Peter Cornell (197 views)

[VocalDudeGuy]

Peter Boyle Cornell (April 19 1961- )
Associated Acts: Inflatable Soule (1990-1996), Somnambulist (1999-2001) Black Market Radio (2001-2007)
Recorded Vocal Range: E♭2-E5

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{Vocal Summary}Like his younger brother, Peter Cornell had an inclination towards music and liked to listen to much of the music that he did, even learning to play guitar at around 20 years old. Despite that, it wouldn't be until the early 90s when he decided to start a band with his sisters called Inflatable Soule, likely because hanging out with Chris Cornell and his buddies helped him learn how to write songs, which he always wanted to do.

Throughout his time with the band, his vocal work was adaquate, but dosen't particularly stand out in a positive or negative manner. Despite his voice being on the higher side, he never goes up to the 5th octave, only going above A4 in a few occasions. It wasn't uncommon for a song to top out at G4/G#4. Thankfully, Peter's voice has a bit of power and grit to prevent his vocals from being overly stale, the yarling technique commonly used at this time is present and gives his higher notes an Eddie Vedder coat of paint. his mid to lower register more closely resembles Chris Cornell's voice but with a more nasal sound. He goes no lower than G2 in this era but manages to sound relatively strong and clear in the lower 3rd/upper 2nd octave

With Somnambulist, Peter explores his higher and lower register more than before, going all the way down to Eb2 and having strong sounding low G notes. He also starts to dip his toes into the 5th octave, and explores B4 in particular more often, with his high notes having a more agressive yet more nasal and thin sound than before, which will become a staple part of his sound.

In Black Market Radio, his sound and style is similar but the 5th octave, C5 in particular, becomes more common then before. He also seems to have a bit more stamina up there and can occasionally sound quite powerful. His solo project continues this trend, being the rangiest project yet, although some 5th octave notes seem to instill some struggle.

Overall, a competent vocalist in his own right, with a distinct tone that might put some listeners off, but is similar yet different compared to Chris Cornell. Despite never really taking off, he has garnered a very niche fanbase over the years, likely due to being the older brother of a renowed musician as well as a unique discography that's generally an enjoyable romp.

Significant High Notes:

E5 ("Madman")
E♭5 ("Wash")
D5 ("Big Stones", "Champion", "Insides", "Piper")
C♯5 ("Attic", "Champion", "Ghost", "Gone Ten", "H. O.C. (House of Cards)", "In the Mindwarp Pavilion")
C5 ("Better Than a Killer", "Big Stones", "Broken Ornament", "Destroy She Said", "Fight of Your Life", "Funny", "Gone Ten", "Madman", "Pathos of Least Resistance", "Piper", "Shin", "Warned You", "Wash")
B4 ("Golden Boy", "Fight of Your Life", "Funny", "Ghost”, "In the Mindwarp Pavilion", "Insides", "Link", "Madman", "South Pacific Moon", "Suicide Parlour", "Troy Built Helen")
B♭4 ("Champion", "Died and Gone", "H. O.C. (House of Cards)", "Link", "Think of Me")
A4 ("Attic", "Better Than a Killer", "Big Stones", "Broken Ornament", "Chicken Toast", "Destroy She Said", "Died and Gone", "Fight of Your Life", "Funny Thing", "Gone Ten", "Good Riddance", "Grand Canyon", "H. O.C. (House of Cards)", "Insides", "Lickin’ My Wounds", "A Little Bit of Heaven", "Paranormal Humanoid", "Pathos of Least Resistance", "Piper", "Playing’ Heavy", "Shin", "Sudden Titles", "Suicide Parlour", "Wash", "Wave")
G♯4 ("At the Seams", "Beyond the Sun", "Destroy She Said", "The Game", "Ghost", "Grand Canyon", "In the Mindwarp Pavilion", "Lickin’ My Wounds", "Link", "Manta Rays", "So Sad", "South Pacific Moon", "Think of Me", "Warned You", "Wave")
G4 ("The Bear", "Better Than a Killer", "Beyond the Sun", "Big Stones", "Broken Ornament", "Champion", "Chicken Toast", "Died and Gone", "Elmer Fudd", "Empty Bed", "Funny", "The Game", "Golden Boy", "Good Riddance", "Holy Moses", "Lickin’ My Wounds", "A Little Bit of Heaven", "Manta Rays", "Paranormal Humanoid', "Playing’ Heavy", "See No Evil", "Shin", "So Sad", "South Pacific Moon", "Sudden Titles", "Think of Me", "Troy Built Helen", "Warned You", "Wash")

