Gospel Singer Makes 'Guinness Book Of World Records' With Lowest Note

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WGH

You have to listen to the interview to get an idea of what this guy can do.
Bet your subwoofer can't do this.

"According to The Guinness Book of World Records, Roger Menees has made the lowest note ever recorded.  In February, at a recording studio in Carbondale, he hit an F-sharp at .393 hertz."

http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2010/06/23/128060851/former-gospel-singer-in-guinness-book-of-world-records-for-lowest-note-ever

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Must get...better subs! :D

Bob in St. Louis

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So he could just walk up to you and make you poo yourself?

(Google search: "Brown note")

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I wouldn't have thought this was possible - this is .4 cycles per second

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I saw this thread while I was at work on a PC that doesn't have speakers. Now that I'm at home and have the ability to hear the snippet, it does pique my interest. I'd love to have a FLAC recording of his voice. Obviously I couldn't hear .4Hz, but through the infinite baffle sub I can hear (and see) the house around me resonate, which tells me there's something really going on even though I can't hear it. Kinda spooky.

Cool.  :eyebrows:

Bob

EDIT: Reminds me of that guy who sings for "Fairfield Four". I wonder how low he can go?

WGH

Put on your Depends, here is the video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tvqKOIoh-XY

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Why do I suddenly feel like less of a man? :icon_lol: :oops:

Russell Dawkins

You have to listen to the interview to get an idea of what this guy can do.
Bet your subwoofer can't do this.

"According to The Guinness Book of World Records, Roger Menees has made the lowest note ever recorded.  In February, at a recording studio in Carbondale, he hit an F-sharp at .393 hertz."

http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2010/06/23/128060851/former-gospel-singer-in-guinness-book-of-world-records-for-lowest-note-ever
the lowest "note" he hits has his vocal cords flapping at what sounds like around 8Hz, a factor of 18 or so higher than the claimed .39 Hz. For .5 Hz, the vocal cords would be coming together only every 2 seconds and would sound even less musical than this note. This is not bass singing, this is cheap gimmickry!

This is more like singing, with an actual bass component to it, not to speak of good pitch - and it is musical, to boot:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PbEvEds9KNU&feature=related

and a great performance by the same singer in the trio Valor, in concert:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qbrN1i0oJGM&feature=related