@@enocjordanabi4207 He doesn't hit an E1 normally in his interview, if you watch another video called Storms over Russia that is a movie and you can hear him speak comfortably, he doesn't speak down to an E1 normally, he speaks down to it, bending his head over just a little bit, but he sustains a good F1-Ab1 comfortably when speaking. Also to add, there is a video I found here on UA-cam of JD actually hitting a B0 pretty easily without sliding, the lowest I've heard JD speak is probably lower than a D1 on some occasions, but usually, I hear him speak around the mid 1st octave, but sometimes he speaks a lot lower than he usually does. I will send the clips if you're interested. :)
@@Vanerov Can you send me the clips? I'm currently trying to tell a person that JD was lower than Zlatopolsky. This person thinks Zlatopolsky was lower and louder than JD on the super low notes.
@Steven Criscione There's an Oktavist on The Oktavism Channel but is unknown that has a darker timbre and can sing D1's and E1's more powerful than Zlatopolsky can and has a darker speaking voice. Search up Kaval Male Choir or Unknown Bulgarian Oktavist.
@@ailtonsouzadearaujojunior2210 Except the Bulgarian Oktavist has a darker timbre and can sing the lower 1st octave with more power, and has a darker speaking voice as well. I think Irinarch Zragewsky is a great oktavist, although I've heard lower and deeper.
I was once seated behind a man at a restaurant who had a regular conversation note of D1/C1 somewhere, you could feel what he was saying more than you could hear it, it was loud and full too. Truly unbelievable
@@kfclit1199 I have no clue, me and mom were both absolutely shocked when we felt his voice (it was so low we couldn't even discern words at first) but I still remember it every so often, it was truly amazing and if it weren't for my mom there I would've thought that entire day was just a dream. never seen him again and still sad I didn't say hello.
@@Vanerov I checked with one of those videos that show vocal range, but I am technically assuming since the way a voice propagates in a room, and the smoothness/roughness have effect on how deep it sounds, his voice was not smooth at all, really gravelly which might've made it sound deeper but I'm no expert
I really like Tim Foust, Geoff Castelucci, Avi Kaplan and all of them, but for me, the true power of basses remains with oktavists and basso profundos. Because they can hit really low notes without a microphone with power and resonance.
@@sierra6293 He sings a lot, the last videos on his channel just kill me with the quality and resonance of his bass. And even the higher notes, are so clear and bright, he has a really beautiful voice. It's so impressive.
Power and resonance is something you have to have the genetics and vocal cords for. It is entirely different than just hitting a note softly and sub-audibly like me. :/
I gotta say, I think that really, anything below E1 should really be left alone. There are the FEW great singers who can reach below that, but even among that group, only a handful of them can actually make it sound truly musical. Eric Holloway said it best, there's a difference between just "hitting" a low note and truly singing one.
Good point. If you ever sat through a concert with one of the greats (JD Sumner, George Younce, Tim Riley, etc.) you can "feel" their low notes. I remember going to a JD Sumner concert and feeling the vibrations outside the building. When singers go too low, you can "hear" the note but you can't feel it. There's a distinct difference, and that, IMO, is what separates the great bass singers from the those who just want to hit a low note at any cost.
When it is nothing but fry, it is not very musical, I agree. There are a few really great singers out there that subharmonic fry underneath a voiced 'harmonic" and can make it sound pretty good. I thought the black and white part of this vid with the guy with the big screen demonstrated that pretty well. Low AND pleasant to listen to. At some point, with frying, it starts to sound like a stick running through fence slats, and that is not pretty, not really anything remotely sinusoidal going on. Here is one example: ua-cam.com/video/o8qu4OOQ_Dc/v-deo.html
I agree, everyone wants to expand their range aiming up but I've found it much harder to gain going down and the timbre of these note is just bome chilling
the most impressive for me is the oktavists... like a lot of the a capella singers and gospel singers have incredibly low voices which are amazing especially sumner, but they're all for the most part mic'd in a small group. oktavists are unmic'd in a potentially large choir so the power behind these insane notes is just unreal.
Some of the a capella guys have that kind of power, they just don’t need it as they’re mic’d. Avi, for example, is a trained opera singer so he can fucking belt it.
@@thecraftycyborg9024 Avi is not a trained opera singer. He trained professionally to sing in Acapella groups and has never sung opera period. Even if he did a little, he never uses classical technique In like 99% of his singing.
When my mother and I sang in choir, she said she got chills when I hit the low notes. They were no where as low as these gentlemen! I have always loved JD Sumner! He was totally awesome! I can hardly wait to hear him singing in Heaven! Imagine how many basses are in the Heavenly Choir!
Now why can't all these awesome Basses get together and do an album together (minus JD) Tim Foust has already worked with Avi and Geoff which is totally awesome.
I bottom out at a C#2 on a good day, and have hit a C2 a few times (quiet and pretty weak, but recognizable), but Eb2 is more typically my solid low note.
@@kfclit1199 I have an almost identical range but on most days I can get down to at least C#2, haven't really hit anything below Bb1 in chest (with the exception of a couple anomalous days I've sorta hit A1), I'm hoping with age and practice I can go lower lol
I think the main reason you only seem to hear the real bass is because modern music usually doesn't use them... groups like Home Free and other a cappella groups use them to round out the sound...beautiful video...
Paul David Kennamer is the one the impresses me the most. That level of technique is insane. When i first heard him i thought "wow this bass is amazing". Then i discovered he is a baritone.
Reuben Mathew actually there are only two! I interviewed Alexis Lukianov, one of the oktavists from the PaTRAM Institute and he said only him and another oktavist were on that last D1.
Out of the 10 oktavists, Alexis Lukianov stated that 2 could go down to the D1, 6 could sing the G1, and the other 2 struggled with the contra G. The more you know...
@@xandertheoktavist Yeah,I wrote this before I saw Mr.Lukianov's interview ,on your channel( great job , man!!), and forgot to edit the comment . Powerful contra D , considering its from two oktavists.
