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The low extreme for basses is generally C 2 (two Cs below middle C). Some extreme bass singers, referred to as basso profondos and oktavists, are able to reach much lower than this. Within opera, the lowest note in the standard bass repertoire is D 2, sung by the character Osmin in Mozart's Die Entführung aus dem Serail, but few roles fall ...
Basso profondo (Italian: [ˈbasso proˈfondo], "deep bass"), sometimes basso profundo or contrabass, is the lowest bass voice type.. While The New Grove Dictionary of Opera defines a typical bass as having a range that extends downward to the second E below middle C (E 2), [1] operatic bassi profondi can be called on to sing low C (C 2), as in the role of Baron Ochs in Der Rosenkavalier.
Since most people have medium voices, they are often assigned a part that is either too high or too low for them; the mezzo-soprano must sing soprano or alto and the baritone must sing tenor or bass. Either option can present problems for the singer, but for most singers there are fewer dangers in singing too low, than in singing too high. [4]
Kurt Moll (11 April 1938 – 5 March 2017) [1] was a German operatic bass singer who enjoyed a widely renowned international career. [2]His voice was notable for its range, a true basso profondo, including full, resonant low and very-low notes with relaxed vibrato; also for its unusual combination of extreme volume-capacity and a purring, contrabassoon-like timbre.
Yuri Wichniakov (Russian: Юрий Вишняков) is a Russian oktavist singer known for his powerful lower register, and resonant low notes. He is the featured bass on the CD Basso Profondo From Old Russia. [1] Wichniakov performs notes as low as E1.
For example, a female singer may have a vocal range that encompasses the low notes of a mezzo-soprano and the high notes of a soprano. A voice teacher would therefore look to see whether the singer was more comfortable singing higher, or lower. If she were more comfortable singing higher, then the teacher would probably classify her as a soprano.
Within choral music, when true basses are not available, choirs often rely on singers who can "fry" the low bass notes. [citation needed] Singers such as Tim Storms, [21] Mike Holcomb and various other gospel basses use this technique to sing very low tones. [citation needed] Some styles of folk singing showcase the vocal fry register in the ...
Storms' Guinness World Record for the Lowest Note Produced by a Human is 0.189 Hz (G −7), set in 2012. [3] He has a separate record for Greatest Vocal Range for Any Human, which is about 10 octaves, 0.7973–807.3 Hz (G/G♯ −5 –G/G♯ 5), but does not include the 2 octave extension of the low frequency record set in 2012; the Greatest Vocal Range Record of 10 octaves was set in 2008 ...