@@-N-A- Yes, a true bass should be able to hit a C, but most wouldn't be able to get it that smooth and clear. Also, most people who sing bass are either high basses or low baritones (there aren't that many true basses)
@@nxyuu True, my range is a half-step above that note unless it's first thing in the morning. I consider myself a low bari for sure. I sound like a slightly lower michael buble
@@VerdantBBX Same. That life has decided to plant us firmly between singing anything super high and super low comfortably is just... painful sometimes.
@@TheOutZZ I'm also a baritone and kinda relate. I can sing part of the 5th octave with my head voice so can slide/jump up if necessary and I can go from C2 to D1 in chest fry so that basically makes me Buble + a few half-steps here and there
I remember this contest. You could hear everyone prepping for Brett's last note. It's a C but with such might and thickness it sounds like an H flat. And he's a kind soul- very positive and caring dude- easy to like.
@@parkerklinck263 25 seconds but think about how gentle the notes have to be AND the consanants like 's' and 'sh' which use a ton of air. 25 seconds is easy when you're belting and have a ton of resistance from your vocal cords but something like this requires insanely high levels of control. I can hardly get to the last note without running out of air (granted I'm a bass.)
As far as I know, most barbershop basses are considered real basses, not baritones or bass-baritones, but despite that, it's actually pretty rare for them to go so low. I don't think I've ever heard a note lower than C2 in a barbershop cover. But how smoothly he hit it makes me think that he can go even lower. Not much lower, but to like a Bb1/A1. I wrote all of this because these moments are really precious for me, because of how rare they are.😂
I think it's probably fair to say most barbershop basses are bass-baritones, but plenty of quartets work with basses or baritones singing bass. The old philosophy is to write for a more generalized range of voices since most barbershoppers are hobby singers.
You can get some stupid ass results if you look up covers of the Lone Prairie tag. A lot of male quartets cover the tag in ridiculously low keys, leading to some insane bass flexes. Highly recommend diving down that rabbit hole if you already haven’t.
@@FanofCrash25 Oh, sorry, yes, I wanted to write "most barbershop basses". But I didn't know that, thank you. However, it makes sense. The idea that not only "true basses" can sing bass is nice and clearifies why they usually sing in more like a baritone range.
I feel like the reason for barbershop basses not needing to go so low is just because of the fact that barbershop is _closed_ four part harmony. Despite the fact that the bass note doesn't need to be as tightly clustered as the other three voices need to be to each other, it helps with the cohesion and sounds more "barbershop" when the bass part is closer to the other voices than it probably would be arranged in other genres
@@lifeontheledgerlines8394 I know, just wanted to point it out.🤷 There are a lot of important things that make barbershop barbershop, and this is one of them, I just think it's cool when something like this happens. I like bass moments.😂 In every genre and style. And I'm talking about bass SINGER moments. They are just... different from what we are used to, when it comes to mainstream stuff, that's mainly why they stand out to me.
The Bass is standing on the outside and the sound coming through the mic on the last notes are still so phat and tall. Most Basses who would attempt this would be standing on the inside of the quartet and then would take a half step towards or lean into the mic. Not Brett. His voice just comes through and lays the foundation on which the rest of the voices float. That is a special moment for live singing. The arranger does a nice job of setting him up for that final note too. The arranger gets him to that low range with a low volume descent, and then gives him a rest, so that he can just relax into the final two notes and let it rumble. He nails it... so phaaat. Bass envy.
I woke up in the morning with a low c twice in my life.... Both were after after evenings of... Considerable merriment. And "morning" more referred to about 2pm.
As a barbershopper, I can tell you that Brett has earned every bit of his nickname "Circus Freak". A great guy and one of the nicest human beings you'll ever meet.
Anytime I hear a low note like that ending C it just gives me this feeling of amazement. I'm only a trumpet player but as someone involved in music I know how hard that is so mad props to you🤟
@@briandestefano3104Most tenors can't reach G2 which is usually the lowest note than middle weight baritones reach,I know because I'm a second tenor myself on a good day I manage a B flat2 but no lower than that.
I love it. I am a low bass and sometimes drop things an octave if it fits, like this. The Four Doormen was a 1950s-60s group that had a low bass who sang really low in their arrangements (If I remember correctly, he sang an A1 on Coney Island Baby). I can only find them on vinyl records and would love to hear them again. I wore that record out when I was in HS back in the early 80s.
Sometimes if you have 2 Basses and one is a higher Bass and the other a low Bass,the higher one will stay up while the lower one drops down up to an octave lowerthan the high Bass singer.