There was a basso profundo I had met in the early '70's that could sing in this range by the name of Phil Booth. He was mostly classically trained (Opera) and I heard he was in the New York City area. Anyone ever heard him or of him? He also had a huge range at least back then.
The nice of this video, is bc we can put it in a bass boost, and after, die, but before, we have to show to the tenors. Good job Dan, its 35 minutes of pure bass
@@kfclit1199 im not a guy why you calling me bro, the right wouldnt be sis? 😂 the english language is the worst language, lets speak brazilian portuguese guys😂😂
Some people with the best ears can hear a range of 20-20,000hz. For reference, that’s E0-D#10. Anything lower or higher you may feel, but as humans were unable to hear.
Doing this stuff in a mic, and doing it WITHOUT one, in a choir is two VERY different things. Some of the octavists you hear from Russia and surrounding area are absolutely amazing...and they are still VOICING way down there, not just growling. Here is a good example: ua-cam.com/video/o8qu4OOQ_Dc/v-deo.html
@@MrJdsenior yes, I am. with a mic, I can make a beautiful Bb0. But it's not singing. Without a mic I can maybe make a decent D1 sound in a quiet musical moment, and with a lot of reverb (church...). But in full voice and in all dynamics, my lowest note is a A1 or G#1. So for a soloist role, I can't hardly sing a proper "They that go down to the sea in ships". In a choir, I can make a nice Eb1... So how can we compare ?
@@AntoineGarnier Yupper! I've never looked with a mic and a scope, but I suspect the fry looks more like a square wave than a voiced note, at least to some degree, less sinusoidal, anyway. One thing that amazes me is some of this sub harmonic work, where they fry the fundamental and sing the first overtone (I assume) to create the rest of the series. Geoff Castellucci demonstrates this on some of his 'how to sing lower' vids, and it sounds vastly more musical than just a pure fry. Pretty cool technique. And some of the effects, like throat singing, or the two tone singing, like Avi demonstrates to an amazing degree, actually producing a fairly accurate melody from the 'top line' just amazes me. I'm just a layman singer (was anyway) with many years in decent church choirs, and I've tried frying, which was easy to produce, but modulating to accurate various pitches feels like it would take a LOT of practice...I could barely vary the pitch. I've noticed on a few videos of Home Free, where their bass, Tim Foust (another favorite), who is VERY good at this, really bombs it in the live concerts occasionally. In the studio OBVIOUSLY it's always dead on, any more. :-/. Could have been he was having trouble hearing since some of those live environments look like a nightmare to try to sing in (especially at their stellar level), but I think it demonstrates just how difficult it is.
when you start getting into the 0th octave and really past a D1 in most cases, the fry is so powerful and overwhelming that there is really no usage to include it, the note isnt on display anymore, the fry is. its why 0th octave notes are so rare from humans, even Zlatopolskys legendary double low C was a clear chest fry mix. fry like that stopes being a note of value imo, it just becomes frequency.
You are 100% correct. However this phenomenon is different from vocal fry, or a chest fry like Tim foust does .Basso profundo Matt Spriggs explains this in his interview on Alexander Mayang's channel.
Totally didn't expect to see Crossroads and Jim Henry on here. What a treat for people to recognize some of the great basses of barbershop! You should totally check out Dan Walz, the bass for Signature.
🟢 Singers featured in this video 🟢 • Glenn Miller • JD Sumner • Matt Fouch • David Kahn • Alex Utech • Richard Sterban • Ken Turner • Tim Foust • Avi Kaplan • Geoff Castellucci • Jeff Chapman • Gene McDonald • Rodney Britt • Wes McKenzie • Tomi P • Mikhail Zlatopolsky • Mikhail Kruglov • Günther Wewel • Steve Cross • Tim Riley • User “Thebassmanadam” • Tim Storms • Paul David Kennamer • Eric Alatorre • Aluísio Junior • David Hester • Mike Holcomb • Zakkary Suddath • Nic Val • Ray Dean Reese ⚠️ NOTE: There are a handful of singers I wasn’t able to name.
It was in the 30’s forever because I wasn’t making content. Just had some piano vids. You truly are one of the very 1st subscribers of the Acapella & Bass Singer Niche of this channel.
It may have only been a single clip - but finally some Nic Val consideration! Thank you! I don't know why he doesn't turn up more in these sorts of compilations!
Really awesome compilation! The lowest notes I've sung live are A1 as Bartolo in Le nozze di Figaro , and G1 as Mefistofele in Gounoud's Faust. In opera one must be caareful when to go all oktavist, but in comedic roles, or as the Devil, it's fine (in my opinion).
There's a big difference to me between a Russian Oktavist or an operatic basso profundo hitting an E1 unassisted by amplication or a microphone and have it heard over the rest of an ensemble. Most of these examples are of comparatively weaker gospel basses almost eating the microphone to have their note heard. There's some exceptions in there, J.D. Sumner for instance has a very pleasant tone in his lower notes where as much of this is just poor flapping vocal cords.
Absolutely fabulous beginning- even though I only clicked because you have the three masters (Avi, Geoff, Tim) in yout thumbnail and I only wanna get to know basses as good as them. 😂
Russian oktavists absolutely the best here. No microphones, no editing, no nothing. Still shaking the room with voice. Try to search for "We Praise (or hymn) Thee" by Rachmaninov, sung by St. Petersburg State Cappella, oktavists Alexander Ort and Vladimir Miller. Breathtaking Bb2->Bb1->Eb1 at the end, with one of them actually taking a breath and blending into that Eb1 again.
Have a lot of patience. Start on 1 note until you can sub it without breaking. Start to moving higher & lower without breaking the sub. Eventually it will be easy & comfortable to move all over the place, while singing. This can take over a year to master! Take it slowly & try to stay still when subbing, as movement can break it. Focus on the tone, you don’t want an annoying sub. Adjust your placement to find a nice sound (I like to lower my larynx when subbing). Practice some subs every day, it will become easy!
