Notable renditions of the Star-Spangled Banner
May 18, 2023 19:52:20 GMT
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Post by beethoven on May 18, 2023 19:52:20 GMT
I'm certain everyone here has heard of the Star-Spangled Banner, even those who are not American, and I'm sure a lot of people are aware of how it is a notoriously difficult song to sing and one of the reasons why the Star-Spangled Banner has been known to be a difficult song to sing is because of how the song has a range of an octave and a half, which is a wide range for an untrained singer, and people over the years have complained over the song's wide range, and have even suggested that the United States should have a new national anthem because of how it has a wide range in comparison to other national anthems, such as God Save The King (UK's national anthem), or La Marseillaise (France's national anthem). Another one of the reasons why The Star-Spangled Banner is notorious for being a difficult song to sing is the key that one starts the song in, for example, if an untrained baritone sings the song in C major (which would means that the lowest note is C3 in the word say in the "oh say can you see" part, and the highest note is G4 in the word free in the "o'er the land of the free" part) then he may end up believing that he started off the song too high. One of the things that have always intrigued me about renditions of the Star-Spangled Banner is the key people start the song, which will be my focus on the examples that I'm going to show in this thread. Feel free to give examples in which the same singer has done the Star-Spangled Banner multiple times, or even some wacky renditions in which the singer has gone off-key all because they started too high.
The lowest key I've heard:
The lowest key I believe I've heard from a well-known singer:
In this video, you hear some D2s sung with ease (I apologize if the quality is not that good since it seems to be recorded with a phone)
The highest key I've heard from a non-classical singer (C major):
Another rendition that starts off quite high as well (B major, one semitone lower than the Sohyang version):
The lowest key I've heard:
The lowest key I believe I've heard from a well-known singer:
In this video, you hear some D2s sung with ease (I apologize if the quality is not that good since it seems to be recorded with a phone)
The highest key I've heard from a non-classical singer (C major):
Another rendition that starts off quite high as well (B major, one semitone lower than the Sohyang version):