No woman on earth can sing as low as Joy Chapman.
The Surrey-based singer is now a world-record holder after hitting a very deep 33.57-hertz C1 note.
乌鸦传媒淚t乌鸦传媒檚 all official, ,乌鸦传媒� Chapman said of her 乌鸦传媒淟owest vocal note by a female乌鸦传媒� world record, achieved Feb. 21 and recorded for a video posted to her Youtube channel.
乌鸦传媒淚t乌鸦传媒檚 not even my lowest note, so I乌鸦传媒檓 going to do another attempt to smash the record,乌鸦传媒� she promised.
(Story continues below video of Chapman乌鸦传媒檚 world-record low note)
In the minute-long video, Chapman introduces herself as a 52-year-old Surrey resident who works as a singer, songwriter and tribute artist. As a 乌鸦传媒渞etro-modern country乌鸦传媒� musician, she has a 15-song album coming out called .
Her world record is one way for Chapman to get noticed in the music world.
乌鸦传媒淎bout a year ago, I was just doing scales and vocal training, and through the years I noticed different vocal coaches kind of freaking out as I乌鸦传媒檓 going down the vocal scale, that it was creeping them out,乌鸦传媒� Chapman recalled with a laugh.
Her niece did some research and discovered that the female record for low-note singing was well above how low Chapman was able to go. 乌鸦传媒淭hat kind of started this,乌鸦传媒� said Chapman, who lives in the Clayton area, on the Surrey-Langley border.
(Story continues below Facebook post)
Turns out, the record attempt was a long, nerve-wracking ordeal over the past year.
乌鸦传媒淓verything had gone wrong with all the tries before this one,乌鸦传媒� Chapman said. 乌鸦传媒淚t was ridiculous, the number of things that went wrong.乌鸦传媒�
First, there were problems with a low-end limiter on the mic. Days later, Joy乌鸦传媒檚 mother slipped into a coma and died, resulting in a sad delay. Later, studio noise aborted another session, and yet more camera issues caused problems.
(Story continues below video of Chapman working on scales before the record attempt)
Understandably, Chapman said she was nervous in the moments before she finally hit the record low note in February. 乌鸦传媒淪o uptight with everything,乌鸦传媒� she said her vocals tightened up, so she wasn乌鸦传媒檛 able to go as low as she typically can.
乌鸦传媒淲hat I can sing is at the end of the sonogram, apparently,乌鸦传媒� Chapman explained. 乌鸦传媒淚乌鸦传媒檓 being lined up with a specialist to scope my vocals to see what乌鸦传媒檚 actually happening, for science, that allows me to go that low. It乌鸦传媒檚 hypothesized that because I have a condition called hyper-mobility syndrome in my body, that I乌鸦传媒檓 able to lower my larynx than most humans. We乌鸦传媒檇 like to get some universities involved because we need more forensic equipment.
乌鸦传媒淭he sonograms and mics have trouble picking up the notes,乌鸦传媒� Chapman added, 乌鸦传媒渂ecause when you乌鸦传媒檙e going as low as I am it becomes difficult to hear the notes. It乌鸦传媒檚 almost not notes, it乌鸦传媒檚 vibrations at that point.乌鸦传媒�
Online, Chapman乌鸦传媒檚 music can be found on and , among other websites.
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