Tuukka Haapaniemi - Vocal Range
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- Опубліковано 30 вер 2024
- Finnish basso profundo and acapella bass Tuukka Haapaniemi is quite possibly the world’s best and most versatile bass singer alive today. Having started singing as a high boy soprano in a girls’ choir with a soprano high C, his voice changed dramatically, enabling him to sing bass around the world with the Finnish Acapella group ‘Club For Five’ who’ve been together for around 20 years.
There’s two people I want to thank for helping with this video, 1 being Cole Fountain for helping me tune and watch some notes, the 2nd person being Mr Haapaniemi himself. He very kindly sent me clips, taught me about how his voice works, provided information of registers and was a great person to talk to, and even analysed his voice for me with his brother Sampo Haapaniemi (a classically trained baritone singer) so a big thanks to him and his brother for helping with this too.
Seeing as Tuukka doesn’t have a video dedicated to his range prior to this, I wanted to showcase it more, hence the longer video with 5 clips per low note. I also wanted to include lots of live clips as Tuukka prefers them more and he believes it’s a better demonstration of someone’s range and singing ability as it’s an unedited performance.
In hindsight I probably would’ve started the high notes higher up, but I think his high notes generally end around B4/C5 as the 5th octave notes are miscellaneous in context, but still definitely countable and worth listening to. I choose G3 as the start point for highs as that’s what is marked on an old TRP thread that I got a few songs off of - usually a credible site.
Questionable notes:
?5: Random whoops, woos or exclamations are too brief to warrant inclusion.
G4: Levottomat laulut (Live) • Levottomat laulut (Live)
“No, I sing the E4😊”
F#1: • Club For Five - Sinun ... 0:25
“No, I sing a D2 modal. The baritone sings a fifth (A2) and that might cause the ”under tone” to appear?”
Eb1: open.spotify.c... 3:55
“I don’t remember singing that (octave doubling), so it is probably artificially made - shifted with a computer.”
• You're The Voice - Aca... 4:25
They are artificial.
?1/?0: random slides are too brief to be counted and not sung with melodic intent.
B0: • Tummat silmät, ruskea ...
“No, just a regular B1😄”
G#0???: / 10153784829925944 Audacity seemed to suggest this note slid around between Eb0 and A0 so I decided to leave it out as I couldn’t find a solid pitch, though I believe it is meant to be a G#0
F0?: 4th Facebook fry note www.facebook.c..., again, audacity seemed to suggest it slides around a bit around up to G# ish from F0 so I’m not counting it
Clarifying some terms used in this video:
Falsetto: I’m using falsetto as an umbrella term for anything above chest voice as I can’t reliably hear the difference and mark it correctly.
Background: generally I mean anything that is not a lead part or that is in the background or in harmony and not the main melody.
Chest-fry: Tuukka actually told me that he starts mixing from around a D2 downwards and most of the big, voluminous resonant notes are partly mixed with varying ratios of chest and fry. The exception to this is the breathy chest notes which he says are pure chest: “When I sing very sofly, those low notes are chest-modal. We experimented (with my brother) and we think that most of my low notes, depending on the phrase and function, are mixed chest-fry. The starting point on when I ”turn” to the mix is maybe somewhere around Eb/D2 if I have to go to an A1 for example.”
Growl: Tuukka has a few growled notes out there, most not significant enough to warrant inclusion: “Also the ”fire breathing”, I don’t sing with that, I don’t make distictive pitches with it. I use to end a drum solo (a big bang😄) or just to finish a song with subwoofers on fire for a brief moment😁”
These low fry notes are countable in my opinion as they’re sung with purpose and melodic intent. They’re well controlled and have more than enough time and resonance behind them, and are of significant enough quality to warrant inclusion in this video.
There will undoubtedly be mistakes in pitch or in classification of vocal register as his voice is surprisingly hard to analyse, or I may have mistaken his voice for someone else in the band, but please let me know of any glaring errors.
I do not own any of the music, pictures or videos in this video. All content belongs to the owners (mostly Club For Five). Tuukka was aware of me making this video.
CFF channel: / clubforfive
Tuukka's channel: / subbaritone
Thanks for watching
I think that church Bb1 might’ve been an A... oops
Big thanks to Tuukka himself for helping with this video - he's an amazing singer and a great guy.
Here's a link to his channel:
ua-cam.com/users/Subbaritone
Tuukka is an insanely versatile singer with a unique instrument. Really a pleasure to listen to in whatever context, throughout the breadth of his quiet expansive range.
His lower range is probably 1 in a 100 million. His voice is not only very deep, but also good sounding and powerful.
hes about as good at controlling his chest-fry and fry as paul david kennamer hes honestly kind of underrated in that regard, as well as being able to sing lower in chest than paul and higher in his mixed voice as well. this man is an absolute legend.
Facts my brother, FACTS!
