Post by rootyrootz on Mar 10, 2023 20:27:17 GMT
Martin Wahlgren
Vocal Range: A1 - G♯4
Associated act: Ringmasters (2006 - 2018)
Significant High Notes:
G♯4: “Eight Days a Week”
E4: “Four Seasons Medley”
E♭4: “Sure On This Shining Night”
D4: "I'll Be Home for Christmas", “Jazz me Blues”, “Smile”, “Sure On This Shining Night”
C♯4: "American Tune", “Beach Boys Medley”, “Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea”, “Four Seasons Medley”, “I Can’t Give You Anything But Love”, “Love Me and the World Is Mine”, “Notre Dame Medley”, “She’s Out of My Life”
C4: “American Tune”, “Beach Boys Medley”, “I Can’t Give You Anything But Love”, “Java Jive”, “Kung Liljekonvalje”, “Mills Brothers Medley”, “She’s Out of My Life”, “Smile”, “So In Love”, “When You Wish Upon a Star”, “You and I”
B3: “California Girls”, “Eight Days a Week”, “For Their Hearts Were Full of Spring”, “Gabriel’s Message”, "I'll Be Home for Christmas", “I Love Being Here With You”, “Love Me and the World Is Mine”, “Oh Darling”, “So In Love”, “Veni Emmanuel”, “You and I”
B♭3: “American Tune”, “Baby Driver”, “Everything”, “Four Seasons Medley”, “Gabriel’s Message”, “Java Jive”, “Kung Liljekonvalje”, “Mills Brothers Medley”, “När Det Lider Mot Jul”
A3: “Aftonen”, “Beach Boys Medley”, “Deck the Halls”, “For Their Hearts Were Full of Spring”, “Gläns Över Sjö Och Strand”, "I'll Be Home for Christmas", “I Love Being Here With You”, “Notre Dame Medley”, “She’s Out of My Life”
G♯3: “All Shook Up”, “Blue Christmas”, “Everything”, “I Can’t Give You Anything But Love”, “Love Me and the World Is Mine”, “När Det Lider Mot Jul”, “Oh Darling”, “Veni Emmanuel”, “True Colours”
G3: “Aftonen”, “Baby Driver”, “I Love Being Here With You”, “Jazz me Blues”, “Jul Jul”, “Notre Dame Medley”, “Smile”, “Stig in Lucia”, "Sure On This Shining Night"
Significant Low Notes:
G2: “Can’t Buy Me Love”, “Det Är En Ros Utsprungen”, “Four Seasons Medley”, “I Love Being Here With You”, “Jazz me Blues”, “Jul Jul”, “Limu Limu Lima”, “Notre Dame Medley”, “Smile”
F♯2: “Blackbird”, “Beach Boys Medley”, “For Their Hearts Were Full of Spring”, “Love Me and the World Is Mine”, “Mills Brothers Medley”, “När Det Lider Mot Jul”, “Oh Darling”, “True Colours”, “Veni Emmanuel”
F2: “All Shook Up”, “Baby Driver”, “Blue Christmas”, “Det Är En Ros Utsprungen”, “For Their Hearts Were Full of Spring”, “Gabriel’s Message”, “Gläns Över Sjö Och Strand”, “Jazz Me Blues”, “Jul Jul”, “Kung Liljekonvalje”, “When You Wish Upon a Star”, “You and I”
E2: “Aftonen”, “Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea”, “Blackbird”, “Deck the Halls”, “Eight Days a Week”, “Everything”, “Mills Brothers Medley”, “Sankt Staffans Visa”, “She’s Out of My Life”
E♭2: “American Tune”, “Baby Driver”, “Can’t Buy Me Love”, “Gabriel’s Message”, “I Can’t Give You Anything But Love”, “Java Jive”, “So In Love”, “Sure On This Shining Night”, “True Colours”
D2: “Aftonen”, “All Shook Up”, “Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea”, “California Girls”, "I'll Be Home for Christmas", “I Love Being Here With You”, “Jazz me Blues”, “Notre Dame Medley”, “Sankt Staffans Visa”, “She’s Out of My Life”, “So In Love”, “You and I”
C♯2: “Eight Days a Week”, “Everything”, “Java Jive”, “Kung Liljekonvalje”, “När Det Lider Mot Jul”, “Oh Darling”, “When You Wish Upon a Star”
C2: “Baby Driver”, “Blue Christmas”, “Limu Limu Lima”, “When You Wish Upon a Star”
B1: “California Girls”, "Eight Days a Week", “Gläns Över Sjö Och Strand”, “Sure On This Shining Night”
B♭1: "Blue Christmas", “Jul Jul”
A1: “Aftonen”, "Cry" tag in A, “Gläns Över Sjö Och Strand”, "I'll Be Home for Christmas"
{Summary}
