Freddie mercury , mitsubishi evo and malavika .....music

It all makes sense now ... I am sure most of you know Freddie Mercury one of the greatest singers in western music . But i was often puzzled why Bohemian rhapsody became so famous of all his songs . Even for music lovers that particular song oscillates between pop/rock , opera and other music genres . Recently on my musical journey analysing music i read freddie mercury had one of the highest "vocal range " in music . He could go from a deep baritone ( wikipedia ) to a high tenor or even beyond . And in addition to his flamboyant stage persona this particular song he was showing the flamboyance of his enormous musical range which cannot be achieved by most singers .

Though i love music somehow i was not a great fan of music competitions on Tv . But recently i stopped with open mouth seeing a contestant in the finals of a music program . It was not the voice alone . But the enormous versatality of her voice which could do all the rapid progressions of classical carnatic music in that competition amazed me . The enormous control of her voice taking rapid turns in tempo , octave as well as "sangathi " made me feel as if i am seeing a high end sports car taking rapid turns in full speed without losing control .

Being the scientific analyst as always i am amazed at how using just the 7 basic notes music could be made . Just like the 4 bases of DNA making all the complicated DNA this itself is amazing . Equally amazing is each instrument of music with its own unique character yet joined in the basics . And how the deeply melancholic note of the violin holds its stead against the guitar . On close inspection however it remains that the "melancholic " violin is the background for most of malayalam movies , even hollywood movies and most songs . And if you felt the guitar is inferior guitar was unique in that it could do most genres from jazz to rock to classical with ease not to mention its ease to accompany vocals .

Each instrument is great by itself ,but even now though its no match for the volume of an electric guitar or a synthesizer or the octave range of a grand piano there is one instrument which is richer , used in ALL genres and till this moment cannot be synthesized in same quality ... its the human voice ... Just as most of music is amazing this fact also is amazing ..

And lastly as per my earlier blog of 101 things to do before you die list .. Make learning a musical instrument one of them if u r at least faintly interested .. You wont regret it .. And if you can sing learn vocals ....