His chest sounds like chest
His chest fry sounds like powerful chest
His fry sounds like chest-fry
This man is unreal
looooooooool
That’s what I was thinking too 😂
Yeah we have a great Oktavist here
@@Robin-ij6ks kinda an octavist, he has the same range as me, low chest register wise, but I can't do chest fry
@@kn3236 wow you can go E0 crazy man
He's like a kid who woke up with a super power and is so happy to show it off to everyone. I love his attitude towards his gift!
This man is obviously one of the greatest basses ever existed
Absolutely. One of the world’s best and almost certainly the most versatile
can we appriciate how long he held the Bb1
His chest fry down to F#1 honestly sounds like pure strong chest that’s just impressive
I think it's chest, only the sensation seems like fry, but it's just because it's too low lol
11:58 , the famous Rachmaninoff/Rach challenge. Amazing Bb1, especially considering the distance from the camera.
Honestly, not surprised that Tuuka helped, knowing how amazing of person he is. Also this is best vocal range video on UA-cam.
He's a great singer and a cracking guy, really nice. Thanks
Amazing job with this video. Awesome how Tuukka helped with his, great guy and great voice. One of the best basses in acappella. Nice :)
And damn that Lady Marmalade G1 😳
Fave note in this video. Sounds like an earthquake. Great voice
@@matthewdockray9745 I loved that Bb1 on the Rach challenge. Absolutely Beautiful.
His fried C#1's and B0's are so clear. Much better than Storm's heavily EQ'd notes.
this guy is an oktavist, while Tim is just a regular bass
@@hai965 True.
Tuukkas notes are also heavily EQ'd just saying, both are great singers, even tho i prefer Tuukka
@@Kenny...... Yeah, I should have said " Tuukka's F1/E1". Those notes are clear without any assistance.
@@Kenny...... I mean Tim's make a whole lot of difference between his fry live and eq'd while tukkas are not as different
this was amazing bro!! very enjoyable. i love the smooth editing, & also i feel like shit after watching this 😌💯 i can barely fry at all this guy makes it all seems so easy!
His upper range doesn't give any hints of him being a bass lol.
Hey can you make a vocal range on the bass from Estonian Voices and/or Lauri Õunapuu from Metsatöll? Would be interesting to see :P
Jesus when he hits E0 it literally makes my head shake
He was i our substitute teacher today, safe to say probably one of my favorite teachers
Love Tuuka's moves singing that D1.
Great and much needed vid on this virtuoso. 🙂👌Thanks. I've been enjoying his talent for 16 yrs already. Being finnish and a bass myself put him on my radar long before UA-cam conparisons. And yes, he is really nice in person, an unusually gifted and versatile musician, and a natural performer. And ofc has incomprehensibly elastic and powerful vocalfolds. 😁
His real lowest note is D0. In the Facebook clip where he hit Eb1, C#1 and B0, he hit an D0 in the full clip you didn't include.
Thanks for the video! Enjoyed watching it! Where can i find these classical pieces? 2:14 3:30 4:22 9:10 15:06 ? they are beautiful! :)
douweterbraak thanks for watching :)
All the classical pieces (except 13:25, 15:06 and 17:35 I believe (last two are the same piece)) are from the ‘Rautavaara: Vigilia’ album recorded in 2019 by The Helsinki Chamber Choir. He sung as the lead bass and also joined in the choral parts at some points.
Spotify link here: open.spotify.com/album/3sU5n7Pl6SAvnpXV7BVP01?si=71EcgoARRzuC2uDreUn2ww
2:14 is Vigilia No5
3:30 is Vigilia No28
4:22 is Vigilia No5
9:10 is Vigilia No2
13:25 is ‘We Praise Thee’ with him in the profundo section. I believe he was only around 23 ish years old in this recording ua-cam.com/video/RSA7vRxYJFg/v-deo.html
15:06 and 17:35 are from Karl Jenkins’ Stabat Mater. Tuukka spent the whole recording mostly in the first octave down to the D1. I believe he was in the same room as Karl at the time of recording it. “No pressure 😅” he told me. Here’s a link to the clip ua-cam.com/video/AA4o5AOZsXs/v-deo.html It’s the lowest note he’s done in a choral setting
The whole compilation is truly amazing!!! Great job bro! Can you tell what song on 14:04 please?
Thanks for watching
This should be it ua-cam.com/video/3stxANwlujA/v-deo.html
@@matthewdockray9745 you’re amazing bro
What happened to his TRP thread? I have been searching for it but it seem to be deleted.
@@Nipsu78090 I believe he only had a thread on the range place, it never got moved over to the range planet when the site changed. Last time I checked, you can still access it if you had an account on therangeplace. Regardless, it was a highly unfinished list with only about 2 albums of his work on there
@@matthewdockray9745 I thought it was The Range Planet thread. But okay and thanks!
Yesssss
Yes
this is amazing:) im happy i found this video:)
hitting is one thing....sustaining is the rub.....he's on a par with Geoff....excellent.....the Finn's on fire
A great Oktavist we have here
9:52 this is B1😂 but WOAHHHHH THAT VOICE OF HIS!!!!!!!!!!! HOW IS EVEN HIS FRY THAT POWERFUL!!??????
That's what happens when profondo 's fry.