I'm disappointed that Barry Carl wasn't in here. As a child in the late 80s and early 90s, he was the first bassist that stood out to me and got me truly interested in music. I couldn't really sing, so I played the tuba to compensate. You should check out his album, The SoLow Project. He's absolutely underrated.
This was phenomenal to listen to. My only complaint is mixing in those that merely croak to make notes. It really takes away from the genuine, pure, resonant bass tones. It honestly took away from the quality.
Thanks for watching! This video was open to all notes, regardless of the technique. I aimed for a lot of really good notes for a great listening experience, but I also threw in some of less vocal quality simply for entertainment. If it was low, it made it. I will make a separate video with only the pure chest bass tone. This was wide variety.
@@jacobbernard6605 Breathy ,the tone wasn't that great, but still amazing considering that you hit that F#1 in chest. Bravo!! You better put that on UA-cam.
@@jacobbernard6605 Useless for choral and operatic stuff, but if you are singing acapella in on mic situations, pretty awesome. Hope you dont mind me asking you this, but does your dad have a deep voice, and if that is the case how low can he go?
The lowest notes are of course impressive. But it takes the right arrangement for them to sound good with the rest of an ensemble. And seemingly tough to hit, making phrasing awkward.
I wish you were at the live man it was lit, we had about 50 people on. It was like a party 😂 Tons of funny chats & reactions. Hope you make it to part 2.
That's Greek Basso profundo Ioannis Tsoumaris,you should check out his cover of Misty Mountains. However I feel that Glenn's G1 in 'Do not reject me...' is more resonant and low sounding, he wasn't even trying that hard in that interview. However Mikhail Zlatopolsky's G1 probably is the most lowest sounding ever,Zlat's timbre is just ridiculous, even compared to other profundi.
@@reubenthomas7907 wasnt saying you werent right and maybe it was a coincidence, but from my view you seemed irritated with my comments so i thought you were trolling me.
@@grantburgessoutdoors9063 No I wasnt trolling, I personally hate trolls. If you get any such vibe from me , that is totally not my intention. And the only comment I was kind of irritated with was only your previous one.
Harold Gilley, Arnold Hyles, London Parris, Larry Hooper, Rex Nelson, George Younce, Harold Reid, William Bobo, Ellis Johnson, Jimmy Jones, Henry Bossard, Isaac Freeman, John Jefferson, Carl Coates, M.C. Pearson, Jesse J. (J.J.) Farley, Charles Joe Warren, Jimmy Hayes, Floyd Suggs, Earl Malone, William Henry, Jimmy Bryant, William "Pete" Connors, Joe Thompson, Melvin Franklin, George McCurn, and ”Sting" Ray Davis. Are some bass singers you could look at if you wanted. Good video :) Edit: Saw Nic Val, I didn't watch it entirely.
And Warren Holmes. Edit: Also, Fernando Araújo, Júnior Bianchi, Neymar Brito (don't get confuse thinking in the soccer player) and Sionir Brito (Neymar Brito's brother), Hermes Rezende and Noriel Vilela.
Pensei que fosse o Dan, porque eu acho que o growl mais grave dele é G-3, mas não tenho certeza (Dan, if you wamt you can translate this, the translator is bad, but I did my best if you want to translate)
Eu tenho certeza que se o jd sumner estivesse vivo, conseguiria chegar a um -C0 fácil fácil com técnica, hj em dia tem amplificação, se na época dele ele fez um E0 no puro, imagine com toda tecnológia hj em dia, o grave dele era muito pesado, o grave mais pesado da história
Disclaimer: not hating on anyone, just saying. A real bass is someone that can project powerfully down to a b1 (i have a friend that holds b1's over a chorus of 15 people, no mic, with chest voice, not fry. I've sung with him)... I'm a baritone and I can still project down to e2 quite powerful, so a bass should have at least 3 notes under me. Again, not dissing anyone, but with a microfon stuck to my lips I can fry out g1's, but they don't really count, now, do they?
Well singing is not a competition, right? What really matters is the context. If I was writing music for a lot of these guys I would be willing to include lower tessitura in contemporary mic'd styles than choral. It isn't about whether it "counts" but whether it serves the music. I do agree a lot of these low notes sound pretty garbled and range-wanky however.
@@Megatwilightwarrior agreed. I watched a video of Geoff Castelucci in which he states that he sees himself as a baritone with a bass range and that off mic he would attempt such low notes. I'm just like that: warmed up, e2-f4 comfortably with full chest/dome voice, but, as you say, depends on the context. I agree with you.
Not hating on anyone for sure, and I think the same. I still think there is an obvious difference between a Bass singer using Fry or Chest fry or Sub-harmonic and another one who usually uses his Chest voice. The "Friers" can go down to a C#1 but their talking voices are pretty regular FOR A BASS SINGER WHO GOES THAT LOW! Then some "Chesters" can go down to G#1 but have freakin' lower talking voice than the "Frier". I personally prefer a deep and clear chest voice. ( I don't use to speak English so I hope a made myself clear ).
lol I am a Baritone that has a pretty low (and not resonant lol) voice. I can keep til C2/B1 but after that dude... There's some incredible voices out there, man.
The way jd just casually hits an f1 during a conversation just blows my mind
IKR 🤯
ME TOO! No warm-up or anything, just “oh by the way BAM there it is.” It’s like he kept that note in a freakin’ holster 😦
U should check zlatopvovsky out, in his interviews he hit DE E1 normally
@@enocjordanabi4207 He doesn't hit an E1 normally in his interview, if you watch another video called Storms over Russia that is a movie and you can hear him speak comfortably, he doesn't speak down to an E1 normally, he speaks down to it, bending his head over just a little bit, but he sustains a good F1-Ab1 comfortably when speaking. Also to add, there is a video I found here on UA-cam of JD actually hitting a B0 pretty easily without sliding, the lowest I've heard JD speak is probably lower than a D1 on some occasions, but usually, I hear him speak around the mid 1st octave, but sometimes he speaks a lot lower than he usually does. I will send the clips if you're interested. :)
@@Vanerov Can you send me the clips? I'm currently trying to tell a person that JD was lower than Zlatopolsky. This person thinks Zlatopolsky was lower and louder than JD on the super low notes.