Thanks to you I’ve redound my love for barbershop quartets. Me a really good Trained Singer. I’m kind of stuck with not many opportunities where i am for singing
I notice looking at the musical score that the man singing lead would be a 2nd Tenor with a1st Tenor above him and the1st Bass(Baritone) +the 2nd Bass(true Bass)below him.
can confirm as someone who wakes up and can reach a C just like that the one thing you are bound by ancient laws set down millenia ago, you must exercise it.
I rember when i hit a C2 in my high school chior we did the song last letter home, my teacher was a little against it since i was just a freshman but she let me do it anyway
I can hit these notes very easily; they feel very natural and soothing. I would rather have a high range, though. I’m nothing more than a car karaoke guy, but so many of my favorite songs are RnB or ballad-types with notes that are impossible for me to sing. I just feel like singing would be more fun if I had high range since songs randomly have low notes
The bass is subharmonic singing (aka. throat singing). Starting at measure 22. You are hearing the subharmonic of one octave above what is written. He exhibits great ability and excellent control.
@@dannydeyeeto3181 C2 isn't super low. A true bass with even small amounts of training will have that in the bag, and honestly, same goes for bass-baritones. I consider "super low" my kind of territory, the basso profondo range. At and below A#1/Bb1. Because for us low basses, C2s and B1s are as easy as taking candy from a baby--with good volume too. So, it's low, but not super low.
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If you sing bass you know exactly how he feels hitting that note
Facts, but any bass should be able to hit this fairly easily
@@-N-A- Yes, a true bass should be able to hit a C, but most wouldn't be able to get it that smooth and clear. Also, most people who sing bass are either high basses or low baritones (there aren't that many true basses)
@@nxyuu True, my range is a half-step above that note unless it's first thing in the morning. I consider myself a low bari for sure. I sound like a slightly lower michael buble
@@VerdantBBX Same. That life has decided to plant us firmly between singing anything super high and super low comfortably is just... painful sometimes.
@@TheOutZZ I'm also a baritone and kinda relate. I can sing part of the 5th octave with my head voice so can slide/jump up if necessary and I can go from C2 to D1 in chest fry so that basically makes me Buble + a few half-steps here and there
I remember this contest. You could hear everyone prepping for Brett's last note. It's a C but with such might and thickness it sounds like an H flat.
And he's a kind soul- very positive and caring dude- easy to like.
It’s like a 7 footer singing almost Since taller guys usually have deep voices but this guy is only like 6ft
what are you british
i havent seen h used as a musical note name since i looked it up a year ago
@@theblackbanana1157 It isn't a musical note name it's a joke.
@@NearlyBatman H used to be used for B natural (mainly in Germany) but not much these days
@@theskywhale4683 Hm. Learn sometin every day I suppose. Interesting.
Jason, I just want to thank you for all the work you’ve been doing bringing barbershop to a more mainstream audience :)
I fell in love with GQ after his video on them.. god’s work
@@danielabraham4596 That’s awesome to hear! GQ is absolutely incredible :)
If only it was being recommended to those who wouldn't typically listen. The TH-cam algorithm recommends what they think YOU want.
Same! LOVE IT!
🎯👍
The most impressive is how the lead singer can hold that final note for so long, without seemingly taking any deep breath before
a 25 second post is not really that long
@@parkerklinck263 25 seconds but think about how gentle the notes have to be AND the consanants like 's' and 'sh' which use a ton of air. 25 seconds is easy when you're belting and have a ton of resistance from your vocal cords but something like this requires insanely high levels of control. I can hardly get to the last note without running out of air (granted I'm a bass.)
As far as I know, most barbershop basses are considered real basses, not baritones or bass-baritones, but despite that, it's actually pretty rare for them to go so low. I don't think I've ever heard a note lower than C2 in a barbershop cover. But how smoothly he hit it makes me think that he can go even lower. Not much lower, but to like a Bb1/A1.
I wrote all of this because these moments are really precious for me, because of how rare they are.😂
I think it's probably fair to say most barbershop basses are bass-baritones, but plenty of quartets work with basses or baritones singing bass. The old philosophy is to write for a more generalized range of voices since most barbershoppers are hobby singers.
You can get some stupid ass results if you look up covers of the Lone Prairie tag. A lot of male quartets cover the tag in ridiculously low keys, leading to some insane bass flexes. Highly recommend diving down that rabbit hole if you already haven’t.
@@FanofCrash25 Oh, sorry, yes, I wanted to write "most barbershop basses". But I didn't know that, thank you. However, it makes sense. The idea that not only "true basses" can sing bass is nice and clearifies why they usually sing in more like a baritone range.
