co-Ed Remix", "Brand New", "Breakout", "Can I Have It Like That", "Everyone Nose (All the Girls Standing in the Line for the Bathroom)", "Freedom", "From tha Chuuuch to da Palace", "Gust of Wind", "Happy" Pharrell song, "Happy" N.E.R.D song, "JU$T", "Kites", "Loser", "Maybe", "My Drive Thru", "Pop Shit", "Rockstar", "Rollinem 7's", "Sandy Squirrel", "Secret Life of Tigers", "Sooner or Later", "Squeeze Me", "Take It Off", "The Turn Down", "Waiting for You", "Water", "What's Wrong with Me", "Yeah You")
G4 ("Able", "Am I High", "Anti Matter", "Arturo Sandoval", "Bailan", "Blow Remix", "Bobby James", "Breakout", "Celebrate", "Cheers", "Dream Bigger", "Drill Sergeant", "Find My Way", "Frontal Lobe Muzik", "Gush", "Hot Damn", "Hunter", "I Wanna Jam", "IFHY", "Kill Joy", "Laugh About It", "Let It Loose", "Lightning Fire Magic Prayer", "Lemon", "Let's Get Blown", "The Mantra", "Marilyn Monroe", "Maybe", "Numbers", "Party People", "Patrick Star", "The Problem (Lawwwddd)", "Provider", "Runnin'", "Safari", "She Wants to Move", "Shine", "SKELETONS", "Smile", "S.N.I.T.C.H.", "So Ambitious", "Spaz", "Stare", "Tape You", "Things Are Getting Better", "Thrasher", "Truth or Dare", "Voilá", "The Way She Dances", "WTF (Where They From)")
F♯4 ("Aries (YuGo)", "Baby", "Beautiful", "Blanco", "blazed", "Crave", "Dat Right There", "Don't Don't Do It!", "Feet to the Fire", "Fun, Fun, Fun", "Get Lucky", "Green Juice", "Hugs", "It Must Be Me", "It's in the Air", "Life as a Fish", "Lifting You", "Number One", "Rocket's Theme", "Spoiled", "Windows", "You Know What", "Young Girl/I Really Like You", "Yummy")