The world needs a concert of just the bass guys singing together. Might summon a demon but that's ok. They'll just scare them back to hell.
They won't be needing any Pick of Destiny either
@@SyggNielsen-jg3hf Jack Black doing Master Exploder with the Bass Gang needs to happen!
@@LunaticMickC Local City Evacuated Due To Fears Of Approaching Horde of Possessed Scythian Shamans...
They do not need
A microphone
Look up “Bass Gang”, they got exactly what you’re looking for
My fav playlist
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As a Bass myself, I was feeling pretty good about myself for the first 5 mins (B1 is my lowest).... then nevermind....
😂 relatable
I'm a Highschool Bass and my lowest note ever is a B1 (Not counting subharmonics) and wow. I no longer feel like a bass.
I feel this 😂
Yo mine ends up with D2😂
We are mutants)))
JD isn’t human. His normal speaking voice is in the first octave.
@Steven Criscione There's an Oktavist on The Oktavism Channel but is unknown that has a darker timbre and can sing D1's and E1's more powerful than Zlatopolsky can and has a darker speaking voice. Search up Kaval Male Choir or Unknown Bulgarian Oktavist.
@Ar Zinzin ?
@Ar Zinzin ua-cam.com/video/SceUcktDUCc/v-deo.html
@@Vanerov Actually they sound very similar. What do you think about Irinarch Zragewsky?
@@ailtonsouzadearaujojunior2210 Except the Bulgarian Oktavist has a darker timbre and can sing the lower 1st octave with more power, and has a darker speaking voice as well. I think Irinarch Zragewsky is a great oktavist, although I've heard lower and deeper.
I was once seated behind a man at a restaurant who had a regular conversation note of D1/C1 somewhere, you could feel what he was saying more than you could hear it, it was loud and full too. Truly unbelievable
WTF
How on earth can one have a regular conversation note that freakin low
@@kfclit1199 I have no clue, me and mom were both absolutely shocked when we felt his voice (it was so low we couldn't even discern words at first) but I still remember it every so often, it was truly amazing and if it weren't for my mom there I would've thought that entire day was just a dream. never seen him again and still sad I didn't say hello.
Do you know if it was a D1/C1 somewhere or are you just assuming? xd
@@Vanerov I checked with one of those videos that show vocal range, but I am technically assuming since the way a voice propagates in a room, and the smoothness/roughness have effect on how deep it sounds, his voice was not smooth at all, really gravelly which might've made it sound deeper but I'm no expert
The Russian basses are impressive, there is no one like them!!!
@Robert James I've heard somewhere that people in that type of Orthodox Church are not allowed to drink alcohol
That wouldn’t be worth it tho would it? I’m sure the vocal quality would suffer from this damage.
Agree with you. Pavel Chesnokov - We sing to thee, really fantastic.
@@nightspicer I'm Greek Orthodox, the Russian Orthodox singers, especially for those big choirs are prohibited to drink.
Not really, it's a technique. Seriously. There's at least two gentleman that will show this technique and teach it on youtube .
I really like Tim Foust, Geoff Castelucci, Avi Kaplan and all of them, but for me, the true power of basses remains with oktavists and basso profundos. Because they can hit really low notes without a microphone with power and resonance.
I love Avi even tho he can only hit E1
@@sierra6293 He sings a lot, the last videos on his channel just kill me with the quality and resonance of his bass. And even the higher notes, are so clear and bright, he has a really beautiful voice. It's so impressive.
@@DuqueGamerJ18 Yea he is probably one of my favorite people on earth
@@sierra6293 "only" dude, hardly anyone can hit an E1. An E1 is insanely low.
Power and resonance is something you have to have the genetics and vocal cords for. It is entirely different than just hitting a note softly and sub-audibly like me. :/
32:00 got angry because some motorbike was disturbing me from watching the video, didn't realise the motorbike was in the video
😂😂😂💯
I gotta say, I think that really, anything below E1 should really be left alone. There are the FEW great singers who can reach below that, but even among that group, only a handful of them can actually make it sound truly musical. Eric Holloway said it best, there's a difference between just "hitting" a low note and truly singing one.
Good point. If you ever sat through a concert with one of the greats (JD Sumner, George Younce, Tim Riley, etc.) you can "feel" their low notes. I remember going to a JD Sumner concert and feeling the vibrations outside the building. When singers go too low, you can "hear" the note but you can't feel it. There's a distinct difference, and that, IMO, is what separates the great bass singers from the those who just want to hit a low note at any cost.
When it is nothing but fry, it is not very musical, I agree. There are a few really great singers out there that subharmonic fry underneath a voiced 'harmonic" and can make it sound pretty good. I thought the black and white part of this vid with the guy with the big screen demonstrated that pretty well. Low AND pleasant to listen to. At some point, with frying, it starts to sound like a stick running through fence slats, and that is not pretty, not really anything remotely sinusoidal going on.
Here is one example:
ua-cam.com/video/o8qu4OOQ_Dc/v-deo.html
I’m one of the singers who use subharmonics a ton. Check out my Rainbow Of Love cover :) it uploaded today.
I think Rodney Britt is one of those great few, do you?
@@kfclit1199 Ah! Man I just saw your comment, you did a really great job, you have great control of your voice!
Girls talk in a high pitch when they like someone
Girls when they talk to me :
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I think low notes are very underrated
Same
I agree, everyone wants to expand their range aiming up but I've found it much harder to gain going down and the timbre of these note is just bome chilling
JD Sumner.... Whaaaaat?!!! My volume isn't up loud in my headphones, but I felt like my brain was vibrating from the bass.
