Home Free on Sing-Off, LOW note!

[SawyerBrown]

This topic is way out there, but I can't stop thinking about it ...  Wonder if anybody else likes a capella music, and so has been watching Sing-Off?  The typically country/western group that won this year is called Home Free, and they have a base that hit a low F# in their rendition of Johnny Cash's "Ring of Fire".  Here's the YouTube link if you care to listen:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9qhx6tNzmiw. 

Warning: if you crank this up on a speaker system, make sure anything on shelves is securely fastened down!

I've done quite a bit of a capella singing, I'm the base ... and this guy is still a full HALF OCTAVE lower than I can sing.  Un-believable!!

[red oaks lumber]

i see why they won ! i love watching that show.

[SawyerBrown]

Yeah, I can see why they won too, but there were some awesome groups on there too.  Those high school kids ... oh my.  SO much talent!

[red oaks lumber]

its fun  listening to people that can sing, i love music very much but, i couldn't carry a note even if was in my pocket :D

[PC-Urban-Sawyer]

The choir director used to tell my Dad, who was the Preacher, that he couldn't carry a tune in a bucket, even if it had a lid on it...

He also told my Dad that he should try to sing ten-or... ten or twenty miles away!

And one Sunday morning he told Dad he had finally figured out what method of singing my Dad used. He said Dad sang by "Letter" , that is that just opened his mouth and let 'er fly!

My Dad sure sang good... good and loud.

Herb

[Warbird]

That is simply unbelievable.  Impressive.  I'm going to play it on the church sound system during practice and see how it sounds on 4 18" subwoofers.  ;D

[SawyerBrown]

Probably should come with a warning: "May cause structural damage."   :D

[beenthere]

Here is one group where the tenor holds a note... for a long time.
Sound quality not the best for this group.

http://www.wimp.com/singnote/

[martyinmi]

Wow! Just a tick over 30 seconds. My 11 year old and I just tried to see how long we could hold a note. I managed 12 seconds, he got 16.
That actually hurts when you exhale that hard for that long! smiley_fused_bomb

[SawyerBrown]

While it sounds impressive, it's much easier to hold a high note than a low note.  Guess it has to do with the amount of air you have to pass over the vocal chords to make them resonate, low notes take a lot more air.  Try your contest again with different pitches.