Rik Emmett (4,633 views)

[Discount Roger Taylor]

Rik Emmett (July 10, 1953)
Member of: Triumph (1975-1988), solo artist (1988-present)
Vocal Range: C#2-B5

High Notes

B5: “Big Lie”, “Cool Down”
A5: “Be My Lover”, “Hot Time (In This City Tonight)”, “Lay it on the Line”, “New York City Streets Pt 2”
G5: “All the Way”, “A World of Fantasy”, “Drive Time”, “Fight the Good Fight” live, “Hot Time (In This City Tonight)”, “In the Night”, “Lay it on the Line”, “Long Time Gone”, “Never Say Never”, “Never Surrender”, “Ordinary Man”, “Saved by Love”, “Smart, Fast, Mean, and Lucky”, “Tear the Roof Off”(live Baltimore 1982), “Time Canon”
F#5: “Hard Road”, “If Only”, “Play With the Fire”, “Somebody’s Out There”, “Street Fighter”, “Take a Stand”
F5: “A World of Fantasy”, “Drive Time”, "Fight the Good Fight", "Hard Road", “Heaven Only Knows”, “In the Night”, “Just a Game”, “Lay it on the Line” studio/various live performances
E5: “All the Way”, “A World of Fantasy”, “Big Lie”, “Can’t Lie to Myself”, “Cool Down”, “Drive Time”, “Empty Inside”, “Follow Your Heart”, “Hold On”, “Hot Time (In This City Tonight)”, “If Only”, “Lay it on the Line”, “Let Me Get Next to You”, “Let the Light”, “Never Say Never”, “Never Surrender”, “New York City Streets Pt 2”, “On and On”, “Ordinary Man”, “Play With the Fire”, “Say Goodbye”, “Smart, Fast, Mean, and Lucky”, “Somebody’s Out There”, "Stranger In A Strange Land", "Street Fighter", "Take A Stand", "The City", "The Way You Love Me", "Time Goes By","Writing On The Wall"
Eb5: “Bang On”, “In the Night”, “Say Goodbye”, “Smart, Fast, Mean, and Lucky”, “Stand and Deliver”
D5: “Easy Life”, “Fight the Good Fight”, "Hard Road", “Just A Game”, “Ordinary Man”, “Play With the Fire”, “Rainbow Man”, “Smart, Fast, Mean, and Lucky”, “Somebody’s Out There”, "Straight Up", "Street Fighter (Reprise)"
C#5: “Heaven in Your Heart”, “Hold On”, “Red Barchetta”, “Say Goodbye”, “Somebody’s Out There”
C5: “A World of Fantasy”, “Be My Lover”, “Bringing it on Home”, “Easy Life”, ”Fight the Good Fight”, “Hot Time (In This City Tonight)”, "In the Night", “Just A Game”, “Lay it on the Line”, “Magic Power”, “New York City Streets Pt 2”, “Smart, Fast, Mean, and Lucky”
B4: “24 Hours a Day”, “Ask”, “Be My Lover” “Big Lie”, “Blinding Light Show”, “Breakaway”, “Hard Road”, “Hold On”, “Magic Power”, “Never Say Never”, “Never Surrender”, “Ordinary Man”, “Play With the Fire”, “Say Goodbye”, “Somebody’s Out There”, “Street Fighter”, “Street Fighter (reprise)”, “Suitcase Blues”, "Take My Heart"



Low notes

E3: "24 Hours a Day", "Ask", "Blinding Light Show", "Middle Ground", "Only a Fool", "Ordinary Man", "Take My Heart", "The City", "True Hearts", "Way Back Home"
D3: "Ask", "Breakaway", "Meet You There", "Moment of Truth", "Ordinary Man", "Smart, Fast, Mean and Lucky", "Suitcase Blues"
C♯3: "Beacon Street Hotel", "Do Me Good", "Say Goodbye", "Wicked Miss"
C3: "Butterfly Lullaby", "In the Night", "Suitcase Blues"
B2: "Beacon Street Hotel", "Hard Road", "Meet You There", "Time Canon"
A2: "Butterfly Lullaby"
G2: "Butterfly Lullaby"
F♯2:"Do Me Good"


Questionable notes:

 C♯2: Demonstrated in an interview

Rik Emmett is the multi-skilled singer and guitarist of the classic Canadian rock band Triumph. Most known for his very naturally high voice (often compared to Rush's Geddy Lee), he's maintained a powerful and fairly effortless high range throughout his entire career. Over the years his voice has deepened and matured, eventually developing a more prominent rasp. While rarely utilizing his lower range, he has shown the ability to have a warmer sound in his mid and lower ranges than one would expect from his insane high range.

[clem]

Can you link the interview C♯2?

[Hennessy Macklemore III]

I was the one who sent them that from Emmett's TRP3 thread. Admittedly I'm a little uncertain as to where to stand on it nowadays, because while it obviously isn't a sung interview note, it's also done with a clear amount of vocal intent/control to drop his voice down to a lower pitch than his voice normally reaches. I'm open to opinions on it, personally.

We originally heard it as an A♯1 back on TRP1 I think, and then later on we ended up ruling that as too much of a nanonote and decided to count it as a C♯2 instead. Listening back now I'm hearing a pretty audible B1 myself, but the question of how countable it is remains.

[Platypus]

i wouldn't count that

[Osmosis]

I wouldn't count it either

[Hennessy Macklemore III]

Yeah sounds good, I was starting to have second thoughts on it upon relistening to it as well. F♯2-B5 still sounds like a pretty nice range for him though

[EddieCheivz]

Yeah, let's appreciate that passage as it is; a very good example/showing of his low vocal capabilites. But just works for that thing, not as part of a singer actual vocal range though.