HAHAHA
Thank you, it's nice that someone finally recognizes the Russian oktavists.
thanks for watching :D
One of the best bass experience on UA-cam👏👏
Thanks so much brotha!! Much appreciated & can’t wait for our next Bass movie!! 🎥🍿💯
@@kfclit1199 bass movie? Interesting...
20:17 man i think he talkes in a c2 note like its insane, and than the note. So beautiful
the most impressive for me is the oktavists... like a lot of the a capella singers and gospel singers have incredibly low voices which are amazing especially sumner, but they're all for the most part mic'd in a small group. oktavists are unmic'd in a potentially large choir so the power behind these insane notes is just unreal.
Some of the a capella guys have that kind of power, they just don’t need it as they’re mic’d. Avi, for example, is a trained opera singer so he can fucking belt it.
also most of this a capella singers fry or use sumharmonics, unlike most of the russian octavists
@@thecraftycyborg9024 Avi is not a trained opera singer. He trained professionally to sing in Acapella groups and has never sung opera period. Even if he did a little, he never uses classical technique In like 99% of his singing.
Geoffs "fat thicc & juicy" g1 in Arabian Nights sounds (and feels) so amazing in my car (almost an spl comp level setup)
Damn 👁👄👁
When my mother and I sang in choir, she said she got chills when I hit the low notes. They were no where as low as these gentlemen! I have always loved JD Sumner! He was totally awesome! I can hardly wait to hear him singing in Heaven! Imagine how many basses are in the Heavenly Choir!
Holy shit that 500% volume E0 tho, my entire head was just shaking inside 😂
Haha 😂🤣
Now why can't all these awesome Basses get together and do an album together (minus JD) Tim Foust has already worked with Avi and Geoff which is totally awesome.
Yo that would be insane!! 🔥🎶
if all these bases got together at one place and started singing the earth would probably rumble off its orbit
The russian choirs gives me goosebumps
Listening to JD Sumner with headphones is a hike for the park
Jeff Chapman's voice is so strong. He shouldve went to music academy and learn Oktavism
I bottom out at a C#2 on a good day, and have hit a C2 a few times (quiet and pretty weak, but recognizable), but Eb2 is more typically my solid low note.
That actually describes me pretty well. On a good day I bottom at C2, I’ve hit B1 & B♭1 a few times recognizably. E♭2 is my all day low note.
@@kfclit1199 I have an almost identical range but on most days I can get down to at least C#2, haven't really hit anything below Bb1 in chest (with the exception of a couple anomalous days I've sorta hit A1), I'm hoping with age and practice I can go lower lol
I'm not to dissimilar. Just higher. D2 is the lowest I've ever recorded myself, but E2 is my lowest solid note.
My dude we’re like vocal twins
Same for me, usually can hit a D2 anyday
I think the main reason you only seem to hear the real bass is because modern music usually doesn't use them... groups like Home Free and other a cappella groups use them to round out the sound...beautiful video...
Here for my boys Tim and Avi
Same here...... I've found Home Free & they are ALL the best of the best...... & I'm not biased......(much)
I'm here for those two as well as Geoff
Here for Geoff and Tim
samee but what about Geoff he is cool af
Paul David Kennamer is the one the impresses me the most. That level of technique is insane. When i first heard him i thought "wow this bass is amazing". Then i discovered he is a baritone.
Anyting with Rodney Britt is amazing. He has such control and pitch control on top of being such a great bass voice.
My voice changes depending on my mood and it’s frustrating to keep it at a consistent low voice 😅
These are so satisfying to listen to lol
There's about 8 - 10 oktavists on that on that one D1 and the C#1,sung by the oktavists of the PATRAM institute.
Reuben Mathew actually there are only two! I interviewed Alexis Lukianov, one of the oktavists from the PaTRAM Institute and he said only him and another oktavist were on that last D1.
Out of the 10 oktavists, Alexis Lukianov stated that 2 could go down to the D1, 6 could sing the G1, and the other 2 struggled with the contra G. The more you know...
@@xandertheoktavist Yeah,I wrote this before I saw Mr.Lukianov's interview ,on your channel( great job , man!!), and forgot to edit the comment . Powerful contra D , considering its from two oktavists.
Tim Storms, Rodney Britt, Wes McKinzie, Gary Evans, and Paul Kennamer are all amazing as well.
great list! there will be more videos coming with a wider variety of singers :)
Holy crap, I had big headphones on for this and that G-3 was absolutely insane and I could surprisingly hear it.
There was a basso profundo I had met in the early '70's that could sing in this range by the name of Phil Booth. He was mostly classically trained (Opera) and I heard he was in the New York City area. Anyone ever heard him or of him? He also had a huge range at least back then.
I almost hate being a tenor, my lowest note is an E2, low notes are severely underrated.
Tomi P is one of my favorites! I love his Never Enough cover, but I especially love his Sound of Silence cover! CHILLS MAN!!!
The nice of this video, is bc we can put it in a bass boost, and after, die, but before, we have to show to the tenors. Good job Dan, its 35 minutes of pure bass
😂😂 Thanks bro
@@kfclit1199 im not a guy why you calling me bro, the right wouldnt be sis? 😂 the english language is the worst language, lets speak brazilian portuguese guys😂😂
You don’t have to be a dude, bro is neutral. No one says sis lmao.
@@kfclit1199 ahhh okay, my bad😂
I'm a bass and this was a blast to sing along with! Thanks!
thanks for watching bro!!
I love that Dr. Jim Henry made this video. His barbershop quartets are always immaculate. Crossroads forever
This bass notes shaking the world!
Wow! THE last note!!!
Yea bro I think I broke some headphones by making this...