“I don[']t sing very well at all above a C#/D. Hence we never ever have me over that range” (I am Martin Wahlgren, bass of Ringmasters - BHS 2012 Intl Quartet Champions. AMA)
Who? Martin Wahlgren was the founding bass of the Swedish barbershop quartet, Ringmasters. The group has been awarded many accolades and made history in 2012 by becoming the first non-American quartet to win gold metals at the International Contest. They continued to improve after winning, culminating perhaps in their popular "Notre Dame Medley." After a twelve year run, Wahlgren retired from singing in 2018 to focus on his family and career. Ringmasters continues to tour and sing with their new bass, Didier Linder.
No underlines? I’ve decided to forego the typical underlining procedure (with the exception of the E4 in "Four Seasons Medley" which is genuinely buried) since it would be 99% of the notes, even though in reality you can hear every single one of them by just listening for the lowest voice.
Voice type? Obviously he sings the bass parts, but his lead performance in "I'll Be Home for Christmas" reveals an arguably baritonal color and leads me to believe G♯3/A3 is his first lift. He doesn’t seem to have ever navigated above his break much according to the quote I listed at the top of this spoiler, however the E♭4 in “Sure on This Shining Night” implies some potential in the upper range. I wonder if he will ever return to singing and what he would sound like now...
Range-iest performance? “Eight Days a Week” B1 - B3 - G♯4
“I don[']t sing very well at all above a C#/D. Hence we never ever have me over that range” (I am Martin Wahlgren, bass of Ringmasters - BHS 2012 Intl Quartet Champions. AMA)
Who? Martin Wahlgren was the founding bass of the Swedish barbershop quartet, Ringmasters. The group has been awarded many accolades and made history in 2012 by becoming the first non-American quartet to win gold metals at the International Contest. They continued to improve after winning, culminating perhaps in their popular "Notre Dame Medley." After a twelve year run, Wahlgren retired from singing in 2018 to focus on his family and career. Ringmasters continues to tour and sing with their new bass, Didier Linder.
No underlines? I’ve decided to forego the typical underlining procedure (with the exception of the E4 in "Four Seasons Medley" which is genuinely buried) since it would be 99% of the notes, even though in reality you can hear every single one of them by just listening for the lowest voice.
Voice type? Obviously he sings the bass parts, but his lead performance in "I'll Be Home for Christmas" reveals an arguably baritonal color and leads me to believe G♯3/A3 is his first lift. He doesn’t seem to have ever navigated above his break much according to the quote I listed at the top of this spoiler, however the E♭4 in “Sure on This Shining Night” implies some potential in the upper range. I wonder if he will ever return to singing and what he would sound like now...
Range-iest performance? “Eight Days a Week” B1 - B3 - G♯4
{Album Ranges}
Ringmasters (2012) A1 - C♯4 - G♯4
Ringmasters II (2014) C♯2 - D4
Ringmasters III (2014) A1 - D4
.....................................................................................................................................................................................Ringmasters (2012) A1 - C♯4 - G♯4
Ringmasters II (2014) C♯2 - D4
Ringmasters III (2014) A1 - D4
*Blue marks a falsetto note.
*Italics mark a non-sung note.
*Underlines mark a note potentially hard to hear under the falsettos.
*Bold marks notes considered to be particularly good examples of this person's vocal abilities.