Significant Low Notes:
E3 ("Already Platinum", "Am I High", "Angel", "Anti Matter", "Arturo Sandoval", "Baby", "Bobby James", "Brain", "Change Clothes", "Don't Worry About It", "Entrepreneur", "Fly or Die", "Frontin'", "Get Lucky", "God Bless Us All", "Green Juice", "Gush", "Hot-n-Fun", "How Does It Feel?", "In My '64", "It Girl", "Jump", "Lapdance", "Let's Stay Together", "Letter to My Godfather", "LORD FORGIVE ME", "Margarita", "Maybe", "Neck & Wrist", "Neon Guts", "Nothing on You", "Play It Off", "Prettiest Girls", "Provider", "Rockstar", "Runnin'", "Sacred Temple", "She Wants to Move", "So Ambitious", "Stay With Me" Calvin Harris song, "That Girl", "Thrasher", "Us Placers")
E♭3 ("Anything", "Best Friend", "Bring Dem Things", "Drill Sergeant", "ESP", "Everyone Nose (All the Girls Standing in the Line for the Bathroom)", "Happy" N.E.R.D song, "Hugs", "Loser", "MMG the World Is Ours", "Move That Dope", "Rocket's Theme", "Rollinem 7's", "Sangria Wine", "Space", "Stay Together", "Tease", "They Don't Want None", "The Turn Down", "When the Last Time", "WTF (Where They From)", "Yeah You", "You Can Do It Too", "You Know What", "Young Girl/I Really Like You")
D3 ("ATM Jam", "Blaze of Glory", "Brain", "Can I Have It Like That", "Celebrate", "Deep Down Body Thrust", "Feet to the Fire", "Find My Way", "God Bless Us All", "Hit the Freeway", "IFHY", "In My '64", "I've Seen the Light/Inside of Clouds", "Life as a Fish", "Lift Off", "Lifting You", "Lil' Suzy", "The Man", "Minion Mambo", "Mr. Me Too", "Nothing on You", "One (Your Name)", "Pomegranate", "Popular Demand (Popeyes)", "Preservation", "Rollinem 7's", "Run to the Sun", "Shine", "Show You How to Hustle", "S.N.I.T.C.H.", "Stay With Me" Pharrell song, "Stress Ya", "Tape You", "Thrasher", "Truth or Dare", "Uno Más", "Us Placers", "Wanna Love You Girl", "Whoa Remix", "You Can Do It Too")
C♯3 ("ADD SUV", "Angel", "Blanco", "Chariot of Fire", "Cheers", "Cho L A R G E", "Don't Don't Do It!", "Don't Worry About It", "Get Like Me", "Get Lucky", "Give It Up", "I Got the Juice", "I Know", "I've Seen the Light/Inside of Clouds", "Number One", "Raspy Shit", "Rocket's Theme", "Sangria Wine", "Sing", "Sooner or Later", "Yeah You", "Yummy")
C3 ("Amazing", "The Art of Noise", "ATM Jam", "Bailan", "Brand New", "Breakout", "Can I Have It Like That", "Crew Deep (The V.A. Remix)", "Dedicated", "Formal Invite", "Gust of Wind", "Lifting You", "Loser", "Lost Queen", "Marilyn Monroe", "MMG the World Is Ours", "Money Maker", "Movie Star", "Raspy Shit", "Secret Life of Tigers", "Show Me Your Soul", "Things Are Getting Better", "Time for Some Action", "Universal Mind Control", "Voilá", "Water", "Whoa Remix", "Wings", "Wonderful Place")
B2 ("Aerosol Can", "Already Platinum", "Announcement", "Anti Matter", "Boys - Co-Ed Remix", "Crave", "Dat Right There", "Dedicated", "Despicable Me", "Formal Invite", "Frontal Lobe Muzik", "Frontin'", "Get Like Me", "Give It Up", "Gush", "Hot Sauce to Go", "It Must Be Tough", "It's in the Air", "Let's Get Blown", "Life as a Fish", "Locked Away", "Love Bomb", "The Mantra", "Maybe", "Mr. Me Too", "Provider", "Ride That Thang", "Sandy Squirrel", "She Wants to Move", "Take It Off", "Vente Mami", "Victory", "Windows")
B♭2 ("Arturo Sandoval", "As Far As They Know", "Blast Off", "Breakout", "Bring Dem Things", "Don't Don't Do It!", "Drop It Like It's Hot", "JUGGERNAUT", "Lightning Fire Magic Prayer", "Marilyn Monroe", "Rockstar", "Spaz", "Take It Off", "That Girl", "Time for Some Action", "Twisted", "Waiting for You", "Wonderful Place", "You Know What", "Young Girl/I Really Like You")
A2 ("Baby Doll", "Blind Situation", "Brain", "Chariot of Fire", "Come Get It Bae", "Deep Down Body Thrust", "Drop It Like It's Hot", "Feet to the Fire", "Find My Way", "Gettin' Some Head", "Hypnotize U", "I Got the Juice", "Keep It Playa", "Lapdance", "Laugh About It", "Light Your Ass on Fire", "Love Bomb", "The Mantra", "Neon Guts", "Our Father", "Preservation", "Real", "Run to the Sun", "Uno Más", "The Way She Dances", "What's Wrong with Me", "Windows")
G♯2 ("I'm Good", "JU$T", "Minion Mambo", "Number One", "Take It Off", "Young Girl/I Really Like You")
G2 ("Blast Off", "Blind Situation", "Bobby James", "Hot-n-Fun", "Keep It Playa", "Lightning Fire Magic Prayer", "Run to the Sun", "Smile", "There's Something Special", "Things Are Getting Better", "Truth or Dare", "Whoa Remix")
F♯2 ("Despicable Me", "JU$T", "That Girl", "Yellow Light")
F2 ("ESP")
E2 ("Party People", "Provider")
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Blue marks falsetto notes.
Underlines mark notes that are obscured in the song mix.
Italics mark non-melodic and/or non-rapped notes.
Boldface marks notes that are considered to be particularly notable examples of this person's vocal capabilities.

SPOILER: Click to show

{Questionable Notes}B5 ("Fly or Die"[1])
B♭5 ("WTF (Where They From)"[1])
G5 ("Baby"[1])
F5 ("Young Girl/I Really Like You"[1])

G2 ("Hypnotize U"[1])
E2 ("Rockstar"[2])
D2 ("Pomegranate"[4])
C♯2 ("What's Wrong with Me"[3])
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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.