Hahahaha
U cant even hear the G-3 lmao, but if u turn up ur audio and if u wearing good headphones, u can feel the rumble
Oh I felt the rumble alright. Made me feel like something was going to happen to my brain..
Some people with the best ears can hear a range of 20-20,000hz. For reference, that’s E0-D#10. Anything lower or higher you may feel, but as humans were unable to hear.
the g-3 sounds like drums
My friends like to hype up how low I can get my voice so I come back to this video to bring me back down to earth
If this don't make your brains and bones rattle, I don't know what would...WOW!!! I could listen to more of this anytime!!
Doing this stuff in a mic, and doing it WITHOUT one, in a choir is two VERY different things. Some of the octavists you hear from Russia and surrounding area are absolutely amazing...and they are still VOICING way down there, not just growling. Here is a good example: ua-cam.com/video/o8qu4OOQ_Dc/v-deo.html
it shouldn't even be compared in the same video
@@AntoineGarnier If you are referring to my first sentence, I agree.
@@MrJdsenior yes, I am. with a mic, I can make a beautiful Bb0. But it's not singing.
Without a mic I can maybe make a decent D1 sound in a quiet musical moment, and with a lot of reverb (church...). But in full voice and in all dynamics, my lowest note is a A1 or G#1.
So for a soloist role, I can't hardly sing a proper "They that go down to the sea in ships". In a choir, I can make a nice Eb1...
So how can we compare ?
@@AntoineGarnier Yupper! I've never looked with a mic and a scope, but I suspect the fry looks more like a square wave than a voiced note, at least to some degree, less sinusoidal, anyway. One thing that amazes me is some of this sub harmonic work, where they fry the fundamental and sing the first overtone (I assume) to create the rest of the series. Geoff Castellucci demonstrates this on some of his 'how to sing lower' vids, and it sounds vastly more musical than just a pure fry. Pretty cool technique. And some of the effects, like throat singing, or the two tone singing, like Avi demonstrates to an amazing degree, actually producing a fairly accurate melody from the 'top line' just amazes me. I'm just a layman singer (was anyway) with many years in decent church choirs, and I've tried frying, which was easy to produce, but modulating to accurate various pitches feels like it would take a LOT of practice...I could barely vary the pitch. I've noticed on a few videos of Home Free, where their bass, Tim Foust (another favorite), who is VERY good at this, really bombs it in the live concerts occasionally. In the studio OBVIOUSLY it's always dead on, any more. :-/. Could have been he was having trouble hearing since some of those live environments look like a nightmare to try to sing in (especially at their stellar level), but I think it demonstrates just how difficult it is.
when you start getting into the 0th octave and really past a D1 in most cases, the fry is so powerful and overwhelming that there is really no usage to include it, the note isnt on display anymore, the fry is. its why 0th octave notes are so rare from humans, even Zlatopolskys legendary double low C was a clear chest fry mix. fry like that stopes being a note of value imo, it just becomes frequency.
You are 100% correct. However this phenomenon is different from vocal fry, or a chest fry like Tim foust does .Basso profundo Matt Spriggs explains this in his interview on Alexander Mayang's channel.
Jds didn't sound fried.
@@grantburgessoutdoors9063 This phenomenon is different from pure vocal fry or even a Tim Foust style chest fry.
@@reubenthomas7907 wrong vid
@@grantburgessoutdoors9063 Huh? I am talking about Jd.
Hold up who did that G-3 it was amazing🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
kavill jr B Thebassmanadam
That gave me goosebumps
@@kfclit1199 one of the best like u Dan❤
The Bb1 before Gene Macdonald's is by German Basso Profundo Gunther Wewel.
Totally didn't expect to see Crossroads and Jim Henry on here. What a treat for people to recognize some of the great basses of barbershop! You should totally check out Dan Walz, the bass for Signature.
🟢 Singers featured in this video 🟢
• Glenn Miller
• JD Sumner
• Matt Fouch
• David Kahn
• Alex Utech
• Richard Sterban
• Ken Turner
• Tim Foust
• Avi Kaplan
• Geoff Castellucci
• Jeff Chapman
• Gene McDonald
• Rodney Britt
• Wes McKenzie
• Tomi P
• Mikhail Zlatopolsky
• Mikhail Kruglov
• Günther Wewel
• Steve Cross
• Tim Riley
• User “Thebassmanadam”
• Tim Storms
• Paul David Kennamer
• Eric Alatorre
• Aluísio Junior
• David Hester
• Mike Holcomb
• Zakkary Suddath
• Nic Val
• Ray Dean Reese
⚠️ NOTE: There are a handful of singers I wasn’t able to name.
I remember specifically I was ur 34th sub
It was in the 30’s forever because I wasn’t making content. Just had some piano vids. You truly are one of the very 1st subscribers of the Acapella & Bass Singer Niche of this channel.
Clap it up Dan I subbed when I saw rainbow of love
I recorded that with Apple earphones lol
I subbed when you had 70-75 subs, im not the first but i really aprecciate your work
That Speaking B1 in chest was AWESOME, it seemed like it was to high for him omg 30:26, then he went to Chest B0.....like wtf
30:26 is fry
@@alex_mcburney no it’s clearly chest
@@ZAR911 you can hear the cracks
@@alex_mcburney doesnt make it fry
@@grantburgess1422 but it is fry though
It may have only been a single clip - but finally some Nic Val consideration! Thank you! I don't know why he doesn't turn up more in these sorts of compilations!
21:02 Holy bass boost.
2:45 Bro anyone who knows anything barbershop, even better CROSSROADS! is a friend in my book
12:14,also has basso profundo Adrian Peocock.
Tim Foust is my favorite lol man I sure do wish I have bassy voice
My favorite as well :D
You're growing so much, I cant believe I was here before 100, and now you're almost at 1k
I know right! Thanks so much for being apart of the growth man. #Before1KGang 🙌🏻💯
@@kfclit1199 just promise me one thing, dont drop youtube outta nowhere.