There are a few notes in this video which sit right between semitones, that being one of them. I probably thought it was closer to a C2, but that might just be because it’s meant to be a C2 but the group shifted slightly down in pitch
Matthew Dockray i see what you’re saying but this is definitely B1😂 the harmonies lean more towards a B chord than a C chord (probably used the wrong chord) because of the F#s, and they are perfect fifths from that low note. but if it is C2 then DANG 😂
Its Ethannn I think they’ve just shifted out of key slightly. I’m fairly certain the studio version is a C
Matthew Dockray ooooo what’s the song called?
Tuukka is like taking the low end of a piano and sticking it into his throat and saying “fuck it, let’s give him a huge low range even with massive fry bass” 😂
*cracks the earth's crust*
Tuuka: "So that would be the lowest note on the piano"
Man that Eb1 in Sassy is just... is life unfair? Yes.
Yes it is.
;(
Cant wait for the part 2 aca vid.
Tuukka's voice is smooth as one's voice can be and very likeable. What is the clip from 4:25?
Vigilia No 5 from this album open.spotify.com/album/3sU5n7Pl6SAvnpXV7BVP01?si=eg4Jz37rTOKLjRbujLZb5w
Some of his really low fry notes kinda sound like inhale or is it just me haha
Nyt on kunnollista!
His face looks Aries...hmm. I am big on studying the astrology of every singer. Unbelievable vocal range and transitioning from sounding like a baritone all the way down to a deep dark bass.
Can you send me 11:51
👉👈
ua-cam.com/video/eFMp3T4CPMY/v-deo.html I believe this is the vid. ignore the D1s, and all super low first octave stuff towards the end of the video btw cuz it's artificial
Wait he growls, holy shit I wonder how good he would sound doing subharmonics 😂
He rarely growls. Check the description if you haven’t already for what Tuukka himself said about growling.
He also said he doesn’t know how to use subharmonics, and tbh, the power he gets with his contra notes I don’t think he’d ever need to lol
Matthew Dockray oh Ik he doesn’t know, I’m just saying if u could just imagine what it’d be like if he knew how to use it
where can i find the 2 clips of his chest G1s?
14:52 is this ua-cam.com/video/GX6ADvOKJOY/v-deo.html. 15:00 I’m not sure, Tuukka sent it to me on Instagram, but I think it’s on his Facebook somewhere
13:24
This performance. It sounds like it's amazing. Where can I get it? :)))))
Song name 12:25 ?
Mansikkamäki
his chest-fry mechanism sounds like the one where you add fry to your chest voice to get the voice lower which is pretty rare and impressive to do
12:55 can you send me this 👉👈
ua-cam.com/video/Kd44tCIyVEs/v-deo.html about 52 views lol. mega bass solo at the beginning though
@@matthewdockray9745 thanks man - you’ll see why I needed it either later today or tomorrow
what's the name of the piece around 15:10
11:58
Is Scott hoying making cameo appearances??
Nah, that’s their former baritone Tuomas Ahola
The Bb1 at 12:07 is not Chest-Fry. Generally anything around that range isn't chest fry, he's a profondo, not your typical Bass like Foust, Castellucci and Kaplan.
Read the description
13:15 could you link this pls
ua-cam.com/video/WKDo9rLMc74b/v-deo.html around 3 minutes in
Matthew Dockray thanks 🙏
That Bb1 at the church sounded like an A1
Bit sharp but yeah it’s an A I think
his fry notes sounds like ingressive phonation notes
They’re not
Can you send me 17:02
ua-cam.com/video/QTSpOIXgL0Q/v-deo.html
Eb1 - F#5 covered in that piece
Matthew Dockray thanks so much I’m making a second part of male singers low notes so this helps 🙏
@@Marcell0Bass Use some of Kurt Moll and Eric Alatorre 's notes as well. Those two are impressive .
@@reubenthomas7907 ok ill check em out
@@Marcell0Bass If you need notes, I'll be more than happy to provide .
nice vid! do you have a link to 4:06?
Around 27 minutes in I think ua-cam.com/video/4b9B9UCKgJQ/v-deo.html
@@matthewdockray9745 thanks! :)
10:40 that was Subharmonic
Nah
@@Marcell0Bass yeah u see his mouth shape and the sound, I swear it's Subharmonic
PianoMane Studio's sounds like chest and mouth shape doesn’t effect the classification of a technique
@@Marcell0Bassit sounds like Subharmonic to me idk
PianoMane Studio's
1) sounds nothing like subharmonics
2) Tuukka told me he doesn’t know how to use subharmonics
13:03 song?
Brothers in arms live
So...who sang bass at 5:32？ I think somebody hit a G1
I believe that’s their tenor singer Jouni Kannisto standing at the back. I’m unsure of the technique he’s using, possibly Ingressive, but I’m certain I’ve heard him in chest down to a reasonable F2 or E2 before
Matthew Dockray If true thats insane！
10:03, what is this video from?
ua-cam.com/video/wjHpYTHzxtA/v-deo.html
@@matthewdockray9745 Thank you