SPOILER: Click to show

{Album Ranges}Solo
In My Mind (2006): F♯2-B4-G5
G I R L (2014): G2-B♭4-A5

N.E.R.D
In Search Of… (2001): E2-A4-G5
Fly or Die (2004): A2-C5-B♭5
Seeing Sounds (2008): A2-B♭4-G♯5
Nothing (2010): E2-B4-F♯5
No One Ever Really Dies (2017): F2-B♭4-A5

[Smitty.]

forgot to post but Pharrell featured on this B-side/unreleased track with Scott Weiland

[kaji]

I'm surprised he can go this low.

[Gilad]

You just listened to the Amazing Spider-Man 2 soundtrack huh? It's hard to go lower than that

[fedemayhemile]

Because he is a high tenor, too light of a voice, some Leggiero's/Tenorino's tend to be able to go lower than G2 for some reason based on what i read, check out Geddy Lee or Claudio Sanchez range's for example.

[kaji]

Jun 4, 2021 8:09:01 GMT fedemayhemile said:

Because he is a high tenor, too light of a voice, some Leggiero's/Tenorino's tend to be able to go lower than G2 for some reason based on what i read, check out Geddy Lee or Claudio Sanchez range's for example.

Those are pop singers. Not ‘leggiero’ or ‘tenorino’. Please don’t abuse the classical terminology. Thank you.

And the whole ‘classical leggiero tenors have baritonal lows’ thing is bullshit. It was a concept invented by David L. Jones who is a fraud. A classical tenor (and a friend of mine) Philippe Castagner made a series exposing his teaching methods.

[fedemayhemile]

Jun 4, 2021 13:32:44 GMT kaji said:

Jun 4, 2021 8:09:01 GMT fedemayhemile said:

Because he is a high tenor, too light of a voice, some Leggiero's/Tenorino's tend to be able to go lower than G2 for some reason based on what i read, check out Geddy Lee or Claudio Sanchez range's for example.

Those are pop singers. Not ‘leggiero’ or ‘tenorino’. Please don’t abuse the classical terminology. Thank you.

And the whole ‘classical leggiero tenors have baritonal lows’ thing is bullshit. It was a concept invented by David L. Jones who is a fraud. A classical tenor (and a friend of mine) Philippe Castagner made a series exposing his teaching methods.

Hello, i never said anything about a baritonal sound in the low notes, even though i've read that and seen some apparent examples like Slade though i'm not sure about that, because i too can fake a baritone tone in the low notes if i lower my larinx and i'm pretty sure i'm a Lyric, and about the terminology, i'm free to use it because it was just necessary for exposing one probable objective/technical explanation to those low notes in a tenor with such a light voice, which would be rare with notes below G2, that's all, cheers. 

[kaji]

what

[Baronessa]

Even if Pharrell were classified as a leggiero tenor or a high tenor, that would not make for an objective or technical explanation as to how he can reach E2.

[Gilad]

Also, as someone who's listened to all the music he's ever released, his voice isn't even that high. A pretty average tenor placement. Dude really struggles with his belts. Pretty sure people think his voice is higher than it is only because he sings in his weird thin falsetto on most of his popular songs.

[fedemayhemile]

Jun 6, 2021 11:49:42 GMT Baronessa said:

Even if Pharrell were classified as a leggiero tenor or a high tenor, that would not make for an objective or technical explanation as to how he can reach E2.

It could, i base myself on the fact that everywhere you read about them it states that some high tenors can too reach lower notes than the rest of tenors with light tones, i was just offering a probable objective explanation to that question, maybe another could be that he is a light low tenor (i've read that can exist too, human voices are too diverse, so why not?) thinning his vocal chords in the higher notes, though if he belted more often i'd be easier to deduce.

[Smitty.]

he is just a tenor let's leave it at that.

[kaji]

Jun 7, 2021 1:09:46 GMT fedemayhemile said:

Jun 6, 2021 11:49:42 GMT Baronessa said:

Even if Pharrell were classified as a leggiero tenor or a high tenor, that would not make for an objective or technical explanation as to how he can reach E2.