Oh hell nah, I’m very passionate with what I do. It’s way too much fun.
#Before1KGang
Really awesome compilation! The lowest notes I've sung live are A1 as Bartolo in Le nozze di Figaro , and G1 as Mefistofele in Gounoud's Faust.
In opera one must be caareful when to go all oktavist, but in comedic roles, or as the Devil, it's fine (in my opinion).
Glad to see Tomi P here. He's very underrated. Hit a B0 in his Amazing Grace cover
Alright this is the third time I’m commenting on this video
That G-3 sounds like a heart beat
That last note is sic!!!
Beautiful compilation, bro!! Nice to see Alatorre getting some attention.
Thanks brooo 🙌🏻💯
One heck of a compilation
thanks for watching buddy :) a part 2 will be coming in the future 💯
I love that you added the kingdom heirs that work at dollywood here in Tennessee! Their bass js so under rated and absolutely amazing in person
There's a big difference to me between a Russian Oktavist or an operatic basso profundo hitting an E1 unassisted by amplication or a microphone and have it heard over the rest of an ensemble. Most of these examples are of comparatively weaker gospel basses almost eating the microphone to have their note heard. There's some exceptions in there, J.D. Sumner for instance has a very pleasant tone in his lower notes where as much of this is just poor flapping vocal cords.
I hate a weak bass or a growler but there is just something special about a bass who hits that low note solid!
That G-3 when I plugged in my earphones damn
My headphones could not even recognize the last note wow
These lows get me high! Thanks!
haha! well said. thanks for watching!! 🙏🏻💯
Absolutely fabulous beginning- even though I only clicked because you have the three masters (Avi, Geoff, Tim) in yout thumbnail and I only wanna get to know basses as good as them. 😂
Avi Kaplan's D2 was great. However it was the only on the list . At least ,you could have put Alatorre's .
Russian oktavists absolutely the best here. No microphones, no editing, no nothing. Still shaking the room with voice.
Try to search for "We Praise (or hymn) Thee" by Rachmaninov, sung by St. Petersburg State Cappella, oktavists Alexander Ort and Vladimir Miller. Breathtaking Bb2->Bb1->Eb1 at the end, with one of them actually taking a breath and blending into that Eb1 again.
So hyped Dan, I just started practising Subharmonics
Good for you bro!! Keep going for it, & have fun! 😎❤️
Hey Dan, any tips on how to actually sing songs in subharmonic s... I can hit a note or two but couldn't lead a song in that range
byMarius thank yu
Have a lot of patience. Start on 1 note until you can sub it without breaking. Start to moving higher & lower without breaking the sub. Eventually it will be easy & comfortable to move all over the place, while singing. This can take over a year to master! Take it slowly & try to stay still when subbing, as movement can break it. Focus on the tone, you don’t want an annoying sub. Adjust your placement to find a nice sound (I like to lower my larynx when subbing). Practice some subs every day, it will become easy!
@@kfclit1199 thanks dan
I'm disappointed that Barry Carl wasn't in here. As a child in the late 80s and early 90s, he was the first bassist that stood out to me and got me truly interested in music. I couldn't really sing, so I played the tuba to compensate.
You should check out his album, The SoLow Project. He's absolutely underrated.
He's never included in compilations like this, yet he and Rockapella could be considered the founders of the modern popular a capella genre.
This was phenomenal to listen to. My only complaint is mixing in those that merely croak to make notes. It really takes away from the genuine, pure, resonant bass tones. It honestly took away from the quality.
Thanks for watching! This video was open to all notes, regardless of the technique. I aimed for a lot of really good notes for a great listening experience, but I also threw in some of less vocal quality simply for entertainment. If it was low, it made it. I will make a separate video with only the pure chest bass tone. This was wide variety.
Thanks to including David Kahn i'm a big fan of him!
15:43 Matt fouch... My oh my. That was great
Glad to see the Kingdom Heirs on here a bunch...I'm not a huge gospel fan but I found them a few years ago and love their stuff!
Bro the first octave choir notes are insane
Here for Tim Foust of Home Free-the guy makes the buildings rumble at concerts!
Really enjoyed it! My lowest Chest note is an Eb1. Hit it last week.
You must have had one hell of a morning voice to do that.
Reuben Thomas I did actually 😂 On my IG
instyle4freestyle I posted a video of me singing an F#1 at the end of Ring of Fire.
@@jacobbernard6605 Breathy ,the tone wasn't that great, but still amazing considering that you hit that F#1 in chest. Bravo!! You better put that on UA-cam.
Reuben Thomas yeah for sure! Thankfully singing that low is kind of useless with chest. Sounds better with a growl or subharmonic anyway.
@@jacobbernard6605 Useless for choral and operatic stuff, but if you are singing acapella in on mic situations, pretty awesome. Hope you dont mind me asking you this, but does your dad have a deep voice, and if that is the case how low can he go?
Wonderful compilation. All in one place. Congratulations!
thanks so much!! more compilations on the way :D 💯💯
So the last one, G-3, is just outside my hearing range. It was the first one I couldn't hear.
Or your speaker couldn’t make it.
Fantastic vocal cords!
Special gift from Him who can create and recreate tongues.
The lowest notes are of course impressive. But it takes the right arrangement for them to sound good with the rest of an ensemble. And seemingly tough to hit, making phrasing awkward.
16:47 that’s the loudest G1 I’ve ever heard
It’s so loud that it actually is physically painful 😂
I wish you were at the live man it was lit, we had about 50 people on. It was like a party 😂 Tons of funny chats & reactions. Hope you make it to part 2.
Clap it up Dan sorry I wasn’t able to make it. I have lessons at that time
That's Greek Basso profundo Ioannis Tsoumaris,you should check out his cover of Misty Mountains. However I feel that Glenn's G1 in 'Do not reject me...' is more resonant and low sounding, he wasn't even trying that hard in that interview. However Mikhail Zlatopolsky's G1 probably is the most lowest sounding ever,Zlat's timbre is just ridiculous, even compared to other profundi.
