Which song contained the lowest recorded note ever produced by a human voice? +++++++++++++++++++++ 11-25-05, 12:45 AM Professor Was it A basso named Gaspard Forster ? No wait, that site doesn't mention a song. Was it something recorded by Lawrence Welk with that Larry-something guy with the really low voice? Or maybe Thurl Ravenscroft (the late voice of Tony the Tiger) who, I believe, sang for Disney cartoons, too? How about giving us the year of recording? Good question, by the way. Smile
11-25-05, 01:15 AM Professor I've got another guess: "There Is Nothing Like A Dame" from South Pacific, featuring a basso solo that starts on a descending scale, then dives down another fifth lower. Don't know who sang it, or even if it would be the Broadway recording or the movie soundtrack.
11-25-05, 02:51 AM Jenny Roberts Guinness Book Of World Records In 1983, the Guinness Book Of World Records recognized John Daniel Sumner's 1966 solo recording of the hymn "Blessed Assurance." According to Guinness, the song contained the lowest recorded note ever produced by a human voice, a "double low" C. The recording was re-issued in 1984 as part of Sumner's solo project Thank God For Kids and again in 1999 posthumously on The Wait Is Over.
The lowest note produced by a human voice was sung by Tim Storms in 2000. 2 octaves below the lowest note on the piano. It couldn't be heard by human ears. Note registered at 8hz
11-25-05, 07:00 AM mozart56 Got it Jenny. "Blessed assurance", by Sumner,Elvis best pal. Smile
Good try Professor.
11-25-05, 07:07 PM Professor D'oh! Razz
The link I posted above says:
quote: It will be observed that the lowest note of Gaspard Forster's voice is not much above the pitch at which the perception of musical tone begins...
It will be observed that Forster sang at 32 Hz, four octaves above Storms! But c'mon -- how do you "sing" at 8 Hz? Isn't it more like croaking or clicking? And if you can't even hear it...
11-25-05, 07:28 PM DorianGreyed While humans couldn't hear that note, it should be pointed out that 4 elephants have been following Storms since 2000.
11-25-05, 09:02 PM Professor
quote: 4 elephants have been following Storms since 2000.
Erratum: I meant two octaves (doublings), not four.
11-25-05, 10:37 PM Kelleygirl Not on the same note, but at the other end of the scale, I wonder if the highest note ever hit was done by Minnie Ripperton singing "Loving You." Big Grin
11-26-05, 02:21 AM Jenny Roberts As far as I know, the highest note written is a g3. Mozart wrote it for the concert aria "Popoli di Tessaglia", KV316.
Just found out that Georgia Brown ( Dutch Diva), is in the 2006 Guinness book of records for having a voice that can span a full 9 octaves, up to a g10. Although this sound is not audible to human ears, it can be measured as a frequency.
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