It could, i base myself on the fact that everywhere you read about them it states that some high tenors can too reach lower notes than the rest of tenors with light tones, i was just offering a probable objective explanation to that question, maybe another could be that he is a light low tenor (i've read that can exist too, human voices are too diverse, so why not?) thinning his vocal chords in the higher notes, though if he belted more often i'd be easier to deduce.

There are women out there who sing bass lol (and I mean the oktavist kinda first octave bass). The reason I was surprised Pharrell can even hit an E2 is because modern male pop singers on average do have rather poor chest register development and very lacking quality down there and I would not expect him to have this lower register (which isn't nearly as good as I thought it was either).

And no, the whole 'higher tenors have stronger and lower registers' isn't really based in any truth. Sure, there are some classical high tenors with ridiculous lower registers better than some baritones (Chris Merritt and Bruce Ford are good examples of this) but those are basically exceptions. Not every high tenor is gonna have that. And the reason for that is not because of their limits but simply because most do not work to develop such a strong bottom range. 

Ah and one thing I should mention. 'Light' vs 'heavy' tenors don't really exist biologically speaking if we wanna be specific. Vocal weight is based off their glottal quotient (open/closed and skewed quotient) and the flow declination rate. It is not biological but rather habitual and your voice overtime will adapt to a certain weight depending on how you use your voice. Health conditions can cause someone's voice to be one or the other as well but that's an exception. So what you should be saying is 'bright low tenor' as voice types are based moreso on the colour of the timbre rather than vocal weight. But to answer your question, if someone's voice is truly naturally bright - unlikely. If someone's vocal brightness is caused by longterm habits - very possible. 

[fedemayhemile]

Jun 7, 2021 2:11:34 GMT kaji said:

Jun 7, 2021 1:09:46 GMT fedemayhemile said:

It could, i base myself on the fact that everywhere you read about them it states that some high tenors can too reach lower notes than the rest of tenors with light tones, i was just offering a probable objective explanation to that question, maybe another could be that he is a light low tenor (i've read that can exist too, human voices are too diverse, so why not?) thinning his vocal chords in the higher notes, though if he belted more often i'd be easier to deduce.

There are women out there who sing bass lol (and I mean the oktavist kinda first octave bass). The reason I was surprised Pharrell can even hit an E2 is because modern male pop singers on average do have rather poor chest register development and very lacking quality down there and I would not expect him to have this lower register (which isn't nearly as good as I thought it was either).

And no, the whole 'higher tenors have stronger and lower registers' isn't really based in any truth. Sure, there are some classical high tenors with ridiculous lower registers better than some baritones (Chris Merritt and Bruce Ford are good examples of this) but those are basically exceptions. Not every high tenor is gonna have that. And the reason for that is not because of their limits but simply because most do not work to develop such a strong bottom range. 

Ah and one thing I should mention. 'Light' vs 'heavy' tenors don't really exist biologically speaking if we wanna be specific. Vocal weight is based off their glottal quotient (open/closed and skewed quotient) and the flow declination rate. It is not biological but rather habitual and your voice overtime will adapt to a certain weight depending on how you use your voice. Health conditions can cause someone's voice to be one or the other as well but that's an exception. So what you should be saying is 'bright low tenor' as voice types are based moreso on the colour of the timbre rather than vocal weight. But to answer your question, if someone's voice is truly naturally bright - unlikely. If someone's vocal brightness is caused by longterm habits - very possible. 

Interesting information you posted here, yes, i can understand that because even if me in my case i think i'm a lyric because my voice is "bright" and i feel more comfortble singing like that in general, i too have the hability to do a pretty solid and loud G2 even if i'm faking the weight with the larinx, watching vocal ranges in this page made realize that most tenor can go lower that the apparent C3 limit and still sound solid, i too read about the possibility of expanding the low chest notes range but i deduce i'd be very hard, because for example i can force down to an E2 if i really want to, but those are painful notes after just seconds and there's an obvious break below G2, so i'd be great if i could add that lower notes to my repertoire if i really practice them and make them sound as good as possible, btw i'd appreciate a link to that oktavist women if there's something up here on the internet to watch.