I tapped out around Eb1. Phenomenal.
Wow, if that’s chest that’s insane.
16:45 I love how proud this dude is about how low his voice is
@@reubenthomas7907 bruh I know who it is and why are you commenting on everything I post its kind of weird.
@@reubenthomas7907 wasnt saying you werent right and maybe it was a coincidence, but from my view you seemed irritated with my comments so i thought you were trolling me.
@@grantburgessoutdoors9063 No I wasnt trolling, I personally hate trolls. If you get any such vibe from me , that is totally not my intention. And the only comment I was kind of irritated with was only your previous one.
@@reubenthomas7907 well im sorry then
I commented on this video already, but dang 28:30 that bass drop though 🔥
Foreal tho that rumbles 0_0
favorite moments:
15:07
18:00
25:58
30:44
and the last 2 are just mind-boggling
What song is the clip at 11:15? Absolutely hauntingly beautiful.
From Rachmaninoffs All night vigil, 5th movement
@@ReallyGoodShit I got a question, can you help?
@@seunfatade3299 Well ask away
@@ReallyGoodShit what is the title of the song at the 5:42 mark
@@seunfatade3299 Beneath Thy Compassion, Dmitry Bortniansky (probably by the PaTRAM Institute Singers)
Caaraca que video incrível. FOI O MELHOR VIDEO DE BASS SINGERS QUE EU JA VÍ
Oi Kauê!
@@ailtonsouzadearaujojunior2210 oi mas pelo nome acho que não conheço você. Coml achou esse video?
@@revolutionchrist2684 Sim, você me conhece do canal PAULO BASS. Eu sei deste vídeo desde o upload.
@@ailtonsouzadearaujojunior2210 atah kkkkk oi vc ja viu meu canal?
@@revolutionchrist2684 Acredito não ter assistido teus vídeos ainda...
It always blows me away how low Alexis Lukianov can project 😂
Harold Gilley, Arnold Hyles, London Parris, Larry Hooper, Rex Nelson, George Younce, Harold Reid, William Bobo, Ellis Johnson, Jimmy Jones, Henry Bossard, Isaac Freeman, John Jefferson, Carl Coates, M.C. Pearson, Jesse J. (J.J.) Farley, Charles Joe Warren, Jimmy Hayes, Floyd Suggs, Earl Malone, William Henry, Jimmy Bryant, William "Pete" Connors, Joe Thompson, Melvin Franklin, George McCurn, and ”Sting" Ray Davis. Are some bass singers you could look at if you wanted. Good video :)
Edit: Saw Nic Val, I didn't watch it entirely.
London Parris is great
Wow, thanks bro :D
And Warren Holmes.
Edit: Also, Fernando Araújo, Júnior Bianchi, Neymar Brito (don't get confuse thinking in the soccer player) and Sionir Brito (Neymar Brito's brother), Hermes Rezende and Noriel Vilela.
@@kfclit1199 No problem. :)
@@matthewdockray9745 He is, I believe JD taught him, and he did very well too!
JD Sumner was a heavy smoker. Just sayin’. Russian basso profundos are other-worldly.
He was a drunk not a smoker
I just LOVE them. Super. Amazing. Thank you.
yea they’re incredible!! thanks for watching :) ❤️
O G-3 foi assustador! Quem fez essa nota gravíssima?
Hahaha sim muito assustador!! O nome de usuário do UA-cam é thebassmanadam. ✅💯
Pensei que fosse o Dan, porque eu acho que o growl mais grave dele é G-3, mas não tenho certeza (Dan, if you wamt you can translate this, the translator is bad, but I did my best if you want to translate)
There was also a V of B1 (F#1) at 6:21 on the word "on". Short, but definitely there.
absolutely 💯💯💯
Eu tenho certeza que se o jd sumner estivesse vivo, conseguiria chegar a um -C0 fácil fácil com técnica, hj em dia tem amplificação, se na época dele ele fez um E0 no puro, imagine com toda tecnológia hj em dia, o grave dele era muito pesado, o grave mais pesado da história
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I appreciate it :D
I don’t know how you know the length of the premiere
@@kfclit1199 its a secret 😁 but i really want to watch the video, it sounds really interesting
Disclaimer: not hating on anyone, just saying.
A real bass is someone that can project powerfully down to a b1 (i have a friend that holds b1's over a chorus of 15 people, no mic, with chest voice, not fry. I've sung with him)... I'm a baritone and I can still project down to e2 quite powerful, so a bass should have at least 3 notes under me.
Again, not dissing anyone, but with a microfon stuck to my lips I can fry out g1's, but they don't really count, now, do they?
Well singing is not a competition, right? What really matters is the context. If I was writing music for a lot of these guys I would be willing to include lower tessitura in contemporary mic'd styles than choral. It isn't about whether it "counts" but whether it serves the music. I do agree a lot of these low notes sound pretty garbled and range-wanky however.
@@Megatwilightwarrior agreed. I watched a video of Geoff Castelucci in which he states that he sees himself as a baritone with a bass range and that off mic he would attempt such low notes.
I'm just like that: warmed up, e2-f4 comfortably with full chest/dome voice, but, as you say, depends on the context. I agree with you.
Not hating on anyone for sure, and I think the same. I still think there is an obvious difference between a Bass singer using Fry or Chest fry or Sub-harmonic and another one who usually uses his Chest voice. The "Friers" can go down to a C#1 but their talking voices are pretty regular FOR A BASS SINGER WHO GOES THAT LOW! Then some "Chesters" can go down to G#1 but have freakin' lower talking voice than the "Frier". I personally prefer a deep and clear chest voice. ( I don't use to speak English so I hope a made myself clear ).
lol I am a Baritone that has a pretty low (and not resonant lol) voice. I can keep til C2/B1 but after that dude... There's some incredible voices out there, man.