Significant Low Notes:

E3 ("Beyond the Sun", "Chicken Toast", "Destroy She Said", "Empty Bed", 'Fight of Your Life", "Grand Canyon", "Madman', "Manta Rays”, "Pathos of Least Resistance", "So Sad", "Troy Build Helen")
E♭3 ("Good Riddance", "Link")
D3 ("The Bear", "Empty Bed", "Golden Boy", "H. O.C. (House of Cards)", "Holy Moses", "Lake City Way", "A Little Bit of Heaven", "Manta Rays", "Pathos of Least Resistance", "South Pacific Moon")
C♯3 ("At the Seams", "Destroy She Said", "Grand Canyon", "Paranormal Humanoid", "Pathos of Least Resistance")
C3 ("Golden Boy", "Lake City Way", "Piper")
B2 ("Beyond the Sun" demo, "Chicken Toast", "Destroy She Said", "Died and Gone", "Paranormal Humanoid", "See No Evil", "South Pacific Moon")
B♭2 ("Champion", "Lake City Way", "Piper")
A2 ("Holy Moses", "So Sad")
G♯2 ("Beyond the Sun", "In the Mindwarp Pavilion")
G2 ("At the Seams", "Died and Gone", "Golden Boy", "See No Evil") 
F♯2 ("Suicide Parlour")
F2 ("Died and Gone")
E2 ("Destroy She Said", "Madman")
E♭2 ("H. O.C. (House of Cards)", "In the Mindwarp Pavilion")

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{Album/EP ranges}Inflatable Soule:
Demos (1991): B2-G♯4
It's All You (1992): G♯2-A4
Inflatable Soule (EP) (1993): B2-B♭4
So Sad (1994): G2-B4
Golden Boy (EP) (1996) G2-B4

Somnambulist:
The Paranormal Humidor (2001): E♭2-C♯5

Black Market Radio:
Suicidual Parlour (2006): F♯2-D5

Solo:
Champion (2014): E♭2-E5

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{Questionable Notes}C3: ("Broken Ordament"[3])
G♯2: ("Broken Ordament"[1])
F♯2: ("Wave"[1])
E2: ("Wash"[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.
[6] marks notes that are likely inhaled.

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Blue marks falsetto notes.
Green marks extremely harsh/distorted notes.
Grey marks fry notes.
Underlines mark notes that are obscured in the song mix.
Italics mark non-melodic notes.
Boldface marks notes that are considered to be particularly notable examples of this person's vocal capabilities.

All lows F#2 and below and highs D5 and above for this thread are linked

[mushymarionette]

His high range sounds exactly like John Fogerty, interesting voice

[Macca]

Good thread just a few things

1. It doesn't seem like you need blue or grey but if you do the shade of blue should be this just change the font color code to "blue" and also green should be this Just type green in between the quotation marks, The same thing with grey which it should be this
2. We usually don't put colons after note names
3. Change # to ♯ in the questionable notes
4. some brackets look like “ in which it should be "
5. change "Recorded Vocal Range" to just "Vocal Range"
6. Capitalize the H in High and the N in Notes

[VocalDudeGuy]

Oct 13, 2024 0:14:34 GMT Macca said:

Good thread just a few things

1. It doesn't seem like you need blue or grey but if you do the shade of blue should be this just change the font color code to "blue" and also green should be this Just type green in between the quotation marks, The same thing with grey which it should be this
2. We usually don't put colons after note names
3. Change # to ♯ in the questionable notes
4. some brackets look like “ in which it should be "
5. change "Recorded Vocal Range" to just "Vocal Range"
6. Capitalize the H in High and the N in Notes

1. Changed it to the correct color shading but I kept the blue and gray labels as a way to show people that those are the colors used to mark those kind of notes, regardless if the singer in question has ever done them or not. 
2. Tend to forget about this, fixed.
3. Done
4. fixed
5. Not against doing this but "Recorded vocal range" is technically more correct than "vocal range" as people don't always use all of their capable vocal range in their music.
6. Done.