I feel like the reason for barbershop basses not needing to go so low is just because of the fact that barbershop is _closed_ four part harmony. Despite the fact that the bass note doesn't need to be as tightly clustered as the other three voices need to be to each other, it helps with the cohesion and sounds more "barbershop" when the bass part is closer to the other voices than it probably would be arranged in other genres
@@lifeontheledgerlines8394 I know, just wanted to point it out.🤷 There are a lot of important things that make barbershop barbershop, and this is one of them, I just think it's cool when something like this happens. I like bass moments.😂 In every genre and style. And I'm talking about bass SINGER moments. They are just... different from what we are used to, when it comes to mainstream stuff, that's mainly why they stand out to me.
The Bass is standing on the outside and the sound coming through the mic on the last notes are still so phat and tall. Most Basses who would attempt this would be standing on the inside of the quartet and then would take a half step towards or lean into the mic. Not Brett. His voice just comes through and lays the foundation on which the rest of the voices float. That is a special moment for live singing. The arranger does a nice job of setting him up for that final note too. The arranger gets him to that low range with a low volume descent, and then gives him a rest, so that he can just relax into the final two notes and let it rumble. He nails it... so phaaat. Bass envy.
I woke up in the morning with a low c twice in my life.... Both were after after evenings of... Considerable merriment. And "morning" more referred to about 2pm.
Lol considerable merriment
My voice also does the same. I'm a top tenor, but a C is obtainable with a hangover! Weird!
As a barbershopper, I can tell you that Brett has earned every bit of his nickname "Circus Freak".
A great guy and one of the nicest human beings you'll ever meet.
i must have replayed that ending 1000 times. so fucking beautiful. I love harmony
it just melts your heart
Yeah man me too😂
No need for the F-word. Low class.
Anytime I hear a low note like that ending C it just gives me this feeling of amazement. I'm only a trumpet player but as someone involved in music I know how hard that is so mad props to you🤟
Thanks to your transcriptions, it introduced me to delve deep into barbershop. I ended up writing my own barbershop arrangement of a song.
I can barely make out the baritone part on the last 4 measures but you can feel him completing the chord
something about this performance is so beautiful I can’t stop watching it 😭
Man, that bass and baritone harmony at the end gave me goosebumps.
1:01 OH MY- I am absolutely going to steal that Cm6 to Ab9 voicing, that sounds _so_ good!
the tenor was singing the G2 at the end!
That’s at the bottom of most tenors range right?
@@-N-A- it is EXTREMELY rare to hear a tenor singing a note that low, even in barbershop where the ranges of the voice parts are pretty variable
@@briandestefano3104 yeah I have a friend who’s a tenor and I always bother him with the fact that he can’t go as low as me 😂😂
Was he? It sounds like the baritone was singing the G2
@@briandestefano3104Most tenors can't reach G2 which is usually the lowest note than middle weight baritones reach,I know because I'm a second tenor myself on a good day I manage a B flat2 but no lower than that.
Jokes on you I never sleep so I never wake up
Sounds unhealthy
@@jasonfieler I'm sorry I lied I sleep at times
Oh ok
Huh, I thought that basses usually stand between the bari and the lead, wonder why he’s all the way out on the edge for this one
Yeah I'm thinking the same thing
Because he's almost overpowering in the center. In their earlier formations he was next to the lead.
I love it. I am a low bass and sometimes drop things an octave if it fits, like this. The Four Doormen was a 1950s-60s group that had a low bass who sang really low in their arrangements (If I remember correctly, he sang an A1 on Coney Island Baby). I can only find them on vinyl records and would love to hear them again. I wore that record out when I was in HS back in the early 80s.
Sometimes if you have 2 Basses and one is a higher Bass and the other a low Bass,the higher one will stay up while the lower one drops down up to an octave lowerthan the high Bass singer.
Excellent bass delivering the notes with seeming ease and softness
That is one hell of a low C
that felt so great in my ears holy shit
I love very low and very high voices! It's so rare and beautiful!
WOW, their harmonies are amazing! Well done, guys!
I've been returning to this video to practice my low notes occasionally but i can only hit that last one after waking up
Even Geoff Castellucci would be impressed.
While hitting a G#1, lol.
For geoff it's easy to hit but lacks volume.
Thanks to you I’ve redound my love for barbershop quartets. Me a really good Trained Singer. I’m kind of stuck with not many opportunities where i am for singing
The bass is incredible!!
HOW THE ACTUALL FUCK WAS THAT A C AT THE END ??? It sounds so rich that i first thought of an Bb1 to A1
That C2 at the end had me crying. Heavenly.
