Sustained Notes (1,313 views)

[Seb]

Title says it all. Post your best (or worst, or most average) sustained notes here. Could be high notes, could be low notes. Could be 5 seconds long, could be 120. It's like a...measuring contest of sorts, but without the contest or the judgement. Unless someone here feels like being judgmental.

I'll start with a few bolds from my own threads:

12-second F♯4 from Martin Gore (14 if you count the initial E4 and trail off at the end)

Two back-to-back 6-second C5s from Julian Casablancas (plus a roughly 7 second ascent beforehand)

9-second G4 from Rick James, thick and vibrato laden as can be and after about 40 seconds of back-to-back G4s and B♭4s

Two 8-second sustained ascents, the first from D4 to G4, the second from D5 to G5

[Captain Planet]

Nice 13 second F4 by Paul Di'anno here.




Classic American Idol cringe, this guy holds multiple E4's for 10-20 seconds each time.

[Batfleck]

Morten Harket sustaining an F♯4 for 20 seconds in "Summer Moved On"

[kokope]

Florence is so good at sustaining long notes.

[leafylemontree]

21:44 17s of sustained falseto E5 that leads into an A4. 

[galaxyseal]

The best sustained D5 of all time

[Aardvark]

Dec 11, 2021 16:57:38 GMT galaxyseal said:

The best sustained D5 of all time

Barbra’s D5 in “A Piece of Sky”?

[Seb]

Dec 11, 2021 18:04:05 GMT Aardvark said:

Dec 11, 2021 16:57:38 GMT galaxyseal said:

The best sustained D5 of all time

Barbra’s D5 in “A Piece of Sky”?

Barbara still wins best sustained D5 imo. Wicked good sustain tho

[kaji]

32 second sustained D5 belt from Von Smith:


Great 10-second sustained C4 from Robert Goulet:


13 seconds sustain first and then 10 seconds on a Bb4 from Jack Jones:


A 38 second long sustain on a mixed A5 from Melba Moore:


A fancy 31 second sustain from Melba again in which she ends on a glissando to an F5 in head voice:


26 seconds on a very complex vocal line with dynamics, register shifts and what's not ending on a mixed A5:


A 10 second full-voiced sustain from Jackie Wilson with a wonderful C5:


Just thought this was epic:


Not a very long sustain, but a beastly full-belted E5 from Leslie Uggams:


A very good E5 from Cynthia Erivo, a similarly done B5 in head voice a bit later after the timestamp:


A crescendo from Sara Jordan Powell on a D6 sustain:


A very strong belted E5 from the same singer:


Not the most pleasant note but a 31 second sustain from Eydie Gorme here:


A long phrase from Eydie here:


A very strong Bb4 from Della Reese:


C5 from Leny Eversong, she backs away from the microphone midway through, epic:


Piercing G#5 from LaShun Pace:


Double Bb5s from LaShun with vibrato:


Nice G#4 from James Corden:


10 second octave unison (D6/D5) from Kate Lott and EJ Cardona:


24 second sustained F4 to C5 jump from EJ Cardona:


20 second Bb4 from EJ:


A very long sustained C#5 from Patti LaBelle:


Two CRAZY F#5s in FULL VOICE from a treble named Joselito (the second F# is at the end):


That's it for now!

[Macca]

just gonna leave this here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=3XVRB76i9Bw

[blazejecar2]

17sec E5 at the end here


Glorious note here

a dump of Dale Thompson notes cause holy shit this guy


insane F5, did I mention he's 56yo here?
14sec sung line + 19sec scream right after. 58yo here

36 second G5

Rachelle Ferrell, 3 notes in this video, 2:05, 7:10 and 11:13, all live


not a very known band but the main vocalist is really great. This Bb4-A4 is gold

 30 seconds

 how about a 40 second F4