The funny thing is that song you're referring to actually has a lot of treble and higher frequencies and is lacking in the bass department, yet the song lyrics would make you think the complete opposite, lol.
@@DeathBringer769 Funnily enough, it's supposed to be against "photoshop" girls that fake their body. Yet it uses autotune which is pretty much voice photoshop.
Deathbrewer alright but did you hear about the Russian octogenarian who fought a bear, was thrown off a cliff and survived with only a few broken ribs and bruises.
@@benjamincoram7036 it matters because someone like me, a soprano, could sing this song. not in a bass part, but in much higher keys. a bass singer cant sing a soprano part. there are different keys for different people, and different keys in orchestral music also invoke different feelings and tones. read some music theory bro.
I love hearing a bass singer. My dad became a paid singer at age 16. I have so many happy memories of listening to him as he would walk around our house rehearsing.
Funny how Kochetov is quite tall, standing at about 6'3, but is dwarfed in comparison to Kruglov and Miller who stand at about 6'6 and 6'4 respectively.
Some tenors are OK - many of them are screamers as caricatured by Hoffnung, but the bass is the King of male voices, particularly if Russian. The nature of the Russian language has much to do with it.
It has been measured and is empirically valid in that sense. As for reasons behind why these groups of people would have the highest amount of testosterone, one guess could be the necessity for body hair in the cold winters - testosterone clearly being the cause of this. Vladimir's beard defends this notion. Furthermore, the people who had the most children back in the day used to be the Viking Jarls and such - extremely physically imposing and muscular men (naturally high in testosterone). I'm sure you could find more theories online :)
For me, this song is the true (although not official) national anthem of Russia, at least of the Russia that I love. Thank you for sharing, keep up the good work, and warm greetings from Spain.
I love listening to this song. I sing in my schools choir as a bass but I can never fully "drop" down to the notes that are fun to sing. I just turned 18 and can hit lower c and on good days I can sing an a :) I still need a lot more power and there is no teacher to teach me the proper technique, but I just love hammering away on those low notes >:)
MrAag68 Then you mean C2, not C1. The lowest note here is B1, the note a half step below C2. If you could sing C1, then you'd be singing an entire octave below the gentleman in the trio.
k barber Oh whoopsies, I just looked up a note name paper (well kind of the names of the notes on a piano and the note was labeled as C1. But yeah, I'm basically singing along to the trio, just without the power and volume sadly :(
MrAag68 Yes, there is another notation system that has C2 as C1 for some reason... I forget the difference (perhaps it is continental convention), but in singing we commonly use the system that has middle C as C4. :)
just train your voice :) (i also drink and smoke and that helps lower the voice but i do not raccomand you to do it just for the voice) im baritone and i enjoy having a low voice, but no one likes it :( and i also get jelous when people mention friends that have lower voices XD, just train you voice
I never heard a bassoprfondo b4 until now and in a very low bass so I thought i was the shit then I heard this and went damn they are amazing I love it.
@@304BBQ lmao I can only assume you thought that the B3 sung near the end was a B4 because of how high it sounded in comparison to the rest of the voices.
The dude in the car next to me at a red light. * plays rap through his expensive sound system.* nothing happens. Me. *plays this through my expensive sound system.* every vehicle within a five mile radius of mine rattles apart.
@San Cieslak subharmonics have layers to them. My lowest chest note is C2 but i can drop down to C0 using the 3rd subharmonic. (1 = down octave, 2 = down 5th, 3 = down 4th)
Loving these! Sure, I don't have anything like Vladimir Miller's POWER, but finally I can hum along in the register that suits my ever dropping voice! Seems my aural perception tutor at college was right when, some 20 years ago, he said I would become a Basso Profundo!
