Post by Holsety on Sept 22, 2019 23:00:47 GMT
Robin Noel Pecknold (March 31, 1986)
Member of: Fleet Foxes
Vocal Range: D2 - E5
There is hardly a more fitting name for a folk singer than Robin Pecknold. For a dude who claims Bob Dylan as a huge influence, his inflections are markedly on the nose in comparison; where that comparison shines is in his persistently shifting vocal style between album cycles. The comeuppance of Fleet Foxes a decade ago came with layers of smooth harmonies and pulled high notes enveloping the mix. Over time this developed into a more dynamic style by the time of Helplessness Blues, wherein Pecknold uses his range in different ways, inserting similar passages of high notes without the same overwhelming feeling as before. Finally, after a hiatus Pecknold introduces an expanded low range into his repertoire on Crack-Up. Either Robin Pecknold knows how a unique voice can shape a musician's sound, or he's been remarkably lucky with his creative choices up to this point.
Significant High Notes:
E5 ("Ragged Wood" live Manhattan)
E♭5 ("The Plains / Bitter Dancer", "White Winter Hymnal")
D5 ("Drops in the River", "Your Protector")
C5 ("Crack-Up", "Heard Them Stirring", "Helplessness Blues", "I Am All That I Need / Arroyo Seco / Thumbprint Scar", "Meadowlarks", "Montezuma", "Sun It Rises")
B4 ("Anyone Who's Anyone", "Battery Kinzie", "Cassius, -", "Crack-Up", "Drops in the River", "Heard Them Stirring", "On Another Ocean (January / June)", "Quiet Houses", "Ragged Wood", "Someone You'd Admire", "Sun Giant")
B♭4 ("Quiet Houses", "The Shrine / An Argument", "Tiger Mountain Peasant Song")
A4 ("Anyone Who's Anyone", "Bedouin Dress", "Cassius, -", "Crack-Up", "Drops in the River", "Fool for You" live Pitchfork 2018, "Fool's Errand", "Grown Ocean" various live performances, "Ragged Wood", "Sim Sala Bim", "So Long to the Headstrong", "Sun It Rises", "The Plains / Bitter Dancer", "Your Protector")
G♯4 ("He Doesn't Know Why", "Helplessness Blues", "I Should See Memphis", "Kept Woman", "Mykonos", "Ragged Wood", "She Got Dressed", "Textbook Love", "White Winter Hymnal")
G4 ("Anyone Who's Anyone", "Battery Kinzie", "Bedouin Dress", "Cassius, -", "Don't Come Around Here No More" live Chicago,"English House", "Fool's Errand", "Heard Them Stirring", "I Am All That I Need / Arroyo Seco / Thumbprint Scar", "In the Hot, Hot Rays", "Isles", "Kept Woman", "Lorelai", "Montezuma", "Oliver James", "The Shrine / An Argument", "So Long to the Headstrong", "Sun It Rises", "Third of May / Odaigahara", "Your Protector")
F♯4 ("Blue Ridge Mountains", "Don't Come Around Here No More" live Chicago, "Drops in the River", "English House", "Fool for You" live Pitchfork 2018, "If You Need to, Keep Time on Me", "Innocent Son", "Mearcstapa", "- Naiads, Cassadies", "On Another Ocean (January / June)", "Quiet Houses", "The Plains / Bitter Dancer", "Ragged Wood", "Someone You'd Admire", "Sun Giant", "Textbook Love", "Tiger Mountain Peasant Song")
Significant Low Notes:
D3 ("Battery Kinzie", "Bedouin Dress", "Blue Spotted Tail", "Crayon Angels" live Black Cab sessions, "Icicle Tusk", "Isles", "Meadowlarks", "Montezuma", "- Naiads, Cassadies", "Your Protector")
C♯3 ("Lorelai", "Out of Sight, Out of Mind", "The Plains / Bitter Dancer", "The Shrine / An Argument", "Tiger Mountain Peasant Song")
C3 ("Corduroy", "False Knight on the Road", "Grown Ocean", "Helplessness Blues", "Montezuma", "She Got Dressed", "Sim Sala Bim")
B2 ("Blue Spotted Tail", "Drops in the River", "On Another Ocean (January / June)", "Quiet Houses", "The Plains / Bitter Dancer",)
B♭2 ("She Got Dressed", "Sun Giant", "Third of May / Odaigahara", "Tiger Mountain Peasant Song", "White Winter Hymnal", "Your Protector" live Glastonbury 2009)
A2 ("Crack-Up", "Dreams", "Drops in the River" live Roskilde Festival, "I Should See Memphis", "Olivia in a Separate Bed", "Sun Giant")
G♯2 ("Blue Ridge Mountains" live Bridge School Benefit, "Quiet Houses", "Third of May / Odaigahara")
G2 ("Blue Spotted Tail" live Netherlands 2016, "Cassius, -", "The Shrine / An Argument" live at Sydney Opera House)
F♯2 ("I Should See Memphis", "Out of Sight, Out of Mind")
F2 ("I Am All That I Need / Arroyo Seco / Thumbprint Scar")
E2 ("I Should See Memphis", "Third of May / Odaigahara")
D2 ("I Am All That I Need / Arroyo Seco / Thumbprint Scar", "I Should See Memphis")
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*Underlines mark notes in backing vocals or very faint notes.
*Blue marks soft, clear falsetto.
*Italics mark non-melodic notes.
{Album Ranges}Fleet Foxes EP (2006): B♭2-B4
Sun Giant (2008): G♯2-A4-D5
Fleet Foxes (2008): G♯2-G♯4-E♭5
Helplessness Blues (2011): B2-C5-E♭5
Crack-Up (2017): D2-A4-C5
Sun Giant (2008): G♯2-A4-D5
Fleet Foxes (2008): G♯2-G♯4-E♭5
Helplessness Blues (2011): B2-C5-E♭5
Crack-Up (2017): D2-A4-C5
