Monday, May 24, 2010

The Genesis of the Basso Profondo Blog

Hello all,
I am just one of many on the internet who have an obsession with the basso profondo singing voice. I will be posting articles, videos, etc. on this blog in order to give my fellow basso profondo fanatics their daily fix. Additionally, this blog will hopefully be an enlightening musical experience for those unfamiliar with basso profondos.

We'll begin this blog with a quintessential sample of the basso profondo.



This basso is reputed to be Michael Zlatopolsky, although I haven't confirmed this one hundred percent. This is a classic example of a Russian basso profondo singing with an Russian orthodox choir. The ending note is a C2, or "low C"--the bread and butter note of basso profondos. This note is a kind of watermark for basses who would wish to enter the profondo category, similar to the high C of tenors (C5), or the high C of sopranos (C6).

The general range of basso profondos tends to bottom out around low A (A1), although there are recordings of basses hitting notes lower than these. Stay tuned for more updates, and, as always, comments are welcome!

12 comments:

  1. Zlatopolsky was able to reach even the Eb1(!)

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  2. let me tell something about such type of notes. I am potential basso profondo — my lowest is G1-F1, common speaking notes are about C2-E2. I'm from Russia, 18 years old. Not singing professionally anywhere. When i'm trying to 'croak' that E1 — ya, sometimes i could do that, but with terrible struggles, if it will dure for minutes, my chest and throat would get painful for hours. this is certainly unique type of notes, cause reaching every lower note will request much more efforts for making than it would need for a common baritone or bass singer trying to expand his vocal range...and i cant realize if it's really possible for human to make his chest resonate for frequences lower than 40 hz, if it's possible to get the double-low C with a pure chest voice without any vocal fry.

    Therefore my favourite note is C2 :-D

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  4. Thanks for the great blog!

    Check out http://www.aussievocalcoach.com/2009/08/21/how-to-sing-develop-your-chest-voice/

    I was able to hit all of his notes, high and low. Each of us just need to exercise our voices.

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  5. I have found a good series on Youtube:
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=47KeaMLiaIQ
    (Part 1.)

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  6. A nice piece with Vladimir Miller. A great ending voice!
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6cQWO0ZOe7s
    (This one I could find in Russian only)

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  7. Thanks for posting all these wonderful materials.

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  8. This is awesome! Do any of you happen to know what the piece they're singing is called?

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  9. There was a very famous bass-profundo who sang in the Сourt Cappella in the 19th Century - Viktor Telegin who could sing to F1. Some of the more recent bass-profundi also have this note: Vladimir Miller, Mikhail Kruglov, Vladimir Pasyukov (who no longer sings) each with varying degrees of sound quality and resonance.
    Young singers looking to expand their low range: do not push your voice. The voice becomes what it will naturally become with time and proper, HEALTHY, practise. Keep in mind male voice take longer to fully mature, particularly the lower ones. The voices of these famous bass-profundi, take Vladimir Pasyukov for example, is natural, and his classical singing technique produces a focused, resonant, beautiful sound. If you have a voice, i suggest finding a good teacher who will help nurture it to whatever it's natural placement is.
    Enjoy the music.

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