I'm not an expert, but some true singers say that when singing you are actually speaking in your natural tone. Yeah, some go vary in range such as P, but i say his baritone. His falsetto is my fav. Hard range to get CORRECTLY.

I post regulary on that Range Place site where that thread is from, and even contributed some notes to it.

Prince was a baritone, without question, with an insanely well developed falsetto register. If anything, the fact that he relied so heavily on his falsetto is as good an indicator as any of his true voice type. Even a modestly trained tenor would have a fairly easy time hitting most of Prince's high notes (at least up into the lower fifth octave) in his natural voice. If you listen to Prince's catalog, there is very little of what you'd call belting, as the notes he hits in the F4-A4 range have a very strained, almost painful sound. The only note in that area I can think of where Prince sounds totally clean is the G#4 from "Shhh!." A tenor would not only have a fairly easy time in this register, but they'd have a sort of clarion sound to their notes that Prince never had. Compare a true tenor like Stevie Wonder or Tony Bennett in that range to Prince.

He also had a head voice, which is similar to falsetto but not as disconnected from the natural voice. This is the technique he would use for his screams.

His lower register also has the sort of dark warmth most average baritones have. "Future Soul Song" is one of my favorite examples of Prince's lower register.

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67Cadillac said:

I post regulary on that Range Place site where that thread is from, and even contributed some notes to it.

Prince was a baritone, without question, with an insanely well developed falsetto register. If anything, the fact that he relied so heavily on his falsetto is as good an indicator as any of his true voice type. Even a modestly trained tenor would have a fairly easy time hitting most of Prince's high notes (at least up into the lower fifth octave) in his natural voice. If you listen to Prince's catalog, there is very little of what you'd call belting, as the notes he hits in the F4-A4 range have a very strained, almost painful sound. The only note in that area I can think of where Prince sounds totally clean is the G#4 from "Shhh!." A tenor would not only have a fairly easy time in this register, but they'd have a sort of clarion sound to their notes that Prince never had. Compare a true tenor like Stevie Wonder or Tony Bennett in that range to Prince.

He also had a head voice, which is similar to falsetto but not as disconnected from the natural voice. This is the technique he would use for his screams.

His lower register also has the sort of dark warmth most average baritones have. "Future Soul Song" is one of my favorite examples of Prince's lower register.

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I agree with this completely. Prince certainly was an extremely unique vocalist. He had so much colour in his voice all throughout his chest, head and falsetto. He did some incredible things with what he had.