[kaji]

Jun 7, 2021 3:27:56 GMT fedemayhemile said:

Jun 7, 2021 2:11:34 GMT kaji said:

There are women out there who sing bass lol (and I mean the oktavist kinda first octave bass). The reason I was surprised Pharrell can even hit an E2 is because modern male pop singers on average do have rather poor chest register development and very lacking quality down there and I would not expect him to have this lower register (which isn't nearly as good as I thought it was either).

And no, the whole 'higher tenors have stronger and lower registers' isn't really based in any truth. Sure, there are some classical high tenors with ridiculous lower registers better than some baritones (Chris Merritt and Bruce Ford are good examples of this) but those are basically exceptions. Not every high tenor is gonna have that. And the reason for that is not because of their limits but simply because most do not work to develop such a strong bottom range. 

Ah and one thing I should mention. 'Light' vs 'heavy' tenors don't really exist biologically speaking if we wanna be specific. Vocal weight is based off their glottal quotient (open/closed and skewed quotient) and the flow declination rate. It is not biological but rather habitual and your voice overtime will adapt to a certain weight depending on how you use your voice. Health conditions can cause someone's voice to be one or the other as well but that's an exception. So what you should be saying is 'bright low tenor' as voice types are based moreso on the colour of the timbre rather than vocal weight. But to answer your question, if someone's voice is truly naturally bright - unlikely. If someone's vocal brightness is caused by longterm habits - very possible. 

Interesting information you posted here, yes, i can understand that because even if me in my case i think i'm a lyric because my voice is "bright" and i feel more comfortble singing like that in general, i too have the hability to do a pretty solid and loud G2 even if i'm faking the weight with the larinx, watching vocal ranges in this page made realize that most tenor can go lower that the apparent C3 limit and still sound solid, i too read about the possibility of expanding the low chest notes range but i deduce i'd be very hard, because for example i can force down to an E2 if i really want to, but those are painful notes after just seconds and there's an obvious break below G2, so i'd be great if i could add that lower notes to my repertoire if i really practice them and make them sound as good as possible.

The C3 is not the ‘limit’. C3-C5 is the standard range of tenor roles in opera. It is not indicative of the full range of someone’s voice. The C3 in that range I listed is projected, without a microphone. Not a whisper, or a weak note.

[fedemayhemile]

Jun 7, 2021 3:30:27 GMT kaji said:

Jun 7, 2021 3:27:56 GMT fedemayhemile said:

Interesting information you posted here, yes, i can understand that because even if me in my case i think i'm a lyric because my voice is "bright" and i feel more comfortble singing like that in general, i too have the hability to do a pretty solid and loud G2 even if i'm faking the weight with the larinx, watching vocal ranges in this page made realize that most tenor can go lower that the apparent C3 limit and still sound solid, i too read about the possibility of expanding the low chest notes range but i deduce i'd be very hard, because for example i can force down to an E2 if i really want to, but those are painful notes after just seconds and there's an obvious break below G2, so i'd be great if i could add that lower notes to my repertoire if i really practice them and make them sound as good as possible.

The C3 is not the ‘limit’. C3-C5 is the standard range of tenor roles in opera. It is not indicative of the full range of someone’s voice. The C3 in that range I listed is projected, without a microphone. Not a whisper, or a weak note.

I know, i mean the fact that is possible depending on the individual tenor case to have notes lower than C3 with a good sounding projectable sound, as i said the human voice is weird, so, even if it's unlikely, if a Bright Tenor can project a good, let's say A2/G2, in opera standards, would they encourage him to use it live or do they simply let that type of notes to Tenor 2 or straight up only to Baritones in any case?, I mean if there's even something written for tenors that needs the singing of that type of low notes.

[Baronessa]

I mean, the real 'objective' reason Pharrell can reach E2, if we want to be boring about it, is that his vocal cords just happen to be long and thick enough for him to do that.

[fedemayhemile]

Jun 7, 2021 22:28:54 GMT Baronessa said:

I mean, the real 'objective' reason Pharrell can reach E2, if we want to be boring about it, is that his vocal cords just happen to be long and thick enough for him to do that.

Yes, that's totally another probable reason for an explantion and indeed, way simpler.

[Platypus]

I feel like this guy should have a C6

[Baronessa]

D5 at the timestamp (I know they're trying to make it seem like it's Toni in the music video but it's totally Pharrell). I'm also pretty sure he's doing the harmonised E5 at 2:37 and the D3 at 3:45.