I hope you're enjoying your basso profundo range !! As a young singer, I sang baritone and male contralto (countretenor) my heroes were the Dellers, father and son; but as I matured so did my voice, and when my choirmaster discovered my successful execution of the lowest notes in our 8-part anthems, he encouraged me to cultivate my lower range -- and then my efforts paid off, and I achieved my dream. And, while never quite of soloist or featured quality, I could enjoy performing the Russian liturgical music I so love. Be patient; get a good teacher or voice coach; don't force it: and see what develops as your voice continues to mature. GOOD LUCK!!😉😉
@@garywait3231 Thanks. I had quite a similar route to you actually. I was singing 2nd Bass in Brahms Requiem with a local choir at 16 (E flat 2 low note) but my singing tutor at music college noticed my falsetto one day, so I did 6 months of Counter Tenor training, but ultimately came back to Bass. I haven't sung PROPERLY in years, but I do keep exercising my voice at home, and singing alone to a variety of low voices; including Miller, Rebroff, Castellucci. I'm finding that, as I get older, the low stuff is just getting easier and easier. I'm enjoying it. Was humming alone to "the headless horseman" by Geoff Castellucci tonight. That's got an F1 right at the end. THAT'S FUN!
@@Anton_the_Vampire Thanks for your lovely response, and the narrative of your vocal odyssey. At 80+, I no longer have the support nor breath control to sing creditably in this wonderful range, but hum along as well as I can with recordings such as this, and poignantly recall the days, now passed, when my basso and our church organ's 32 foot bombard, which I helped install, were strong enough to match the nearby subway (NY City 14th St) some Sunday mornings!!😇😊😉 What a joy to hear this generation's deep bassos!! -- to hum along, to poignantly reminisce. Wishing you all the best !!
So glad I can finally sing this. When I was in high school, my voice was very deep but my range really lost power around D2 and became fry’y. I’m 22 now and my voice has become much heavier. I can now sing B1 very consistently and A1 on a good day, but I lost my G4 and F4. Hopefully one day I’ll be half the bass one of these men are!
Miley Cyrus is not a bad singer. On the other hand, there are good contemporary musicians on the popular field, you don't need to be a staunch traditionalist to find good music.
If you look at this picture in parallel, the essence of this piece of music will be revealed to a greater extent. Ilya Repin "Barge Haulers on the Volga" 1870
k barber, is there a record on which this may be found, and which I may buy? I love this song. Thank you so much for uploading it - three of my favorite profundos singing together is a real treat - and with such clarity of sound. And such powerfully low notes!
I'm assuming there is somewhere, and that's where these mp3s came from, but I can't find it. I found these mp3s on Russian Facebook, so I suppose there is probably a CD available on some Russian site unless they just released these as mp3s only.
As close as you can get to the Russian equivalent to American Black field spirituals, songs accompanyk f the slave work in the fields. This song resonates with the pain and misery of pulling the barge up against the relentless current of the Volga, yet the sheer will of humanity finally triumphs and manages to drag the boat up while the muscles ache and backs moan in pain. Only to start over again for another barge. Reminds me of Old Man River. Another painful song of hard unrelenting work.
Please correct me if I'm wrong but 1:20-26 did he go down to a G1? If he did that's nuts the B1 is massive and I can kinda hit it but a G holy shit bro
I can hit a G1 in full chest voice with ease... just not with the kind of power heard here! Many basses can hit these low notes... very few have the power to sing them acoustically. For much of the song, they aren't even going that low -- lower baritone territory; but with a power a baritone or bass-baritone couldn't dream of possessing. That's the beauty of the profondo: they are lyrical and sit higher in their register a lot, then hit you with a B1 or lower that causes earthquakes.
I would love to hear this with the piano being a Bosendorfer Grand Imperial with thr extra 12 keys on the bass side for extra deep bass notes and that famous Bosendorfer resonance.
I always thought Mikhail sings the lowest notes. As I saw video clips from concert, he stands on the right side - it's common position for the lowest voices in almost every choir or group. Am I wrong? Who sings the lowest notes on this clip?
This is common in choirs, but these are merely 3 soloists performing with a piano, all in the same range (basso profundo). Generally, Vladimir Miller sings the lowest, Mikhail in the middle, and Kochetov the highest.
Rareş Marian As much as range can be expanded, to a degree, with extensive practice and training, it would be much more beneficial to hone in on your own range and clarity rather than focusing on the label of "Bass." That being said, it is still possible that your voice could lower massively considering your age.