Very impressive C2.
My lowest note is E2 and I think I am a low baritone. Hoping to reach C2 by my 30's or 40's.
I am currently 20.
I notice looking at the musical score that the man singing lead would be a 2nd Tenor with a1st Tenor above him and the1st Bass(Baritone) +the 2nd Bass(true Bass)below him.
Light work
I do love it when Barbershop makes me reflexively go, "Jesus CHRIST!"
Absolutely beautiful ❤️
Yeah I can agree with that. Only time I can hit those notes is about 4AM...
can confirm as someone who wakes up and can reach a C just like that the one thing you are bound by ancient laws set down millenia ago, you must exercise it.
And people always ask me why I hum to myself on those mornings😂😂😂
I'm sixteen and I can almost hit that
Fingers crossed for one more voice change...
Beautiful
holy! that was good!
so clean you could eat off it
Very Nice C2!
Bruh, just wrote the transcription in swing, no need for all those triplets
From memory, the low baritone is actually being sung by Rob, the tenor...
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Clean!
once, i was sick, woke up at 3 am, no joke, i could hit an F1 straight up it was wild
I rember when i hit a C2 in my high school chior we did the song last letter home, my teacher was a little against it since i was just a freshman but she let me do it anyway
Ken Turner be like:
When you have to put the bass on the outside (would go on the inside 3 out of 4 quartets) because he's such a foghorn 😂
inSANE
all basses know how amazing yet how horrible it is to hit that note
His resonance made it sound lower yert!
I literally just woke up, and that's the 2nd lowest note I can hit))
is it an F1? sorry im not good at ready music
@@eddiewr2320 C2
Pathetic, that’s not even in my top 10 lowest notes that I can do
@@username3788 no need to put other people down. not cool dude
@@username3788 are you telling me, you can sing a C#1 ?.. Because that's barely humanly possible
that was deep!
Is that Hank Schrader?
Masterepiece
Can someone explain why they are in different positions than usual (tenor-lead-bass-baritone or reverse)
I think Eb2 is my favorite note
Oh I love a good bass. You get a like, sub and "all".
That C was SOLID 😍😳😊
How can this be the Tennessee Waltz if it’s ABOUT the Tennessee Waltz?
I'm not sure. My theory is that the Tennessee Waltz was a fictitious song created solely for the purpose of there being a song about it
I love that I can go that low lol
I can hit these notes very easily; they feel very natural and soothing. I would rather have a high range, though. I’m nothing more than a car karaoke guy, but so many of my favorite songs are RnB or ballad-types with notes that are impossible for me to sing. I just feel like singing would be more fun if I had high range since songs randomly have low notes
Take vocal lessons to expand your range. Also do daily vocal exercises, that’ll help as well
@@-N-A- Thank you for the suggestions!
A bass to rival Dan Walz at last
The cutoff was a little ragged.
0:24 😍
I really don't understand, this is a thing that happens? Cuz it doesn't happen to me, my voice is the same waking up as it is all day, every day.
It definitely happens to me, I just sort of assumed it would be relatable lol
I'm 17 and I can reach that C2, working each day to reach a B1 :)
As a sophomore I can hit all the bass notes…
The v in the waltz should be an eighth note, not quarter here
C2. Pretty good, yo. I hit G#1 though ... so ... ya know.
Who is this?
Masterpiece, a barbershop quartet
The Waffle House has found it’s new host
you think that`s low? i go an octave lower very easy. (and not just in the morning)
Sounds lovely but that's not really low.
The bass is subharmonic singing (aka. throat singing). Starting at measure 22. You are hearing the subharmonic of one octave above what is written. He exhibits great ability and excellent control.
no hes not, thats chest
@@eka8520 Subharmonic is chest voice.
@@tbr48842 no its not, subharmonics sound different to what hes doing, hes using chest
@@eka8520 okay
Where was the super low bit?
The end in the bottom staff
@@jasonfieler Yup a B1, low but not super low 🤷♀
@@MichoCoban A C2 is the note, and even thats still really low that loud, A B1 is still impressively low, at that power none the less super super low
@@dannydeyeeto3181 C2 isn't super low. A true bass with even small amounts of training will have that in the bag, and honestly, same goes for bass-baritones. I consider "super low" my kind of territory, the basso profondo range. At and below A#1/Bb1. Because for us low basses, C2s and B1s are as easy as taking candy from a baby--with good volume too. So, it's low, but not super low.
@@WSlopeAggie proof? Or are you just talking noise on TH-cam?
lol what? thats wasnt very low at all and was weak at that
lol